UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 20, 2019

 

 

PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-38789   61-1898603

(State or Other Jurisdiction

of Incorporation)

 

(Commission

File Number)

 

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

 

c/o Graubard Miller

The Chrysler Building

405 Lexington Avenue, 11 th Floor

New York, New York

  10174
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: 212-818-8800

Not Applicable

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

 

Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each exchange on
which registered

Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one redeemable warrant   PVT.U   New York Stock Exchange
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   PVT   New York Stock Exchange
Redeemable warrants, exercisable for shares of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share   PVT WS   New York Stock Exchange

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company   ☒

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  ☐

 

 

 


Item 1.01

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On May 20, 2019, Pivotal Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Pivotal”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization (“Merger Agreement”) by and among Pivotal, Pivotal Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Pivotal (“Merger Sub”), LD Topco, Inc. (“LD” or the “Company”) and Carlyle Equity Opportunity GP, L.P. (solely as representative of the stockholders of LD).

LD is the owner of KLDiscovery, a provider of technology-enabled services and software to help law firms, corporations, government agencies and consumers solve complex data challenges.

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into LD, with LD surviving the merger (the “Merger” and together with the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, the “Transactions”). As a result of the Transactions, LD will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Pivotal, with the stockholders of LD becoming securityholders of Pivotal.

Under the Merger Agreement, the stockholders of LD will receive an aggregate of 34,800,000 shares of Pivotal common stock. The stockholders of LD will also have the right to receive up to 2,200,000 shares of Pivotal common stock if the reported closing sale price of Pivotal’s common stock exceeds $13.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations or other similar actions) for any 20 consecutive trading days during the five-year period following the closing of the Transactions.

In connection with the Transactions, Pivotal Acquisition Holdings LLC, Pivotal’s sponsor from its initial public offering, will subject a certain number of its shares of Class B common to an additional lockup that will be released only if the last reported sale price of Pivotal’s common stock equals or exceeds $15.00 for a period of 20 consecutive trading days during the five-year period following the closing of the Transactions.

The stockholders of LD receiving shares of Pivotal’s common stock in connection with the Transactions will be subject to a 12-month lockup period for all shares of Pivotal’s common stock held by such persons, which period may be earlier terminated if the reported closing sale price of Pivotal’s common stock equals or exceeds $12.00 for a period of 20 consecutive trading days during a 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the closing of the Transactions. This lockup is identical to the lockup previously agreed to by Pivotal’s sponsor and other holders of its Class B common stock issued prior to Pivotal’s initial public offering.

The Transactions are expected to be consummated in the third quarter of 2019, after the required approval by the stockholders of Pivotal and the fulfillment of certain other conditions.

The following summaries of the Merger Agreement and the other agreements to be entered into by the parties are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the Merger Agreement and agreements entered into in connection therewith. The Merger Agreement is attached as an exhibit hereto and incorporated herein by reference.


Representations and Warranties

The Merger Agreement contains representations and warranties of LD relating, among other things, to proper organization and qualification; subsidiaries; capitalization, the authorization, performance and enforceability against LD of the Merger Agreement; absence of conflicts; consent, approval or authorization of governmental authorities; financial statements; absence of undisclosed liabilities; absence of certain changes or events; litigation; compliance with laws; material contracts; benefit plans; labor matters; tax matters; brokers’ fees; insurance; assets and real property; environmental matters; transactions with affiliates; internal controls; intellectual property matters; and permits.

The Merger Agreement contains representations and warranties of each of Pivotal and Merger Sub relating, among other things, to proper organization and qualification; subsidiaries; the authorization, performance and enforceability against Pivotal and Merger Sub of the Merger Agreement; absence of conflicts; litigation; consent, approval or authorization of governmental authorities; trust account; brokers’ fees; reports filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), financial statements, Sarbanes-Oxley Act and absence of undisclosed liabilities; transactions with affiliates; board approval; fairness opinion with respect to the Merger; business activities; tax matters; capitalization; and NYSE listing.

Covenants

The Merger Agreement includes customary covenants of the parties with respect to business operations prior to consummation of the Transactions and efforts to satisfy conditions to the consummation of the Transactions.

The Merger Agreement also contains additional covenants of the parties, including, among others, covenants providing for Pivotal and LD to cooperate in the preparation of the Registration Statement on Form S-4 required to be prepared in connection with the Transactions (the “Registration Statement”).

Conditions to Closing

General Conditions

Consummation of the Transactions is conditioned on approval by Pivotal’s stockholders. In addition, the consummation of the Transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement is conditioned upon, among other things:

• all specified waiting periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended shall have expired;

• no order, judgment, injunction, decree, writ, stipulation, determination or award, in each case, entered by or with any governmental authority or statute, rule or regulation that is in effect and prohibits or enjoins the consummation of the Transactions;

• Pivotal having at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets remaining prior to the Merger after taking into account the holders of Pivotal’s public shares that properly demanded that Pivotal redeem their public shares for their pro rata share of the trust account;


• the Registration Statement shall have become effective in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Securities Act”), no stop order shall have been issued by the SEC which remains in effect with respect to the Registration Statement, and no proceeding seeking such a stop order shall have been threatened or initiated by the SEC which remains pending;

• no material adverse effect with respect to Pivotal or the Company shall have occurred between the date hereof and the closing of the Transactions; and

• approval of the Transactions by the Company’s stockholders.

LD’s Conditions to Closing

The obligations of LD to consummate the Transactions are also conditioned upon, among other things:

• the accuracy of the representations and warranties of Pivotal and Merger Sub (subject to certain bring-down standards);

• performance of the covenants of Pivotal and Merger Sub required by the Merger Agreement to be performed on or prior to the closing;

• Pivotal executing the Registration Rights Agreement (defined below)

• Pivotal executing the Stockholders Agreement (defined below);

• Pivotal’s compliance with SEC reporting requirements;

• Pivotal having at least $175,000,000 available to it after payment to holders of Pivotal Class A common stock that seek redemption in connection with the Transactions and net of certain other expenses; and

• Pivotal’s Class A common stock to be issued pursuant to the Merger Agreement having been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject only to official notice of issuance thereof and public holder requirements.

Pivotal’s and Merger Sub’s Conditions to Closing

The obligations of Pivotal and Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions are also conditioned upon, among other things:

• the accuracy of the representations and warranties of LD (subject to certain bring-down standards);

• performance of the covenants of LD required by the Merger Agreement to be performed on or prior to the closing; and

• the termination of LD’s existing stockholders’ agreement.


Waivers

Either Pivotal or LD may waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to such party contained in the Merger Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant to the Merger Agreement and waive compliance with any agreements or conditions for the benefit of itself or such party contained in the Merger Agreement or in any document delivered pursuant to the Merger Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, pursuant to Pivotal’s current amended and restated certificate of incorporation, Pivotal cannot consummate the proposed business combination if it has less than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets remaining upon consummation of the Merger after taking into account the holders of public shares that properly demanded that Pivotal redeem their public shares for their pro rata share of the trust account.

Termination

The Merger Agreement may be terminated:

 

   

by mutual written consent of Pivotal and LD;

 

   

by either Pivotal or LD if the Transactions are not consummated on or before October 30, 2019, provided that the right to terminate the Merger Agreement will not be available to any party whose action or failure to act has been a principal cause of or primarily resulted in the failure of the Merger to occur on or before such date and such action or failure to act constitutes a breach of the Merger Agreement;

 

   

by either Pivotal or LD if a governmental entity shall have issued an order, decree or ruling or taken any other action, in any case having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the merger, which order, decree, judgment, ruling or other action is final and non-appealable;

 

   

by either Pivotal or LD if, immediately following consummation of the Merger, Pivotal will have less than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following the exercise by the holders of shares of Pivotal’s common stock issued in Pivotal’s initial public offering of their redemption rights;

 

   

by either Pivotal or LD if the other party has breached any of its covenants or representations and warranties in any material respect and has not cured its breach within thirty days of the notice of an intent to terminate, provided that the terminating party is itself not in material breach; or

 

   

by either Pivotal or LD if, at the Pivotal stockholder meeting called to approve the Transactions, the Transactions shall fail to be approved by the required vote (subject to any adjournment or recess of the meeting).

Registration Rights Agreement

The former holders of common stock of the Company and certain of Pivotal’s stockholders will enter into an agreement (“Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which they will be granted certain rights to have registered, in certain circumstances, the resale under the Securities Act of the common stock of Pivotal held by them, subject to certain conditions set forth therein.


Stockholders Agreement

Certain former holders of common stock of the Company will enter into an agreement (“Stockholders Agreement”) pursuant to which they will be granted certain rights to nominate a majority of the board of directors of Pivotal for so long as they maintain ownership of a certain percentage interest in Pivotal.

LD Support Agreement

In connection with the execution of the Merger Agreement, stockholders of LD who hold a majority of the outstanding stock of LD entered into agreements (the “LD Support Agreements”) pursuant to which they have agreed to vote in favor of the Transactions at a meeting called to approve the Transactions by the LD stockholders (or to act by written consent approving the Transactions).

 

Item 7.01

Regulation FD Disclosure.

The information set forth below under this Item 7.01, including the exhibits attached hereto, is intended to be furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

Press Release

Attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report is the press release issued by the parties related to the proposed Transactions.

Investor Meetings

Attached as Exhibit 99.2 to this Report is the form of investor presentation to be used by Pivotal in presentations to certain of its stockholders and other persons interested in purchasing ordinary shares of Pivotal.

Additional Information

COMMENCING SHORTLY AFTER THE FILING OF THIS CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K, PIVOTAL INTENDS TO HOLD PRESENTATIONS FOR CERTAIN OF ITS STOCKHOLDERS, AS WELL AS OTHER PERSONS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING PIVOTAL’S SECURITIES, IN CONNECTION WITH  THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS WITH LD, AS DESCRIBED IN THIS REPORT. THIS CURRENT REPORT ON FORM 8-K, INCLUDING SOME OR ALL OF THE EXHIBITS HERETO, MAY BE DISTRIBUTED TO PARTICIPANTS AT SUCH PRESENTATIONS.

PIVOTAL AND LD AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, UNDER SEC RULES, MAY BE DEEMED TO BE PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES OF PIVOTAL’S STOCKHOLDERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS MAY OBTAIN MORE DETAILED


INFORMATION REGARDING THE NAMES AND INTERESTS IN THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS OF PIVOTAL’S DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN PIVOTAL’S FILINGS WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING PIVOTAL’S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018, WHICH WAS FILED WITH THE SEC ON APRIL 1, 2019. INFORMATION REGARDING THE PERSONS WHO MAY, UNDER SEC RULES, BE DEEMED PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES TO PIVOTAL’S STOCKHOLDERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS WILL BE SET FORTH IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS THAT PIVOTAL INTENDS TO FILE WITH THE SEC, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A PROXY STATEMENT AND PROSPECTUS FOR THE TRANSACTIONS. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION REGARDING THE INTERESTS OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT.

INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF PIVOTAL AND LD ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN FREE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS CONTAINING IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PIVOTAL AND LD ONCE SUCH DOCUMENTS ARE FILED WITH THE SEC, THROUGH THE WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY THE SEC AT WWW.SEC.GOV. COPIES OF THE DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC BY PIVOTAL WHEN AND IF AVAILABLE, CAN BE OBTAINED FREE OF CHARGE ON PIVOTAL’S WEBSITE AT WWW.PIVOTALAC.COM OR BY DIRECTING A WRITTEN REQUEST TO PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP., C/O GRAUBARD MILLER, 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 11 TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10174.

SOME OF LD’S FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND DATA CONTAINED HEREIN AND IN THE EXHIBITS HERETO DOES NOT CONFORM TO SEC REGULATION S-X IN THAT IT INCLUDES CERTAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION NOT DERIVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNITED STATES GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (“GAAP”). ACCORDINGLY, SUCH INFORMATION AND DATA WILL BE ADJUSTED AND PRESENTED DIFFERENTLY IN PIVOTAL’S FILINGS WITH THE SEC. PIVOTAL AND LD BELIEVE THAT THE PRESENTATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES PROVIDES INFORMATION THAT IS USEFUL TO INVESTORS AS IT INDICATES MORE CLEARLY THE ABILITY OF LD TO MEET CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND WORKING CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS AND OTHERWISE MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS AS THEY BECOME DUE.

THE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS INCLUDED IN THIS REPORT AND THE EXHIBITS HERETO ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS THAT ARE BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE INHERENTLY SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTIES AND CONTINGENCIES, MANY OF WHICH ARE BEYOND PIVOTAL’S AND LD’S CONTROL. WHILE ALL PROJECTIONS ARE NECESSARILY SPECULATIVE, PIVOTAL AND LD BELIEVE THAT THE PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL INFORMATION COVERING PERIODS BEYOND TWELVE MONTHS FROM ITS DATE OF PREPARATION CARRIES INCREASINGLY HIGHER LEVELS OF UNCERTAINTY AND SHOULD BE READ IN THAT CONTEXT. THERE WILL BE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACTUAL AND PROJECTED RESULTS, AND ACTUAL RESULTS MAY BE MATERIALLY GREATER OR MATERIALLY LESS THAN THOSE CONTAINED IN THE PROJECTIONS. THE INCLUSION OF PROJECTIONS IN THIS REPORT AND THE EXHIBITS HERETO SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS AN INDICATION THAT PIVOTAL AND LD, OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, CONSIDERED OR CONSIDER THE PROJECTIONS TO BE A RELIABLE PREDICTION OF FUTURE EVENTS.


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

THIS REPORT AND THE EXHIBITS HERETO ARE NOT A PROXY STATEMENT OR SOLICITATION OF A PROXY, CONSENT OR AUTHORIZATION WITH RESPECT TO ANY SECURITIES OR IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS AND SHALL NOT CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR A SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY THE SECURITIES OF PIVOTAL OR LD, NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF ANY SUCH SECURITIES IN ANY STATE OR JURISDICTION IN WHICH SUCH OFFER, SOLICITATION, OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF SUCH STATE OR JURISDICTION.

THIS REPORT AND THE EXHIBITS HERETO INCLUDE “FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS”. ACTUAL RESULTS MAY DIFFER FROM EXPECTATIONS, ESTIMATES AND PROJECTIONS AND, CONSEQUENTLY, YOU SHOULD NOT RELY ON THESE FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS AS PREDICTIONS OF FUTURE EVENTS. WORDS SUCH AS “EXPECT,” “ESTIMATE,” “PROJECT,” “BUDGET,” “FORECAST,” “ANTICIPATE,” “INTEND,” “PLAN,” “MAY,” “WILL,” “COULD,” “SHOULD,” “BELIEVES,” “PREDICTS,” “POTENTIAL,” “CONTINUE,” AND SIMILAR EXPRESSIONS ARE INTENDED TO IDENTIFY SUCH FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS.

NEITHER PIVOTAL NOR LD UNDERTAKE ANY OBLIGATION TO UPDATE OR REVISE ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHETHER AS A RESULT OF NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW. IMPORTANT FACTORS, AMONG OTHERS, THAT MAY AFFECT ACTUAL RESULTS INCLUDE LD’S ABILITY TO EXECUTE ON ITS BUSINESS PLANS AND LD’S ESTIMATES OF EXPENSES AND FUTURE REVENUES AND PROFITABILITY. OTHER FACTORS INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS DO NOT CLOSE, INCLUDING DUE TO THE FAILURE TO RECEIVE REQUIRED SECURITY HOLDER APPROVALS, OR THE FAILURE OF OTHER CLOSING CONDITIONS.

THIS REPORT AND THE EXHIBITS HERETO ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE ALL-INCLUSIVE OR TO CONTAIN ALL THE INFORMATION THAT A PERSON MAY DESIRE IN CONSIDERING AN INVESTMENT IN PIVOTAL AND IS NOT INTENDED TO FORM THE BASIS OF ANY INVESTMENT DECISION IN PIVOTAL.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONCERNING THESE AND OTHER RISK FACTORS WILL BE CONTAINED IN PIVOTAL’S FILINGS WITH THE SEC. ALL SUBSEQUENT WRITTEN AND ORAL FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS CONCERNING PIVOTAL AND LD, THE PROPOSED TRANSACTIONS OR OTHER MATTERS AND ATTRIBUTABLE TO PIVOTAL AND LD OR ANY PERSON ACTING ON THEIR BEHALF ARE EXPRESSLY QUALIFIED IN THEIR ENTIRETY BY THE CAUTIONARY STATEMENTS ABOVE. READERS ARE CAUTIONED NOT TO PLACE UNDUE RELIANCE UPON ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHICH SPEAK ONLY AS OF THE DATE MADE. NEITHER PIVOTAL NOR LD UNDERTAKE OR ACCEPT ANY OBLIGATION OR UNDERTAKING TO RELEASE PUBLICLY ANY UPDATES OR REVISIONS TO ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENT TO REFLECT ANY CHANGE IN THEIR EXPECTATIONS OR ANY CHANGE IN EVENTS, CONDITIONS OR CIRCUMSTANCES ON WHICH ANY SUCH STATEMENT IS BASED, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY APPLICABLE LAW.


Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits:

 

Exhibit

  

Description

  2.1    Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, dated as of May  20, 2019, by and among Pivotal Acquisition Corp., Pivotal Merger Sub Corp., LD Topco, Inc. and Carlyle Equity Opportunity GP, L.P. (solely as representative of the stockholders of LD Topco, Inc.) *
99.1    Press release dated May 20, 2019
99.2    Investor Presentation

 

*

Certain exhibits and schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(b)(2). Pivotal agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of all omitted exhibits and schedules to the Securities and Exchange Commission upon its request.

 


SIGNATURE

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

 

Dated: May 21, 2019

     

PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP.

    By:  

/s/ Jonathan J. Ledecky

     

Jonathan J. Ledecky

     

Chief Executive Officer

Exhibit 2.1

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

BY AND AMONG

PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP.,

PIVOTAL MERGER SUB CORP.,

LD TOPCO, INC.

and

CARLYLE EQUITY OPPORTUNITY GP, L.P. (SOLELY AS REPRESENTATIVE OF

THE STOCKHOLDERS OF LD TOPCO, INC.)

DATED AS OF MAY 20, 2019


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

     Page  

Article I THE MERGER

     1  

1.1

  The Merger      1  

1.2

  Effective Time; Closing      2  

1.3

  Effect of the Merger      2  

1.4

  Governing Documents      2  

1.5

  Effect on Securities      2  

1.6

  Merger Consideration Exchange Procedures      3  

1.7

  Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates      4  

1.8

  Tax Consequences      5  

1.9

  Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action      5  

1.10

  Representative      5  

1.11

  Outstanding Company Derivative Securities      5  

1.12

  Contingent Shares      5  

1.13

  Payment of Expenses      6  

1.14

  Support Agreements      7  

Article II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE COMPANY

     7  

2.1

  Organization and Qualification      7  

2.2

  Subsidiaries      7  

2.3

  Capitalization      8  

2.4

  Authority Relative to this Agreement      9  

2.5

  No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents      10  

2.6

  Compliance      10  

2.7

  Financial Statements      11  

2.8

  No Undisclosed Liabilities      11  

2.9

  Absence of Certain Changes or Events      12  

2.10

  Litigation      12  

2.11

  Employee Benefit Plans      13  

2.12

  Labor Matters      13  

2.13

  Restrictions on Business Activities      14  

2.14

  Title to Property      14  

2.15

  Taxes      15  

2.16

  Environmental Matters      16  

2.17

  Brokers; Third Party Expenses      17  

2.18

  Intellectual Property      17  

2.19

  Agreements, Contracts and Commitments      18  

2.20

  Insurance      19  

2.21

  Governmental Actions/Filings      20  

2.22

  Interested Party Transactions      20  

2.23

  Board Approval      20  

 

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2.24

  Proxy Statement      20  

2.25

  No Additional Representations and Warranties      21  

Article III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB

     21  

3.1

  Organization and Qualification      21  

3.2

  Subsidiaries      22  

3.3

  Capitalization      22  

3.4

  Authority Relative to this Agreement      23  

3.5

  No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents      24  

3.6

  Compliance      24  

3.7

  Parent SEC Reports and Financial Statements      25  

3.8

  No Undisclosed Liabilities      26  

3.9

  Absence of Certain Changes or Events      26  

3.10

  Litigation      27  

3.11

  Employee Benefit Plans      27  

3.12

  Labor Matters      27  

3.13

  Business Activities      27  

3.14

  Title to Property      27  

3.15

  Intellectual Property      27  

3.16

  Taxes      27  

3.17

  Environmental Matters      28  

3.18

  Brokers      29  

3.19

  Agreements, Contracts and Commitments      29  

3.20

  Insurance      29  

3.21

  Interested Party Transactions      30  

3.22

  Parent Listing      30  

3.23

  Board Approval      30  

3.24

  Trust Fund      30  

3.25

  Fairness Opinion      31  

3.26

  No Additional Representations and Warranties      31  

Article IV CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME

     31  

4.1

  Conduct of Business by the Company, Parent and Merger Sub      31  

4.2

  Confidentiality; Access to Information      34  

4.3

  No Solicitation      36  

4.4

  Certain Financial Information      36  

4.5

  Access to Financial Information      37  

4.6

  Commercially Reasonable Efforts      37  

Article V ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

     37  

5.1

  Proxy Statement; Special Meeting      37  

5.2

  Directors and Officers of Parent and the Company After Merger      39  

5.3

  HSR Act      39  

 

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5.4

  Public Announcements      40  

5.5

  Required Information      40  

5.6

  No Securities Transactions      41  

5.7

  No Claim Against Trust Fund      42  

5.8

  Disclosure of Certain Matters      42  

5.9

  Securities Listing      42  

5.10

  Charter Protections; Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance      42  

5.11

  Insider Loans      43  

5.12

  Parent Borrowings      43  

5.13

  Trust Fund Disbursement      43  

5.14

  Parent Stockholders Agreement      43  

5.15

  Lock-Up Agreements      43  

5.16

  Registration Rights Agreement      43  

5.17

  Founder Common Stock Lock-Up      44  

5.18

  Intended Tax Treatment      44  

5.19

  Incentive Equity Plan      44  

5.20

  Company Stockholder Approval      45  

Article VI CONDITIONS TO THE TRANSACTION

     45  

6.1

  Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger      45  

6.2

  Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company      46  

6.3

  Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub      47  

Article VII TERMINATION

     48  

7.1

  Termination      48  

7.2

  Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination      49  

7.3

  Fees and Expenses      50  

Article VIII GENERAL PROVISIONS

     50  

8.1

  Notices      50  

8.2

  Interpretation      51  

8.3

  Counterparts; Electronic Delivery      56  

8.4

  Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries      56  

8.5

  Severability      56  

8.6

  Other Remedies; Specific Performance      56  

8.7

  Governing Law      57  

8.8

  Consent to Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY      57  

8.9

  Rules of Construction      57  

8.10

  Assignment      57  

8.11

  Amendment      57  

8.12

  Extension; Waiver      58  

8.13

  Currency      58  

8.14

  Schedules      58  

8.15

  Nonsurvival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants      58  

8.16

  Non-Recourse      58  

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF REORGANIZATION is made and entered into as of May 20, 2019, by and among Pivotal Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“ Parent ”), Pivotal Merger Sub Corp., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Parent (“ Merger Sub ”), LD Topco, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“ Company ”), and Carlyle Equity Opportunity GP, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, solely in its capacity as the initial Representative hereunder. The term “ Agreement ” as used herein refers to this Agreement and Plan of Reorganization, as the same may be amended from time to time, and all schedules hereto (including the Company Schedule and the Parent Schedule, as defined in the preambles to Articles II and III hereof, respectively). Each of Parent, Merger Sub, the Company and the Representative shall be referred to herein, individually, as a “ Party ” and, collectively, as the “ Parties ”. Except as otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Section  8.2 .

RECITALS

A. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “ DGCL ”), the Parties intend to enter into a business combination transaction by which Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (with the Company being the surviving entity of the Merger (“ Surviving Corporation ”)) in exchange for the Company’s stockholders receiving shares of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Parent (“ Parent Common Stock ”) as provided by this Agreement (the “ Merger ”).

B. The boards of directors of each of Parent, Merger Sub and the Company have determined that the Merger is fair to, and in the best interests of, their respective companies and their respective stockholders.

C. The parties intend, by executing this Agreement, to adopt a plan of reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “ Code ”).

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

ARTICLE I

THE MERGER

1.1 The Merger . At the Effective Time and subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this Agreement and the applicable provisions of the DGCL, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into the Company, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and the Company shall continue as the Surviving Corporation after the Merger and as a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent.

 

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1.2 Effective Time; Closing . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, as soon as practicable on or after the Closing Date (defined below), the parties hereto shall cause the Merger to be consummated by filing a Certificate of Merger (the “ Certificate of Merger ”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL (the time of such filing, or such later time as may be agreed in writing by Company and Parent and specified in the Certificate of Merger, being the “ Effective Time ”). Unless this Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to Section  7.1 , the consummation of the Merger (the “ Closing ”), other than the filing of the Certificate of Merger, shall take place at the offices of Graubard Miller, counsel to Parent, The Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10174-1901 at a time and date to be specified by the parties, which shall be no later than the fifth (5 th ) Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article VI , or at such other time, date and location as the parties hereto agree in writing (the “ Closing Date ”). Closing signatures may be transmitted by facsimile or by email pdf files.

1.3 Effect of the Merger . At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement and the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time all the property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of each of the Company and Merger Sub shall vest in the Surviving Corporation, and all debts, liabilities and duties of each of the Company and Merger Sub shall become the debts, liabilities and duties of the Surviving Corporation.

1.4 Governing Documents . At the Effective Time,

(a) the Certificate of Incorporation of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated to be identical to the Certificate of Incorporation of Merger Sub except that the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be that of the Company; and

(b) the Bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended and restated to be identical to the Bylaws of Merger Sub except that the name of the Surviving Corporation shall be that of the Company.

1.5 Effect on Securities . Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and this Agreement and without any further action on the part of Parent, Merger Sub or the Company or the holders of any of the securities of Parent or the Company, the following shall occur:

(a) Conversion of Company Stock . Other than any shares to be canceled pursuant to Section  1.5(d) , each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Company (“ Company Stock ”) issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time will be automatically converted, at the Effective Time, into the right to receive that number of shares of Parent Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio (the “ Per Share Merger Consideration ”). The aggregate Per Share Merger Consideration shall be paid to the holders of Company Stock (the “ Company Stockholders ”) in the respective amounts set forth on Schedule 1.5(a) hereto; provided that the portion of the Per Share Merger Consideration comprised of Contingent Shares shall only become issuable in accordance with Section  1.12 .

 

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(b) Adjustments to Merger Consideration . The Per Share Merger Consideration issuable pursuant to this Section  1.5 shall be equitably adjusted to reflect appropriately the effect of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into shares of Parent Common Stock), extraordinary cash dividends, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other like change with respect to shares of Parent Common Stock occurring on or after the date hereof but at or prior to the Effective Time (or, as it relates to the Contingent Shares, prior to the date of issuance of such shares in accordance with Section  1.12 ).

(c) Fractional Shares . No fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock will be issued by virtue of the Merger, and each holder of shares of Company Stock who would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of a share of Parent Common Stock any time shares of Parent Common Stock are distributed to any such Person pursuant to this Agreement (after aggregating all fractional shares of Parent Common Stock that otherwise would be received by such holder in connection with such distribution) shall, upon compliance with Section  1.6, receive from Parent, in lieu of such fractional share, one (1) share of Parent Common Stock.

(d) Cancellation of Treasury and Parent-Owned Stock . Each share of Company Stock held by the Company or Parent or any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Parent immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and extinguished without any conversion or payment in respect thereof.

1.6 Merger Consideration Exchange Procedures .

(a) Exchange Procedures . At the Closing, the Company Stockholders shall deliver the certificates evidencing their shares of Company Stock (the “ Company Certificates ”) to Parent for cancellation, or in the case of a lost, stolen or destroyed Company Certificate, will deliver to Parent an affidavit (and indemnity if required) in the manner provided in Section  1.7 below), together with a letter of transmittal in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (“ Letter of Transmittal ”), and receive in exchange therefor the Per Share Merger Consideration (other than the Contingent Shares, which shall only become issuable in accordance with Section  1.12 ) and the certificates representing the Company Stock shall forthwith be cancelled. Until so surrendered, outstanding Company Certificates will be deemed, from and after the Effective Time, to evidence only the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration as prescribed by this Agreement.

(b) Distributions With Respect to Unexchanged Shares . No dividends or other distributions declared or made after the date of this Agreement with respect to Parent Common Stock with a record date after the Effective Time will be paid to the holders of any unsurrendered Company Certificates with respect to the Per Share Merger Consideration (including any Contingent Shares, if and when issued) to be issued upon surrender thereof until the holders of record of such Company Certificates shall surrender such certificates. Subject to applicable law, following surrender of any such Company Certificates, Parent shall promptly deliver to the record holders thereof, without interest, the certificates representing the Per Share Merger Consideration (including any Contingent Shares, if and when issued) issued in exchange therefor and the amount of any such dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Effective Time theretofore paid with respect to such Merger Shares (including any Contingent Shares, if and when issued).

 

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(c) Transfers of Ownership . If certificates representing Merger Shares are to be issued in a name other than that in which the Company Certificates surrendered in exchange therefor are registered, it will be a condition of the issuance thereof that the Company Certificates so surrendered will be properly endorsed and otherwise in proper form for transfer and that the persons requesting such exchange will have paid to Parent or any agent designated by it any transfer or other taxes required by reason of the issuance of certificates representing the Per Share Merger Consideration (including any Contingent Shares, if and when issued) in any name other than that of the registered holder of the Company Certificates surrendered, or established to the satisfaction of Parent or any agent designated by it that such tax has been paid or is not payable.

(d) Required Withholding . Parent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold (or cause to be deducted and withheld) from any consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as are required to be deducted or withheld therefrom under the Code or under any provision of state, local or foreign tax law or under any other applicable legal requirement. Parent shall provide notice of any withholding that it intends to make (or cause to be made) in connection with consideration payable or otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement (other than any withholding required in connection with amounts properly treated as compensation for applicable Tax purposes) at least fifteen (15) days prior to the date of the relevant payment, and the Parties shall (and shall cause their Affiliates to) cooperate to minimize or eliminate any potential withholding. To the extent such amounts are so deducted or withheld consistent with the terms of this Section  1.6(d) , such amounts shall be treated for all purposes under this Agreement as having been paid to the person to whom such amounts would otherwise have been paid.

(e) No Further Ownership Rights in Company Stock . All shares of Parent Common Stock issued in accordance with the terms hereof shall be deemed to have been issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the Company Stock and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the records of the Surviving Corporation of the shares of Company Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time. If, after the Effective Time, Company Certificates are presented to the Surviving Corporation for any reason, they shall be canceled and exchanged as provided in this Article I .

1.7 Lost, Stolen or Destroyed Certificates . In the event that any Company Certificates shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, Parent shall issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Certificates, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the holder thereof, the aggregate Per Share Merger Consideration into which the shares of Company Stock formerly represented by such Company Certificates was converted into and any dividends or distributions payable pursuant to Section  1.6(b) ; provided, however, that, as a condition precedent to the delivery of such Per Share Merger Consideration, the owner of such lost, stolen or destroyed Company Certificates shall indemnify Parent against any claim that may be made against Parent or Surviving Corporation with respect to the Company Certificates alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed and deliver any Letter of Transmittal reasonably required by Parent.

 

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1.8 Tax Consequences . It is intended by the parties hereto that the Merger shall constitute reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code. The parties hereto adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) of the United States Income Tax Regulations.

1.9 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action . If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest Surviving Corporation with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub, the officers and directors of the Company and Merger Sub will take all such lawful and necessary action.

1.10 Representative . The Company has designated Carlyle Equity Opportunity GP, L.P. as the initial representative (the “ Representative ”) to represent the interests of the Persons entitled to receive Per Share Merger Consideration as a result of the Merger, giving consents and approvals hereunder (including amendments of this Agreement) and making those determinations hereunder that are specifically reserved to the Representative by the terms hereof. If such Person ceases to serve in such capacity, for any reason, the Company (or, following the Closing, those members of the board of directors of Parent who were members of the board of directors of the Company prior to the Closing) shall appoint its successor. The Representative shall (a) have no liability to Parent, the Company, any Subsidiary or Affiliate of the foregoing or any equityholder of any of the foregoing (including any Stockholder) with respect to actions taken or omitted to be taken in its capacity as the Representative, except as agreed to by the Stockholders in the Letter of Transmittal, and (b) be entitled to indemnification by the Company against any loss, liability or expenses arising out of actions taken or omitted to be taken in its capacity as the Representative (except as agreed to by the Stockholders in the Letter of Transmittal).

1.11 Outstanding Company Derivative Securities . The holders of all outstanding options, warrants and other derivative securities of the Company have executed agreements to exercise such securities prior to the Effective Time without the payment of any consideration therefor by the Company other than the issuance of Company Stock, it being the intention of the parties that the only securities of the Company outstanding on the Closing Date shall be Company Stock. Such exercises may be made contingent upon the occurrence of the Closing. Effective as of the Effective Time, each Company Stock Option, to the extent then outstanding and unexercised will be automatically cancelled without consideration and without any liability to the Company.

1.12 Contingent Shares . The Company Stockholders shall be issued their pro rata portion of an aggregate of 2,200,000 Contingent Shares if the reported closing sale price of the Parent Common Stock equals or exceeds $13.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations or other similar actions) for any consecutive twenty (20) trading days during the five (5) year period following the Closing Date. Contingent Shares shall be issued within ten days after such condition has been satisfied with no action being required on the part of the Company Stockholders (and the Parties hereby agree that the rights to receive the Contingent Shares shall not be evidenced by negotiable certificates, and the Parties will not take any action to make such rights “readily marketable” (as such term is used in Revenue Procedure 84-42)). Any Contingent Shares payable hereunder shall be treated as

 

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comprised of two components, respectively a principal component and an interest component, the amounts of which shall be determined as provided in Treasury Regulation Section 1.483-4(b) example (2) using the 3-month test rate of interest provided for in Treasury Regulation Section 1.1274-4(a)(1)(ii) employing the semi-annual compounding period. As to any such payment of Contingent Shares to each former holder of Company stock, shares representing the principal component (with a value equal to the principal component) and shares representing the interest component (with a value equal to the interest component) shall be represented by separate share certificates.

1.13 Payment of Expenses .

(a) At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall provide to Parent a written report setting forth a list of all third party fees and expenses incurred by the Company or the Stockholders in connection with or in relation to the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (together with written invoices and wire transfer instructions for the payment thereof), solely to the extent such fees and expenses will be unpaid as of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, including, but not limited to, the: (i) fees and disbursements of outside counsel to the Company, the Representative and Company management incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and (ii) fees and expenses of any other agents, advisors, consultants, experts, financial advisors, brokers, finders or investment bankers employed by the Company or the Representative in connection with the with the transactions contemplated hereby (collectively, the “ Outstanding Company Expenses ”). On the Closing Date following the Closing, Parent shall pay or cause to be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds the Outstanding Company Expenses.

(b) At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall provide to the Company and the Representative a written report setting forth a list of all third party fees and expenses incurred by Parent and Merger Sub in connection with or in relation to the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby (together with written invoices and wire transfer instructions for the payment thereof), solely to the extent such fees and expenses will be unpaid as of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date, including, but not limited to, the: (i) fees and disbursements of outside counsel to Parent and Merger Sub incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, (ii) fees and expenses of Parent and Merger Sub for any other agents, advisors, consultants, experts, financial advisors, brokers, finders or investment bankers employed in connection with the with the transactions contemplated hereby, including any financing related to the transactions contemplated hereby, (iii) the aggregate amount of Parent Borrowings and (iv) without duplication, any other amounts described in clauses (ii) and (iii) of Section  5.13 (all of the foregoing, collectively, the “ Outstanding Parent Expenses ”). On the Closing Date, Parent shall pay or cause to be paid by wire transfer of immediately available funds the Outstanding Parent Expenses. For avoidance of doubt, such Outstanding Parent Expenses shall be payable by Parent from amounts released from the Trust Account following the Closing.

 

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1.14 Support Agreements . Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the stockholders of the Company identified on Schedule 1.14 attached hereto (the “ Supporting Stockholders ”) have entered into support agreements with Parent (the “ Support Agreements ”), pursuant to which each of the Supporting Stockholders has agreed, among other things, to vote all of the shares of Company Stock beneficially owned by such Supporting Stockholder in favor of the Merger (which vote may be done by executing a written consent as provided for in Section  5.20 hereof).

ARTICLE II

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES REGARDING THE COMPANY

Subject to the exceptions set forth in Schedule 2 attached hereto (the “ Company Schedule ”), the Company hereby represents and warrants to Parent and Merger Sub as follows:

2.1 Organization and Qualification .

(a) The Company is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. The Company is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, easements, consents, certificates, approvals and orders of or from any federal, state, municipal, foreign or other governmental, administrative or judicial body, agency or authority (“ Approvals ”) necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except where the failure to have such Approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Complete and correct copies of the certificate of incorporation and by-laws (or other comparable governing instruments with different names) (collectively referred to herein as “ Charter Documents ”) of the Company, as amended and currently in effect, have been heretofore made available to Parent or Parent’s counsel.

(b) The Company is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its activities makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good standing that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Each jurisdiction in which the Company is so qualified or licensed is listed in Schedule 2.1(b) .

2.2 Subsidiaries .

(a) The Company has no direct or indirect subsidiaries other than those listed in Schedule 2.2 (the “ Subsidiaries ”). Except as set forth in Schedule 2.2 , the Company owns all of the outstanding equity securities of the Subsidiaries, free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens, either directly or indirectly through one or more other Subsidiaries. Except with respect to the Subsidiaries, the Company does not own, directly or indirectly, any equity or voting interest in any Person or has any agreement or commitment to purchase any such interest, and has not agreed and is not obligated to make nor is bound by any written or oral agreement,

 

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contract, subcontract, lease, binding understanding, instrument, note, option, warranty, purchase order, license, sublicense, insurance policy, benefit plan, commitment or undertaking of any nature, as of the date hereof or as may hereafter be in effect, under which it may become obligated to make any future investment in or capital contribution to any other entity.

(b) Each Subsidiary that is a corporation is duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof) under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation (as listed in Schedule 2.2 ) and has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. Each Subsidiary that is a limited liability company is duly organized or formed, validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof) under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization or formation (as listed in Schedule 2.2 ) and has the requisite limited liability company power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. Each Subsidiary is in possession of all Approvals necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except where the failure to have such Approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Complete and correct copies of the Charter Documents of each Subsidiary, as amended and currently in effect, have been heretofore delivered to Parent or Parent’s counsel.

(c) Each Subsidiary is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation or foreign limited liability company and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its activities makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good standing that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

2.3 Capitalization .

(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 5,000,000 shares of Company Stock, of which 3,692,105 shares are issued and outstanding as of the date of this Agreement and all of which are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. Other than Company Stock, the Company has no class or series of securities authorized by its Charter Documents. Schedule 2.3(a) hereto contains a list of all of the stockholders of the Company and the number of shares of Company Stock owned by each stockholder, as of the date of this Agreement.

(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 2.3(b) hereto, as of the date of this Agreement, no shares of Company Stock are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding Company Stock Options. No shares of Company Stock are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding warrants or other rights (other than Company Stock Options) to purchase Company Stock . All shares of Company Stock subject to issuance as aforesaid, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the instrument pursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. All outstanding shares of Company Stock have been issued and granted in compliance with (x) all applicable securities laws and (in all material respects) other applicable laws and regulations, and (y) all requirements set forth in any applicable Charter Documents. The Company has heretofore

 

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delivered to Parent or Parent’s counsel a true and complete list of the holders of each Company Stock Option, including their names and the numbers of shares of Company Stock underlying such holders’ Company Stock Options.

(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 2.3(b) or Schedule 2.3(c) hereto or as set forth in Section  2.3(a) hereof, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, equity securities, partnership interests or similar ownership interests, calls, rights (including preemptive rights), commitments or agreements of any character to which the Company is a party or by which it is bound obligating the Company to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or cause the repurchase, redemption or acquisition of, any shares of capital stock, partnership interests or similar ownership interests of the Company or obligating the Company to grant, extend, accelerate the vesting of or enter into any such subscription, option, warrant, equity security, call, right, commitment or agreement. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary has any outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the holders of which have the right to vote (or which are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for securities having the right to vote) with the stockholders of the Company on any matter.

(d) Except as set forth in Schedule 2.3(d) or as contemplated by this Agreement, there are no registration rights, and there is no voting trust, proxy, rights plan, anti-takeover plan or other agreements or understandings, to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound with respect to any equity security of the Company.

(e) Except as provided for in this Agreement or as set forth in Schedule  2.3(e) , as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, no shares of capital stock, warrants, options or other securities of the Company are issuable and no rights in connection with any shares, warrants, options or other securities of the Company accelerate or otherwise become triggered (whether as to vesting, exercisability, convertibility or otherwise).

(f) No outstanding shares of Company Stock are unvested or subjected to a repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other condition under any applicable agreement with the Company.

2.4 Authority Relative to this Agreement . The Company has all necessary corporate power and authority to: (i) execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and each ancillary document that the Company has executed or delivered or is to execute or deliver pursuant to this Agreement, and (ii) carry out the Company’s obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Merger). The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) have been, or will be, duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company (including the approval by its board of directors and, prior to the Closing, its stockholders as required by the DGCL), and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The affirmative vote of the Supporting Stockholders to approve this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be sufficient to obtain the Company

 

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Stockholder Approval. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes the legal and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

2.5 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents . Except as set forth in Schedule 2.5 hereto:

(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company do not, and the performance of this Agreement by the Company shall not, (i) conflict with or violate the Charter Documents of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) conflict with or violate any Legal Requirements, (iii) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or materially impair the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ rights or alter the rights or obligations of any third party under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a lien or encumbrance on any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Permitted Liens) pursuant to, any Material Company Contracts or (iv) result in the triggering, acceleration or increase of any payment to any Person pursuant to any Company Contract, including any “change in control” or similar provision of any Company Contract, except, with respect to clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults, impairments, alterations, triggerings, accelerations, increases or other occurrences that would not, individually and in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Company does not, and the performance of its obligations hereunder will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Entity or other third party (including, without limitation, lenders and lessors), except (i) for applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“ Securities Act ”), the Exchange Act or state securities laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and appropriate documents received from or filed with the relevant authorities of other jurisdictions in which the Company is licensed or qualified to do business, (ii) for the filing of any notifications required under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the “ HSR Act ”), and the expiration of the required waiting period thereunder, (iii) the consents, approvals, authorizations and permits described in Schedule 2.5(b) and (iv) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to (x) have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company or, after the Closing, Parent, or (y) prevent the consummation of the Merger or otherwise prevent the Company from performing its material obligations under this Agreement on a timely basis.

2.6 Compliance . During the past year and as of the date of this Agreement, the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has complied with all, and is not in violation of any, Legal Requirements with respect to the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its business, except for failures to comply or violations which, individually or in the aggregate, have

 

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not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. During the past year and as of the date of this Agreement, the businesses and activities of the Company and of each of its Subsidiaries have not been and are not being conducted in violation of any Legal Requirements, except for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default or violation in any material respect of any term, condition or provision of any applicable Charter Documents. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.6 , within the past year, no written notice of non-compliance with any Legal Requirements has been received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (and the Company has no knowledge of any such notice delivered to any other Person).

2.7 Financial Statements .

(a) The Company has made available to Parent true and complete copies of the audited consolidated financial statements (including any related notes thereto) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2017 (the “ Audited Financial Statements ”) and the unaudited consolidated financial statements (including any related notes thereto) of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the three-month periods ended March 31, 2019 and 2018 (the “ Unaudited Financial Statements ,” and together with the Audited Financial Statements, the “ Financial Statements ”).

(b) The Financial Statements were prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“ U.S. GAAP ”) applied on a consistent basis in accordance with past practice throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto), and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries at the respective dates thereof and the results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods indicated, except, in the case of the Unaudited Financial Statements, subject to normal audit adjustments that are not expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company and the absence of footnotes.

(c) The Company has established and maintained a system of internal accounting controls. To the Company’s knowledge, such internal controls are sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of the Company’s financial reporting and the preparation of the Company’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

(d) There are no outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) or director of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

2.8 No Undisclosed Liabilities . As of the date of this Agreement, the Company (including its Subsidiaries) has no material liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of a nature required under U.S. GAAP, applied on a consistent basis in accordance with past practice, to be disclosed on a consolidated balance sheet that are, individually or in the aggregate, material to the business, results of operations or financial condition of the Company and its

 

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Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, except: (i) liabilities provided for in or otherwise disclosed in the balance sheet included in the most recent Financial Statements or in the notes to the most recent Financial Statements, (ii) such liabilities arising in the ordinary course of the Company’s business since the date of the most recent Financial Statement and (iii) liabilities disclosed in Schedule 2.8 , none of which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

2.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events . Except as contemplated by this Agreement, since the date of the most recent Financial Statement to the date of this Agreement, there has not been: (i) any Material Adverse Effect on the Company, (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of, any of the Company’s capital stock, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition by the Company of any of the Company’s capital stock or any other securities of the Company or any options, warrants, calls or rights to acquire any such shares or other securities, (iii) any split, combination or reclassification of any of the Company’s capital stock, (iv) any granting by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any increase in compensation or fringe benefits, except for normal increases of cash compensation in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or pursuant to any Plan, or any payment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any bonus, except for bonuses made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or pursuant to any Plan, or any granting by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any increase in severance or termination pay or any entry by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries into any currently effective employment, severance, termination or indemnification agreement or any agreement the benefits of which are contingent or the terms of which are materially altered upon the occurrence of a transaction involving the Company of the nature contemplated hereby, (v) entry by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries into any licensing or other agreement with regard to the acquisition or disposition of any material Intellectual Property other than licenses and services agreements in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or any amendment or consent with respect to any licensing or services agreement, (vi) any material change by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in its accounting methods, principles or practices, except as required by concurrent changes in U.S. GAAP, (vii) any change in the auditors of the Company, or (viii) any material revaluation by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of any of its material assets, including, without limitation, writing down the value of capitalized inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable or any sale of assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than in the ordinary course of business.

2.10 Litigation . Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.10 hereto, during the year prior to the date of this Agreement and as of the date of this Agreement, there have been, and are, no claims, suits, actions or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries before any court, governmental department, commission, agency, instrumentality or authority, or any arbitrator that individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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2.11 Employee Benefit Plans .

(a) Schedule 2.11(a) lists all material Plans. “ Plan ” means any “employee benefit plan” as defined in Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended and any other material employee compensation, incentive, fringe or employee benefit plan, program, policy or other arrangement (whether or not set forth in a written document) covering any active or former employee, director or consultant of the Company or its Subsidiaries, in each case, with respect to which the Company or its Subsidiaries has liability, other than (i) standard employment agreements that can be terminated at any time without severance or termination pay and upon notice of not more than 60 days or such longer period as may be required by Legal Requirements, (ii) any plan, program, policy or other arrangement that is sponsored or maintained by a Governmental Entity or (iii) any plan, program, policy or other arrangement that covers only former directors, officers, employees, independent contractors and service providers and with respect to which the Company and its Subsidiaries have no remaining liabilities. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, all Plans have been maintained and administered in all material respects in compliance with their respective terms and with the Legal Requirements which are applicable to such Plans, and all contributions required to be made with respect to the Plans as of the date hereof have been made or, if not yet due, are reflected in the financial statements and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries to the extent required by U.S. GAAP. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (i) no suit, action or other litigation (excluding claims for benefits incurred in the ordinary course of Plan activities) has been brought, or, to the knowledge of the Company, is threatened, against or with respect to any Plan and (ii) there are no audits, inquiries or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of the Company, threatened by any governmental agency with respect to any Plan. Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.11(a) , each Plan can be amended, terminated or otherwise discontinued after the Closing in accordance with its terms, without material liability to Parent or the Surviving Corporation (other than ordinary administration expenses and amounts payable for benefits accrued but not yet paid).

(b) Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.11(b) hereto, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any payment (including severance, bonus or otherwise) becoming due to any shareholder, director, officer or employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries under any Plan or otherwise, (ii) materially increase any benefits otherwise payable under any Plan, or (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits.

2.12 Labor Matters .

(a) Except as set forth on Schedule 2.12 , neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or other labor union contract applicable to persons employed by the Company or its Subsidiaries nor does the Company have knowledge of any activities or proceedings of any labor union to organize any such employees. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (i) there are no pending grievance or similar proceedings involving the Company or its Subsidiaries and any of its employees subject to a collective bargaining agreement or other labor union contract and (ii) there are no continuing obligations of the Company or its Subsidiaries pursuant to the resolution of any such proceeding that is no longer pending.

 

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(b) To the knowledge of the Company, as of the date hereof, none of the officers of the Company or its Subsidiaries presently intends to terminate his or her employment with the Company. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance in all material respects and, to the Company’s knowledge, each of its employees and consultants is in compliance in all material respects, with the terms of the respective employment and consulting agreements between the Company (or one of its Subsidiaries) and such individuals.

(c) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries are in compliance with all Legal Requirements applicable to its employees, respecting employment, employment practices, terms and conditions of employment and wages and hours and is not liable for any arrears of wages or penalties with respect thereto, (ii) all amounts that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is legally or contractually required either (x) to deduct from its employees’ salaries or to transfer to such employees’ pension or provident, life insurance, incapacity insurance, continuing education fund or other similar funds or (y) to withhold from its employees’ salaries and benefits and to pay to any Governmental Entity as required by applicable Legal Requirements have, in each case, been duly deducted, transferred, withheld and paid, and the Company and its Subsidiaries do not have any outstanding obligation to make any such deduction, transfer, withholding or payment, and (iii) there are no pending, or to the Company’s knowledge, threatened or reasonably anticipated claims or actions against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any employee in connection with such employee’s employment or termination of employment by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

(d) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, no employee or former employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is owed any wages, benefits or other compensation for past services that has not yet been paid or reimbursed (other than wages, benefits and compensation accrued in the ordinary course of business during the current pay period and any accrued benefits for services, which by their terms or under applicable law, are payable in the future, such as accrued vacation, recreation leave and severance pay).

2.13 Restrictions on Business Activities . Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.13 hereto, there is no agreement, commitment, judgment, injunction, order or decree binding upon the Company or its Subsidiaries or their respective assets or to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party which has had or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of the Company or its Subsidiaries, any acquisition of property by the Company or its Subsidiaries or the conduct of business by the Company or its Subsidiaries as currently conducted other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

2.14 Title to Property .

(a) Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary owns any real property. Except as set forth in Schedule 2.14(a) , there are no options or other contracts under which the Company or any Subsidiary has a right or obligation to acquire any material interest in real property.

 

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(b) All leases of material real property held by the Company and its Subsidiaries, and all material personal property and other material property and assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries owned, used or held for use in connection with the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries (the “ Personal Property ”), are shown or reflected on the balance sheet included in the most recent Financial Statements, to the extent required by U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis in accordance with past practice, other than those entered into or acquired on or after the date of the most recent Financial Statements in the ordinary course of business. Schedule 2.14(b) hereto contains a list of all leases of material real property and Personal Property held by the Company or its Subsidiaries. The Company and its Subsidiaries have good and marketable title to the Personal Property owned by them, and all such Personal Property is in each case held free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens or Liens disclosed in the Audited Financial Statements or in Schedule 2.14(b) hereto, none of which Liens would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on such property or on the present use of such property in the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

(c) All material leases pursuant to which the Company and/or one of its Subsidiaries leases from others material real property or Personal Property are valid and effective in accordance with their respective terms, and there is not, under any of such leases, any existing material default or event of default of the Company or its Subsidiaries or, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party (or any event which with notice or lapse of time, or both, would constitute a material default), except where the lack of such validity and effectiveness or the existence of such default or event of default would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

(d) The Company or a Subsidiary is in possession of, or has valid and effective rights to, all properties, assets and rights (other than Intellectual Property, which is governed exclusively by Section  2.18 ) required, in all material respects, for the effective conduct of its business, as it is currently operated and expected to be operated in the future, in the ordinary course.

2.15 Taxes .

(a) Tax Returns and Audits . Except as set forth in Schedule 2.15 hereto:

(i) The Company and its Subsidiaries have timely filed all federal, state, local and foreign returns, estimates, information statements and reports relating to Taxes (“ Returns ”) required to be filed by them with any Tax authority prior to the date hereof, except such Returns that are not material to the Company and its Subsidiaries. All such Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects. The Company and its Subsidiaries have paid all material Taxes shown to be due and payable on such Returns.

(ii) All material Taxes that the Company and its Subsidiaries are required by law to withhold or collect have been duly withheld or collected, and have been timely paid over to the proper governmental authorities to the extent due and payable.

 

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(iii) The Company and its Subsidiaries have not been delinquent in the payment of any material Tax nor is there any material Tax deficiency outstanding, proposed or assessed against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries executed any unexpired waiver of any statute of limitations on or extending the period for the assessment or collection of any material Tax. The Company and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with all Legal Requirements with respect to payments made to third parties and the withholding of any payment of withheld Taxes and has timely withheld from employee wages and other payments and timely paid over in full to the proper taxing authorities all material amounts required to be so withheld and paid over for all periods.

(iv) To the knowledge of the Company, no audit or other examination of any Return of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any Tax authority is presently in progress, nor has the Company or any of its Subsidiaries been notified in writing of any request for such an audit or other examination.

(v) No material adjustment relating to any Returns filed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has been proposed in writing, formally or informally, by any Tax authority to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any representative thereof.

(vi) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability for any unpaid Taxes which has not been accrued for or reserved on the Company’s balance sheets included in the Audited Financial Statements or the Unaudited Financial Statements, other than any liability for unpaid Taxes that may have accrued since the end of the most recent fiscal year in connection with the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business or any liability for unpaid Taxes incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(vii) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken, intends to take, or has agreed to take any action or is aware of any fact or circumstance that would prevent or impede, or would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede, the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

2.16 Environmental Matters .

(a) Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.16 hereto, and except as would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a material liability of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole: (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries have complied in all material respects with applicable Environmental Laws (as defined below); (ii) none of the Company or its Subsidiaries or, the knowledge of the Company, any third party has caused any properties currently owned, leased or operated by the Company or its Subsidiaries to be contaminated with any Hazardous Substances (as defined below); (iii) the properties formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company or its Subsidiaries were not contaminated with Hazardous Substances during the period of ownership, leasing or operation by

 

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the Company or its Subsidiaries; (iv) as of the date hereof, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries has received notice that it is potentially liable for any Hazardous Substance disposal or contamination on any third party or public property (whether above, on or below ground or in the atmosphere or water); (v) as of the date hereof, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries has received any written notice, demand, letter, claim or request for information alleging that the Company or any Subsidiary may be in material violation of or have material liability under any Environmental Law; and (vi) none of the Company or its Subsidiaries is subject to any orders, decrees, injunctions or other arrangements with any Governmental Entity or subject to any contractual indemnity or other agreement with any third party relating to a material liability under any Environmental Law, including in relation to Hazardous Substances.

(b) Schedule 2.16(b) sets forth all “Phase I” or “Phase II” environmental site assessment (or equivalent) reports with respect to properties owned, leased or operated by the Company and/or its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof that are known to, and in the possession or reasonable control of, the Company. All such written reports have been made available to Parent.

2.17 Brokers; Third Party Expenses . Except as set forth in Schedule 2.17 hereto, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred, nor will it incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for brokerage, finders’ fees, agent’s commissions or any similar charges in connection with this Agreement or any transactions contemplated hereby.

2.18 Intellectual Property .

(a) Schedule 2.18 hereto contains a description of the material Company Registered Intellectual Property, as of the date of this Agreement.

(b) The Company owns or has enforceable rights to use all Intellectual Property required for the conduct of its business as presently conducted. Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.18 hereto, no Company Intellectual Property owned by the Company or Company Product is subject to any material proceeding or outstanding decree, order, judgment or stipulation restricting in any manner the use, transfer or licensing thereof by the Company, or which would reasonably be expected to negatively affect the validity or enforceability of such Company Intellectual Property, which in any such case would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

(c) Except as disclosed in Schedule 2.18 hereto, the Company owns and has good and exclusive title to each material item of Company Intellectual Property owned by it free and clear of any Liens (excluding non-exclusive licenses and related restrictions granted by it in the ordinary course of business), except as would not reasonably be expected to be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

(d) To the knowledge of the Company, within the year prior to the date of this Agreement, (i) the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as such business currently is conducted, including the Company’s use of any product, device or process, has not and does not infringe or misappropriate the Intellectual Property of any third party or constitute unfair competition or trade practices under the laws of any jurisdiction, (ii) the

 

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Company has not received any claims or threats from third parties alleging any such infringement, misappropriation or unfair competition or trade practices and (iii) no third party has materially infringed or misappropriated any Company Intellectual Property.

2.19 Agreements, Contracts and Commitments .

(a) Schedule 2.19 hereto sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Material Company Contracts (as hereinafter defined) in effect on the date of this Agreement, specifying the parties thereto. For purposes of this Agreement, (i) the term “ Company Contracts ” shall mean all legally binding contracts, agreements, leases, mortgages, indentures, notes, and bonds, whether written or oral, to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be bound (including without limitation notes for borrowed money payable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries) and (ii) the term “ Material Company Contracts ” shall mean (x) each Company Contract (A) providing for expected payments (present or future) to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate or (B) under or in respect of which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries presently is expected to make an expenditure in excess of $1,000,000 (other than any Company Contract of employment), and (y) the limitations of subclause (x) notwithstanding, each of the following Company Contracts:

(i) any mortgage, indenture, note, installment obligation or other instrument or agreement for or relating to any borrowing of money or guarantee thereof by the Company or any Subsidiary to any Insider, other than in connection with the advancement of expenses to employees in the ordinary course of business;

(ii) any mortgage, indenture, note, installment obligation or other instrument or agreement for or relating to any borrowing of money or guarantee thereof from an Insider by the Company or any Subsidiary, other than in connection with the payment of Company expenses (subject to reimbursement) in the ordinary course of business;

(iii) any guaranty, direct or indirect, by the Company or a Subsidiary of any obligation of a third party (other than the Company or any Subsidiary) for borrowings, or otherwise, in excess of $1,000,000, excluding endorsements made for collection in the ordinary course of business;

(iv) any Company Contract of employment (excluding customary form offer letters entered into in the ordinary course of business) with an employee of the Company or its Subsidiaries that provides for annual base cash compensation in excess of $200,000;

(v) any Company Contract made other than in the ordinary course of business (x) providing for the grant of any preferential rights of first offer or first refusal to purchase or lease any material asset of the Company or any Subsidiary or (y) providing for any exclusive right to sell or distribute, or otherwise relating to the sale or distribution of, any product or service of the Company or any Subsidiary;

 

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(vi) any obligation to register any shares of the capital stock or other securities of the Company with the SEC or any similar Governmental Entity;

(vii) any obligation to make payments, contingent or otherwise, arising out of the prior acquisition of the business, all or substantially all of the assets or stock of other Persons;

(viii) any collective bargaining agreement with any labor union;

(ix) any lease or similar arrangement for the use by the Company or any Subsidiary of real property or Personal Property where the annual lease payments are greater than $500,000 (other than any lease of vehicles, office equipment or operating equipment made in the ordinary course of business); and

(x) any Company Contract not terminable in connection with the Closing to which any Insider, or any entity owned or controlled by an Insider, is a party (other than (A) Company Contracts with portfolio companies and other Affiliates of an Insider that are on arms’ length terms and (B) employment agreements with employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries).

(b) Each Material Company Contract is in full force and effect and, to the Company’s knowledge, is valid and binding upon and enforceable against each of the parties thereto, except insofar as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by principles governing the availability of equitable remedies. To the Company’s knowledge, no other party to a Material Company Contract is the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding. True, correct and complete copies of all Material Company Contracts have been heretofore made available to Parent or Parent’s counsel.

(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 2.19, neither the Company nor any Subsidiary party thereto nor, to the Company’s knowledge, any other party thereto is in breach of or in default under, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a breach of or default under, any Material Company Contract, and, during the year prior to the date hereof and as of the date hereof, no party to any Material Company Contract has given any written notice of any claim of any such breach, default or event, in each case, which breach, default or event, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Each Material Company Contract that has not expired by its terms is in full force and effect.

2.20 Insurance . Schedule 2.20 sets forth the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ material Insurance Policies. The coverages provided by such Insurance Policies are believed by the Company to be reasonably adequate in amount and scope for the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ business and operations, including any insurance required to be maintained by Material Company Contracts.

 

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2.21 Governmental Actions/Filings .

(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 2.21(a) , the Company and its Subsidiaries have been granted and hold, and have made, all Governmental Actions/Filings (including, without limitation, Governmental Actions/Filings required for emission or discharge of effluents and pollutants into the air and the water) necessary to the conduct by the Company and its Subsidiaries of their businesses (as presently conducted) or used or held for use by the Company and its Subsidiaries, except for any of the foregoing that if not granted, held or made would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. The Company and its Subsidiaries are in substantial compliance in all material respects with all of their obligations with respect to such Governmental Actions/Filings. To the knowledge of the Company, no event has occurred and is continuing which requires or permits, or after notice or lapse of time or both would require or permit, and consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any ancillary documents will not require or permit (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), any modification or termination of any such Governmental Actions/Filings except such events which, either individually or in the aggregate, would not have a Material Adverse Effect on the Company.

(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 2.21(b) , to the knowledge of the Company, no Governmental Action/Filing is necessary to be obtained, secured or made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to enable any of them to continue to conduct its businesses and operations and use its properties after the Closing in a manner which is substantially consistent in all material respects with current practice.

2.22 Interested Party Transactions . Except as set forth in the Schedule 2.22 hereto, no Insider or a member of his or her immediate family is indebted to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, nor is the Company or any of its Subsidiaries indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of such Persons, other than (i) for payment of salary for services rendered, (ii) reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iii) for other employee benefits made generally available to all employees, and (iv) arms’ length relationships between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and an Affiliate of an Insider, on the other hand.

2.23 Board Approval . The board of directors of the Company (including any required committee or subgroup thereof) has, as of the date of this Agreement, duly approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the Charter Documents of the Company.

2.24 Proxy Statement . None of the information relating to the Company or its Subsidiaries supplied by the Company, or by any other Person acting on behalf of the Company at its direction, in writing specifically for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus will, as of the date the Proxy Statement/Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) is first mailed to the Parent Stockholders, at the time of the Special Meeting or at the Effective Time, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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2.25 No Additional Representations and Warranties . Except as provided in this Article  II , neither the Company, any Subsidiary, any of their respective Affiliates, nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, stockholders, partners, members or representatives has made, or is making, any representation or warranty whatsoever to Parent or Merger Sub or their Affiliates, and no such party shall be liable in respect of the accuracy or completeness of any information provided to Parent or Merger Sub or their Affiliates. Each of Parent and Merger Sub acknowledges and agrees (on its own behalf and on behalf of its respective Affiliates and its and their respective Representatives) that: (i) it has conducted its own independent investigation of the financial condition, results of operations, assets, liabilities, properties and projected operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (ii) it has been afforded satisfactory access to the books and records, facilities and personnel of the Company and its Subsidiaries for purposes of conducting such investigation; and (iii) except for the representations and warranties set forth in this Article  II and those set forth in each Letter of Transmittal (with regard to the Stockholder delivering it), it is not relying on any representations and warranties from any Person in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PARENT AND MERGER SUB

Subject to the exceptions set forth in Schedule 3 attached hereto (the “ Parent Schedule ”), each of Parent and Merger Sub represents and warrants to, and covenants with, the Company, as follows:

3.1 Organization and Qualification .

(a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted. Each of Parent and Merger Sub is in possession of all Approvals necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except where the failure to have such Approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or Merger Sub. Complete and correct copies of the Charter Documents of each of Parent and Merger Sub, as amended and currently in effect, have been heretofore delivered to the Company.

(b) Each of Parent and Merger Sub is duly qualified or licensed to do business as a foreign corporation and is in good standing in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its activities makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such failures to be so duly qualified or licensed and in good standing that would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or Merger Sub. Each jurisdiction in which Parent or Merger Sub is so qualified or licensed is listed in Schedule 3.1(b) .

 

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3.2 Subsidiaries . Parent has no, and has never had any, direct or indirect subsidiaries or participations in joint ventures or other entities other than Merger Sub, and Merger Sub has no, and has never had any, direct or indirect subsidiaries or participations in joint ventures or other entities. Parent owns all of the outstanding equity securities of Merger Sub, free and clear of all Liens. Except for Parent’s ownership of Merger Sub, neither Parent nor Merger Sub owns, directly or indirectly, any equity or voting interest in any Person or has any agreement or commitment to purchase any such interest, and has not agreed and is not obligated to make nor is bound by any written or oral agreement, contract, subcontract, lease, binding understanding, instrument, note, option, warranty, purchase order, license, sublicense, insurance policy, benefit plan, commitment or undertaking of any nature, as of the date hereof or as may hereafter be in effect under which it may become obligated to make, any future investment in or capital contribution to any other Person. Merger Sub does not have any assets or properties of any kind, does not now conduct and has never conducted any business, and has and will have at the Closing no obligations or liabilities of any nature whatsoever, except for such obligations as are imposed under this Agreement.

3.3 Capitalization .

(a) As of the date of this Agreement, the authorized capital stock of Parent consists of 75,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock, 10,000,000 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“ Founder Common Stock ”), and 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“ Parent Preferred Stock ” and together with the Parent Common Stock and Founder Common Stock, the “ Parent Stock ”), of which 23,000,000 shares of Parent Common Stock, 5,750,000 shares of Founder Common Stock and no shares of Parent Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, all of which are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.3(b) , (i) no shares of Parent Stock are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding options to purchase Parent Stock granted to employees of Parent or other parties (“ Parent Stock Options ”) and there are no outstanding Parent Stock Options; (ii) no shares of Parent Stock are reserved for issuance upon the exercise of outstanding warrants to purchase Parent Stock (“ Parent Warrants ”) and there are no outstanding Parent Warrants; and (iii) no shares of Parent Stock are reserved for issuance upon the conversion of the Parent Preferred Stock or any outstanding convertible notes, debentures or securities (“ Parent Convertible Securities ”) and there are no outstanding Parent Convertible Securities. All shares of Parent Stock subject to issuance as aforesaid, upon issuance on the terms and conditions specified in the instrument pursuant to which they are issuable, will be duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable. All outstanding shares of Parent Stock and all outstanding Parent Warrants have been issued and granted in compliance with (x) all applicable securities laws and (in all material respects) other applicable laws and regulations, and (y) all requirements set forth in any applicable Parent Contracts.

(c) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.3(c) hereto, there are no subscriptions, options, warrants, equity securities, partnership interests or similar ownership interests, calls, rights (including preemptive rights), commitments or agreements of any character to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by which it is bound obligating Parent or Merger Sub to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, or repurchase, redeem or otherwise

 

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acquire, or cause the repurchase, redemption or acquisition of, any shares of capital stock, partnership interests or similar ownership interests of Parent or Merger Sub or obligating Parent or Merger Sub to grant, extend, accelerate the vesting of or enter into any such subscription, option, warrant, equity security, call, right, commitment or agreement. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub has any outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other obligations the holders of which have or upon the happening of certain events would have the right to vote (or which are convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for securities having the right to vote) with the stockholders of Parent or Merger Sub on any matter.

(d) Except as set forth in Schedule 3.3(d) or as contemplated by this Agreement, there are no registration rights, and there is no voting trust, proxy, rights plan, anti-takeover plan or other agreements or understandings to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by which Parent or Merger Sub is bound with respect to any equity security of any class of the Parent Stock or any equity securities of Merger Sub.

(e) Except as provided for in this Agreement or as set forth in Schedule  3.3(e) , as a result of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, no shares of capital stock, warrants, options or other securities of Parent or Merger Sub are issuable and no rights in connection with any shares, warrants, options or other securities of the Parent or Merger Sub accelerate or otherwise become triggered (whether as to vesting, exercisability, convertibility or otherwise).

(f) No outstanding shares of Parent Stock or equity securities of Merger Sub are unvested or subjected to a repurchase option, risk of forfeiture or other condition under any applicable agreement with Parent or Merger Sub.

(g) The shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued by Parent in connection with the Merger, upon issuance in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, will be duly authorized and validly issued and such shares of Parent Common Stock will be fully paid and nonassessable, free and clear of all Liens.

(h) The authorized and outstanding share capital of Merger Sub is 100 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share. Parent owns all of the outstanding equity securities of Merger Sub, free and clear of all Liens.

3.4 Authority Relative to this Agreement . Each of Parent and Merger Sub has all necessary corporate power and authority to: (i) execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and each ancillary document that Parent and Merger Sub has executed or delivered or is to execute or deliver pursuant to this Agreement, and (ii) carry out Parent’s and Merger Sub’s obligations hereunder and thereunder and, to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby (including the Merger). The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub and the consummation by Parent and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby (including the Merger) have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of Parent and Merger Sub (including the approval by their respective boards of directors), and no other corporate proceedings on the part of Parent or Merger Sub are necessary to authorize this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, other than the Parent Stockholder Approval. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and

 

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delivered by Parent and Merger Sub and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other parties hereto, constitutes the legal and binding obligation of Parent and Merger Sub, enforceable against Parent and Merger Sub in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity.

3.5 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents .

(a) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by each of Parent and Merger Sub do not, and the performance of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub shall not: (i) conflict with or violate Parent’s or Merger Sub’s Charter Documents, (ii) conflict with or violate any Legal Requirements, or (iii) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or materially impair Parent’s or Merger Sub’s rights or alter the rights or obligations of any third party under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any of the properties or assets of Parent or Merger Sub (other than Permitted Liens) pursuant to, any Parent Contracts, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii), for any such conflicts, violations, breaches, defaults, impairments, alterations or other occurrences that would not, individually and in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or Merger Sub.

(b) The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Parent and Merger Sub do not, and the performance of their respective obligations hereunder will not, require any consent, approval, authorization or permit of, or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Entity, except (i) for applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, state securities laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and appropriate documents with the relevant authorities of other jurisdictions in which Parent is qualified to do business, (ii) for the filing of any notifications required under the HSR Act and the expiration of the required waiting period thereunder, (iii) the qualification of Parent as a foreign corporation in those jurisdictions in which the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries makes such qualification necessary, and (iv) where the failure to obtain such consents, approvals, authorizations or permits, or to make such filings or notifications, would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to (x) have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or Merger Sub, or (y) prevent the consummation of the Merger or otherwise prevent Parent or Merger Sub from performing their material obligations under this Agreement on a timely basis.

3.6 Compliance . During the past year and as of the date of this Agreement, each of Parent and Merger Sub has complied with all, and is not in violation of any, Legal Requirements with respect to the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its business, except for failures to comply or violations which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or Merger Sub. During the past year and as of the date of this Agreement, the businesses and activities of Parent and Merger Sub have not been and are not being conducted in violation of any Legal Requirements, except for violations which, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or Merger Sub. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub is in default or violation in any material respect of any term, condition or provision of any applicable Charter Documents. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.6 ,

 

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within the past year, no written notice of non-compliance with any Legal Requirements has been received by Parent or Merger Sub (and Parent has no knowledge of any such notice delivered to any other Person).

3.7 Parent SEC Reports and Financial Statements .

(a) The Parent has timely filed all required registration statements, reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents filed by Parent with the SEC since its formation (collectively, as they have been amended since the time of their filing and including all exhibits thereto, the “ Parent SEC Reports ”). None of the Parent SEC Reports, as of their respective dates (or, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement or the Closing Date, then on the date of such filing), contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The audited financial statements of Parent (“ Parent Audited Financial Statements ”) and unaudited interim financial statements of Parent (“ Parent Unaudited Financial Statements ” and, together with the Parent Audited Financial Statements, the “ Parent Financial Statements ”) (including, in each case, the notes and schedules thereto) included in the Parent SEC Reports complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto, were prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP applied on a consistent basis in accordance with past practice during the periods involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto and except with respect to unaudited statements as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC) and fairly present (subject, in the case of the unaudited interim financial statements included therein, to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of complete footnotes) in all material respects the financial position of Parent and Merger Sub as of the respective dates thereof and the results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods then ended.

(b) Parent has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act). Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to Parent is made known to Parent’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer, particularly during the periods in which the periodic reports required under the Exchange Act are being prepared. To Parent’s knowledge, such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting Parent’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer to material information required to be included in Parent’s periodic reports required under the Exchange Act.

(c) Parent has established and maintained a system of internal controls. To Parent’s knowledge, such internal controls are effective and sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of Parent’s financial reporting and the preparation of the Parent’s financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP.

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

 

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(e) Except as otherwise noted in the Parent Financial Statements, the accounts and notes receivable of Parent and Merger Sub reflected in the Parent Financial Statements: (i) arose from bona fide sales transactions in the ordinary course of business and are payable on ordinary trade terms, (ii) are legal, valid and binding obligations of the respective debtors enforceable in accordance with their terms, except as such may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally, and by general equitable principles, (iii) are not subject to any valid set-off or counterclaim to which Parent has been notified in writing as of the date hereof except to the extent set forth in such balance sheet contained therein, and (iv) are not the subject of any actions or proceedings brought by or on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub as of the date hereof.

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

3.8 No Undisclosed Liabilities . Except as set forth in Schedule 3.8 hereto, neither Parent nor Merger Sub has any liabilities (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of a nature required to be disclosed on a balance sheet or in the related notes to Parent Financial Statements that are, individually or in the aggregate, material to the business, results of operations or financial condition of Parent or Merger Sub, except: (i) liabilities provided for in or otherwise disclosed in the balance sheet included in the most recent Parent Financial Statements or in the notes to the most recent Parent Financial Statements, and (ii) such liabilities arising in the ordinary course of Parent’s or Merger Sub’s business since the date of the most recent Parent Financial Statement, none of which, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent and Merger Sub, taken as a whole.

3.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events . Except as contemplated by this Agreement, since the date of the most recent Parent Financial Statement to the date of this Agreement, there has not been: (i) any Material Adverse Effect on Parent or Merger Sub, (ii) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or other distribution (whether in cash, stock or property) in respect of, any of Parent’s capital stock, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition by Parent of any of Parent’s capital stock or any other securities of Parent or any options, warrants, calls or rights to acquire any such shares or other securities, (iii) any split, combination or reclassification of any of Parent’s capital stock, (iv) any granting by Parent of any increase in compensation or fringe benefits, or any payment by Parent of any bonus, or any granting by Parent of any increase in severance or termination pay or any entry by Parent into any currently effective employment, severance, termination or indemnification agreement or any agreement the benefits of which are contingent or the terms of which are materially altered upon the occurrence of a transaction involving Parent of the nature contemplated hereby, (v) entry by Parent into any licensing or other agreement with regard to the acquisition or disposition of any material Intellectual Property other than licenses and services agreements in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or any amendment or consent with respect to any licensing or services agreement, (vi) any material change by Parent or Merger Sub in its accounting methods, principles or practices, except as required by concurrent changes in U.S. GAAP, (vii) any change in the auditors of Parent, or (viii) any material revaluation by Parent or Merger Sub of any of its assets, including, without limitation, writing down the value of capitalized inventory or writing off notes or accounts receivable or any sale of assets of Parent or Merger Sub.

 

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3.10 Litigation . There are no, and have never been any, claims, suits, actions or proceedings pending or to Parent’s knowledge, threatened against either Parent or Merger Sub, before any court, governmental department, commission, agency, instrumentality or authority, or any arbitrator.

3.11 Employee Benefit Plans . Neither Parent nor Merger Sub maintains, and has no liability under, any Plan, and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (i) result in any payment (including severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, bonus, or otherwise) becoming due to any stockholder, director, or employee of Parent or Merger Sub, or (ii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits.

3.12 Labor Matters . Neither Parent nor Merger Sub is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or other labor union contract applicable to persons employed by Parent or Merger Sub and neither Parent nor Merger Sub knows of any activities or proceedings of any labor union to organize any such employees.

3.13 Business Activities . Since its organization, neither Parent nor Merger Sub has conducted any business activities other than activities directed toward the accomplishment of a business combination. Merger Sub was created for the purpose of facilitating the Merger and has not conducted any prior business activities, other than any such activities incidental to consummating the Merger. Except as set forth in the Parent Charter Documents, there is no agreement, commitment, exclusive license, judgment, injunction, order, or decree binding upon Parent or Merger Sub or to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party which has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing any business practice of Parent or Merger Sub, any acquisition of property by Parent or Merger Sub, or the conduct of business by Parent or Merger Sub.

3.14 Title to Property . Neither Parent nor Merger Sub owns or leases any real property or personal property. Except as set forth in Schedule 3.14 , there are no options or other contracts under which Parent or Merger Sub has a right or obligation to acquire or lease any interest in real property or personal property.

3.15 Intellectual Property . Neither Parent nor Merger Sub owns, licenses, or otherwise has any right, title or interest in any material Intellectual Property.

3.16 Taxes . Except as set forth in Schedule 3.16 hereto:

(a) Each of Parent and Merger Sub has timely filed all Returns required to be filed by Parent and Merger Sub with any Tax authority prior to the date hereof, except such Returns which are not material to Parent. All such Returns are true, correct, and complete in all material respects. Each of Parent and Merger Sub has paid all material Taxes shown to be due and payable on such Returns.

 

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(b) All material Taxes that Parent and Merger Sub are required by law to withhold or collect have been duly withheld or collected, and have been timely paid over to the proper Governmental Entity to the extent due and payable.

(c) Neither Parent nor Merger Sub has been delinquent in the payment of any material Tax, nor is there any material Tax deficiency outstanding, proposed or assessed against Parent, nor has Parent or Merger Sub executed any unexpired waiver of any statute of limitations on or extending the period for the assessment or collection of any Tax. Parent and Merger Sub have complied in all material respects with all Legal Requirements with respect to payments made to third parties and the withholding of any payment of withheld Taxes and has timely withheld from employee wages or other payments and timely paid over in full to the proper taxing authorities all material amounts required to be so withheld and paid over for all periods.

(d) No audit or other examination of any Return of Parent or Merger Sub by any Tax authority is presently in progress, nor has Parent or Merger Sub been notified in writing of any request for such an audit or other examination.

(e) No material adjustment relating to any Returns filed by Parent or Merger Sub has been proposed in writing, formally or informally, by any Tax authority to Parent or Merger Sub or any representative thereof.

(f) Neither Parent nor Merger Sub has any material liability for any unpaid Taxes which have not been accrued for or reserved on Parent’s balance sheets included in the Parent Audited Financial Statements for the most recent fiscal year ended, whether asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise, other than any material liability for unpaid Taxes that may have accrued since the end of the most recent fiscal year in connection with the operation of the business of Parent in the ordinary course of business, none of which is material to the business, results of operations or financial condition of Parent.

(g) Neither Parent nor Merger Sub has taken, intends to take, or has agreed to take any action or is aware of any fact or circumstance that would prevent or impede, or would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede, the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.

3.17 Environmental Matters .

(a) Except for such matters that, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in a material liability of Parent and Merger Sub, taken as a whole: (i) Parent and Merger Sub have complied in all material respects with applicable Environmental Laws; (ii) none of Parent or Merger Sub or, the knowledge of Parent, any third party, has caused any properties currently owned, leased or operated by Parent and Merger Sub to be contaminated with any Hazardous Substances; (iii) the properties formerly owned, leased or operated by Parent and Merger Sub were not contaminated with Hazardous Substances during the period of ownership, leasing or operation by Parent or Merger Sub; (iv) as of the date hereof, neither Parent nor Merger Sub has received notice that it is potentially liable for any Hazardous Substance disposal or contamination on any third party or public property (whether above, on, or below ground or in the atmosphere or water); (v) as of the date hereof, neither Parent nor Merger

 

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Sub has received any written notice, demand, letter, claim, or request for information alleging that Parent or Merger Sub may be in material violation of or have material liability under any Environmental Law; and (vii) neither Parent nor Merger Sub is subject to any orders, decrees, injunctions, or other arrangements with any Governmental Entity or subject to any contractual indemnity or other agreement with any third party relating to a material liability under any Environmental Law, including in relation to Hazardous Substances.

3.18 Brokers . Except as set forth in Schedule 3.18 , neither Parent nor Merger Sub has incurred, and neither will incur, and neither has entered into any contract, agreement, understanding, arrangement or commitment pursuant to which the Surviving Corporation or any of its direct or indirect subsidiaries could incur, directly or indirectly, any liability for brokerage or finders’ fees or agent’s commissions or any similar charges in connection with this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby.

3.19 Agreements, Contracts and Commitments .

(a) Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement or as set forth on Schedule 3.19(a) , other than confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements, there are no contracts, agreements, leases, mortgages, indentures, notes, bonds, Liens, license, permit, franchise, purchase orders, sales orders or other understandings, commitments or obligations (including without limitation outstanding offers or proposals) of any kind, whether written or oral, to which Parent or Merger Sub is a party or by or to which any of the properties or assets of Parent or Merger Sub may be bound, subject or affected, which may not be cancelled without penalty or liability by Parent or Merger Sub on less than 30 days’ or less prior notice (“ Parent Contracts ”). All Parent Contracts are listed in Schedule 3.19 other than those that are exhibits to the Parent SEC Reports.

(b) Except as set forth in the Parent SEC Reports filed prior to the date of this Agreement, each Parent Contract was entered into at arms’ length and in the ordinary course, is in full force and effect, and is valid and binding upon and enforceable against each of the parties thereto, except insofar as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, or similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by principles governing the availability of equitable remedies. True, correct, and complete copies of all Parent Contracts (or written summaries in the case of oral Parent Contracts) have been heretofore been made available to the Company or Company counsel.

(c) Neither Parent or Merger Sub nor, to the knowledge of Parent, any other party thereto is in breach of or in default under, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a breach of or default under, any Parent Contract, and no party to any Parent Contract has given any written notice of any claim of any such breach, default or event, which, individually or in the aggregate, are reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or Merger Sub. Each Parent Contract that has not expired by its terms is in full force and effect, except where such failure to be in full force and effect is not reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect on Parent or Merger Sub.

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3.21 Interested Party Transactions . (a) No employee, officer, director, or stockholder of Parent or Merger Sub or a member of his or her immediate family is indebted to Parent or Merger Sub nor is Parent or Merger Sub indebted (or committed to make loans or extend or guarantee credit) to any of them, other than reimbursement for reasonable expenses incurred on behalf of Parent or Merger Sub; and (b) to Parent’s knowledge, no employee, officer, director, or stockholder or any member of his or her immediate family is, directly or indirectly, interested in any material contract with Parent or Merger Sub (other than such contracts as relate to the acquisition of such stockholder’s ownership of capital stock or other securities of Parent).

3.22 Parent Listing . The Parent Common Stock and Parent Warrants are listed for trading on the New York Stock Exchange (the “ NYSE ”). There is no, and there has never been any, action or proceeding pending or, to the Company’s knowledge, threatened against Parent by the NYSE with respect to any intention by such entity to prohibit or terminate the listing of Parent Common Stock on the NYSE.

3.23 Board Approval . The board of directors of each of Parent and Merger Sub has, as of the date of this Agreement, unanimously (i) declared the advisability of the Merger and approved this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby in accordance with the Charter Documents of Parent and Merger Sub, (ii) determined that the Merger is in the best interests of the stockholders of Parent and Merger Sub, and (iii) determined that the fair market value of the Company is equal to at least 80% of the balance in the Trust Fund.

3.24 Trust Fund . As of the date hereof and at the Closing Date, Parent has and will have no less than $230,000,000 invested in United States Government securities or money market funds meeting the conditions under Rule 2a-7(d) promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, in a trust account administered by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“ Continental ”, and such trust account, the “ Trust Fund ”), less such amounts, if any, as Parent is required to pay to (i) Redeeming Stockholders and (ii) pursuant to Section  1.13(b) . Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Fund may be released except in accordance with that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated as of January 31, 2019 (the “ Trust Agreement ”), by and between Parent and Continental, Parent’s Charter Documents and the Final Prospectus. Parent has performed all material obligations required to be performed by it to date under, and is not in material default, breach or delinquent in performance or any other respect (claimed or actual) in connection with, the Trust Agreement, and no event has occurred which, with due notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default or breach thereunder. There are no claims or proceedings pending with respect to the Trust Fund. Since January 31, 2019 through the date hereof, Parent has not released any money from the Trust Fund (other than interest income earned on the principal held in the Trust Fund as permitted by the Trust Agreement). As of the Effective Time, upon approval of the Stockholder Matters, the obligations of Parent to dissolve or liquidate pursuant to Parent’s Charter Documents shall terminate, and as of the Effective Time, Parent shall have no obligation whatsoever pursuant to Parent’s Charter Documents to dissolve and liquidate the assets of Parent by reason of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. To Parent’s knowledge, following the Effective Time, no Parent Stockholder shall be entitled to receive any amount from the Trust Fund except to the extent such Parent Stockholder is a Redeeming Stockholder. Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and the compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder, neither Parent nor Merger

 

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Sub has any reason to believe that any of the conditions to the use of funds in the Trust Fund will not be satisfied or that funds available in the Trust Fund will not be available to Parent and Merger Sub on the Closing Date. Neither Parent nor Merger Sub has, or has any present intention, agreement, arrangement or understanding to enter into or incur, any obligations with respect to or under any indebtedness.

3.25 Fairness Opinion . Parent has received an opinion from Northland Securities, Inc. addressed to the Parent Board in connection with the Merger that the consideration to be paid by Parent for the Company is fair, from a financial point of view, to Parent.

3.26 No Additional Representations and Warranties . Except as provided in this Article  III , neither Parent nor Merger Sub, any of their respective Affiliates, nor any of their respective directors, officers, employees, shareholders, partners, members or representatives has made, or is making, any representation or warranty whatsoever to the Company, any Subsidiary, or their Affiliates, and no such party shall be liable in respect of the accuracy or completeness of any information provided to the Company, any Subsidiary or their Affiliates. The Company acknowledges and agrees (on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates and its Representatives) that: (i) it has conducted its own independent investigation of the financial condition, results of operations, assets, liabilities, properties and projected operations of Parent and Merger Sub; (ii) it has been afforded satisfactory access to the books and records, facilities and personnel of Parent and Merger Sub for purposes of conducting such investigation; and (iii) except for the representations and warranties set forth in this Article  III , it is not relying on any representations and warranties from any Person in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

ARTICLE IV

CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE EFFECTIVE TIME

4.1 Conduct of Business by the Company, Parent and Merger Sub . During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms and the Closing, each of the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries, Parent and Merger Sub shall, except to the extent that Parent (in the case of a request by the Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries) or the Company (in the case of a request by Parent or Merger Sub) shall otherwise consent in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) or as set forth in Schedule 4.1 hereto or as contemplated by this Agreement, carry on its business in the usual, regular and ordinary course consistent with past practices, in substantially the same manner as heretofore conducted and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations (except as expressly contemplated by Schedule 4.1 hereto) and use its commercially reasonable efforts consistent with past practices and policies to (i) preserve substantially intact its present business organization, (ii) keep available the services of its present key officers and employees and (iii) preserve its relationships with key customers, suppliers, distributors, licensors, licensees, and others with which it has significant business dealings. In addition, except as required or permitted by the terms of this Agreement or as set forth in Schedule 4.1 hereto, without the prior written consent of Parent (in the case of a request by the Company or the Company’s Subsidiaries) or the Company (in the case of a request by Parent or Merger Sub) (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld,

 

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conditioned or delayed), during the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Closing, each of the Company (on its behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries), Parent and Merger Sub shall not do any of the following:

(a) Waive any stock repurchase rights, accelerate, amend or (except as specifically provided for herein) change the period of exercisability of options or restricted stock, or reprice options granted under any employee, consultant, director or other stock plans or authorize cash payments in exchange for any options granted under any of such plans;

(b) Grant any material severance or termination pay to (i) any officer or (ii) any employee, except pursuant to applicable law, written agreements outstanding, or Plans or policies existing on the date hereof and as previously or concurrently disclosed or made available to the other Party, or in the case of the Company and its Subsidiaries except in connection with the promotion, hiring or firing of any employee in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

(c) Transfer or license to any person or otherwise extend, amend or modify any material rights to any Intellectual Property or enter into grants to transfer or license to any person future patent rights, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;

(d) Declare, set aside or pay any dividends on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock, equity securities or property) in respect of any capital stock (other than any such dividend or distribution by a Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or another such Subsidiary), or split, combine or reclassify any capital stock or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for any capital stock;

(e) Purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any shares of capital stock or other equity securities or ownership interests of the Company or Parent;

(f) Issue, deliver, sell, authorize, pledge or otherwise encumber, or agree to any of the foregoing with respect to, any shares of capital stock or other equity securities or ownership interests (other than in connection with the exercise of any Company Stock Options) or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or other equity securities or ownership interests, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire any shares of capital stock or other equity securities or ownership interests or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or other equity securities or other ownership interests, or enter into other agreements or commitments of any character obligating it to issue any such shares, equity securities or other ownership interests or convertible or exchangeable securities;

(g) Amend its Charter Documents in any material respect;

(h) Acquire or agree to acquire by merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing any equity interest in or a material portion of the assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire outside the ordinary course of business

 

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any assets which are material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business of Parent or the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as applicable, or enter into any joint ventures, strategic partnerships or alliances or other arrangements that provide for exclusivity of territory or otherwise restrict such party’s ability to compete or to offer or sell any products or services to other Persons. For purposes of this paragraph, “material” includes the requirement that, as a result of such transaction, financial statements of the acquired, merged or consolidated entity be included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus;

(i) Sell, lease, license, encumber or otherwise dispose of any properties or assets, except (A) sales in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and (B) the sale, lease or disposition of property or assets that are not material, individually or in the aggregate, to the business of such party (measured with all of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole);

(j) Except incurrences of indebtedness under the Company’s existing credit facilities (and, in the case of the Company and its Subsidiaries, extensions of credit in the ordinary course with employees and among the Company and its Subsidiaries), incur any indebtedness for borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness of another Person or Persons (other than Affiliates), issue or sell any debt securities or options, warrants, calls or other rights to acquire any debt securities of Parent or the Company and its Subsidiaries, as applicable, enter into any “keep well” or other agreement to maintain any financial statement condition or enter into any arrangement having the economic effect of any of the foregoing;

(k) Except as otherwise required by applicable law or pursuant to an existing Plan, policy or Company Contract of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (i) adopt or materially amend any Plan (including any Plan that provides for severance), or enter into any employment contract or collective bargaining agreement (other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice), (ii) pay any special bonus or special remuneration to any director or employee, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, or (iii) materially increase the salaries or wage rates or fringe benefits (including rights to severance or indemnification) of its directors, officers, employees or consultants, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;

(l) (i) Pay, discharge, settle or satisfy any material claims, liabilities or obligations (absolute, accrued, asserted or unasserted, contingent or otherwise), or litigation (whether or not commenced prior to the date of this Agreement) other than the payment, discharge, settlement or satisfaction of any claims, liabilities or obligations in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices or in accordance with their terms, or recognized or disclosed in the Company Financial Statements or in the most recent Parent SEC Reports, as applicable, or incurred since the date of such financial statements, or (ii) waive the benefits of, agree to modify in any material manner, terminate, release any person from or knowingly fail to enforce any material confidentiality or similar agreement to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or of which the Company any of its Subsidiaries is a beneficiary (other than with customers and other counterparties in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) or to which Parent is a party or of which Parent is a beneficiary, as applicable;

(m) Except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, modify in any material respect or terminate (other than in accordance with its terms) any Material Company Contract or Parent Contract, as applicable, or waive, delay the exercise of, release or assign any material rights or claims thereunder;

 

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(n) Except as required by law or U.S. GAAP, revalue any of its assets in any material manner or make any material change in accounting methods, principles or practices;

(o) Except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, incur or enter into any agreement, contract or commitment requiring such party to pay in excess of $1,000,000 in any 12 month period;

(p) Settle any material litigation where the consideration given by the Party is other than monetary or to which an officer, director or employee of such Person is a party in his or her capacity as such;

(q) Make or rescind any Tax elections that, individually or in the aggregate, would be reasonably likely to adversely affect in any material respect the Tax liability or Tax attributes of such party, settle or compromise any material income tax liability outside the ordinary course of business or, except as required by applicable law, change any material method of accounting for Tax purposes or prepare or file any Return in a manner materially inconsistent with past practice;

(r) Form or establish any subsidiary except in the ordinary course of business consistent with prior practice or as contemplated by this Agreement;

(s) Permit any Person to exercise any of its discretionary rights under any Plan to provide for the automatic acceleration of any outstanding options, the termination of any outstanding repurchase rights or the termination of any cancellation rights issued pursuant to such Plans;

(t) Make capital expenditures in excess of previously budgeted amounts;

(u) Enter into any material transaction with or distribute or advance any assets or property to any of its officers, directors, partners, stockholders, managers, members or other Affiliates other than (i) the payment of salary and benefits and the advancement of expenses in the ordinary course of business consistent with prior practice, (ii) such distributions or advancements by a Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or another such Subsidiary or (iii) contracts entered into on an arms’-length basis and in the ordinary course of business between the Company or any Subsidiary, on the one hand, and the direct or indirect portfolio companies of investment funds advised or managed by Carlyle Investment Management L.L.C., on the other hand; or

(v) Agree in writing or otherwise agree or commit to take any of the actions described in Section  4.1(a) through (u)  above.

4.2 Confidentiality; Access to Information .

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and between KLDiscovery Ontrack, LLC and Parent, with respect to all nonpublic information exchanged in connection with this Agreement and the negotiations related thereto. The terms of the Confidentiality Agreement are hereby incorporated herein by reference and shall continue in full force and effect until the Closing, at which time the Confidentiality Agreement shall terminate. If this Agreement is, for any reason, terminated prior to the Closing, the Confidentiality Agreement shall continue in full force and effect, subject to Section  7.2(b) hereof.

(b) Access to Information .

(i) Subject to confidentiality obligations and similar restrictions that may be applicable to information furnished to the Company or its Subsidiaries by third parties that may be in the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ possession from time to time, and except for any information which in the opinion of legal counsel of the Company would result in the loss of attorney-client privilege or other privilege from disclosure, the Company will afford Parent and its financial advisors, accountants, counsel and other representatives reasonable access during normal business hours, upon reasonable notice, in such manner as to not interfere with the normal operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to the properties, books, records and management personnel of the Company during the period prior to the Closing to obtain all information concerning the business, including the status of business development efforts, properties, results of operations and personnel of the Company, as Parent may reasonably request; provided, that such access shall not include any invasive or intrusive investigations or other testing, sampling or analysis of any properties, facilities or equipment of the Company or its Subsidiaries without the prior written consent of the Company. The parties hereto shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make alternative arrangements for such disclosure where the restrictions in the preceding sentence apply. No information or knowledge obtained by Parent in any investigation pursuant to this Section  4.2(b )( i ) will affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty contained herein or the conditions to the obligations of the parties to consummate the Merger.

(ii) Subject to confidentiality obligations and similar restrictions that may be applicable to information furnished to the Company or its Subsidiaries by third parties that may be in the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ possession from time to time, and except for any information which in the opinion of legal counsel of the Company would result in the loss of attorney-client privilege or other privilege from disclosure, Parent will afford the Company and its financial advisors, underwriters, accountants, counsel and other representatives reasonable access during normal business hours, upon reasonable notice, in such manner as to not interfere with the normal operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries, to the properties, books, records and personnel of Parent and Merger Sub during the period prior to the Closing to obtain all information concerning the business, including properties, results of operations and personnel of Parent and Merger Sub, as the Company may reasonably request. The parties hereto shall use commercially reasonable efforts to make alternative arrangements for such disclosure where the restrictions in the preceding sentence apply. No information or knowledge obtained by the Company in any investigation pursuant to this Section  4.2(b )( ii) will affect or be deemed to modify any representation or warranty contained herein or the conditions to the obligations of the parties to consummate the Merger.

 

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4.3 No Solicitation . During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Closing, (a) the Company will not, and will cause its respective Affiliates, employees, agents, officers, directors and representatives not to, directly or indirectly, solicit or enter into discussions or transactions with, or encourage, or provide any information to, any corporation, partnership or other entity or group (other than Parent and its designees) concerning any merger, sale of ownership interests in the Company (other than any purchases of equity securities by the Company from employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries) and/or a material portion of the assets of the Company (other than immaterial assets or assets sold in the ordinary course of business), or a recapitalization or similar transaction involving the Company and (b) each of Parent and Merger Sub will not, and will cause its respective Affiliates, employees, agents, officers, directors and representatives not to, directly or indirectly, solicit or enter into discussions or transactions with, or encourage, or provide any information to, any corporation, partnership or other entity or group (other than the Company and its designees) concerning any merger, purchase of ownership interests and/or assets, recapitalization or similar business combination transaction. In addition, (i) the Company will, and will cause its respective Affiliates, employees, agents, officers, directors and representatives to, immediately cease any and all existing discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore with respect to any alternative merger, sale of ownership interests in and/or a material portion of the assets of the Company (other than immaterial assets or assets sold in the ordinary course of business) or recapitalization or similar transaction involving the Company and (ii) each of Parent and Merger Sub will, and will cause its respective Affiliates, employees, agents, officers, directors and representatives to, immediately cease any and all existing discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore with respect to any alternative merger, purchase of ownership interests and/or assets, recapitalization or similar business combination transaction. The Company will promptly notify Parent if it receives, or if any of its or its Affiliates’ employees, agents, officers, directors or representatives receives, any proposal, offer or submission with respect to a competing transaction after the date of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may respond to any such proposal, offer or submission by indicating only that the Company is subject to an exclusivity agreement and is unable to provide any information related to the Company and its Subsidiaries or entertain any proposals or offers or engage in any negotiations or discussions concerning a competing transaction for as long as that exclusivity agreement remains in effect. The parties agree that the rights and remedies for noncompliance with this Section  4.3 include specific performance, it being acknowledged and agreed that any breach or threatened breach will cause irreparable injury to the non-breaching party and that money damages would not provide an adequate remedy for such injury.

4.4 Certain Financial Information . Within twenty-five (25) Business Days after the end of each month between the date hereof and the earlier of the Closing Date and the date on which this Agreement is terminated, the Company shall deliver to Parent unaudited consolidated financial statements for such month, in the format provided to the lenders under the credit agreement facility of the Company.

 

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4.5 Access to Financial Information . During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Closing, the Company will, and will use commercially reasonable efforts to cause its auditors (subject to any required access agreement or arrangement) to (a) continue to provide Parent and its advisors reasonable access to all of the financial information used in the preparation of Company Financial Statements and the financial information furnished pursuant to Section  4.4 hereof and (b) reasonably cooperate with any reviews performed by Parent or its advisors of any such Company Financial Statements or such information.

4.6 Commercially Reasonable Efforts . Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each of the Parties agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions, and to do, or cause to be done, and to assist and cooperate with the other parties in doing, all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable to consummate and make effective, in the most expeditious manner practicable but in any event by three days prior to October 30, 2019, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including using commercially reasonable efforts to accomplish the following: (i) the taking of such reasonable acts necessary to cause the conditions precedent set forth in Article VI to be satisfied, (ii) the obtaining of such reasonably necessary actions, waivers, consents, approvals, orders and authorizations from Governmental Entities and the making of such reasonably necessary registrations, declarations and filings (including registrations, declarations and filings with Governmental Entities, if any) and the taking of such reasonable steps as may be reasonably necessary to avoid any suit, claim, action, investigation or proceeding by any Governmental Entity, (iii) the obtaining of such material consents, approvals or waivers from third parties required as a result of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, including the consents referred to in Schedules  2.5  and  3.5 , (iv) the defending of any suits, claims, actions, investigations or proceedings, whether judicial or administrative, challenging this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including seeking to have any stay or temporary restraining order entered by any court or other Governmental Entity vacated or reversed and (v) the execution or delivery of any additional instruments reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by, and to fully carry out the purposes of, this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to require Parent or the Company to agree to any divestiture by itself or any of its Affiliates of shares of capital stock or of any business, assets or property, or the imposition of any material limitation on the ability of any of them to conduct their business or to own or exercise control of such assets, properties and stock and (ii) in no event shall Parent, Merger Sub, the Company or its Subsidiaries be obligated to bear any expense or pay any fee or grant any concession in connection with obtaining any consents, authorizations or approvals pursuant to the terms of any Contract to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party in connection with the consummation of the Merger.

ARTICLE V

ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS

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(a) As soon as is reasonably practicable after receipt by Parent from the Company of all financial and other information relating to the Company as is necessary for its preparation, Parent shall prepare and file with the SEC under the Exchange Act, and with all other applicable regulatory bodies, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be used for the purpose of soliciting proxies from holders of Parent Common Stock (the “ Parent Stockholders ”) to vote in favor of (i) the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger (the “ Merger Proposal ”), (ii) the election to the board of directors of Parent of the individuals identified on Schedule 5.1(a) for the class of director set forth opposite the name of such individual (the “ Director Proposal ”); (iii) the approval of certain changes to Parent’s Charter Documents, to be effective from and after the Closing, including the change of the name of Parent to a name to be mutually agreed by the parties hereto, an increase in the number of authorized shares of Parent Common Stock to 200,000,000 and amendments to Article Sixth so that the existence of Parent shall be perpetual and to remove all SPAC-related provisions that will no longer be applicable to Parent following the Closing (the “ Charter Amendments Proposals ”), (iv) the adoption of the Parent Plan and (v) approval of any other proposals reasonably agreed by Parent and the Company to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (together with the Merger Proposal, Director Proposal, Charter Amendments Proposals and Plan Proposal, the “ Stockholder Matters ”) at a meeting of Parent Stockholders to be called and held for such purpose (the “ Special Meeting ”). Without the prior written consent of the Company, the Stockholder Matters shall be the only matters (other than procedural matters) which Parent shall propose to be acted on by the Parent Stockholders at the Special Meeting. The Parent Plan shall provide that a number of shares of Parent Common Stock in an amount to be mutually agreed by the parties hereto shall be reserved for issuance pursuant to the Parent Plan. The Company shall furnish to Parent all information concerning the Company as is necessary in connection with the preparation of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Parent shall also take any and all actions required to satisfy the requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

(b) As soon as practicable following the approval of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus by the SEC (the “ SEC Approval Date ”) (and in any event, within seven Business Days after the SEC Approval Date), Parent shall (i) distribute the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to the Parent Stockholders, (ii) having, prior to the SEC Approval Date, established the record date therefor, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Special Meeting in accordance with the DGCL and, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, on a date no later than thirty (30) days following the SEC Approval Date, and (iii) subject to the other provisions of this Agreement, solicit proxies from such holders to vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger and the other matters presented to the Parent Stockholders for approval or adoption at the Special Meeting, including, without limitation, the Stockholder Matters . Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section  5.1(b) , if on a date for which the Special Meeting is scheduled, Parent reasonably determines that the Merger cannot be consummated for any reason, Parent shall have the right to make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the Special Meeting, provided that (1) Parent continues to satisfy its obligations under Section  5.1(d) below and (2) the Special Meeting (x) is not postponed or adjourned to a date that is more than forty-five (45) days after the date for which the Special Meeting was originally scheduled (excluding any adjournments or postponements required by applicable Law) and (y) is held no later than three (3) Business Days prior to October 30, 2019.

 

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(c) Parent shall comply with all applicable provisions of and rules under the Exchange Act and all applicable provisions of the DGCL in the preparation, filing and distribution of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the solicitation of proxies thereunder, and the calling and holding of the Special Meeting. Without limiting the foregoing, Parent shall ensure that the Proxy Statement/Prospectus does not, as of the date on which it is first distributed to Parent Stockholders, and as of the date of the Special Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading (provided that Parent shall not be responsible for the accuracy or completeness of any information relating to the Company or any other information furnished by the Company for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus).

(d) Parent, acting through its board of directors, shall include in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus the recommendation of its board of directors that the Parent Stockholders vote in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the Merger and the other matters referred to in Section  5.1(a) , and shall otherwise use commercially reasonable best efforts to obtain approval of the matters referred to in Section  5.1(a) .

5.2 Directors and Officers of Parent and the Company After Merger . Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Company and Parent prior to the Closing, the Parties shall take all necessary action so that (a) all of the members of the board of directors of Parent and all officers of Parent resign effective as of the Closing unless such member or officer is included on Schedule 5.2, (b) the number of directors constituting the board of directors of Parent shall be such number as is specified on Schedule 5.2 and (c) the persons listed in Schedule 5.2 are elected to the positions of officers and directors of Parent and Surviving Corporation, as set forth therein, to serve in such positions effective immediately after the Closing. If any Person listed in Schedule 5.2 is unable to serve, the Party appointing such Person shall designate a successor; provided that, if such designation is to be made after the Closing, any successor to a Person designated by Parent shall be made by the Person serving in the capacity of Chairman of Parent immediately prior to the Closing.

5.3 HSR Act . If required pursuant to the HSR Act, as promptly as practicable but in no event later than ten (10) Business Days after the date of this Agreement, Parent and the Company (i) shall each prepare and file the notification required of it thereunder in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) shall promptly and in good faith respond to all information requested of it by the Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice in connection with such notification and otherwise cooperate in good faith with each other and such Governmental Entities and (iii) shall each request early termination of any waiting period under the HSR Act. Parent and the Company shall (a) promptly inform the other of any communication to or from the Federal Trade Commission, the Department of Justice or any other Governmental Entity regarding the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and permit counsel to the other Party an opportunity to review in advance, and each Party shall consider in good faith the views of such counsel in connection with, any proposed written communications by such party to any Governmental Entity concerning the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (b) give the other prompt notice of the commencement of any action, suit, litigation, arbitration, proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Entity with respect to such transactions and (c) keep the other reasonably informed as to the

 

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status of any such action, suit, litigation, arbitration, proceeding or investigation. Each Party agrees to provide, to the extent permitted by the applicable Governmental Entity, the other Party and its counsel the opportunity, on reasonable advance notice, to participate in any substantive meetings or discussions, either in person or by telephone, between such Party and/or any of its Affiliates, agents or advisors, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand, concerning or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, neither Party shall extend any waiting period or comparable period under the HSR Act or enter into any agreement with any Governmental Entity without the written consent of the other Party. Filing fees with respect to the notifications required under the HSR Act shall be shared equally by the Parent and the Company.

5.4 Public Announcements .

(a) As promptly as practicable after execution of this Agreement, Parent will prepare and file a Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act to report the execution of this Agreement (“ Parent Signing Form 8-K ”).

(b) Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, Parent and the Company shall also issue a joint press release announcing the execution of this Agreement (the “ Signing Press Release ”).

(c) At least five (5) days prior to Closing, Parent shall prepare a draft Current Report on Form 8-K announcing the Closing, together with, or incorporating by reference, the financial statements prepared by the Company and its accountant, and such other information that may be required to be disclosed with respect to the Merger in any report or form to be filed with the SEC (“ Closing Form 8-K ”), which shall be in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company. Prior to Closing, Parent and the Company shall prepare a press release announcing the consummation of the Merger hereunder (“ Closing Press Release ”). Concurrently with the Closing, Parent shall distribute the Closing Press Release. Concurrently with the Closing, or as soon as practicable thereafter, Parent shall file the Closing Form 8-K with the Commission.

5.5 Required Information .

(a) In connection with the preparation of the Parent Signing Form 8-K, the Signing Press Release, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, the Closing Form 8-K, the Closing Press Release or any other statement, filing, notice, or application (other than pursuant to the HSR Act, for which Section  5.3 applies) made by or on behalf of Parent or the Company to any Governmental Entity or other third party in connection with Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby (each, a “ Reviewable Document ”), and for such other reasonable purposes, each of the Company and Parent shall, upon request by the other, use commercially reasonable efforts (subject to applicable law and contractual restrictions) to furnish the other with all information concerning themselves, their Subsidiaries, and each of their and their Subsidiaries’ respective directors, officers, and stockholders (including the directors of Parent and the Company to be elected effective as of the Closing pursuant to Section  5.2 hereof) and such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable in connection with the Merger. Each Party warrants and represents to the other Party that all such information shall be true and correct in all material respects and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

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(b) At a reasonable time prior to the filing, issuance, or other submission or public disclosure of a Reviewable Document by Parent or the Company, the other party shall each be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon such Reviewable Document and give its consent to the form thereof, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, and each party shall accept and incorporate all reasonable comments from the other party to any such Reviewable Document prior to filing, issuance, submission or disclosure thereof. Furthermore, Parent and the Company shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) any response to any SEC comments on any Reviewable Document and shall otherwise use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be approved by the SEC, in each case, as promptly as practicable.

(c) Any language included in a Reviewable Document that reflects the comments of the reviewing party, as well as any text as to which the reviewing party has not commented upon after being given a reasonable opportunity to comment, shall be deemed to have been approved by the reviewing party and may henceforth be used by other party in other Reviewable Documents and in other documents distributed by the other party in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement without further review or consent of the reviewing party.

(d) Prior to the Closing Date, the Company and Parent shall notify each other as promptly as reasonably practicable (i) upon obtaining knowledge of any event or circumstance which should be described in an amendment of, or supplement to, a Reviewable Document that has been filed with or submitted to the Governmental Authority, and (ii) after the receipt by it of any written or oral comments of the Governmental Authority on, or of any written or oral request by the Governmental Authority for amendments or supplements to, any such Reviewable Document, and shall promptly supply the other with copies of all correspondence between it or any of its representatives and the Governmental Authority with respect to any of the foregoing filings or submissions. Parent and the Company shall use their respective commercially reasonable best efforts, after consultation with each other, to resolve all such requests or comments with respect to the any Reviewable Document as promptly as reasonably practicable after receipt of any comments of the Governmental Authority. All correspondence and communications to the Governmental Authority made by Parent or the Company with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any agreement ancillary hereto shall, to extent permitted by applicable law, be considered to be Reviewable Documents subject to the provisions of this Section  5.5 .

5.6 No Securities Transactions . Neither the Company nor any of its controlled Affiliates, directly or indirectly, shall engage in any purchases or sales of the securities of Parent prior to the Effective Time without the consent of Parent. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to require each of its Affiliates that it controls to comply with the foregoing requirement.

 

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5.7 No Claim Against Trust Fund . Notwithstanding anything else in this Agreement, the Company acknowledges that it has read Parent’s final prospectus dated January 31, 2019 (“ Final Prospectus ”) and understands that Parent has established the Trust Fund for the benefit of Parent’s public stockholders and that Parent may disburse monies from the Trust Fund only (a) to Parent’s public stockholders in the event they elect to convert their shares into cash in accordance with Parent’s Charter Documents and/or the liquidation of Parent or (b) to Parent after, or concurrently with, the consummation of a business combination. The Company further acknowledges that, if the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or, upon termination of this Agreement, another business combination, are not consummated by August 4, 2020, or such later date as shall be set forth in an amendment to Parent’s Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation for the purpose of extending the date by which Parent must complete a business combination, Parent will be obligated to return to its stockholders the amounts being held in the Trust Fund. Accordingly, the Company, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, hereby waives all rights, title, interest or claim of any kind against Parent to collect from the Trust Fund any monies that may be owed to them by Parent for any reason whatsoever, including but not limited to a breach of this Agreement by Parent or any negotiations, agreements or understandings with Parent (whether in the past, present or future), and will not seek recourse against the Trust Fund at any time for any reason whatsoever. This paragraph will survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason, but notwithstanding anything set forth herein will not limit the rights of the Company or its Stockholders at or following the Closing.

5.8 Disclosure of Certain Matters . Each of Parent and the Company will provide the others with prompt written notice of any event, development or condition of which it obtains knowledge that (a) gives such Party any reason to believe that any of the conditions to the obligations of the other Party set forth in Article VI will not be satisfied, or (b) would require any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

5.9 Securities Listing . Parent and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to continue the listing for trading of the Parent Common Stock on the NYSE.

5.10 Charter Protections; Directors and Officers Liability Insurance .

(a) All rights to indemnification for acts or omissions occurring through the Closing Date now existing in favor of the current directors and officers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under applicable Law or as provided in the Charter Documents of the Company and its Subsidiaries or in any indemnification agreements shall survive the Merger and shall continue in full force and effect in accordance with their terms.

(b) For a period of six (6) years after the Closing Date, each of Parent and the Surviving Corporation shall cause to be maintained in effect the current policies of directors’ and officers’ liability insurance maintained by Parent and the Company, respectively (or policies of at least the same coverage and amounts containing terms and conditions which are no less advantageous), with respect to claims arising from facts and events that occurred prior to the Closing Date.

(c) If the Company or any of its successors or assigns (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger, or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, to the extent necessary, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of the Company assume the obligations set forth in this Section  5.10 .

 

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(d) The provisions of this Section  5.10 are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each Person who will have been a director or officer of the Company for all periods ending on or before the Closing Date and may not be changed without the consent of a majority of those Persons serving on Parent’s Board after the Closing Date who served on the Company’s Board immediately prior to the Closing Date.

5.11 Insider Loans . The Company shall cause each executive officer of the Company or its Subsidiaries to, at or prior to Closing (i) repay to the Company any loan by the Company to such Person and any other amount owed by such Person to the Company; and (ii) cause any guaranty or similar arrangement pursuant to which the Company has guaranteed the payment or performance of any obligations of such Person to a third party to be terminated.

5.12 Parent Borrowings . Through the Closing, Parent shall be allowed to borrow funds from its directors, officers and/or stockholders to meet its reasonable capital requirements, with any such loans to be made only as reasonably required by the operation of Parent in due course on a non-interest bearing basis and repayable in cash at Closing (the “ Parent Borrowings ”).

5.13 Trust Fund Disbursement . Parent shall cause the Trust Fund to be disbursed as contemplated by this Agreement immediately upon the Closing. All liabilities and obligations of Parent due and owing or incurred at or prior to the Closing Date shall be paid as and when due, including all amounts payable (i) to stockholders who elect to have their shares of Parent Common Stock converted to cash in accordance with the provisions of Parent’s Charter Documents (“ Redeeming Stockholders ”), (ii) for income Tax or other Tax obligations of Parent prior to Closing, and (iii) subject to Section  1.13(b) , (A) as repayment of Parent Borrowings, (B) to the underwriters in Parent’s initial public offering for payment of deferred underwriting commissions and (C) to third parties (e.g., professionals, printers, etc.) who have rendered services to Parent in connection with its operations and efforts to effect the Merger.

5.14 Parent Stockholders Agreement . Prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall enter into a stockholders agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “ Parent Stockholders Agreement ”).

5.15 Lock-Up Agreements . Prior to the Closing Date, the Company will use reasonable best efforts to cause the Company Stockholders to agree not to transfer the shares of Parent Common Stock to be received hereunder as Per Share Merger Consideration (including any Contingent Shares, if issued prior to the end of such period) for a period of one (1) year from the Closing, subject to certain exceptions, which provisions will be set forth in the Letter of Transmittal. The Parent Certificates evidencing shares of Parent Common Stock issued hereunder shall each include prominent disclosure or bear a prominent legend evidencing the fact that such shares are subject to such lock-up provisions described in this Section  5.15 .

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other parties thereto will be granted certain registration rights relating to the aggregate Per Share Merger Consideration to be received by them herein. Parent shall use reasonable best efforts to terminate the Parent Registration Rights Agreement prior to the Closing and shall offer the Parent Stockholders who are party to the Parent Registration Rights Agreement prior to the Closing the opportunity to enter into the Registration Rights Agreement in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

5.17 Founder Common Stock Lock-Up . In addition to the existing restrictions on transfer of the Founder Common Stock as described in the Final Prospectus, prior to the Closing Date:

(a) The Founder will, and Parent will cause the Founder to, enter into a Founder Lock-Up Agreement with the Parent in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (“ Founder Lock-Up Agreement ”) pursuant to which an aggregate of 1,100,000 shares of Founder Common Stock will be subject to restrictions on transfer which restrictions will be removed only if the last reported sale price of the Parent Common Stock equals or exceeds $15.00 for a period of 20 consecutive trading days at any time until the fifth anniversary of the Closing. If the last reported sale price of the Parent Common Stock does not equal or exceed $15.00 within the required time period, such shares of Founder Common Stock will be forfeited to Parent for no consideration.

(b) Each of the Founder and the Founder Insiders will, and Parent will cause the Founder and Founder Insiders to, enter into an amendment (collectively, the “ Insider Letter Amendments ”) to their respective Insider Letters, dated as of January 31, 2019, by and among the Founder, the Founder Insiders and Parent, as applicable (each, an “ Insider Letter ”), pursuant to which the lock-up provisions set forth in Sections 5(a) (with respect to the Founder’s Insider Letter) and Section 6(a) (with respect to the Founder Insiders Insider Letter) will expressly survive the termination of the Insider Letters until expiration of the transfer restrictions contained in each such section. Parent hereby agrees that it will enforce the terms of the Insider Letters against the Founder and the Founder Insiders, as applicable, with the Company as a third party beneficiary thereof.

5.18 Intended Tax Treatment . On or after the date hereof, none of the Parties shall take any action, or fail to take any action, which action or failure to act would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Merger from qualifying as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code. The Parties will in all Tax Returns report the Merger in a manner consistent with such tax treatment, and no Party will take a position inconsistent with that treatment, unless required to do otherwise pursuant to a final determination as defined in Section 1313(a) of the Code (or pursuant to any similar provision of applicable state, local or foreign Law).

5.19 Incentive Equity Plan . Prior to the Closing Date, Parent shall cause to be adopted the Parent Plan, the proposed form and terms of which shall be prepared and delivered by the Company and which shall be reasonably acceptable to Parent.

 

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5.20 Company Stockholder Approval . The Company shall, as promptly as practicable after the SEC Approval Date, give notice in accordance with the DGCL and the Company’s Charter Documents to all of its stockholders calling for a special meeting of such stockholders to consider and vote upon this Agreement and the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and shall hold such meeting as promptly as practicable after such notice is given (“ Company Stockholder Meeting ”). The Company shall timely send copies of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and all other relevant information and documentation to its stockholders in connection with the Company Stockholder Meeting. The Company and its board of directors shall cause the Company Stockholder Meeting to take place in accordance with the foregoing and in compliance with the DGCL and the Company’s Charter Documents and use commercially reasonable best efforts to secure the Company Stockholder Approval at the Company Stockholder Meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at the election and option of the Company, the Company shall be permitted to obtain the Company Stockholder Approval, without a need for calling a Company Stockholder Meeting, by obtaining the written consent of holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Stock that is executed and delivered by such holders after the SEC Approval Date and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus is delivered to such holders; provided , that, in the event that the Company elects to obtain the Company Stockholder Approval pursuant to such written consent, consents with respect to this Agreement, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated hereby will be solicited from all holders of shares of Company Stock.

ARTICLE VI

CONDITIONS TO THE TRANSACTION

6.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party to Effect the Merger . The respective obligations of each party to this Agreement to effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction as of the Closing Date of the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived (if legally permitted) in writing by all of such parties:

(a) Parent Stockholder Matters . The Stockholder Matters shall have been duly approved and adopted by the affirmative vote of the Parent Stockholders required under Parent’s Charter Documents and the DGCL.

(b) Parent Net Tangible Assets . Parent shall have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following the exercise by holders of shares of Parent Common Stock issued in Parent’s initial public offering of securities and outstanding immediately before the Closing of their right to convert their shares into a pro rata share of the Trust Fund in accordance with Parent’s Charter Documents.

(c) HSR Act; No Order . All specified waiting periods under the HSR Act shall have expired and no Governmental Entity shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, injunction or other order (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) which is in effect and which has the effect of making the Merger illegal or otherwise prohibiting consummation of the Merger, substantially on the terms contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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(d) Proxy Statement . The Proxy Statement/Prospectus (including the Form S-4) shall have become effective in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, no stop order shall have been issued by the SEC which remains in effect with respect to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and no proceeding seeking such a stop order shall have been threatened or initiated by the SEC which remains pending.

(e) Company Stockholder Approval . The Company Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.

6.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company . The obligations of the Company to consummate and effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction as of the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by the Company:

(a) Representations and Warranties . Each representation and warranty of Parent and Merger Sub contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) as of the Closing Date as though then made (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in such case, shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date), except, in either case, where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Parent. The Company shall have received a certificate with respect to the foregoing signed on behalf of Parent by an authorized officer of Parent (“ Parent Closing Certificate ”).

(b) Agreements and Covenants . Parent and Merger Sub shall have performed or complied with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the Closing Date, except (other than with respect to Section  5.15 ) to the extent that any failure to perform or comply (other than a willful failure to perform or comply or failure to perform or comply in all material respects with an agreement or covenant reasonably within the control of Parent or Merger Sub) does not, or is not reasonably expected to, constitute a Material Adverse Effect with respect to Parent (or, after the Closing, the Company and its Subsidiaries), and the Parent Closing Certificate shall include a provision to such effect.

(c) No Litigation . No action, suit or proceeding shall be pending or threatened by any Governmental Entity which is reasonably likely to (i) prevent consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) cause any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded following consummation or (iii) affect materially and adversely or otherwise encumber the title of the shares of Parent Common Stock to be issued by Parent in connection with the Merger and no order, judgment, decree, stipulation or injunction to any such effect shall be in effect.

(d) Material Adverse Effect . No Material Adverse Effect with respect to Parent shall have occurred since the date of this Agreement, and the Parent Closing Certificate shall include a provision to such effect.

(e) SEC Compliance . Immediately prior to Closing, Parent shall be in compliance with the reporting requirements under the Securities Act and Exchange Act.

 

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(f) Resignations . The persons listed in Schedule 6.2(f) shall have resigned from all of their positions and offices with Parent and Merger Sub.

(g) Registration Rights Agreement . The Registration Rights Agreement shall have been executed and delivered and shall be in full force and effect.

(h) Available Closing Date Cash . The Available Closing Date Cash shall not be less than $175,000,000, and the Parent Closing Certificate shall include a provision to such effect.

(i) Merger Shares . The Parent Common Stock comprising the aggregate Per Share Merger Consideration to be issued pursuant to this Agreement shall have been approved for listing on the NYSE, subject only to official notice of issuance thereof and public holder requirements.

(j) Governing Documents . The Certificate of Incorporation of Parent, in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Company, shall have been filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and Parent shall have adopted the Bylaws, in a form reasonably acceptable to Parent and the Company.

(k) Parent Registration Rights Agreement . The Parent Registration Rights Agreement shall have been terminated.

(l) Parent Stockholders Agreement . The Parent Stockholders Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by Parent and shall be in full force and effect.

(m) Founder Lock-Up Agreement . The Founder Lock-Up Agreement shall have been executed and delivered by Parent and the Founder and shall be in full force and effect.

(n) Insider Letter Amendments . The Insider Letter Amendments shall have been executed and delivered by Parent, the Founder and the Founder Insiders and shall be in full force and effect.

6.3 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of Parent and Merger Sub . The obligations of Parent and Merger Sub to consummate and effect the Merger shall be subject to the satisfaction as of the Closing Date of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by Parent:

(a) Representations and Warranties . Each representation and warranty of the Company and the Stockholders contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) as of the Closing Date as though then made (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in such case, shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date), except, in either case, where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to result in, a Material Adverse Effect on the Company. Parent shall have received a certificate with respect to the foregoing signed on behalf of the Company by an authorized officer of the Company (“ Company Closing Certificate ”).

 

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(b) Agreements and Covenants . The Company and its Subsidiaries shall have performed or complied with all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed or complied with by them at or prior to the Closing Date except to the extent that any failure to perform or comply (other than a willful failure to perform or comply or failure to perform or comply in all material respects with an agreement or covenant reasonably within the control of the Company) does not, or is not reasonably expected to constitute a Material Adverse Effect on the Company, and the Company Closing Certificate shall include a provision to such effect.

(c) No Litigation . No action, suit or proceeding shall be pending or threatened by any Governmental Entity which is reasonably likely to (i) prevent consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) cause any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement to be rescinded following consummation or (iii) affect materially and adversely the right of the Surviving Corporation to own, operate or control any of the assets and operations of the Company following the Merger and no order, judgment, decree, stipulation or injunction to any such effect shall be in effect.

(d) Material Adverse Effect . No Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company shall have occurred since the date of this Agreement, and the Company Closing Certificate shall include a provision to such effect.

(g) Company Stockholders Agreement . The Company Stockholders Agreement shall have been terminated.

ARTICLE VII

TERMINATION

7.1 Termination . This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:

(a) by mutual written agreement of Parent and the Company at any time;

(b) by either Parent or the Company if the Merger shall not have been consummated by October 30, 2019; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section  7.1(b) shall not be available to any Party whose action or failure to act has been a principal cause of or primarily resulted in the failure of the Merger to occur on or before such date and such action or failure to act constitutes a breach of this Agreement;

(c) by either Parent or the Company if a Governmental Entity shall have issued an order, decree, judgment or ruling or taken any other action, in any case having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Merger, which order, decree, ruling or other action is final and nonappealable;

(d) by the Company, upon a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of Parent or Merger Sub set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of Parent or Merger Sub shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Article VI would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation or warranty shall have become untrue, provided, that if such

 

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breach by Parent or Merger Sub is curable by Parent or Merger Sub prior to the Closing Date, then the Company may not terminate this Agreement under this Section  7.1(d) for thirty (30) days after delivery of written notice from the Company to Parent of such breach, provided Parent and Merger Sub continues to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach (it being understood that the Company may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section  7.1(d) if it shall have materially breached this Agreement or if such breach by Parent or Merger Sub is cured during such thirty (30)-day period);

(e) by Parent, upon a material breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement on the part of the Company or a Stockholder set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of the Company or a Stockholder shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Article VI would not be satisfied as of the time of such breach or as of the time such representation or warranty shall have become untrue, provided, that if such breach is curable by the Company or a Stockholder prior to the Closing Date, then Parent may not terminate this Agreement under this Section  7.1(e) for thirty (30) days after delivery of written notice from Parent to the Company of such breach, provided the Company and the Stockholders continue to exercise commercially reasonable efforts to cure such breach (it being understood that Parent may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section  7.1(e) if it shall have materially breached this Agreement or if such breach by the Company or a Stockholder is cured during such thirty (30)-day period);

(f) by either Parent or the Company, if, at the Special Meeting (including any adjournments thereof), the Stockholder Matters shall fail to be approved by the affirmative vote of the Parent Stockholders required under Parent’s Charter Documents and the DGCL; or

(g) by either Parent or the Company if, immediately following consummation of the Merger, Parent will have less than $5,000,001 of net tangible assets following the exercise by the holders of shares of Parent Common Stock issued in Parent’s initial public offering of their rights to convert the shares of Parent Common Stock held by them into cash in accordance with Parent’s Charter Documents.

7.2 Notice of Termination; Effect of Terminatio n .

(a) Any termination of this Agreement under Section  7.1 above will be effective immediately upon (or, if the termination is pursuant to Section  7.1(d) or Section  7.1(e) and the proviso therein is applicable, thirty (30) days after) the delivery of written notice of the terminating party to the other parties hereto.

(b) In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section  7.1 , this Agreement shall be of no further force or effect and the Merger shall be abandoned, except for and subject to the following: (i)  Sections 4.2(a) , 5.7 , 7.2 and 7.3 and Article VIII (General Provisions) shall survive the termination of this Agreement, and (ii) nothing herein shall relieve any party from liability for any intentional and willful breach of this Agreement by such party occurring prior to such termination.

 

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7.3 Fees and Expenses . Except as otherwise set forth herein, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party incurring such expenses whether or not the Merger is consummated.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

8.1 Notices . All notices and other communications among the parties hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) when delivered after posting in the United States mail having been sent registered or certified mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) when delivered by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service or (iv) when e-mailed during normal business hours (and otherwise as of the immediately following Business Day), addressed as follows:

if to Parent, to:

Pivotal Acquisition Corp.

c/o Graubard Miller

The Chrysler Building

405 Lexington Avenue, 11 th Floor

New York, New York 10174

Attention: Jonathan J. Ledecky

E-mail: jledecky@hockeyny.com

with a copy to:

Graubard Miller

The Chrysler Building

405 Lexington Avenue, 11 th Floor

New York, New York 10174

Attention: David Alan Miller / Jeffrey M. Gallant

E-mail: dmiller@graubard.com / jgallant@graubard.com

if to the Company to:

LD Topco, Inc.

KLDiscovery

8201 Greensboro Dr.

Suite 300

McLean, VA 22102

Attention: Christopher Weiler

Email: chris.weiler@kldiscovery.com

with a copy to:

Latham & Watkins LLP

555 Eleventh Street, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004

Attention: Paul Sheridan

Email: paul.sheridan@lw.com

 

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8.2 Interpretation . The definitions of the terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context shall require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Exhibit or Schedule, such reference shall be to an Exhibit or Schedule to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections or subsections, such reference shall be to a Section or subsection of this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated the words “include,” “includes” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. Reference to the Subsidiaries of an entity shall be deemed to include all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of such entity. References to a document or item of information having been “made available” will be deemed to include the posting of such document or item of information in an electronic data room accessible by Parent or any of its representatives. For purposes of this Agreement:

(a) the term “ Affiliate ” means, as applied to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with, such Person. For purposes of this definition, “control” (including with correlative meanings, the terms “controlling,” “controlled by” and “under common control with”), as applied to any Person, means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise;

(b) the term “ Available Closing Date Cash ” means, as of immediately prior to the Closing, an aggregate amount equal to the result of (without duplication) (i) the cash available to be released from the Trust Account and the aggregate net cash proceeds actually received from any investment in Parent approved after the date hereof pursuant to Section  4.1(f) , including up to $50,000,000 pursuant to the Forward Purchase Contract (if any), minus (ii) the aggregate amount of all redemptions of Parent Common Stock by any Redeeming Stockholders; minus (iii) the Outstanding Parent Expenses, minus (iv) to the extent not included in the Outstanding Parent Expenses, the sum of all outstanding deferred, unpaid or contingent underwriting, broker’s or similar fees, commissions or expenses owed by Parent or any other party to the extent Parent or any of its Subsidiaries is responsible for or obligated to reimburse or repay any such amounts, minus (v) the aggregate amount outstanding under all indebtedness for borrowed money of Parent or Merger Sub (including any Parent Borrowings);

(c) the term “ Business Day ” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by law to close;

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(e) the term “ Company Intellectual Property ” shall mean any Intellectual Property that is owned by the Company, including software and software programs developed by the Company;

(f) the term “ Company Products ” means all current versions of products or service offerings of the Company;

(g) the term “ Company Registered Intellectual Property ” means all of the Registered Intellectual Property owned by the Company;

(h) the term “ Company Stock Option ” shall mean an option to purchase shares of Company Stock granted pursuant to the Company Equity Plan;

(i) the term “ Company Stockholder Approval ” shall mean approval (including by written consent) of this Agreement and the Merger by holders of a majority of the issued and outstanding shares of Company Stock;

(j) the term “ Copyrights ” shall mean all copyrights, copyrights registrations and applications therefor, and all other rights corresponding thereto throughout the world;

(k) the term “ Environmental Law ” means any federal, state, local or foreign law, regulation, order, decree, permit, authorization, opinion, common law or agency requirement relating to: (i) the protection, investigation or restoration of the environment, health and safety (in relation to exposure to Hazardous Substances), or natural resources; (ii) the handling, use, presence, disposal, release or threatened release of any Hazardous Substance or (iii) noise, odor, wetlands, pollution, contamination or any injury or threat of injury to persons or property;

(l) the term “ Exchange Ratio ” means (i) Merger Consideration divided by (ii) the number of issued and outstanding shares of Company Stock immediately prior to the Effective Time;

(m) the term “ Form S-4 ” shall mean the registration statement on Form S-4 of Parent with respect to registration of the Parent Common Stock to be issued in connection with the Merger;

(n) the term “ Forward Purchase Contract ” means that certain Forward Purchase Contract, dated as of as of January 31, 2019, between Parent and Pivotal Spac Funding LLC;

(o) the term “ Founder ” means Pivotal Acquisition Holdings LLC;

(p) the term “ Founder Insiders ” means each of the individuals set forth on Schedule 8.2(p) ;

(q) the term “ Governmental Action/Filing ” shall mean any franchise, license, certificate of compliance, authorization, consent, order, permit, approval, consent or other action of, or any filing, registration or qualification with, any federal, state, municipal, foreign or other governmental, administrative or judicial body, agency or authority;

 

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(r) the term “ Governmental Entity ” shall mean any court, administrative agency, commission, governmental or regulatory authority or similar body, domestic or foreign;

(s) the term “ Hazardous Substance ” means any substance that is: (i) listed, classified or regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law; (ii) any petroleum product or by-product, asbestos-containing material, lead-containing paint or plumbing, polychlorinated biphenyls, radioactive materials or radon; or (iii) any other substance which is the subject of regulatory action by any Governmental Entity pursuant to any Environmental Law;

(t) the term “ Insider ” shall mean any individual who is an officer, director or employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

(u) the term “ Insurance Policies ” shall mean all material insurance policies and material fidelity and surety bonds covering the assets, business, equipment, properties, operations, employees, officers and directors;

(v) the term “ Intellectual Property ” shall mean any or all of the following and all worldwide common law and statutory rights in, arising out of, or associated therewith: (i) Patents; (ii) inventions (whether patentable or not), invention disclosures, improvements, trade secrets, proprietary information, know how, technology, technical data and customer lists, and all documentation relating to any of the foregoing; (iii) Copyrights; (iv) software and software programs; (v) domain names, uniform resource locators and other names and locators associated with the Internet (vi) industrial designs and any registrations and applications therefor; (vii) Trademarks; (viii) all databases and data collections and all rights therein; (ix) all moral and economic rights of authors and inventors, however denominated, and (x) any similar or equivalent rights to any of the foregoing (as applicable);

(w) the term “ knowledge ” means actual knowledge or awareness as to a specified fact or event (i) in the case of the Company, of Christopher Weiler and Dawn Wilson, and (ii) in the case of Parent or Merger Sub, Jonathan Ledecky;

(x) the term “ Legal Requirements ” means any federal, state, local, municipal, foreign or other law, statute, constitution, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Entity;

(y) the term “ Lien ” means any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien, restriction or charge of any kind (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof, any sale with recourse against the seller or any Affiliate of the seller, or any agreement to give any security interest);

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materially adverse effect on the business or financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as whole, or Parent and Merger Sub, taken together, as applicable, provided however that none of the following (or the effect of any of the following) alone or in combination shall be deemed, in and of itself, to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a Material Adverse Effect: any changes, events, occurrences or effects arising out of, resulting from or attributable to (i) acts of war, sabotage or terrorism, or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war, sabotage or terrorism, (ii) earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados or other natural or man-made disasters, acts of God or other force majeure events, (iii) any proposal, enactment or change in interpretation of, or other change in, applicable Legal Requirements, U.S. GAAP (or equivalent accounting practice in any other jurisdiction) or governmental policy or any development or effect of any investigation, audit or review of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by any Governmental Entity commencing from and after the date hereof, (iv) general conditions in the industries in which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries operate, (v) the failure, in and of itself, of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to meet any internal or published projections, forecasts, estimates or predictions in respect of revenue, earnings or other financial or operating metrics before, on or after the date of this Agreement, or changes in the credit rating of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (it being understood that the underlying facts giving rise or contributing to such failure or change may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect if otherwise contemplated by this definition), (vi) changes attributable to the public announcement or pendency of the transactions contemplated hereby or the performance of this Agreement, including the impact thereof on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with customers, suppliers, licensors, distributors, partners, providers and employees, (vii) any change in interest rates or economic, political, business, financial, commodity, currency or market conditions generally or (viii) any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Company or its Subsidiaries at Parent’s direction or written request (including any action not taken as a result of the failure of Parent to consent to any action requiring Parent’s consent) or otherwise required or permitted to be taken or omitted to be taken by this Agreement or to which Parent has consented in writing; provided, however, in the case of the foregoing clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (iv) and (vii), in the event that the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are materially and disproportionately affected by such change, event, occurrence or effect relative to other participants in the business and industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate, the extent (and only the extent) of such adverse effect, relative to such other participants, on the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Material Adverse Effect;

(aa) the term “ Merger Consideration ” shall mean an aggregate of (i) 34,800,000 shares of Parent Common Stock (“ Merger Shares ”) and (ii) 2,200,000 additional shares of Parent Common Stock (“ Contingent Shares ”) if same are issued in accordance with Section  1.12 . The Merger Shares and Contingent Shares shall be referred to herein collectively as the “ Merger Consideration ”;

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(cc) the term “ Parent Registration Rights Agreement ” shall mean that certain registration rights agreement, dated as of January 31, 2019, by and among Parent and the other parties thereto.

(dd) the term “ Patents ” shall mean all patents and applications therefor and all reissues, divisions, renewals, extensions, provisionals, continuations and continuations-in-part thereof;

(ee) the term “ Permitted Liens ” shall mean (i) statutory Liens for Taxes, assessments or other governmental charges, in each case, not yet delinquent or the amount or validity of which is being contested in good faith, (ii) mechanics’, carriers’, workers’, repairers’ and similar Liens arising or incurred in the ordinary course of business, (iii) zoning, entitlement and other land use and environmental regulations promulgated by any Governmental Entity, (iv) Liens of public record, (v) covenants, conditions, restrictions, easements, rights of way, encumbrances, defects, imperfections, irregularities of title or other Liens, if any, that would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (vi) with respect to any leased real property, (a) the interests and rights of the respective lessors with respect thereto and (b) any Lien permitted under the applicable lease agreement and any ancillary documents thereto, (vii) Liens created by Parent or its successors and assigns, (viii) Liens disclosed in the Company Schedule or the Parent Schedule, including those listed in Schedule 8.2( ee ) , (ix) Liens (other than monetary liens) incurred in the ordinary course of business since the date of the most recent Financial Statement, (x) licenses to Intellectual Property granted in the ordinary course of business, (xi) Liens securing the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ existing credit facilities and (xii) statutory or contractual Liens of lessors or Liens on the lessor’s or prior lessor’s interest;

(ff) the term “ Person ” shall mean any individual, corporation (including any non-profit corporation), general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, estate, trust, company (including any limited liability company or joint stock company), firm or other enterprise, association, organization, entity or Governmental Entity;

(gg) the term “ Proxy Statement/Prospectus ” means the proxy statement/prospectus included in the Form S-4, including the proxy statement filed by Parent on Schedule 14A with respect to the Special Meeting to approve the Stockholder Matters, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement which shall constitute a proxy statement of Parent to be used for the Special Meeting to approve the Stockholder Matters (which shall also provide the Parent Stockholders with the opportunity to redeem their shares of Parent Stock in conjunction with a stockholder vote on the Merger Proposal) and a prospectus with respect to the Parent Common Stock to be offered and issued to the Company Stockholders in all cases in accordance with and as required by the Parent’s Charter Documents, applicable Law, and the rules and regulations of the NYSE;

(hh) the term “ Registered Intellectual Property ” means all Intellectual Property that is the subject of an application, certificate, filing, registration or other document issued, filed with, or recorded by any government or other legal authority;

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occupation, value added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding, payroll, recapture, employment, excise and property taxes, assessments, governmental charges and duties together with all interest, penalties and additions imposed with respect to any such amounts and including any liability of a predecessor entity for any such amounts;

(jj) the term “ Trademarks ” shall mean trade names, logos, common law trademarks and service marks, trademark and service mark registrations and applications therefor; and

(kk) all monetary amounts set forth herein are referenced in United States dollars, unless otherwise noted.

8.3 Counterparts; Electronic Delivery . This Agreement and each other document executed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby, and the consummation thereof, may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same document and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the parties and delivered to the other party, it being understood that all parties need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery by electronic transmission to counsel for the other party of a counterpart executed by a party shall be deemed to meet the requirements of the previous sentence.

8.4 Entire Agreement; Third Party Beneficiaries . This Agreement and the documents and instruments and other agreements among the Parties as contemplated by or referred to herein, including the Exhibits and Schedules hereto, and the Confidentiality Agreement (which will terminate at the Closing) (a) constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties and any of their respective Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) are not intended to confer upon any other person any rights or remedies hereunder (except as specifically provided in this Agreement, including Sections 5.10 and 8.16 ). No representations, warranties, covenants, understandings, agreements, oral or otherwise, relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement exist between the parties except as expressly set forth or referenced in this Agreement and the Confidentiality Agreement.

8.5 Severability . In the event that any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof, becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances will be interpreted so as reasonably to effect the intent of the parties hereto. The parties further agree to replace such void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such void or unenforceable provision.

8.6 Other Remedies; Specific Performance . Except as otherwise provided herein, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such party, and the exercise by a party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions

 

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of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof in any court of the United States or any state having jurisdiction, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each Party agrees that it will not oppose the granting of specific performance and other equitable relief on the basis that the other parties have an adequate remedy at law or that an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity. The Parties acknowledge and agree that any Party seeking an injunction to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in accordance with this Section  8.6 shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such injunction.

8.7 Governing Law . This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal law of the State of Delaware regardless of the law that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of law thereof.

8.8 Consent to Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY . Each of the parties hereto irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Delaware Chancery Court (or, if the Delaware Chancery Court shall be unavailable, any other court in the State of Delaware or, in the case of claims to which the federal courts have exclusive subject matter jurisdiction, any federal courts of the United States of America sitting in the State of Delaware) in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, agrees that process may be served upon them in any manner authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware for such persons and waives and covenants not to assert or plead any objection which they might otherwise have to such jurisdiction, venue and manner of service of process. Each party hereto hereby agrees not to commence any legal proceedings relating to or arising out of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any jurisdiction or courts other than as provided herein. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

8.9 Rules of Construction . The parties hereto agree that they have been represented by counsel during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and, therefore, waive the application of any law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the party drafting such agreement or document.

8.10 Assignment . No Party may assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of the other parties; provided, however, that the Company and its Subsidiaries may collaterally assign any of its or their rights hereunder to any of its debt financing sources. Subject to the first sentence of this Section  8.10 , this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

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approval of this Agreement by the stockholders of any Party shall not restrict the ability of the board of directors of such Party to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section  7.1 or to cause such Party to enter into an amendment to this Agreement pursuant to this Section  8.11 .

8.12 Extension; Waiver . At any time prior to the Closing, any party hereto may, to the extent legally allowed, (i) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other parties hereto, (ii) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to such party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto and (iii) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions for the benefit of such party contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a Party to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such Party. Delay in exercising any right under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right.

8.13 Currency . All references to currency amounts in this Agreement shall mean United States dollars.

8.14 Schedules . The information furnished in the Schedules is arranged in sections corresponding to the Sections of this Agreement, and the disclosures in any section of the Schedules shall qualify (a) the corresponding Section of this Agreement and (b) other Sections of this Agreement to the extent (notwithstanding the absence of a specific cross-reference), that it is reasonably apparent on its face that such disclosure is also applicable to such other Sections of this Agreement. The Schedules and the information and disclosures contained in such Schedules are intended only to qualify and limit the representations and warranties of the parties contained in this Agreement and shall not be deemed to expand in any way the scope of any such representation or warranty. The inclusion of any information in the Schedules shall not be deemed to be an admission or acknowledgment that such information is material or outside the ordinary course of business. The inclusion of any fact or information in a Schedule is not intended to be construed as an admission or concession as to the legal effect of any such fact or information in any proceeding between any party and any Person who is not a party.

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

8.16 Non-Recourse . This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby may only be brought against, the entities that are expressly named as parties hereto and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such party. Except to the extent a Party hereto (and then only to the extent of the specific obligations undertaken by such party hereto), no past, present or future director, officer,

 

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employee, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney, advisor or representative of any Party hereto, any Affiliate of any Party hereto or any of the foregoing shall have any liability (whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise) for any one or more of the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations or liabilities of any one or more of the Company, Parent, Merger Sub or other party under this Agreement of or for any claim based on, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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

 

PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP.
By:  

/s/ Jonathan J. Ledecky

Name:   Jonathan J. Ledecky
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
PIVOTAL MERGER SUB CORP.
By:  

/s/ Jonathan J. Ledecky

Name:   Jonathan J. Ledecky
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
LD TOPCO, INC.
By:  

/s/ Dawn Wilson

Name:   Dawn Wilson
Title:   CFO and Treasurer
CARLYLE EQUITY OPPORTUNITY GP, L.P. (solely in its capacity as the initial Representative hereunder)
By: CARLYLE EQUITY OPPORTUNITY GP, L.L.C., as its general partner
By:  

/s/ William Darman

Name:   William Darman
Title:   Managing Director

 

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Exhibit 99.1

PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP. TO MERGE WITH KLDISCOVERY

IN A TRANSACTION THAT RESULTS IN A PUBLIC COMPANY VALUED AT $800 MILLION

 

   

KLDiscovery, a leading electronic discovery and data recovery services provider, will become a publicly listed company as a result of the transaction

 

   

With approximately 54% annually recurring revenue, KLD provides cloud-based services and industry leading technology for a client base that includes 65% of Fortune 500 companies and 95% of America’s top 100 law firms

 

   

KLD projects approximately $310 million in revenue and 36% growth in adjusted EBITDA to $75 million for the fiscal year ending 12/31/19

 

   

KLD majority shareholders The Carlyle Group and Revolution Growth will retain and roll over their shares, which will be subject to a lockup period alongside Pivotal Founders

TYSONS CORNER, VA AND NEW YORK – May  20, 2019 – Pivotal Acquisition Corp. (NYSE: PVT) (“Pivotal”), a public investment vehicle, and KLDiscovery (“KLD” or the “Company”), a global provider of electronic discovery and information governance services to Fortune 500 companies and top law firms, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement in which KLD and Pivotal will merge. As a result of the transaction, valued at approximately $800 million in enterprise value, KLD will become a publicly listed company.

KLD provides software and services that help protect corporations from a range of information governance, compliance and data issues. Its electronic discovery tools and products, including information governance, forensic collections, secure on-line hosting and advanced analytics—all available through its proprietary private cloud based solution called Nebula—can be deployed on the cloud, on premise, or behind a client’s firewall. It is one of only a few providers that can service complex cross-border matters in a manner compliant with data privacy laws.

KLD’s management team, led by CEO Chris Weiler and CFO Dawn Wilson, will continue to run KLD after the transaction. Dan Akerson, former CEO of General Motors, will serve as Chairman of Pivotal’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). Pivotal Chairman and CEO Jonathan Ledecky will remain on the Board and serve as Vice Chairman. Kevin Griffin, President and CEO of private investment firm MGG Investment Group and a director of Pivotal, will also remain on the Board post-transaction.

“We are excited to combine Pivotal with KLD and have admired the success and leadership position that CEO Chris Weiler and his team have achieved,” said Jon Ledecky, Chairman and CEO of Pivotal. “Our principals have enjoyed strong and long-standing relationships with both The Carlyle Group and Revolution Growth and look forward to their partnership in this transaction as we seek to assist KLD in its organic and acquisition growth strategies.”

“We are excited to be merging with Pivotal and gain access to their resources and expertise, which will help us in the next evolution of our company,” said KLD President and CEO Chris Weiler, who brings over 30 years of experience serving clients across the electronic discovery space. “Pivotal’s capital and public stock currency enables us to have an optimized balance sheet and the ability to capitalize on the consolidation of a fragmented industry valued at $21 billion in annual revenue by IDC 1 . In partnership with Pivotal, we have the opportunity to combine our organic growth platform with our ongoing competency in completing strategic acquisitions of scale, as well as smaller, highly accretive ‘tuck-in’ transactions.”

“Pivotal’s ability to provide KLD with a new capital structure following the merger will enable the Company to have lower leverage and interest expense, which will greatly increase cash flow and financial flexibility,” said Will Darman, Managing Director with the U.S. Growth Capital and the U.S. Equity Opportunity funds at The Carlyle Group. “We believe that the incremental cash flow will be instrumental in driving ongoing growth and creating value for the Company’s shareholders.”

Founded in 2005, KLD has become one of the leading global providers of electronic discovery and data recovery services. The Company maintains more than 40 offices in 20 countries and has a greater than 95% annual customer retention rate. Its award-winning customer service is ranked second out of 100 vendors to the legal community in aggregated surveys conducted by American Lawyer Magazine.

 

 

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Radicati Group Report (March 2018)


Summary of Transaction

Under the terms of the proposed transaction, KLD will become a subsidiary of Pivotal. The shareholders and management of KLD are retaining 100% of their equity in the combined company. At closing, the current shareholders of KLD and current shareholders of Pivotal will hold approximately 56% and 44%, respectively, of the issued and outstanding shares of the combined company assuming no stockholders of Pivotal exercise their redemption rights.

At closing, the current shareholders of KLD will receive an aggregate of 34,800,000 shares of Pivotal common stock. They will also have the right to receive up to 2,200,000 shares of Pivotal common stock if the reported closing sale price of Pivotal’s common stock exceeds $13.50 per share (as adjusted for stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations or other similar actions) for any 20 consecutive trading days during the five-year period following the closing of the transaction.

The Boards of Directors of both Pivotal and KLD have unanimously approved the proposed transaction. Completion of the transaction, which is expected in the third quarter of 2019, is subject to approval by Pivotal stockholders and other customary closing conditions. Additionally, at closing, Pivotal is required to have at least $175,000,000 available to it from any financing source, including from its trust account created in connection with its initial public offering and up to $50 million that may come from the forward purchase contract entered into by Pivotal in connection with its IPO, after payment to holders of Pivotal Class A common stock that seek redemption in connection with the transactions and net of certain other expenses.

For additional information on the transaction, see Pivotal’s website at www.pivotalac.com and Pivotal’s Current Report on Form 8-K, which will be filed promptly and which can be obtained on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website (http://www.sec.gov).

Cantor Fitzgerald and BTIG, LLC acted as capital markets and financial advisors to Pivotal. Graubard Miller acted as legal advisor to Pivotal and Latham & Watkins LLP acted as legal advisor to KLD.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

Pivotal intends to file a proxy statement, prospectus and other relevant documents with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to be used at its meeting of stockholders to approve the proposed transaction with KLD. The proxy statement will be mailed to stockholders as of a record date to be established for voting on the proposed business combination. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF PIVOTAL ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT, PROSPECTUS AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. Investors and security holders will be able to obtain free copies of the proxy statement, prospectus and other documents containing important information about Pivotal and KLD once such documents are filed with the SEC, through the website maintained by the SEC at http://www.sec.gov. Copies of the documents filed with the SEC by Pivotal when and if available, can be obtained free of charge on Pivotal’s website at www.pivotalac.com or by directing a written request to Pivotal Acquisition Corp., c/o Graubard Miller, The Chrysler Building, 405 Lexington Avenue, 11 th Floor, New York, New York 10174.

Participants in the Solicitation

Pivotal and KLD and their respective directors and executive officers, under SEC rules, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies of Pivotal’s stockholders in connection with the proposed transaction. Investors and security holders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names and interests in the proposed transaction of Pivotal’s directors and officers in Pivotal’s filings with the SEC, including Pivotal’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018, which was filed with the SEC on April 1, 2019. Information regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies to Pivotal’s stockholders in connection with the proposed business combination will be set forth in the Registration Statement for the proposed business combination when available. Additional information regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the proposed business combination will be included in the Registration Statement that Pivotal intends to file with the SEC.


No Offer or Solicitation

This communication shall neither constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which the offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful prior to the registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

Conference Call Scheduled

Pivotal will host a conference call to discuss the proposed business combination with the investment community on Tuesday, May 21, 2019, at 11:00 AM EDT. Investors may listen to the conference call by dialing (844) 730-1968 toll-free in the U.S. or (614) 335-7546 internationally. Please use the conference identification 5359788. The presentation slides will be available at www.pivotalac.com. A replay will also be available two hours after the call. To access a replay of the conference call, investors can dial (800) 585-8367 toll-free in the U.S. or (404) 537-3406 internationally and provide the replay code 5359788.

About KLD

KLDiscovery provides technology-enabled services and software to help law firms, corporations, government agencies and consumers solve complex data challenges. The company, with more than 40 offices across 20 countries, is a global leader in delivering best-in-class eDiscovery, information governance and data recovery solutions to support the litigation, regulatory compliance, internal investigation and data recovery and management needs of its clients. KLDiscovery offers data collection and forensic investigation, early case assessment, electronic discovery and data processing, application software and data hosting for web-based document reviews, and managed document review services. In addition, through its global Ontrack Data Recovery business, KLDiscovery delivers world-class data recovery, email extraction and restoration, data destruction and tape management. KLDiscovery has been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in North America by both Inc. Magazine (Inc. 5000) and Deloitte (Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500) and CEO Chris Weiler was recognized as a 2014 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year . Additionally, KLDiscovery is an Orange-level Relativity Best in Service Partner, a Relativity Premium Hosting Partner and maintains ISO/IEC 27001 Certified data centers. For more information, please email info@kldiscovery.com or visit www.kldiscovery.com.

About Pivotal Acquisition Corp.

Pivotal Acquisition Corp. is a blank check company organized for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization, or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. Pivotal’s securities are quoted on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbols PVT, PVT WS and PVT.U. For more information, visit www.pivotalac.com.

Forward Looking Statements

This press release includes “forward looking statements” within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the United States Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. When used in this press release, the words “estimates,” “projected,” “expects,” “anticipates,” “forecasts,” “plans,” “intends,” “believes,” “seeks,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “future,” “propose” and variations of these words or similar expressions (or the negative versions of such words or expressions) are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance, conditions or results, and involve a number of known and unknown risks, uncertainties, assumptions and other important factors, many of which are outside Pivotal’s or KLD’s management’s control, that could cause actual results or outcomes to differ materially from those discussed in the forward-looking statements. Important factors, among others, that may affect actual results or outcomes include: the inability to complete the transactions contemplated by the proposed business combination; the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination, which may be affected by, among other things, the amount of cash available following any redemptions by Pivotal stockholders; the ability to meet the NYSE’s listing standards following the


consummation of the transactions contemplated by the proposed business combination; costs related to the proposed business combination; KLD’s ability to execute on its plans to develop and market new products and the timing of these development programs; KLD’s estimates of the size of the markets for its solutions; the rate and degree of market acceptance of KLD’s solutions; the success of other competing technologies that may become available; KLD’s ability to identify and integrate acquisitions; the performance and security of KLD’s services; potential litigation involving Pivotal or KLD; and general economic and market conditions impacting demand for KLD’s services. Other factors include the possibility that the proposed transaction does not close, including due to the failure to receive required security holder approvals, or the failure of other closing conditions. Neither Pivotal nor KLD undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as required by law.

Contact:

Jonathan Gasthalter/Nathaniel Garnick

Gasthalter & Co.

(212) 257-4170

Exhibit 99.2

 

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Disclaimer THIS PRESENTATION HAS BEEN PREPARED FOR PIVOTAL ACQUISITION CORP. (“PIVOTAL”) and KLDISCOVERY (“KLD”) IN CONNECTION WITH THEIR PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION. SUCH PRESENTATION MAY BE PRESENTED TO CERTAIN OF PIVOTAL’S STOCKHOLDERS, AS WELL AS OTHER PERSONS WHO MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN PURCHASING PIVOTAL’S SECURITIES, IN CONNECTION WITH THE BUSINESS COMBINATION. PIVOTAL, KLD, THEIR AFFILIATES AND THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS, UNDER SEC RULES, MAY BE DEEMED TO BE PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES OF PIVOTAL’S STOCKHOLDERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. INFORMATION REGARDING THE PERSONS WHO MAY, UNDER SEC RULES, BE DEEMED PARTICIPANTS IN THE SOLICITATION OF PROXIES TO PIVOTAL’S STOCKHOLDERS IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION WILL BE SET FORTH IN THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT FOR THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION TO BE FILED BY PRIVOTAL, WHICH WILL INCLUDE A PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS OF PIVOTAL THAT WILL BE USED TO SOLICIT STOCKHOLDER APPROVAL OF THE TRANSACTION. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS MAY ALSO OBTAIN INFORMATION REGARDING THE NAMES AND INTEREST IN THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION OF PIVOTAL’S DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN PIVOTAL’S FILINGS WITH THE SEC, INCLUDING PIVOTAL’S ANNUAL REPORT ON FORM 10-K FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2018, WHICH WAS FILED WITH THE SEC ON APRIL 1, 2019. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF PIVOTAL AND KLD ARE URGED TO READ THE PRELIMINARY PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS, AND THE DEFINITIVE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION. INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS WILL BE ABLE TO OBTAIN FREE COPIES OF THE PROXY STATEMENT. PROSPECTUS AND OTHER DOCUMENTS CONTAINING IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT PIVOTAL, AND KLD THROUGH THE WEBSITE MAINTAINED BY THE SEC AT WWW.SEC.GOV. COPIES OF THE DOCUMENTS FILED WITH THE SEC BY PIVOTAL, CAN ALSO BE OBTAINED FREE OF CHARGE BY DIRECTING A WRITTEN REQUEST TO C/O GRAUBARD MILLER 405 LEXINGTON AVENUE, 11TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY 10174. SOME OF KLD’S FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND DATA CONTAINED HEREIN DOES NOT CONFORM TO SEC REGULATION S-X IN THAT IT INCLUDES CERTAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION NOT DERIVED IN ACCORDANCE WITH UNITED STATES GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (“GAAP”), ACCORDINGLY. SUCH INFORMATION AND DATA HAS BEEN AND WILL BE ADJUSTED AND PRESENTED DIFFERENTLY IN PIVOTAL’S PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS. PIVOTAL AND KLD BELIEVE THAT THE PRESENTATION OF NON-GAAP MEASURES PROVIDES INFORMATION THAT IS USEFUL TO INVESTORS AS IT INDICATES THE ABILITY OF KLD TO MEET CAPITAL EXPENDITURES AND WORKING CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS AND OTHERWISE MEET ITS OBLIGATIONS AT THEY BECOME DUE. RECONCILIATIONS OF NON-GAAP MEASURES TO THEIR MOST DIRECLTY COMPARABLES GAAP COUNTERPARTS ARE INCLUDED IN THE APPENDIX TO THIS PRESENTATION. THE FINANCIAL PROJECTIONS AND OTHER FORWARD-LOOKING INFORMATION INCLUDED IN THIS PRESENTATION ARE FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS THAT ARE BASED ON ASSUMPTIONS THAT ARE INHERENTLY SUBJECT TO SIGNIFICANT UNCERTAINTIES AND CONTINGENCIES, MANY OF WHICH ARE BEYOND PIVOTAL’S AND KLD’S CONTROL. WHILE ALL PROJECTIONS ARE NECESSARILY SPECULATIVE, PIVOTAL AND KLD BELIEVE THAT THE PROSPECTIVE FINANCIAL INFORMATION COVERING PERIODS BEYOND TWELVE MONTHS FROM ITS DATE OF PREPARATION CARRIES INCREASINGLY HIGHER LEVELS OF UNCERTAINTY AND SHOULD BE READ IN THAT CONTEXT. THERE WILL BE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN ACTUAL AND PROJECTED RESULTS, AND ACTUAL RESULTS MAY BE MATERIALLY GREATER OR MATERIALLY LESS THAN THOSE CONTIANED IN THE PROJECTIONS. THE INCLUSION OF PROJECTIONS IN THIS PRESENTATION SHOULD NOT BE REGARDED AS AN INDICATION THAT PIVOTAL AND KLD, OR THEIR REPRESENTATIVES, CONSIDERED OR CONSIDER THE PROJECTIONS TO BE A RELIABLE PREDICITION OF FUTURE EVENTS. NEITHER PIVOTAL NO KLD UNDERTAKE ANY OBLIGATION TO UPDATE OR REVISE ANY FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS, WHETHER AS A RESULT OF NEW INFORMATION, FUTURE EVENTS OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW. IMPORTANT FACTORS, AMONG OTHER, THAT MAY AFFECT ACTUAL RESULTS INCLUDE KLD’S ABILITY TO EXECUTE ON ITS BUSINESS PLAN AND KLD’S ESTIMATES OF EXPENSES AND FUTURE REVENUES AND PROFITABILITY, OTHER FACTORS INCLUDE THE POSSIBILITY THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSACTION DOES NOT CLOSE, INCLUDING DUE TO THE FAILURE TO RECEIVE REQUIRED SECURITY HOLDER APPROVALS, OR THE FAILURE OF OTHER CLOSING CONDITIONS. NEITHER PIVOTAL NOR KLD MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO THE ACCURACY OR COMPLETENESS OF THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS PRESENTATION. THIS PRESENTATION IS NOT INTENDED TO BE ALL-INCLUSIVE OR TO CONTAIN ALL THE INFORMATION THAT A PERSON MAY DESIRE IN CONSIDERING AN INVESTMENT IN PIVOTAL AND IS NOT INTENDED TO FORM THE BASIS OF ANY INVESTMENT DECISION IN PIVOTAL. THIS PRESENTATION SHALL NEITHER CONSTITUTE AN OFFER TO SELL OR THE SOLICITATION OF AN OFFER TO BUY ANY SECURITIES, NOR SHALL THERE BE ANY SALE OF SECURITIES IN ANY JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OR QUALIFICATION UNDER THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY SUCH JURISDICITION. 2    


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KLDiscovery provides the software, services and solutions to shelter corporations from information governance, compliance and data challenges 3    


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Presenters Christopher Weiler Dawn Wilson Jonathan J. Ledecky Kevin Griffin Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer Chairman, Chief Executive Officer Co-Sponsor, Director o Mr. Weiler co-founded o Ms. Wilson joined KLDiscovery as o Mr. Ledecky is a seasoned o Mr. Griffin founded MGG KLDiscovery in 2005 Chief Financial Officer in businessman with over 35 years Investment Group in 2014 and is o Since its inception, KLDiscovery September 2017 of investment and operational the CEO and CIO of the firm has emerged as one of the top o As CFO she provides global experience o Mr. Griffin has originated and eDiscovery vendors leadership and oversight of all invested over $4 billion across the o Mr. Ledecky has executed o KLDiscovery has been recognized financial activities including capital structure of middle market hundreds of acquisitions across by Socha-Gelbman, INC 5000 executing a strategy of growth businesses, including distressed multiple industries, and raised and Deloitte 500, and has and profitability while building out over $20 billion in capital investments and 363 bankruptcy repeatedly earned kCura’s a best-in-class, scalable finance purchases Orange-level Relativity Best in function o As the founder of U.S. Office o While with Highbridge Principal Service designation o Ms. Wilson has over 20 years Products, he grew the business Strategies, he helped lead the o Mr. Weiler also received Ernst & experience in finance and into one of the fastest start-up growth of the specialty finance Young’s Washington, DC accounting primarily with public entrants in the history of the portfolio from inception to $6 entrepreneur of the year award in companies in the technology and Fortune 500 with annual sales in billion+ (2010–2014) 2014 services industry excess of $3 billion within three o Mr. Griffin was a recipient of the years M&A Advisor “40 under 40 Emerging Leaders” award in 2015 o Mr. Ledecky is a co-owner of the National Hockey League’s New York Islanders franchise since 2014 4    


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Best-in-Class Sponsorship with Aligned Interests The Carlyle Group Revolution Growth o The Carlyle Group (NASDAQ: CG) is a global investment firm with o Revolution is a growth equity firm with $975 million of assets $222 billion of assets under management that seeks to deploy under management that seeks to make investments in businesses private capital that are attacking large, traditional industries with innovative products and services offerings o Founded in 1987, Carlyle’s purpose is to invest wisely and create value on behalf of their investors, portfolio companies, and o Founded in 2005 by Steve Case and Ted Leonsis, Revolution communities, with more than 1,725 professionals operating in 33 Growth focuses on investments primarily in the US offices across six continents o Typical investments range from $25 to $50 million o More than 1,975 investors from 90 countries rely on Carlyle to achieve premium returns on their invested capital Select Investment Experience Select Investment Experience 5    


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KLDiscovery Delivers on the Pivotal Team’s Playbook Playbook 1 Ripe for Digital A leading software and services provider that offers proprietary eDiscovery Technology software platforms that can be deployed on the cloud, on premise, or behind Disruption the client’s firewall 2 The optimal platform for future strategic acquisitions and tuck-ins with a proven Platform for Future track record of M&A execution and ample opportunity to consolidate a highly Acquisitions fragmented eDiscovery industry 3 Substantial debt reduction and optimized capital structure at close is Financial Flexibility immediately accretive to all shareholders 4 Led by Chris Weiler, one of the longest tenured CEOs in the eDiscovery Premier Leadership sector, with continued sponsorship from The Carlyle Group and Revolution & Sponsorship Growth, who will all retain 100% of their existing equity in the transaction 5 Generates Strong, Predictive recurring revenue business model with a 24% Adjusted EBITDA Recurring Cash Flow margin and a 82% unlevered free cash flow conversion(1)(2) (1) Please refer to the Appendix for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to the nearest comparable GAAP measure. (2) Unlevered free cash flow defined as Adjusted EBITDA – capex – cash taxes. 6    


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Company Highlights & Strategy    


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Protection & Guidance from Corporate Data Challenges Chief General Information Counsel Officer    


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Leading Platform for Legal Technology and Services Company Highlights Key Statistics #3 global player in core eDiscovery with a market-leading proprietary software platform and $310M $75M >95% unique cloud delivery model FY19E Revenue FY19E Adjusted Customer #1 global player in Data Recovery, the EBITDA(1) Retention Rate(2) recovering of lost data from devices that store digital information White glove customer service ranked #2 of 100 vendors in an aggregation of 14 “Best of” customer surveys by ALM 54% 24% >4,300 Recurring FY19E Adjusted Legal Revenue EBITDA Technology Over 780 terabytes of data processed and over (1) Margin Customers 50,000 Data Recovery jobs annually Award winning predictive coding technology has been successfully used on 10M+ documents across thousands of projects 96% 82% 40+ Multi-Product FY19E Locations in 20 Attach Rate(3) Unlevered FCF countries Customers have included 65% of the Fortune (1)(4) Conversion 500 and 95% of the Am Law 100 firms Source: IDC, Bain & Company, Complex Discovery. (1) Please refer to the Appendix for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and unlevered free cash flow to the nearest comparable GAAP measure. (2) Defined as (total FY17 Legal Technology revenue – FY17 revenue of clients with no active matters in FY18) / total FY17 revenue. (3) Metric for FY18. Attach rate defined as matters that utilize two or more of KLD’s legal technology service offerings. (4) Unlevered free cash flow defined as Adjusted EBITDA – capex – cash taxes. UFCF conversion defined as unlevered free cash flow / Adjusted EBITDA. 9    


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KLDiscovery Delivers A Mission-Critical Offering KLDiscovery provides technology-enabled services and software to help law firms, corporations, government agencies, and consumers solve complex data challenges 1 2 3 Global Antitrust Matter Unified Archiving Data Recovery The Situation The Situation The Situation A multinational company had to produce A well-established financial institution required One of today’s most popular television shows documents to the U.S. DOJ in an antitrust long-term regulatory compliance archiving for had an external hard drive containing critical matter their messaging platforms footage fail unexpectedly The Solution The Solution The Solution o Data collection experts collected o Data archiving experts implemented an o Data recovery experts extracted the lost documents in Asia, hosting the data in ongoing regulatory archive and data footage from the damaged hard drive in KLD’s Japan data center ingestion program under 24 hours The Resolution The Resolution The Resolution o KLDiscovery eliminated 1,200 hours in o KLDiscovery ingests an average of 2-3 o KLDiscovery prevented the undertaking of document review, resulting in almost $1.2 million messages per day, archiving over expensive re-shoots that would potentially million in savings and a successful 850 terabytes of data and 8 million delay production production to the DOJ messages, successfully satisfying the SEC requirement(1) (1) As of May 3, 2019. 10    


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KLD is Leading the Shift to the Cloud Foundation Scale & Platform Growth Shift to Cloud 2019 2018 2017 Cloud 2016 storage and Technology On-site Advancements 2015 Furthered Data information & Innovation global Introduces Privacy governance expansion end-to-end and with eDiscovery Logistics 2014 increasing optimized for powerful presence in the cloud workflow for First time Europe and email, 2013 entry into Asia improving the unified KLD begins the review archiving their global process and big data 2005 expansion and market M&A strategy KLD Founded 2016 2015 2014 Select 2013 Strategic M&A 11    


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Expansive Global Reach 40+ locations in 20 countries | 10 data centers | 20 data recovery labs Americas EMEA APAC Revenue by Geography(1) APAC 2% EMEA 18% Americas 80% Data Center Corporate Locations (1) Total revenue for FY18. 12    


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Investment Highlights 1 Compelling Market Opportunity â–º $21.3 billion addressable market with multiple catalysts for substantial growth and acyclical industry dynamics(1) 2 Attractive End-to-End Technology Platform â–º First mover advantage as a leading software provider that offers a proprietary eDiscovery software platform that can be deployed on the cloud, on premise, or behind the client’s firewall 3 Recurring Revenue Business Model with Loyal Global Blue Chip Client Base â–º Established long-term enterprise customer relationships with a >95% customer retention rate 4 Foundation for Significant Growth by Harvesting Organic Initiatives and M&A Strategy â–º High incremental contribution margin on recent investment in technology and global sales distribution with substantial M&A opportunities in a fragmented industry that is ripe for consolidation 5 Incremental Free Cash Flow and Access to Capital Markets Accelerates Growth â–º Substantial debt reduction and optimized capital structure at close is immediately accretive to all shareholders and creates considerable incremental free cash flow to drive organic investment and a targeted M&A strategy 6 Experienced Leadership and Top Tier Sponsors Aligned with Shareholders â–º Led by Chris Weiler, one of the longest tenured CEOs in the eDiscovery sector, with continued sponsorship from The Carlyle Group and Revolution Growth (1) IDC, The Radicati Group. 13    


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1 Large Market Opportunity Rapidly expanding addressable market expected to reach $21.3 billion in 2022 with multiple catalysts of growth including the substantial growth of data and the industry’s shift to the cloud eDiscovery and Information Archiving(1) eDiscovery Market Share(1) ($B) $21.3 Other Top 5 17.5% $8.5 2.2% $15.7 80.3% $5.2 Rest of Market $12.8 KLD is one of the largest globally scaled eDiscovery $10.5 providers in an industry of over 400 vendors 2018 2022 eDiscovery Information Archiving (1) Source: IDC, The Radicati Group. (2) Source: Worldwide eDiscovery Services 2017. Market share based on total estimated revenue in the eDiscovery market. 14    


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1 Multiple Drivers of Market Growth The Legal Services industry is in the midst of a renaissance driven by increasing levels of data, cost, and complexity – KLD offers the solutions to these challenges Data Proliferation Market Shift to the Cloud The Opportunity The Opportunity Market share is won by solving the Market share is won by providing opportunity of exploding data with quality cloud solutions, and this shift fast working solutions catalyzes market consolidation KLDiscovery has built a leading Electronically Stored Information Public Cloud Market Growth integrated suite of eDiscovery tools and (zettabytes) 35.0 products covering information governance, forensic collections, secure 12.0% online hosting and advanced analytics, 10.0% all available through its proprietary cloud based solution – 0.1 2005 2010 2015 2020 2019E 2022E The Solution The Solution One of a few providers that can First mover advantage offering service complex cross-border platforms deployed on premise, in matters in a manner compliant the cloud, or behind the client’s with data privacy laws firewall Sources: IDC, The Radicati Group, Worldwide eDiscovery Services 2017. 15    


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2 End-to-End eDiscovery & Data Management Platform Integrated solution set powered by KLD’s proprietary Cloud, Artificial Intelligence, Data Recovery, and Machine Learning technology platform The Cloud Our Data Centers On Site Your Fire Wall Collecting & Processing & Reviewing & Recovering Data Preserving Data Hosting Data Analyzing Data Easy Recovery A/V Suite Tape Tools KLD Analytics PrivLog Builder AutoRedaction Native Spreadsheet Power Controls Redaction 16    


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ATTRACTIVE TECHNOLOGY PLATFORMS 2 Distinctive Competitive Technology Advantage In an industry where cloud adoption is increasing consistently, KLDiscovery offers a platform with Nebula that is available on premise, in the cloud, behind the firewall and on a mobile kit Technological Competitive Advantages Proprietary Software 100% of KLD’s data processing and nearly 50% 1 of data hosting are performed on proprietary A global market leader with a comprehensive end- applications within the Nebula and EDR platforms Comprehensive to-end product solution specializing in all facets of Solution Information Governance, eDiscovery, and large Nebula provides an scale data recovery efforts end-to-end eDiscovery software that competes for market share, but 2 also allows for the use First Mover First adopter of Relativity software and the first to of 3rd party software develop proprietary software to address the platforms Mentality ongoing global migration to the cloud Nebula Global Unique Customer Count 3 Product Nebula Big Data Store is expected to launch in late 188% month-to-2019, expanding its product offering to service the month growth in 2019 Innovation Information Governance market 4 Increased The launch of Nebula / EDR platforms will lead to Product higher retention rates, and increased lifetime Adoption customer value Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr 2018 2019 17    


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3 Longstanding Customer Relationships Drive Visibility Customer Highlights(1) Revenue Breakdown(1) ✓ >4,300 global Legal Technology customers Subscription 11% ✓ 65% of the Fortune 500 Hosting Services Collections & 41% ✓ 95% of the Am Law 100 Processing 13% ✓ ~6,800 active matters Recurring Forensics & Revenue ✓ ~19 month average eDiscovery matter duration Streams Consulting 2% ✓ >95% Legal Technology Customer Retention Rate(2) Professional ✓ 96% Multi-Product Attach Rate (utilizes two or more of KLD’s Services legal technology service offerings) 3% ✓ 41% increase in billings for the Top 25 customers Managed Subscription Review Data & Storage 15% Data & Storage Technology ✓ No single customer accounts for more than 5% of revenue Technology 2% 13% Diverse Blue-Chip Client Base (1) Metrics and revenue for FY18. (2) Defined as (total FY17 Legal Technology revenue – FY17 revenue of clients with no active matters in FY18) / total FY17 revenue. 18    


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4 Globalization of KLD Salesforce Attractive leverage from incremental revenue driven by recent investments in sales capacity to capitalize on KLD’s global footprint and proprietary technology innovation Salesforce Highlights 1 Expanding KLD has meaningfully increased the quality of its sales force and the depth of its geographic Geographic coverage with a strong presence in 20 countries Coverage 2 Focused on attracting and retaining top sales professionals, recently hiring several key Continued members of the team that will lead efforts in both established and untapped markets, resulting Investment in an acceleration of new incremental revenue 3 Differentiated Team oriented, client-first culture, combining sales, operations and project management to Sales Culture drive customer success 4 Upcoming Capital from the transaction will enable further investment into the sales force to build on an Initiatives already large geographic reach and add high contribution margin incremental revenue 19    


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TARGETED GROWTH STRATEGY 4 Experts in M&A Execution Management has a proven M&A track record and a playbook for extracting maximum value M&A Track Record Proven Playbook for Accretive M&A Geographies 1 Target Rationale Technology Identify Target Company that Meets Served Rigorous Criteria Focused on People, Client Client Base, Technology,    Global eDiscovery Base, Geographic Access and Technology Geographic Expansion Document US Technology Management 2 Onboard the Acquired Company’s Client US Geographic Expansion eDiscovery Base onto KLD’s Proprietary Platforms and Away from 3rd Party Software Client Base, Geographic Managed US Expansion Services 3 US Technology eDiscovery Deliver to the Newly Onboarded Client Base Full Access to KLD’s Global Capabilities – A US Geographic Expansion eDiscovery More Extensive and Complete Offering Client Base, Technology, Information US Geographic Expansion Archiving The Outcome: Flash Data Incremental Profitability US Geographic Expansion eDiscovery Solutions and Cross-Sell Opportunity Client Base, Technology,    US eDiscovery Geographic Expansion 20    


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4 Significant Opportunity For Market Consolidation Due to the fragmentation in the broader legal services industry, there is substantial opportunity to continue completing strategic acquisitions of scale as well as smaller, highly accretive tuck-ins Select Targeted Segments & Universe for M&A Illustrative Current Potential M&A Targets 1 Total Estimated Revenue Legal Services 100+ Potential Targets $50M+ 2 Software 4 Targets 50+ Potential Targets Technology 3 $20M—$30M Forensic Cyber 10+ Potential Targets 4 Targets 4 <$20M Other Ancillary 30+ Potential Targets Solutions 2 Targets KLDiscovery management has a strong track record in executing M&A, integrating acquisitions and driving synergies 21    


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5 Rapid Debt Paydown Accretes to Equity Holders o Strong free cash flow derived from accelerated Adjusted EBITDA growth and optimized revenue and operating model expected to result in rapid deleveraging o 2.9x pro forma net leverage at year-end 2019 – a 50% decrease to KLD’s existing net leverage levels o Approximately $16 million of pro forma annualized interest expense savings post transaction from debt paydown Net Leverage Progression Net Leverage FCF / Share(1) $0.85 7.0x $0.90 5.8x $0.80 6.0x $0.70 5.0x $0.55 $0.60 4.0x $0.50 2.9x $0.40 3.0x $0.30 2.0x $0.30 2.0x $0.20 1.0x $0.10 Status Quo Pro Forma Pro Forma 2019E 2019E (4) 2020E (4) Net Debt $434 $218 $183 Adjusted EBITDA(2) $75 $75 $92 Cash Interest $43 $27 $25 Interest Coverage(3) 1.7x 2.8x 3.7x Note: See the disclaimers at the beginning of this presentation for important qualifications and limitations on the use of projections. Actual results may differ materially. Assumes future period cash excess cash flow is applied to pay down debt. Assumes no acquisitions. (1) Represents levered free cash flow, defined as Adjusted EBITDA – capex – cash taxes – cash interest payments; assumes 62.5 million shares outstanding. (2) Please refer to the Appendix for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to the nearest comparable GAAP measure. (3) Interest coverage defined as Adjusted EBITDA divided by cash interest payments. (4) Pro forma for $136 million of debt paydown as of December 31, 2018. 22    


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5 FCF Growth and Attractive Tax Attributes o With a new capital structure following the merger with Pivotal, KLD will have lower interest expense and lower leverage, which will greatly increase free cash flow and financial flexibility o The company intends to explore further opportunities to refinance remaining debt post-transaction to create incremental free cash flow generated from interest savings o Attractive tax attributes driven by U.S. net operating losses and tax deductible goodwill Incremental Free Cash Flow ($M) Levered FCF Cash Interest $ Unlevered FCF $78 $61 $25 $41 $27 $27 $42 $53 $35 $35 3 ($8) ($1) 2017 2018 Pro Forma 2019E (4) Pro Forma 2020E (4) Adjusted EBITDA(1) $48 $55 $75 $92 Capex $21 $12 $13 $13 UFCF Conversion(2) 55% 75% 82% 85% LFCF Yield(3)(4) (1%) (0%) 6% 9% Note: See the disclaimers at the beginning of this presentation for important qualifications and limitations on the use of projections. Actual results may differ materially. Assumes future period cash excess cash flow is applied to pay down debt. Assumes no acquisitions. (1) Please refer to the Appendix for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to the nearest comparable GAAP measure. (2) Unlevered free cash flow defined as Adjusted EBITDA – capex – cash taxes. UFCF conversion defined as unlevered free cash flow / Adjusted EBITDA. (3) Levered free cash flow defined as Adjusted EBITDA – capex – cash taxes – cash interest payments. (4) LFCF Yield defined as levered free cash flow / equity value; assumes $10.00 share price. 23 (5) Pro forma for $136 million of debt paydown as of December 31, 2018.    


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6 Highly Experienced Management Team Christopher Weiler Dawn Wilson Chief Executive Officer Chief Financial Officer o Oversees the KLD management team globally o Oversees KLD’s Finance, Accounting and HR functions o Co-founded KLDiscovery in 2005 and has 25+ years of o Joined KLDiscovery in 2017 and has 20 years of Finance eDiscovery experience and Accounting experience, primarily with public companies o Previously co-founded and served as CEO at On-Site in the technology and services industry Sourcing o Most recently served as VP of Accounting at CoStar o E&Y’s Washington, D.C. Entrepreneur of the Year in 2014 (NASDAQ: CSGP), an $18 billion real estate information services company o Served in the US Navy and graduated from the US Naval Academy o Graduated from Virginia Tech Krystina Jones Dan Balthaser Danny Zambito EVP, Global LT Sales & EVP, Global Legal Technology Marketing VP, Engineering Phil Bridge Robert Hunter Andy Southam President, Data & Storage SVP, Global IT and eDiscovery Technologies General Counsel Operations 24    


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Key Financial Highlights Multiple Levers for Growth and Margin Expansion Historical and Projected Revenue o Productivity gains from recent investments in global sales ($M) capacity    o Leverage from cross border capabilities and buildout of datacenter capacity    $347 o Continued investment in firm’s culture, people and service $296 $310 $281 to maintain differentiated 24/7 white-glove customer service o Optimization of revenue model via addition of new product 2017 2018 2019E 2020E SKUs Historical and Projected Adjusted EBITDA(1) o Continued market share gains leveraging unique cloud and hybrid cloud delivery model ($M) o Tech-enabled service platform drives operational efficiency and cash conversion at scale o Flexible capital structure following the merger with Pivotal $92 will allow KLD to pursue accretive M&A to provide $75 $48 $55 additional growth 2017 2018 2019E 2020E Note: See the disclaimers at the beginning of this presentation for important qualifications and limitations on the use of projections. Actual results may differ materially. Assumes future period cash excess cash flow is applied to pay down debt. Assumes no acquisitions. (1) Please refer to the Appendix for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA to the nearest comparable GAAP measure. 26    


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Key Financial Highlights (cont’d) Adjusted EBITDA(1) Capital Expenditures EBITDA EBITDA Margin Capex % of Revenue $120 30% $30 7% 8% 26% 24% 7% $100 25% $25 6% 18% $92 $80 17% 20% $20 $21 4% 4% 5% $75 4% $60 15% $15 4% $55 $13 $13 3% $40 $48 10% $10 $12 2% $20 5% $5 1%—0%—0% 2017 2018 2019E 2020E 2017 2018 2019E 2020E Cash Interest Payments(2)(3) Unlevered Free Cash Flow(1)(4) Cash Interest Interest Coverage Unlevered FCF UFCF / Adjusted EBITDA 85% $45 3.7x 4.0x $90 82% 90% 75% $40 $80 80% $42 3.5x $35 2.8x $70 $78 70% 3.0x $35 55% $30 $60 60% 2.5x $61 $25 $27 $50 50% $25 2.0x $20 1.4x 1.3x $40 40% 1.5x $41 $15 $30 30% 1.0x $10 $20 $27 20% 0.5x $5 $10 10%—0.0x—0% 2017 2018 2019E 2020E 2017 2018 2019E 2020E Note: See the disclaimers at the beginning of this presentation for important qualifications and limitations on the use of projections. Actual results may differ materially. Assumes future period cash excess cash flow is applied to pay down debt. Assumes no acquisitions. (1) Please refer to the Appendix for a reconciliation of Adjusted EBITDA and unlevered free cash flow to the nearest comparable GAAP measure. (2) Interest coverage defined as Adjusted EBITDA divided by cash interest payments. (3) Pro forma for $136 million of debt paydown as of December 31, 2018. (4) Unlevered free cash flow defined as Adjusted EBITDA – capex – cash taxes. 27    


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Transaction Overview o Adjusted firm value of $799 million (10.7x 2019E Adjusted EBITDA) o Pro forma net debt / 2019E Adjusted EBITDA of 2.9x (includes partial paydown of existing debt as a result of the transaction) o $230 million Pivotal investment used to fund organic growth and a targeted M&A strategy, reduce leverage and pay transaction expenses o Carlyle and Revolution Growth (existing KLD shareholders) to roll their entire existing equity in the transaction o Existing KLD shareholders to receive 2.2 million earnout shares and Pivotal sponsors will place 1.1 million of their founder shares into an earnout Pro Forma Valuation Sources and Uses ($ in millions, except per share values) Existing Shareholder Rollover $348 Illustrative Pivotal Share Price $10.00 Sources Pivotal Cash in Trust(4) 230 Pro Forma Shares Outstanding (millions)(1) 62.5 Total $578 Equity Value $625 Existing Shareholder Rollover $348 Plus: Estimated Net Debt(2) 223 Paydown of Existing Debt 136 Less: NPV of Tax Savings(3) (49) Adjusted Firm Value $799 Uses Cash to KLD Balance Sheet 75 (5) Estimated Transaction Costs and Related Fees 19 Total $578 Pro Forma Adjusted Firm Value / Adjusted EBITDA 2019E Adjusted EBITDA $75 10.7x Pro Forma Equity Ownership 2020E Adjusted EBITDA $92 8.7x Pivotal Sponsor, Pro Forma Net Debt to Adjusted EBITDA Progression 7.5% 5.8x 2.9x Pivotal Shareholders, 2.0x 36.8% Existing Shareholder Rollover, 55.7% Status Quo Pro Forma Pro Forma 2019E 2019E(6) 2020E (6) (1) Shares outstanding and ownership at close includes 23.0M PVT shares outstanding, 4.7M Pivotal Sponsor’s founders shares and 34.8M shares issued to existing shareholders. The pro forma share count excludes 2.2M earnout shares for existing shareholders and 1.1M Pivotal Sponsor’s founders shares subject to an earnout (existing shareholder earnout shares to vest at $13.50 per share and Pivotal earnout shares to vest at $15.00 per share). (2) Reflects estimated net debt as of September 30, 2019. (3) Based on the net present value of estimated cash tax savings from ~$130.0M in net operating losses and $350.0M in tax deductible goodwill and other intangibles. (4) Cash in trust assumes no redemptions in connection with the business combination. (5) Estimated transaction costs and related fees includes deferred underwriting costs related to Pivotal’s IPO and legal costs. 29 (6) Pro forma for $136 million of debt paydown as of December 31, 2018.    


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Comparable Companies – Relative Valuation KLDiscovery represents an attractive investment opportunity with a compelling valuation Vertical Software Information Software & Services FV / 2019E Revenue Median: 5.6x Median: 4.3x 2.6x 7.9x 6.3x 6.2x 5.0x 5.0x 4.4x 5.3x 5.1x 4.1x 4.3x 2.8x (1) FV / 2019E Adjusted EBITDA Median: 20.5x Median: 14.3x 10.7x 27.6x 22.1x 17.0x 12.6x 25.0x 18.9x 22.2x 14.3x 14.3x 11.2x 18.0x (1) FV / 2019E FCF Median: 32.6x Median: 22.6x 23.0x 37.5x 30.4x 51.9x 21.2x 34.7x 21.5x 28.5x(3) 22.6x 23.9x 15.9x 17.4x (1)(2) Sources: Company filings, Capital IQ and Wall Street research Note: Market data as of May 6, 2019. See the disclaimers at the beginning of this presentation for important qualifications and limitations of the use of projections. Actual results may differ materially. (1) Based on $10.00 share price. (2) KLDiscovery estimated FCF is pro forma for year-end 2019 and is pro forma for $136 million of debt paydown as of December 31, 2018. (3) Reflects Thomson Reuters’ 2020E FCF multiple. Thomson Reuters’ 2019E FCF multiple is not meaningful due to adjustments made for the sale of their Financial and Risk 31 Business.    


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Comparable Companies – Growth & Performance KLDiscovery’s financial metrics compare favorably to its publicly traded peers Vertical Software Information Software & Services ’18 – ’20E Revenue CAGR Median: 12.8% Median: 4.1% 8.3% 13.2% 12.4% 19.4% 19.9% 5.2% 8.0% 6.1% 5.9% 4.1% 2.9% 2.8% ’18 – ’20E Adjusted EBITDA CAGR Median: 43.8% Median: 14.2% 29.6% 35.2% 52.3% 51.9% 35.7% 20.4% 59.8% 32.5% 14.2% 7.5% 18.4% 11.3% 2019E FCF Yield Median: 3.4% Median: 4.7% 5.6% (1) 2.7% 3.5% 2.4% 7.3% 3.4% 4.7% 3.6% 5.2% 4.7% 7.3% 4.7% (2)(3) Sources: Company filings, Capital IQ and Wall Street research Note: Market data as of May 6, 2019. See the disclaimers at the beginning of this presentation for important qualifications and limitations of the use of projections. Actual results may differ materially. (1) Reflects Thomson Reuters’ 2020E FCF yield. Thomson Reuters’ 2019E FCF yield is not meaningful due to adjustments made for the sale of their Financial and Risk Business. (2) KLDiscovery estimated FCF is pro forma for year-end 2019 and is pro forma for $136 million of debt paydown as of December 31, 2018. 32 (3) Based on $10.00 share price.    


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Adjusted EBITDA and Free Cash Flow Reconciliation Reconciliation ($M) Fiscal Year Ended December 31, 2017A 2018A PF 2019E (1) PF 2020E (1) Net Income / (Loss) ($72.2) ($67.7) ($51.2) ($0.4) Amortization of Acquired Intangibles 30.0 30.0 29.9 29.9 Depreciation 24.8 24.7 24.5 28.8 Interest and Financing Expense / (Income) 43.1 46.6 39.0 28.4 Income Tax Expense / (Benefit) 3.5 (3.7) 0.5 0.5 EBITDA $29.2 $29.9 $42.7 $87.2 Acquisition, Financing, and Transaction Costs (2) (0.2) 1.0 19.5 0.4 Strategic Initiatives: (3) Sign-on Bonus Amortization— 6.2 0.5— Non-Recoverable Draw— 5.7 3.9— Recruiting & Signing Bonuses— 1.0—— Legal Fees 4.5 2.3—— Total Strategic Initiatives $4.5 $15.2 $4.4— Management Fees, Stock Compensation, and Other (4) 3.9 3.3 3.5 2.6 Restructuring Costs (5) 9.7 3.2 1.6— Systems Establishment (6) 1.3 2.0 3.0 1.5 Adjusted EBITDA $48.4 $54.6 $74.7 $91.7 (-) Capital Expenditures 20.6 12.4 13.0 13.0 (-) Cash Taxes 1.0 1.2 0.5 0.5 Unlevered Free Cash Flow (UFCF) $26.8 $41.0 $61.2 $78.2 (-) Cash Interest 35.2 41.6 26.6 25.0 Levered Free Cash Flow (LFCF) ($8.4) ($0.6) $34.6 $53.2 (1) Pro forma for $136 million of debt paydown as of December 31, 2018. (2) Acquisition, financing and transaction costs includes earnout payments, rating agency, letter of credit and revolving facility fees, and Pivotal transaction costs. (3) Strategic initiatives includes the amortization of one-time expenses related to the hiring of a team of industry leading sales personnel. (4) Management fees, stock compensation & other includes consulting fees, expenses related to the Company’s stock compensation plan, business insurance and other expenses. (5) Restructuring costs include severance payments, recruiting fees, retention charges and signing bonuses. 34 (6) Systems establishment costs include expenses related to IT infrastructure build-out, system automation and ERP implementation.    


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Financials Disclosure NON- GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES: WE PREPARE AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH U.S. GENERALLY ACCEPTED ACCOUNTING PRINCIPLES (“GAAP”). WE ALSO DISCLOSE AND DISCUSS OTHER NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES SUCH AS ADJUSTED EBITDA, UNLEVERED FREE CASH FLOW AND LEVERED FREE CASH FLOW. WE BELIEVE THAT THESE MEASURES ARE RELEVANT AND PROVIDE USEFUL INFORMATION TO INVESTORS BY PROVIDING A BASELINE FOR EVALUATION AND COMPARING OUR OPERATING PERFORMANCE, AND IN THE CASE OF UNLEVERED FREE CASH FLOW AND LEVERED FREE CASH FLOW, OUR LIQUIDITY RESULTS AGAINST THAT OF OTHER COMPANIES IN OUR INDUSTRY. THE NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES THAT WE USE MAY NOT BE COMPARABLE TO SIMILARLY TITLED MEASURES REPORTED BY OTHER COMPANIES. ALSO, IN THE FUTURE, WE MAY DISCLOSE DIFFERENT NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES IN ORDER TO HELP OUR INVESTORS MEANINGFULLY EVALUATE AND COMPARE OUR RESULTS OF OPERATIONS TO OUR PREVIOUSLY REPORTED RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OR TO THOSE OF OTHER COMPANIES IN OUR INDUSTRY. WE ALSO BELIEVE IT REFLECTS OUR ONGOING OPERATING PERFORMANCE BECAUSE THE ISOLATION OF NON-CASH CHARGES, SUCH AS AMORTIZATION AND DEPRECIATION, AND OTHER ITEMS, SUCH AS INTEREST, INCOME TAXES, MANAGEMENT FEES AND EQUITY COMPENSATION, ACQUISITION AND TRANSACTION COSTS, RESTRUCTURING COSTS, SYSTEMS ESTABLISHMENT, AND ONE-TIME COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH STRATEGIC INITIATIVES WHICH ARE INCURRED OUTSIDE THE ORDINARY COURSE OF OUR BUSINESS, AND PROVIDE INFORMATION ABOUT OUR COST STRUCTURE, THAT HELPS TRACK OUR OPERATING PROGRESS. IN ADDITION, WE URGE INVESTORS AND POTENTIAL INVESTORS TO CAREFULLY REVIEW THE GAAP FINANCIAL INFORMATION AND COMPARE WITH OUR ADJUSTED EBITDA, UNLEVERED FREE CASH FLOW AND LEVERED FREE CASH FLOW. ADJUSTED EBITDA: WE VIEW ADJUSTED EBITDA, AS OUR OPERATING PERFORMANCE MEASURE AND AS SUCH, WE BELIEVE THAT THE MOST DIRECTLY COMPARABLE GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURE IS NET LOSS. IN CALCULATING ADJUSTED EBITDA, WE EXCLUDE FROM NET LOSS CERTAIN ITEMS THAT WE BELIEVE ARE NOT REFLECTIVE OF OUR ONGOING BUSINESS AND EXCLUSION OF THESE ITEMS ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE ADDITIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE FINANCIAL COMPONENTS OF THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATION OF OUR BUSINESS. WE HAVE OUTLINED BELOW THE TYPE AND SCOPE OF THESE EXCLUSIONS. â–ª THE ACQUISITION, FINANCING, AND TRANSACTION COSTS GENERALLY REPRESENT NON-ORDINARY COURSE EARN-OUT PAYMENTS, RATING AGENCY FEES, LETTER OF CREDIT AND REVOLVING FACILITY FEES AS WELL AS PROFESSIONAL SERVICE FEES AND DIRECT EXPENSES RELATED TO ACQUISITIONS. BECAUSE WE DO NOT ACQUIRE BUSINESSES ON A PREDICTABLE CYCLE, WE DO NOT CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF ACQUISITION- AND INTEGRATION- RELATED COSTS TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE COMPONENT OF THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATING PERFORMANCE OF OUR BUSINESS. â–ª THE STRATEGIC INITIATIVES EXPENSES RELATE TO ONE-TIME COST RESULTING FROM PURSUING STRATEGIC BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES. WE DO NOT EXPECT THESE EXPENSES TO RECUR AND WE DO NOT CONSIDER THE AMOUNTS TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE DAY-TO -DAY OPERATING PERFORMANCE OF OUR BUSINESS. â–ª MANAGEMENT FEES, STOCK COMPENSATION AND OTHER PRIMARILY REPRESENTS CONSULTING FEES AND PORTION OF COMPENSATION PAID TO OUR EMPLOYEES AND EXECUTIVES THROUGH STOCK-BASED INSTRUMENTS. DETERMINING THE FAIR VALUE OF THE STOCK-BASED INSTRUMENTS INVOLVES A HIGH DEGREE OF JUDGMENT AND ESTIMATION AND THE EXPENSES RECORDED MAY NOT ALIGN WITH THE ACTUAL VALUE REALIZED UPON THE FUTURE EXERCISE OR TERMINATION OF THE RELATED STOCK-BASED AWARDS. THEREFORE, WE BELIEVE IT IS USEFUL TO EXCLUDE STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE LONG-TERM PERFORMANCE OF OUR CORE BUSINESS. â–ª THE AMOUNT OF RESTRUCTURING COSTS INCURRED MAY BE USEFUL TO CONSIDER BECAUSE THEY GENERALLY REPRESENT NON-ORDINARY COURSE COSTS INCURRED IN CONNECTION WITH A CHANGE IN A CONTRACT OR A CHANGE IN THE MAKEUP OF OUR PERSONNEL OFTEN RELATED TO AN ACQUISITION. WE DO NOT CONSIDER THE AMOUNT OF RESTRUCTURING RELATED COSTS TO BE A REPRESENTATIVE COMPONENT OF THE DAY-TO-DAY OPERATING PERFORMANCE OF OUR BUSINESS. â–ª THE AMOUNT OF SYSTEMS ESTABLISHMENT COSTS RELATES TO NON-ORDINARY COURSE EXPENSES INCURRED TO DEVELOP OUR IT INFRASTRUCTURE, INCLUDING SYSTEM AUTOMATION AND ERP IMPLEMENTATION. WE DO NOT CONSIDER THE AMOUNT TO BE REPRESENTATIVE OF A COMPONENT OF THE DAY TO DAY OPERATION PERFORMANCE OF OUR BUSINESS. 35    


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Financials Disclosure (cont’d) OUR PRESENTATION OF ADJUSTED EBITDA SHOULD NOT BE CONSTRUED AS AN INFERENCE THAT OUR FUTURE RESULTS WILL BE UNAFFECTED BY ANY OF THE ADJUSTED ITEMS, OR THAT OUR PROJECTIONS AND ESTIMATES WILL BE REALIZED IN THEIR ENTIRETY OR AT ALL. IN ADDITION, BECAUSE OF THESE LIMITATIONS, ADJUSTED EBITDA SHOULD NOT BE CONSIDERED AS A MEASURE OF LIQUIDITY OR DISCRETIONARY CASH AVAILABLE TO US TO FUND OUR CASH NEEDS, INCLUDING INVESTING IN THE GROWTH OF OUR BUSINESS AND MEETING OUR OBLIGATIONS. YOU SHOULD COMPENSATE FOR THESE LIMITATIONS BY RELYING PRIMARILY ON OUR GAAP RESULTS AND ONLY USE ADJUSTED EBITDA FOR SUPPLEMENTARY ANALYSIS. THE USE OF ADJUSTED EBITDA INSTEAD OF GAAP MEASURES HAS LIMITATIONS AS AN ANALYTICAL TOOL, AND YOU SHOULD NOT CONSIDER ADJUSTED EBITDA IN ISOLATION, OR AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR ANALYSIS OF THE COMPANY’S RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND OPERATING CASH FLOWS AS REPORTED UNDER GAAP. FOR EXAMPLE, ADJUSTED EBITDA DOES NOT REFLECT: â–ª OUR CASH EXPENDITURES OR FUTURE REQUIREMENTS FOR CAPITAL EXPENDITURES; â–ª CHANGES IN, OR CASH REQUIREMENTS FOR, OUR WORKING CAPITAL NEEDS; â–ª INTEREST EXPENSE, OR THE CASH REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO SERVICE INTEREST OR PRINCIPAL PAYMENTS, ON OUR DEBT; â–ª ANY CASH INCOME TAXES THAT WE MAY BE REQUIRED TO PAY; â–ª ANY CASH REQUIREMENTS FOR REPLACEMENTS OF ASSETS THAT ARE DEPRECIATED OR AMORTIZED OVER THEIR ESTIMATED USEFUL LIVES AND MAY HAVE TO BE REPLACED IN THE FUTURE; OR â–ª ALL NON-CASH INCOME OR EXPENSE ITEMS THAT ARE REFLECTED IN OUR STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS. LEVERED AND UNLEVERED FREE CASH FLOW: WE USE THE NON-GAAP MEASURE OF UNLEVERED FREE CASH FLOW, WHICH WE CALCULATE AS ADJUSTED EBITDA REDUCED BY PURCHASES OF PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT AND ANY CASH TAXES PAID. WE BELIEVE UNLEVERED FREE CASH FLOW IS AN IMPORTANT LIQUIDITY MEASURE OF THE CASH (IF ANY) THAT IS AVAILABLE, AFTER PURCHASES OF PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT AND CASH TAXES, FOR INVESTMENT IN OUR BUSINESS AND TO MAKE ACQUISITIONS. WE ALSO PRESENT THE NON-GAAP MEASURE OF LEVERED FREE CASH FLOW, WHICH WE CALCULATE BY ADJUSTING OUR UNLEVERED FREE CASH FLOW FOR CASH INTEREST EXPENSE PAID DURING THE PERIOD. WE BELIEVE THAT LEVERED AND UNLEVERED FREE CASH FLOW ARE USEFUL TO INVESTORS AS LIQUIDITY MEASURES BECAUSE THEY MEASURE OUR ABILITY TO GENERATE CASH. OUR USE OF LEVERED FREE CASH FLOW AND UNLEVERED FREE CASH FLOW HAVE LIMITATIONS AS AN ANALYTICAL TOOL AND YOU SHOULD NOT CONSIDER THEM IN ISOLATION OR AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR AN ANALYSIS OF OUR RESULTS UNDER GAAP. BOTH LEVERED FREE CASH FLOW AND UNLEVERED FREE CASH FLOW ARE NOT A SUBSTITUTE FOR NET CASH USED IN OPERATING ACTIVITIES. ADDITIONALLY, THE UTILITY OF LEVERED AND UNLEVERED FREE CASH FLOW ARE FURTHER LIMITED AS IT DOES NOT REFLECT OUR FUTURE CONTRACTUAL COMMITMENTS AND DOES NOT REPRESENT THE TOTAL INCREASE OR DECREASE IN OUR CASH BALANCE FOR A GIVEN PERIOD. 36