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 4, 2021 (May 4, 2021)
FINTECH ACQUISITION CORP. IV
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-39558 | 84-1770732 | ||
(State of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(IRS Employer Identification No.) |
2929 Arch Street, Suite 1703 Philadelphia, PA |
19104 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
(215) 701-9555
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
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:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
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Trading Symbol(s) |
Name of each exchange on which registered |
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Units, each consisting of one share of Class A common stock and one-third of one redeemable warrant | FTIVU | Nasdaq Capital Market | ||
Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share | FTIV | Nasdaq Capital Market | ||
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock | FTIVW | Nasdaq Capital Market |
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.
Amendment to Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement
As disclosed in a Current Report on Form 8-K of FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV, a Delaware corporation (the Company), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the SEC) on December 30, 2020, as amended by an Amendment to Current Report on Form 8-K/A of the Company filed with the SEC on December 31, 2020 (together, the Previous Current Report), on December 29, 2020, the Company announced that it entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the Business Combination Agreement), dated as of December 29, 2020, by and among the Company, FinTech Investor Holdings IV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Fintech Masala Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (together with FinTech Investor Holdings IV, LLC, the Sponsor), PWP Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership (PWP), PWP GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of PWP (PWP GP), PWP Professional Partners LP, a Delaware limited partnership and a limited partner of PWP (Professionals), and Perella Weinberg Partners LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and the general partner of Professionals (Professionals GP) pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will acquire interests in PWP, which will become jointly-owned by the Company, Professionals, and certain existing partners of PWP and following the closing of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the Closing) will serve as the Companys operating partnership as part of an umbrella limited partnership C-corporation (Up-C) structure.
As disclosed in the Previous Current Report, on December 29, 2020, concurrently with the execution and delivery of the Business Combination Agreement, the Sponsor entered into a Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement (the Sponsor Share Cancellation Agreement) with the Company, PWP and the other parties to that certain letter agreement, dated as of September 24, 2020, by and among the Sponsor, the Company and such other parties, pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed that, concurrent with and contingent upon the Closing, it will forfeit an aggregate of 1,023,333 shares of Class B common stock for no consideration and agrees that 610,000 shares of
Class A common stock and 6,846,667 shares of Class B common stock held thereby be subject to transfer restrictions for six months following the Closing and that 80% of the shares of Class B common stock also be subject to vesting conditions based on certain closing share price thresholds of the Companys common stock for 20 out of any 30 consecutive trading days (such 80% of the shares of Class B common stock, the Share Price Restricted Class B Shares) imposing restrictions on transfer prior to the satisfaction of such vesting conditions.
On May 4, 2021, the parties to the Sponsor Share Cancellation Agreement entered into an Amendment to Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement (the Amendment to the Sponsor Share Cancellation Agreement). The Amendment to the Sponsor Share Cancellation Agreement revises the terms of the restrictions on transfer of the Share Price Restricted Class B Shares to provide that such restrictions on transfer, if not previously lapsed or terminated in accordance with their terms, shall terminate on the tenth anniversary of the date of the consummation of the business combination contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the Business Combination).
The foregoing description of the Amendment to the Sponsor Share Cancellation Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the terms and conditions of the Amendment to the Sponsor Share Cancellation Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Forward-Looking Statements
This Current Report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of The Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements include, without limitation, statements regarding the estimated future financial performance, financial position and financial impacts of the potential transaction, the satisfaction of closing conditions to the potential transaction and the private placement, the level of redemptions by the Companys public stockholders, the timing of the completion of the potential transaction, the anticipated pro forma enterprise value and Adjusted Net Income of the combined company following the potential transaction, anticipated ownership percentages of the combined companys stockholders following the potential transaction, and the business strategy, plans and objectives of management for future operations, including as they relate to the potential transaction. Such statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts. When used in this Current Report, words such as pro forma, anticipate, believe, continue, could, estimate, expect, intend, may, might, plan, possible, potential, predict, project, should, strive, would and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. When the Company discusses its strategies or plans, including as they relate to the potential transaction, it is making projections, forecasts and forward-looking statements. Such statements are based on the beliefs of, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to, the Companys management.
These forward-looking statements involve significant risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results. Most of these factors are outside the Companys and Perella Weinberg Partners control and are difficult to predict. Factors that may cause such differences include, but are not limited to: (1) the Companys ability to complete the potential transaction or, if the Company does not complete the potential transaction, any other initial business combination; (2) satisfaction or waiver (if applicable) of the conditions to the potential transaction, including with respect to the approval of the stockholders of the Company; (3) the ability to maintain the listing of the combined companys securities on a national securities exchange; (4) the inability to complete the private placement; (5) the risk that the proposed transaction disrupts current plans and operations of the Company or Perella Weinberg Partners as a result of the announcement and consummation of the transaction described herein; (6) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed transaction, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain its management and key employees; (7) costs related to the proposed transaction; (8) changes in applicable laws or regulations and delays in obtaining, adverse conditions contained in, or the inability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals required to complete the potential transaction; (9) the possibility that the Company and Perella Weinberg Partners may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (10) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against the Company, Perella Weinberg Partners or any of their respective directors or officers, following the announcement of the potential transaction; (11) the failure to realize anticipated pro forma results and underlying assumptions, including with respect to estimated stockholder redemptions and purchase price and other adjustments; and (12) other risks and uncertainties indicated in the definitive proxy statement of the Company to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), including those under Risk Factors therein, and other documents filed or to be filed with the SEC by the Company.
Forward-looking statements included in this Current Report speak only as of the date of this Current Report. Neither the Company nor Perella Weinberg Partners undertakes any obligation to update its forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Current Report. Additional risks and uncertainties are identified and discussed in the Companys reports filed with the SEC and available at the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov.
Additional Information about the Transaction and Where to Find It
The Company has filed with the SEC a preliminary proxy statement in connection with the Business Combination and, when available, will mail a definitive proxy statement and other relevant documents to its stockholders. The definitive proxy statement will contain important information about the Business Combination and the other matters to be voted upon at a special meeting of the stockholders to be held to approve the Business Combination and other matters, and is not intended to provide the basis for any investment decision or any other decision in respect of such matters. The Companys stockholders and other interested persons are advised to read the preliminary proxy statement, the amendments thereto, and, when available, the definitive proxy statement in connection with the Companys solicitation of proxies for such special meeting, as these materials will contain important information about the Company, Perella Weinberg Partners and the Business Combination. The definitive proxy statement will be mailed to the stockholders of the Company as of a record date to be established for voting on the Business Combination and the other matters to be voted upon at the special meeting. The Companys stockholders will also be able to obtain copies of the proxy statement, as well as other filings containing information about the Company, without charge, once available, at the SECs website at http://www.sec.gov, or by directing a request to: aabrams@cohenandcompany.com.
Participants in the Solicitation
The Company, PWP and certain of their respective directors and officers, as applicable, may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies of the Companys stockholders in connection with the Business Combination. The Companys stockholders and other interested persons may obtain, without charge, more detailed information regarding the directors and officers of the Company in the Companys Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 filed with the SEC on March 15, 2021.
Information regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies of the Companys stockholders in connection with the Business Combination and other matters to be voted upon at the special meeting, including certain of PWPs officers, is set forth in the preliminary proxy statement for the Business Combination that the Company filed with the SEC on February 5, 2021 and amended on March 29, 2021, as it may be further amended. Additional information regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the Business Combination is included in the preliminary proxy statement that the Company filed with the SEC on February 5, 2021 and amended on March 29, 2021, as it may be further amended. This Form 8-K does not constitute a solicitation of a proxy, an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
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.
Date: May 4, 2021
FINTECH ACQUISITION CORP. IV | ||
/s/ James J. McEntee, III | ||
Name: | James J. McEntee, III | |
Title: | President |
Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT TO
SPONSOR SHARE SURRENDER AND SHARE RESTRICTION AGREEMENT
May 4, 2021
THIS AMENDMENT (this Amendment) to the Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement, dated as of December 29, 2020 (the Agreement), by and among PWP Holdings LP, a Delaware limited partnership (PWP), FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV, a Delaware corporation (the Company), FinTech Investor Holdings IV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Holdings IV), FinTech Masala Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Masala and together with Holdings IV, the Sponsors), and the other parties set forth on the signature pages thereto (together with PWP, the Company and the Sponsors, the Parties), is entered into by and among the Parties as of the date first set forth above. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Amendment shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Agreement.
WHEREAS, the Parties desire to amend certain provisions of the Agreement (pursuant to and in accordance with Section 3.6 of the Agreement), on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Amendment.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants, agreements and understandings herein contained, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Amendment, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, agree as follows:
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Amendment of Section 1.2(b): Section 1.2(b) of the Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety as follows: |
(b) Timing and Lapse of Transfer Restrictions. As used, herein, 6-Month Anniversary means the date that is the six-month anniversary of the Closing Date, 10-Year Anniversary means the date that is the ten-year anniversary of the Closing Date, Stock Price means, on any date after the Closing, the closing sale price per share of Class A Common Stock reported as of 4:00 p.m., New York, New York time on such date by Bloomberg, or if not available on Bloomberg, as reported by Morningstar and Trading Day means any day on which trading is generally conducted on the NASDAQ Capital Market or any other exchange on which the Class A Shares are traded and published.
(i) Until the 6-Month Anniversary, all of the Class A Shares held by each Sponsor (the 6-Month Class A Shares), and twenty percent (20.00%) of the Restricted Shares of each Sponsor that are Class B Shares immediately prior to the Closing (the 6-Month Class B Shares), as identified on Schedule I hereto, shall not be transferable or salable except as provided in the Insider Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, as set forth in Section 3(d) of the Insider Agreement).
(ii) Until the later of (x) the 6-Month Anniversary and (y) the earlier of (A) the 10-Year Anniversary and (B) the date that is 15 days following the first date that the Stock Price is greater than $12.00 per share for any 20 Trading Days out of 30 consecutive Trading Days, twenty percent (20.00%) of the Restricted Shares that are Class B Shares immediately prior to the Closing (the $12.00 Class B Shares), as identified on Schedule I hereto, shall not be transferable or salable except as provided in the Insider Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, as set forth in Section 3(d) of the Insider Agreement).
(iii) Until the later of (x) the 6-Month Anniversary and (y) the earlier of (A) the 10-Year Anniversary and (B) the first date that the Stock Price is greater than $13.50 per share for any 20 Trading Days out of 30 consecutive Trading Days, twenty percent (20.00%) of the Restricted Shares that are Class B Shares immediately prior to the Closing (the $13.50 Class B Shares), as identified on Schedule I hereto, shall not be transferable or salable except as provided in the Insider Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, as set forth in Section 3(d) of the Insider Agreement).
(iv) Until the later of (x) the 6-Month Anniversary and (y) the earlier of (A) the 10-Year Anniversary and (B) the date that is 15 days following the first date that the Stock Price is greater than $15.00 per share for any 20 Trading Days out of 30 consecutive Trading Days, twenty percent (20.00%) of the Restricted Shares that are Class B Shares immediately prior to the Closing (the $15.00 Class B Shares), as identified on Schedule I hereto, shall not be transferable or salable except as provided in the Insider Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, as set forth in Section 3(d) of the Insider Agreement).
(v) Until the later of (x) the 6-Month Anniversary and (y) the earlier of (A) the 10-Year Anniversary and (B) the first date that the Stock Price is greater than $17.00 per share for any 20 Trading Days out of 30 consecutive Trading Days, twenty percent (20.00%) of the Restricted Shares that are Class B Shares immediately prior to the Closing (the $17.00 Class B Shares), as identified on Schedule I hereto, shall not be transferable or salable except as provided in the Insider Agreement (for the avoidance of doubt, as set forth in Section 3(d) of the Insider Agreement).
(vi) For the avoidance of doubt, each Sponsor shall be entitled to vote its Restricted Shares and receive dividends and other distributions with respect to such Restricted Shares during any period of time that such shares are subject to restriction on transfer or sale hereunder.
(vii) In the event that a Sponsor transfers Restricted Shares in accordance with the terms of this Section 1.2(b), the recipient shall deliver a customary joinder agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company and PWP, and become bound by the transfer restrictions and sale obligations set forth herein, including Section 1.3.
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Miscellaneous: Except as otherwise expressly provided or contemplated by this Amendment, all of the terms, conditions and provisions of the Agreement remain unaltered and in full force and effect. The Agreement and this Amendment shall be read and construed as one agreement. All references to the Agreement in any other agreement or document shall be deemed to mean the Agreement as modified by this Amendment. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts (any of which may be delivered by facsimile or electronic transmission), each of which shall constitute an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument. |
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Amendment as of the date first written above.
FINTECH ACQUISITION CORP. IV | ||
By: |
/s/ James J. McEntee, III |
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Name: | James J. McEntee, III | |
Title: | President | |
FINTECH INVESTOR HOLDINGS IV, LLC | ||
By: Cohen Sponsor Interests IV, LLC, its Manager | ||
By: FinTech Masala, LLC, its sole member | ||
By: |
/s/ Daniel G. Cohen |
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Name: | Daniel G. Cohen | |
Title: | Managing Member | |
FINTECH MASALA ADVISORS IV, LLC | ||
By: Cohen Sponsor Interests IV, LLC, its Manager | ||
By: FinTech Masala, LLC, its sole member | ||
By: |
/s/ Daniel G. Cohen |
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Name: | Daniel G. Cohen | |
Title: | Managing Member |
[Signature Page to Amendment to Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement]
/s/ Betsy Z. Cohen |
BETSY Z. COHEN, individually |
/s/ Daniel G. Cohen |
DANIEL G. COHEN, individually |
/s/ James J. McEntee, III |
JAMES J. MCENTEE III, individually |
/s/ Douglas Listman |
DOUGLAS LISTMAN, individually |
/s/ Laura S. Kohn |
LAURA S. KOHN, individually |
/s/ Jan Rock Zubrow |
JAN ROCK ZUBROW, individually |
/s/ Brittain Ezzes |
BRITTAIN EZZES, individually |
/s/ Madelyn Antoncic |
MADELYN ANTONCIC, individually |
[Signature Page to Amendment to Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement]
PWP HOLDINGS LP | ||
By: | PWP GP LLC, its general partner | |
By: | PWP Professional Partners LP, its sole member | |
By: | Perella Weinberg Partners LLC, its general partner | |
By: |
/s/ Gary Barancik |
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Name: | Gary Barancik | |
Title: | Authorized Person |
[Signature Page to Amendment to Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement]
By execution and delivery hereof, the undersigned, being the Representatives under that certain Underwriting Agreement dated September 24, 2020, among FinTech Acquisition Corp. IV and the undersigned (the Underwriting Agreement), hereby consent to the amendments to the Insider Letter (as such term is defined in the Underwriting Agreement) effected by this Amendment, including pursuant to Sections 2.22.1, 3.28 and 7.3.1 of the Underwriting Agreement.
CANTOR FITZGERALD & CO | ||
By: |
/s/ David Batalion |
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Name: | David Batalion | |
Title: | Managing Director | |
WELLS FARGO SECURITIES, LLC | ||
By: |
/s/ Richard Tobin |
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Name: | Richard Tobin | |
Title: | Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Amendment to Sponsor Share Surrender and Share Restriction Agreement]