UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

 

FORM 8-A

FOR REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN CLASSES OF SECURITIES

PURSUANT TO SECTION 12(b) OR (g) OF

THE SECURITIES EXCHANGEACT OF 1933

 

 

Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Ontario, Canada   N/A
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

2351 Royal Windsor Drive, Unit 10

Mississaugua, ON

  L5J 4S7
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

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

 

Title of each class

to be so registered

 

Name of each exchange on which

each class to be registered

Common shares, without par value   The New York Stock Exchange
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one common share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment   The New York Stock Exchange

 

 

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c) or (e), check the following box.  ☒

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d) or (e), check the following box.  ☐

If this form relates to the registration of a class of securities concurrently with a Regulation A offering, check the following box.  ☐

Securities Act registration statement or Regulation A offering statement file number to which this form relates:

333-254843

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

None

 

 

 


Item 1. Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered

The securities to be registered hereby are common shares without par value (the “Common Shares”) and warrants, each entitling the holder thereof to purchase one Common Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, (the “Warrants”) of Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (the “Registrant”).

The description of the Common Shares and Warrants contained in the section titled “Description of Amalco’s Securities” captioned “Amalco Common Shares,” Notes (4) and (5) to the “Calculation of Registration Fee” appearing on the cover, and the Risk Factor titled, “Amalco Warrants will become exercisable following the Business Combination, which could increase the number of Amalco Shares eligible for future resale in the public market and result in dilution to its shareholders,” and “A provision in the Warrant Agreement may make it more difficult for us to consummate the Business Combination,” respectively, of the Registrant’s proxy statement/prospectus forming a part of the registration statement on Form F-4, File No. 333-254843, as amended from time to time (the “Registration Statement”), filed by the Registrant with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) is incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Common Shares and Warrants is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. By-Laws, which are filed as Exhibit 3.1 to this Form 8-A and incorporated herein by reference. The description of the Warrants is qualified in its entirety by reference to the Warrant Agreement, dated September 23, 2020 by and between Peridot Acquisition Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, filed as Exhibit 4.1 of Peridot Acquisition Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 28, 2020 and incorporated by reference herein and the Warrant Amendment Agreement, dated August 10, 2021 by and between Peridot Acquisition Corp., the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, which is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Form 8-A and incorporated herein by reference.

Any prospectus or prospectus supplement to the Registration Statement that includes descriptions of the Common Shares and/or Warrants subsequently filed with the Commission is hereby also incorporated by reference herein.

The Common Shares and Warrants to be registered hereunder have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbols “LICY” and “LICYW”, respectively.

Item 2. Exhibits

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Exhibit Description

  3.1    By-laws of Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.
  4.2    Warrant Agreement, dated as of September 23, 2020, between Continental Stock Transfer  & Trust Company and Peridot Acquisition Corp. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of Peridot Acquisition Corp.’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed on September 28, 2020).
  4.3    Warrant Amendment Agreement and Form of Warrant Certificate, dated as of August 10, 2021, by and among Peridot Acquisition Corp., Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company.

 

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized.

 

Date: August 10, 2021       Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.
    By:  

/s/ Bruce MacInnis

     

Bruce MacInnis

Chief Financial Officer

 

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Exhibit 3.1

LI-CYCLE HOLDINGS CORP.

BY-LAW NO. 1

ARTICLE 1

INTERPRETATION

Section 1.1 Definitions.

As used in this by-law, the following terms have the following meanings:

Act” means the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) and the regulations under the Act, all as amended, re-enacted or replaced from time to time.

Authorized Signatory” has the meaning specified in Section 2.2.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or statutory holiday in the Province of Ontario.

Corporation” means Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.

person” means a natural person, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, corporation, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or other entity or governmental or regulatory entity, and pronouns have a similarly extended meaning.

recorded address” means (i) in the case of a shareholder or other securityholder, the shareholder’s or securityholder’s latest address as shown in the records of the Corporation, (ii) in the case of joint shareholders or other joint securityholders, the address appearing in the records of the Corporation in respect of the joint holding or, if there is more than one address in respect of the joint holding, the first address that appears, and (iii) in the case of a director, officer or auditor, the person’s latest address as shown in the records of the Corporation or, if applicable, the last notice filed with the Director under the Act, whichever is the most recent.

show of hands” means, in connection with a meeting, a show of hands by persons present at the meeting, the functional equivalent of a show of hands by telephonic or electronic means and any combination of such methods.

Terms used in this by-law that are defined in the Act have the meanings given to such terms in the Act.

Section 1.2 Interpretation.

The division of this by-law into Articles, Sections and other subdivisions and the insertion of headings are for convenient reference only and do not affect its interpretation. Words importing the singular number include the plural and vice versa. Any reference in this by-law to gender includes all genders. In this by-law the words “including”, “includes” and “include” means “including (or includes or include) without limitation”.

Section 1.3 Subject to Act and Articles.

This by-law is subject to, and should be read in conjunction with, the Act and the articles. If there is any conflict or inconsistency between any provision of the Act or the articles and any provision of this by-law, the provision of the Act or the articles will govern.


ARTICLE 2

BUSINESS OF THE CORPORATION

Section 2.1 Financial Year.

The financial year of the Corporation ends on such date of each year as the directors determine from time to time.

Section 2.2 Execution of Instruments and Voting Rights.

Contracts, documents and instruments may be signed on behalf of the Corporation, either manually or by facsimile or by electronic means, (i) by any one director or officer of the Corporation, or (ii) by any other person authorized by the directors from time to time (each person referred to in (i) and (ii) is an “Authorized Signatory”). Voting rights for securities held by the Corporation may be exercised on behalf of the Corporation by any one Authorized Signatory. In addition, the directors may, from time to time, authorize any person or persons (i) to sign contracts, documents and instruments generally on behalf of the Corporation or to sign specific contracts, documents or instruments on behalf of the Corporation, and (ii) to exercise voting rights for securities held by the Corporation generally or to exercise voting rights for specific securities held by the Corporation. Any Authorized Signatory, or other person authorized to sign any contract, document or instrument on behalf of the Corporation, may affix the corporate seal, if any, to any contract, document or instrument when required.

As used in this Section, the phrase “contracts, documents and instruments” means any and all kinds of contracts, documents and instruments in written or electronic form, including cheques, drafts, orders, guarantees, notes, acceptances and bills of exchange, deeds, mortgages, hypothecs, charges, conveyances, transfers, assignments, powers of attorney, agreements, proxies, releases, receipts, discharges and certificates and all other paper writings or electronic writings.

Section 2.3 Banking Arrangements.

The banking and borrowing business of the Corporation or any part of it may be transacted with such banks, trust companies or other firms or corporations as the directors determine from time to time. All such banking and borrowing business or any part of it may be transacted on the Corporation’s behalf under the agreements, instructions and delegations, and by the one or more officers and other persons, that the directors authorize from time to time. This paragraph does not limit in any way the authority granted under Section 2.2.

ARTICLE 3

DIRECTORS

Section 3.1 Place of Meetings.

Any or all meetings of directors may be held at any place in or outside Canada.

Section 3.2 Calling of Meetings.

The chair of the board, the lead director, if any, the chief executive officer, the president, the corporate secretary or any one or more directors may call a meeting of the directors at any time. Meetings of directors will be held at the time and place as the person(s) calling the meeting determine.

Section 3.3 Regular Meetings.

The directors may establish regular meetings of directors. Any resolution establishing such meetings will specify the dates, times and places of the regular meetings and will be sent to each director.

 

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Section 3.4 Notice of Meeting.

Subject to this section, notice of the time and place of each meeting of directors will be given to each director not less than 48 hours before the time of the meeting. No notice of meeting is required for any regularly scheduled meeting except where the Act requires the notice to specify the purpose of, or the business to be transacted at, the meeting. Provided a quorum of directors is present, a meeting of directors may be held, without notice, immediately following the annual meeting of shareholders.

The accidental omission to give notice of any meeting of directors to, or the non-receipt of any notice by, any person, or any error in any notice not affecting the substance of the notice, does not invalidate any resolution passed or any action taken at the meeting.

Section 3.5 Waiver of Notice.

A director may waive notice of a meeting of directors, any irregularity in a notice of meeting of directors or any irregularity in a meeting of directors. Such waiver may be given in any manner and may be given at any time either before or after the meeting to which the waiver relates. Waiver of any notice of a meeting of directors cures any irregularity in the notice, any default in the giving of the notice and any default in the timeliness of the notice. Attendance of a director at a meeting of directors is a waiver of notice of the meeting, except where a director attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the grounds that the meeting is not lawfully called.

Section 3.6 Quorum.

A majority of the number of directors in office or such greater or lesser number as the directors may determine from time to time, constitutes a quorum at any meeting of the directors. Where the Corporation has fewer than three directors, all directors must be present at any meeting of directors to constitute a quorum. Notwithstanding any vacancy among the directors, a quorum of directors may exercise all the powers of the directors.

Section 3.7 Meeting by Telephonic, Electronic or Other Communication Facility.

If all the directors of the Corporation present at or participating in a meeting of directors consent, a director may participate in such meeting by means of a telephonic, electronic or other communication facility. A director participating in a meeting by such means is deemed to be present at the meeting. Any consent is effective whether given before or after the meeting to which it relates and may be given with respect to all meetings of the directors.

Section 3.8 Chair.

If appointed, the chair of the board will preside at directors meetings and shareholders meetings in accordance with this Section 3.8 and Section 7.9, respectively. The chair of the board will have such other powers and duties as the directors determine. The chair of any meeting of directors is the first mentioned of the following persons that is a director and is present at the meeting:

 

  (a)

the chair of the board;

 

  (b)

the lead director, if any; or

 

  (c)

the chief executive officer.

If no such person is present at the meeting, the directors present will choose one of their number to chair the meeting.

 

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Section 3.9 Secretary.

The corporate secretary, if any, will act as secretary at meetings of directors. If a corporate secretary has not been appointed or the corporate secretary is absent, the chair of the meeting will appoint a person, who need not be a director, to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 3.10 Votes to Govern.

At all meetings of directors, every question will be decided by a majority of the votes cast. In case of an equality of votes, the chair of the meeting is not entitled to a second or casting vote.

Section 3.11 Remuneration and Expenses.

The directors may determine from time to time the remuneration, if any, to be paid to a director for his or her services as a director. The directors are also entitled to be reimbursed for travelling and other out-of-pocket expenses properly incurred by them in attending directors meetings, committee meetings and shareholders meetings and in the performance of other duties of directors of the Corporation. The directors may also award additional remuneration to any director undertaking special services on the Corporation’s behalf beyond the services ordinarily required of a director by the Corporation.

A director may be employed by or provide services to the Corporation otherwise than as a director. Such a director may receive remuneration for such employment or services in addition to any remuneration paid to the director for his or her services as a director.

ARTICLE 4

COMMITTEES

Section 4.1 Committees of Directors.

The directors may appoint from their number one or more committees and delegate to such committees any of the powers of the directors except those powers that, under the Act, a committee of directors has no authority to exercise.

Section 4.2 Proceedings.

Meetings of committees of directors may be held at any place in or outside Canada. At all meetings of committees, every question will be decided by a majority of the votes cast on the question. Unless otherwise determined by the directors, each committee of directors may make, amend or repeal rules and procedures to regulate its meetings including: (i) fixing its quorum, provided that quorum may not be less than a majority of its members; (ii) procedures for calling meetings; (iii) requirements for providing notice of meetings; and (iv) selecting a chair for a meeting.

Subject to a committee of directors establishing rules and procedures to regulate its meetings, Section 3.1 to Section 3.11 inclusive apply to committees of directors, with such changes as are necessary.

ARTICLE 5

OFFICERS

Section 5.1 Appointment of Officers.

The directors may appoint such officers of the Corporation as they deem appropriate from time to time. The officers may include any of a chair of the board, a chief executive officer, a president, one or more vice-presidents, a chief financial officer, a chief commercial officer, a chief technical officer, a general counsel, a corporate secretary and a treasurer and one or more assistants to any of the appointed officers. No person may be the chair of the board unless that person is a director.

 

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Section 5.2 Powers and Duties.

Unless the directors determine otherwise, an officer has all powers and authority that are incident to his or her office. An officer will have such other powers, authority, functions and duties that are prescribed or delegated, from time to time, by the directors, or by other officers if authorized to do so by the directors. The directors or authorized officers may, from time to time, vary, add to or limit the powers and duties of any officer.

Section 5.3 Chief Executive Officer.

If appointed, the chief executive officer of the Corporation will have general powers and duties of supervision of the business and affairs of the Corporation. The chief executive officer will have such other powers and duties as the directors determine. Subject to Section 3.9 and Section 7.9, during the absence or disability of the corporate secretary or the treasurer, or if no corporate secretary or treasurer has been appointed, the chief executive officer will also have the powers and duties of the office of corporate secretary and treasurer, as the case may be.

Section 5.4 President.

If appointed, the president of the Corporation will have such other powers and duties as the directors determine.

Section 5.5 Corporate Secretary.

If appointed, the corporate secretary will have the following powers and duties: (i) the corporate secretary will give or cause to be given, as and when instructed, notices required to be given to shareholders, directors, officers, auditors and members of committees of directors; (ii) the corporate secretary may attend at and be the secretary of meetings of directors, shareholders, and committees of directors and will have the minutes of all proceedings at such meetings entered in the books and records kept for that purpose; and (iii) the corporate secretary will be the custodian of any corporate seal of the Corporation and the books, papers, records, documents, and instruments belonging to the Corporation, except when another officer or agent has been appointed for that purpose. The corporate secretary will have such other powers and duties as the directors or the chief executive officer determine.

Section 5.6 Treasurer.

If appointed, the treasurer of the Corporation will have the following powers and duties: (i) the treasurer will ensure that the Corporation prepares and maintains adequate accounting records in compliance with the Act; (ii) the treasurer will also be responsible for the deposit of money, the safekeeping of securities and the disbursement of the funds of the Corporation; and (iii) at the request of the directors, the treasurer will render an account of the Corporation’s financial transactions and of the financial position of the Corporation. The treasurer will have such other powers and duties as the directors or the chief executive officer of the Corporation determine.

Section 5.7 Removal of Officers.

The directors may remove an officer from office at any time, with or without cause. Such removal is without prejudice to the officer’s rights under any employment contract with the Corporation.

ARTICLE 6

PROTECTION OF DIRECTORS, OFFICERS AND OTHERS

Section 6.1 Limitation of Liability.

Subject to the Act and other applicable law, no director or officer is liable for: (i) the acts, omissions, receipts, failures, neglects or defaults of any other director, officer or employee; (ii) joining in any receipt or other act for conformity; (iii) any loss, damage or expense happening to the Corporation through the insufficiency or deficiency of title to any property acquired for or on behalf of the Corporation; (iv) the insufficiency or

 

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deficiency of any security in or upon which any of the monies of the Corporation are invested; (v) any loss or damage arising from the bankruptcy, insolvency or tortious acts of any person with whom any of the monies, securities or effects of the Corporation are deposited; or (vi) any loss occasioned by any error of judgment or oversight on his or her part, or for any other loss, damage or misfortune whatever which occurs in the execution of the duties of his or her office or in relation to his or her office.

Section 6.2 Indemnity.

The Corporation will indemnify to the fullest extent permitted by the Act (i) any director or officer of the Corporation; (ii) any former director or officer of the Corporation; (iii) any individual who acts or acted at the Corporation’s request as a director or officer, or in a similar capacity, of another entity; and (iv) their respective heirs and legal representatives. The Corporation is authorized to execute agreements in favour of any of the foregoing persons evidencing the terms of the indemnity. Nothing in this by-law limits the right of any person entitled to indemnity to claim indemnity apart from the provisions of this by-law.

Section 6.3 Insurance.

The Corporation may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any person referred to in Section 6.2 against such liabilities and in such amounts as the directors may determine and as are permitted by the Act.

ARTICLE 7

SHAREHOLDERS

Section 7.1 Calling Annual and Special Meetings.

The board of directors (by way of a resolution passed at a meeting where there is a quorum of directors or by way of written resolution signed by all directors entitled to vote thereon) have the power to call annual meetings of shareholders and special meetings of shareholders. Each of the chair of the board, the president, and the chief executive officer may also call meetings of shareholders provided that the business to be transacted at such meeting has been approved by the board of directors. Annual meetings of shareholders and special meetings of shareholders will be held on the date and at the time and place in or outside Ontario as the person(s) calling the meeting determine.

Section 7.2 Electronic Meetings.

Meetings of shareholders may be held by telephonic or electronic means. A shareholder who, through those means, votes at the meeting or establishes a communications link to the meeting is deemed for the purposes of the Act to be present at the meeting. The directors may establish procedures regarding the holding of meetings of shareholders by such means.

Section 7.3 Notice of Meetings.

The time period to provide notice of the time and place of a meeting of shareholders is not less than twenty-one (21) days and not more than fifty (50) days before the meeting.

The accidental omission to give notice of any meeting of shareholders to, or the non-receipt of any notice by, any person, or any error in any notice not affecting the substance of the notice, does not invalidate any resolution passed or any action taken at the meeting.

 

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Section 7.4 Waiver of Notice.

A shareholder, a proxyholder, a director or the auditor of the Corporation and any other person entitled to attend a meeting of shareholders may waive notice of a meeting of shareholders, any irregularity in a notice of meeting of shareholders or any irregularity in a meeting of shareholders. Such waiver may be waived in any manner and may be given at any time either before or after the meeting to which the waiver relates. Waiver of any notice of a meeting of shareholders cures any irregularity in the notice, any default in the giving of the notice and any default in the timeliness of the notice.

Section 7.5 Representatives.

A representative of a shareholder that is a body corporate or an association will be recognized if (i) a certified copy of the resolution of the directors or governing body of the body corporate or association, or a certified copy of an extract from the by-laws of the body corporate or association, authorizing the representative to represent the body corporate or association is deposited with the Corporation; or (ii) the authorization of the representative is established in another manner that is satisfactory to the corporate secretary or the chair of the meeting.

Section 7.6 Persons Entitled to be Present.

The only persons entitled to be present at a meeting of shareholders are those persons entitled to vote at the meeting, the directors, the officers, the auditor of the Corporation and others who, although not entitled to vote, are entitled or required under any provision of the Act or the articles or by-laws to be present at the meeting. Any other person may be admitted with the consent of the chair of the meeting.

Section 7.7 Quorum.

A quorum of shareholders is present at a meeting of shareholders if the holders of not less than 33 1/3% of the shares entitled to vote at the meeting are present in person or represented by proxy, irrespective of the number of persons actually present at the meeting.

Section 7.8 Proxies.

A proxy will comply with the applicable requirements of the Act and other applicable law and will be in such form as the directors may approve from time to time or such other form as may be acceptable to the chair of the meeting at which the instrument of proxy is to be used. A proxy will be acted on only if it is deposited with the Corporation or its agent prior to the time specified in the notice calling the meeting at which the proxy is to be used.

Section 7.9 Chair, Secretary and Scrutineers.

The directors may, at any time prior to the time appointed for a meeting of shareholders to commence, appoint any person to act as chair of the meeting or, if the directors do not make such appointment, the chair of the board, if any, will preside as chair of the meeting of shareholders. If there is no chair of the board, or if the chair of the board is not present within thirty minutes after the time appointed for the meeting to commence, or is unwilling to act, the directors present will elect one of director to be chair of the meeting of shareholders.

If no director is present at the meeting, the persons present who are entitled to vote at the meeting will choose a shareholder who is present to chair the meeting.

The corporate secretary, if any, will act as secretary at meetings of shareholders. If a corporate secretary has not been appointed or the corporate secretary is absent, the chair of the meeting will appoint a person, who need not be a shareholder, to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

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If desired, the chair of the meeting may appoint one or more persons, who need not be shareholders, to act as scrutineers at any meeting of shareholders. The scrutineers will assist in determining the number of shares held by persons entitled to vote who are present at the meeting and the existence of a quorum. The scrutineers will also receive, count and tabulate ballots and assist in determining the result of a vote by ballot, and do such acts as are necessary to conduct the vote in an equitable manner. The decision of a majority of the scrutineers will be conclusive and binding upon the meeting and a declaration or certificate of the scrutineers will be conclusive evidence of the facts declared or stated in it.

Section 7.10 Procedure.

The chair of a meeting of shareholders will conduct the meeting and determine the procedure to be followed at the meeting. The chair’s decision on all matters or things, including any questions regarding the validity or invalidity of a form of proxy or other instrument appointing a proxy, is conclusive and binding upon the meeting of shareholders.

Section 7.11 Manner of Voting.

Subject to the Act and other applicable law, any question at a meeting of shareholders will be decided by a show of hands, unless a ballot on the question is required or demanded. Subject to the Act and other applicable law, the chair of the meeting may require a ballot or any person who is present and entitled to vote may demand a ballot on any question at a meeting of shareholders. The requirement or demand for a ballot may be made either before or after any vote on the question by a show of hands. A ballot will be taken in the manner the chair of the meeting directs. A requirement or demand for a ballot may be withdrawn at any time prior to the taking of the ballot. The result of such ballot will be the decision of the shareholders upon the question.

In the case of a vote by a show of hands, each person present who is entitled to vote has one vote. If a ballot is taken, each person present who is entitled to vote is entitled to the number of votes that are attached to the shares which such person is entitled to vote at the meeting.

Section 7.12 Votes to Govern.

Any question at a meeting of shareholders will be decided by a majority of the votes cast on the question unless the articles, the by-laws, the Act or other applicable law requires otherwise. In case of an equality of votes either when the vote is by a show of hands or when the vote is by a ballot, the chair of the meeting is not entitled to a second or casting vote.

Section 7.13 Adjournment.

The chair of any meeting of shareholders may adjourn the meeting from time to time and place to place, subject to such conditions as the chair may decide. Any adjourned meeting is duly constituted if held in accordance with the terms of the adjournment and a quorum is present at the adjourned meeting. No business will be transacted at any adjourned meeting other than the business left unfinished at the meeting from which the adjournment took place.

ARTICLE 8

ADVANCE NOTICE

Section 8.1 Nomination of Directors.

Subject only to the Act, Section 8.6, Applicable Securities Laws and the articles of the Corporation, only persons who are nominated in accordance with the procedures set out in this Section 8.1 will be eligible for election as directors to the board of the Corporation. Nominations of persons for election to the board may be made for any annual meeting of shareholders, or for any special meeting of shareholders if one of the purposes for which the special meeting was called was the election of directors:

 

  (a)

by or at the direction of the board or an authorized officer of the Corporation, including pursuant to a notice of meeting;

 

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  (b)

by or at the direction or request of one or more shareholders pursuant to a requisition of shareholders made in accordance with the provisions of the Act or a requisition of the shareholders made in accordance with the provisions of the Act; or

 

  (c)

by any person (a “Nominating Shareholder”):

 

  (i)

who, at the close of business on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in Section 8.3 below and on the record date for notice of such meeting, is entered in the Corporation’s securities register as a holder of one or more shares carrying the right to vote at such meeting or who beneficially owns shares that are entitled to be voted at such meeting; and

 

  (ii)

who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Article 8.

Section 8.2 Timely Notice.

Subject to any nomination rights that may be granted by the board from time to time, the procedures set out in this Article 8 will be the exclusive means for any person to bring nominations for election to the board before any annual or special meeting of shareholders of the Corporation. In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a Nominating Shareholder, such person must have given timely notice thereof (in accordance with Section 8.3 below) in proper written form to the board (in accordance with Section 8.4 below). Notwithstanding any other provision of the by-laws of the Corporation, notice given to the corporate secretary of the Corporation pursuant to this By-law may only be given by personal delivery, facsimile transmission or by email (at such email address as stipulated from time to time by the Secretary of the Corporation for purposes of this notice), and will be deemed to have been given and made only at the time it is served by personal delivery, email (at the address as aforesaid) or sent by facsimile transmission (provided that receipt of confirmation of such transmission has been received) to the Secretary at the address of the principal executive offices of the Corporation; provided that if such delivery or electronic communication is made on a day which is not a Business Day or later than 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) on a day which is a Business Day, then such delivery or electronic communication will be deemed to have been made on the subsequent day that is a Business Day.

Section 8.3 Manner of Timely Notice.

To be timely, a Nominating Shareholder’s notice to the board must be made:

 

  (a)

in the case of an annual meeting of shareholders, not less than 30 days nor more than 65 days prior to the date of the annual meeting of shareholders; provided, however, that in the event that the annual meeting of shareholders is to be held on a date that is less than 50 days after the date (the “Notice Date”) that is the earlier of the date that a notice of meeting is filed for such meeting and the date on which the first public announcement of the date of the annual meeting was made, notice by the Nominating Shareholder may be made not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the Notice Date; and

 

  (b)

in the case of a special meeting (which is not also an annual meeting) of shareholders called for the purpose of electing directors of the Corporation (whether or not called for such purposes), not later than the close of business on the 15th day following the day that is the earlier of the date that a notice of meeting is filed for such meeting and the date on which the first public announcement of the date of the special meeting of shareholders was made.

In no event will any adjournment or postponement of a meeting of shareholders or the announcement thereof commence a new time period for the giving of a Nominating Shareholder’s notice as described in Section 8.3(a) or Section 8.3(b), as applicable.

 

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Section 8.4 Proper Form of Notice.

To be in proper written form, a Nominating Shareholder’s notice to the board must set forth:

 

  (a)

as to each person whom the Nominating Shareholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (a “Proposed Nominee”):

 

  (i)

the name, age, business address and residential address of the person;

 

  (ii)

the principal occupation or employment of the person for the past five years;

 

  (iii)

the status of the person as a “resident Canadian” (as such term is defined in the Act);

 

  (iv)

a written consent of the Proposed Nominee to act as a director of the Corporation in the form provided by the corporate secretary of the Corporation;

 

  (v)

the designation and number or principal amount of securities of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, controlled or directed or which are owned beneficially or of record by the Proposed Nominee or his or her associates or affiliates as of the record date for the meeting of shareholders (if such date has been made publicly available and has occurred) and as of the date of such notice;

 

  (vi)

full particulars regarding any contract, agreement, arrangement, understanding or relationship (collectively, “Arrangements”), including financial, compensation and indemnity related Arrangements, between the Proposed Nominee or any associate or affiliate of the Proposed Nominee and any Nominating Shareholder or any of its Representatives; and

 

  (vii)

any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a dissident’s proxy circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to the Act and Applicable Securities Laws; and

 

  (b)

as to the Nominating Shareholder giving the notice:

 

  (i)

the name, age, business address and, if applicable, residential address of such Nominating Shareholder;

 

  (ii)

the designation and number or principal amount of securities of the Corporation which are, directly or indirectly, controlled or which are owned beneficially or of record by such Nominating Shareholder, such beneficial owner, if any, or any of their respective Representatives and the date or dates on which such securities were acquired;

 

  (iii)

full particulars of any option, warrant, convertible security, stock appreciation right, or similar right with an exercise or conversion privilege or a settlement payment or mechanism at a price related to any class or series of shares of the Corporation or with a value derived in whole or in part from the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, or any derivative or synthetic arrangement having the characteristics of a long position in any class or series of shares of the Corporation, or any contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions designed to produce economic benefits and risks that correspond substantially to the ownership of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, including, without limitation, due to the fact that the value of such contract, derivative, swap or other transaction or series of transactions is determined by reference to the price, value or volatility of any class or series of shares of the Corporation, whether or not such instrument, contract or right will be subject to settlement in the underlying class or series of shares of the Corporation, through the delivery of cash or other property, or otherwise, and without regard to whether the shareholder of record, the beneficial owner, if any, or any of their respective Representatives, may have entered into transactions that hedge or mitigate the economic effect of such instrument, contract or right, or any other direct or indirect opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any increase or decrease in the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation (any of the foregoing, a “Derivative Instrument”) directly or indirectly owned beneficially or of record by such Nominating Shareholder, the beneficial owner, if any, or any of their respective Representatives;

 

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  (iv)

full particulars of any proxy, contract, arrangement, understanding, or relationship pursuant to which any such Nominating Shareholder, beneficial owner, if any, or any of their respective Representatives has a right to vote, or direct the voting of, any class or series of shares of the Corporation or otherwise relating to the voting of any securities of the Corporation or the nomination of any person to the board;

 

  (v)

full particulars of any agreement, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, including, without limitation, any repurchase or similar so-called “stock borrowing” agreement or arrangement, involving such Nominating Shareholder, beneficial owner, if any, or any of their respective Representatives directly or indirectly, the purpose or effect of which is to mitigate loss to, reduce the economic risk (of ownership or otherwise) of any class or series of shares of the Corporation by, manage the risk of share price changes for, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such Nominating Shareholder, beneficial owner, if any, or any of their respective Representatives with respect to any class or series of the shares of the Corporation, or which provides, directly or indirectly, the opportunity to profit or share in any profit derived from any decrease in the price or value of any class or series of the shares of the Corporation (any of the foregoing, a “Short Interest”);

 

  (vi)

full particulars of any rights to dividends with respect to any class or series of shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such Nominating Shareholder, beneficial owner, if any, or any of their respective Representatives that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation;

 

  (vii)

full particulars of any proportionate interest in any class or series of shares of the Corporation or any Derivative Instrument held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which any such Nominating Shareholder, beneficial owner, if any, or any of their respective Representatives is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner of such general or limited partnership;

 

  (viii)

full particulars of any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) to which any such Nominating Shareholder or beneficial owner, if any, is entitled based on any increase or decrease in the value of any class or series of shares of the Corporation or any Derivative Instrument, including, without limitation, any such fee, to which the respective Representatives of the Nominating Shareholder or beneficial owner, if any, is entitled;

 

  (ix)

full particulars of any direct or indirect interest, including, without limitation, equity interests or any Derivative Instrument or Short Interest, in any principal competitor of the Corporation held by such Nominating Shareholder, beneficial owner, if any, or any of their respective Representatives;

 

  (x)

full particulars of any direct or indirect interest of such Nominating Shareholder, beneficial owner, if any, or any of their respective Representatives in any contract, arrangement, understanding or relationship with the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation, any of the directors or officers of the Corporation or any of its affiliates, or with the Nominating Shareholder, such beneficial owner, if any, or any of their respective Representatives, or with any competitor or material supplier of the Corporation (including, without limitation, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement;

 

  (xi)

a representation that the Nominating Shareholder is a holder of record of securities of the Corporation, or a beneficial owner, entitled to vote at such meeting and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the applicable shareholders meeting to propose such nomination;

 

  (xii)

a representation of whether either such Nominating Shareholder or beneficial owner, if any, alone or acting jointly or in concert with others, intends to deliver a proxy circular and/or form of proxy to any shareholder of the Corporation in connection with such nomination or otherwise solicit or participate in the solicitation of proxies from shareholders of the Corporation in support of the nomination; and

 

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  (xiii)

any other information relating to such Nominating Shareholder that would be required to be made in a dissident’s proxy circular in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Applicable Securities Laws.

The Corporation may require any Proposed Nominee to furnish such other information as may reasonably be required by the Corporation to determine the eligibility of such Proposed Nominee to serve as an independent director, that would be required by any stock exchange on which the Corporation’s securities are then listed or that could be material to a reasonable shareholder’s understanding of the independence, or lack thereof, of such Proposed Nominee.

All information to be provided in a timely notice pursuant to Section 8.3 above will be provided as of the record date for determining shareholders entitled to vote at the meeting (if such date has been publicly announced) and as of the date of such notice. The Nominating Shareholder will update such information forthwith if there are any material changes in the information previously disclosed so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice will be true and correct as of the date that is ten days prior to the date of the meeting, or any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Section 8.5 Determination of Eligibility; Attendance at the Meeting; No Obligation to Disclose.

Subject to Section 8.6, no person will be eligible for election as a director of the Corporation unless such person has been nominated in accordance with the provisions of this Article 8; provided, however, that nothing in this Article 8 will be deemed to preclude discussion by a shareholder (as distinct from the nomination of directors) at a meeting of shareholders of any matter in respect of which such shareholder would have been entitled to submit a proposal pursuant to the Act. The chair of the meeting will have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination was made in accordance with the procedures set forth in the foregoing provisions and, if any proposed nomination is not in compliance with such foregoing provisions, to declare that such defective nomination will be disregarded. Notwithstanding any other provision of this By-law, if the Nominating Shareholder (or a qualified representative of the Nominating Shareholder) does not appear at the meeting of shareholders of the Corporation to present the nomination, such nomination will be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such nomination may have been received by the Corporation. Nothing in this By-law will obligate the Corporation or the board to include in any proxy statement or other shareholder communication distributed by or on behalf of the Corporation or the board any information with respect to any proposed nomination or any Nominating Shareholder or proposed nominee.

Section 8.6 Waiver.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the board may, in its sole discretion, waive any requirement in this Article 8.

Section 8.7 Terms.

For the purposes of this Article 8:

Applicable Securities Laws” means the applicable securities legislation of each relevant province and territory of Canada and the federal securities legislation of the United States, each as amended from time to time, the rules, regulations and forms made or promulgated under any such statute and the published national instruments, multilateral instruments, policies, bulletins and notices of the securities commission and similar regulatory authority of each province and territory of Canada;

public announcement” means disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service in the United States or Canada, or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation under its profile on EDGAR at www.sec.gov/edgar/search-and-access or the System of Electronic Document Analysis and Retrieval at www.sedar.com, as applicable; and

 

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Representatives” of a person means the affiliates and associates of such person, all persons acting jointly or in concert with any of the foregoing, and the affiliates and associates of any of such persons acting jointly or in concert, and “Representative” means anyone of them.

ARTICLE 9

SECURITIES

Section 9.1 Form of Security Certificates.

Subject to the Act, security certificates, if required, will be in the form that the directors approve from time to time or that the Corporation adopts.

Section 9.2 Transfer of Shares.

Subject to the rules of any stock exchange on which the Corporation’s shares are posted or listed for trading, no transfer of a security issued by the Corporation will be registered except upon (i) presentation of the security certificate representing the security with an endorsement which complies with the Act, together with such reasonable assurance that the endorsement is genuine and effective as the directors may require, (ii) payment of all applicable taxes and fees and (iii) compliance with the articles of the Corporation. If no security certificate has been issued by the Corporation in respect of a security issued by the Corporation, clause (i) above may be satisfied by presentation of a duly executed security transfer power, together with such reasonable assurance that the security transfer power is genuine and effective as the directors may require.

Section 9.3 Transfer Agents and Registrars.

The Corporation may from time to time appoint one or more agents to maintain, for each class or series of securities issued by it in registered or other form, a central securities register and one or more branch securities registers. Such an agent may be designated as transfer agent or registrar according to their functions and one person may be designated both registrar and transfer agent. The Corporation may at any time terminate such appointment.

ARTICLE 10

PAYMENTS

Section 10.1 Payments of Dividends and Other Distributions.

Any dividend or other distribution payable in cash to shareholders will be paid by cheque or by electronic means or by such other method as the directors may determine. The payment will be made to or to the order of each registered holder of shares in respect of which the payment is to be made. Cheques will be sent to the registered holder’s recorded address, unless the holder otherwise directs. In the case of joint holders, the payment will be made to the order of all such joint holders and, if applicable, sent to them at their recorded address, unless such joint holders otherwise direct. The sending of the cheque or the sending of the payment by electronic means or the sending of the payment by a method determined by the directors in an amount equal to the dividend or other distribution to be paid less any tax that the Corporation is required to withhold will satisfy and discharge the liability for the payment, unless payment is not made upon presentation, if applicable.

Section 10.2 Non-Receipt of Payment.

In the event of non-receipt of any payment made as contemplated by Section 10.1 by the person to whom it is sent, the Corporation may issue re-payment to such person for a like amount. The directors may determine, whether generally or in any particular case, the terms on which any re-payment may be made, including terms as to indemnity, reimbursement of expenses, and evidence of non-receipt and of title.

 

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Section 10.3 Unclaimed Dividends.

To the extent permitted by law, any dividend or other distribution that remains unclaimed after a period of six years. from the date on which the dividend has been declared to be payable is forfeited and will revert to the Corporation.

ARTICLE 11

FORUM SELECTION

Section 11.1 Forum of Adjudication of Certain Disputes.

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Superior Court of Justice of the Province of Ontario, Canada and the appellate Courts therefrom, will, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for: (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation; (ii) any action or proceeding asserting breach of fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee of the Corporation to the Corporation; (iii) any action or proceeding asserting a claim arising pursuant to any provision of the Act, or the Corporation’s articles or by-laws (as the same may be amended from time to time); or (iv) any action or proceeding asserting a claim otherwise related to the Corporation’s “affairs” (as such term is defined in the Act). If any action or proceeding the subject matter of which is within the scope of the preceding sentence is filed in a Court other than a Court located within the Province of Ontario (a “Foreign Action”) in the name of any securityholder, such securityholder will be deemed to have consented to: (i) the personal jurisdiction of the provincial and federal Courts located within the Province of Ontario in connection with any action or proceeding brought in any such Court to enforce the preceding sentence; and (ii) having service of process made upon such securityholder in any such action or proceeding by service upon such securityholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such securityholder. For the avoidance of doubt, this Article 11 will not apply to any action brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America will be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any security of the Corporation will be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Article 11.

ARTICLE 12

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 12.1 Notices.

Any notice, communication or document required to be given, delivered or sent by the Corporation to any director, officer, shareholder or auditor is sufficiently given, delivered or sent if delivered personally, or if delivered to the person’s recorded address, or if mailed to the person at the person’s recorded address by prepaid mail, or if otherwise communicated by electronic means permitted by the Act. The directors may establish procedures to give, deliver or send a notice, communication or document to any director, officer, shareholder or auditor by any means of communication permitted by the Act or other applicable law. In addition, any notice, communication or document may be delivered by the Corporation in the form of an electronic document.

Section 12.2 Notice to Joint Holders.

If two or more persons are registered as joint holders of any security, any notice may be addressed to all such joint holders but notice addressed to one of them constitutes sufficient notice to all of them.

 

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Section 12.3 Computation of Time.

In computing the date when notice must be given when a specified number of days’ notice of any meeting or other event is required, the date of giving the notice is excluded and the date of the meeting or other event is included.

Section 12.4 Persons Entitled by Death or Operation of Law.

Every person who, by operation of law, transfer, death of a securityholder or any other means whatsoever, becomes entitled to any security, is bound by every notice in respect of such security which has been given to the securityholder from whom the person derives title to such security. Such notices may have been given before or after the happening of the event upon which they became entitled to the security.

ARTICLE 13

EFFECTIVE DATE

Section 13.1 Effective Date.

This by-law comes into force when made by the directors in accordance with the Act.

Section 13.2 Repeal.

All previous by-laws of the Corporation are repealed as of the coming into force of this by-law. Such repeal will not affect the previous operation of any by-law so repealed or affect the validity of any act done or right, privilege, obligation or liability acquired or incurred under any such by-law prior to its repeal.

 

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Exhibit 4.3

WARRANT AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

This Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of August 10, 2021, between Li-Cycle Holdings Corp., an Ontario corporation (“Parentco”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation (the “Warrant Agent”).

WHEREAS, Peridot Acquisition Corp., formerly a Cayman Islands exempted company continued under the laws of the Province of Ontario (the “Company”), and the Warrant Agent were parties to that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of September 23, 2020, and filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2020 (the “Original Warrant Agreement”; except as otherwise noted, capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Original Warrant Agreement);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Original Warrant Agreement, the Company issued 8,000,000 Private Placement Warrants to the Sponsor, which will remain issued to the Sponsor as of the closing of the Business Combination (as defined below);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Original Warrant Agreement, the Company issued 15,000,000 Public Warrants;

WHEREAS, prior to the Amalgamation (as defined below) all of the Warrants were governed by the Original Warrant Agreement;

WHEREAS, on February 15, 2021, a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) was entered into by and among the Company, Parentco, and Li-Cycle Corp., an Ontario corporation (Li-Cycle”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement, among other things, (a) the Company was continued as a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario (the “Continuance” and the Company as so continued, “Peridot Ontario”), and in connection therewith, (x) the Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company (the “Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares”), the Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, and the warrants to purchase the Company’s Class A Ordinary Shares, in each case, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Continuance became an equal number of Class A common shares, Class B common shares and warrants to purchase Class A common shares of Peridot Ontario; (b) following the Continuance, the Class B common shares were converted into Class A common shares of Peridot Ontario on a one-for-one basis; (c) pursuant to a plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) under Section 182 of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) Peridot Ontario and Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (“Newco”) , amalgamated (the “Amalgamation”) to form Parentco, and in connection therewith, the Class A common shares of Peridot Ontario and warrants to purchase Class A common shares of Peridot Ontario were exchanged for an equivalent number of common shares of Parentco (the “ParentcoShares”) and warrants to purchase an equivalent number of ParentcoShares; and (d) the Class A preferred shares of Li-Cycle will be converted into and exchanged for common shares of Li-Cycle and, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Arrangement, Amalco will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Li-Cycle from Li-Cycle’s shareholders in exchange for Amalco Shares having an aggregate equity value of $975 million assuming a $10 per share equity value (the “Share Exchange”). The Continuance, the Amalgamation, the Share Exchange and the other transactions consummated pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement are hereinafter referred to as the “Business Combination”;

WHEREAS, under the terms of the Arrangement, all rights, contracts, permits and interests of the Company and Newco will continue as rights, contracts, permits and interests of Parentco and, for greater certainty, the Amalgamation will not constitute a transfer or assignment of the rights or obligations of Peridot and Newco under any such rights, contracts, permits and interests;

WHEREAS, Section 9.8 of the Original Warrant Agreement provides that the Company and the Warrant Agent may amend the Original Warrant Agreement without the consent of any registered holders for the purpose of (a) curing any ambiguity or to correct any mistake, including to conform the provisions to the description of the terms of the Warrants and the Original Warrant Agreement set forth in the prospectus relating to the Company’s


initial public offering, or defective provision contained therein, (ii) amending the definition of “Ordinary Cash Dividend” as contemplated by and in accordance with the second sentence of subsection 4.1.2 of the Original Warrant Agreement or (iii) adding or changing any provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Original Warrant Agreement as the parties may deem necessary or desirable and that the parties deem shall not adversely affect the rights of the Registered Holders under the Original Warrant Agreement; and

WHEREAS, upon the closing of the Business Combination, and as provided in Section 4.5 of the Original Warrant Agreement, each of the issued and outstanding Warrants prior to the Business Combination will no longer be exercisable for the Company’s Class A Shares but instead will be exercisable (subject to the terms and conditions of the Original Warrant Agreement as amended hereby) for Parentco Shares;

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

1.    Performance of Warrant Agreement; Consent.

1.1    Performance of Warrant Agreement. Parentco hereby agrees to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge in full, as the same become due, all of the Company’s liabilities and obligations under the Original Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) arising from and after the Closing.

1.2    Consent. The Warrant Agent hereby consents to the assumption of the Original Warrant Agreement by Parentco from the Company pursuant to Section 1.1 hereof and the Amalgamation effective as of the Closing, and to the continuation of the Original Warrant Agreement in full force and effect from and after the Closing, subject at all times to the Original Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) and to all of the provisions, covenants, agreements, terms and conditions of the Original Warrant Agreement and this Agreement.

2.    Amendment of Original Warrant Agreement. Parentco and the Warrant Agent hereby amend the Original Warrant Agreement as provided in this Section 2, effective as of the Closing, and acknowledge and agree that the amendments to the Original Warrant Agreement set forth in this Section 2 are necessary or desirable and that such amendments do not adversely affect the interests of the registered holders.

2.1    Preamble. The preamble on page one of the Original Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “Peridot Acquisition Corp., a Cayman Islands exempted company” and replacing it with “Li-Cycle Holdings Corp., a corporation amalgamated under the laws of the Province of Ontario”. As a result thereof, all references to the “Company” in the Original Warrant Agreement shall be references to Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. rather than Peridot Acquisition Corp.

2.2    Recitals. The recitals on pages one and two of the Original Warrant Agreement are hereby deleted and replaced in their entirety as follows:

“WHEREAS, on September 23, 2020, Peridot Acquisition Corp. (“Peridot”) entered into that certain Private Placement Warrants Purchase Agreement, with Peridot Acquisition Sponsor, LLC (the “Sponsor”), pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to purchase an aggregate of 8,000,000 warrants simultaneously with the closing of the Offering (as defined below) (the “Private Placement Warrants”) at a purchase price of $1.00 per Private Placement Warrant; and

WHEREAS, on September 28, 2020, Peridot consummated its initial public offering (the “Offering”) of 30,000,000 units (the “Units”), with each Unit consisting of one Class A ordinary share of Peridot, par value $0.0001 per share (“Peridot’s Class A Ordinary Shares”), and one-half of one warrant, where each warrant entitled the holder to purchase one Peridot Class A Ordinary Share at a price of $11.50 per share (the “Public Warrants” and together with the Private Placement Warrants, the “Warrants”); and

WHEREAS, Peridot filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a registration statement on Form S-1, Nos. 333-248608 (the “Registration Statement”) and prospectus (the “Prospectus”), for the registration, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), of the Units, the Public Warrants and the Peridot Class A Ordinary Shares included in the Units; and

 

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WHEREAS, Peridot, the Company and Li-Cycle Corp., an Ontario corporation (Li-Cycle”), consummated the transactions pursuant to that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of February 15, 2021 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which (a) Peridot continued as a corporation exisitng under the laws of the Province of Ontario (the “Continuance” and Peridot as so continued, “Peridot Ontario”), and in connection therewith, (x) Peridot’s Class A Ordinary Shares, the Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Peridot (“Peridot’s Class B Ordinary Shares”), and the warrants to purchase Peridot’s Class A Ordinary Shares, in each case, issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Continuance became an equal number of Class A common shares, Class B common shares and warrants to purchase Class A common shares of Peridot Ontario; (b) following the Continuance, the Class B common shares of Peridot Ontario converted into Class A common shares of Peridot Ontario on a one-for-one basis; (c) pursuant to a plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) under Section 182 of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), Peridot Ontario and Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. (a predecessor of the Company)(“Newco”) amalgamated (the “Amalgamation”), and in connection therewith, the Class A common shares of Peridot Ontario and warrants to purchase Class A common shares of Peridot Ontario were exchanged for an equivalent number of common shares of the Company (“Common Shares”) and warrants to purchase an equivalent number of Common Shares; and (d) the Class A preferred shares of Li-Cycle converted into common shares of Li-Cycle and, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in a plan of arrangement, the Company acquired all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Li-Cycle from Li-Cycle’s shareholders in exchange for Common Shares having an aggregate equity value of $975 million assuming a $10 per share equity value (the “Share Exchange”). The Continuance, the Amalgamation, the Share Exchange and the other transactions consummated pursuant to the Agreement are hereinafter referred to as the “Business Combination”; and

WHEREAS, under the terms of the Arrangement, all rights, contracts, permits and interests of the Company and Newco will continue as rights, contracts, permits and interests of Parentco and, for greater certainty, the Amalgamation will not constitute a transfer or assignment of the rights or obligations of Peridot and Newco under any such rights, contracts, permits and interests;; and

WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, Parentco and the Warrant Agent entered into a Warrant Amendment Agreement (the “Warrant Amendment Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, Parentco agreed to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge in full, as the same become due, all of the Company’s liabilities and obligations under the Warrant Agreement (as amended by the Warrant Amendment Agreement) arising from and after the Closing (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement);

WHEREAS, effective as of the Closing, each of the issued and outstanding Warrants is no longer exercisable for Peridot Class A Ordinary Shares but instead is exercisable for Common Shares of Parentco ; and

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

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

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

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

 

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2.3    Detachability of Warrants. Section 2.4 of the Original Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

“[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]”

Except that the defined term “Business Day” set forth therein is hereby amended for all purposes of the Original Warrant Agreement to mean a day, other than a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday, on which banks in Toronto, Ontario and New York, New York are generally open for normal business .

2.4    Defined Terms.

 

  (a)

All references to “Ordinary Shares” in the Original Warrant Agreement are hereby deleted and replaced with the term “Common Shares.” As a result thereof, all such references shall be references to the Common Shares of Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. rather than the Class A Ordinary Shares of Peridot Acquisition Corp.

 

  (b)

All references to an “initial Business Combination” in the Original Warrant Agreement are hereby deleted and replaced with the term “Business Combination.” As a result thereof, all such references shall be reference to the Business Combination of Li-Cycle Holdings Corp. as defined above rather than the initial business combination of Peridot Acquisition Corp.

 

  (c)

All references to “Working Capital Warrants” in the Original Agreement are hereby deleted and each sentence in the Original Agreement which contained such references shall be deemed to have been revised to account for such deletions.

2.5    Notices. Section 9,2 of the Original Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of any Warrant to or on the Company shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Company with the Warrant Agent), as follows:

 

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Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.

2351 Royal Windsor Dr. Unit 10

Mississauga, ON L5J 4S7

Attention:    General Counsel

with a copy to (which will not constitute notice):

McCarthy Tétrault LLP

66 Wellington St W Suite 5300

Toronto, ON M5K 1E6

Attention:    Jonathan Grant and Fraser Bourne

with a copy to:

Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer US LLP

601 Lexington Avenue, 31st Floor

New York, NY 10022

Attention:     Paul M. Tiger and Andrea Merediz Basham

2.6    Warrant Certificate. The Warrant Certificate contained in Exhibit A of the Original Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the Warrant Certificate contained in Exhibit A hereto.

2.7    Legend. The restricted legend contained in Exhibit B of the Original Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the Warrant Certificate contained in Exhibit B hereto.

3.    Miscellaneous Provisions.

3.1    Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the parties hereto shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

3.2    Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation and performance of this Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The parties hereby agree that any action, proceeding or claim against a party arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. Each of the parties hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.

3.3    Examination of the Warrant Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the office of the Warrant Agent for inspection by the registered holder of any Warrant. The Warrant Agent may require any such holder to submit such holder’s Warrant for inspection by the Warrant Agent.

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

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

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

 

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3.7    Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Original Warrant Agreement, as modified by this Agreement, constitutes the entire understanding of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments, whether written or oral, express or implied, relating to the subject matter hereof, and all such prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments are hereby canceled and terminated.

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

 

LI-CYCLE HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

/s/ Ajay Kochhar

Name:   Ajay Kochhar
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER &

TRUST COMPANY, as Warrant Agent

By:  

/s/ Erika Young

Name:   Erika Young
Title:   Vice President

[Signature Page to Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

[FACE]

Number

Warrants

THIS WARRANT SHALL BE VOID IF NOT EXERCISED PRIOR TO

THE EXPIRATION OF THE EXERCISE PERIOD PROVIDED FOR

IN THE WARRANT AGREEMENT DESCRIBED BELOW

Li-Cycle Holdings Corp.

Incorporated Under the Laws of Ontario

CUSIP 50202P113

Warrant Certificate

This Warrant Certificate certifies that [                ], or registered assigns, is the registered holder of [                ] warrant(s) (the “Warrants” and each, a “Warrant”) to purchase common shares (“Common Shares”), of Li-Cycle Holdings Corp., an Ontario corporation (the “Company”). Each Warrant entitles the holder, upon exercise during the period set forth in the Warrant Agreement referred to below, to receive from the Company that number of fully paid and nonassessable Common Shares as set forth below, at the exercise price (the “Exercise Price”) as determined pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, payable in lawful money (or through “cashless exercise” as provided for in the Warrant Agreement) of the United States of America upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Exercise Price at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent referred to below, subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.

Each whole Warrant is initially exercisable for one fully paid and non-assessable Common Share. Fractional shares shall not be issued upon exercise of any Warrant. If, upon the exercise of Warrants, a holder would be entitled to receive a fractional interest in a Common Share, the Company shall, upon exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of Common Shares to be issued to the Warrant holder. The number of Common Shares issuable upon exercise of the Warrants is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain events as set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

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

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

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

This Warrant Certificate shall not be valid unless countersigned by the Warrant Agent, as such term is used in the Warrant Agreement. This Warrant Certificate shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York.


LI-CYCLE HOLDINGS CORP.
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY,
AS WARRANT AGENT
By:  

 

Name:  
Title:  


[Form of Warrant Certificate]

[Reverse]

The Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate are part of a duly authorized issue of Warrants entitling the holder on exercise to receive [                ] Common Shares and are issued or to be issued pursuant to a Warrant Agreement dated as of September 23, 2020 and as amended as of August 10, 2021 (the “Warrant Agreement”), duly executed and delivered by the Company to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York limited purpose trust company, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”), which Warrant Agreement is hereby incorporated by reference in and made a part of this instrument and is hereby referred to for a description of the rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Warrant Agent, the Company and the holders (the words “holders” or “holder” meaning the Registered Holders or Registered Holder, respectively) of the Warrants. A copy of the Warrant Agreement may be obtained by the holder hereof upon written request to the Company. Defined terms used in this Warrant Certificate but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Warrant Agreement.

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

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

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

Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the principal corporate trust office of the Warrant Agent by the Registered Holder thereof in person or by legal representative or attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged, in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.

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

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


Election to Purchase

(To Be Executed Upon Exercise of Warrant)

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

In the event that the Warrant has been called for redemption by the Company pursuant to Section 6.2 of the Warrant Agreement and a holder thereof elects to exercise its Warrant pursuant to a Make-Whole Exercise, the number of Common Shares that this Warrant is exercisable for shall be determined in accordance with subsection 3.3.1(c) or Section 6.2 of the Warrant Agreement, as applicable.

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

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

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

[Signature Page Follows]


Date: [                ], 20

 

(Signature)
(Address)
                
(Tax Identification Number)

 

Signature Guaranteed:

 

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


EXHIBIT B

LEGEND

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

SECURITIES EVIDENCED BY THIS CERTIFICATE AND COMMON SHARES OF THE COMPANY ISSUED UPON EXERCISE OF SUCH SECURITIES ARE ENTITLED TO REGISTRATION RIGHTS UNDER AN INVESTOR AND REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT BY AND AMONG THE COMPANY AND THE PARTIES THERETO.

NO. [                ] WARRANT