UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 17, 2017 (May 11, 2017)

 

 

MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-38092   47-1277598

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1180 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Suite 2400

Atlanta, GA

    30309
(Address of principal executive offices)     (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (404) 443-1182

None

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

 

 

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Items 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

On May 17, 2017, Modern Media Acquisition Corp. (the “ Company ”) completed its initial public offering (“ IPO ”) of 20,700,000 units (“ Public Units ”), including the full exercise of the underwriters’ Over-Allotment Option (as defined below) of 2,700,000 units (the “ Over-Allotment Units ” and, together with the Public Units, the “ Units ”). Each Unit consists of one share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“ Common Stock ”), one right (“ Right ”) and one-half of one warrant (“ Public Warrant ”). Each Right entitles the holder thereof to receive one-tenth of one share of Common Stock (for no additional consideration) upon the consummation of the initial business combination. Each whole Public Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Company completed its IPO pursuant to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1, as amended (File No. 333-216546) (the “ Initial Registration Statement ”) and the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “ Securities Act ”) (File No. 333-217913) (the “ 462(b) Registration Statement ” and, together with the Initial Registration Statement, the “ Registration Statement ”). The Initial Registration Statement and the 462(b) Registration Statement were declared effective by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2017 and May 12, 2017, respectively.

In connection with the effectiveness of the Registration Statement and the closing of the IPO, the Company entered into the following agreements:

 

    An Underwriting Agreement, dated May 11, 2017, between the Company and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. as representative of the several underwriters named therein;

 

    A Warrant Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, between the Company and the Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company;

 

    An Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, between the Company and the Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company;

 

    A Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, by and among the Company and certain security holders of the Company;

 

    A Letter Agreement, dated May 17, 2017, by and among the Company and its officers and directors and Modern Media Sponsor, LLC;

 

    A Sponsor Warrants Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, between the Company and Modern Media Sponsor, LLC;

 

    An Expense Advancement Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, between the Company and Modern Media Sponsor, LLC;

 

    A Right of First Refusal Agreement, dated May 17, 2017, between the Company and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.;

 

    A Right Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, between the Company and the Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company; and

 

    A Consent Agreement, dated May 17, 2017, by and among the Company, MIHI LLC and Modern Media, LLC.

Below is a summary of the material provisions of these agreements. These summaries do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by reference to the complete terms of the agreements, copies of which are filed as Exhibits 1.1, 4.1 and 10.1 through 10.8.

Underwriting Agreement

On May 11, 2017, the Company entered into an underwriting agreement (the “ Underwriting Agreement ”) with Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. (“ Macquarie Capital ”), as representative of the several underwriters named therein (collectively, the “ Underwriters ”), relating to the sale of the Units in the IPO.

Pursuant to the terms of the Underwriting Agreement, the Company sold the Units on May 11, 2017 at an offering price of $10.00 per Unit. A total of $209,070,000 of the net proceeds from the sale of the Public Units, the sale of the Over-allotment Units and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants (as defined below) were placed

 

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in a trust account (the “ Trust Account ”) established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay the Company’s taxes, none of the funds held in the Trust Account will be released until the earlier of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination (as described in the Registration Statement), (ii) the redemption of all of the Common Stock issued by the Company in the IPO (the “ public shares ”) if the Company does not complete the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO (or 21 months from the closing date of the IPO if the Company has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO but has not completed such initial business combination within such 18 month period), subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of the public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the public shares if the Company has not completed the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO (or 21 months, as applicable).

Pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, the Company granted the Underwriters a 45-day option (the “ Over-allotment Option ”) to purchase up to an additional 2,700,000 Over-allotment Units to cover over-allotments. As described above, this option was exercised in full on May 16, 2017, and the closing of the sale of the Over-Allotment Units occurred simultaneously with the closing of the IPO on May 17, 2017.

The Underwriting Agreement includes customary representations, warranties and covenants by the Company. It also provides for customary indemnification by each of the Company and the respective Underwriters against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, and for customary contribution provisions in respect of those liabilities. The foregoing description of the Underwriting Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Underwriting Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 1.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Warrant Agreement

On May 17, 2017, the Company entered into a warrant agreement (the “ Warrant Agreement ”) with Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company, as warrant agent (the “ Warrant Agent ”), providing for the terms of the Public Warrants and the Private Placement Warrants (as defined below and, together with the Public Warrants, the “ Warrants ”). The Warrant Agreement provides for terms upon which the Warrants may be exercised, adjusted, transferred, exchanged or redeemed, and the respective rights and obligations of the Company, the Warrant Agent and the holders of the Warrants. Pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants may be exercised at an initial exercise price of $11.50. The foregoing description of the Warrant Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Warrant Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 4.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Letter Agreement

On May 17, 2017, the Company entered into a letter agreement (the “ Letter Agreement ”) with the directors and officers of the Company and Modern Media Sponsor, LLC (the “ Sponsor ”), the majority owner of the Company prior to the IPO and the holder of approximately 19.6% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock after the completion of the IPO. Pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the Company’s directors and officers and the Sponsor each agreed:

(i) not to, directly or indirectly, transfer, assign or sell any of the Units, Common Stock, Rights or Warrants (or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of capital stock) for a period of 180 days from the date of the Underwriting Agreement, subject to certain exceptions;

(ii) to waive their redemption rights with respect to any Common Stock they hold in connection with the completion of the Company’s initial business combination;

(iii) to waive their redemption rights with respect to any Common Stock they hold in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment of the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the public shares if the Company does not complete the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO (or 21 months from the closing date of the IPO if the Company has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO but has not completed such initial business combination within such 18 month period);

 

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(iv) to waive their rights to liquidating distributions from the Trust Account with respect to the shares of Common Stock they held immediately prior to consummation of the IPO (the “ founders shares ”) if the Company does not complete the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO (or 21 months, as applicable);

(v) to vote any Common Stock they hold in favor of the initial business combination in connection with any vote of the stockholders of the Company on the initial business combination; and

(vi) that the Sponsor will surrender for no consideration up to 675,000 of its founders shares depending on the extent to which the Underwriters’ Over-Allotment Option is exercised, if at all.

The Letter Agreement also requires the directors and officers of the Company and the Sponsor to, if the Company has not completed the initial business combination with 18 months from the closing of the IPO (or 21 months, as applicable), or such later period approved by the Company’s stockholders in accordance with the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation, take all reasonable steps to cause the Company to (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible, redeem the public shares, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and board of directors, dissolve and liquidate. Additionally, pursuant to the Letter Agreement, the Sponsor and the directors and officers of the Company have agreed not to transfer, assign or sell the founders shares, the Private Placement Warrants or any Convertible Warrants (as defined below) (including the Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants or Convertible Warrants) except as provided in the Letter Agreement. The foregoing description of the Letter Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Letter Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Investment Management Trust Agreement

On May 17, 2017, the Company entered into an investment management trust agreement (the “ Trust Agreement ”) with Continental Stock Transfer and Trust Company, as trustee (the “ Trustee ”).

Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, a total of $209,070,000 of the net proceeds from the Sale of the Public Units, the sale of the Over-allotment Units and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants were placed into the Trust Account. Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay the Company’s taxes, none of the funds held in the Trust Account will be released until the earlier of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of all of the public shares if the Company does not complete the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO (or 21 months from the closing date of the IPO if the Company has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO but has not completed such initial business combination within such 18 month period), subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of the public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the public shares if the Company has not completed the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO (or 21 months, as applicable). The foregoing description of the Trust Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Trust Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Registration Rights Agreement

On May 17, 2017, the Company entered into a registration rights agreement (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”) with the directors and officers of the Company and the Sponsor.

Pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement, the holders of founders shares, Private Placement Warrants and any warrants issued upon conversion of working capital loans to the Company (the “ Convertible Warrants ”), if any (and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants or Convertible Warrants, as the case may be), will be entitled to make up to three demands, in the aggregate, one demand per category of holder as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement, excluding short form registration demands, that the Company register certain of the securities held by such holders for sale under the Securities Act and have the

 

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securities covered thereby registered for resale pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act. Furthermore, the holders will be entitled to unlimited “piggyback” registration rights and unlimited registration rights on a Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration statement as provided in the Registration Rights Agreement. No registration will be effected or permitted and no registration statement will become effective pursuant to the Registration Rights Agreement until after the expiration of the transfer restrictions imposed on the founders shares, the Private Placement Warrants and the Convertible Warrants, if any (and the related underlying shares) by the Letter Agreement. Additionally, the Convertible Warrants (and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Convertible Warrants) may only be registered in accordance with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“ FINRA ”) rules, as set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement. The foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Sponsor Warrant Purchase Agreement

On May 17, 2017, the Company entered into a warrant purchase agreement (the “ Sponsor Warrant Purchase Agreement ”) with the Sponsor pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to purchase 7,050,000 warrants (the “ Private Placement Warrants ”) from the Company, for a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating total proceeds of $7,050,000 in a private placement (the “ Private Placement ”). Additionally, the sponsor agreed that if the Over-Allotment Option is exercised by the Underwriters in full or in part, it will purchase from the Company an additional number of Private Placement Warrants (up to a maximum of 270,000) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, in an amount necessary to maintain the proceeds in the Trust Account at $10.10 per Unit sold to the public in the IPO. This option was exercised in full on May 16, 2017, and the Sponsor purchased a total of 7,320,000 Private Placement Warrants, generating total proceeds of $7,320,000 in the Private Placement. The foregoing description of the Sponsor Warrant Purchase Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Sponsor Warrant Purchase Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.4 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Expense Advancement Agreement

On May 17, 2017, the Company entered into an expense advancement agreement (the “ Expense Advancement Agreement ”) with the Sponsor pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to advance the Company up to $500,000 to fund the Company’s expenses relating to investigating and selecting a target business and other working capital expenses following the IPO and prior to the completion of the initial business combination (the “ Working Capital Loan ”). Pursuant to the terms thereof, the Sponsor may, at its option, convert each $1.00 outstanding under the Working Capital Loan into one Convertible Warrant. The Convertible Warrants will have the same terms and conditions as the Private Placement Warrants, except with respect to certain transfer and registration restrictions imposed upon the Convertible Warrants by FINRA. The foregoing description of the Expense Advancement Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Expense Advancement Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.5 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Right of First Refusal Agreement

On May 17, 2017, the Company entered into a right of first refusal agreement (the “ ROFR Agreement ”) with Macquarie Capital pursuant to which the Company granted Macquarie Capital, an affiliate of the Company’s Sponsor and an underwriter in the IPO, a right of first refusal for a period of 36 months from the closing date of the IPO to provide the Company with certain financial advisory, underwriting, capital raising and other services for which Macquarie Capital may receive fees. The amount of fees the Company pays to Macquarie Capital will be based upon the prevailing market for similar services rendered by global full-service investment banks for such transactions at such time, and will be subject to review by the Company’s audit committee. The foregoing description of the ROFR Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the ROFR Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.6 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Right Agreement

On May 17, 2017, the Company entered into a right agreement (the “ Right Agreement ”) with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as right agent (the “ Right Agent ”), providing for the terms of the Rights including with respect to convertibility, transferability, and exchangeability, and the respective rights and obligations of the Company, the Right Agent and the holders of the Rights. Pursuant to the Right Agreement, the Rights are convertible without the payment of additional consideration. The foregoing description of the Right Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Right Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.7 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

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Consent Agreement

On May 17, 2017, the Company entered into a consent agreement (the “ Consent Agreement ”) with MIHI LLC (“ MIHI ”) and Modern Media, LLC (“ Modern Media ”) pursuant to which the Company agreed not to consummate the initial business combination without the consent of each of MIHI and Modern Media. MIHI and Modern Media each own 50% of the Sponsor, MIHI is an affiliate of Macquarie Capital, an underwriter in the IPO. The foregoing description of the Consent Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Consent Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.8 and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

On May 17, 2017, simultaneously with the completion of the IPO, the Company completed the Private Placement of 7,320,000 Private Placement Warrants (including 270,000 Private Placement Warrants resulting from the full exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) at a price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant, generating total proceeds of $7,320,000. No underwriting discounts or commissions were paid with respect to the Private Placement. The Private Placement was conducted as a non-public transaction and, as a transaction by an issuer not involving a public offering, is exempt from registration under the Securities Act in reliance upon Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The Private Placement Warrants, which were purchased by the Sponsor, are substantially similar to the Public Warrants underlying the Units, except that if held by the original holder or their permitted assigns, they (i) may be exercised on a cashless basis, (ii) are not subject to redemption and (iii) subject to certain limited exceptions, will be subject to transfer restrictions until 30 days after the completion of the Company’s initial business combination. If the Private Placement Warrants are held by holders other than the initial purchaser or its permitted transferees, the Private Placement Warrants will be redeemable by the Company and exercisable by the holders on the same basis as the Public Warrants included in the Units sold in the IPO.

Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

Effective upon the closing of the IPO, the following individuals were appointed to the board of directors of the Company: Blair Faulstich, George Brokaw and John White. Additional information regarding, among other things, each individual’s background, board committee membership and compensatory arrangements is contained in the Registration Statement and is incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 5.03. Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

On May 17, 2017, the Company filed its second amended and restated certificate of incorporation (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”) in the State of Delaware, which was effective upon filing. The Certificate of Incorporation authorizes the issuance of up to 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and up to 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

The Certificate of Incorporation also provides, among other things, that:

(i) a certain amount of the IPO proceeds will be placed into a Trust Account, which proceeds, except for the withdrawal of interest to pay the Company’s taxes, may not be disbursed from the Trust Account until the earlier of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of the public shares if the Company does not complete the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO (or 21 months from the closing date of the IPO if the Company has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO but has not completed such initial business combination within such 18 month period), subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of the public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the public shares if the Company has not completed the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO (or 21 months, as applicable);

 

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(ii) the Company, prior to the consummation of the initial business combination, may not issue additional shares of capital stock that would entitle the holders thereof to: (i) receive funds from the Trust Account; or (ii) vote on any initial business combination;

(iii) the Company, prior to the consummation of the initial business combination, will provide the holders of its public shares with the opportunity to redeem their shares upon the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation and as described in the Company’s Registration Statement; provided, however , that the Company will not redeem the public shares and will not proceed with the related business combination to the extent that such redemption would result in the Company having net tangible assets of less than $5,000,001;

(iv) the Company’s initial business combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time of signing of a definitive agreement in connection with the Company’s initial business combination;

(v) if the Company’s stockholders approve an amendment to the Certificate of Incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the public shares if the Company does not complete the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO (or 21 months, as applicable), the Company will provide the holders of its public shares with the opportunity to redeem all or a portion of their public shares upon approval of any such amendment;

(vi) if the Company offers to redeem the public shares in conjunction with a stockholder vote on the initial business combination pursuant to a proxy solicitation, a holder of public shares, together with any affiliate of such holder or any other person with whom such holder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13(d)(3) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934), will be restricted from seeking redemption rights with respect to more than 20% of the public shares; and

(vii) if the Company does not complete the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO (or 21 months from the closing date of the IPO if the Company has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO but has not completed such initial business combination within such 18 month period), the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible, redeem the public shares, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining stockholders and board of directors, dissolve and liquidate.

The Certificate of Incorporation provides that the above-referenced requirements and restrictions may only be amended prior to the completion of the initial business combination with the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 65% of the stock of the Company entitled to vote generally in the election of directors. The Certificate of Incorporation also contains provisions relating to, among other things, the classification of the Company’s board of directors into three classes, with each class to serve for a three year term expiring upon the election and qualification of their respective successors, and the indemnification of the Company’s officers and directors to the fullest extent allowable under Delaware law. The foregoing description of the Certificate of Incorporation is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Certificate of Incorporation, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and is incorporated by reference herein.

Also effective May 17, 2017, the Company adopted amended and restated bylaws (the “ Amended and Restated Bylaws ”). The Amended and Restated Bylaws include, among others, provisions relating to matters governing stockholder meetings and the operation of the board. The Amended and Restated Bylaws also prescribe advance notice procedures for stockholders’ nominations of directors and stockholders’ proposals for consideration at meetings of stockholders. The foregoing description of the Amended and Restated Bylaws is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended and Restated Bylaws, which are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.2 and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 8.01 Other Events

A total of $209,070,000 of the net proceeds from the IPO and the Private Placement were placed in a Trust Account established for the benefit of the Company’s public stockholders at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, with Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company acting as trustee. Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay any taxes or dissolution expenses, none of the funds held in the Trust Account will be released until the earlier of (i) the completion of the Company’s initial business combination, (ii) the redemption of all of the public shares if the Company does not complete the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO (or 21 months from the closing date of the IPO if the Company has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO but has not completed such initial business combination within such 18 month period), subject to applicable law, or (iii) the redemption of the public shares properly submitted in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of the public shares if the Company has not completed the initial business combination within 18 months from the closing date of the IPO (or 21 months, as applicable).

In connection with the IPO, the Company issued press releases announcing the pricing and closing of the IPO, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.1 and 99.2, respectively, and are incorporated by reference herein.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits

(d) Exhibits

 

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Number

  

Exhibit

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated May 11, 2017, between the Company and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. as representative of the several underwriters named therein.
  3.1    Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 17, 2017, filed with the Secretary of State for the State of Delaware on May 17, 2017.
  3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective May 17, 2017.
  4.1    Warrant Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, between the Company and the Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
10.1    Letter Agreement, dated May 17, 2017, by and among the Company and its officers and directors and Modern Media Sponsor, LLC.
10.2    Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, between the Company and the Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
10.3    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, by and among the Company and certain security holders of the Company.
10.4    Sponsor Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, between the Company and Modern Media Sponsor, LLC.
10.5    Expense Advancement Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, between the Company and Modern Media Sponsor, LLC.
10.6    Right of First Refusal Agreement, dated May 17, 2017, between the Company and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.
10.7    Right Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, between the Company and the Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
10.8    Consent Agreement, dated May 17, 2017, by and among the Company, MIHI LLC and Modern Media, LLC.
99.1    Press Release, dated May 12, 2017, Announcing Pricing of IPO.
99.2    Press Release, dated May 17, 2017, Announcing Closing of IPO.

 

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SIGNATURES

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

 

    MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.

Date: May 17, 2017

      By:   /s/     Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
      Name:   Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
      Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Number

  

Exhibit

  1.1    Underwriting Agreement, dated May 11, 2017, between the Company and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. as representative of the several underwriters named therein.
  3.1    Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, dated May 17, 2017, filed with the Secretary of State for the State of Delaware on May 17, 2017.
  3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws, effective May 17, 2017.
  4.1    Warrant Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, between the Company and the Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
10.1    Letter Agreement, dated May 17, 2017, by and among the Company and its officers and directors and Modern Media Sponsor, LLC.
10.2    Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, between the Company and the Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
10.3    Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, by and among the Company and certain security holders of the Company.
10.4    Sponsor Warrant Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, between the Company and Modern Media Sponsor, LLC.
10.5    Expense Advancement Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, between the Company and Modern Media Sponsor, LLC.
10.6    Right of First Refusal Agreement, dated May 17, 2017, between the Company and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.
10.7    Right Agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, between the Company and the Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.
10.8    Consent Agreement, dated May 17, 2017, by and among the Company, MIHI LLC and Modern Media, LLC.
99.1    Press Release, dated May 12, 2017, Announcing Pricing of IPO.
99.2    Press Release, dated May 17, 2017, Announcing Closing of IPO.

Exhibit 1.1

EXECUTION VERSION

18,000,000

MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.

Units

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

May 11, 2017

M ACQUARIE C APITAL (USA) I NC .,

As Representative of the several

    Underwriters named in Schedule 1 attached hereto,

125 West 55 th Street

New York, New York 10019

Ladies and Gentlemen:

Modern Media Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), proposes to issue and sell to the underwriters (the “ Underwriters ”) named in Schedule 1 attached to this agreement (this “ Agreement ”) an aggregate of 18,000,000 units of the Company (the “ Firm Units ”). Each Firm Unit consists of one share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share of the Company (the “ Common Stock ”), one right to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one share of common stock (the “ Rights” ) and one-half of one warrant (the “ Public Warrants ”). In addition, the Company proposes to grant to the Underwriters an option (the “ Over-allotment Option ”) to purchase up to an additional 2,700,000 units (the “ Option Units ”) on the terms set forth in Section 2. The Firm Units and Option Units are hereinafter together referred to as the “ Units, ” and the Units, the shares of Common Stock, the Rights and the Public Warrants included in the Units are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “ Public Securities .” This is to confirm the agreement concerning the purchase of the Firm Units from the Company by the Underwriters.

1.     Representations, Warranties and Agreements of the Company . The Company hereby represents, warrants and agrees that:

(a)    A registration statement on Form S-1 relating to the Public Securities has (i) been prepared by the Company in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “ Securities Act ”), and the rules and regulations (the “ Rules and Regulations ”) of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) thereunder; (ii) been filed with the Commission under the Securities Act; and (iii) become effective under the Securities Act. Copies of such registration statement and any amendment thereto have been furnished or otherwise made available by the Company to you as the representative (the “ Representative ”) of the Underwriters. As used in this Agreement:

(i)    “ Applicable Time ” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date of this Agreement;

 


(ii)    “ Effective Date ” means the date and time as of which such registration statement was declared effective by the Commission;

(iii)    “ Issuer Free Writing Prospectus ” means each “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Rules and Regulations) prepared by or on behalf of the Company or used or referred to by the Company in connection with the offering of the Public Securities;

(iv)    “ Preliminary Prospectus ” means any preliminary prospectus relating to the Public Securities included in such registration statement or filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations;

(v)    “ Pricing Disclosure Package ” means as of the Applicable Time, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, together with each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus filed or used by the Company on or before the Applicable Time, other than a road show that is an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus but is not required to be filed under Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations.

(vi)    “ Prospectus ” means the final prospectus relating to the Public Securities, as filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) of the Rules and Regulations;

(vii)    “ Rule 462(b) Registration Statement ” means a registration statement pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act registering additional securities of any type or an amendment to such registration statement; and

(viii)    “ Registration Statement ” means such registration statement, as may be amended, on file with the Commission at the Effective Date, including any Preliminary Prospectus, or the Prospectus, financial statements, schedules (if any), exhibits and all other documents filed as part thereof or incorporated by reference therein and all information deemed to be a part thereof as of such time pursuant to Rule 430A of the Rules and Regulations, and including, if applicable, any Rule 462(b) Registration Statement.

Any reference to the “ most recent Preliminary Prospectus ” shall be deemed to refer to the latest Preliminary Prospectus included in the Registration Statement or filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) prior to or on the date hereof. The Commission has not issued any order preventing or suspending the use of any Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and no proceeding or examination for such purpose has been instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened by the Commission.

(b)    The Registration Statement conformed and will conform in all material respects on the Effective Date and on the applicable Delivery Date (as defined in Section 4 below), and any amendment to the Registration Statement filed after the date hereof will conform in all material respects when filed, to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations. The Preliminary Prospectus conformed, and the Prospectus will conform, in all material respects when filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b) and on the applicable Delivery Date, to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations.

 

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(c)    The Registration Statement did not, as of the Effective Date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Registration Statement in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the Representative by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 12(e).

(d)    The Prospectus will not, as of its date and on the applicable Delivery Date, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the Representative by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 12(e).

(e)    The Company has not prepared or used any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus.

(f)    The Pricing Disclosure Package did not, as of the Applicable Time, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, provided that no representation or warranty is made as to information contained in or omitted from the Pricing Disclosure Package in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company through the Representative by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information is specified in Section 12(e).

(g)    Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (including, without limitation, any road show that is a free writing prospectus under Rule 433), when considered together with the Pricing Disclosure Package as of the Applicable Time, did not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein necessary to make the statements therein in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(h)    Each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus will conform in all material respects to the requirements of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations on the date of first use, and the Company will comply with all prospectus delivery and any filing requirements applicable to such Issuer Free Writing Prospectus pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. The Company has not made any offer relating to the Public Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Representative. The Company has retained in accordance with the Rules and

 

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Regulations all Issuer Free Writing Prospectuses that were not required to be filed pursuant to the Rules and Regulations. The Company has taken all actions necessary so that any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433 of the Rules and Regulations) in connection with the offering of the Public Securities will not be required to be filed pursuant to the Rules and Regulations

(i)    The Company is validly existing and in good standing as a corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware; the Company has all power and authority necessary to own or hold its properties and to conduct the business in which it is engaged. The Company does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any corporation, association or other entity.

(j)    The Company had at December 31, 2016 an authorized capitalization as set forth under the heading “Capitalization – Actual” in each of the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus; since January 13, 2017, all of the issued shares of capital stock of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, conform to the descriptions thereof contained in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and were issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws and not in violation of any preemptive right, resale right, right of first refusal or similar right. Since January 13, 2017, the Company has not issued any options, warrants or other rights to purchase or exchange any securities for shares of the Company’s capital stock.

(k)    The shares of Common Stock included in the Units to be issued and sold by the Company to the Underwriters hereunder have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance and when issued and paid for in accordance with this Agreement, will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable; the holders thereof will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders; the Public Securities are not and will not be subject to preemptive rights of any holders of any security of the Company or similar contractual rights granted by the Company. The Public Securities will conform to the description thereof contained in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and will be issued in compliance with federal and state securities laws. All corporate action required to be taken for the authorization, issuance and sale of the Public Securities has been duly and validly taken. When paid for and issued, the Public Warrants and Rights will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby in accordance with the terms thereof and such Public Warrants and Rights will be enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provisions may be limited under foreign, federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. The shares of Common Stock issuable upon (A) the exercise of the Public Warrants (the “ Warrant Shares ”) and (B) the conversion of the Rights (the “ Rights Shares ”) have been reserved for issuance. Upon the exercise of the Public Warrants and upon payment of the consideration therefor,

 

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and when issued in accordance with the terms thereof, the Warrant Shares will be duly and validly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the holders thereof will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders. Upon the conversion of the Rights, and when issued in accordance with the terms thereof, the Rights Shares will be duly and validly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the holders thereof will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders.

(l)    The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Company.

(m)    The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Public Securities as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, impose any lien, charge or encumbrance upon any property or assets of the Company, or constitute a default under, any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company is subject; (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation (as defined in Section 8(a)(xv)) or by-laws (or similar organizational documents) of the Company; or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties or assets, except, in the cases of clauses (i) or (iii) for such conflicts, breaches, violations or defaults which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties, business or prospectus of the Company (a “Material Adverse Effect”).

(n)    No consent, approval, authorization or order of, or filing or registration with, any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its properties or assets is required for the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement by the Company, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, and the application of the proceeds from the sale of the Public Securities as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, except for: (i) the registration of the Public Securities under the Securities Act; (ii) such consents, approvals, authorizations, registrations or qualifications as may be required under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “ Exchange Act ”), and applicable state or foreign securities laws in connection with the purchase and sale of the Public Securities by the Underwriters; (iii) such approvals, authorizations or qualifications as may be necessary for the listing of the Public Securities on the NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC; and (iv) as shall have been made or obtained on or prior to the Initial Delivery Date.

(o)    Except as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, there are no contracts, agreements or understandings between the Company and any person

 

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granting such person the right to require the Company to file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to any securities of the Company owned or to be owned by such person or to require the Company to include such securities in the securities registered pursuant to the Registration Statement or in any securities being registered pursuant to any other registration statement filed by the Company under the Securities Act.

(p)    Since January 13, 2017, the Company has not sold or issued any securities that would be integrated with the offering of the Public Securities contemplated by this Agreement (the “ Offering ”) pursuant to the Securities Act, the Rules and Regulations or the interpretations thereof by the Commission.

(q)    The Company has not sustained, since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, any loss or interference with its business from fire, explosion, flood or other calamity, not covered by insurance, or from any court or governmental action, order or decree, and since such date, except as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, there has not been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any adverse change, or any development involving a prospective adverse change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties, management, business or prospects of the Company, in each case except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(r)    Since the date as of which information is given in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, the Company has not (i) incurred any liability or obligation, direct or contingent, other than liabilities and obligations that were incurred in the ordinary course of business, (ii) entered into any material transaction not in the ordinary course of business or (iii) declared or paid any dividend on its capital stock, in each case except as disclosed in such Preliminary Prospectus.

(s)    The historical financial statements (including the related notes and supporting schedules, if any) included in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act and present fairly the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Company at the dates and for the periods indicated and have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be noted therein).

(t)    WithumSmith+Brown, PC (“ WSB ”), who have certified certain financial statements of the Company, whose report appears in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and who have delivered the initial letter referred to in Section 10(f) hereof, have certified to the Company that they are independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations and were independent public accountants as required by the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations during the periods covered by the financial statements on which they reported.

 

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(u)    The Company owns or leases all such properties as are necessary to the conduct of its operations as presently conducted; all assets held under lease by the Company are held by it under valid, subsisting and enforceable leases, with such exceptions as do not materially interfere with the use made and proposed to be made of such assets by the Company.

(v)    The statistical and market-related data included under the caption “Summary” and “Proposed Business” (other than any such data relating solely to Macquarie, its affiliates and its representative transactions (the “ Macquarie Information ”)) in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the consolidated financial statements of the Company included in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the Company believes to be reliable and accurate in all material respects. For purposes of this Section 1(v), “ Macquarie ” means Macquarie Group Limited, together with its subsidiaries and affiliated funds (or similar vehicles) managed by such subsidiaries (which includes the Representative).

(w)    The Company is not, and as of the applicable Delivery Date and, after giving effect to the offer and sale of the Public Securities and the application of the proceeds therefrom as described under “Use of Proceeds” in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, will not, be, an “investment company” within the meaning of such term under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “ Investment Company Act ”), and the rules and regulations of the Commission thereunder.

(x)    There are no known legal or governmental proceedings pending to which the Company is a party or of which any property or assets of the Company is the subject that would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or would, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; to the Company’s knowledge, no such proceedings are threatened or contemplated by governmental authorities or others.

(y)    There are no legal or governmental proceedings or contracts or other documents of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or the most recent Preliminary Prospectus that are not described as required, or, in the case of documents required to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement, that are not filed as required. The Company has no knowledge that any other party to any such contract, agreement or arrangement described in or filed with the Registration Statement or the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, has any intention not to render full performance as contemplated by the terms thereof.

(z)    Except as described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, no relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company, on the one hand, and the directors, officers or stockholders of the Company, on the other hand, that is required to be described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus which is not so described.

 

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(aa)    The Company is in compliance in all material respects with all presently applicable provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (“ ERISA ”); no “reportable event” (as defined in ERISA) has occurred with respect to any “pension plan” (as defined in ERISA) for which the Company would have any liability; the Company has not incurred and does not expect to incur liability under (i) Title IV of ERISA with respect to termination of, or withdrawal from, any “pension plan” or (ii) Sections 412 or 4971 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, including the regulations and published interpretations thereunder (the “ Code ”); and each “pension plan” for which the Company would have any liability that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified in all material respects and nothing has occurred, whether by action or by failure to act, which would cause the loss of such qualification.

(bb)    The Company has filed all federal, state, local and foreign income and franchise tax returns required to be filed through the date hereof, subject to permitted extensions, and has paid, or established an adequate reserve for, all taxes due thereon, and no tax deficiency has been determined adversely to the Company, nor does the Company have any knowledge of any tax deficiencies that could, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(cc)    There are no transfer taxes or other similar fees or charges under Federal law or the laws of any state, or any political subdivision thereof, required to be paid in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the issuance by the Company or sale by the Company of the Public Securities.

(dd)    The Company is not (i) in violation of its Certificate of Incorporation or by-laws (or similar organizational documents), (ii) in default, and no event has occurred that, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, license or other agreement or instrument to which it is a party or by which it is bound or to which any of its properties or assets is subject or (iii) in violation of any statute or any order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body having jurisdiction over it or its property or assets (or has failed to obtain any license, permit, certificate, franchise or other governmental authorization or permit necessary to the ownership of its property or to the conduct of its business), except in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), to the extent any such conflict, breach, violation or default would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ee)    The Company is not aware of (i) any material weakness in internal control over financial reporting or (ii) any change in internal control over financial reporting that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

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(ff)    The Company maintains effective “disclosure controls and procedures” (as defined under Rule 13a-15(e) under the Exchange Act) to the extent required by such rule.

(gg)    There is and since January 13, 2017 has been no failure on the part of the Company and any of the Company’s directors or officers, in their capacities as such, to comply with any applicable provisions of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and the rules and regulations promulgated in connection therewith.

(hh)    The Company has such permits, licenses, patents, franchises, certificates of need and other approvals or authorizations of governmental or regulatory authorities (“ Permits ”) as are necessary under applicable law to own its properties and conduct its businesses in the manner described in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, except for any of the foregoing that would not, in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; the Company has fulfilled and performed all of its obligations with respect to the Permits, and no event has occurred that allows, or after notice or lapse of time would allow, revocation or termination thereof or results in any other impairment of the rights of the holder or any such Permits, except for any of the foregoing that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(ii)    Since January 13, 2017, neither the Company, nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or other person associated with or acting on behalf of the Company, has (i) used any corporate funds for any unlawful contribution, gift, entertainment or other unlawful expense relating to political activity; (ii) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official or employee from corporate funds; (iii) violated or is in violation of any provision of the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (iv) made any bribe, rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other unlawful payment.

(jj)    Since January 13, 2017, the operations of the Company have been conducted in compliance with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the applicable money laundering statutes of jurisdictions where the Company conducts business, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any governmental agency (collectively, the “ Money Laundering Laws ”) and no action, suit or proceeding by or before any court or governmental agency, authority or body or any arbitrator involving the Company with respect to the Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened, except, in each case, as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(kk)    Neither the Company nor, to the knowledge of the Company, any director, officer, agent, employee or affiliate of the Company is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury Department (“ OFAC ”); provided, however, that this representation, warranty and agreement shall not extend or apply to Macquarie (as such term is defined in and for purposes of Section 1(v)) to the extent that Macquarie is, or is determined to be, an

 

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“affiliate” of the Company; and the Company will not directly or indirectly use the proceeds of the offering, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds to any subsidiary, joint venture partner or other person or entity, for the purpose of financing the activities of any person currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by OFAC.

(ll)    The Company has not distributed and, prior to the later to occur of any Delivery Date and completion of the distribution of the Public Securities, will not distribute any offering material in connection with the offering and sale of the Public Securities other than any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus to which the Representative has consented in accordance with Section 1(h) or 8(a)(vi).

(mm)    The Company has not taken and will not take, directly or indirectly, any action designed to or that has constituted or that could reasonably be expected to cause or result in the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any securities of the Company to facilitate the sale of the Public Securities.

(nn)    Neither the Commission nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any federal, state or other regulatory authority has issued any order or threatened to issue any order preventing or suspending the use of the Registration Statement or any Preliminary Prospectus or any part thereof, or has instituted or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened to institute any proceedings with respect to such an offer.

(oo)    The Company has filed with the Commission a Form 8-A (File Number 001-38092) providing for the registration under the Exchange Act of the Units, the Common Stock, the Rights and the Public Warrants. The registration of the Units, Common Stock, Rights and Public Warrants under the Exchange Act has been declared effective by the Commission and the Units, Common Stock, Rights and Public Warrants have been registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

(pp)    No securities of the Company have been sold by the Company or by or on behalf of, or for the benefit of, any person or persons controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Company since January 13, 2017, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement.

(qq)    The Placement Warrants (as defined in Section 6(ii) below) when paid for and issued, will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company to issue the number and type of securities of the Company called for thereby in accordance with the terms thereof, and such Placement Warrants will be enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provisions may be limited under foreign, federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. The shares of Common

 

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Stock issuable upon exercise of the Placement Warrants have been reserved for issuance and, upon the exercise of such Placement Warrants and upon payment of the consideration therefore, and when issued in accordance with the terms of the Placement Warrants, will be duly and validly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and the holders thereof will not be subject to personal liability by reason of being such holders.

(rr)    To the Company’s knowledge, all information contained in the questionnaires (the “ Questionnaires ”) completed by each of the Company’s officers, directors and stockholders holding 5% or more of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock (together, the “ Insiders ”) and provided to the Representative and its counsel and the biographies of the Insiders (to the extent a biography is included) contained in the Registration Statement, Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus is true and correct in all material respects and the Company has not become aware of any information which would cause the information disclosed in the Questionnaires completed by each Insider to become inaccurate, incorrect or incomplete.

(ss)    Prior to the date hereof, no Company Affiliate (as defined in Section 1(uu) below) has, and as of the applicable Delivery Date, the Company and such Company Affiliates will not have: (a) had any specific Business Combination (as defined in Section 2 below) under consideration or contemplation; (b) directly or indirectly, contacted any person or entity regarding potential operating assets, business or businesses which the Company may seek to acquire (each, a “ Target Business ”) or any owner, officer, director, manager, agent or representative thereof or had any substantive discussions, formal or otherwise, with respect to effecting any potential Business Combination with the Company or taken any measure, directly or indirectly to locate a Target Business; or (c) engaged or retained any agent or other representative to identify or locate any Target Business for the Company.

(tt)    Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, the Company has not made any direct or indirect payments (in cash, securities or otherwise) to: (i) any person, as a finder’s fee, consulting fee, or otherwise, in consideration of such person raising capital for the Company or introducing to the Company persons who raised or provided capital to the Company; (ii) any member of The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“ FINRA ”); or (iii) any person or entity that has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member, within the 180 day period prior to the initial filing of the Registration Statement, other than the prior payments to the Underwriters in connection with the Offering.

(uu)    Except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, no officer or director or any beneficial owner (including the Insiders) of any class of the Company’s unregistered securities (whether debt or equity, regardless of the time acquired or the source from which derived) has any direct or indirect affiliation or association with any FINRA member (as determined in accordance with the rules and regulations of FINRA). The Company will advise the Representative and Representative’s counsel if it learns that any officer, director or owner of at least 5% of the Company’s outstanding Common Stock not currently disclosed in the Registration Statement (or securities convertible into Common Stock) (any such individual or entity, a “ Company Affiliate ”) is or becomes an affiliate or associated person of a FINRA member participating in the Offering.

 

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(vv)    Except as described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus, no proceeds from the sale of the Securities (excluding underwriting compensation) will be paid to any FINRA member, or any persons associated or affiliated with a member of FINRA, except as specifically authorized herein.

(ww)    The Company executed and delivered agreements, a form of which has been filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “ Insider Letters ”), pursuant to which each of the Insiders of the Company have agreed to certain matters relating to, among other things, transfer restrictions with respect to the Founder Shares (as defined in Section 6(i) below). The Insider Letters are enforceable against the Company in accordance with their respective terms, except: (i) as such enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by general equitable principles; (ii) as enforceability of any indemnification or contribution provisions may be limited under foreign, federal and state securities laws; and (iii) that the remedy of specific performance and injunctive and other forms of equitable relief may be subject to the equitable defenses and to the discretion of the court before which any proceeding therefor may be brought. The Insider Letters shall not be amended, modified or otherwise changed without the prior written consent of the Representative.

(xx)    Modern Media Sponsor, LLC (the “ Sponsor ”) has executed and delivered a written agreement, the form of which is filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “ Purchase Agreement ”), pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed, among other things, on the Initial Delivery Date (as defined in Section 4 below), to consummate the purchase of and delivery of the purchase price for the Placement Warrants purchased in the Private Placement (as defined in Section 6(ii) below). Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, (i) the Sponsor has waived any and all rights and claims it may have to any proceeds, and any interest thereon, held in the Trust Account (as defined in Section 4 below) in respect of the Placement Warrants, and (ii) the proceeds from the sale of the Placement Warrants will be deposited by the Company in the Trust Account in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement (as defined in Section 4 below) on the Initial Delivery Date.

(yy)    The Company will enter into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Sponsor and the Company’s other initial stockholders (as defined in Section 6(i) below) (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”) substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement and described more fully in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus.

(zz)    The Sponsor has committed to make loans to the Company in an aggregate amount of up to $650,000 (the “ Sponsor Advance ”). The Sponsor Advance does not and will not bear any interest and is repayable by the Company on the consummation of the Offering.

 

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(aaa)    The Company will enter into the Trust Agreement with respect to certain proceeds of the Offering and the Private Placement, substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.

(bbb)    The Company will enter into a warrant agreement with respect to the Public Warrants and the Placement Warrants with CST (as defined in Section 4 below), as warrant agent, substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “ Warrant Agreement ”).

(ccc)    The Company will enter into a rights agreement with respect to the Rights with CST, as rights agent, substantially in the form filed as an exhibit to the Registration Statement (the “ Rights Agreement ”).

(ddd)    To the Company’s knowledge, assuming reasonable inquiry (it being agreed that direct inquiry by the Company of the Insiders of any of the substantive matters discussed in this Section 1(ddd) shall constitute reasonable inquiry) no Insider is subject to any non-competition agreement or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or prior employer which could materially affect his ability to be an employee, officer and/or director of the Company, except as set forth in the Registration Statement.

(eee)    No relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among any of the Company or any Company Affiliate, on the one hand, and any director, officer or stockholder of the Company or any Company Affiliate, on the other hand, which is required by the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or the Rules and Regulations to be described in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus which is not so described as required; provided, however, that this representation, warranty and agreement shall not extend or apply to Macquarie (as such term is defined in and for purposes of Section 1(v)) to the extent that Macquarie is, or is determined to be, an “affiliate” of the Company. There are no outstanding loans, advances (except normal advances for business expenses in the ordinary course of business) or guarantees of indebtedness by the Company to or for the benefit of any of the officers or directors of the Company or any of their respective family members, except as disclosed in the Registration Statement, the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus. The Company has not extended or maintained credit, arranged for the extension of credit, or renewed an extension of credit, in the form of a personal loan to or for any director or officer of the Company at any time during which the Company was subject to the provisions of The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

(fff)    The Common Stock, the Rights and the Public Warrants have been approved for listing, subject to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution, on The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC.

(ggg)    The Company is an “emerging growth company,” as defined in Section 2(a) of the Securities Act (an “ Emerging Growth Company ”).

(hhh)    Neither the Company nor any director, executive officer or other officer of the Company participating in the Offering (each, a “ Company Covered Person ” and,

 

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together, “ Company Covered Persons ”) is subject to any of the “Bad Actor” disqualifications described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i) to (viii) under the Securities Act (a “ Disqualification Event ”), except for a Disqualification Event covered by Rule 506(d)(2) or (d)(3). The Company has exercised reasonable care to determine whether any Company Covered Person is subject to a Disqualification Event. The Company has complied, to the extent practicable, with its disclosure obligations under Rule 506(e), and has furnished to the Representative a copy of any disclosures provided thereunder.

Any certificate signed by any officer of the Company and delivered to the Representative or counsel for the Underwriters in connection with the offering of the Public Securities shall be deemed a representation and warranty by the Company, as to matters covered thereby, to each Underwriter.

2.     Purchase of the Firm Units by the Underwriters . On the basis of the representations and warranties contained in, and subject to the terms and conditions of, this Agreement, the Company agrees to issue and sell to the several Underwriters, severally and not jointly, an aggregate of 18,000,000 Firm Units, at a purchase price (net of discounts and commissions and the Deferred Underwriting Commission described in Section 5 below) of $9.45 per Firm Unit. The Underwriters, severally and not jointly, agree to purchase from the Company the number of Firm Units set forth opposite their respective names on Schedule 1 attached hereto and made a part hereof at a purchase price (net discounts and commissions and the Deferred Underwriting Commission) of $9.45 per Firm Unit. The Firm Units are to be offered initially to the public at the offering price of $10.00 per Firm Unit. The Common Stock, the Rights and the Public Warrants included in the Firm Units will trade separately on the fifty second (52 nd ) day following the date hereof unless the Representative determines to allow earlier separate trading. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, in no event will the Common Stock, the Rights and the Public Warrants included in the Firm Units trade separately until (i) the Company has filed with the Commission a Current Report on Form 8-K that includes an audited balance sheet reflecting the Company’s receipt of proceeds of the Offering and the Private Placement and updated financial information with respect to any proceeds the Company receives from the exercise of the Over-allotment Option (defined below) if such option is exercised prior to the filing of the Form 8-K, and (ii) the Company has issued a press release announcing when such separate trading will begin. Each whole Public Warrant will entitle its holder to purchase one share of Common Stock for $11.50 per whole share, subject to adjustment, commencing on the later of one year from the Initial Delivery Date or 30 days after the completion by the Company of a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar business combination involving the Company and one or more businesses or entities (the “ Business Combination ”) and expiring on the five year anniversary of the completion by the Company of its initial Business Combination, or earlier upon the Company’s redemption or liquidation. Only whole warrants will be exercisable. Each Right will entitle its holder to receive one-tenth (1/10) of one share of Common Stock upon consummation of a Business Combination, even if the holder of such right redeemed all shares of Common Stock held by it in connection with the Business Combination. No additional consideration will be required to be paid by a holder of Rights in order to receive its additional shares upon consummation of a Business Combination. The respective purchase obligations of the Underwriters with respect to the Firm Units shall be rounded among the Underwriters to avoid fractional shares, as the Representative may determine.

 

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In addition, the Company grants to the Underwriters an Over-allotment Option to purchase up to 2,700,000 additional Option Units. The Over-allotment Option is exercisable in the event that the Underwriters sell more than 18,000,000 Firm Units. No Option Units shall be sold or delivered unless the Firm Units previously have been, or simultaneously are, sold and delivered. The Option Units shall be identical in all respects to the Firm Units. The right to purchase Option Units, or any portion thereof, may be exercised from time to time (subject to the limitations in Section 4 below) and to the extent not previously exercised may be surrendered and terminated at any time upon notice by the Representative to the Company. Each Underwriter agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase the number of shares of Option Units (subject to such adjustments to eliminate fractional shares as the Representative may determine) that bears the same proportion to the total number of Option Units to be sold on such Delivery Date as the number of Firm Units set forth in Schedule 1 hereto opposite the name of such Underwriter bears to the total number of Firm Units.

The Company shall not be obligated to deliver any of the Firm Units or Option Units to be delivered on the applicable Delivery Date, except upon payment for all such Units to be purchased on such Delivery Date as provided herein.

3.     Offering of Firm Units by the Underwriters . Upon authorization by the Representative of the release of the Firm Units, the Underwriters propose to offer the Firm Units for sale upon the terms and conditions to be set forth in the Prospectus. The Company hereby confirms its engagement of I-Bankers Securities, Inc. (“ I-Bankers ”) as, and I-Bankers hereby confirms its agreement with the Company to render services as, a “qualified independent underwriter” within the meaning of FINRA Rule 5121 with respect to the offering and sale of the Public Securities.

4.     Delivery of and Payment for the Firm Units . Delivery of and payment for the Firm Units shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the third full business day following the commencement of trading of the Firm Units or at such other date or place as shall be determined by agreement between the Representative and the Company. This date and time are sometimes referred to as the “ Initial Delivery Date .” Payment for the Firm Units shall be made on the Initial Delivery Date by wire transfer in Federal (same day) funds, payable as follows: $181,800,000 of the proceeds received by the Company for the Firm Units shall be deposited in a trust account (the “ Trust Account ”) established by the Company for the benefit of the Public Stockholders (as defined below), as described in the Registration Statement, pursuant to the terms of an Investment Management Trust Agreement (the “ Trust Agreement ”) between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“ CST ”). The remaining proceeds (less commissions and actual expense payments or other fees payable pursuant to this Agreement) shall be paid to the order of the Company. Delivery of the Firm Units shall be made to the Representative for the account of each Underwriter against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representative and of the respective aggregate purchase prices of the Firm Units being sold by the Company to or upon the order of the Company of the purchase price by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Company. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligation of each Underwriter hereunder. The Company shall deliver the Firm Units through the facilities of DTC unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct. As used herein, the term “ Public Stockholders ” means the holders of

 

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shares of Common Stock sold as part of the Units in the Offering or acquired in the aftermarket, including any stockholder of the Company prior to the Offering to the extent they acquire such shares of Common Stock in the aftermarket (and solely with respect to such shares of Common Stock).

The Over-allotment Option granted in Section 2 will expire 45 days after the date of this Agreement and may be exercised in whole or from time to time in part by written notice being given to the Company by the Representative; provided that if such date falls on a day that is not a business day, the option granted in Section 2 will expire on the next succeeding business day. Such notice shall set forth the aggregate number of Option Units as to which the option is being exercised, the names in which the Option Units are to be registered, the denominations in which the Option Units are to be issued and the date and time, as determined by the Representative, when the Option Units are to be delivered; provided, however , that this date and time shall not be earlier than the Initial Delivery Date nor earlier than the second business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised nor later than the fifth business day after the date on which the option shall have been exercised. Each date and time the Option Units are delivered is sometimes referred to as an “ Option Unit Delivery Date ,” and the Initial Delivery Date and any Option Unit Delivery Date are sometimes each referred to as a “ Delivery Date .”

Delivery of the Option Units by the Company and payment for the Option Units by the several Underwriters through the Representative shall be made at 10:00 A.M., New York City time, on the date specified in the corresponding notice described in the preceding paragraph or at such other date or place as shall be determined by agreement between the Representative and the Company. On the Option Unit Delivery Date, the Company shall deliver or cause to be delivered the Option Units to the Representative for the account of each Underwriter against payment by the several Underwriters through the Representative and of the respective aggregate purchase prices of the Option Units being sold by the Company to or upon the order of the Company of the purchase price by wire transfer in immediately available funds to the accounts specified by the Company. Time shall be of the essence, and delivery at the time and place specified pursuant to this Agreement is a further condition of the obligation of each Underwriter hereunder. The Company shall deliver the Option Units through the facilities of DTC unless the Representative shall otherwise instruct.

5.     Deferred Underwriting Commission . The Representative agrees that 3.50% of the gross proceeds from the sale of the Firm Units ($6,300,000) and 5.50% the gross proceeds from the sale of the Option Units (up to $1,485,000) (the “ Deferred Underwriting Commission ”) will be deposited in and held in the Trust Account and payable directly from the Trust Account, without accrued interest. The Deferred Underwriting Commission shall be paid by the Company to the Underwriters in cash upon the closing of the Company’s Business Combination. In the event that the Company is unable to consummate a Business Combination and CST, as trustee of the Trust Account, commences liquidation of the Trust Account as provided in the Trust Agreement, the Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Underwriters, agrees that: (i) the several Underwriters shall forfeit any rights or claims to the Deferred Underwriting Commission; and (ii) the Deferred Underwriting Commission, together with all other amounts on deposit in the Trust Account, shall be distributed on a pro-rata basis among the Public Stockholders together with any interest thereon (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and any amounts released to the Company to fund working capital requirements).

 

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6.     Private Placements

(i)    The Representative has advised the Company as follows: in connection with the Company’s organization, the Company issued to MIHI LLC (“ MIHI ”), an affiliate (as such term is used in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Representative, for aggregate consideration of $25,000, 100 common units (the “ Common Units ”), in a private placement exempt from registration under Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act; on January 3, 2017, the Company converted into a corporation and, in conjunction with, and effective upon, the conversion, the Common Units were converted into 100 shares of Common Stock (the “ Founder Shares ”); MIHI subsequently transferred the Founder Shares to the Sponsor pursuant to a written agreement; the Company undertook a stock split, effective as of February 15, 2017, as a result of which the Sponsor held 7,187,500 Founder Shares (up to 675,000 of the Sponsor’s Founder Shares will be subject to forfeiture to the extent the Over-allotment Option is not exercised in full); the Sponsor subsequently (A) sold certain of such shares to certain of the Company’s officers and/or directors (the “ initial stockholders ”) and (B) surrendered 2,875,000 of its shares to the Company for no consideration; no underwriting discounts, commissions or placement fees have been or will be payable in connection with the initial purchase of the Founder Shares. Except as described in the Registration Statement, none of the Founder Shares may be sold, assigned or transferred by the initial stockholders of the Company until the earlier of: (i) one year after the completion of the Business Combination; or (ii) when the last reported closing price of the shares of Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the completion of the Business Combination; or earlier, in each case if, subsequent to the Business Combination, the Company completes a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Company’s Public Stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property. The initial stockholders who hold Founder Shares shall have no right to any liquidation distributions with respect to any portion of the Founder Shares. In the event that the Over-allotment Option is not exercised in full, Sponsor will forfeit such number of Founder Shares held by the Sponsor such that the Founder Shares will comprise 20% of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company after giving effect to the Offering.

(ii)    Simultaneously with the Initial Delivery Date, the Sponsor will consummate the purchase from the Company pursuant to a written agreement (the “ Warrant Purchase Agreement ”) of 7,050,000 warrants (the “ Placement Warrants ”) at a purchase price of $1.00 per Placement Warrant in a private placement intended to be exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Under the Warrant Purchase Agreement, the Sponsor has also agreed that if the Over-allotment Option is exercised in full or in part, it will purchase from the Company an additional number of Placement Warrants (up to a maximum of 270,000) at a purchase price of $1.00 per warrant, in an amount necessary to maintain the funds held

 

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in the Trust Account at $10.10 per Unit. The private placement of the Placement Warrants is referred to herein as the “ Private Placement .” No underwriting discounts, commissions or placement fees have been or will be payable in connection with the Placement Warrants to be sold in the Private Placement. The Placement Warrants will be identical to the Public Warrants except that the Placement Warrants will be non-redeemable by the Company and may be exercised on a cashless basis so long as they are held by the initial purchasers of the Placement Warrants or their permitted transferees. None of the Placement Warrants may be sold, assigned or transferred by the initial purchasers of the Placement Warrants or their permitted transferees until thirty (30) days after completion of a Business Combination (except as disclosed in the Prospectus). The Public Securities, the Placement Warrants and the Founder Shares are hereinafter referred to collectively as the “ Securities .” The proceeds from the sale of the Placement Warrants shall be deposited into the Trust Account.

7.     Working Capital; Interest on Trust .

(i)    Upon consummation of the Offering, initially $1,000,000 of the Offering proceeds will be released to the Company and held outside of the Trust Account to fund the working capital requirements of the Company.

(ii)    Prior to the earlier of the Company’s consummation of a Business Combination or the Company’s liquidation, interest earned on the Trust Account may be released to the Company from the Trust Account in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement to pay any taxes or dissolution expenses incurred by the Company, as more fully described in the Prospectus.

8.     Further Agreements of the Company and the Underwriters . (a) The Company agrees:

(i)    To prepare the Prospectus in a form approved by the Representative and to file such Prospectus pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act not later than the Commission’s close of business on the second business day following the execution and delivery of this Agreement; to make no further amendment or any supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus prior to the last Delivery Date except as provided herein; to advise the Representative, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the time when any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus has been filed and to furnish the Representative with copies thereof; to advise the Representative, promptly after it receives notice thereof, of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, of the suspension of the qualification of the Public Securities for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or threatening of any proceeding or examination for any such purpose or of any request by the Commission for the amending or supplementing of the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or for additional information; and, in the event of the issuance of any stop order or of any order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or suspending any such qualification, to use promptly its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain its withdrawal;

 

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(ii)    To furnish promptly to the Representative and to counsel for the Representative a signed copy of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission, and each amendment thereto filed with the Commission, including all consents and exhibits filed therewith; provided, however, that documents filed with the Commission pursuant to its EDGAR system shall be deemed to have been delivered to the Representative pursuant to this Section.

(iii)    To deliver promptly to the Representative such number of the following documents as the Representative shall reasonably request: (A) conformed copies of the Registration Statement as originally filed with the Commission and each amendment thereto (in each case excluding exhibits other than this Agreement and the computation of per share earnings), (B) each Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus and any amended or supplemented Prospectus and (C) each Issuer Free Writing Prospectus; and, if the delivery of a prospectus is required at any time after the date hereof in connection with the offering or sale of the Public Securities or any other securities relating thereto and if at such time any events shall have occurred as a result of which the Prospectus as then amended or supplemented would include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made when such Prospectus is delivered, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement the Prospectus in order to comply with the Securities Act, to notify the Representative and, upon its request, to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter and to any dealer in securities as many copies as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Prospectus that will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance;

(iv)    To file promptly with the Commission any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus that may, in the judgment of the Company or the Representative, be required by the Securities Act or requested by the Commission;

(v)    Prior to filing with the Commission any amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus, to furnish a copy thereof to the Representative and counsel for the Representative and obtain the consent of the Representative to the filing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed);

(vi)    Not to make any offer relating to the Public Securities that would constitute an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Representative.

(vii)    To comply with all applicable requirements of Rule 433 with respect to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus; and if any time after the date hereof any events shall have occurred as a result of which any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, as then amended or supplemented, would conflict with the information in the Registration Statement, the most recent Preliminary Prospectus or the Prospectus or would include an untrue

 

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statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or, if for any other reason it shall be necessary to amend or supplement any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, to notify the Representative and, upon its request, to file such document and to prepare and furnish without charge to each Underwriter as many copies as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request of an amended or supplemented Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that will correct such conflict, statement or omission or effect such compliance;

(viii)    As soon as practicable after the Effective Date (it being understood that the Company shall have until at least 410 days or, if the fourth quarter following the fiscal quarter that includes the Effective Date is the last fiscal quarter of the Company’s fiscal year, 455 days after the end of the Company’s current fiscal quarter), to make generally available to the Company’s security holders and to deliver to the Representative an earnings statement of the Company (which need not be audited) complying with Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and the Rules and Regulations (including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158);

(ix)    Promptly from time to time to take such action as the Representative may reasonably request to qualify the Public Securities for offering and sale under the securities laws of Canada and such other jurisdictions as the Representative may request and to comply with such laws so as to permit the continuance of sales and dealings therein in such jurisdictions for as long as may be necessary to complete the distribution of the Public Securities; provided that in connection therewith the Company shall not be required to (i) qualify as a foreign corporation in any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be required to so qualify, (ii) file a general consent to service of process in any such jurisdiction or (iii) subject itself to taxation in any jurisdiction in which it would not otherwise be subject;

(x)    For a period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the 180 th day after such date (the “ Lock-Up Period ”), not to, directly or indirectly, without the prior consent of the Representative (1) offer for sale, sell, pledge or otherwise dispose of (or enter into any transaction or device that is designed to, or could be expected to, result in the disposition by any person at any time in the future of) any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock (other than the Public Securities and shares issued pursuant to employee benefit plans, qualified stock option plans or other employee compensation plans existing on the date hereof and the effectuation by the Company of the Company’s stock dividend of 0.390419 shares of Common Stock for each outstanding share of Common Stock effective as of the date hereof (the “ Stock Dividend ”)), or sell or grant options, rights or warrants with respect to any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock, (2) enter into any swap or other derivatives transaction that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic benefits or risks of ownership of such shares of Common Stock, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of Common Stock or other securities, in cash or otherwise, (3) file or cause to be filed a registration statement, including any amendments, with respect to the registration of any shares of Common Stock or securities convertible, exercisable or

 

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exchangeable into Common Stock or any other securities of the Company or (4) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing, in each case without the prior written consent of the Representative and its legal counsel, on behalf of the Underwriters, and to cause each officer, director and stockholder of the Company set forth on Schedule 2 hereto to furnish to the Representative, prior to the Initial Delivery Date, an agreement or agreements, substantially in the form of the Insider Letters (the “ Lock-Up Agreements ”); notwithstanding the foregoing, if (1) during the last 17 days of the Lock-Up Period, the Company issues an earnings release or material news or a material event relating to the Company occurs or (2) prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, the Company announces that it will release earnings results during the 16-day period beginning on the last day of the Lock-Up Period, then the restrictions imposed in this paragraph shall continue to apply until the expiration of the 18-day period beginning on the issuance of the earnings release or the announcement of the material news or the occurrence of the material event, unless the Representative and its legal counsel, on behalf of the Underwriters, waive such extension in writing; further, notwithstanding the foregoing, and subject to the terms and obligations contained in the Insider Letters, the provisions of this paragraph and/or the Lock-Up Agreements will not apply to: (i) a transfer not for consideration if the transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this paragraph or any corresponding Lock-Up Agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer; (ii) a disposition to the Company pursuant to Section 6(i) of this Agreement; (iii) a transfer, in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (iv) a transfer, in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (v) a transfer in the event of the Company’s liquidation prior to the completion of a Business Combination; (vi) a transfer by virtue of the laws of the State of Delaware or the Sponsor’s amended and restated limited liability company agreement upon dissolution of the Sponsor; (vii) a transfer in the event of the Company’s completion of a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion of a Business Combination; and (viii) surrender to the Company for no consideration any shares received pursuant to the Stock Dividend.

(xi)    To not consummate a Business Combination with any entity that is affiliated with any Insider unless the Company obtains an opinion from an independent investment banking firm which is a member of FINRA or an independent accounting firm that the Business Combination is fair to the Company’s stockholders from a financial perspective. No Insider or any affiliate of an Insider shall receive any fees of any type (other than reimbursement of ordinary and customary expenses incurred on behalf of the Company) in connection with the Business Combination, except that the Representative or its affiliates may be entitled to certain fees as a financial advisor in connection with the Business Combination (“ Business Combination Advisory Fees ”), as further set forth in that certain letter agreement, to be entered into between the Representative and the Company and dated as of the Initial Delivery Date (the “ ROFR Agreement ”);

 

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(xii)    Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, and other than any Business Combination Advisory Fees pursuant to the ROFR Agreement, to not pay any of the Insiders or any of their affiliates any fees or compensation for services rendered to the Company prior to, or in connection with, the completion of a Business Combination; provided that the Insiders shall be entitled to reimbursement from the Company for their reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with identifying, investigating, negotiating and completing a Business Combination;

(xiii)    For a period of five years from the Effective Date or until such earlier time upon which the Company is required to be liquidated, to furnish the Representative and its counsel copies of such financial statements and other periodic and special reports as the Company from time to time furnishes generally to holders of any class of its securities, and promptly furnish to the Representative (i) a copy of each periodic report the Company files with the Commission, (ii) a copy of every press release and every news item and article with respect to the Company or its affairs that was released by the Company, (iii) a copy of each Current Report on Form 8-K or Schedules 13D, 13G, 14D-1 or 13E-4 received or prepared by the Company, (iv) a copy of each registration statement filed by the Company with the Commission under the Act, and (v) such additional documents and information with respect to the Company and the affairs of any future subsidiaries of the Company as the Representative may from time to time reasonably request; provided the Representative shall sign, if requested by the Company, a Regulation FD compliant confidentiality agreement which is reasonably acceptable to the Representative and its counsel in connection with the Representative’s receipt of such information. Documents filed with the Commission pursuant to its EDGAR system, or otherwise publicly available, shall be deemed to have been furnished to the Representative pursuant to this Section;

(xiv)    To the extent required by applicable law, to maintain a system of internal accounting controls sufficient to provide reasonable assurances that: (i) transactions are executed in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary in order to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles and to maintain accountability for assets, (iii) access to assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s general or specific authorization, and (iv) the recorded accountability for assets is compared with existing assets at reasonable intervals and appropriate action is taken with respect to any differences;

(xv)    The Company will not take any action or omit to take any action that would cause the Company to be in breach or violation of its certificate of incorporation, as may be in effect from time to time (the “ Certificate of Incorporation ”);

(xvi)    Prior to its initial Business Combination, not to seek to amend or modify its Certificate of Incorporation, except as set forth in the Registration Statement;

(xvii)    To maintain directors’ and officers’ insurance (including, without limitation, insurance covering the Company, its directors and officers, for liabilities or losses arising in connection with this Offering, including, without limitation, liabilities or losses arising under the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, the Rules and Regulations and any applicable foreign securities laws);

 

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(xviii)    To deposit the proceeds from the Private Placement in the Trust Account or to a separate escrow account (in the case of the latter, such amount to be transferred to the Trust Account on the Initial Delivery Date), and shall provide the Representative with notice of the same. The Private Placement shall be consummated on the Initial Delivery Date;

(xix)    Other than the Private Placement, and except as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, not to consummate any public or private equity or debt financing prior to the consummation of a Business Combination, unless all investors in such financing expressly waive, in writing, any rights in or claims against the Trust Account;

(xx)    Not to amend, modify or otherwise change the Warrant Agreement, Rights Agreement, Trust Agreement, Registration Rights Agreement, or any Insider Letter without the prior written consent of the Representative, which will not be unreasonably withheld;

(xxi)    Until the consummation of a Business Combination, to use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the listing of the Public Securities on The Nasdaq Stock Market, LLC or another national securities exchange reasonably acceptable to the Representative;

(xxii)    To reserve and keep available that maximum number of its authorized but unissued securities which are issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrants and the Placement Warrants, and upon conversion of the Rights, outstanding from time to time;

(xxiii)    To apply the net proceeds from the sale of the Public Securities as set forth in the Prospectus.

(b)    Each Underwriter severally agrees that such Underwriter shall not include any “issuer information” (as defined in Rule 433) in any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) used or referred to by such Underwriter without the prior written consent of the Company (any such issuer information with respect to whose use the Company has given its consent, “ Permitted Issuer Information ”); provided that (i) no such consent shall be required with respect to any such issuer information contained in any document filed by the Company with the Commission prior to the use of such free writing prospectus and (ii) “issuer information,” as used in this Section 8(b), shall not be deemed to include information prepared by or on behalf of such Underwriter on the basis of or derived from issuer information; provided, however, that the Underwriter obtains the prior written consent of the Company before including any such information in any “free writing prospectus.”

9.     Expenses . The Company agrees, whether or not the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are consummated or this Agreement is terminated, to pay all costs, expenses, fees and taxes incident to and in connection with (a) the authorization, issuance, sale and delivery of the Public Securities and any stamp duties or other taxes payable in

 

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connection therewith, and the preparation and printing of certificates for the Public Securities; (b) the preparation, printing and filing under the Securities Act of the Registration Statement (including any exhibits thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto; (c) the distribution of the Registration Statement (including any exhibits thereto), any Preliminary Prospectus, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto, all as provided in this Agreement; (d) the production and distribution of this Agreement, any supplemental agreement among Underwriters, and any other related documents in connection with the offering, purchase, sale and delivery of the Public Securities; (e) any required review by FINRA of the terms of sale of the Public Securities (including related fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters in an amount that, taken together with any fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters pursuant to clause (g), is not greater than $43,625; (f) the listing of the Public Securities on The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC and/or any other exchange; (g) the qualification of the Public Securities under the securities laws of the several jurisdictions as provided in Section 8(a)(ix) and the preparation, printing and distribution of a Blue Sky Memorandum (including related fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters in an amount that, taken together with any fees and expenses of counsel to the Underwriters pursuant to clause (e), is not greater than the amount specified in clause (e)); (h) the preparation, printing and distribution of one or more versions of the Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus for distribution in Canada (often in the form of a Canadian “wrapper”) (including related fees and expenses of Canadian counsel to the Underwriters); (i) any Independent Underwriter (as defined in Section 12(f)); (j) the investor presentations on any “road show” undertaken in connection with the marketing of the Public Securities, including, without limitation, expenses associated with any electronic roadshow, travel and lodging expenses of the representatives and officers of the Company and the cost of any aircraft chartered in connection with the road show; (k) all fees, expenses and disbursements relating to background checks of the Company’s officers and directors in an amount not to exceed $17,500 in the aggregate and (l) all other costs and expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company’s obligations to reimburse the Representative for any out-of-pocket expenses actually incurred as set forth in the preceding sentence shall not exceed $250,000 in the aggregate, including but not limited to the reasonable legal fees and road show expenses as described therein. The Representative may deduct from the net proceeds of the Offering payable to the Company on any Delivery Date the expenses set forth herein (as limited by this Section 9) to be paid by the Company to the Underwriters.

10.     Conditions of Underwriters’ Obligations . The respective obligations of the Underwriters hereunder are subject to the accuracy, when made and on each Delivery Date, of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein, to the performance by the Company of its obligations hereunder, and to each of the following additional terms and conditions:

(a)    The Prospectus shall have been timely filed with the Commission in accordance with Section 8(a)(i); the Company shall have complied with all filing requirements applicable to any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus used or referred to after the date hereof; no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus shall have been issued and no proceeding or examination for such purpose

 

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shall have been initiated or threatened by the Commission; and any request of the Commission for inclusion of additional information in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or otherwise shall have been complied with.

(b)    No Underwriter shall have discovered and disclosed to the Company on or prior to such Delivery Date that the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or the Pricing Disclosure Package, or any amendment or supplement thereto, contains an untrue statement of a fact which, in the opinion of Greenberg Traurig, LLP, counsel for the Representative, is material or omits to state a fact which, in the opinion of such counsel, is material and is required to be stated therein or is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.

(c)    All corporate proceedings and other legal matters incident to the authorization, form and validity of this Agreement, the Public Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus, and all other legal matters relating to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be reasonably satisfactory in all material respects to counsel for the Representative, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel all documents and information that they may reasonably request to enable them to pass upon such matters.

(d)    Jones Day shall have furnished to the Representative its written opinion, as counsel to the Company, addressed to the Underwriters and dated such Delivery Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Representative.

(e)    The Representative shall have received from Greenberg Traurig, LLP, counsel for the Underwriters, such opinion or opinions, dated such Delivery Date, with respect to the issuance and sale of the Public Securities, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus and the Pricing Disclosure Package, and other related matters as the Representative may reasonably require, and the Company shall have furnished to such counsel such documents as they reasonably request for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon such matters.

(f)    At the time of execution of this Agreement, the Representative shall have received from WSB a letter, in form and substance satisfactory to the Representatives, addressed to the Underwriters and dated the date hereof (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, and (ii) stating, as of the date hereof (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, as of a date not more than three days prior to the date hereof), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters ordinarily covered by accountants’ “comfort letters” to underwriters in connection with registered public offerings.

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(the “ initial letter ”), the Company shall have furnished to the Representative a letter (the “ bring-down letter ”) of such accountants, addressed to the Underwriters and dated such Delivery Date (i) confirming that they are independent public accountants within the meaning of the Securities Act and are in compliance with the applicable requirements relating to the qualification of accountants under Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X of the Commission, (ii) stating, as of the date of the bring-down letter (or, with respect to matters involving changes or developments since the respective dates as of which specified financial information is given in the Prospectus, as of a date not more than three days prior to the date of the bring-down letter), the conclusions and findings of such firm with respect to the financial information and other matters covered by the initial letter and (iii) confirming in all material respects the conclusions and findings set forth in the initial letter.

(h)    The Company shall have furnished to the Representative a certificate, dated such Delivery Date, of its Chief Executive Officer and its Chief Financial Officer stating that:

(i)    The representations, warranties and agreements of the Company in Section 1 are true and correct on and as of such Delivery Date, and the Company has complied with all its agreements contained herein and satisfied all the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied hereunder at or prior to such Delivery Date;

(ii)    No stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement has been issued; and no proceedings or examination for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of such officers, threatened; and

(iii)    Since the Effective Date, no Material Adverse Effect has occurred that should have been set forth in a supplement or amendment to the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, or any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus that has not been so set forth;

(i)    Since the date of the latest audited financial statements included in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus, there shall not have been any change in the capital stock or long-term debt of the Company or any change, or any development involving a prospective change, in or affecting the condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, stockholders’ equity, properties, management, business or prospects of the Company not described in the Registration Statement, the effect of which is, in the judgment of the Representative, so material and adverse as to make it impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the public offering or the delivery of the Public Securities being delivered on such Delivery Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.

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(k)    Subsequent to the execution and delivery of this Agreement there shall not have occurred any of the following: (i) trading in securities generally on the New York Stock Exchange or the American Stock Exchange or in the over-the-counter market, or trading in any securities of the Company on any exchange or in the over-the-counter market, shall have been suspended or materially limited or the settlement of such trading generally shall have been materially disrupted or minimum prices shall have been established on any such exchange or such market by the Commission, by such exchange or by any other regulatory body or governmental authority having jurisdiction, (ii) a banking moratorium shall have been declared by federal or state authorities, (iii) the United States shall have become engaged in hostilities, there shall have been an escalation in hostilities involving the United States or there shall have been a declaration of a national emergency or war by the United States or (iv) there shall have occurred such a material adverse change in general economic, political or financial conditions, including, without limitation, as a result of terrorist activities after the date hereof (or the effect of international conditions on the financial markets in the United States shall be such), as to make it, in the reasonable judgment of the Representative, impracticable or inadvisable to proceed with the Offering or delivery of the Public Securities being delivered on such Delivery Date on the terms and in the manner contemplated in the Prospectus.

(l)    The NASDAQ Stock Market, LLC shall have approved the Public Securities for listing, subject only to official notice of issuance and evidence of satisfactory distribution.

(m)    The Lock-Up Agreements between the Representative and the officers, directors and stockholders of the Company set forth on Schedule 2 , delivered to the Representative on or before the date of this Agreement, shall be in full force and effect on such Delivery Date.

All opinions, letters, evidence and certificates mentioned above or elsewhere in this Agreement shall be deemed to be in compliance with the provisions hereof only if they are in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to counsel for the Representative.

11.     Additional Covenants .

(a)    The Company hereby agrees that until the completion of a Business Combination and other than the issuance of shares of Common Stock upon its exercise of the Public Warrants, it shall not issue any shares of Common Stock or any options or other securities convertible into shares of Common Stock, or any preferred shares or other securities of the Company which participate in any manner in the Trust Account or which vote as a class with the shares of Common Stock on a Business Combination.

(b)    The Company hereby agrees that it will use commercially reasonable efforts prior to commencing its due diligence investigation of any prospective Target Business or prior to obtaining the services of any vendor to have such Target Business and/or vendor acknowledge in writing whether through a letter of intent, memorandum of understanding or other similar document (and subsequently acknowledge the same in any

 

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definitive document replacing any of the foregoing), that (a) it has read the Prospectus and understands that the Company has established the Trust Account, initially in an amount of $181,800,000 (without giving effect to any exercise of the Over-allotment Option) for the benefit of the Public Stockholders and that, except for a portion of the interest earned on the amounts held in the Trust Account, the Company may disburse monies from the Trust Account only (i) to the Public Stockholders in the event they elect to redeem their IPO Shares (as defined below) in connection with the completion of a Business Combination, (ii) to the Public Stockholders if the Company fails to complete a Business Combination within the time period set forth in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, or (iii) to the holders of the IPO Shares properly submitted in connection with a Stockholder vote to approve an amendment to the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Company’s obligation to redeem 100% of its IPO Shares within the period of time set forth in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation and (b) for and in consideration of the Company (i) agreeing to evaluate such Target Business for purposes of completing a Business Combination with it or (ii) agreeing to engage the services of the vendor, as the case may be, such Target Business or vendor agrees that it does not have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account (“ Claim ”) and waives any Claim it may have in the future as 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. The Company may forego obtaining such waivers only if the Company shall have received the approval of its Chief Executive Officer and the approving vote or written consent of at least a majority of its board of directors (the “ Board of Directors ”). The term “ IPO Shares ” means the shares of Common Stock contained in the Public Securities.

(c)    The Company shall not take any action or omit to take any action which would cause a breach of any of the Insider Letters and will not allow any amendments to, or waivers of, such Insider Letters without the prior approving vote or written consent of at least a majority of the Board of Directors, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld.

(d)    The Company agrees that it will use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the Company from becoming subject to Rule 419 under the Securities Act prior to the consummation of any Business Combination, including but not limited to using its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent any of the Company’s outstanding securities form being deemed to be a “penny stock” as defined in Rule 3a51-1 under the Exchange Act during such period.

(e)    The Company shall provide to the Representative or its counsel (if so instructed by the Representative) with 10 copies of all tender offer documents or proxy information and all related material filed with the Commission in connection with a Business Combination concurrently with such filing with the Commission. Documents filed with the Commission pursuant to its EDGAR system shall be deemed to have been provided to the Representative pursuant to this Section. In addition, the Company shall furnish to any other state in which its initial public offering was registered, such information as may be requested by such state.

 

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(f)    The Company shall promptly notify the Representative if the Company ceases to be an Emerging Growth Company at any time prior to the completion of the distribution of the Securities within the meaning of the Act.

(g)    The Company will notify the Representative in writing, prior to the applicable Delivery Date, of (i) any Disqualification Event relating to any Company Covered Person and (ii) any event that would, with the passage of time, become a Disqualification Event relating to any Company Covered Person.

(h)    The Company agrees that the Target Business that it acquires must have a fair market value equal to at least 80% of the value of the assets held in the Trust Account at the time of signing the definitive agreement for the Business Combination with such Target Business (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable or interest earned on the Trust Account). The fair market value of such business must be determined by the Board of Directors of the Company based upon standards generally accepted by the financial community. If the Board of Directors of the Company is not able to independently determine that the Target Business meets such fair market value requirement, the Company will obtain an opinion from an unaffiliated, independent investment banking firm, that is a member of FINRA or a valuation or appraisal firm with respect to the satisfaction of such criteria. The Company is not required to obtain an opinion from an investment banking firm as to the fair market value if the Company’s Board of Directors independently determines that the Target Business does not have sufficient fair market value, provided that the Target Business is not affiliated with an Insider.

(i)    Except as the context otherwise requires, all representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to be representations, warranties and agreements as of the Initial Delivery Date or the Option Delivery Date, if any, and such representations, warranties and agreements of the Underwriters and the Company, including the indemnity agreements contained in Section 12 hereof, shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the Underwriters, the Company or any controlling person of the Company, and, with respect to Section 12 only, shall survive termination of this Agreement or the issuance and delivery of the Public Securities to the Underwriters until the earlier of the expiration of any applicable statute of limitations and the seventh (7 th ) anniversary of the later of the Initial Delivery Date or the Option Delivery Date, if any, at which time such obligations shall terminate and be of no further force and effect.

12.     Indemnification and Contribution .

(a)    The Company shall indemnify and hold harmless each Underwriter, its directors, officers and employees and each person, if any, who controls any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act, from and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of Public Securities), to which that Underwriter, director, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss,

 

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claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in (A) any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto, (B) any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or (C) any Permitted Issuer Information used or referred to in any “free writing prospectus” (as defined in Rule 405) used or referred to by any Underwriter, (D) any “road show” (as defined in Rule 433) not constituting an Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (a “ Non-Prospectus Road Show ”) or (E) any Blue Sky application or other document prepared or executed by the Company (or based upon any information furnished by the Company for use therein) specifically for the purpose of qualifying any or all of the Public Securities under the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction (any such application, document or information being hereinafter called a “ Blue Sky Application ”), (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Permitted Issuer Information, any Non-Prospectus Road Show or any Blue Sky Application, any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading or (iii) any act or failure to act or any alleged act or failure to act by any Underwriter in connection with, or relating in any manner to, the Public Securities or the offering contemplated hereby, and which is included as part of or referred to in any loss, claim, damage, liability or action arising out of or based upon matters covered by clause (i) or (ii) above ( provided that the Company shall not be liable under this clause (iii) to the extent that it is determined in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such loss, claim, damage, liability or action resulted directly from any such acts or failures to act undertaken or omitted to be taken by such Underwriter through its bad faith, fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct), and shall reimburse each Underwriter and each such director, officer, employee or controlling person promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by that Underwriter, director, officer, employee or controlling person in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend against any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action as such expenses are incurred; provided , however , that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that any such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any such amendment or supplement thereto or in any Permitted Issuer Information, any Non-Prospectus Road Show or any Blue Sky Application, in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Underwriter furnished to the Company through the Representative by or on behalf of any Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information consists solely of the information specified in Section 12(e). The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability which the Company may otherwise have to any Underwriter or to any director, officer, employee or controlling person of that Underwriter.

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and against any loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof, to which the Company or any such director, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, (i) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus Road Show or Blue Sky Application, or (ii) the omission or alleged omission to state in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus Road Show or Blue Sky Application, any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but in each case only to the extent that the untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information concerning such Underwriter furnished to the Company through the Representative by or on behalf of that Underwriter specifically for inclusion therein, which information is limited to the information set forth in Section 12(e). The foregoing indemnity agreement is in addition to any liability that any Underwriter may otherwise have to the Company or any such director, officer, employee or controlling person.

(c)    Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 12 of notice of any claim or the commencement of any action, the indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party under this Section 12, notify the indemnifying party in writing of the claim or the commencement of that action; provided , however , that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under this Section 12 except to the extent it has been materially prejudiced by such failure and, provided , further , that the failure to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have to an indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 12. If any such claim or action shall be brought against an indemnified party, and it shall notify the indemnifying party thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, jointly with any other similarly notified indemnifying party, to assume the defense thereof with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified party of its election to assume the defense of such claim or action, the indemnifying party shall not be liable to the indemnified party under this Section 12 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 the indemnified party shall have the right to employ counsel to represent jointly the indemnified party and those other indemnified parties and their respective directors, officers, employees and controlling persons who may be subject to liability arising out of any claim in respect of which indemnity may be sought under this Section 12 if (i) the indemnified party and the indemnifying party shall have so mutually agreed; (ii) the indemnifying party has failed within a reasonable time to retain counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party; (iii) the indemnified party and its directors, officers, employees and controlling persons shall have reasonably concluded that there may be legal defenses available to them that are different from or in addition to those available to the indemnifying party; or

 

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(iv) the named parties in any such proceeding (including any impleaded parties) include both the indemnified parties or their respective directors, officers, employees or controlling persons, on the one hand, and the indemnifying party, on the other hand, and representation of both sets of parties by the same counsel would be inappropriate due to actual or potential differing interests between them, and in any such event the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be paid by the indemnifying party. No indemnifying party shall (i) without the prior written consent of the indemnified parties (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), settle or compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any pending or threatened claim, action, suit or proceeding in respect of which indemnification or contribution may be sought hereunder (whether or not the indemnified parties are actual or potential parties to such claim or action) unless such settlement, compromise or consent includes an unconditional release of each indemnified party from all liability arising out of such claim, action, suit or proceeding and does not include any findings of fact or admissions of fault or culpability as to the indemnified party, or (ii) be liable for any settlement of any such action effected without its written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld), but if settled with the consent of the indemnifying party or if there be a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action, the indemnifying party agrees to indemnify and hold harmless any indemnified party from and against any loss or liability by reason of such settlement or judgment.

(d)    If the indemnification provided for in this Section 12 shall for any reason be unavailable to or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party under Section 12(a), 12(b) or 12(c) in respect of any loss, claim, damage or liability, or any action in respect thereof, referred to therein, then each indemnifying party shall, in lieu of indemnifying such indemnified party, contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, from the offering of the Public Securities or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, with respect to the statements or omissions that resulted in such loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative benefits received by the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, with respect to such offering shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as the total net proceeds from the offering of the Public Securities purchased under this Agreement (before deducting expenses) received by the Company, as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, on the one hand, and the total underwriting discounts and commissions received by the Underwriters with respect to the shares of the Public Securities purchased under this Agreement, as set forth in the table on the cover page of the Prospectus, on the other hand. The relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Company or the Underwriters, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The Company and the

 

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Underwriters agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 12(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation (even if the Underwriters were treated as one entity for such purpose) or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by an indemnified party as a result of the loss, claim, damage or liability, or action in respect thereof, referred to above in this Section 12(d) shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 12(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 12(d), no Underwriter shall be required to contribute any amount in excess of the amount by which the net proceeds from the sale of the Public Securities underwritten by it exceeds the amount of any damages that such Underwriter has otherwise paid or become liable to pay by reason of any untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. 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. The Underwriters’ obligations to contribute as provided in this Section 12(d) are several in proportion to their respective underwriting obligations and not joint.

(e)    The Underwriters severally confirm and the Company acknowledges and agrees that the statements regarding delivery of shares by the Underwriters set forth on the cover page of, and the concession and reallowance figures and related disclosure and the paragraph relating to stabilization by the Underwriters and sentences related to the Underwriters’ intention not to make sales to discretionary accounts and the list of Underwriters and their respective roles and participation in the sale of Public Securities appearing under the caption “Underwriting (Conflicts of Interest)” in the most recent Preliminary Prospectus and the Prospectus are correct and constitute the only information concerning such Underwriters furnished in writing to the Company by or on behalf of the Underwriters specifically for inclusion in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement, the Prospectus, any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus or in any amendment or supplement thereto or in any Non-Prospectus Road Show.

(f)    Without limitation of and in addition to its obligations under the other paragraphs of this Section 12, the Company agrees to indemnify and hold harmless I-Bankers (in the capacity described in this paragraph, the “ Independent Underwriter ”), its directors, officers and employees and each person who controls Independent Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act from and against any and all loss, claim, damage or liability, joint or several, or any action in respect thereof (including, but not limited to, any loss, claim, damage, liability or action relating to purchases and sales of Public Securities) to which the Independent Underwriter, director, officer, employee or controlling person may become subject, under the Securities Act or otherwise, insofar as such loss, claim, damage, liability or action arises out of, or is based upon, the Independent Underwriter’s acting as a “qualified independent underwriter” (within the meaning of FINRA Conduct Rule 2720) in connection with the offering contemplated by this Agreement, and agrees to reimburse each such indemnified party promptly upon demand for any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by them in connection with investigating or defending or preparing to defend any such loss, claim,

 

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damage, liability or action; provided , however , that the Company shall not be liable in any such case to the extent that it is determined in a final judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction that such loss, claim, damage, liability or action resulted directly from the bad faith, fraud, gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Independent Underwriter. The relative benefits received by the Independent Underwriter with respect to the offering contemplated by this Agreement shall, for purposes of Section 12(d), be deemed to be equal to the compensation received by the Independent Underwriter for acting in such capacity. In addition, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 12(d), the Independent Underwriter shall not be required to contribute any amount in excess of the compensation received by the Independent Underwriter for acting in such capacity.

13.     Defaulting Underwriters . If, on any Delivery Date, any Underwriter defaults in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall be obligated to purchase the Public Securities that the defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase on such Delivery Date in the respective proportions which the number of Firm Units set forth opposite the name of each remaining non-defaulting Underwriter in Schedule 1 hereto bears to the total number of Firm Units set forth opposite the names of all the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters in Schedule 1 hereto; provided, however, that the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters shall not be obligated to purchase any of the Public Securities on such Delivery Date if the total number of Public Securities that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such date exceeds 9.09% of the total number of Public Securities to be purchased on such Delivery Date, and any remaining non-defaulting Underwriter shall not be obligated to purchase more than 110% of the number of Public Securities that it agreed to purchase on such Delivery Date pursuant to the terms of Section 2. If the foregoing maximums are exceeded, the remaining non-defaulting Underwriters, or those other underwriters satisfactory to the Representative who so agree, shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to purchase, in such proportion as may be agreed upon among them, all the Public Securities to be purchased on such Delivery Date. If the remaining Underwriters or other underwriters satisfactory to the Representative do not elect to purchase the shares that the defaulting Underwriter or Underwriters agreed but failed to purchase on such Delivery Date, this Agreement (or, with respect to any Option Unit Delivery Date, the obligation of the Underwriters to purchase, and of the Company to sell, the Option Units) shall terminate without liability on the part of any non-defaulting Underwriter or the Company, except that the Company will continue to be liable for the payment of expenses to the extent set forth in Sections 9 and 15. As used in this Agreement, the term “Underwriter” includes, for all purposes of this Agreement unless the context requires otherwise, any party not listed in Schedule 1 hereto that, pursuant to this Section 13, purchases Public Securities that a defaulting Underwriter agreed but failed to purchase. Nothing contained herein shall relieve a defaulting Underwriter of any liability it may have to the Company for damages caused by its default. If other Underwriters are obligated or agree to purchase the Public Securities of a defaulting or withdrawing Underwriter, either the Representative or the Company may postpone the Delivery Date for up to seven full business days in order to effect any changes that in the opinion of counsel for the Company or counsel for the Representative may be necessary in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or in any other document or arrangement.

 

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14.     Termination . The obligations of the Underwriters hereunder may be terminated by the Representative by notice given to and received by the Company prior to delivery of and payment for the Firm Units if, prior to that time, any of the events described in Sections 10(i) and 10(k) shall have occurred or if the Underwriters shall decline to purchase the Public Securities for any reason permitted under this Agreement.

15.     Reimbursement of Underwriters’ Expenses . If the sale of the Public Securities provided for herein is not consummated because any condition to the obligations of the Underwriters set forth in Section 10 hereof is not satisfied, because of a termination pursuant to Section 14 hereof (except as provided below) hereof or because of any refusal, inability or failure on the part of the Company to perform any agreement herein or comply with any provision hereof other than by reason of a default by any of the Underwriters, the Company will reimburse the Underwriters severally through the Representative on demand for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel) that shall have been incurred by them in connection with the proposed purchase and sale of the Securities; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to reimburse the Underwriters as a result of a termination without consummation pursuant to Section 14 that results from any of the events described in Section 10(k) hereof. If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 13 by reason of the default of one or more Underwriters, the Company shall not be obligated to reimburse any defaulting Underwriter on account of those expenses.

16.     Research Analyst Independence . The Company acknowledges that the Underwriters’ research analysts and research departments are required to be independent from their respective investment banking divisions and are subject to certain regulations and internal policies, and that such Underwriters’ research analysts may hold views and make statements or investment recommendations and/or publish research reports with respect to the Company and/or the offering that differ from the views of their respective investment banking divisions. The Company hereby waives and releases, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any claims that the Company may have against the Underwriters with respect to any conflict of interest that may arise from the fact that the views expressed by their independent research analysts and research departments may be different from or inconsistent with the views or advice communicated to the Company by such Underwriters’ investment banking divisions. The Company acknowledges that each of the Underwriters is a full service securities firm and as such from time to time, subject to applicable securities laws, may effect transactions for its own account or the account of its customers and hold long or short positions in debt or equity securities of the companies that may be the subject of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

17.     No Fiduciary Duty . The Company acknowledges and agrees that in connection with this Offering, sale of the Public Securities or any other services the Underwriters may be deemed to be providing hereunder, notwithstanding any preexisting relationship, advisory or otherwise, between the parties or any oral representations or assurances previously or subsequently made by the Underwriters: (i) no fiduciary or agency relationship between the Company and any other person, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, exists; (ii) the Underwriters are not acting as advisors, expert or otherwise, to the Company, including, without limitation, with respect to the determination of the public offering price of the Public Securities, and such relationship between the Company, on the one hand, and the Underwriters, on the other, is entirely and solely commercial, based on arms-length negotiations; (iii) any

 

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duties and obligations that the Underwriters may have to the Company shall be limited to those duties and obligations specifically stated herein; and (iv) the Underwriters and their respective affiliates may have interests that differ from those of the Company. The Company hereby waives any claims that the Company may have against the Underwriters with respect to any breach of fiduciary duty in connection with this offering.

18.     Notices, Etc . All statements, requests, notices and agreements hereunder shall be in writing, and:

(a)    if to the Underwriters, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., 125 West 55 th Street, New York, New York 10019, Attention: Syndicate Registration (Fax: 212-231-1717), with a copy, in the case of any notice pursuant to Section 12(c), to the Director of Litigation, Office of the General Counsel, Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., 125 West 55 th Street, New York, New York 10019 (Fax: 212-231-1717); and

(b)    if to the Company, shall be delivered or sent by mail or facsimile transmission to the address of the Company set forth in the Registration Statement, Attention: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr., 1180 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2400, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to Mark L. Hanson, Jones Day, 1420 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 800, Atlanta, Georgia 30309 (Fax: 404-581-8330).

Any such statements, requests, notices or agreements shall take effect at the time of receipt thereof. The Company shall be entitled to act and rely upon any request, consent, notice or agreement given or made on behalf of the Underwriters by the Representative.

19.     Persons Entitled to Benefit of Agreement . This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Underwriters, the Company and their respective successors. This Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof are for the sole benefit of only those persons, except that (A) the representations, warranties, indemnities and agreements of the Company contained in this Agreement shall also be deemed to be for the benefit of the directors, officers and employees of the Underwriters and each person or persons, if any, who control any Underwriter within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act and (B) the indemnity agreement of the Underwriters contained in Section 12(b) of this Agreement shall be deemed to be for the benefit of the directors of the Company, the officers of the Company who have signed the Registration Statement and any person controlling the Company within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act. Nothing in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to give any person, other than the persons referred to in this Section 19, any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or in respect of this Agreement or any provision contained herein.

20.     Survival . The respective indemnities, representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Underwriters contained in this Agreement or made by or on behalf of them, respectively, pursuant to this Agreement, shall survive the delivery of and payment for the Public Securities and shall remain in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of any of them or any person controlling any of them.

 

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21.     Definition of the Terms “Business Day” and “Subsidiary” . For purposes of this Agreement, (a) “ business day ” means each Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday or Friday that is not a day on which banking institutions in New York are generally authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close and (b) “ subsidiary ” has the meaning set forth in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

22.     Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

23.     Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and, if executed in more than one counterpart, the executed counterparts shall each be deemed to be an original but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

24.     Headings . The headings herein are inserted for convenience of reference only and are not intended to be part of, or to affect the meaning or interpretation of, this Agreement .

 

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EXECUTION VERSION

If the foregoing correctly sets forth the agreement between the Company and the Underwriters, please indicate your acceptance in the space provided for that purpose below.

 

Very truly yours,
MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

Name:   Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

Accepted:
MACQUARIE CAPITAL (USA) INC.
For itself and as Representative of the several Underwriters named in Schedule 1 hereto
By:  

/s/ Jin Chun

  Authorized Representative
By:  

/s/ James Ridings

  Authorized Representative
I-BANKERS SECURITIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Mike McCrory

Name:   Mike McCrory
Title:   Chief Executive Officer


EXECUTION VERSION

SCHEDULE 1

 

Underwriters

  

Number of Firm
Units

 

Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.

     13,140,000  

EarlyBirdCapital, Inc.

     2,700,000  

Cowen and Company, LLC

     1,440,000  

I-Bankers Securities, Inc.

     720,000  
  

 

 

 

Total

     18,000,000  
  

 

 

 


SCHEDULE 2

PERSONS DELIVERING LOCK-UP AGREEMENTS

Directors/ Director Nominees

Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

Blair Faulstich

George Brokaw

John White

Officers

William Drewry

Adam Kagan

Stockholders

Modern Media Sponsor, LLC

Exhibit 3.1

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.

May 17, 2017

Modern Media Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), hereby certifies as follows:

1. The original certificate of incorporation of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on January 3, 2017. An amended and restated certificate of incorporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on February 15, 2017 (the “Prior Charter”).

2. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Second Amended and Restated Certificate”) was duly adopted by the Board of Directors of the Corporation and the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Sections 228, 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

3. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate amends and restates the provisions of the Prior Charter in its entirety as follows:

ARTICLE I

The name of the corporation is Modern Media Acquisition Corp. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE II

Section 1. Registered Office . The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is c/o Corporation Service Company, 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 400, Wilmington, DE 19808, County of New Castle, and the name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

Section 2. Other Offices . The Corporation shall also have and maintain an office or principal place of business at such place as may be fixed by the Board of Directors (the “Board”), and may also have offices at such other places, both within and without the State of Delaware, as the Board may from time to time determine or the business of the corporation may require.

ARTICLE III

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended (the “DGCL”). In addition to the powers and privileges conferred upon the Corporation by law and those incidental thereto, the Corporation shall possess and may exercise all the powers and privileges that are necessary or convenient to the conduct, promotion or attainment of the business or purposes of the Corporation including, but not limited to, effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar business combination involving the Corporation and one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”).


ARTICLE IV

Section 1. Authorized Capital Stock . The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of capital stock, designated Common Stock and Preferred Stock. The total number of shares of capital stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is 110,000,000 shares, consisting of 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, and 10,000,000 shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

Section 2. Preferred Stock . The Preferred Stock may be issued in one or more series. The Board is hereby authorized to issue the shares of Preferred Stock in such series and to fix from time to time before issuance the number of shares to be included in any such series and the designation, powers, preferences and relative participating, optional or other rights, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof. The authority of the Board with respect to each such series will include, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the right to determine any or all of the following:

(a) the number of shares of any series and the designation to distinguish the shares of such series from the shares of all other series;

(b) the voting powers, if any, and whether such voting powers are full or limited in such series;

(c) the redemption provisions, if any, applicable to such series, including the redemption price or prices to be paid;

(d) whether dividends, if any, will be cumulative or noncumulative, the dividend rate of such series, and the dates and preferences of dividends on such series;

(e) the rights of such series upon the voluntary or involuntary dissolution of, or upon any distribution of the assets of, the Corporation;

(f) the provisions, if any, pursuant to which the shares of such series will be convertible into, or exchangeable for, shares of any other class or classes or of any other series of the same or any other class or classes of stock, or any other security, of the Corporation or any other corporation or other entity, and the rates or other determinants of conversion or exchange applicable thereto;

(g) the right, if any, to subscribe for or to purchase any securities of the Corporation or any other corporation or other entity;

(h) the provisions, if any, of a sinking fund applicable to such series; and

(i) any other relative, participating, optional, or other special powers, preferences or rights and qualifications, limitations, or restrictions thereof;

 

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all as may be determined from time to time by the Board and stated or expressed in the resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such Preferred Stock (collectively, a “Preferred Stock Designation”).

Section 3. Common Stock .

(a) The Board is hereby expressly authorized to provide for the issuance of shares of Common Stock from time to time. Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock and Article X hereof, the holders of shares of Common Stock will be entitled to one vote for each such share on each matter properly submitted to the stockholders on which the holders of the Common Stock are entitled to vote. Except as otherwise required by law or this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, or in any Preferred Stock Designation, at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, the holders of the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote on the election of directors and on all other matters properly submitted to a vote of the stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise required by law or this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, or in any Preferred Stock Designation, the holders of the Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Second Amended and Restated Certificate or any amendment to any Preferred Stock Designation that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Second Amended and Restated Certificate or any Preferred Stock Designation.

(b) Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock and Article X hereof and any other provisions of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, as it may be amended from time to time, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions (payable in cash, property or capital stock of the Corporation) when, as and if declared thereon by the Board from time to time out of any assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor, and shall share equally on a per share basis in such dividends and distributions.

(c) Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock and Article X hereof and any other provisions of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, as it may be amended from time to time, in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation, the holders of the Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of the Common Stock held by them.

Section 4. Rights and Options . The Corporation has the authority to create and issue rights, warrants and options entitling the holders thereof to purchase shares of any class or series of the Corporation’s capital stock or other securities of the Corporation, and such rights, warrants and options shall be evidenced by instrument(s) approved by the Board. The Board is empowered to set the exercise price, duration, times for exercise and other terms and conditions of such rights, warrants or options; provided, however, that the consideration to be received for any shares of capital stock subject thereto may not be less than the par value thereof.

 

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ARTICLE V

The Board may make, amend, and repeal the Amended and Restated Bylaws (the “Bylaws”) of the Corporation. Any Bylaw made by the Board under the powers conferred hereby may be amended or repealed by the Board (except as specified in any such Bylaw so made or amended) or by the stockholders in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate or the Bylaws to the contrary, Bylaws 1, 3, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 16, 17, 38 and 40 may not be amended or repealed by the stockholders, and no provision inconsistent therewith may be adopted by the stockholders, without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least the majority of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock (as defined below), voting together as a single class and provided further that no Bylaws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the Board that would have been valid if such Bylaws had not been adopted. The Corporation may in its Bylaws confer powers upon the Board in addition to the foregoing and in addition to the powers and authorities expressly conferred upon the Board by applicable law. For the purposes of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, “Voting Stock” means stock of the Corporation of any class or series entitled to vote generally in the election of Directors. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate to the contrary, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, is required to amend or repeal, or to adopt any provision inconsistent with, this Article V.

ARTICLE VI

Subject to the rights of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock:

(a) subsequent to the consummation of the Corporation’s initial public offering of securities (the “Offering”), any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation may be taken only at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation and may not be taken without a meeting by means of any consent in writing of such stockholders; and

(b) special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only (i) by the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by the majority of the Board, (ii) by the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation (the “Chief Executive Officer”), or (iii) by the Chairman of the Board (the “Chairman”).

At any annual meeting or special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation, only such business will be conducted or considered as has been properly brought before such meeting in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate to the contrary, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least the majority of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, will be required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with, this Article VI.

 

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ARTICLE VII

Section 1. Number, Election, and Terms of Directors . Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional Directors under circumstances specified in any Preferred Stock Designation, the number of directors will be fixed from time to time in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation. Subject to Section 6 of this Article VII, the Directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, will be classified with respect to the time for which they severally hold office into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, designated Class I, Class II, and Class III. At any meeting of stockholders at which Directors are to be elected, the number of Directors elected may not exceed the greatest number of Directors then in office in any class of Directors. The Directors first appointed to Class I will hold office for a term expiring at the first annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate; the Directors first appointed to Class II will hold office for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate; and the Directors first appointed to Class III will hold office for a term expiring at the third annual meeting of stockholders following the effectiveness of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, with the members of each class to hold office until their successors are elected and qualified. At each succeeding annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, the successors to the class of Directors whose term expires at that meeting will be elected by plurality vote of all votes cast at such meeting to hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following the year of their election and until their successors are elected and qualified. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional Directors under circumstances specified in any Preferred Stock Designation, Directors may be elected by the stockholders only at an annual meeting of stockholders. Election of Directors of the Corporation need not be by written ballot unless requested by the presiding officer or by the holders of a majority of the Voting Stock present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting of the stockholders at which Directors are to be elected. If authorized by the Board, such requirement of a written ballot shall be satisfied by a ballot submitted by electronic transmission, provided that any such electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder or proxy holder.

Section 2. Nomination of Director Candidates . Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of Directors must be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation.

Section 3. Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies . Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional Directors under circumstances specified in any Preferred Stock Designation and Section 6 of this Article VII, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of Directors and any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal, or other cause will be filled solely by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board, or by a sole remaining Director. Any Director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence will hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of Directors in which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until

 

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such Director’s successor has been elected and qualified, subject, however, to such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned by the Board among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible; provided, however, that no decrease in the number of Directors constituting the Board may shorten the term of any incumbent Director.

Section 4. Removal . Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional Directors under circumstances specified in any Preferred Stock Designation and Section 6 of this Article VII, any Director may be removed from office by the stockholders only for cause and only in the manner provided in this Article VII, Section 4. At any annual meeting or special meeting of the stockholders, the notice of which states that the removal of a Director or Directors is among the purposes of the meeting and identifies the Director or Directors proposed to be removed, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least majority of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, may remove such Director or Directors for cause.

Section 5. Amendment, Repeal, Etc . Notwithstanding anything contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate to the contrary, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the outstanding Voting Stock, voting together as a single class, is required to amend or repeal, or adopt any provision inconsistent with, this Article VII.

Section 6. Preferred Stock – Directors . Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article VII, and except as otherwise required by law, whenever the holders of one or more series of the Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect one or more directors, the term of office, the filling of vacancies, the removal from office and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of such series of the Preferred Stock as set forth in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, including any Preferred Stock Designation, and such directors shall not be included in any of the classes created pursuant to this Article VII unless expressly provided by such terms.

ARTICLE VIII

To the full extent permitted by the DGCL and any other applicable law currently or hereafter in effect, no Director of the Corporation will be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for or with respect to any breach of fiduciary duty or other act or omission as a Director of the Corporation. No repeal or modification of this Article VIII will adversely affect the protection of any Director of the Corporation provided hereby in relation to any breach of fiduciary duty or other act or omission as a Director of the Corporation occurring prior to the effectiveness of such repeal or modification.

ARTICLE IX

Section 1. Right to Indemnification . Each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise subject to or involved in any claim, demand, action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or an officer of the

 

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Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another company or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an “Indemnitee”), whether the basis of such Proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, shall be indemnified by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted or required by the DGCL and any other applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), against all expense, liability and loss (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred or suffered by such Indemnitee in connection therewith (“Indemnifiable Losses”); provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 4 of this Article IX with respect to Proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify any such Indemnitee pursuant to this Section 1 in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnitee only if such Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.

Section 2. Right to Advancement of Expenses. The right to indemnification conferred in Section 1 of this Article IX shall include the right to advancement by the Corporation of any and all expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees and expenses) incurred in defending any such Proceeding in advance of its final disposition (an “Advancement of Expenses”); provided, however, that, if the DGCL so requires, an Advancement of Expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such Indemnitee, including without limitation service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made pursuant to this Section 2 only upon delivery to the Corporation of an undertaking (an “Undertaking”), by or on behalf of such Indemnitee, to repay, without interest, all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined by final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal (a “Final Adjudication”) that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified for such expenses under this Section 2. An Indemnitee’s right to an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to this Section 2 is not subject to the satisfaction of any standard of conduct and is not conditioned upon any prior determination that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under Section 1 of this Article IX with respect to the related Proceeding or the absence of any prior determination to the contrary.

Section 3. Contract Rights . The rights to indemnification and to the Advancement of Expenses conferred in Sections 1 and 2 of this Article IX shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators.

Section 4. Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit . If a claim under Section 1 or 2 of this Article IX is not paid in full by the Corporation within 60 calendar days after a written claim has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an Advancement of Expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20 calendar days, the Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the Indemnitee shall be

 

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entitled to the fullest extent permitted or required by the DGCL, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (but, in the case of any such amendment, only to the extent that such amendment permits the Corporation to provide broader reimbursements of prosecution or defense expenses than such law permitted the Corporation to provide prior to such amendment), to be paid also the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (i) any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to an Advancement of Expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (ii) any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an Advancement of Expenses pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses, without interest, upon a Final Adjudication that, the Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or a committee thereof, its stockholders or independent legal counsel) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including its Board of Directors or a committee thereof, its stockholders or independent legal counsel) that the Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the Indemnitee, be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by an Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an Advancement of Expenses hereunder, or brought by the Corporation to recover an Advancement of Expenses hereunder pursuant to the terms of an Undertaking, the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such Advancement of Expenses, shall be on the Corporation.

Section 5. Non-Exclusivity of Rights . The rights to indemnification and to the Advancement of Expenses conferred in this Article IX shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, the Bylaws, any agreement, any vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Nothing contained in this Article IX shall limit or otherwise affect any such other right or the Corporation’s power to confer any such other right.

Section 6. Insurance . The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.

Section 7. No Duplication of Payments . The Corporation shall not be liable under this Article IX to make any payment to an Indemnitee in respect of any Indemnifiable Losses to the extent that the Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment (net of any expenses incurred in connection therewith and any repayment by the Indemnitee made with respect thereto) under any insurance policy or from any other source in respect of such Indemnifiable Losses.

 

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ARTICLE X

Section 1. General

(a) The provisions of this Article X shall apply during the period commencing upon the effectiveness of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate and terminating upon the consummation of the Corporation’s initial Business Combination and no amendment to this Article X shall be effective prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination unless approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least sixty-five percent (65%) of the Voting Stock, voting together as a single class.

(b) Immediately after the Offering, a certain amount of the net offering proceeds received by the Corporation in the Offering (including the proceeds of any exercise of the underwriters’ over-allotment option) and certain other amounts specified in the Corporation’s registration statement on Form S-1, as initially filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 8, 2017, and has been amended or supplemented from time to time, including after the effectiveness thereof (the “Registration Statement”), shall be deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), established for the benefit of the Corporation’s Public Stockholders (as defined below) and maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, pursuant to a trust agreement described in the Registration Statement (the “Trust Agreement”). Except for the withdrawal of interest to pay taxes, none of the funds held in the Trust Account (including the interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account) will be released from the Trust Account until the earliest of (i) the completion of the initial Business Combination (ii) the redemption of 100% of the Offering Shares (as defined below) if the Corporation does not complete its initial Business Combination within 18 months from the closing date of the Offering (or 21 months from the closing date of the Offering if the Corporation has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for an initial Business Combination within 18 months from the closing date of the Offering but has not completed the initial Business Combination within such 18 month period) and (iii) the redemption of Offering Shares properly submitted for redemption in connection with a stockholder vote to approve an amendment to this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Corporation’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Corporation has not consummated its initial Business Combination within 18 months from the closing date of the Offering (or 21 months, as applicable). Holders of shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock included as part of the units to be sold in the Offering (the “Offering Shares”) (whether such Offering Shares were purchased in the Offering or in the secondary market following the Offering and whether or not such holders are affiliates of Modern Media Sponsor, LLC (the “Sponsor”), or officers or directors of the Corporation) are referred to herein as “Public Stockholders”; provided, however, that the Sponsor and certain of the Corporation’s directors holding issued and outstanding shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock immediately prior to the Offering (the “Founders Shares”) that are also Public Stockholders will only be treated as a Public Stockholder for purposes of the Offering Shares held by such holder, and not with respect to such holder’s Founder Shares.

 

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Section 2. Redemption Rights .

(a) Prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall provide all holders of Offering Shares with the opportunity to have their Offering Shares redeemed upon the consummation of the initial Business Combination pursuant to, and subject to the limitations of, Sections 2(b) and 2(c) of this Article X hereof (such rights of such holders to have their Offering Shares redeemed pursuant to such Sections, the “Redemption Rights”) for cash equal to the applicable redemption price per share determined in accordance with Section 2(b) of this Article X (the “Redemption Price”); provided, however, that the Corporation shall not redeem Offering Shares to the extent that such redemption would result in the Corporation having net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) of less than $5,000,001 (such limitation hereinafter called the “Redemption Limitation”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, there shall be no Redemption Rights or rights to liquidating distributions with respect to any warrant issued pursuant to the Offering.

(b) The Corporation may offer to redeem the Offering Shares, subject to lawfully available funds therefor, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(a) of this Article X in conjunction with a stockholder vote on the initial Business Combination pursuant to a proxy solicitation containing the financial and other information about the initial Business Combination and the Redemption Rights as may be required under Regulation 14A of the Exchange Act (such rules and regulations hereinafter called the “Proxy Solicitation Rules”) and shall file the proxy materials with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). Alternatively, the Corporation may offer to redeem the Offering Shares upon the consummation of the initial Business Combination, subject to the Corporation having lawfully available funds therefor, in accordance with the provisions of Section 2(a) of this Article X pursuant to a tender offer in accordance with Rule 13e-4 and Regulation 14E of the Exchange Act (such rules and regulations hereinafter called the “Tender Offer Rules”) which tender offer shall commence prior to the completion of the initial Business Combination, and the Corporation shall file tender offer documents with the Commission that contain substantially the same financial and other information about the initial Business Combination and the Redemption Rights as may be required under the Proxy Solicitation Rules, even if such information is not required under the Tender Offer Rules. The Corporation currently intends to conduct redemptions in connection with a stockholder vote unless a stockholder vote is not required by applicable law or stock exchange listing requirement to approve the proposed initial Business Combination and the Corporation decides, for business or other legal reasons, to redeem the Offering Shares pursuant to a tender offer in accordance with the Tender Offer Rules (and the Corporation has not otherwise withdrawn the tender offer). The Redemption Price per share, if any, payable to holders of Offering Shares tendering their Offering Shares pursuant to such tender offer shall be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the date of the commencement of the tender offer, including interest earned on the trust account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), plus interest accrued from the date of the commencement

 

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of such tender offer until two business days prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination (which interest shall be net of taxes payable) by (ii) the total number of then-outstanding Offering Shares. If the Corporation offers to redeem the Offering Shares in conjunction with a stockholder vote on the proposed initial Business Combination pursuant to a proxy solicitation, the Redemption Price per share of the Common Stock payable to holders of the Offering Shares that properly exercise their Redemption Rights (irrespective of whether such holders vote in favor of or against the Business Combination) shall be equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account calculated as of two business days prior to the consummation of the initial Business Combination, including interest earned on the trust account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable) by (y) the total number of then-outstanding Offering Shares. For the avoidance of doubt, the Redemption Price will be the same whether the Corporation conducts redemptions pursuant to a tender offer or a stockholder vote.

(c) If the Corporation offers to redeem the Offering Shares in conjunction with a stockholder vote on the initial Business Combination pursuant to a proxy solicitation, a Public Stockholder, together with any affiliate of such stockholder or any other person with whom such stockholder is acting in concert or as a “group” (as defined under Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), shall be restricted from seeking Redemption Rights with respect to more than 20% of the Offering Shares.

(d) In the event that the Corporation has not completed a Business Combination within 18 months from the closing of the Offering (or 21 months, as applicable), the Corporation shall (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible, but not more than ten business days thereafter, subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem the Offering Shares in consideration of a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (a) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the trust account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and less up to $50,000 to pay dissolution expenses), by (b) the total number of then-outstanding Offering Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish the rights of the Public Stockholders as stockholders of the Corporation with respect to their Offering Shares (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the remaining stockholders and the Board in accordance with applicable law, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Corporation’s obligations under the DGCL to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law.

 

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(e) If the Corporation offers to redeem the Offering Shares in conjunction with a stockholder vote on the initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall consummate the proposed Business Combination only if (i) such initial Business Combination is approved by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares of Common Stock that are voted at a stockholder meeting held to consider such initial Business Combination and (ii) the redemption of all shares of Common Stock validly tendered would not cause the Corporation to exceed the Redemption Limitation.

Section 3. Distributions from the Trust Account .

(a) A Public Stockholder shall be entitled to receive funds from the Trust Account only as provided in  Sections 2(a) 2(b) 2(d)  or  7  of this Article X. In no other circumstances shall a Public Stockholder have any right or interest of any kind in or to distributions from the Trust Account, and no stockholder other than a Public Stockholder shall have any interest in or to the Trust Account.

(b) Each Public Stockholder that does not exercise its Redemption Rights with respect to its Offering Shares shall retain his, her or its interest in the Corporation represented by such Offering Shares and shall be deemed to have given his, her or its consent to the release of the remaining funds in the Trust Account to any Public Stockholders exercising their Redemption Rights and, following such payment, the release of the remaining funds in the Trust Account to the Corporation.

(c) The exercise by a Public Stockholder of the Redemption Rights shall be conditioned on such Public Stockholder following the specific procedures for redemptions set forth by the Corporation in any applicable tender offer or proxy materials sent to the Corporation’s Public Stockholders relating to the proposed initial Business Combination. Payment of the amounts necessary to satisfy the Redemption Rights properly exercised shall be made as promptly as practical after the consummation of the initial Business Combination and the delivery of the shares by the applicable stockholder.

Section 4. Share Issuances . Prior to the consummation of the Corporation’s initial Business Combination, the Corporation shall not issue any additional shares of capital stock of the Corporation that would entitle the holders thereof to receive funds from the Trust Account or vote on any Business Combination.

Section 5. Transactions with Affiliates . In the event the Corporation enters into the initial Business Combination with a company that is affiliated with the Sponsor, or the directors or officers of the Corporation, the Corporation, or a committee of the independent directors of the Corporation, shall obtain an opinion from an independent investment banking firm that is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or an independent accounting firm that such Business Combination is fair to the Corporation from a financial point of view.

Section 6. No Transactions with Other Blank Check Companies . The Corporation shall not enter into a Business Combination with another blank check company, as such term is defined in Rule 419 of the Securities Act, or similar company with nominal operations.

 

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Section 7. Additional Redemption Rights . If, in accordance with Section 1(a) of this Article X, any amendment is made to Section 2(d) of this Article X that would affect the substance or timing of the Corporation’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Offering Shares if the Corporation has not completed its initial Business Combination within 18 months from the closing date of the Offering (or 21 months, as applicable), the Public Stockholders shall be provided with the opportunity to redeem their Offering Shares upon the approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account as of two business days prior to the approval of such amendment, including interest earned on the Trust Account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), by (ii) the total number of then-outstanding Offering Shares. The Corporation’s ability to provide such opportunity is subject to the Redemption Limitation.

Section 8. Minimum Value of Target . The Corporation’s Business Combination must occur with one or more target businesses that together have an aggregate fair market value of at least 80% of the value of the assets held in the Trust Account (excluding the deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on the interest earned on the Trust Account) at the time of the signing of a definitive agreement in connection with the initial Business Combination.

ARTICLE XI

The doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any other analogous doctrine, shall not apply with respect to the Corporation or any of its officers or directors in circumstances where the application of any such doctrine to a corporate opportunity would conflict with any fiduciary duties or contractual obligations they or it may have as of the date of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate or in the future. In addition to the foregoing, the doctrine of corporate opportunity shall not apply to any other corporate opportunity with respect to any of the officers or directors of the Corporation unless such corporate opportunity is offered to such person solely in his or her capacity as an officer or director of the Corporation and such opportunity is one the Corporation is legally and contractually permitted to undertake and would otherwise be reasonable for the Corporation to pursue.

ARTICLE XII

The Corporation reserves the right to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by this Second Amended and Restated Certificate and the DGCL, all rights, preferences and privileges herein conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons by and pursuant to this Second Amended and Restated Certificate in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article XII; provided, however, that Articles IX and X of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate may be amended only as provided therein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Modern Media Acquisition Corp. has caused this Second Amended and Restated Certificate to be duly executed in its name and on its behalf by an authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.

 

MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name:   Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 3.2

 

 

 

MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS

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  Time and Place of Meetings      1  

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  Annual Meetings      1  

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  Special Meetings      1  

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  Notice of Meetings      1  

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  Inspectors      2  

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  Quorum      2  

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  Voting; Proxies      2  

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  Order of Business      2  

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  Notice of Stockholder Proposals      3  

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  Notice of Director Nominations      5  

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  Additional Provisions Relating to the Notice of Stockholder Business and Director Nominations      6  

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  Record Dates      7  

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  Recesses and Adjournments      8  

DIRECTORS

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  Function      8  

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  Number, Election and Terms      8  

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  Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships      8  

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  Removal      9  

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  Resignation      9  

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  Regular Meetings      9  

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  Special Meetings      9  

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  Quorum      9  

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  Participation in Meetings by Remote Communications      9  

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  Committees      9  

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  Compensation      10  

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  Rules      10  

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  Chairman of the Board      10  

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  Consent in Lieu of Meeting        10  

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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NOTICES

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28.

  Generally      10  

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  Waivers      11  

OFFICERS

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  Generally      11  

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  Compensation      11  

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  Succession      11  

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  Authority and Duties      12  

STOCK

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  Certificates      12  

35.

  Transfer      12  

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  Classes of Stock      12  

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  Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates      12  

GENERAL

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38.

  Fiscal Year      13  

39.

  Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records      13  

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  Amendments      13  

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  Certain Defined Terms      13  

 

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STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS

1. Time and Place of Meetings . All meetings of stockholders will be held at such time and place, within or without the State of Delaware, as may be designated by the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of Modern Media Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), from time to time or, in the absence of a designation by the Board, by the Chairman, the Chief Executive Officer or the Secretary, and stated in the notice of the meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders will not be held at any place, but may instead be held by means of remote communications, subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board may adopt from time to time. The Board may cancel or reschedule to an earlier or later date any previously scheduled annual or special meeting of stockholders.

2. Annual Meetings . At each annual meeting of stockholders, the stockholders will elect the directors to succeed those directors whose terms expire at such meeting and will transact such other business as may properly be brought before the meeting in accordance with Bylaws 8 , 9 , 10 and 11 .

3. Special Meetings .

(a) General . A special meeting of stockholders may be called only (i) by the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by the majority of the Board, (ii) by the Chief Executive Officer, or (iii) by the Chairman, in each case to transact only such business as is specified in the notice of the meeting or authorized by a majority of the Board to be brought before the meeting. For the avoidance of doubt, stockholders shall not be permitted to propose business to be brought before a special meeting of stockholders.

(b) Meetings of Preferred Stockholders . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Bylaw 3 , special meetings of holders of any outstanding Preferred Stock may be called in the manner and for the purposes provided in the applicable Preferred Stock Designation.

4. Notice of Meetings . Written notice of every meeting of stockholders, stating the place, if any, date and time thereof, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, will be given, in a form permitted by Bylaw 28 or by the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, as amended (the “DGCL”), not less than 10 nor more than 60 calendar days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such meeting, except as otherwise provided by law. When a meeting is recessed or adjourned to another place, date, or time, notice need not be given of the recessed or adjourned meeting if the place, if any, date and time thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such recessed or adjourned meeting, are announced at the meeting at which the recess or adjournment is taken; provided, however, that if the recess or adjournment is for more than 30 calendar days, or if after the recess or adjournment a new record date is fixed for the recessed or adjourned meeting, written notice of the place, if any, date and time thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such recessed or adjourned meeting, must be given in conformity herewith.


5. Inspectors . The Board will, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting and make a written report thereof. The Board may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspector or alternate is able to act at a meeting of stockholders, the presiding officer of the meeting will appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting.

6. Quorum . Except as otherwise provided by law or in a Preferred Stock Designation, the holders of a majority of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote thereat, present in person or represented by proxy, will constitute a quorum at a meeting of stockholders for the transaction of business thereat.

7. Voting; Proxies .

(a) General . Except as otherwise provided by law, by the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation as in effect from time to time (the “Certificate”), or in a Preferred Stock Designation, each stockholder will be entitled at every meeting of the stockholders to one vote for each share of stock having voting power standing in the name of such stockholder on the books of the Corporation on the record date for the meeting and such votes may be cast either in person or by proxy. Every proxy must be authorized in a manner permitted by Section 212 of the DGCL (or any successor provision).

(b) Vote Required for Stockholder Action . When a quorum is present at any meeting of stockholders, the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes properly cast on the matter (excluding any abstentions or broker non-votes) will be the act of the stockholders with respect to all matters other than the election of directors (who will be elected by a plurality of all votes properly cast), or as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, the Certificate, a Preferred Stock Designation, or by law or applicable regulation.

8. Order of Business . The Chairman, or an officer of the Corporation designated from time to time by a majority of the entire Board, will call meetings of stockholders to order and will act as presiding officer thereof. Unless otherwise determined by the Board prior to the meeting, the presiding officer of any meeting of stockholders will also determine the order of business and have the authority in his or her sole discretion to determine the rules of procedure and regulate the conduct of the meeting, including without limitation by: imposing restrictions on the persons (other than stockholders of the Corporation or their duly appointed proxy holders) that may attend the meeting; ascertaining whether any stockholder or his or her proxy holder may be excluded from the meeting based upon any determination by the presiding officer, in his or her sole discretion, that any such person has disrupted or is likely to disrupt the proceedings thereat; determining the circumstances in which any person may make a statement or ask questions at the meeting; ruling on all procedural questions that may arise during or in connection with the meeting; determining whether any nomination or business proposed to be brought before the meeting has been properly brought before the meeting; and determining the time or times at which the polls for voting at the meeting will be opened and closed.

 

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9. Notice of Stockholder Proposals .

(a) Business to Be Conducted at Annual Meeting . At an annual meeting of stockholders, only such business may be conducted as has been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business (other than the nomination of a person for election as a director, which is governed by Bylaw 10 , and, to the extent applicable, Bylaw 11 ), must be (i) brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board or (ii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder who (A) has complied with all applicable requirements of this Bylaw 9 and Bylaw 11 in relation to such business, (B) was a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time of giving the notice required by Bylaw 11(a) and is a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time of the annual meeting, and (C) is entitled to vote at the annual meeting. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing clause (ii) will be the exclusive means for a stockholder to submit business before an annual meeting of stockholders (other than proposals properly made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (such act, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, the “Exchange Act”) and included in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board).

(b) Required Form for Stockholder Proposals . To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth in writing:

(i) Information Regarding the Proposing Person . As to each Proposing Person (as such term is defined in Bylaw 11(d)(ii)) :

(A) the name and address of such Proposing Person, as they appear on the Corporation’s stock transfer book;

(B) the class, series and number of shares of the Corporation directly or indirectly beneficially owned or held of record by such Proposing Person (including any shares of any class or series of the Corporation as to which such Proposing Person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership, whether such right is exercisable immediately or only after the passage of time);

(C) a representation (1) that the stockholder giving the notice is a holder of record of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at the annual meeting and intends to appear at the annual meeting to bring such business before the annual meeting and (2) as to whether any Proposing Person intends to deliver a proxy statement and form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of shares of the Corporation entitled to vote and required to approve the proposal and, if so, identifying such Proposing Person;

(D) a description of any (1) option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right or similar right or interest (including any derivative securities, as defined under Rule 16a-1 under the Exchange Act), whether or not presently exercisable, with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of securities of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of securities of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument or right is subject to settlement in whole or in part in the underlying class or series of securities of the Corporation or otherwise, directly or indirectly held of record or owned beneficially by such Proposing Person and (2) each other direct or indirect right or interest that may enable such Proposing Person to profit or share in any profit derived from, or to manage the risk or benefit from, any increase or decrease in the value of the Corporation’s securities, in each case regardless of whether (x) such right or interest conveys any voting rights in such security to such

 

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Proposing Person, (y) such right or interest is required to be, or is capable of being, settled through delivery of such security, or (z) such Proposing Person may have entered into other transactions that hedge the economic effect of any such right or interest (any such right or interest referred to in this clause (D) being a “Derivative Interest”);

(E) any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship pursuant to which the Proposing Person has a right to vote any shares of the Corporation or which has the effect of increasing or decreasing the voting power of such Proposing Person;

(F) any rights directly or indirectly held of record or beneficially by the Proposing Person to dividends on the shares of the Corporation that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation;

(G) any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) to which the Proposing Person may be entitled as a result of any increase or decrease in the value of shares of the Corporation or Derivative Interests; and

(H) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act to be made in connection with a general solicitation of proxies or consents by such Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting.

(ii) Information Regarding the Proposal : As to each item of business that the stockholder giving the notice proposes to bring before the annual meeting:

(A) a description in reasonable detail of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting and the reasons why such stockholder or any other Proposing Person believes that the taking of the action or actions proposed to be taken would be in the best interests of the Corporation and its stockholders;

(B) a description in reasonable detail of any material interest of any Proposing Person in such business and a description in reasonable detail of all agreements, arrangements and understandings among the Proposing Persons or between any Proposing Person and any other person or entity in connection with the proposal; and

(C) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration).

(c) No Right to Have Proposal Included . A stockholder is not entitled to have its proposal included in the Corporation’s proxy statement and form of proxy solely as a result of such stockholder’s compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Bylaw 9 .

(d) Requirement to Attend Annual Meeting . If a stockholder does not appear at the annual meeting to present its proposal, such proposal will be disregarded (notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such proposal may have been solicited, obtained or delivered).

 

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10. Notice of Director Nominations .

(a) Nomination of Directors . Subject to the rights, if any, of any series of Preferred Stock to nominate or elect directors under circumstances specified in a Preferred Stock Designation, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Bylaw 10 will be eligible to serve as directors. Nominations of persons for election as directors of the Corporation may be made only at an annual meeting of stockholders and only (i) by or at the direction of the Board or (ii) by a stockholder who (A) has complied with all applicable requirements of this Bylaw 10 and Bylaw 11 in relation to such nomination, (B) was a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time of giving the notice required by Bylaw 11(a) and is a stockholder of record of the Corporation at the time of the annual meeting, and (C) is entitled to vote at the annual meeting.

(b) Required Form for Director Nominations . To be in proper form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth in writing:

(i) Information Regarding the Proposing Person . As to each Nominating Person (as such term is defined in Bylaw 11(d)(iii)) , the information set forth in Bylaw 9(b)(i) (except that for purposes of this Bylaw 10 , the term “Nominating Person” will be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places where it appears in Bylaw 9(b)(i) and any reference to “business” or “proposal” therein will be deemed to be a reference to the “nomination” contemplated by this Bylaw 10 ).

(ii) Information Regarding the Nominee : As to each person whom the stockholder giving notice proposes to nominate for election as a director:

(A) all information with respect to such proposed nominee that would be required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice pursuant to Bylaw 9(b)(i) if such proposed nominee were a Nominating Person;

(B) all information relating to such proposed nominee that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required pursuant to Section 14(a) under the Exchange Act to be made in connection with a general solicitation of proxies for an election of directors in a contested election (including such proposed nominee’s written consent to be named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected);

(C) all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Items 403 and 404 under Regulation S-K if the stockholder giving the notice or any other Nominating Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the proposed nominee were a director or executive officer of such registrant;

(D) a completed questionnaire (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) with respect to the identity, background and qualification of the proposed nominee and the background of any other person or entity on whose behalf the nomination is being made;

 

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(E) a written representation and agreement (in the form provided by the Secretary upon written request) that the proposed nominee (1) is not and will not become a party to (x) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how the proposed nominee, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) that has not been disclosed to the Corporation or (y) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with the proposed nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with the proposed nominee’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (2) is not and will not become a party to any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation, reimbursement or indemnification in connection with service or action as a director that has not been disclosed therein, and (3) if elected as a director of the Corporation, the proposed nominee would be in compliance and will comply, with all applicable publicly disclosed corporate governance, ethics, conflict of interest, confidentiality and stock ownership and trading policies and guidelines of the Corporation.

The Corporation may require any proposed nominee to furnish such other information as may be reasonably required by the Corporation to determine the qualifications and eligibility of such proposed nominee to serve as a director.

(c) No Right to Have Nominees Included . A stockholder is not entitled to have its nominees included in the Corporation’s proxy statement solely as a result of such stockholder’s compliance with the foregoing provisions of this Bylaw 10 .

(d) Requirement to Attend Annual Meeting . If a stockholder does not appear at the annual meeting to present its nomination, such nomination will be disregarded (notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such nomination may have been solicited, obtained or delivered).

11. Additional Provisions Relating to the Notice of Stockholder Business and Director Nominations .

(a) Timely Notice . To be timely, a stockholder’s notice required by Bylaw 9(a) or Bylaw 10(a) must be delivered to or mailed and received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than 90 nor more than 120 calendar days prior to the first anniversary of the date on which the Corporation held the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is scheduled for a date more than 30 calendar days prior to or more than 30 calendar days after the anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not later than the close of business on the later of the 90th calendar day prior to such annual meeting and the 10th calendar day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such meeting is first made. In no event will a recess or adjournment of an annual meeting (or any announcement of any such recess or adjournment) commence a new time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

(b) Updating Information in Notice . A stockholder providing notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting pursuant to Bylaw 9 or notice of any nomination to be made at an annual meeting pursuant to Bylaw 10 must further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to Bylaw 9 or Bylaw 10 , as applicable, is true and correct at all times up to and including the date of the meeting (including any date to which the meeting is recessed, adjourned or postponed). Any such update and supplement must be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, as promptly as practicable.

 

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(c) Determinations of Form, Etc. The presiding officer of any annual meeting will, if the facts warrant, determine that a proposal was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by Bylaw 9 and this Bylaw 11 or that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by Bylaw 10 and this Bylaw 11 , and if he or she should so determine, he or she will so declare to the meeting and the defective proposal or nomination, as applicable, will be disregarded.

(d) Certain Definitions .

(i) For purposes of this Bylaw 11 , “public disclosure” means disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Exchange Act or furnished by the Corporation to stockholders.

(ii) For purposes of Bylaw 9 and this Bylaw 11 , “Proposing Person” means (A) the stockholder providing the notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, (B) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the business proposed to be brought before the annual meeting is given, and (C) any Affiliate or Associate (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of such stockholder or beneficial owner.

(iii) For purposes of Section Bylaw 10 and this Bylaw 11 , “Nominating Person” means (A) the stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed made to be at an annual meeting, (B) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of nomination proposed to be made at the annual meeting is given, and (C) any Affiliate or Associate (each within the meaning of Rule 12b-2 under the Exchange Act) of such stockholder or beneficial owner.

12. Record Dates .

(a) Voting Record Dates . In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders, the Board may fix a record date, which will not precede the date upon which the Board resolution fixing the same is adopted and will not be more than 60 nor less than 10 calendar days before the date of such meeting. If the Board so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders will be at the close of business on the calendar day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the calendar day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of the stockholders will apply to any recess or adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the

 

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recessed or adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to such notice of such recessed or adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Bylaw 12(a) at the recessed or adjourned meeting.

(b) Payment Record Dates . In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to receive payment of any dividend or other distribution or allotment of any rights or the stockholders entitled to exercise any rights in respect of any change, conversion or exchange of stock, or for the purpose of any other lawful action, the Board may fix a record date, which record date will not be more than 60 calendar days prior to such action. If no record date is fixed, the record date for determining stockholders for any such purpose will be at the close of business on the calendar day on which the Board adopts the resolution relating thereto.

(c) Identity of Registered Holder . The Corporation will be entitled to treat the person in whose name any share of its stock is registered as the owner thereof for all purposes, and will not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to, or interest in, such share on the part of any other person, whether or not the Corporation has notice thereof, except as expressly provided by applicable law.

13. Recesses and Adjournments . A meeting of stockholders may be recessed or adjourned from time to time by the presiding officer of the meeting. Upon any recessed or adjourned meeting being reconvened, any business may be transacted which properly could have been transacted in the absence of such recess or adjournment.

DIRECTORS

14. Function . The business and affairs of the Corporation will be managed under the direction of the Board.

15. Number, Election and Terms . Subject to the rights, if any, of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under circumstances specified in a Preferred Stock Designation, the number of the Directors of the Corporation will not be less than three (3) nor more than nine (9) and may be fixed from time to time only by a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board. The directors, other than those who may be elected by the holders of any series of the Preferred Stock, will be classified with respect to the time for which they severally hold office in accordance with the provisions of the Certificate.

16. Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships . Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect additional directors under circumstances specified in a Preferred Stock Designation, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors and any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause may be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board, or by a sole remaining director. Any director elected in accordance with the preceding sentence will hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors in which the new directorship was created or the vacancy occurred and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified, subject, however, to such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. If the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned by the Board among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible; provided, however, that, no decrease in the authorized number of directors will shorten the term of any incumbent director.

 

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17. Removal . Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock specified in a Preferred Stock Designation, any director may be removed from office by the stockholders only in the manner provided in the Certificate.

18. Resignation . Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Chairman or the Secretary. Any resignation will be effective when the resignation is delivered to the Corporation unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date that is contingent upon the occurrence or non-occurrence of one or more specified events.

19. Regular Meetings . Regular meetings of the Board may be held immediately after the annual meeting of the stockholders and at such other time and place either within or without the State of Delaware as may from time to time be determined by the Board. Notice of regular meetings of the Board need not be given.

20. Special Meetings . Special meetings of the Board may be called by the Chairman on one day’s notice to each director by whom such notice is not waived, given in a manner permitted by Bylaw 28 or by the DGCL, and will be called by the Chairman, in like manner and on like notice, upon the request of a majority of the Board. The time and place of any such special meeting shall be as specified in the notice of such meeting.

21. Quorum . At all meetings of the Board, a majority of the Board will constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. Except for action to be taken by committees of the Board as provided in Bylaw 23 , and except for actions required by these Bylaws or the Certificate to be taken by a majority of the Board, the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum will be the act of the Board. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board, the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time to another place, time, or date, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

22. Participation in Meetings by Remote Communications . Members of the Board or any committee designated by the Board may participate in a meeting of the Board or any such committee, as the case may be, by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting will constitute presence in person at the meeting.

23. Committees . The Board may designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board, or in these Bylaws, will have

 

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and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers which may require it; but no such committee will have the power or authority in reference to the following matters: (a) approving or adopting, or recommending to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval or (b) making, adopting, amending or repealing any provision of these Bylaws.

24. Compensation . The Board or a committee of the Board may establish the compensation of directors, including without limitation compensation for membership on the Board and on committees of the Board, attendance at meetings of the Board or committees of the Board, and for other services provided to the Corporation or at the request of the Board.

25. Rules . The Board may adopt rules and regulations for the conduct of meetings and the oversight of the management of the affairs of the Corporation.

26. Chairman of the Board . The Board, by a majority vote, shall elect a Chairman from among the members of the Board. The Chairman shall not be considered to be an officer of the Corporation in his or her capacity as such. The Chairman may be removed from that capacity by a majority vote of the Board. The Chairman shall preside at meetings of the Board and of the stockholders of the Corporation and exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Board or as may be prescribed by these Bylaws. In the absence of the Chairman, such other director of the Corporation designated by the Chairman or by the Board shall act as chairman of any such meeting. The Chairman or the Board may appoint a Vice Chairman of the Board to exercise and perform such other powers and duties as may from time to time be assigned to him or her by the Chairman or by the Board.

27. Consent in Lieu of Meeting . Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions (or paper reproductions thereof) are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

NOTICES

28. Generally .

(a) Form of Notices . Except as otherwise provided by law, these Bylaws, or the Certificate, whenever by law or under the provisions of the Certificate or these Bylaws notice is required to be given to any director or stockholder, it will not be construed to require personal notice, but such notice may be given in writing, by mail or courier service or, to the extent permitted by the DGCL, by electronic transmission, addressed to such director or stockholder. Any notice sent to stockholders by mail or courier service shall be sent to the address of such stockholder as it appears on the records of the Corporation, with postage thereon prepaid, and

 

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such notice will be deemed to be given at the time when the same is deposited in the United States mail or with the courier service. Notices sent by electronic transmission shall be deemed effective as set forth in Section 232 of the DGCL. For purposes of this Bylaw 28 , “ electronic transmission ” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

(b) Notices to Directors . Notices to directors may be given by mail or courier service, telephone, electronic transmission or as otherwise may be permitted by these Bylaws.

29. Waivers . Whenever any notice is required to be given by law or under the provisions of the Certificate or these Bylaws, a waiver thereof in writing, signed by the person entitled to such notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to such notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, will be deemed equivalent to such notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting will constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened.

OFFICERS

30. Generally . The officers of the Corporation will be elected annually by the Board and will consist of a Chief Executive Officer, a Secretary and a Treasurer, all of whom shall be elected at the annual meeting of the Board. The Board may also choose any or all of the following: a President, a Chief Financial Officer, one or more Vice Presidents (who may be given particular designations with respect to authority, function, or seniority), one or more Assistant Secretaries and such other officers as the Board may from time to time determine. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Board may authorize the Chief Executive Officer to appoint any person to any office other than the Secretary or Treasurer. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. Any of the offices may be left vacant from time to time as the Board may determine. In the case of the absence or disability of any officer of the Corporation or for any other reason deemed sufficient by a majority of the Board, the Board may delegate the absent or disabled officer’s powers or duties to any other officer or to any director.

31. Compensation . The compensation of all directors who are also officers and agents of the Corporation and the executive officers of the Corporation will be fixed by the Board or by a committee of the Board. The Board may fix or delegate the power to fix, the compensation of other officers and agents of the Corporation to an officer of the Corporation.

32. Succession . The officers of the Corporation will hold office until their successors are elected and qualified or until such officer’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Any officer may be removed at any time by the affirmative vote of a majority of the Board. Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation may be filled by the Board or by the Chairman as provided in Bylaw 30 .

 

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33. Authority and Duties . Each of the officers of the Corporation will have such authority and will perform such duties as are customarily incident to their respective offices or as may be specified from time to time by the Board.

STOCK

34. Certificates . The shares of the Corporation may be certificated or uncertificated, subject to the sole discretion of the Board. Certificates, if any, representing shares of stock of the Corporation will be in such form as is determined by the Board, subject to applicable legal requirements. Each such certificate shall be numbered and shall be signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, the Chairman, or Chief Executive Officer, or President or Chief Financial Officer, and by the Treasurer or an Assistant Treasurer or the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary. Any or all of the signatures on a certificate may be a facsimile signature. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

35. Transfer . Transfers of shares shall be made upon the books of the Corporation (i) only by the holder of record thereof, or by a duly authorized agent, transferee or legal representative and (ii) in the case of certificated shares, upon the surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates for such shares. No transfer shall be made that is inconsistent with the provisions of applicable law.

36. Classes of Stock . The powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of each class or series of stock represented by certificates, if any, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights will be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificates representing such class or series of stock or, in lieu thereof, on the face or back of such certificates will be a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional, or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated stock and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.

37. Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . The Secretary may direct a new certificate or certificates or uncertificated shares to be issued in place of any certificate or certificates theretofore issued by the Corporation alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact, satisfactory to the Secretary, by the person claiming the certificate of stock to be lost, stolen or destroyed. As a condition precedent to the issuance of a new certificate or certificates, the Secretary may require the owners of such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate or certificates to give the Corporation a bond in such sum and with such surety or sureties as the Secretary may direct as indemnity against any claims that may be made against the Corporation with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed or the issuance of the new certificate or uncertificated shares.

 

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GENERAL

38. Fiscal Year . The fiscal year of the Corporation will end on March 31st of each calendar year or such other date as may be fixed from time to time by the Board.

39. Reliance Upon Books, Reports and Records . Each director, each member of a committee designated by the Board, and each officer of the Corporation will, in the performance of his or her duties, be fully protected in relying in good faith upon the records of the Corporation and upon such information, opinions, reports, or statements presented to the Corporation by any of the Corporation’s officers or employees, or committees of the Board, or by any other person or entity as to matters the director, committee member, or officer believes are within such other person’s professional or expert competence and who has been selected with reasonable care by or on behalf of the Corporation.

40. Amendments . Except as otherwise provided by law or by the Certificate or these Bylaws, these Bylaws or any of them may be amended in any respect or repealed at any time, either (a) at any meeting of stockholders, provided that any amendment or supplement proposed to be acted upon at any such meeting has been described or referred to in the notice of such meeting, or (b) by the Board, provided that no amendment adopted by the Board may vary or conflict with any amendment adopted by the stockholders in accordance with the Certificate and these Bylaws. Notwithstanding the foregoing and anything contained in these Bylaws to the contrary, Bylaws 1 , 3 , 8 , 9 , 10 , 11 , 15 , 16 , 17 , 38 and 40 may not be amended or repealed by the stockholders, and no provision inconsistent therewith may be adopted by the stockholders, without the affirmative vote of the holders of at least the majority of the Voting Stock, voting together as a single class and provided further that no Bylaws hereafter adopted by the stockholders shall invalidate any prior act of the Board that would have been valid if such Bylaws had not been adopted.

41. Certain Defined Terms . Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings given to them in the Certificate.

 

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Exhibit 4.1

MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.

and

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY

WARRANT AGREEMENT

Dated as of May 17, 2017

THIS WARRANT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 17, 2017, is by and between Modern Media Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”, also referred to herein as the “Transfer Agent”).

WHEREAS, the Corporation intends to enter into that certain Sponsor Warrant Purchase Agreement with Modern Media Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), pursuant to which the Sponsor will purchase up to an aggregate of 7,050,000 warrants (including up to an additional 270,000 of warrants, if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised, in the amount necessary to maintain the trust account at $10.10 per unit sold to the public in the initial public offering) in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of the Offering (as defined below), bearing the legend set forth in Exhibit  B hereto (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant; and

WHEREAS, the Corporation is engaged in an initial public offering (the “Offering”) of its units, each such unit consisting of one share of Common Stock (as defined below), one right to receive one-tenth of one share of Common Stock (the “Rights”) and one-half of one Public Warrant (as defined below) (the “Units”) and, in connection therewith, has determined to issue and deliver up to 9,000,000 warrants (including up to 1,350,000 warrants if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full) to public investors in the Offering (the “Public Warrants” and, together with the Private Placement Warrants, the “Warrants”). Only whole Warrants will be exercisable. Each whole Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one share of common stock of the Corporation, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), for $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described herein; and

WHEREAS, the Corporation has filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-216546 and a registration statement on Form S-1 pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), File No. 333-217913 (together, the “Registration Statement”) and related prospectus (the “Prospectus”), for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Units, the Rights, the Public Warrants and the shares of Common Stock included in the Units; and

WHEREAS, the Corporation desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Corporation, 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 Corporation 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 Corporation, 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 Corporation and countersigned by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent, as provided herein, the valid, binding and legal obligations of the Corporation, 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 Corporation hereby appoints the Warrant Agent to act as agent for the Corporation 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 initially be issued in registered form only.

2.2     Effect of Countersignature . If a physical certificate is issued, unless and until countersigned by the Warrant Agent pursuant to this Agreement, the Warrant represented by such certificate shall be invalid and of no effect and may not be exercised by the holder thereof.

2.3     Registration .

2.3.1     Warrant Register . The Warrant Agent shall maintain books (the “Warrant Register”), for the registration of original issuance and the registration of transfer of the Warrants. Upon the initial issuance of the Warrants in book-entry form, 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 Corporation. 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 institutions that have accounts with the Depository Trust Company (the “Depositary”) (such institution, with respect to a Warrant in its account, a “Participant”).

If the Depositary subsequently ceases to make its book-entry settlement system available for the Public Warrants, the Corporation may instruct the Warrant Agent regarding making other arrangements for book-entry settlement. In the event that the Public Warrants are not eligible for, or it is no longer necessary to have the Public Warrants available in, book-entry form, the Warrant Agent shall provide written instructions to the Depositary to deliver to the Warrant Agent for cancellation each book-entry Public Warrant, and the Corporation shall instruct the Warrant Agent to deliver to the Depositary definitive certificates in physical form evidencing such Warrants (“Definitive Warrant Certificates”) which shall be in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit  A .

Physical certificates, if issued, shall be signed by, or bear the facsimile signature of, the Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, Secretary or other principal officer of the Corporation. 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.

2.3.2     Registered Holder . Prior to due presentment for registration of transfer of any Warrant, the Corporation and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the person in whose name such Warrant is registered in the Warrant Register (the “Registered Holder”) as the absolute owner of such Warrant and of each Warrant represented thereby, for the purpose of any exercise thereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Corporation nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.

2.4     Detachability of Warrants . The shares of Common Stock, the Rights and Public Warrants comprising the Units shall begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date of the Prospectus or, if such 52nd day is not on a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday, on which banks in New York City are generally open for normal business (a “Business Day”), then on the immediately succeeding Business Day following such date, or earlier (the “Detachment Date”) with the consent of Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., but in no event shall the shares of Common Stock, the Rights and the Public Warrants comprising the Units be separately traded until (A) the Corporation has filed a current report on Form 8-K with the Commission containing an audited balance sheet of the Corporation reflecting the receipt by the

 

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Corporation of the gross proceeds of the Offering, including the proceeds received by the Corporation from the exercise by the underwriters of their right to purchase additional Units in the Offering (the “Over-allotment Option”), if the Over-allotment Option is exercised prior to the filing of such Form 8-K, and (B) the Corporation has issued a press release announcing when such separate trading shall begin.

2.5     Fractional Warrants . The Corporation shall not issue fractional Warrants other than as part of a Unit, each of which shall be comprised of one share of Common Stock, one Right and one-half of one Public Warrant. If, upon the detachment of Public Warrants from the Units or otherwise, a holder of Warrants would be entitled to receive a fractional Warrant, the Corporation shall round down to the nearest whole number the number of Warrants to be issued to such holder.

2.6     Private Placement Warrants . The Private Placement Warrants shall be identical to the Public Warrants, except that so long as they are held by the Sponsor or any of its Permitted Transferees (as defined below) the Private Placement Warrants: (i) may be exercised for cash or on a cashless basis, pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(c ) hereof, (ii) may not be transferred, assigned or sold until thirty (30) days after the completion by the Corporation of an initial Business Combination (as defined below), and (iii) shall not be redeemable by the Corporation; provided , however , that, the Private Placement Warrants and any shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of the Private Placement Warrants may be transferred by the holders thereof:

(a)    to affiliates of the Corporation’s Sponsor, to the Corporation’s officers or directors, to officers, directors, members or beneficial owners of the Corporation’s Sponsor, to any affiliates or family members of the foregoing or to any trust where any of the foregoing is the primary beneficiary;

(b)    in the case of any beneficial owner of the Corporation’s Sponsor or an individual, by gift to a member of one of the members of the beneficial owners of the Corporation’s Sponsor or individual’s immediate family, to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of one of the beneficial owners of the Corporation’s Sponsor or individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or beneficial owner, or to a charitable organization;

(c)    in the case of an individual, by virtue of the laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual;

(d)    in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order;

(e)    by private sales or by transfers made in connection with the consummation of the Corporation’s initial Business Combination at prices no greater than the price at which the securities were originally purchased;

(f)    in the event of the Corporation’s liquidation prior to the Corporation’s completion of an initial Business Combination;

(g)    by virtue of the laws of the State of Delaware or the Sponsor’s limited liability company agreement (as in effect at the time of the proposed transfer) upon dissolution of the Sponsor; and

(h)    in the event of the Corporation’s completion of a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Corporation’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion of the Corporation’s initial Business Combination; provided , however , that, in the case of clauses (a) through (e), these permitted transferees (the “Permitted Transferees”) must enter into a written agreement with the Corporation agreeing to be bound by the transfer restrictions in this Agreement.

 

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3.     Terms and Exercise of Warrants .

3.1     Warrant Price . Each whole Warrant shall, when countersigned by the Warrant Agent, entitle the Registered Holder thereof, subject to the provisions of such Warrant and of this Agreement, to purchase from the Corporation the number of shares of Common Stock stated therein, at the price of $11.50 per 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 Agreement shall mean the price per share described in the prior sentence at which shares of Common Stock may be purchased at the time a Warrant is exercised. The Corporation 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 twenty (20) Business Days, provided , that the Corporation shall provide at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of such reduction to Registered Holders of the Warrants and, provided further that any such reduction shall be identical among all of the Warrants.

3.2     Duration of Warrants . A Warrant may be exercised only during the period (the “Exercise Period”) commencing on the later of: (i) the date that is thirty (30) days after the first date on which the Corporation completes a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar business combination, involving the Corporation and one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”), or (ii) the date that is twelve (12) months from the closing date of the Offering, and terminating at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the earliest to occur of: (x) the date that is five (5) years after the date on which the Corporation completes its initial Business Combination, (y) the liquidation of the Corporation in accordance with the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation, as in effect from time to time, if the Corporation fails to complete a Business Combination within 18 months from the closing date of the Offering (or 21 months from the closing date of the Offering if the Corporation has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for an initial Business Combination within 18 months from the closing date of the Offering but have not completed the initial Business Combination within such 18 month period), or (z) solely with respect to the Public Warrants, the Redemption Date (as defined below) as provided in Section  6.2 hereof (the “Expiration Date”); provided , however , that the exercise of any Warrant shall be subject to the satisfaction of any applicable conditions, as set forth in subsection 3.3.2 below, with respect to an effective registration statement. Except with respect to the right to receive the Redemption Price (as defined below) (other than with respect to a Private Placement Warrant) in the event of a redemption (as set forth in Section  6 hereof), each Warrant (other than a Private Placement Warrant in the event of a redemption) 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 5:00 p.m. New York City time on the Expiration Date. The Corporation in its sole discretion may extend the duration of the Warrants by delaying the Expiration Date; provided , that the Corporation shall provide at least twenty (20) days prior written notice of any such extension to the Registered Holders of the Warrants and, provided further that any such extension shall be identical in duration among all Warrants.

3.3     Exercise of Warrants .

3.3.1     Payment . Subject to the provisions of the Warrant and this Agreement, a Warrant may be exercised by the Registered Holder thereof by delivering to the Warrant Agent at its corporate trust department (i) the Definitive Warrant Certificate evidencing the Warrants to be exercised, or, in the case of a Warrant represented by a book-entry, the Warrants to be exercised on the records of the Depositary to an account of the Warrant Agent at the Depositary designated for such purposes in writing by the Warrant Agent to the Depositary from time to time, (ii) an election to purchase (“Election to Purchase”) any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of a Warrant, properly completed and executed by the Registered Holder as set forth in the Definitive Warrant Certificate or, in the case of a Book-Entry Warrant, properly delivered by the Participant in accordance with the Depositary’s procedures, and (iii) by paying in full the Warrant Price for each full share of Common Stock as to which the Warrant is exercised and any and all applicable taxes due in connection with the exercise of the Warrant, the exchange of the Warrant for the shares of Common Stock and the issuance of such shares of Common Stock, 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;

 

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(b)    in the event of a redemption pursuant to Section  6 hereof in which the Corporation’s board of directors (the “Board”) has elected to require all holders of the Warrants to exercise such Warrants on a “cashless basis,” by surrendering the Warrants for that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants, multiplied by the difference between the Warrant Price and the “Fair Market Value”, as defined in this subsection 3.3.1(b ) by (y) the Fair Market Value, rounded down to the nearest whole share. Solely for purposes of this subsection 3.3.1(b ) and Section  6.3 , the “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average reported last closing price of the shares of Common Stock for the ten (10) trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which the notice of redemption is sent to the holders of the Warrants, pursuant to Section  6 hereof;

(c)    with respect to any Private Placement Warrant, so long as such Private Placement Warrant is held by the Sponsor or a Permitted Transferee, by surrendering the Warrants for that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants, multiplied by the difference between the Warrant Price and the “Fair Market Value”, as defined in this subsection 3.3.1(c ), by (y) the Fair Market Value, rounded down to the nearest whole share. Solely for purposes of this subsection 3.3.1(c ), the “Fair Market Value” shall mean the average reported closing price of the Common Stock for the ten (10) trading days ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which notice of exercise of the Warrant is sent to the Warrant Agent; or

(d)    as provided in Section  7.4 hereof.

3.3.2     Issuance of Shares of Common Stock on Exercise . As soon as practicable after the exercise of any Warrant and the clearance of the funds in payment of the Warrant Price (if payment is pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(a )), the Corporation shall issue to the Registered Holder of such Warrant a book-entry position or certificate, as applicable, for the number of full shares of Common Stock to which he, she or it 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 book-entry position or countersigned Warrant Certificate, as applicable, for the number of shares as to which such Warrant shall not have been exercised. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation shall not be obligated to deliver any shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise of a Warrant and shall have no obligation to settle such Warrant exercise unless a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to the shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants is then effective and a prospectus relating thereto is current, subject to the Corporation satisfying its obligations under Section  7.4 . No Warrant shall be exercisable and the Corporation shall not be obligated to issue shares of Common Stock upon exercise of a Warrant unless the shares of Common Stock issuable upon such Warrant exercise have been registered, qualified or deemed to be exempt under the securities laws of the state of residence of the Registered Holder of such Warrants. In the event that the conditions in the two immediately preceding sentences are not satisfied with respect to a Warrant, the holder of such Warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such Warrant and such Warrant may have no value and expire worthless, in which case the purchaser of a Unit containing such Public Warrants shall have paid the full purchase price for the Unit solely for the shares of Common Stock underlying such Unit. Subject to Section  4.6 of this Agreement, a Registered Holder of Warrants may exercise its Warrants only for a whole number of shares of Common Stock (i.e., only whole Warrants are exercisable). The Corporation may require holders of Public Warrants to settle the Warrant on a “cashless basis” pursuant to Section  7.4 . If, by reason of any exercise of warrants on a “cashless basis”, the holder of any Warrant would be entitled, upon the exercise of such Warrant, to receive a fractional interest in a share of Common Stock, the Corporation shall round down to the nearest whole number, the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to such holder.

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

 

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3.3.4     Date of Issuance . Each person in whose name any book-entry position or certificate, as applicable, for shares of Common Stock is issued shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares of Common Stock on the date on which the Warrant, or book-entry position representing such Warrant, was surrendered and payment of the Warrant Price was made, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate in the case of a certificated Warrant, except that, if the date of such surrender and payment is a date when the share transfer books of the Corporation or book-entry system of the Warrant Agent 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 or book-entry system are open.

3.3.5     Maximum Percentage . A holder of a Warrant may notify the Corporation in writing in the event it elects to be subject to the provisions contained in this subsection 3.3.5 ; however , no holder of a Warrant shall be subject to this subsection  3.3.5 unless he, she or it makes such election. If the election is made by a holder, the Warrant Agent shall not affect the exercise of the holder’s Warrant, and such holder shall not have the right to exercise such 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 9.8% (the “Maximum Percentage”) of the shares of Common Stock outstanding immediately after giving effect to such exercise. For purposes of the foregoing sentence, the aggregate number of shares of Common Stock beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates shall include the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant with respect to which the determination of such sentence is being made, but shall exclude shares of Common Stock that 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 Corporation beneficially owned by such person and its affiliates (including, without limitation, any convertible notes or convertible preferred stock 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 (the “Exchange Act”). For purposes of the Warrant, in determining the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the holder may rely on the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock as reflected in (1) the Corporation’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly report on Form 10-Q, current report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the Commission as the case may be, (2) a more recent public announcement by the Corporation or (3) any other notice by the Corporation or Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (in such capacity, the “Transfer Agent”) setting forth the number of shares of Common Stock outstanding. For any reason at any time, upon the written request of the holder of the Warrant, the Corporation shall, within two (2) Business Days, confirm orally and in writing to such holder the number of shares of Common Stock then outstanding. In any case, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock shall be determined after giving effect to the conversion or exercise of equity securities of the Corporation by the holder and its affiliates since the date as of which such number of outstanding shares of Common Stock was reported. By written notice to the Corporation, the holder of a Warrant may from time to time increase or decrease the Maximum Percentage applicable to such holder to any other percentage specified in such notice; provided , however , that any such increase shall not be effective until the sixty-first (61st) day after such notice is delivered to the Corporation.

4.     Adjustments .

4.1     Stock Dividends .

4.1.1     Split-Ups . If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section  4.6 below, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is increased by a stock dividend payable in shares of Common Stock, or by a split-up of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such stock dividend, split-up or similar event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be increased in proportion to such increase in the outstanding shares of Common Stock. A rights offering to holders of shares of Common Stock entitling holders to purchase shares of Common Stock at a price less than the “Fair Market Value” (as

 

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defined below) shall be deemed a stock dividend of a number of shares of Common Stock equal to the product of (i) the number of shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock) multiplied by (ii) one (1) minus the quotient of (x) the price per share of Common Stock paid in such rights offering divided by (y) the Fair Market Value. For purposes of this subsection 4.1.1 , (i) if the rights offering is for securities convertible into or exercisable for shares of Common Stock, in determining the price payable for shares of Common Stock, 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 Common Stock as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the first date on which the shares of Common Stock trade on the applicable exchange or in the applicable market, regular way, without the right to receive such rights.

4.1.2     Extraordinary Dividends . If the Corporation, at any time while 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 shares of Common Stock on account of such shares of Common Stock (or other shares of the Corporation’s capital stock into which the Warrants are convertible), other than (a) as described in subsection 4.1.1 above, (b) Ordinary Cash Dividends (as defined below), (c) to satisfy the redemption rights of the holders of the shares of Common Stock in connection with a proposed initial Business Combination, (d) to satisfy the redemption rights of the holders of the shares of Common Stock in connection with a vote to amend the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation pursuant to Section 7 of Article X thereof, (e) as a result of the repurchase of shares of Common Stock by the Corporation if a proposed initial Business Combination is presented to the stockholders of the Corporation for approval or (f) in connection with the redemption of public shares upon the failure of the Corporation to complete its initial Business Combination and any subsequent distribution of its assets upon its liquidation (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/or the fair market value (as determined by the Board, in good faith) of any securities or other assets paid on each share of Common Stock in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend. For purposes of this subsection 4.1.2 , “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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of each Warrant) does not exceed $0.50 (being 5% of the offering price of the Units in the Offering).

4.2     Aggregation of Shares . If after the date hereof, and subject to the provisions of Section  4.6 hereof, the number of outstanding shares of Common Stock is decreased by a consolidation, combination, reverse stock split or reclassification of shares of Common Stock or other similar event, then, on the effective date of such consolidation, combination, reverse stock split, reclassification or similar event, the number of shares of Common Stock issuable on exercise of each Warrant shall be decreased in proportion to such decrease in outstanding shares of Common Stock.

4.3     Adjustments in Exercise Price . Whenever the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants is adjusted, as provided in Sections 4.1 or 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 shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of shares of Common Stock so purchasable immediately thereafter.

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Sections 4.1 or 4.2 hereof or that solely affects the par value of such shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any merger or consolidation of the Corporation with or into another corporation (other than a consolidation or merger in which the Corporation is the continuing corporation and that does not result in any reclassification or reorganization of the outstanding shares of Common Stock), or in the case of any sale or conveyance to another corporation or entity of the assets or other property of the Corporation as an entirety or substantially as an entirety in connection with which the Corporation is dissolved, the holders of the Warrants 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 shares of Common Stock of the Corporation immediately theretofore purchasable and receivable upon the exercise of the rights represented thereby, the kind and amount of shares of stock 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 holder of the Warrants would have received if such 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock (other than a tender, exchange or redemption offer made by the Corporation in connection with redemption rights held by stockholders of the Corporation as provided for in the Corporation’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation or as a result of the repurchase of shares of Common Stock by the Corporation if a proposed initial Business Combination is presented to the stockholders of the Corporation 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 shares of Common Stock, 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 stockholder 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 shares of Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock in the applicable event is payable in the form of common stock 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 Corporation 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 share of Common Stock shall be the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock consists exclusively of cash,

 

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the amount of such cash per share of Common Stock, and (ii) in all other cases, the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock 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 shares of Common Stock covered by subsection 4.1.1 , then such adjustment shall be made pursuant to subsection 4.1.1 or Sections 4.2 , 4.3 and this Section  4.4 . The provisions of this Section  4.4 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.

4.5     Notices of Changes in Warrant . Upon every adjustment of the Warrant Price or the number of shares issuable upon exercise of a Warrant, the Corporation 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 or 4.4 , the Corporation shall give written notice of the occurrence of such event to each holder of a Warrant, 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.

4.6     No Fractional Shares . Notwithstanding any provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, the Corporation shall not issue fractional shares upon the 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 Corporation shall, upon such exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to such holder.

4.7     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 Corporation may at any time in its sole discretion make any change in the form of Warrant that the Corporation 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.

4.8     Other Events . In case any event shall occur affecting the Corporation 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 Corporation shall appoint an independent public accountant, 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 they determine that an adjustment is necessary, the terms of such adjustment. The Corporation 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 Corporation from time to time upon request.

 

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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 (as in the case of the Private Placement Warrants), the Warrant Agent shall not cancel such Warrant and issue new Warrants in exchange thereof until the Warrant Agent has received an opinion of counsel for the Corporation (which may be the Corporation’s internal counsel) 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 shall result in the issuance of a warrant certificate or book-entry position for a fraction of a warrant, except as part of the Units.

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 Corporation, whenever required by the Warrant Agent, shall supply the Warrant Agent with Warrants duly executed on behalf of the Corporation for such purpose.

5.6     Transfer of Warrants . Prior to the Detachment Date, the Public Warrants may be transferred or exchanged only together with the Unit in which such Warrant is included, and only for the purpose of effecting, or in conjunction with, a transfer or exchange of such Unit. Furthermore, each transfer of a Unit on the register relating to such Units shall operate also to transfer the Warrants included in such Unit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section  5.6 shall have no effect on any transfer of Warrants on and after the Detachment Date.

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 Corporation, at any time while they are exercisable and prior to their expiration, at the office of the Warrant Agent, upon notice to the Registered Holders of the Warrants, as described in Section  6.2 below, at the price of $0.01 per Warrant (the “Redemption Price”), provided that the last reported closing price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds $18.00 per share (subject to adjustment in compliance with Section  4 hereof), for any twenty (20) trading days within a thirty (30) trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which notice of the redemption is given and provided that there is an effective registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, and a current prospectus relating thereto, available throughout the 30-day Redemption Period (as defined in Section  6.2 below) or the Corporation has elected to require the exercise of the Warrants on a “cashless basis” pursuant to subsection 3.3.1(b ) and such cashless exercise is exempt from registration under the Securities Act.

6.2     Date Fixed for, and Notice of, Redemption . In the event that the Corporation elects to redeem all of the Warrants, the Corporation shall fix a date for the redemption (the “Redemption Date”). Notice of redemption shall be mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, by the Corporation not less than thirty (30) days prior to the Redemption Date (the 30 day period, the “Redemption Period”) 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.

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notice of redemption shall have been given by the Corporation pursuant to Section  6.2 hereof and prior to the Redemption Date. In the event that the Corporation determines to require all holders of Warrants to exercise their Warrants on a “cashless basis” pursuant to subsection 3.3.1 , the notice of redemption shall contain the information necessary to calculate the number of shares of Common Stock to be received upon exercise of the Warrants, including the “Fair Market Value” (as such term is defined in subsection 3.3.1(b ) hereof) 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 Corporation agrees that the redemption rights provided in this Section  6 shall not apply to the Private Placement Warrants if at the time of the redemption such Private Placement Warrants continue to be held by the Sponsor or its Permitted Transferees. However , once such Private Placement Warrants are transferred (other than to Permitted Transferees under Section  2.6 ), the Corporation may redeem the Private Placement Warrants, provided that the criteria for redemption are met, including the opportunity of the holder of such Private Placement Warrants to exercise the Private Placement Warrants prior to redemption pursuant to Section  6.3 . Private Placement 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.

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

7.1     No Rights as Stockholder . A Warrant does not entitle the Registered Holder thereof to any of the rights of a stockholder of the Corporation, 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 stockholders in respect of the meetings of stockholders or the election of directors of the Corporation or any other matter.

7.2     Lost, Stolen, Mutilated, or Destroyed Warrants . If any Warrant is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, the Corporation 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 Corporation, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed Warrant shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.

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

7.4     Registration of Shares of Common Stock; Cashless Exercise at Corporation s Option .

7.4.1     Registration of Shares of Common Stock . The Corporation agrees that as soon as practicable, but in no event later than fifteen (15) Business Days after the closing of its initial Business Combination, it shall use its best efforts to file with the Commission a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants. The Corporation shall use its best efforts to cause the same to become effective and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement, and a current prospectus relating thereto, until the expiration of the Warrants in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. If any such registration statement has not been declared effective by the 60th Business Day following the closing of the Business Combination, holders of the Warrants shall have the right, during the period beginning on the 61st Business Day after the closing of the Business Combination and ending upon such registration statement being declared effective by the Commission, and during any other period when the Corporation shall fail to have maintained an effective registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, to exercise such Warrants on a “cashless basis,” by exchanging

 

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the Warrants (in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act or another exemption) for that number of shares of Common Stock equal to the quotient obtained by dividing (x) the product of the number of shares of Common Stock underlying the Warrants, multiplied by the difference between the Warrant Price and the “Fair Market Value” (as defined below) by (y) the Fair Market Value. Solely for purposes of this subsection 7.4.1 , “Fair Market Value” shall mean the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock as reported during the ten (10) trading day period ending on the trading day prior to the date that notice of exercise is received by the Warrant Agent from the holder of such Warrants or its securities broker or intermediary. The date that notice of “cashless exercise” is received by the Warrant Agent shall be conclusively determined by the Warrant Agent. In connection with the “cashless exercise” of a Public Warrant, the Corporation shall, upon request, provide the Warrant Agent with an opinion of counsel for the Corporation (which shall be an outside law firm with securities law experience) stating that (i) the exercise of the Warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with this subsection 7.4.1 is not required to be registered under the Securities Act and (ii) the shares of Common Stock issued upon such exercise shall be freely tradable under United States federal securities laws by anyone who is not an affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Corporation and, accordingly, shall not be required to bear a restrictive legend. Except as provided in subsection 7.4.2 , for the avoidance of any doubt, unless and until all of the Warrants have been exercised, the Corporation shall continue to be obligated to comply with its registration obligations under the first three sentences of this subsection 7.4.1 .

7.4.2     Cashless Exercise at Corporation s Option . If the shares of Common Stock are at the time of any exercise of a Warrant not listed on a national securities exchange such that they satisfy the definition of a “covered security” under Section 18(b)(1) of the Securities Act, the Corporation may, at its option, (i) require holders of Public Warrants who exercise Public Warrants to exercise such Public Warrants on a “cashless basis” in accordance with Section 3(a)(9) of the Securities Act as described in subsection 7.4.1 and (ii) in the event the Corporation so elects, the Corporation shall (x) not be required to file or maintain in effect a registration statement for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, and (y) use its best efforts to register or qualify for sale the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Public Warrant under the blue sky laws of the state of residence of the exercising Public Warrant holder to the extent an exemption is not available.

8.     Concerning the Warrant Agent and Other Matters .

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

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 Corporation. If the office of the Warrant Agent becomes vacant by resignation or incapacity to act or otherwise, the Corporation shall appoint in writing a successor Warrant Agent in place of the Warrant Agent. If the Corporation shall fail to make such appointment within a period of thirty (30) days after it has been notified in writing of such resignation or incapacity by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of a Warrant (who shall, with such notice, submit his Warrant for inspection by the Corporation), 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 Corporation’s cost. Any successor Warrant Agent, whether appointed by the Corporation 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

 

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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 Corporation, 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 Corporation 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 Corporation shall give notice thereof to the predecessor Warrant Agent and the Transfer Agent for the shares of Common Stock 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 Corporation agrees to pay the Warrant Agent reasonable remuneration for its services as such Warrant Agent hereunder and shall, pursuant to its obligations under this Agreement, 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 Corporation 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 Corporation Statement . Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, the Warrant Agent shall deem it necessary or desirable that any fact or matter be proved or established by the Corporation 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 President, Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the General Counsel or the Chairman of the Board of the Corporation 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, fraud or bad faith. The Corporation 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, fraud 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). The Warrant Agent shall not be responsible for any breach by the Corporation of any covenant or condition contained in this Agreement or in any Warrant. The Warrant Agent shall not 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

 

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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 shares of Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Warrant or as to whether any shares of Common Stock shall, when issued, be valid and fully paid and nonassessable.

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 Corporation with respect to Warrants exercised and concurrently account for, and pay to the Corporation, all monies received by the Warrant Agent for the purchase of shares of Common Stock through the exercise of the Warrants.

8.6     Waiver . The Warrant Agent has no 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 Corporation 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. The Warrant Agent hereby waives any and all Claims against the Trust Account and any and all rights to seek access to the Trust Account.

9.     Miscellaneous Provisions .

9.1     Successors . All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Corporation 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 Agreement to be given or made by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of any Warrant to or on the Corporation 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 (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Corporation with the Warrant Agent), as follows:

Modern Media Acquisition Corp.

1180 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2400

Atlanta, GA 30309

Attention: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

with copies to:

Jones Day

1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Suite 800

Atlanta, GA 30309

Attn: Mark Hanson, Esq.

Fax No.: (404) 581-8330

Email: mlhanson@jonesday.com

Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the holder of any Warrant or by the Corporation 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 (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with the Corporation), as follows:

 

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Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

17 Battery Place

New York, NY 10004

Attention: Compliance Department

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 Corporation 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 Corporation hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

9.4     Persons Having Rights under this Agreement . Nothing in this Agreement 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 Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and agreements contained in this 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 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 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 and any amendment to the terms of only the Private Placement Warrants, shall require the vote or written consent of the Registered Holders of 65% of the then outstanding Public Warrants. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Corporation 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 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 and be valid and enforceable.

 

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

 

MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name:   Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Warrant Agent and Transfer Agent

By:  

/s/

  Name:  
  Title:  


EXHIBIT A

[Form of Warrant Certificate]

[FACE]

 

NUMBER

   CUSIP        

MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.

INCORPORATED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE

WARRANTS

THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID IF NOT EXERCISED PRIOR TO

THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXERCISE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR

IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT DESCRIBED BELOW

 

This Certifies that  

         

   is the   
registered holder of  

         

   Warrant(s)   

(the “Warrants” and each, a “Warrant”) to purchase shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value (“Common Stock”), of Modern Media Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”).

Each Warrant entitles the holder, upon exercise during the period set forth in the Warrant Agreement referred to below, to receive from the Corporation that number of fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock as set forth below, at the exercise price (the “Exercise Price”) as determined pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, payable in lawful money (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) of the United States of America upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent referred to below, subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.

Each whole Warrant is initially exercisable for one fully paid and non-assessable share of Common Stock. Only whole Warrants are exercisable. No fractional shares will be issued upon the exercise of any Warrant. If, upon the exercise of Warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share of Common Stock, the Corporation will, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the Warrant holder. The number of the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

The initial Exercise Price per share of Common Stock for any Warrant is equal to $11.50 per share. The Exercise Price is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

Subject to the conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement, the Warrants may be exercised only during the Exercise Period and to the extent not exercised by the end of such Exercise Period, such Warrants shall become void.

Reference is hereby made to the further provisions of this Warrant Certificate set forth on the reverse hereof and such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.

This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent, as such term is used in the Warrant Agreement.

This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles thereof.


MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Warrant Agent

By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


[Form of Warrant Certificate]

[BACK]

The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants entitling the holder on exercise to receive                shares of Common Stock and are issued or to be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated as of May 17, 2017 (the “Warrant Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by the Corporation to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Corporation and the holders (the words “holders” or “holder” meaning the Registered Holders or Registered Holder, respectively) of the Warrants. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the holder hereof upon written request to the Corporation. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.

Warrants may be exercised at any time during the Exercise Period set forth in the Warrant Agreement. The holder of Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate may exercise them by surrendering this Warrant Certificate, with the form of Election to Purchase set forth hereon properly completed and executed, together with payment of the Exercise Price as specified in the Warrant Agreement (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent. In the event that upon any exercise of Warrants evidenced hereby the number of Warrants exercised shall be less than the total number of Warrants evidenced hereby, there shall be issued to the holder hereof or his, her or its assignee, a new Warrant Certificate evidencing the number of Warrants not exercised.

Notwithstanding anything else in this Warrant Certificate or the Warrant Agreement, no Warrant may be exercised unless at the time of exercise (i) a registration statement covering the shares of Common Stock to be issued upon exercise is effective under the Securities Act and (ii) a prospectus thereunder relating to the shares of Common Stock is current, except through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement.

The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the number of shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants set forth on the face hereof may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. Only whole Warrants are exercisable. If, upon exercise of a Warrant, the holder thereof would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a share of Common Stock, the Corporation shall, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number of shares of Common Stock to be issued to the holder of the Warrant.

Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent by the Registered Holder thereof in person or by legal representative or 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 evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.

Upon due presentation for registration of transfer of this Warrant Certificate at the office 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(s) in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any tax or other governmental charge imposed in connection therewith.

The Corporation and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the Registered Holder(s) hereof as the absolute owner(s) 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 holder(s) hereof, and for all other purposes, and neither the Corporation nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary. Neither the Warrants nor this Warrant Certificate entitles any holder hereof to any rights of a stockholder of the Corporation.


Election To Purchase

(To Be Executed Upon Exercise of Warrant)

The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, to receive                shares of Common Stock and herewith tenders payment for such shares to the order of Modern Media Acquisition Corp. (the “Corporation”) in the amount of $                in accordance with the terms hereof. The undersigned requests that a Certificate for such shares be registered in the name of                , whose address is                and that such shares be delivered to                 , whose address is                . If said number of shares is less than all of the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder, the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such shares be registered in the name of                , whose address is                , and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to                , whose address is                .

In the event that the Warrant has been called for redemption by the Corporation pursuant to Section  6 of the Warrant Agreement and the Corporation has required cashless exercise pursuant to Section  6.3 of the Warrant Agreement, the number of shares that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with subsection  3.3.1(b) and Section  6.3 of the Warrant Agreement.

In the event that the Warrant is a Private Placement Warrant that is to be exercised on a “cashless” basis pursuant to subsection  3.3.1(c) of the Warrant Agreement, the number of shares that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with subsection  3.3.1(c) of the Warrant Agreement.

In the event that the Warrant is to be exercised on a “cashless” basis pursuant to Section  7.4 of the Warrant Agreement, the number of shares that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with Section  7.4 of the Warrant Agreement.

In the event that the Warrant may be exercised, to the extent allowed by the Warrant Agreement, through cashless exercise (i) the number of shares that this Warrant is exercisable for would be determined in accordance with the relevant section of the Warrant Agreement which allows for such cashless exercise and (ii) the holder hereof shall complete the following: The undersigned hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the right, represented by this Warrant Certificate, through the cashless exercise provisions of the Warrant Agreement, to receive shares of Common Stock. If said number of shares is less than all of the shares of Common Stock purchasable hereunder (after giving effect to the cashless exercise), the undersigned requests that a new Warrant Certificate representing the remaining balance of such shares be registered in the name of                 , whose address is                 , and that such Warrant Certificate be delivered to                 , whose address is                 .

 

Date:                 ,

  

 

  

 

(Signature)

  

     

  

     

  

     

  

     

  

(Address)

  

     

  

(Tax Identification Number)


Signature(s) Guaranteed:

By

 

 

 

 

THE SIGNATURE(S) MUST BE GUARANTEED BY AN ELIGIBLE GUARANTOR INSTITUTION (BANKS, STOCKBROKERS, SAVINGS AND LOAN ASSOCIATIONS AND CREDIT UNIONS WITH MEMBERSHIP IN AN APPROVED SIGNATURE GUARANTEE MEDALLION PROGRAM, PURSUANT TO S.E.C. RULE 17Ad-15 UNDER THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934, AS AMENDED).


EXHIBIT B

LEGEND

THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, AND ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE. IN ADDITION, SUBJECT TO ANY ADDITIONAL LIMITATIONS ON TRANSFER DESCRIBED IN THE LETTER AGREEMENTS BY AND AMONG MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP. (THE “COMPANY”), MODERN MEDIA SPONSOR, LLC AND THE OTHER PARTIES THERETO, THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY NOT BE TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED OR SOLD UNTIL THE DATE THAT IS THIRTY (30) DAYS AFTER THE DATE UPON WHICH THE COMPANY COMPLETES ITS INITIAL BUSINESS COMBINATION (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 3 OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT REFERRED TO HEREIN) EXCEPT TO A PERMITTED TRANSFEREE (AS DEFINED IN SECTION 2 OF THE WARRANT AGREEMENT) WHO AGREES IN WRITING WITH THE COMPANY TO BE SUBJECT TO SUCH TRANSFER PROVISIONS.

SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF THE COMPANY ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF SUCH SECURITIES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS UNDER A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT TO BE EXECUTED BY THE COMPANY.

Exhibit 10.1

May 17, 2017

Modern Media Acquisition Corp.

1180 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2400

Atlanta, GA 30309

 

Re: Initial Public Offering

Gentlemen:

This letter (this “Letter Agreement”) is being delivered to you in accordance with the Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) entered into or proposed to be entered into by and between Modern Media Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., EarlyBirdCapital, Inc., I-Bankers Securities, Inc. and Cowen and Company, LLC (together, the “Underwriter”), relating to an underwritten initial public offering (the “Public Offering”), of 20,700,000 of the Corporation’s units (including up to 2,700,000 units that may be purchased to cover over-allotments, if any) (the “Units”), each comprised of one share of the Corporation’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), one right to receive one-tenth of one share of Common Stock (each, a “Right”), and one-half of one warrant (each, a “Warrant”). Each whole Warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment. The Units shall be sold in the Public Offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1, as initially filed with the Commission (as defined below) on March 8, 2017, and as has been amended and supplemented from time to time, including after the effectiveness thereof and related prospectus (the “Prospectus”) filed by the Corporation with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) and the Corporation has been approved to have the Units listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market. Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in paragraph 11 hereof.

In order to induce the Corporation and the Underwriter to enter into the Underwriting Agreement and to proceed with the Public Offering and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Modern Media Sponsor, LLC (the “Sponsor”) and the undersigned individuals, each of whom is a director or member of the Corporation’s management team (each, an “Insider” and collectively, the “Insiders”) hereby agree with the Corporation as follows:

1. The Sponsor and each Insider agrees that if the Corporation seeks stockholder approval of a proposed Initial Business Combination, then in connection with such proposed Initial Business Combination, such stockholder shall (i) vote any shares of Capital Stock owned by it or him in favor of any proposed Initial Business Combination and (ii) not redeem any shares of Common Stock owned by it or him in connection with such stockholder approval.

2. The Sponsor and each Insider hereby agrees that in the event that the Corporation fails to consummate an Initial Business Combination within 18 months from the closing of the Public Offering (or 21 months from the closing of the Public Offering if the Corporation has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for an Initial Business Combination within 18 months from the closing of the Public Offering but have not completed the Initial Business Combination within such 18 month period), or such later period approved by the Corporation’s stockholders in accordance with the Corporation’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation, the Sponsor and each Insider shall take all reasonable steps to cause the Corporation to (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, subject to lawfully available funds therefor, redeem the Common Stock


sold as part of the Units in the Public Offering (the “Public Shares”), at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the Trust Account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and less up to $50,000 to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then-outstanding Public Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish all Public Stockholders’ rights as stockholders (including the right to receive further liquidation distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such redemption, subject to the approval of the Corporation’s remaining stockholders and the Corporation’s board of directors, dissolve and liquidate, subject in each case to the Corporation’s obligations under Delaware law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable law. The Sponsor and each Insider agrees to not propose any amendment to the Corporation’s second amended and restated certificate of incorporation that would affect the substance or timing of the Corporation’s obligation to redeem 100% of the Public Shares if the Corporation does not complete an Initial Business Combination within 18 months from the closing of the Public Offering (or 21 months, as applicable), unless the Corporation provides its Public Stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares of Common Stock upon approval of any such amendment at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the trust account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable), divided by the number of then-outstanding Public Shares.

The Sponsor and each Insider acknowledges that it or he has no right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies held in the Trust Account or any other asset of the Corporation as a result of any liquidation of the Corporation with respect to the Founder Shares held by it or him. The Sponsor and each Insider hereby further waives, with respect to any Founder Shares or any Public Shares acquired by it or him, during or after this Public Offering, if any, any redemption rights it or he may have in connection with the consummation of an Initial Business Combination, including, without limitation, any such rights available in the context of a stockholder vote to approve such Initial Business Combination or in the context of a tender offer made by the Corporation to purchase shares of Common Stock (although the Sponsor and the Insiders shall be entitled to redemption and liquidation rights with respect to Public Shares it or they hold if the Corporation fails to consummate an Initial Business Combination within 18 months from the date of the closing of the Public Offering (or 21 months, as applicable)).

3. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in paragraphs 7(a) and (b) below, during the period commencing on the effective date of the Underwriting Agreement and ending 180 days after such date, the Sponsor and each Insider shall not, without the prior written consent of Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., (i) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”) and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder, with respect to any Units, shares of Capital Stock, Rights, Warrants or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Capital Stock owned by it, (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic

 

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consequences of ownership of any Units, shares of Capital Stock, Rights, Warrants or any securities convertible into, or exercisable, or exchangeable for, shares of Capital Stock owned by it, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (iii) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction, including the filing of a registration statement, specified in clause (i) or (ii). Each of the Insiders and the Sponsor acknowledges and agrees that, prior to the effective date of any release or waiver of the restrictions set forth in this paragraph 3 or paragraph 7 below, the Corporation shall announce the impending release or waiver by press release through a major news service at least two business days before the effective date of the release or waiver. Any release or waiver granted shall only be effective two business days after the publication date of such press release. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph will not apply to: (i) a transfer not for consideration if the transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the same terms described in this Letter Agreement to the extent and for the duration that such terms remain in effect at the time of the transfer; (ii) a disposition to the Corporation pursuant to paragraph 5 of this Letter Agreement; (iii) a transfer, in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (iv) a transfer, in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (v) a transfer in the event of the Corporation’s liquidation prior to the completion of an Initial Business Combination; (vi) a transfer by virtue of the laws of the State of Delaware or the Sponsor’s amended and restated limited liability company agreement upon dissolution of the Sponsor; and (vii) a transfer in the event of the Corporation’s completion of a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Corporation’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion of an Initial Business Combination.

4. In the event of the liquidation of the Trust Account, the Sponsor (which for purposes of clarification shall not extend to any direct or indirect shareholders, members or managers of the Sponsor) agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Corporation against any and all loss, liability, claim, 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 Corporation may become subject as a result of any claim by (i) any vendor for services rendered or products sold to the Corporation or (ii) a prospective target business with which the Corporation has discussed entering into an Initial Business Combination (a “Target”); provided, however, that such indemnification of the Corporation by the Sponsor shall apply only to the extent necessary to ensure that such claims by a vendor for services rendered (other than the Underwriter) or products sold to the Corporation or a Target do not reduce the amount of funds in the Trust Account to below (i) $10.10 per share of the Public Shares or (ii) such lesser amount per share of the Public Shares held in the Trust Account as of the date of the liquidation of the Trust Account, due to reductions in the value of the trust assets in each case net of the amount of interest earned on the property in the Trust Account which may be withdrawn to pay taxes, except as to any claims by a third party who executed a waiver of any and all rights to seek access to the trust account and except as to any claims under the Corporation’s indemnity of the Underwriter against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. In the event that any such executed waiver is deemed to be unenforceable against such third party, the Sponsor will not be responsible to the extent of any

 

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liability for such third party claims. The Sponsor shall have the right to defend against any such claim with counsel of its choice reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation if, within 15 days following written receipt of notice of the claim to the Sponsor, the Sponsor notifies the Corporation in writing that it shall undertake such defense.

5. To the extent that the Underwriter does not exercise its over-allotment option to purchase up to an additional 2,700,000 Units within 45 days from the date of the Prospectus (and as further described in the Prospectus), the Sponsor agrees that it shall forfeit, at no cost, a number of Founder Shares equal to 675,000 multiplied by a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is 2,700,000 minus the number of Units purchased by the Underwriter upon the exercise of its over-allotment option, and (ii) the denominator of which is 2,700,000. The forfeiture will be adjusted to the extent that the over-allotment option is not exercised in full by the Underwriter so that the Initial Stockholders will own an aggregate of 20.0% of the Corporation’s issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock after the Public Offering. The Initial Stockholders further agree that to the extent that the size of the Public Offering is increased or decreased, the Corporation will effect a stock dividend, stock split or share repurchase or contribution (or other similar action) back to capital, as applicable, immediately prior to the consummation of the Public Offering in such amount as to maintain the ownership of the Initial Stockholders prior to the Public Offering at 20.0% of its issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock upon consummation of the Public Offering. In connection with any such increase or decrease in the size of the Public Offering, (A) the references to 2,700,000 in the numerator and denominator of the formula in the first sentence of this paragraph shall be changed to a number equal to 15% of the number of shares included in the Units issued in the Public Offering and (B) the reference to 675,000 in the formula set forth in the first sentence of this paragraph shall be adjusted to such number of Founder Shares that the Sponsor would have to return to the Corporation in order to hold (with all of the pre-Public Offering stockholders) an aggregate of 20.0% of the Corporation’s issued and outstanding shares of Capital Stock immediately after the Public Offering.

6. (a) The Sponsor and each Insider hereby agree not to, directly or indirectly, participate in the formation of, or become an officer or director of, any other blank check company until the Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement regarding an Initial Business Combination or the Corporation has failed to complete an Initial Business Combination within 18 months after the closing of the Public Offering (or 21 months, as applicable). For the avoidance of doubt, the Sponsor and each Insider are allowed to participate in the formation of, or become an officer or director of, another blank check company upon completion of an Initial Business Combination. For the further avoidance of doubt, neither Macquarie Group Limited nor any of its affiliates (other than the Sponsor) are bound by this prohibition.

(b) The Sponsor and each Insider hereby agrees and acknowledges that: (i) the Underwriter and the Corporation would be irreparably injured in the event of a breach by such Sponsor or Insider of its or his obligations under paragraphs 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6(a), 7(a), 7(b), and 9 of this Letter Agreement (ii) monetary damages may not be an adequate remedy for such breach and (iii) the non-breaching party shall be entitled to injunctive relief, in addition to any other remedy that such party may have in law or in equity, in the event of such breach.

 

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7. (a) Except as described below, the Sponsor and each Insider agrees that it or he shall not Transfer (as defined below) any Founder Shares until the earlier of one year after the completion of the Corporation’s Initial Business Combination or earlier if, (x) subsequent to the Initial Business Combination, the last reported closing price of the Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after an Initial Business Combination or (y) the date on which the Corporation completes a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction after the Initial Business Combination that results in all of the Corporation’s Public Stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property (the “Founder Shares Lock-up Period”).

(b) Except as described below, the Sponsor and each Insider agrees that it or he shall not effectuate any Transfer of Private Placement Warrants or shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants, until 30 days after the completion of an Initial Business Combination (the “Private Placement Warrants Lock-up Period,” together with the Founder Shares Lock-up Period, the “Lock-up Periods”).

(c) Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in paragraphs 7(a) and (b), Transfers of the Founder Shares, Private Placement Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants, are permitted (a) to affiliates of the Sponsor (including, without limitation, by means of any distribution by the Sponsor of securities to its members), to the Corporation’s officers or directors, to officers, directors, members or beneficial owners of the Sponsor, to any affiliates or family members of the foregoing or to any trust where any of the foregoing is the primary beneficiary; (b) in the case of any beneficial owner of the Sponsor or an individual, by gift to a member of one of the members of the beneficial owners of the Sponsor or individual’s immediate family, to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of one of the beneficial owners of the Sponsor or the individual’s immediate family, an affiliate of such person or beneficial owner, or to a charitable organization; (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (e) by private sales or transfers made in connection with the consummation of an Initial Business Combination at prices no greater than the price at which the securities were originally purchased; (f) in the event of the Corporation’s liquidation prior to the completion of an Initial Business Combination; (g) by virtue of the laws of the State of Delaware or the Sponsor’s amended and restated limited liability company agreement upon dissolution of the Sponsor; or (h) in the event of the Corporation’s completion of a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction which results in all of the Corporation’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the completion of an Initial Business Combination; provided, however, that in the case of clauses (a), (b) and (e), these permitted transferees must enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by these transfer restrictions.

8. The Sponsor and each Insider represents and warrants that it or he has never been suspended or expelled from membership in any securities or commodities exchange or association or had a securities or commodities license or registration denied, suspended or

 

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revoked. Each Insider’s biographical information furnished to the Corporation (including any such information included in the Prospectus) is true and accurate in all respects and does not omit any material information with respect to the undersigned’s background. Each Insider’s questionnaire furnished to the Corporation is true and accurate in all respects. Each Insider represents and warrants that: it is not subject to or a respondent in any legal action for, any injunction, cease-and-desist order or order or stipulation to desist or refrain from any act or practice relating to the offering of securities in any jurisdiction; it has never been convicted of, or pleaded guilty to, any crime (i) involving fraud, (ii) relating to any financial transaction or handling of funds of another person, or (iii) pertaining to any dealings in any securities and it is not currently a defendant in any such criminal proceeding.

9. Except as disclosed in the Prospectus, neither the Sponsor nor any Insider nor any affiliate of the Sponsor or any Insider, nor any director or officer of the Corporation, shall receive from the Corporation any finder’s fee, reimbursement, consulting fee, monies in respect of any repayment of a loan or other compensation prior to, or in connection with any services rendered in order to effectuate the consummation of the Initial Business Combination (regardless of the type of transaction that it is), other than the following, none of which will be made from the proceeds of the Public Offering held in the Trust Account prior to the completion of the Initial Business Combination: repayment of up to an aggregate of $650,000 in unsecured loans made to the Corporation by the Sponsor; repayment of up to an aggregate of $500,000 in loans made to the Corporation by the Sponsor; reimbursement for any reasonable out-of-pocket expenses related to identifying, investigating negotiating and completing an Initial Business Combination; underwriting discounts, commissions and other fees and expenses payable to the Underwriter of this offering, including Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., an affiliate of the Corporation’s Sponsor, and repayment of loans, if any, and on such terms as to be determined by the Corporation from time to time, made by the Sponsor or certain of the Corporation’s officers and directors to finance transaction costs in connection with an intended Initial Business Combination, provided, that, if the Corporation does not consummate an Initial Business Combination, a portion of the working capital held outside the Trust Account may be used by the Corporation to repay such loaned amounts so long as no proceeds from the Trust Account are used for such repayment at the option of the lender. Up to $1,000,000 of such loans may be convertible into warrants of the post Initial Business Combination entity at an exercise price of $1.00 per warrant at the option of the lender. Such warrants would be identical to the Private Placement Warrants except that, pursuant to Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Rule 5110(g)(1), such warrants, and the shares of Common Stock issued upon exercise of such warrants, shall not be sold, transferred, assigned, pledged, or hypothecated, or be the subject of any hedging, short sale, derivative, put, or call transaction that would result in the effective economic disposition of such securities by any person for a period of 180 days immediately following the date of the Underwriting Agreement or commencement of sales pursuant to the Public Offering, except:

 

  i. the transfer of any security by operation of law or by reason of reorganization of the Company;

 

  ii. the transfer of any security to any FINRA member firm participating in the Public Offering and the officers or partners thereof, if all securities so transferred remain subject to the lock-up restriction in this Section 9 for the remainder of the time period;

 

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  iii. the transfer of any security if the aggregate amount of securities of the Company held by such holder or related person do not exceed 1% of the securities being offered;

 

  iv. the transfer of any security that is beneficially owned on a pro-rata basis of all equity owners of an investment fund, provided that no participating member manages or otherwise directs investments by the fund, and participating members in the aggregate do not own more than 10% of the equity in the fund; or

 

  v. the exercise or conversion of any security, if all securities received remain subject to the lock-up restriction in this Section 9 for the remainder of the time period.

10. The Sponsor and each Insider has full right and power, without violating any agreement to which it is bound (including, without limitation, any non-competition or non-solicitation agreement with any employer or former employer), to enter into this Letter Agreement and, as applicable, to serve as a director on the board of directors of the Corporation.

11. As used herein, (i) “Initial Business Combination” shall mean a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar business combination, involving the Corporation and one or more businesses as described in the Prospectus; (ii) “Capital Stock” shall mean, collectively, the Common Stock and the Founder Shares; (iii) “Founder Shares” shall mean the 5,175,000 shares of Common Stock held by the Initial Stockholders as of the date hereof (up to 675,000 of which shares are subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the Underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised, if at all); (iv) “Initial Stockholders” shall mean the Sponsor and any Insider that holds Founder Shares immediately prior to the Public Offering; (v) “Private Placement Warrants” shall mean the warrants to purchase up to 7,050,000 shares of Common Stock of the Corporation that the Sponsor has agreed to purchase for an aggregate purchase price of $7,050,000, or $1.00 per warrant, in a private placement that will close simultaneously with the closing of the Public Offering (including up to an additional 270,000 of Private Placement Warrants, if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised, in the amount necessary to maintain the Trust Account at $10.10 per unit sold to the public in the Public Offering); (vi) “Public Stockholders” shall mean the holders of the Corporation’s Public Shares; (vii) “Trust Account” shall mean the trust fund into which a portion of the net proceeds of the Public Offering shall be deposited; and (viii) “Transfer” shall mean the (a) sale of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the Commission promulgated thereunder with respect to, any security, (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b).

 

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12. This Letter Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby. This Letter Agreement may not be changed, amended, modified or waived (other than to correct a typographical error) as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by all parties hereto.

13. No party hereto may assign either this Letter Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party. Any purported assignment in violation of this paragraph 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 Sponsor and Insiders and their respective successors, assigns and permitted transferees.

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 submit to such jurisdiction and venue, which jurisdiction and venue shall be exclusive and (ii) waive any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and venue or that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

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

16. This Letter Agreement shall terminate on the earlier of (i) the expiration of the Lock-up Periods or (ii) the liquidation of the Corporation; provided, however, that this Letter Agreement shall earlier terminate in the event that the Public Offering is not consummated and closed by June 30, 2017; provided further that paragraph 4 of this Letter Agreement shall survive such liquidation.

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Sincerely,

 

MODERN MEDIA SPONSOR, LLC

By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name:   Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title:   President
By:  

/s/ Jin Chun

  Name:   Jin Chun
  Title:   Vice President


By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name:   Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.


By:  

/s/ Blair Faulstich

  Name:   Blair Faulstich


By:  

/s/ George Brokaw

  Name:   George Brokaw


By:  

/s/ John White

  Name:   John White


By:  

/s/ William Drewry

  Name:   William Drewry


By:  

/s/ Adam Kagan

  Name:   Adam Kagan


Acknowledged and Agreed:

 

MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.

By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name:   Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 10.2

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT TRUST AGREEMENT

This Investment Management Trust Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made effective as of May 17, 2017, by and between Modern Media Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation (the “Trustee”).

WHEREAS, the Corporation’s registration statement on Form S-1, Registration Statement No. 333-216546 and the Company’s registration statement on Form S-1 filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933, Registration Statement No. 333-217913 (together, the “Registration Statement”) and related prospectus (the “Prospectus”) for the initial public offering of the Corporation’s units (the “Units”), each of which consists of one share of the Corporation’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), one right to receive one-tenth of one share of Common Stock and one-half of one warrant, each whole warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Common Stock (only whole warrants are exercisable) (such initial public offering hereinafter referred to as the “Offering”), has been declared effective as of the date hereof by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission;

WHEREAS, the Corporation has entered into an Underwriting Agreement (the “Underwriting Agreement”) with Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc., as representative of the several underwriters name in Schedule 1 thereto (together, the “Underwriters”);

WHEREAS, as described in the Prospectus, at the closing of the Offering, an aggregate of $181,800,000 of proceeds from the Offering and the sale of the Private Placement Warrants (as defined in the Underwriting Agreement) (or $209,070,000 if the Underwriters’ over-allotment option with regards to the Units is exercised in full) will be delivered to the Trustee to be deposited and held in a segregated trust account located in the United States (the “Trust Account”) for the benefit of the Corporation and the holders of shares of Common Stock included in the Units (the amount to be delivered to the Trustee (and any interest subsequently earned thereon) will be referred to herein as the “Property,” the stockholders for whose benefit the Trustee shall hold the Property will be referred to as the “Public Stockholders,” and the Public Stockholders and the Corporation will be referred to together as the “Beneficiaries”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Underwriting Agreement, a portion of the Property equal to $6,300,000 (or $7,785,000 if the Underwriters’ over-allotment option with regards to the Units is exercised in full) is or will be attributable to deferred underwriting discounts and commissions that may be payable by the Corporation to the Underwriter upon the consummation of the Business Combination (as defined below) (the “Deferred Discount”); and

WHEREAS, the Corporation 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.

NOW THEREFORE, 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 the Trust Account established by the Trustee at a branch office of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. located in the United States and at a brokerage institution selected by the Trustee that is reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation;

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


(c) In a timely manner, upon the written instruction of the Corporation, invest and reinvest the Property in United States government securities within the meaning of Section 2(a)(16) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, having a maturity of 180 days or less, or in money market funds meeting the conditions of paragraphs (d)(1), (d)(2), (d)(3) and (d)(4) of Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, which invest only in direct U.S. government treasury obligations, as determined by the Corporation; it being understood that the Trust Account will earn no interest while account funds are uninvested awaiting the Corporation’s instructions hereunder;

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

(e) Promptly notify the Corporation and the Underwriters of all communications received by the Trustee with respect to any Property requiring action by the Corporation;

(f) Supply any necessary information or documents as may be requested by the Corporation (or its authorized agents) in connection with the Corporation’s preparation of tax returns relating to assets held in the Trust Account or in connection with the preparation or completion of an audit of the Corporation’s financial statements by the Corporation’s auditors;

(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 Corporation to do so;

(h) Render to the Corporation 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 (x) after and promptly after receipt of, and only in accordance with, the terms of a letter from the Corporation (“Termination Letter”) in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as either Exhibit A or Exhibit B signed on behalf of the Corporation by its Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, Secretary or Chairman of the board of directors (the “Board”) or other authorized officer of the Corporation, and complete the liquidation of the Trust Account and distribute the Property in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the trust account deposits (which interest shall be net of taxes payable and less up to $50,000 to the Corporation to pay dissolution expenses, it being understood that the Trustee has no obligation to monitor or question the Corporation’s position that an allocation has been made for taxes payable), only as directed in the Termination Letter and the other documents referred to therein or (y) upon the date which is 18 months after the closing of the Offering (or 21 months from the closing of the Offering if the Corporation has executed a letter of intent, agreement in principle or definitive agreement for an initial business combination within 18 months from the closing of the Offering but have not completed the initial business combination within such 18 month period), if a Termination Letter has not been received by the Trustee prior to such date, in which case the Trust Account shall be liquidated in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Termination Letter attached as Exhibit B and the Property in the Trust Account, including interest earned on the trust account deposits (which interest shall be net of any taxes payable and less up to $50,000 to the Corporation to pay dissolution expenses), shall be distributed to the Public Stockholders of record as of such date; provided, however, that in the event the Trustee receives a Termination Letter in a form substantially similar to Exhibit B hereto, or if the Trustee begins to liquidate the Property because it has received no such Termination Letter by the date which is 18 months after the closing of the Offering (or 21 months, as applicable), the Trustee shall keep the Trust Account open until twelve (12) months following the date the Property has been distributed to the Public Stockholders;

 

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(j) Upon written request from the Corporation, which may be given from time to time in a form substantially similar to that attached hereto as Exhibit C (a “Tax Payment Withdrawal Instruction”), withdraw from the Trust Account and distribute to the Corporation the amount of interest earned on the Property requested by the Corporation to cover any tax obligation owed by the Corporation as a result of assets of the Corporation or interest or other income earned on the Property, which amount shall be delivered directly to the Corporation by electronic funds transfer or other method of prompt payment, and the Corporation shall forward such payment to the relevant taxing authority; provided, however, that to the extent there is not sufficient cash in the Trust Account to pay such tax obligation, the Trustee shall liquidate such assets held in the Trust Account as shall be designated by the Corporation in writing to make such distribution; so long as there is no reduction in the principal amount initially deposited in the Trust Account; provided, however, that if the tax to be paid is a franchise tax, the written request by the Corporation to make such distribution shall be accompanied by a copy of the franchise tax bill for the Corporation and a written statement from the principal financial officer of the Corporation setting forth the actual amount payable (it being acknowledged and agreed that any such amount in excess of interest income earned on the Property shall not be payable from the Trust Account). The written request of the Corporation referenced above shall constitute presumptive evidence that the Corporation is entitled to said funds, and the Trustee shall have no responsibility to look beyond said request; and

(k) Not make any withdrawals or distributions from the Trust Account other than pursuant to Section 1(i) or (j) above.

2. Agreements and Covenants of the Corporation . The Corporation hereby agrees and covenants to:

(a) Give all instructions to the Trustee hereunder in writing, signed by the Corporation’s Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel or Secretary, or other authorized officer of the Corporation. In addition, except with respect to its duties under  Sections 1(i)  and  1(j)  hereof, 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 and with reasonable care, believes to be given by any one of the persons authorized above to give written instructions, provided that the Corporation shall promptly confirm such instructions in writing;

(b) Subject to Section 4 hereof, hold the Trustee harmless and indemnify the Trustee from and against any and all expenses, including reasonable and actually incurred counsel fees and disbursements, or losses suffered by the Trustee in connection with any action taken by it hereunder and in connection with any 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 interest earned on the Property, except for expenses (including counsel fees and disbursements) and losses resulting from the Trustee’s gross negligence, fraud 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  Section 2(b) , it shall notify the Corporation 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 Corporation with respect to the selection of counsel, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld; and provided further that the Corporation shall not be obligated to pay or reimburse more than one separate counsel. The Trustee may not agree to settle any Indemnified Claim without the prior written consent of the Corporation, which such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Corporation may participate in such action with its own counsel;

 

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(c) Pay the Trustee the fees set forth on Schedule A hereto, including an initial acceptance fee, annual administration fee, and transaction processing fee 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 unless and until it is distributed to the Corporation pursuant to  Sections 1(i)  through  1(j)  hereof. The Corporation shall pay the Trustee the initial acceptance fee and the first annual administration fee at the consummation of the Offering. The Trustee shall refund to the Corporation the monthly fee (on a pro rata basis) with respect to any period after the liquidation of the Trust Account. The Corporation shall not be responsible for any other fees or charges of the Trustee except as set forth in this Section 2(c) and as may be provided in  Section 2(b)  hereof;

(d) In connection with any vote of the Corporation’s stockholders regarding a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar business combination involving the Corporation and one or more businesses (a “Business Combination”), provide to the Trustee an affidavit or certificate of the inspector of elections for the stockholder meeting verifying the vote of such stockholders regarding such Business Combination;

(e) Provide the Underwriters with a copy of any Termination Letter(s) and/or any other correspondence that is sent to the Trustee with respect to any proposed withdrawal from the Trust Account promptly after it issues the same;

(f) Instruct the Trustee to make only those distributions that are permitted under this Agreement, and refrain from instructing the Trustee to make any distributions that are not permitted under this Agreement; and

(g) Within four (4) business days after an exercise of the Underwriters’ over-allotment option or such over-allotment option 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 $6,300,000 (and shall be $7,785,000 if the Underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised in full).

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

(a) 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;

(b) Take any action with respect to the Property, other than as directed in Section 1 hereof, and the Trustee shall have no liability to any party except for liability arising out of the Trustee’s gross negligence, fraud, bad faith or willful misconduct;

(c) 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 Corporation given as provided herein to do so and the Corporation shall have advanced or guaranteed to it funds sufficient to pay any expenses incident thereto;

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

(e) Assume that the authority of any person designated by the Corporation to give instructions hereunder shall not be continuing unless provided otherwise in such designation, or unless the Corporation 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 Trustee’s best judgment, except for the Trustee’s gross negligence, fraud, bad faith 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 with written notification to the Corporation, which counsel may be the Corporation’s counsel), 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 the Trustee believes, in good faith and with reasonable care, 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 accuracy of the information contained in the Registration Statement;

(h) Provide any assurance that any Business Combination entered into by the Corporation or any other action taken by the Corporation is as contemplated by the Registration Statement;

(i) File information returns with respect to the Trust Account with any local, state or federal taxing authority or provide periodic written statements to the Corporation documenting the taxes payable by the Corporation, if any, relating to any interest income earned on the Property;

(j) Prepare, execute and file tax reports, income or other tax returns and pay any taxes with respect to any income generated by, and activities relating to, the Trust Account, regardless of whether such tax is payable by the Trust Account or the Corporation, including, but not limited to, franchise and income tax obligations, except pursuant to Section 1(j) hereof; or

(k) Verify calculations, qualify or otherwise approve the Corporation’s written requests for distributions pursuant to Sections 1(i) and 1(j) hereof.

4. Trust Account Waiver . The Trustee shall have 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 Corporation under this Agreement, including, without limitation, under Section 2(b) or Section 2(c) hereof, the Trustee shall pursue such Claim solely against the Corporation and its assets outside the Trust Account and not against the Property or any monies in the Trust Account.

5. Termination . This Agreement shall terminate as follows:

(a) If the Trustee gives written notice to the Corporation that it desires to resign under this Agreement, the Corporation shall use its reasonable efforts to locate a successor trustee, pending which the Trustee shall continue to act in accordance with this Agreement. At such time that the Corporation notifies the Trustee that a successor trustee has been appointed 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 Corporation does not locate a successor trustee within ninety (90) 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; or

 

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(b) At such time that the Trustee has completed the liquidation of the Trust Account and its obligations in accordance with the provisions of Section 1(i) hereof and distributed the Property in accordance with the provisions of the Termination Letter, this Agreement shall terminate except with respect to Section 2(b).

6. Miscellaneous .

(a) The Corporation 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 Corporation 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 confidential information, or of any change in its authorized personnel. In executing funds transfers, the Trustee shall rely upon all information supplied to it by the Corporation, including, account names, account numbers, and all other identifying information relating to a Beneficiary, Beneficiary’s bank or intermediary bank. Except for any liability arising out of the Trustee’s gross negligence, fraud, bad faith or willful misconduct, the Trustee shall not be liable for any loss, liability or expense resulting from any error in the information or transmission of the funds.

(b) This 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.

(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)  hereof (which may not be modified, amended or deleted without the affirmative vote of sixty five percent (65%) of the then outstanding shares of Common Stock; provided that no such amendment will affect any Public Stockholder who has otherwise indicated his election to redeem his shares of Common Stock in connection with a stockholder vote sought to amend this Agreement), this Agreement or any provision hereof may only be changed, amended or modified (other than to correct a typographical error) by a writing signed by each of the parties hereto.

(d) The parties hereto consent to the jurisdiction and venue of any state or federal court located in the City of New York, State of New York, for purposes of resolving any disputes hereunder. AS TO ANY CLAIM, CROSS-CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY WAIVES THE RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

(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 or by electronic or facsimile transmission:

if to the Trustee, to:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

17 Battery Place

New York, New York 10004

Attn: Steven Nelson and Sharmin Carter

Fax No.: (212) 558-6731

Email: cst_compliance@continentalstock.com

 

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if to the Corporation, to:

Modern Media Acquisition Corp.

1180 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2400

Atlanta, GA 30309

Attn: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

Email: ldickey@modernmediaco.com

in each case, with copies to:

Jones Day

1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Suite 800

Atlanta, GA 30309

Attn: Mark Hanson, Esq.

Fax No.: (404) 581-8330

Email: mlhanson@jonesday.com

and

Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.

125 West 55 th Street, Level 22

New York, NY 10019

Attn: Jin Chun

Fax No.: (212) 231-1717

Email: Jin.Chun@macquarie.com

and

Greenberg Traurig, LLP

MetLife Building

200 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10166

Attn: Alan Annex, Esq.

Fax No.: (212) 801-6400

Email: annexa@gtlaw.com

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

(g) Each of the Corporation and the Trustee 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.

 

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(h) This Agreement is the joint product of the Trustee and the Corporation and each provision hereof has been subject to the mutual consultation, negotiation and agreement of such parties and shall not be construed for or against any party hereto.

(i) This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of a signed counterpart of this Agreement by facsimile or electronic transmission shall constitute valid and sufficient delivery thereof.

(j) Each of the Corporation and the Trustee hereby acknowledges and agrees that the Underwriters are third party beneficiaries of this Agreement.

(k) Except as specified herein, no party to this Agreement may assign its rights or delegate its obligations hereunder to any other person or entity.

[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:  

/s/

  Name:  
  Title:  
Modern Media Acquisition Corp.
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name:   Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer


EXHIBIT A

[Letterhead of Corporation]

[Insert date]

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

17 Battery Place

New York, New York 10004

Attn: Steven Nelson and Sharmin Carter

 

  Re: Trust Account No.             Termination Letter

Gentlemen:

Pursuant to  Section 1(i)  of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Modern Media Acquisition Corp. (the “Corporation”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”), dated as of May 17, 2017 (the “Trust Agreement”), this is to advise you that the Corporation has entered into an agreement with             (the “Target Business”) to consummate a business combination with the Target Business (the “Business Combination”) on or about            ,         . The Corporation shall notify you at least forty-eight (48) hours in advance of the actual date (or such shorter time period as you may agree) of the consummation of the Business Combination (“Consummation Date”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement.

In accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement, we hereby authorize you to commence to liquidate all of the assets of the Trust Account on             , and to transfer the proceeds into the above-referenced trust checking account at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to the effect that, on the Consummation Date, all of the funds held in the Trust Account will be immediately available for transfer to the account or accounts that Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. (with respect to the Deferred Discount) and the Corporation shall direct on the Consummation Date. It is acknowledged and agreed that while the funds are on deposit in the trust checking account at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. awaiting distribution, neither the Corporation nor the Underwriters will earn any interest or dividends.

On the Consummation Date (i) counsel for the Corporation shall deliver to you written notification that the Business Combination has been consummated, or will be consummated substantially concurrently with your transfer of funds to the accounts as directed by the Corporation (the “Notification”) and (ii) the Corporation shall deliver to you (a) [an affidavit] [a certificate] of the Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, General Counsel, Secretary, or other authorized officer of the Corporation, which verifies that the Business Combination has been approved by a vote of the Corporation’s stockholders, if a vote is held and (b) joint written instruction signed by the Corporation and the Underwriters with respect to the transfer of the funds held in the Trust Account, including payment of the Deferred Discount from the Trust Account (the “Instruction Letter”). You are hereby directed and authorized to transfer the funds held in the Trust Account immediately upon your receipt of the Notification 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 Corporation in writing of the same and the Corporation shall direct you as to whether such funds should remain in the Trust Account and be distributed after the Consummation Date to the Corporation. Upon the distribution of all the funds, net of any payments necessary for reasonable and actually incurred unreimbursed expenses related to liquidating the Trust Account, your obligations under the Trust Agreement shall be terminated.

 

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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 Corporation, the funds held in the Trust Account shall be reinvested as provided in Section 1(c) of the Trust Agreement on the business day immediately following the Consummation Date as set forth in the notice or as soon thereafter as possible.

 

Very truly yours,
Modern Media Acquisition Corp. Inc.
By:  
  Name:
  Title:

 

cc: Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.

 

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EXHIBIT B

[Letterhead of Corporation]

[Insert date]

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

17 Battery Place

New York, New York 10004

Attn: Steven Nelson and Sharmin Carter

 

  Re: Trust Account No.             Termination Letter

Gentlemen:

Pursuant to  Section 1(i)  of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Modern Media Acquisition Corp. (the “Corporation”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”), dated as of May 17, 2017 (the “Trust Agreement”), this is to advise you that the Corporation has been unable to effect a business combination with a Target Business (the “Business Combination”) within the time frame specified in the Corporation’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (as may be amended, modified or restated) and as described in the Corporation’s Registration Statement and related Prospectus with regards to the Offering. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein 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 of the assets in the Trust Account on                 ,                           and to transfer the total proceeds into the trust checking account at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. to await distribution to the Public Stockholders. The Corporation has selected            ,             , as the record date for the purpose of determining the Public Stockholders entitled to receive their share of the liquidation proceeds. You agree to be the Paying Agent of record and, in your separate capacity as Paying Agent, agree to distribute said funds directly to the Corporation’s Public Stockholders in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement and the Corporation’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation. Upon the distribution of all the funds, your obligations under the Trust Agreement shall be terminated, except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 1(j) of the Trust Agreement.

 

Very truly yours,
Modern Media Acquisition Corp. Inc.
By:  
  Name:
  Title:

 

cc: Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.

 

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EXHIBIT C

[Letterhead of Corporation]

[Insert date]

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

17 Battery Place

New York, New York 10004

Attn: Sharmin Carter and Fran Wolf

 

Re: Trust Account No.            Tax Payment Withdrawal Instruction

Gentlemen:

Pursuant to  Section 1(j)  of the Investment Management Trust Agreement between Modern Media Acquisition Corp. (the “Corporation”) and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Trustee”), dated as of May 17, 2017 (the “Trust Agreement”), the Corporation hereby requests that you deliver to the Corporation $            of the interest income earned on the Property as of the date hereof. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Trust Agreement.

The Corporation requests such funds to pay for the tax obligations as set forth on the attached tax return or tax statement. 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 Corporation’s operating account at:

[WIRE INSTRUCTION INFORMATION]

 

Very truly yours,
Modern Media Acquisition Corp. Inc.
By:  
  Name:
  Title:

 

cc: Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.

 

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Exhibit 10.3

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 17, 2017, is made and entered into by and among Modern Media Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and Modern Media Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), together with the other parties listed on the signature pages hereto and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section  5.2 of this Agreement (a “Holder” and collectively the “Holders”).

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1     Definitions . The terms defined in this Article I shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:

“Adverse Disclosure” means any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of the Corporation, after consultation with counsel to the Corporation, (i) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (ii) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, and (iii) the Corporation has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public.

“Agreement” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

“Board” means the Board of Directors of the Corporation.

“Business Combination” means any merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses, involving the Corporation.

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

“Common Stock” has the meaning given in this subsection  1.1 .

“Corporation” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

“Demand Registration” has the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1 .

“Demanding Holder” has the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1 .

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

“Form S-1” has the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1 .

“Form S-3” has the meaning given in subsection 2.3 .

“Founder Shares” means the 5,175,000 shares of the Corporation’s Common Stock (up to 675,000 of which shares will be subject to forfeiture depending on the extent to which the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised, if at all) held by the Sponsor and certain directors and officers of the Corporation.

“Founder Shares Lock-up Period” shall mean, with respect to the Founder Shares, and subject to certain limitations and exclusions, the period ending on the earlier of (A) one year after the completion of the initial Business Combination or (B) if, subsequent to the initial Business Combination, (x) the last reported closing price of the Corporation’s Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”) equals or exceeds $12.00 per

 


share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the initial Business Combination, or (y) the date on which the Corporation completes a liquidation, merger, stock exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of the Corporation’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property.

“Holders” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

“Insider Letter” means that certain letter agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Corporation, the Sponsor and each of the Corporation’s officers, directors and director nominees.

“Macquarie Demanding Holder” has the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1 .

“Maximum Number of Securities” means the meaning given in subsection 2.1.4 .

“MIHI” means MIHI LLC.

“Misstatement” means an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement or Prospectus in the light of the circumstances under which they were made not misleading.

“MM Demanding Holder” has the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1 .

“Modern Media” means Modern Media, LLC.

“Permitted Transferees” means a person or entity to whom a Holder of Registrable Securities is permitted to transfer such Registrable Securities prior to the expiration of the Founder Shares Lock-up Period or Private Placement Lock-up Period, as the case may be, under the Insider Letters and any other applicable agreement between such Holder and the Corporation and to any transferee thereafter.

“Piggyback Registration” has the meaning given in subsection 2.2.1 .

“Private Placement Lock-up Period” means, with respect to Private Placement Warrants (as defined below) that are held by the initial purchasers of such Private Placement Warrants or their Permitted Transferees, and any of the Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of the Private Placement Warrants and that are held by the initial purchasers of the Private Placement Warrants or their Permitted Transferees, and subject to certain limitations and exclusions, the period ending 30 days after the completion of the initial Business Combination.

“Private Placement Warrants” mean the 7,050,000 warrants the Sponsor agreed to purchase from the Corporation in a private placement transaction pursuant to that certain Sponsor Warrant Purchase Agreement, by and between the Corporation and the Sponsor (including an additional number of warrants, if the underwriters’ over-allotment option is exercised, in the amount necessary to maintain the trust account at $10.10 per unit sold to the public in the initial public offering).

“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

“Prospectus Date” means the date of the final prospectus filed with the Commission and relating to the Corporation’s initial public offering.

“Registrable Security” means (a) the Founder Shares, (b) the Private Placement Warrants (including any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such Private Placement Warrants), (c) any outstanding share of Common Stock or any other equity security (including shares of the Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of any other equity security) of the Corporation held by a Holder as of the date of this Agreement, (d) any equity securities (including shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of any

 

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such equity security) of the Corporation issuable upon conversion of any working capital loans made to the Corporation by a Holder including, without limitation, the Sponsor Loan Warrants (including shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such Sponsor Loan Warrants), and (e) any other equity security of the Corporation issued or issuable with respect to any such share of Common Stock by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or reorganization; provided , however , that, as to any particular Registrable Security, 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 such securities not bearing a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Corporation and subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (C) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; (D) such securities may be sold without registration pursuant Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations); or (E) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction.

“Registration” means 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.

“Registration Expenses” means the out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:

(A)    all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority) and any securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed;

(B)    fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable and actual fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);

(C)    printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;

(D)    reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Corporation;

(E)    reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Corporation incurred specifically in connection with such Registration; and

(F)    reasonable and actual fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel selected by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating a Demand Registration to be registered for offer and sale in the applicable Registration.

“Registration Statement” means any registration statement that covers the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

“Requesting Holder” has the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1 .

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

“Sponsor” has the meaning given in the Preamble.

“Sponsor Demanding Holder” has the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1 .

 

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“Sponsor Loan Warrants” means warrants issuable to the Sponsor upon conversion of up to $1,000,000 in working capital loans provided by the Sponsor to the Corporation to finance transaction costs in connection with the initial Business Combination.

“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.

“Underwritten Registration” or “Underwritten Offering” means a Registration in which securities of the Corporation are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.

ARTICLE II

REGISTRATIONS

2.1     Demand Registration .

2.1.1     Request for Registration . Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.1.4 and Section  2.4 hereof, at any time and from time to time on or after the date the Corporation consummates the Business Combination, the Holders of at least a majority in interest of (a) the then outstanding number of Registrable Securities owned by MIHI and/or its Permitted Transferees (the “Macquarie Demanding Holders”), (b) the then outstanding number of Registrable Securities owned by Modern Media and/or its Permitted Transferees (the “MM Demanding Holders”) or (c) the then outstanding number of Registrable Securities owned by all Holders (the “Sponsor Demanding Holders” and, collectively with the Macquarie Demanding Holders and the MM Demanding Holders, the “Demanding Holders”) may make a written demand for Registration under the Securities Act of all or part of their Registrable Securities, which written demand shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such Registration and the intended method(s) of distribution thereof (such written demand a “Demand Registration”). The Corporation shall, within ten (10) days of the Corporation’s receipt of the Demand Registration, notify, in writing, all other Holders of Registrable Securities of such demand, and each Holder of Registrable Securities who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to such Demand Registration (each such Holder that includes all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Registration, a “Requesting Holder”) shall so notify the Corporation, in writing, within five (5) days after the receipt by the Holder of the notice from the Corporation. Upon receipt by the Corporation of any such written notification from a Requesting Holder(s), such Requesting Holder(s) shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in a Registration pursuant to such Demand Registration and the Corporation shall effect, as soon thereafter as practicable, but not more than forty five (45) days immediately after the Corporation’s receipt of the Demand Registration, the Registration of all Registrable Securities requested by the Demanding Holders and Requesting Holders pursuant to such Demand Registration. Under no circumstances shall the Corporation be obligated to effect more than one (1) Registration for each of the Macquarie Demanding Holders, the MM Demanding Holders and the Sponsor Demanding Holders pursuant to a Demand Registration under this  subsection 2.1.1  with respect to any or all Registrable Securities; provided , however , that a Registration shall not be counted for such purposes unless a Form S-1 or any similar long-form registration statement that may be available at such time (“Form S-1”) has become effective and all of the Registrable Securities requested by the Requesting Holders to be registered on behalf of the Requesting Holders (subject to Section  2.1. 4) in such Form S-1 Registration have been sold, in accordance with Section  3.1 of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of Sponsor Loan Warrants (including shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such Sponsor Loan Warrants), the Corporation shall not be obliged to effect more than one (1) Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration under this subsection 2.1.1 , and the demand for such registration may only be made at any time after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and prior to the fifth (5 th ) anniversary of the date on which the registration statement on Form S-1 filed by the Corporation with the Commission under the Securities Act in connection with the initial public offering of the Corporation’s Common Stock is declared effective by the Commission (the “Effective Date”), in accordance with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) Rule 5110 (f)(2)(G) (iv). For purposes of this subsection 2.1.1 , “Lock-Up Period” means the period beginning on the Effective Date and ending 180 days immediately following the Effective Date.

 

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2.1.2     Effective Registration . Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2.1.1 above or any other part of this Agreement, a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration shall not count as a Registration unless and until (i) the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration has been declared effective by the Commission and (ii) the Corporation has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto; provided , further , that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective, an offering of Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration is subsequently interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission, federal or state court or any other governmental agency the Registration Statement with respect to such Registration shall 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 initiating such Demand Registration thereafter affirmatively elect to continue with such Registration and accordingly notify the Corporation in writing, but in no event later than five (5) days, of such election; provided , further , that the Corporation shall not be obligated or required to file another Registration Statement until the Registration Statement that has been previously filed with respect to a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration becomes effective or is subsequently terminated.

2.1.3     Underwritten Offering . Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.1.4 and Section  2.4 hereof, if a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders so advise the Corporation as part of their Demand Registration that the offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an Underwritten Offering, then the right of such Demanding Holder or Requesting Holder (if any) to include its Registrable Securities in such Registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such Underwritten Offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering to the extent provided herein. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.1.3 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating the Demand Registration.

2.1.4     Reduction of Underwritten Offering . If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration, in good faith, advises the Corporation, the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) desire to sell, taken together with all other Common Stock or other equity securities that the Corporation desires to sell and the Common Stock, if any, as to which a Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by any other stockholders who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Corporation shall include in such Underwritten Offering, as follows: (i) first, the Registrable Securities of the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder and Requesting Holder (if any) has requested be included in such Underwritten Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and Requesting Holders have requested be included in such Underwritten Registration (such proportion is referred to herein as “Pro Rata”)) can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Common Stock or other equity securities that the Corporation desires to sell, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Registrable Securities of Holders (Pro Rata, based on the respective number or Registrable Securities that each Holder has so requested exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (iv) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), the Common Stock or other equity securities of other persons or entities that the Corporation is obligated to register in a Registration pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

 

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2.1.5     Demand Registration Withdrawal . A majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating a Demand Registration or a majority-in-interest of the Requesting Holders (if any), pursuant to a Registration under subsection 2.1.1 shall have the right to withdraw from a Registration pursuant to such Demand Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Corporation and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to the Registration of their Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Corporation shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.1.5 .

2.2     Piggyback Registration .

2.2.1     Piggyback Rights . If, at any time on or after the date the Corporation consummates a Business Combination, the Corporation 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, for its own account or for the account of stockholders of the Corporation (or by the Corporation and by the stockholders of the Corporation including, without limitation, pursuant to Section  2.1 hereof), 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 Corporation’s existing stockholders, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Corporation or (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, then the Corporation shall give written notice of such proposed filing to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but not less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement, which notice shall (A) 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, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice (such Registration a “Piggyback Registration”). The Corporation shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback 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 by the Holders pursuant to this subsection 2.2.1 to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Corporation included in such Registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.2.1 shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering by the Corporation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the case of Sponsor Loan Warrants (including shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise of any such Sponsor Loan Warrants), the Holder shall have the right to include such Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Registration for a period of no more than seven (7) years from the Effective Date in accordance with FINRA Rule 5110(f)(2)(G)(v).

2.2.2     Reduction of Piggyback Registration . If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Registration that is to be a Piggyback Registration, in good faith, advises the Corporation and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of the Common Stock that the Corporation desires to sell, taken together with (i) the Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder (ii) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant Section  2.2 hereof, and (iii) the Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Corporation, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:

(a)    If the Registration is undertaken for the Corporation’s account, the Corporation shall include in any such Registration (A) first, the Common Stock or other equity securities that the Corporation desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 hereof, Pro

 

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Rata, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Common Stock, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other stockholders of the Corporation that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;

(b)    If the Registration is pursuant to a request by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Corporation shall include in any such Registration (A) first, the Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection  2.2.1 , Pro Rata based on the number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Holders have requested to be included in such Underwritten Registration that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Common Stock or other equity securities that the Corporation desires to sell that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the Common Stock or other equity securities for the account of other persons or entities that the Corporation is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

2.2.3     Piggyback Registration Withdrawal . Any Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Corporation and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggyback Registration. The Corporation (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by persons pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Corporation shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.2.3 .

2.2.4      Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights . For purposes of clarity, any Registration effected pursuant to Section  2.2 hereof shall not be counted as a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration effected under Section  2.1 hereof.

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 Corporation, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission), register the resale of any or all of their Registrable Securities on Form S-3 or any similar short-form registration statement that may be available at such time (“Form S-3”); provided , however , that the Corporation shall not be obligated to effect such request through an Underwritten Offering. Within five (5) days of the Corporation’s receipt of a written request from a Holder or Holders of Registrable Securities for a Registration on Form S-3, the Corporation shall promptly give written notice of the proposed Registration on Form S-3 to all other Holders of Registrable Securities, and each Holder of Registrable Securities who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Registration on Form S-3 shall so notify the Corporation, in writing, within ten (10) days after the receipt by the Holder of the notice from the Corporation. As soon as practicable thereafter, but not more than thirty (30) days after the Corporation’s initial receipt of such written request for a Registration on Form S-3, the Corporation shall register all or such portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities as are specified in such written request, together with all or such portion of Registrable Securities of any other Holder or Holders joining in such request as are specified in the written notification given by such Holder or Holders;  provided however , that the Corporation shall not be obligated to effect any such Registration pursuant to  Section 2.3  hereof if (i) a Form S-3 is not available for such offering; or (ii) the Holders of Registrable Securities, together with the Holders of any other equity securities of the Corporation entitled to inclusion in such Registration, propose to sell the Registrable Securities and such other equity securities (if any) at any aggregate price to the public of less than $5,000,000.

 

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2.4     Restrictions on Registration Rights . If (A) during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Corporation’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date one hundred and twenty (120) days after the effective date of, a Corporation initiated Registration and provided that the Corporation has delivered written notice to the Holders prior to receipt of a Demand Registration pursuant to subsection 2.1.1 and it continues to actively employ, in good faith, all reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Registration Statement to become effective; (B) the Holders have requested an Underwritten Registration and the Corporation and the Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite the offer; or (C) in the good faith judgment of the Board such Registration would be detrimental to the Corporation and the Board concludes as a result that it is advisable to defer the filing of such Registration Statement at such time, then in each case the Corporation shall furnish to such Holders a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board it would be detrimental to the Corporation for such Registration Statement to be filed in the near future and that it is therefore advisable to defer the filing of such Registration Statement. In such event, the Corporation shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than thirty (30) days; provided , however , that the Corporation shall not defer its obligation in this manner more than once in any 12-month period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no Registration shall be effected or permitted and no Registration Statement shall become effective, with respect to any Registrable Securities held by any Holder, until after the expiration of the Founder Shares Lock-Up Period or the Private Placement Lock-Up Period, as the case may be.

ARTICLE III

CORPORATION PROCEDURES

3.1     General Procedures . If at any time on or after the date the Corporation consummates a Business Combination the Corporation is required to effect the Registration of Registrable Securities, the Corporation shall use its best efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Corporation shall, as expeditiously as possible:

3.1.1    prepare and file with the Commission as soon as practicable a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold;

3.1.2    prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be requested by the Holders or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Corporation or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until the earlier of: (a) all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus; or (b) such Securities cease to be Registrable Securities;

3.1.3    prior to filing a Registration Statement or prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriters, if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, 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 Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the 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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3.1.4    prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, 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 Corporation 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 Corporation shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

3.1.5    cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by the Corporation are then listed;

3.1.6    provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

3.1.7    advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;

3.1.8    at least five (5) days prior to the filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus or any document that is to be incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement or Prospectus, furnish a copy thereof to each seller of such Registrable Securities or its counsel;

3.1.9    notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section  3.4 hereof;

3.1.10    permit a representative of the Holders, the Underwriters, if any, and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter to participate, at each such person’s own expense, in the preparation of the Registration Statement, and cause the Corporation’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with the Registration; provided , however , that such representatives or Underwriters enter into a confidentiality agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information;

3.1.11    obtain a “cold comfort” letter from the Corporation’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Registration, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders;

3.1.12    on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing the Corporation for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the Holders, the placement agent or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the Holders, placement agent, sales agent, or Underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurances letters, and reasonably satisfactory to the Underwriter or, if there is none, to a majority in interest of the participating Holders;

 

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3.1.13    in the event of any Underwritten Offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter of such offering;

3.1.14    make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Corporation’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder;

3.1.15    if the Registration involves the Registration of Registrable Securities involving gross proceeds in excess of $25,000,000, use its reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of the Corporation to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in any Underwritten Offering; and

3.1.16    otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders, in connection with such Registration.

3.2     Registration Expenses . The Registration Expenses of all Registrations shall be borne by the Corporation. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’ commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, Underwriter marketing costs and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses,” all reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders.

3.3     Requirements for Participation in Underwritten Offerings . No person may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of the Corporation pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Corporation hereunder unless such person (i) agrees to sell such person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by the Corporation and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.

3.4     Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure . Upon receipt of written notice from the Corporation that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement (it being understood that the Corporation hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as soon as practicable after the time of such notice), or until it is advised in writing by the Corporation that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed. If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would require the Corporation to make an Adverse Disclosure or would require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Corporation for reasons beyond the Corporation’s control, the Corporation may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement for the shortest period of time, but in no event more than thirty (30) days, determined in good faith by the Corporation to be necessary for such purpose. In the event the Corporation exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities. The Corporation shall immediately notify the Holders of the expiration of any period during which it exercised its rights under this Section  3.4 .

3.5     Reporting Obligations . As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Corporation, at all times while it shall be reporting under the Exchange Act, covenants to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Corporation after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the Holders with true and complete copies of all such filings that are not otherwise publicly available on the Commission’s EDGAR website. The Corporation further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell shares of the Common Stock held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by

 

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Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act, including providing any legal opinions. Upon the request of any Holder, the Corporation shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

ARTICLE IV

INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

4.1     Indemnification .

4.1.1    The Corporation agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers and directors and each person who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including actual and reasonable attorneys’ fees) caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Corporation by such Holder expressly for use therein. The Corporation shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) as may be provided in any Underwriting or similar agreement entered into by the Corporation and the Underwriters relating to an Underwritten Offering.

4.1.2    In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish to the Corporation in writing such information and affidavits as the Corporation reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Corporation, its directors and officers and agents and each person who controls the Corporation (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein; provided , however , that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers, directors and each person who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Corporation.

4.1.3    Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

 

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4.1.4    The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Corporation and each Holder of Registrable Securities participating in an offering also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution to such party in the event the Corporation’s or such Holder’s indemnification is unavailable for any reason.

4.1.5    If the indemnification provided under Section  4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided , however , that the liability of any Holder under this subsection 4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections  4.1.1 , 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this subsection 4.1.5 . No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

5.1     Notices . Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be in writing and given by (i) deposit in the United States mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage prepaid and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (ii) delivery in person or by courier service providing evidence of delivery, or (iii) transmission by hand delivery, electronic mail or facsimile. Each notice or communication that is mailed, delivered, or transmitted in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, and received, in the case of mailed notices, on the third business day following the date on which it is mailed and, in the case of notices delivered by courier service, hand delivery, electronic mail or facsimile, at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the delivery receipt or the affidavit of messenger) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed to the Corporation at 1180 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2400, Atlanta, GA 30309 (with a copy, which shall not constitute notice, to: Mark Hanson, Jones Day, 1420 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 800, Atlanta, GA 30309) and to the Holder, at such Holder’s address as found in the Corporation’s books and records. Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto, and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section  5.1 .

5.2     Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries .

5.2.1    This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Corporation hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Corporation in whole or in part.

 

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5.2.2    Prior to the expiration of the Founder Shares Lock-up Period or the Private Placement Lock-up Period, as the case may be, no Holder may assign or delegate such Holder’s rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, except in connection with a transfer of Registrable Securities by such Holder to a Permitted Transferee, but only if such Permitted Transferee agrees to become bound by the transfer restrictions set forth in this Agreement and other applicable letter agreements.

5.2.3    This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and its successors and the permitted assigns of the Holders.

5.2.4    This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and Section  5.2 hereof.

5.2.5    No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Corporation unless and until the Corporation shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section  5.1 hereof and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Corporation, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement). Any transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this Section  5.2 shall be null and void.

5.3     Counterparts . This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including facsimile or PDF counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced.

5.4     Governing Law; Venue . NOTWITHSTANDING THE PLACE WHERE THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AS APPLIED TO AGREEMENTS AMONG NEW YORK RESIDENTS ENTERED INTO AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.

5.5     Amendments and Modifications . Upon the written consent of the Corporation and the Holders of at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities at the time in question, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided , however , that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of the shares of capital stock of the Corporation, in a manner that is materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder so affected. No course of dealing between any Holder or the Corporation and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or the Corporation in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder or the Corporation. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.

5.6     Other Registration Rights . The Corporation represents and warrants that no person, other than a Holder of Registrable Securities, has any right to require the Corporation to register any securities of the Corporation for sale or to include such securities of the Corporation in any Registration filed by the Corporation for the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of any other person. Further, the Corporation represents and warrants that this Agreement supersedes any other registration rights agreement or agreement with similar terms and conditions and in the event of a conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

 

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5.7     Term . This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the tenth anniversary of the date of this Agreement or (ii) the date as of which (A) all of the Registrable Securities have been sold pursuant to a Registration Statement (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder) or (B) all such Securities cease to be Registrable Securities. The provisions of Section  3.5 and Article  IV shall survive any termination.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

CORPORATION:
MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

Name:   Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer


HOLDER:
MODERN MEDIA SPONSOR, LLC , a Delaware limited liability company
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

Name:   Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
Title:   President
By:  

/s/ Jin Chun

Name:   Jin Chun
Title:   Vice President


HOLDER:
By:  

/s/ Blair Faulstich

Name:   Blair Faulstich


HOLDER:
By:  

/s/ George Brokaw

Name:   George Brokaw


HOLDER:
By:  

/s/ John White

Name:   John White


HOLDER:
By:  

/s/ William Drewry

Name:   William Drewry


HOLDER:
By:  

/s/ Adam Kagan

Name:   Adam Kagan

Exhibit 10.4

SPONSOR WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT

THIS SPONSOR WARRANT PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of May 17, 2017 (as it may from time to time be amended and including all schedules referenced herein, this “ Agreement ”), is entered into by and between Modern Media Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”), and Modern Media Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “ Purchaser ”).

The Company intends to consummate a public offering (the “ Public Offering ”) of the Company’s units (the Units ), each Unit consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (a “ Share ”), one right to receive one-tenth of one Share and one-half of one warrant. Each full warrant entitles the holder to purchase one Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per Share. In connection therewith, the Purchaser has agreed to purchase an aggregate of 7,050,000 warrants (or up to 7,320,000 warrants if the underwriters in the Public Offering exercise their over-allotment option) (the “ Sponsor Warrants ”), each Sponsor Warrant entitling the holder to purchase one Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per 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 Sponsor Warrants.

A. Authorization of the Sponsor Warrants . The Company has duly authorized the issuance and sale of the Sponsor Warrants to the Purchaser.

B. Purchase and Sale of the Sponsor Warrants .

(i) Simultaneously with the initial closing of the Public Offering or on such earlier time and date as may be mutually agreed by the Purchaser and the Company (the “ Initial Closing Date ”), the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, 7,050,000 Sponsor Warrants at a price of $1.00 per warrant (the Purchase Price ) for an aggregate purchase price of $7,050,000, which shall be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds in accordance with the Company’s wiring instructions. On the Initial Closing Date, upon the payment by the Purchaser of the Purchase Price, the Company shall, at its option, deliver to the Purchaser certificates, which shall include the legend set forth as Exhibit B to the Warrant Agreement (as defined below), evidencing the Sponsor Warrants duly registered in the Purchaser’s name or effect such delivery in book entry form.

(ii) Simultaneously with any additional closing of the Public Offering in connection with the exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option in the Public Offering (an “ Option Closing Date ,” together with the Initial Closing Date, each a “ Closing Date ”), the Company shall issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, additional Sponsor Warrants, at the Purchase Price, in such amount as is necessary to maintain funds held in the Trust Account (as defined below) at $10.10 per Unit, up to an aggregate of 270,000 additional Sponsor Warrants. On any Option Closing Date, upon the payment by the Purchaser of the Purchase Price, the Company shall, at its option, deliver to the Purchaser certificates, which shall include the legend set forth as Exhibit B to the Warrant Agreement, evidencing such additional Sponsor Warrants duly registered in the Purchaser’s name or effect such delivery in book entry form. For the avoidance of doubt, an Option Closing Date may occur on the same date as the Initial Closing Date.

C. Terms of the Sponsor Warrants .

(i) Each Sponsor 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 (a “ 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 Sponsor Warrants and the Shares underlying the Sponsor Warrants.

Section  2. Representations and Warranties of the Company. As a material inducement to the Purchaser to enter into this Agreement and purchase the Sponsor Warrants, the Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser (which representations and warranties shall survive any Closing Date) that:

A. Organization and Corporate Power . The Company is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware 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 Sponsor Warrants have been duly authorized by the Company as of each 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 Sponsor Warrants will constitute valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable in accordance with their terms as of each Closing Date.

(ii) The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Sponsor Warrants, the issuance and sale of the Sponsor Warrants, the issuance of the Shares of common stock upon exercise of the Sponsor Warrants and the fulfillment of and compliance with, the respective terms hereof and thereof by the Company, do not and will not as of any 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 (a “ Lien ”) 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 (collectively, “ Filings ”), any court or administrative or governmental body or agency pursuant to the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of the Company or the By Laws of the Company (in effect on the date hereof or as may be amended prior to completion of the contemplated Public Offering), or 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, 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 Sponsor 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 Sponsor Warrants and the Shares issuable upon exercise of such Sponsor 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 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 Sponsor Warrants to the Purchaser, the Purchaser hereby represents and warrants to the Company (which representations and warranties shall survive each 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 and the Warrant 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).

(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 will not as of any 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) The Purchaser is acquiring the Sponsor Warrants and, upon exercise of the Sponsor 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 Regulation D.

(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 has not decided to enter into this Agreement as a result of any general solicitation or general advertising within the meaning of Rule 502(c) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (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 Securities and Exchange Commission has taken the position that promoters or affiliates of a blank check company and their transferees, both before and after a 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 will 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.

(viii) The Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters, knowledge 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 investments in the Securities.

Section  4. Conditions of the Purchasers’ Obligations. The obligations of the Purchaser to purchase and pay for the Sponsor Warrants are subject to the fulfillment, on or before each 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 each 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 any 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.

E. Public Offering . The Company shall have completed the Public Offering.

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 each 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 each 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 any 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 Company.

Section  6. Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time after June 30, 2017 upon the election by either the Company or the Purchaser upon written notice to the other 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 each Closing Date.

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, as amended or supplemented from time to time, including after the effectiveness thereof, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Securities Act (together, the “ Registration Statement ”).

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 assignments by the Purchaser to affiliates thereof.

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.

G. Trust Waiver . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Purchaser hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“ Claim ”) in or to any distribution from the trust account in which the proceeds of the Public Offering, as described in greater detail in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus, will be deposited (the “ Trust Account ”), and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever.

[Signature page follows]


IN WITNESS WHEREOF , the parties hereto have executed this Agreement to be effective as of the date first set forth above.

 

COMPANY:
MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer


PURCHASER :
MODERN MEDIA SPONSOR, LLC
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title: President
By:  

/s/ Jin Chun

  Name: Jin Chun
  Title: Vice President

Exhibit 10.5

THIS EXPENSE ADVANCEMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of May 17, 2017, is made and entered into by and between Modern Media Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”) and Modern Media Sponsor, LLC (the “Sponsor”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Corporation is pursuing an initial public offering (the “Offering”) pursuant to which the Corporation will issue and sell up to 20,700,000 units (the “Units”) (including up to 2,700,000 Units subject to an over-allotment option granted to the underwriters of the Offering), with each Unit comprised of one share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), of the Corporation, one right to receive one-tenth of one share of Common Stock (each, a “Right,” and collectively, the “Rights”), and one-half of one warrant, each whole warrant exercisable to purchase one share of Common Stock (only whole warrants are exercisable) at $11.50 per share, subject to certain adjustments (each, a “Warrant,” and collectively, the “Warrants”);

WHEREAS, the Corporation has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-216546 and a registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-217913 filed pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) ( together, the “Registration Statement”) for the registration, under the Securities Act, of the Units, and the Common Stock, Rights and Warrants comprising the Units, including a related prospectus (the “Prospectus”);

WHEREAS, the gross proceeds of the Offering will be deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas and managed by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as trustee, as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus; and

WHEREAS, the Sponsor desires to enter into this Agreement in order to facilitate the Offering and the other transactions contemplated in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, including any merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar business combination by the Corporation with one or more businesses as described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (a “Business Combination”).

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

1.      (a) From time to time, as may be requested by the Corporation, the Sponsor agrees to advance to the Corporation up to $500,000 in the aggregate, in each instance pursuant to the terms of a promissory note, substantially in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Note”), as may be necessary to fund the Corporation’s expenses relating to investigating and selecting a target business and for other working capital requirements following the Offering and prior to any potential Business Combination.

(b) The Sponsor represents to the Corporation that it is capable of making such advances to satisfy its obligations under clause (a) of this Section 1.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in the Note, the Sponsor hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”) in or to any distribution from the Trust Account in which the proceeds of the Offering, as described in greater detail in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, will be deposited, and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever; provided, however, that if the Corporation completes its Business Combination, the Corporation shall repay such loaned amounts out of the proceeds released to the Corporation from the Trust Account.


2. This Agreement, together with the Note, constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement may not be changed, amended, modified or waived (other than to correct a typographical error) as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by the parties hereto.

3. No party may assign either this Agreement or any of his, her or its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other party. Any purported assignment in violation of this paragraph shall be void and ineffectual and shall not operate to transfer or assign any interest or title to the purported assignee. This Agreement shall be binding on the undersigned and each of his or its heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns.

4. Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement shall be sufficiently given (i) when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery, (ii) the date and time shown on an electronic or telefacsimile transmission confirmation, or (iii) if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid. Such notice, statement or demand shall be addressed as follows:

If to the Corporation:

Modern Media Acquisition Corp.

1180 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Suite 2400

Atlanta, GA 30309

Attn: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

Email: ldickey@modernmediaco.com

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

If to the Sponsor:

Modern Media Sponsor, LLC

1180 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Suite 2400

Atlanta, GA 30309

Attn: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

Email: ldickey@modernmediaco.com

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

Jones Day

1420 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Suite 800

Atlanta, GA 30309

Attn: Mark Hanson, Esq.

Facsimile: (404) 581-8330

Email: mlhanson@jonesday.com


5. This Agreement may be executed in any number of original, electronic 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.

6. 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 and be valid and enforceable.

7. This 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) agree that any action, proceeding, claim or dispute arising out of, or relating in any way to, this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of New York, 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.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.

 

MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP., a Delaware corporation
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer
MODERN MEDIA SPONSOR, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title: President
By:  

/s/ Jin Chun

  Name: Jin Chun
  Title: Vice President


EXHIBIT A

Form of Promissory Note


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 $500,000   

Dated                     

Atlanta, Georgia

Pursuant to that certain Expense Advancement Agreement (the “ Agreement ”) dated as of May 17, 2017, by and between Modern Media Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Maker ”) and Modern Media Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, or its registered assigns or successors in interest (the “ Payee ”), the Maker hereby promises to pay to the order of the Payee the principal sum of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) or such lesser amount as shall have been advanced by Payee to Maker and shall remain unpaid (or not otherwise converted as provided for in Section 15) under this Note on the Maturity Date (as defined below) 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. Certain terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meaning given to such terms in the Agreement.

1. Principal. The entire unpaid principal balance of the Note (less any amounts converted as provided for in Section 15 hereof) shall be payable on the date on which Maker consummates its Business Combination (the “ Maturity Date ”). All or any portion of the principal balance may be prepaid without penalty at any time. Under no circumstances shall any individual, including but not limited to any officer, director, employee or shareholder of the Maker, be obligated personally for any obligations or liabilities of the Maker hereunder.

2. Drawdown Requests. Maker and Payee agree that Maker may request, from time to time, up to Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in aggregate draw downs under this Note to be used for working capital, or costs and expenses related to the Offering and the pursuit of a Business Combination. The principal amount of this Note may be drawn down from time to time prior to the Maturity Date upon written request from Maker to Payee (each, a “ Drawdown Request ”) and set forth on the Drawdown Request Schedule included as Annex A hereto. Each Drawdown Request must state the amount to be drawn down, and must not be in an amount less than Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000). Payee shall fund each Drawdown Request no later than three (3) business days after receipt of a Drawdown Request; provided, however, that the maximum amount of drawdowns to be made under this Note may not exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000). No fees, payments or other amounts shall be due to Payee in connection with, or as a result of, any Drawdown Request by Maker.

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

4. 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.


5. Events of Default.  The following shall constitute an event of default (“ Event of Default ”) under this Note:

(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 Maturity Date.

(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.

6. Remedies .

(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default specified in Section 5(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 hereunder, 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 5(b) or 5(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.

7. 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.

8. 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.


9. 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.

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

11. 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.

12. Trust Waiver . Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Payee hereby waives any and all Claim in or to any distribution of or from the Trust Account to be established in which the proceeds of the Offering conducted by Maker (including the deferred underwriters discounts and commissions) and the proceeds from the sale of certain warrants to be issued and sold by the Maker in a private placement to close simultaneously with the closing of the Offering are to be deposited, to be described in greater detail in the registration statement and prospectus to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the Offering, and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever; provided, however, that if the Maker completes its Business Combination, the Maker shall repay the entire unpaid principal balance of the Note.

13. 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.

14. 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; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not apply to an affiliate of the Payee who agrees to be bound by the terms of this Note.

15. Conversion .

(a) At the Payee’s option upon notice to the Maker, at any time prior to payment in full of the principal balance of this Note, the Payee may elect to convert all or any portion of the principal balance of this Note into a number of warrants (the “ Warrants ”) to purchase shares of the Maker’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”). Each $1.00 of such principal balance shall be converted into one (1) Warrant. Each Warrant shall have the same terms and conditions as the


warrants issued by the Maker pursuant to the private placement, except that (i) the Warrants shall not be exercisable more than five years from the effective date of the Registration Statement, as described in Maker’s Registration Statement on Form S-1 (333-216546) and (ii) the Warrants, and the shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrants, shall be subject to certain additional restrictions on transfer, in accordance with Financial Industry Regulatory Authority Rule 5110(g)(1), as set forth under the terms of that certain letter agreement, dated as of May 17, 2017, by and among the Maker, the Payee and each of the Maker’s officers, directors and director nominees. The Warrants, the shares of the Common Stock of Maker underlying the Warrants and any other equity security of Maker issued or issuable with respect to the foregoing by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, amalgamation, consolidation or reorganization (the “ Warrant Shares ”), shall be entitled to the registration rights set forth in Section 16 hereof.

(b) Upon any complete or partial conversion of the principal amount of this Note, (i) such principal amount shall be so converted and such converted portion of this Note shall become fully paid and satisfied, (ii) the Payee shall surrender and deliver this Note, duly endorsed, to Maker or such other address which Maker shall designate against delivery of the Warrants, (iii) Maker shall promptly deliver a new duly executed Note to the Payee in the principal amount that remains outstanding, if any, after any such conversion and (iv) in exchange for all or any portion of the surrendered Note, Maker shall deliver to Payee the Warrants, which shall bear such legends as are required, in the opinion of counsel to Maker or by any other agreement between Maker and the Payee and applicable state and federal securities laws.

(c) The Payee shall pay any and all issue and other taxes that may be payable with respect to any issue or delivery of the Warrants upon conversion of this Note pursuant hereto; provided, however, that the Payee shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes resulting from any transfer requested by the Payee in connection with any such conversion.

(d) The Warrants shall not be issued upon conversion of this Note unless such issuance and such conversion comply with all applicable provisions of law.

16. Registration Rights .

(a) Reference is made to that certain Registration Rights Agreement between the Maker and the parties thereto, dated as of the date hereof (the “ Registration Rights Agreement ”).

(b) The holders (“ Holders ”) of the Warrants (or the Warrant Shares) and the Maker, as applicable, shall have such rights, duties and obligations set forth in the Registration Rights Agreement with respect to a Registrable Security (as defined in the Registration Rights Agreement).

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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.

 

MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.
By:  

 

  Name:
  Title:


Annex A

Drawdown Request Schedule

 

Date of Drawdown    Amount of Drawdown    Aggregate Drawdown

Exhibit 10.6

Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.

A Member of the Macquarie Group of Companies

 

125 West 55 th Street    Telephone                1 212 231 1000
New York, NY 10019                Tollfree    1 800 648 2878
UNITED STATES    Facsimile    1 212 231 1717
   Internet    www.macquarie.com

May 17, 2017

Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Modern Media Acquisition Corp.

1180 Peachtree Street, N.E.

Suite 2400

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Dear Mr. Dickey:

In recognition of the relationship between Modern Media Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) and MIHI LLC, the Company agrees that prior to the third anniversary of the date of this letter agreement, the Company shall, and shall cause its subsidiaries to, engage Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc. (“Macquarie Capital”), or an affiliate of Macquarie Capital designated by it, to act, on any and all transactions with a notional value greater than $30 million, as: (a) a bookrunning managing underwriter, a bookrunning managing placement agent, or a bookrunning managing initial purchaser, as the case may be, and financial advisor in connection with any offering or placement of securities (including, but not limited to, debt, equity, preferred and other hybrid equity securities or equity linked securities) or loan or other credit transaction by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, in each case with Macquarie Capital receiving total compensation in respect of any such transaction that is equal to or better than 40% of the total compensation received by all underwriters, placement agents, and initial purchasers, as the case may be, in connection with such transaction (50% in the case of any such offering, placement, loan or other credit transaction in connection with the initial business combination (the “Business Combination”) and not less than the compensation received by any one individual underwriter, placement agent or initial purchaser, as the case may be, and (b) a financial advisor in connection with any (i) restructuring (through a recapitalization, extraordinary dividend, stock repurchase, spin-off, joint venture or otherwise) by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, or (ii) acquisition or disposition of a business, asset or voting securities by the Company or any of its subsidiaries, in each case with Macquarie Capital receiving total compensation in respect of any such transaction that is equal to or greater than 66% of the total compensation received by all financial advisors in connection with such transaction (50% in the case of the Business Combination), and not less than the compensation received by any individual financial advisor.

The Company understands that Macquarie Capital may decline any such engagement in its sole and absolute discretion, in which event Macquarie Capital would not be entitled to any fees from such engagement. Any engagement of Macquarie Capital pursuant to this paragraph


shall become a commitment by Macquarie Capital to assume such engagement only if such engagement is set forth and agreed to by Macquarie Capital in writing in a separate agreement. Any such engagement shall be on Macquarie Capital’s customary terms (including, as applicable, representations, warranties, covenants, conditions, indemnities and fees based upon the prevailing market for similar services for global, full-service investment banks), which terms (but not the obligation to engage Macquarie Capital) shall be subject to the review of the Company’s audit committee (the “Audit Committee”) pursuant to the Audit Committee’s policies and procedures relating to transactions that may present conflicts of interest.

With regard to the preceding scope of services, it is understood that Macquarie Capital will not be retained to render a fairness opinion on the Business Combination, although this letter agreement will apply with respect to other aspects of the Business Combination. If, in the sole and reasonable determination of Macquarie Capital, Macquarie Capital is unable to provide the services requested under this agreement, Macquarie Capital will notify the board of directors of the Company as soon as practical of its intention to decline such engagement, or to seek an appropriate amendment to this agreement.

This letter agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of this letter agreement by facsimile, email or other form of electronic transmission shall be deemed to constitute due and sufficient delivery of such counterpart. This letter agreement and any related dispute shall be governed by, and construed and interpreted in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts executed in and to be performed in that State.

In witness whereof, the parties have caused this agreement to be executed on their behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first set forth above.


Yours faithfully
Macquarie Capital (USA) Inc.
By:  

/s/

  Name:
  Title:
By:  

/s/

  Name:
  Title:


Accepted and Agreed:
MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 10.7

RIGHT AGREEMENT

This Right Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of May 17, 2017 between Modern Media Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, with offices at 1180 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2400, Atlanta, Georgia 30309 (the “Company”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation, with offices at One State Street, New York, New York 10004 (the “Rights Agent”).

WHEREAS, the Company is engaged in an initial public offering (the “Offering”) of units of the Company’s equity securities (each, a “Unit” and collectively, the “Units”) to Macquaire Capital (USA) Inc. (the “Representative”), as representative of the several underwriters (the “Underwriters”), each such Unit comprised of one share of common stock of the Company, par value $.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), one right to receive one-tenth of one share of Common Stock (each, a “Right” and collectively, the “Rights”) upon the happening of an “Exchange Event” (defined herein), and one half of one warrant, each whole warrant entitling the holder to purchase one share of Common Stock (collectively, the “Public Warrants”), and in connection therewith, has determined to issue and deliver up to 20,700,000 Rights (including up to 2,700,000 Rights subject to the over-allotment option) to public investors in the Offering; and

WHEREAS, the Company has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission a registration statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-216546 and a registration statement on Form S-1 pursuant to Rule 462(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”), File No. 333-217913 (together, the “Registration Statement”), and the prospectus forming a part of the Registration Statement (the “Prospectus”), for the registration under the Securities Act of the Units and each of the securities comprising the Units, and the shares of Common Stock underlying the Rights; and

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

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

WHEREAS, all acts and things have been done and performed which are necessary to make the Rights, when executed on behalf of the Company and countersigned by or on behalf of the Rights 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 Rights Agent . The Company hereby appoints the Rights Agent to act as agent for the Company for the Rights, and the Rights Agent hereby accepts such appointment and agrees to perform the same in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement.

2.     Rights .

2.1 Form of Right . Each Right 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 President of the Company and the Secretary of the Company, who may be the same person, and shall bear a facsimile of the Company’s seal, if any. In the event the person whose facsimile signature has been placed upon any Right shall have ceased to serve in the capacity in which such person signed the Right before such Right 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.

2.2 Effect of Countersignature . Unless and until countersigned by the Rights Agent pursuant to this Agreement, a Right shall be invalid and of no effect and may not be exchanged for shares of Common Stock.

 

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2.3     Registration .

2.3.1 Right Register . The Rights Agent shall maintain books (“Right Register”) for the registration of original issuance and the registration of transfer of the Rights. Upon the initial issuance of the Rights, the Rights Agent shall issue and register the Rights in the names of the respective holders thereof in such denominations and otherwise in accordance with instructions delivered to the Rights Agent by the Company.

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

2.4 Detachability of Rights . The securities comprising the Units, including the Rights, will be separately transferable beginning on the 52 nd day following the date of the Prospectus, unless the Representative informs the Company of its decision to allow separate earlier trading, subject to the Company having filed 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 Offering including the proceeds received by the Company from the exercise of the over-allotment option, if the over-allotment option is exercised by the date thereof, and the Company issues a press release announcing when such separate trading shall begin.

3.     Terms and Exchange of Rights .

3.1 Rights . Each Right shall entitle the holder thereof to receive one-tenth of one share of Common Stock upon the happening of an Exchange Event (defined below). No additional consideration shall be paid by a holder of Rights in order to receive his, her or its shares of Common Stock upon an Exchange Event as the purchase price for such shares of Common Stock has been included in the purchase price for the Units. In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Rights. The provisions of this Section 3.1 may not be modified, amended or deleted without the prior written consent of the Representative.

3.2 Exchange Event . An “Exchange Event” shall occur upon the Company’s consummation of an initial Business Combination (as defined in the Company’s Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation).

3.3 Exchange of Rights .

3.3.1 Issuance of Certificates . As soon as practicable upon the occurrence of an Exchange Event, the Company shall direct holders of the Rights to return their Rights Certificates to the Rights Agent. Upon receipt of a valid Rights Certificate, the Company shall issue to the registered holder of such Right(s) a certificate or certificates for the number of full shares of Common Stock to which he, she or it is entitled, registered in such name or names as may be directed by him, her or it. Notwithstanding the foregoing, or any provision contained in this Agreement to the contrary, in no event will the Company be required to net cash settle the Rights. The Company shall not issue fractional shares upon exchange of Rights. At the time of an Exchange Event, the Company will either instruct the Rights Agent to round up to the nearest whole share of Common Stock or otherwise inform it how fractional shares will be addressed, in accordance with Section 155 of the Delaware General Corporation Law. Each holder of a Right will be required to affirmatively convert his, her or its rights in order to receive the 1/10 of a share underlying each right (without paying any additional consideration) upon consummation of the Exchange Event. Each holder of a Right will be required to indicate his, her or its election to convert the Rights into the underlying shares as well as to return the original certificates evidencing the Rights to the Company.

3.3.2 Valid Issuance . All shares of Common Stock issued upon an exchange of Rights in conformity with this Agreement shall be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

 

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3.3.3 Date of Issuance . Each person in whose name any such certificate for shares of Common Stock is issued shall for all purposes be deemed to have become the holder of record of such shares on the date of the Exchange Event, irrespective of the date of delivery of such certificate.

3.3.4 Company Not Surviving Following Exchange Event . Upon an Exchange Event in which the Company does not continue as the publicly held reporting entity, the definitive agreement will provide for the holders of Rights to receive the same per share consideration the holders of the shares of Common Stock will receive in such transaction, for the number of shares such holder is entitled to pursuant to Section 3.3.1 above.

3.4 Duration of Rights . If an Exchange Event does not occur within the time period set forth in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time, the Rights shall expire and shall be worthless.

4.     Transfer and Exchange of Rights .

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

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

4.3 Fractional Rights . The Rights Agent shall not be required to effect any registration of transfer or exchange which will result in the issuance of a Right Certificate for a fraction of a Right.

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

4.5 Right Execution and Countersignature . The Rights Agent is hereby authorized to countersign and to deliver, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Rights required to be issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4, and the Company, whenever required by the Rights Agent, will supply the Rights Agent with Rights duly executed on behalf of the Company for such purpose.

5.     Other Provisions Relating to Rights of Holders of Rights .

5.1 No Rights as Shareholder . Until exchange of a Right for shares of Common Stock as provided for herein, a Right 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.

5.2 Lost, Stolen, Mutilated, or Destroyed Rights . If any Right is lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed, the Company and the Rights 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 Right, include the surrender thereof), issue a new Right of like denomination, tenor, and date as the Right so lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed. Any such new Right shall constitute a substitute contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the allegedly lost, stolen, mutilated, or destroyed Right shall be at any time enforceable by anyone.

 

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5.3 Reservation of Common Stock . The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available a number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock that will be sufficient to permit the exchange of all outstanding Rights issued pursuant to this Agreement.

6.     Concerning the Rights Agent and Other Matters .

6.1 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 Rights Agent in respect of the issuance or delivery of shares of Common Stock upon the exchange of Rights, but the Company shall not be obligated to pay any transfer taxes in respect of the Rights or such shares.

6.2 Resignation, Consolidation, or Merger of Rights Agent .

6.2.1 Appointment of Successor Rights Agent . The Rights 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 Rights Agent becomes vacant by resignation or in capacity to act or otherwise, the Company shall appoint in writing a successor Rights Agent in place of the Rights 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 in capacity by the Rights Agent or by the holder of the Right (who shall, with such notice, submit his, her or its Right for inspection by the Company), then the holder of any Right may apply to the Supreme Court of the State of New York for the County of New York for the appointment of a successor Rights Agent at the Company’s cost. Any successor Rights 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 Rights Agent shall be vested with all the authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations of its predecessor Rights Agent with like effect as if originally named as Rights Agent hereunder, without any further act or deed; but if for any reason it becomes necessary or appropriate, the predecessor Rights Agent shall execute and deliver, at the expense of the Company, an instrument transferring to such successor Rights Agent all the authority, powers, and rights of such predecessor Rights Agent hereunder; and upon request of any successor Rights 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 Rights Agent all such authority, powers, rights, immunities, duties, and obligations.

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

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

6.3 Fees and Expenses of Rights Agent .

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

6.3.2 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 Rights Agent for the carrying out or performing of the provisions of this Agreement.

 

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6.4     Liability of Rights Agent .

6.4.1 Reliance on Company Statement . Whenever in the performance of its duties under this Agreement, the Rights 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, Chief Operating Officer or Chief Financial Officer and delivered to the Rights Agent. The Rights Agent may rely upon such statement for any action taken or suffered in good faith by it pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement.

6.4.2 Indemnity . The Rights Agent shall be liable hereunder only for its own gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith. Subject to Section 6.6 below, the Company agrees to indemnify the Rights Agent and save it harmless against any and all liabilities, including judgments, costs and reasonable counsel fees, for anything done or omitted by the Rights Agent in the execution of this Agreement except as a result of the Rights Agent’s gross negligence, willful misconduct, or bad faith.

6.4.3 Exclusions . The Rights Agent shall have no responsibility with respect to the validity of this Agreement or with respect to the validity or execution of any Right (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 Right; nor shall it by any act hereunder be deemed to make any representation or warranty as to the authorization or reservation of any Common Stock to be issued pursuant to this Agreement or any Right or as to whether any Common Stock will when issued be valid and fully paid and nonassessable.

6.5 Acceptance of Agency . The Rights Agent hereby accepts the agency established by this Agreement and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein set forth.

6.6 Trust Waiver . Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Rights Agent hereby waives any and all right, title, interest or claim of any kind (“Claim”) in or to any distribution from the trust account in which the proceeds of the Offering will be deposited (the “Trust Account”) and hereby agrees not to seek recourse, reimbursement, payment or satisfaction for any Claim against the Trust Account for any reason whatsoever.

7.     Miscellaneous Provisions .

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

7.2 Notices . Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Rights Agent or by the holder of any Right 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 Rights Agent), as follows:

Modern Media Acquisition Corporation

1180 Peachtree Street N.E., Suite 2400

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Attention: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

with a copy to:

Jones Day

1420 Peachtree Street N.E., Suite 800

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

Attention: Mark Hanson

 

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Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the holder of any Right or by the Company to or on the Rights 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 Rights Agent with the Company), as follows:

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

One State Street, 30 th Floor

New York, New York 10004

Attn: Compliance Department

7.3 Applicable Law . The validity, interpretation, and performance of this Agreement and of the Rights 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 7.2 hereof. Such mailing shall be deemed personal service and shall be legal and binding upon the Company in any action, proceeding or claim.

7.4 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 Rights and, for the purposes of Sections 3.1, 7.4 and 7.8 hereof; the Representative, any right, remedy, or claim under or by reason of this Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise, or agreement hereof. The Representative shall be deemed to be a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement with respect to Sections 3.1, 7.4 and 7.8 hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises, and agreements contained in this Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto (and the Representative with respect to the Sections 3.1, 7.4 and 7.8 hereof) and their successors and assigns and of the registered holders of the Rights. The provisions of this Section 7.4 may not be modified, amended or deleted without the prior written consent of the Representative.

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

7.6 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.

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

7.8 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 shall require the written consent or vote of the registered holders of 65% of the then outstanding Rights. The provisions of this Section 7.8 may not be modified, amended or deleted without the prior written consent of the Representative.

7.9 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

 

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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 and be valid and enforceable.

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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.

 

    MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.,
    By:   /s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
        Name:   Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
        Title:   President and Chief Executive Officer

 

    CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY
    By:   /s/
        Name:  
        Title:  

[Signature Page to Right Agreement]

 

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Exhibit 10.8

 

Modern Media Acquisition Corp.

1180 Peachtree Street, N.E., Suite 2400

Atlanta, Georgia 30309

   May 17, 2017

 

Re: Agreement among Sponsors

Gentlemen:

This letter (this “ Letter Agreement ”) is being executed and delivered in connection with the proposed underwritten initial public offering (the “ Public Offering ”) by Modern Media Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “ Company ”) of units (the “ Units ”). The Units shall be sold in the Public Offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-1, as may be amended or supplemented from time to time, including after effectiveness thereof, and prospectus (the “ Prospectus ”) filed by the Company with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “ Commission ”) and the Company has been approved to have the Units listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

The Company hereby agrees with Modern Media, LLC (“ Modern Media ”) and MIHI LLC (“ MIHI ”) as follows:

1.     The Company shall not consummate its initial Business Combination without the consent of each of Modern Media and MIHI. Neither Modern Media nor MIHI shall unreasonably withhold such consent, giving consideration to issues including but not limited to the potential regulatory, reputational or compliance impact to such party.

2.     As used herein, “ Business Combination ” shall mean a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination, involving the Company and one or more businesses.

3.     This Letter Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate to the subject matter hereof. This Letter Agreement may not be changed, amended, modified or waived (other than to correct a typographical error) as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by all parties hereto.

4.     This Letter Agreement shall be binding on the parties hereto and each of their permitted successors and assigns.

5.     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.

6.     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.

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MIHI LLC
By:  

/s/

      Name:
      Title:
By:  

/s/

      Name:
      Title:
MODERN MEDIA, LLC
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

      Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
      Title: Manager

 

Acknowledged and Agreed:
MODERN MEDIA ACQUISITION CORP.
By:  

/s/ Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

  Name: Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.
  Title: President and Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 99.1

Modern Media Acquisition Corp. Announces Pricing of $180 Million Initial Public Offering

NEW YORK, May 12, 2017 /Business Wire/ — Modern Media Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 18  million units at an offering price of $10.00 per unit, each unit consisting of one share of the Company’s common stock, one right and one-half of one warrant. Each right will entitle the holder thereof to receive one-tenth of one share of the Company’s common stock (without payment of additional consideration) upon the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination. Each whole warrant will entitle the holder thereof to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at $11.50 per share. Modern Media Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar business combination with a target company. The Company intends to seek a target company with an enterprise value of approximately $500 million to $1.5 billion. The proceeds of the offering will be used to fund such business combination.

The offering is expected to close on May 17, 2017 and the units are expected to begin trading on May 12, 2017 on the NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”) under the symbol “MMDMU”. The common stock, rights and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date of the prospectus, unless Macquarie Capital allows earlier separate trading. Once the common stock, rights and warrants begin separate trading, they will be listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbols “MMDM,” “MMDMR” and “MMDMW,” respectively.

Macquarie Capital is acting as sole bookrunner of the offering and EarlyBirdCapital, Inc., Cowen and Company, LLC and I-Bankers Securities, Inc. are acting as co-managers of the offering. Modern Media Acquisition Corp. has granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to an additional 2.7 million units to cover over-allotments, if any, in the public offering.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with and declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2017.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any State or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such State or jurisdiction.

The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. When available, copies of the prospectus may be obtained from Macquarie Capital, Attn: Syndicate Department, 125 West 55 th Street, L-22, New York, New York 10019, telephone: 212-231-0440, or by emailing: MacquarieEquitySyndicateUSA@macquarie.com; EarlyBirdCapital, Inc., Attn: Jillian Carter, 366 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10017, telephone: 212-661-0200, or by emailing: jcarter@ebcap.com; Cowen and Company, LLC c/o Broadridge Financial Services., Attn: Prospectus Department, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, or by telephone: (631) 274-2806; and I-Bankers Securities, Inc., Attn: Chris Nash, 535 5th Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10017, telephone: 214-687-0020, or by emailing: Chris@ibsgroup.net.


FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the statements contained in this press release may constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are statements other than historical fact, and may include statements regarding Modern Media Acquisition Corp.’s (“Modern Media” or the “Company”) expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding future actions or events, including the closing of the initial public offering, the Company’s ability to acquire an operating company and thereafter successfully operate any acquired company and the Company’s ability to identify and effect a combination with a target with the desired enterprise value. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on Modern Media’s current expectations and beliefs concerning potential future developments and events, and their potential effects on Modern Media. There can be no assurance that any such future developments or events affecting Modern Media will be those that it has anticipated. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond Modern Media’s control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s registration statement and preliminary prospectus for the Company’s initial public offering filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Copies are available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. Modern Media undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable law.

Contact:

Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Modern Media Acquisition Corp.

ldickey@modernmediaco.com

Exhibit 99.2

Modern Media Acquisition Corp. Announces Closing of Initial Public Offering

NEW YORK, May 17, 2017 /Business Wire/ — Modern Media Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:MMDMU) (the “Company”) today announced the completion of its initial public offering of 20,700,000 units, including 2,700,000 units issued pursuant to the full exercise by the underwriters of their over-allotment option. The offering was priced at $10.00 per unit, resulting in gross proceeds to the Company of $207,000,000. The Company is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, recapitalization or other similar business combination with a target company. The Company intends to seek a target company with an enterprise value of approximately $500 million to $1.5 billion. The proceeds of the offering will be used to fund such business combination.

The Company’s units began trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market (“NASDAQ”) under the ticker symbol “MMDMU” on May 12, 2017. Each unit consists of one share of the Company’s common stock, one right and one-half of one warrant. Each right entitles the holder thereof to receive one-tenth of one share of the Company’s common stock (without payment of additional consideration) upon the consummation of the Company’s initial business combination. Each whole warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase one share of the Company’s common stock at $11.50 per share. The common stock, rights and warrants comprising the units will begin separate trading on the 52nd day following the date of the prospectus, unless Macquarie Capital allows earlier separate trading. Once the common stock, rights and warrants begin separate trading, they are expected to be listed on NASDAQ under the ticker symbols “MMDM,” “MMDMR” and “MMDMW,” respectively.

Macquarie Capital acted as sole bookrunner of the offering and EarlyBirdCapital, Inc., Cowen and Company, LLC and I-Bankers Securities, Inc. acted as co-managers of the offering.

A registration statement relating to these securities has been filed with and was declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 11, 2017.

This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any offer or sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such an offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.

The offering is being made only by means of a prospectus. Copies of the prospectus may be obtained from Macquarie Capital, Attn: Syndicate Department, 125 West 55th Street, L-22, New York, New York 10019, telephone: 212-231-0440, or by emailing: MacquarieEquitySyndicateUSA@macquarie.com; EarlyBirdCapital, Inc., Attn: Jillian Carter, Syndicate Department, 366 Madison Avenue, 8th Floor, New York, New York 10017, telephone: 212-661-0200, or by emailing: jcarter@ebcap.com; Cowen and Company, LLC c/o Broadridge Financial Services., Attn: Prospectus Department, 1155 Long Island Avenue, Edgewood, New York 11717, or by telephone: (631) 274-2806; and I-Bankers Securities, Inc., Attn: Chris Nash, 535 5th Avenue, 4th Floor, New York, New York 10017, telephone: 214-687-0020, or by emailing: Chris@ibsgroup.net.


FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Some of the statements contained in this press release may constitute “forward-looking statements” for purposes of the federal securities laws. Forward-looking statements are statements other than historical fact, and may include statements regarding Modern Media Acquisition Corp.’s (“Modern Media” or the “Company”) expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding future actions or events, including the Company’s ability to acquire an operating company and thereafter successfully operate any acquired company and the Company’s ability to identify and effect a combination with a target with the desired enterprise value. The forward-looking statements contained in this press release are based on Modern Media’s current expectations and beliefs concerning potential future developments and events, and their potential effects on Modern Media. There can be no assurance that any such future developments or events affecting Modern Media will be those that it has anticipated. Forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond Modern Media’s control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, including those set forth in the Risk Factors section of the Company’s registration statement and prospectus for the Company’s initial public offering filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Copies are available on the SEC’s website, www.sec.gov. Modern Media undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable law.

Contact:

Lewis W. Dickey, Jr.

President and Chief Executive Officer

Modern Media Acquisition Corp.

ldickey@modernmediaco.com