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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): December 3, 2021

 

 

PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   001-39969   85-4103092
(State or other jurisdiction   (Commission   (IRS Employer
of incorporation)   File Number)   Identification No.)

200 State Street, 13th Floor

Boston, MA 02109

(Address of principal executive offices including zip code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (617) 925-7848

Thimble Point Acquisition Corp.

195 Church Street, 15th Floor

New Haven, Connecticut 06510

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

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol

 

Name of each exchange

on which registered

Class A Common Stock,
par value $0.0001 per share
  PEAR   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Warrants, each exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock for $11.50 per share   PEAR.W   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

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.  ☐

 

 

 


INTRODUCTORY NOTE

Overview

On December 3, 2021, (the “Closing Date”) Thimble Point Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“THMA”), consummated the previously announced business combination pursuant to the terms of the business combination agreement, dated June 21, 2021 (the “Business Combination Agreement”) with Oz Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of THMA (“Merger Sub”), and Pear Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Pear US”). Pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Pear US, with Pear US surviving the merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of THMA with the new name Pear Therapeutics (US), Inc. (the “Merger” or “Business Combination”). In connection with the consummation of the Merger on the Closing Date, THMA changed its name from THMA to Pear Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Combined Company”). Certain terms used in this Current Report on Form 8-K have the meaning as set forth in the Combined Company’s definitive proxy statement/final prospectus dated October 26, 2021 (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”), and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) on October 26, 2021.

At the special meeting of the THMA shareholders held on November 30, 2021 (the “Special Meeting”), the THMA shareholders considered and adopted, among other matters, the Business Combination Agreement and the other proposals related thereto described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

Pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, each Pear US Common Share that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing, after giving effect to the conversion of all issued and outstanding Pear US Preferred Shares to Pear US Common Shares, were canceled and converted into the right to receive a number of shares of the Combined Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Pear Class A Common Shares”) equal to the number of shares of Pear US Common Shares multiplied by the exchange ratio of approximately 1.47. In addition, all outstanding equity awards of Pear US were converted into equity awards of Pear Class A Common Shares with the same terms and conditions adjusted by the exchange ratio of approximately 1.47.

In connection with the Merger, THMA completed the sale and issuance of 10,280,000 Pear Class A Common Shares in a fully committed common stock private placement (inclusive of the Forward Purchase Assignment) and at a purchase price of $10.00 per share. In addition, upon the Closing of the Merger, THMA completed the sale and issuance of 6,387,026 Pear Class A Common Shares equal to a purchase price of $10.00 per share to KLP SPAC 1 LLC (the “Anchor Investor”) in connection with the Forward Purchase Agreement (as described below), as amended.

Gross proceeds from the Merger totaled approximately $175.0 million which included funds held in THMA’s trust account (after giving effect to redemptions), proceeds from the PIPE investment of $102.8 million (inclusive of the Forward Purchase Assignment), and proceeds of $63.9 million from the Amended Forward Purchase Agreement and transaction costs totaled approximately $33.2 million.

Business Combination Agreement

In accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), (i) holders of Pear US Common Shares, Pear US Preferred Shares and Pear US Vested-In-The-Money Options received an aggregate of 120,000,000 shares of THMA Class A common stock, par value of $0.0001 per share (“THMA Class A Common Shares”), at a price of $10.00 per share, and (ii) holders of Pear US Common Shares and Pear US Preferred Shares received the contingent right to receive up to 12,395,625 additional THMA Class A Common Shares (the “THMA Earn-Out Shares”) upon the achievement of certain earn-out targets.

At the Effective Time:

 

  (i)

Each share of Pear US’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (each, a “Pear US Common Share”), issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (excluding shares owned by Pear US as treasury stock or dissenting shares) was canceled and converted into (x) the right to receive the Per Share Upfront Consideration and (y) the contingent right to receive Earn-Out Shares as set forth in a Consideration Schedule (with respect to each Pear US Common Share, together, the “Per Share Consideration” and with respect to all Pear US Common Shares and Pear US Preferred Shares, (as defined below) in the aggregate, the “Merger Consideration”). The “Per Share Upfront Consideration” is equal to such number of THMA’s Class A Common Shares equal to (i) $1,200,000,000 divided by $10.00 divided by (ii) the total number of Pear US Common Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, expressed on an as-exercised and as-converted to Pear US Common Shares basis (including any Pear US Common Shares underlying Pear US Vested In-the-Money Options (on a net exercise basis) or Pear US Preferred Shares) (the “Pear US Outstanding Shares”).

 

  (ii)

Each share of Pear US’s preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (each, a “Pear US Preferred Share”), issued and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time was canceled and converted into the right to receive Per Share Consideration in respect of such number of Pear US Preferred Shares as set forth on a Consideration Schedule.

 

  (iii)

Each option to purchase Pear US Common Shares that is unexercised and outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and that has a per share exercise price less than the Per Share Upfront Consideration multiplied by $10.00 (each, a “Pear US In-the-Money Option”) was cancelled in exchange for an option to purchase a number of THMA Class A Common Shares (the “Rollover Options”) as set forth on the Consideration Schedule at an exercise price as set forth in the Consideration Schedule.

 

  (iv)

No warrants to purchase Pear US Common Shares (“Pear US Warrants”) were outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time and, as such, no Pear US Warrants were converted into warrants to acquire THMA Class A Common Shares.

The “Consideration Schedule” sets forth (a) the portion of the Merger Consideration to which a holder of Pear US Common Shares or Pear US Preferred Shares, as applicable, would be entitled to receive on a proportionate, as-converted basis and (b) with respect to the conversion of Pear US In-the-Money Options to options to purchase THMA Class A Common Shares, such equitable adjustments to the number of shares and the exercise price to reflect the Merger and the price per THMA Class A Common Share.


A description of the Business Combination and the terms of the Business Combination Agreement are included in Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The foregoing description is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Business Combination Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1, which is incorporated herein by reference.

PIPE Investment

On the Closing Date, certain investors (the “PIPE Investors”) purchased from the Combined Company an aggregate of 10,280,000 shares of THMA Class A Common Stock (the “PIPE Shares”), for a purchase price of $10.00 per share and an aggregate purchase price of $102,800,000, pursuant to separate subscription agreements entered into and effective as of June 21, 2021 (each a “Subscription Agreement”) and the Forward Purchase Assignment (as described below). Pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, the Combined Company granted certain registration rights to the PIPE Investors with respect to the PIPE Shares. The sale of the PIPE Shares was consummated concurrently with the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”). The obligations to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreements were conditioned upon customary closing conditions, including the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, including the Merger. A description of the Subscription Agreements is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 295 in the section titled “Other Agreement - Subscription Agreements”.

The foregoing description of the Subscription Agreements is a summary only and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of subscription agreements attached hereto as Exhibit 10.7, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Forward Purchase Agreement

In connection with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, THMA entered into an amendment to its forward purchase agreement dated as of February 1, 2021 (as amended, the “Amended Forward Purchase Agreement”) with KLP SPAC 1 LLC (the “Anchor Investor”), pursuant to which the Anchor Investor has agreed to purchase, and THMA has agreed to sell to the Anchor Investor, such number of THMA Class A Common Shares equal to the sum of (x) 2,300,000 and (y) such additional THMA Class A Common Shares as the Anchor Investor may elect to purchase up to the lesser of (A) the number of THMA Class A Common Shares redeemed by THMA’s Public Stockholders and (B) 2,700,000, in each case, for a purchase price of $10.00 per share (such purchase and sale, the “Forward Purchase”). The obligations to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Amended Forward Purchase Agreement were conditioned upon customary closing conditions, including the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, including the Merger.

The Amended Forward Purchase Agreement is described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus on page 296 in the section titled “Other Agreements - Amended Forward Purchase Agreement”. The foregoing description of the Amended Forward Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Amended Forward Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.2 hereto, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

On November 14, 2021, THMA entered into an amendment to the Amended Forward Purchase Agreement (the “Second Amendment to the Forward Purchase Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Anchor Investor increased its binding forward purchase commitment (the “Backstop”), subject to cutback, from $23.0 million to up to $73.0 million and removed any optional element to the Backstop. The Backstop was subject to certain reductions if gross transaction proceeds exceeded each of $175.0 million and $250.0 million, respectively. The Anchor Investor was permitted to offer PIPE Investors the opportunity to participate in the Backstop in an amount up to $23.0 million, subject to cutback if proceeds exceeded $175.0 million. As consideration for committing to fund the Backstop, THMA and Pear US agreed with LJ10 LLC (the “Sponsor”) to release certain THMA Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “THMA Class B Shares”) and THMA warrants held by the Sponsor from certain earn-out conditions in connection with the Business Combination.

The Second Amendment to the Forward Purchase Agreement is described in the Combined Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 15, 2021. The foregoing description of the Second Amendment to the Forward Purchase Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Second Amendment to the Forward Purchase Agreement, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.3 hereto, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.

On December 2, 2021, THMA entered into the Forward Purchase Agreement Assignment (the “Forward Purchase Assignment”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Anchor Investor assigned its right to purchase 500,000 shares of THMA Class A Common Stock to a PIPE Investor. The foregoing description of the Forward Purchase Assignment does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Forward Purchase Assignment, a copy of which is attached as Exhibit 10.32 hereto, and the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference.


Item 1.01.

Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement

Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement

In connection with the Closing, the Combined Company, THMA, the Sponsor, certain stockholders of THMA and certain former stockholders of Pear US entered into an Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement (the “A&R Registration Rights Agreement”), dated as of December 3, 2021. The terms of the A&R Registration Rights Agreement are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus on page 296 in the section titled “Other Agreements - Registration Rights Agreement”.


The foregoing description of the A&R Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the A&R Registration Rights Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

PIPE Lock-Up Agreements

In connection with the Business Combination, on November 14, 2021, certain PIPE Investors entered into lock-up agreements (each a “Lock-Up Agreement”) with THMA, pursuant to which the PIPE Shares held by the PIPE Investors will be subject to resale and transfer restrictions for a period of 180 days after the Closing, subject to customary exceptions.

The terms of the Lock-Up Agreements are described in the Combined Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on November 15, 2021. The foregoing description of the Lock-Up Agreement is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of the lock-up agreement, which is filed as Exhibit 10.18 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Indemnification Agreements

On the Closing Date, the Combined Company entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and officers. These indemnification agreements require the Combined Company to indemnify its directors and officers for certain reasonable expenses, including attorneys’ fees and retainers, court costs, witness and expert costs, incurred by a director or officer in any action or proceeding and any appeal to an action or proceeding arising out of their services as one of the Company’s directors or executive officers and any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at the Combined Company’s request. The indemnification agreements entered into by Messrs. Schwab and Lynch also provided certain indemnification rights to the entities with which they are affiliated.

The foregoing description of the indemnification agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the form of indemnification agreement, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.16 and 10.31 and are incorporated herein by reference.

Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan

On December 3, 2021, the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”) became effective. At the Special Meeting, the THMA shareholders approved the 2021 Plan. The 2021 Plan allows the Combined Company to make equity and equity-based incentive awards to employees, non-employee directors, and consultants. The 2021 Plan will be administered by the Board of Directors of the Combined Company (the “Board”), the compensation committee of the Board (the “Compensation Committee”), or such other similar committee pursuant to the terms of the 2021 Plan. The plan administrator, which initially is the Compensation Committee, has full power to select, from among the individuals eligible for awards, the individuals to whom awards will be granted, to make a combination of awards to participants, and to determine the specific terms and conditions of each award, subject to the provisions of the 2021 Plan. Persons eligible to participate in the 2021 Plan are the officers, employees, non-employee directors, and consultants of the Combined Company and its affiliates as selected from time to time by the plan administrator at its discretion. As of December 3, 2021, approximately 301 individuals will be eligible to participate in the 2021 Plan, which includes approximately 18 officers, 275 employees who are not officers, six non-employee directors, and two consultants.

A total of 32,000,000 Pear Class A Common Shares are initially reserved for issuance under the 2021 Plan. The 2021 Plan provides that the number of shares reserved and available for issuance under the 2021 Plan will automatically increase each January 1, beginning on January 1, 2022 and ending in 2031, by 5% of the outstanding number of Pear Class A Common Shares on the immediately preceding December 31, or such lesser amount as determined by the plan administrator. No awards may be granted under the 2021 Plan after December 3, 2031, and awards of incentive stock options may not be granted after June 24, 2031.

A more complete summary of the terms of the 2021 Plan is set forth beginning on page 117 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Proposal No. 6 - The 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan Proposal.” That summary and the foregoing description of the 2021 Plan are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the 2021 Plan, which is filed as Exhibit 10.8 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.


Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

On December 3, 2021, the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2021 ESPP”) became effective. At the Special Meeting, the THMA shareholders approved the 2021 ESPP. The 2021 ESPP is initially administered by the Compensation Committee. The Compensation Committee has the authority to make, administer, and interpret such rules and regulations regarding the 2021 ESPP as it deems advisable. The 2021 ESPP complies with Section 423 of the Internal Revenue Code. A participant in the 2021 ESPP generally recognizes no taxable income either as a result of participation in the 2021 ESPP or upon exercise of an option to purchase Pear Class A Common Shares under the terms of the 2021 ESPP. Any employee of the Combined Company is eligible to participate in the 2021 ESPP so long as the employee is customarily employed for more than 20 hours a week and has been employed for at least three months on the first day of the applicable period.

A total of 1,800,000 Pear Class A Common Shares are reserved and authorized for issuance under the 2021 ESPP. The 2021 ESPP provides that the number of Pear Class A Common Shares are reserved and available for issuance under the plan will automatically increase each January 1, beginning on January 1, 2022, by the lesser of 3,600,000 shares of the Combined Company’s Common Stock, 5% of the outstanding number of Pear Class A Common Shares on the immediately preceding December 31, or such lesser amount as determined by the Compensation Committee, as plan administrator.

A more complete summary of the terms of the 2021 ESPP is set forth beginning on page 122 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Proposal No. 7 - The 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.” That summary and the foregoing description of the 2021 ESPP are qualified in their entirety by reference to the text of the 2021 ESPP, which is filed as Exhibit 10.9 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 2.01.

Completion of Acquisition of Disposition of Assets

The disclosure set forth in the “Introductory Note” above is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K. The material provisions of the Business Combination Agreement are described in the Final Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “The Business Combination Agreement”, which description is incorporated herein by reference.

As previously reported in the Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on October 26, 2021, THMA held the Special Meeting on November 30, 2021. At the Special Meeting, the shareholders considered and adopted, among other matters, the Business Combination Agreement, including (a) adopting the Business Combination Agreement and (b) approving the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and related agreements described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. Prior to the Special Meeting, certain holders of THMA Class A Common Shares exercised their right to redeem 26,767,101 THMA Class A Common Shares for cash at a price of $10.00 per share. The per share redemption price of $10.00 for holders of THMA Class A Common Shares electing redemption was paid out of THMA’s trust account.

On the Closing Date, the following transactions (collectively, the “Transactions”) were completed:

 

   

Merger Sub merged with and into Pear US, with Pear US surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Combined Company;

 

   

each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was automatically converted into an equal number of Pear US Common Shares, which shares shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of Pear US to be held by the Combined Company;

 

   

all issued and outstanding shares of Pear US’ capital stock (other than shares held by the Combined Company) converted at a ratio of approximately 1.47 into an aggregate of 113,399,293 Pear Class A Common Shares.

 

   

all shares of Pear US’ capital stock held in treasury were canceled without any conversion thereof;

 

   

all of the outstanding options of Pear US to acquire Pear US Common Shares were assumed by the Combined Company and converted at a ratio of approximately 1.47 into options to acquire an aggregate of approximately 18,713,285 Pear Class A Common Shares;

 

   

all of the 6,900,000 outstanding shares of THMA Class B Shares, held by the Sponsor and the former independent directors of THMA converted into an aggregate of 6,900,000 Pear Class A Common Shares;

 

   

all of the remaining outstanding THMA units were separated, pursuant to their terms, into one Pear Class A Common Shares and one-third (1/3) of one redeemable warrant (and THMA’s units ceased trading on the Nasdaq);

 

   

the Combined Company issued an aggregate of 10,280,000 Pear Class A Common Shares to the PIPE Investors (inclusive of the Forward Purchase Assignment) pursuant to the closing of the PIPE Investment; and

 

   

the Combined Company issued an aggregate of 6,387,026 Pear Class A Common Shares to the Anchor Investor, pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement, as amended.

As of the Closing Date and following the completion of the Business Combination, the Combined Company had the following outstanding securities:

 

   

137,799,218 Pear Class A Common Shares;

 

   

5,013,333 warrants to purchase approximately 5,013,333 Pear Class A Common Shares, each exercisable beginning on February 4, 2022 at a price of $11.50 per share, issued in connection with the THMA initial public offering and are held by the Sponsor (the “Private Warrants”); and

 

   

9,199,612 warrants of to purchase approximately 9,199,612 Pear Class A Common Shares, each exercisable beginning on February 4, 2022 at a price of $11.50 per share (the “Warrants”), issued in connection with THMA’s initial public offering.

On December 6, 2021, the Pear Class A Common Shares, and the Combined Company’s warrants were listed on Nasdaq under the new trading symbols “PEAR” and “PEAR.W”, respectively. As of the Closing Date and after giving effect to the Transactions and the redemptions, the Combined Company’s directors and executive officers and affiliated entities beneficially owned approximately 30.6% of the outstanding Pear Class A Common Shares, and the former security holders of THMA beneficially owned approximately 10.2% of the outstanding Pear Class A Common Shares.

FORM 10 INFORMATION

Item 2.01(f) of Form 8-K states that if the predecessor registrant was a “shell company” (as such term is defined in Rule 12b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)), as the Combined Company was immediately before the Business Combination, then the registrant must disclose the information that would be required if the registrant were filing a general form for registration on Form 10. As a result of the consummation of the Business Combination, the Combined Company ceased to be a shell company. Accordingly, the Combined Company, is providing the information below that would be included in a Form 10 if it were to file a Form 10. Please note that the information provided below relates to the Combined Company as a post-Business Combination company after the consummation of the Business Combination, unless otherwise specifically indicated or the context otherwise requires.

On the Closing Date and after the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company became a holding company whose only assets consist of equity interests in Pear US.

Forward-Looking Statements

This Current Report on Form 8-K, and some of the information incorporated by reference, includes forward-looking statements regarding, among other things, the plans, strategies, and prospects, both business and financial, of the Combined Company. These statements are based on the beliefs and assumptions of the management of the Combined Company. Although the Combined Company believes that their respective plans, intentions, and expectations reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that it will achieve or realize these plans, intentions, or expectations. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties, and assumptions. Generally, statements that are not historical facts, including statements concerning possible or assumed future actions, business strategies, events or results of


operations, and any statements that refer to projections, forecasts, or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, are forward-looking statements. These statements may be preceded by, followed by or include the words “believes”, “estimates”, “expects”, “projects”, “forecasts”, “may”, “might”, “will”, “should”, “seeks”, “plans”, “scheduled”, “possible”, “anticipates”, “intends”, “aims”, “works”, “focuses”, “aspires”, “strives” or “sets out” or similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of performance. You should not put undue reliance on these statements which speak only as of the date hereof. Forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K may include, for example, statements about:

 

   

our ability to realize the benefits expected from the Business Combination;

 

   

the projected financial information, growth rate, and market opportunity of the Combined Company;

 

   

the ability to maintain the listing of our Pear Class A Common Shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market, and the potential liquidity and trading of such securities;

 

   

our ability to grow and manage growth profitably;

 

   

our ability to raise financing in the future, if and when needed;

 

   

our success in retaining or recruiting, or adapting to changes in, our officers, key employees, or directors;

 

   

our prescription digital therapeutics’ ability to achieve and maintain market acceptance and adoption by patients and physicians;

 

   

our ability to obtain or maintain adequate payor coverage and reimbursement for our products;

 

   

our ability to accurately forecast demand for our products;

 

   

our ability to attract and retain our senior management and other highly qualified personnel (in particular, Corey McCann, our President and Chief Executive Officer and Christopher Guiffre, our Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer);

 

   

our ability to maintain access for our products via the Apple Store and the Google Play Store;

 

   

our ability to achieve or maintain profitability;

 

   

our ability to maintain or obtain patent protection and/or the patent rights relating to our products and our ability to prevent third parties from competing against us;

 

   

our ability to successfully commercialize our products;

 

   

our ability to obtain and maintain regulatory authorization for our product candidates, and any related restrictions or limitations of an authorized product candidate;

 

   

our ability to obtain funding for our operations, including funding necessary to complete further development, authorization and, if authorized, commercialization of our product candidates;

 

   

the period over which we anticipate our existing cash and cash equivalents will be sufficient to fund our operating expenses and capital expenditure requirements;

 

   

our ability to identify, in-license, or acquire additional product candidates;

 

   

our ability to successfully protect against security breaches, ransomware attacks, and other disruptions to our information technology structure;

 

   

the impact of applicable laws and regulations, whether in the United States or foreign countries, and any changes thereof;

 

   

our ability to successfully compete against other companies developing similar products to our current and future product offerings;

 

   

our estimates regarding expenses, future revenue, capital requirements, and needs for additional financing;

 

   

our financial performance;

 

   

the effect of COVID-19 on the foregoing; and


   

other factors detailed in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section entitled “Risk Factors,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

These and other factors that could cause actual results to differ from those implied by the forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K and in any document incorporated by reference are more fully described under the heading “Risk Factors” in the Proxy statement/Prospectus. The risks described under the heading “Risk Factors” are not exhaustive. New risk factors emerge from time to time and it is not possible to predict all such risk factors, nor can we assess the impact of all such risk factors on the business of the Combined Company, or the extent to which any factor or combination of factors may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements. All forward-looking statements attributable to the Combined Company or to persons acting on our behalf are expressly qualified in their entirety by the foregoing cautionary statements. We undertake no obligations to update or revise publicly any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise, except as required by law.

Business

The business of THMA prior to the Business Combination is described in the Prospectus Statement/Proxy in the section titled “Information about THMA,” beginning on page 127, which is incorporated herein by reference.

The business of Pear US prior to the Business Combination is described in the Prospectus Statement/Proxy in the section titled “Information about Pear,” beginning on page 157, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Risk Factors

The risk factors related to the Combined Company’s business and operations are set forth in the Prospectus Supplement/Proxy in the section titled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 29, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Properties

The properties of the Combined Company are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Information about THMA-Facilities” beginning on page 134 and “Information about Pear - Our people, culture, and facilities,” on page 203, which are incorporated herein by reference.

Financial Information

Unaudited Condensed Financial Statements

The unaudited condensed financial statements as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 of THMA, and the related notes are included in THMA’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 5, 2021, and are incorporated herein by reference.

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 of Pear US set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. These unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the historical audited financial statements of Pear US as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, and the related notes, included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which are incorporated by reference herein, the section titled “Pear’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included therein and the section titled “Pear’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” included herein.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial information

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Combined Company as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020 is set forth in Exhibit 99.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation

THMA Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation

Management’s discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operation of THMA for the period December 1, 2020 (inception) to June 30, 2021, is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 145 in the section titled “THMA Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” which is incorporated herein by reference.


THMA Management’s discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 is included in THMA’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 5, 2021, which is incorporated herein by reference.    

Pear US’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation

Management’s discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operation of Pear US for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and for the six months ended June 30, 2019 and 2020 are included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 212 in the section titled “Pear’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” which is incorporated herein by reference.

Pear US’s Management’s discussion and analysis of the financial condition and results of operations as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 is set forth in Exhibit 99.3 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

Qualitative and Quantitative Disclosures about Market Risk

As a “smaller reporting company,” we are not required to provide this information.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of the Pear Class A Common Shares following consummation of the Business Combination by:

 

   

each person known by the Combined Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Pear Class A Common Shares immediately following the consummation of the Business Combination;

 

   

each of the Combined Company’s executive officers and directors; and

 

   

all of the Combined Company’s executive officers and directors as a group after the consummation of the Business Combination.

Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the Commission, which generally provide that a person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and restricted stock units that are currently exercisable or vested or that will become exercisable or vest within 60 days. Unless otherwise indicated, the Combined Company believes that all persons named in the table below have sole voting and investment power with respect to the voting securities beneficially owned by them.

The beneficial ownership of the Pear Class A Common Shares is based on 137,799,218 Pear Class A Common Shares issued and outstanding as of the Closing Date.    

 

Name of Beneficial Owners (1)

   Number of
Class A
Shares
     %  

Directors and Executive Officers Combination Company

     

Corey McCann, M.D., Ph.D (2)(14)

     10,829,995        7.9

Christopher D.T. Guiffre, J.D., M.B.A (3)

     783,444        *  

Erin K. Brenner (3)

     235,779        *  

Katherine Jeffery (3)

     198,468        *  

Yuri Maricich (4)(14)

     718,413        *  

Ronan O’Brien (3)

     371,168        *  

Julia Strandberg (3)

     455,221        *  

Alison Bauerlein

     —          —    

Jorge Gomez

     —          —    

Zack Lynch (5)(14)

     10,796,035        7.8

Kirthiga Reddy

     —          —    


Nancy Schlichting

     36,442        *  

Andrew Schwab (6)

     18,631,771        13.5
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

All directors and executive officers as a group (13 individuals)

     43,056,736        30.6

Five Percent Holders (14)

     

TLS Beta Pte. Ltd. and affiliated funds (7)

     26,803,573        19.5

5AM Ventures IV, L.P. and affiliated funds (8)

     18,631,771        13.5

SVF II Cobbler (DE) LLC (9)

     12,100,078        8.8

Arboretum Ventures IV, L.P. (10)

     10,859,050        7.9

JAZZ Human Performance Technology Fund, L.P. and affiliated funds (11)

     10,766,587        7.8

Kaiser Permanente Group Trust and affiliated entities (12)

     8,503,618        6.2

 

 

*

Indicates beneficial ownership less than 1%.

(1)

Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of the directors and executive officers of the Combined Company is c/o Pear Therapeutics, Inc., 200 State Street, 13th Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02109.

(2)

Consists of (i) 8,157,565 Pear Class A Common Shares held directly by Corey McCann; (ii) 1,685,913 Pear Class A Common Shares held by The Corey M. McCann Irrevocable Trust of 2021 (the “McCann Irrevocable Trust”), and (iii) 986,517 Pear Class A Common Shares held by The McCann Family Trust (the “McCann Family Trust,” and, together with the McCann Irrevocable Trust, the “McCann Trusts”). Mia E. Moll, the Trustee of the McCann Irrevocable Trust, is the sister of Corey McCann and holds voting and investment control over the shares held by the McCann Irrevocable Trust. Mia E. Moll acts as Investment Advisor and Concord Trust Company, LLC acts as Trustee of the McCann Family Trust; the Trustee acts at the direction of a distribution committee, whose actions over the Pear Class A Common Shares held by the McCann Family Trust are subject to the approval of Corey McCann pursuant to the trust agreement. By virtue of the foregoing, Corey McCann may be deemed to be the beneficial owner of the Pear Class A Common Shares held by each of the McCann Trusts. Dr. McCann disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares of Pear Class A Common Shares held by each of the McCann Trusts, except to the extent of any pecuniary interest therein. The business address of the McCann Irrevocable Trust and Mia E. Moll is c/o Bass, Doherty & Finks, P.C., 1380 Soldiers Field Road, Boston, MA 02135-1023, and the business address of the McCann Family Trust and Cancord Trust Company, LLC is 3 Executive Park Drive, Suite 302, Bedford, NH 03110.

(3)

Consists of options to purchase Pear Class A Common Shares which have vested or which will vest within 60 days of the Closing Date.

(4)

Consists of 73,620 Pear Class A Common Shares and options to purchase up to 644,793 Pear Class A Common Shares which have vested or which will vest within 60 days of the Closing Date.

(5)

Consists of 10,766,587 Pear Class A Common Shares identified in footnote 12 over which Mr. Lynch may be deemed to beneficially own and options to purchase up to 29,448 Pear Class A Common Shares which have vested or which will vest within 60 days of the Closing Date. Mr. Lynch disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares identified in footnote 12 except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

(6)

Consists of 18,631,771 Pear Class A Common Shares identified in footnote 9 over which Mr. Schwab may be deemed to beneficially own. Mr. Schwab disclaims beneficial ownership of the shares identified in footnote 9 except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.

(7)

Consists of 24,903,573 Pear Class A Common Shares held by TLS Beta Pte. Ltd. and 1,900,000 Pear Class A Common Shares held by Elbrus Investments Pte. Ltd. Each of TLS Beta Pte. Ltd. and Elbrus Investments Pte. Ltd. is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Life Sciences Private Limited, which in turn is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Fullerton Management Pte Ltd, which in turn is a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Temasek Holdings (Private) Limited. The address of each of the foregoing entities is 60B Orchard Road, #06-18 Tower 2, The Atrium@Orchard, Singapore.

(8)

Consists of 14,648,641 Pear Class A Common Shares held by 5AM Ventures IV, L.P. (“Ventures IV”), as to which Ventures IV has shared voting and dispositive power, 610,361 Pear Class A Common Shares held by 5AM Co-Investors IV, L.P. (“Co-Investors IV”), as to which Co-Investors IV has shared voting and dispositive power and 3,372,769 Pear Class A Common Shares held by 5AM Opportunities I, L.P. (“Opportunities I”), as to which Opportunities I has shared voting and dispositive power. 5AM Partners IV, LLC (“Partners IV”) is the sole general partner of Ventures IV and Co-Investors IV. Dr. John Diekman, Andrew Schwab and Dr. Scott M. Rocklage, are the managing members of Partners IV and, along with Partners IV, have shared voting and investment power over the shares beneficially owned by Ventures IV and Co-Investors IV. Andrew Schwab, one of our directors, is an affiliate of Ventures IV. Each of Partners IV, Dr. Diekman, Mr. Schwab and Dr. Rocklage disclaim beneficial ownership of such shares except to the extent of its or their recurring interest therein. 5AM Opportunities I (GP), LLC is the general partner of Opportunities I and may be deemed to have sole investment and voting power over the shares held by Opportunities I. Andrew Schwab and Dr. Kush Parmar are the managing members of 5AM Opportunities I (GP), LLC, and may be deemed to share voting and dispositive power over the shares held by Opportunities I. The address of all entities affiliated with 5AM Ventures is 501 2nd Street, Suite 350, San Francisco, CA 94107.

(9)

Consists of 12,100,078 Pear Class A Common Shares held by SVF II Cobbler (DE) LLC (“SVF”). SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P. is the sole limited partner of SVF II AIV (DE) LLC, which is the sole limited partner of SVF. SB Global Advisers Limited (“SBGA”) has been appointed as manager and is exclusively responsible for making all decisions related to the acquisition, structuring, financing and disposal of SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P.’s investments, including as held by SVF. Spencer Collins, Rajeev Misra, and Neil Hadley are the directors of SBGA. As a result of these relationships, each of these entities and individuals may be deemed to share beneficial ownership of the securities held of record by SVF. Each of them disclaims any such beneficial ownership. The registered address for each of SVF and SVF II Holdings (DE) LLC is c/o Corporation Service Company, 251 Little Falls Drive, Wilmington, DE 19808. The registered address of SoftBank Vision Fund II-2 L.P. is c/o Crestbridge Limited, 47 Esplanade, St. Helier, Jersey, JE1 0BD. The business address of SB Global Advisers Limited is 69 Grosvenor Street, London W1K 3JP, England, United Kingdom.


(10)

Consists of 10,859,050 Pear Class A Common Shares held by Arboretum Ventures IV, L.P. (“AV IV”). Arboretum Investment Manager IV, LLC (“AIM IV”) is the general partner of AV IV. Jan L. Garfinkle, Timothy B. Petersen and Paul McCreadie are the managing members of AIM IV and share voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares held by AV IV. Ms. Garfinkle and Messrs. Petersen and McCreadie disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares held by AV IV, except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. The address of the principal place of business of each of these entities and individuals is 303 Detroit Street, Suite 301, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104.

(11)

Consists of 9,681,673 Pear Class A Common Shares held by JAZZ Human Performance Technology Fund, L.P. (“Jazz Technology”) and 1,084,914 Pear Class A Common Shares held by JAZZ Human Performance Opportunity Fund, L.P (“Jazz Opportunity”). Jazz Human Performance Technology GP, LLC (“Jazz Technology GP”) is the general partner of Jazz Technology. Andrew Firlik, John Harris, Zack Lynch and John Spinale are the managing members of Jazz Technology GP and share voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares held by Jazz Technology. Each of Messrs. Firlik, Harris, Lynch and Spinale disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares held by Jazz Technology, except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. JAZZ Human Performance Opportunity GP, LLC (“Jazz Opportunity GP”) is the general partner of Jazz Opportunity. Andrew Firlik, John Harris, Zack Lynch and John Spinale are the managing directors of Jazz Opportunity GP and share voting and dispositive power with respect to the shares held by Jazz Opportunity. Each of Messrs. Firlik, Harris, Lynch and Spinale disclaim beneficial ownership of the shares held by Jazz Opportunity, except to the extent of their pecuniary interest therein. Mr. Lynch, one of our directors, is an affiliate of Jazz Technology and Jazz Opportunity. The address of the principal place of business of each of these entities and individuals is 548 Market Street, #27799, San Francisco, CA 94104.

(12)

Consists of 5,502,171 Pear Class A Common Shares held by Kaiser Permanente Group Trust (“Kaiser Trust”) and 3,001,447 Pear Class A Common Shares held by Kaiser Foundation Hospitals (“Kaiser Hospitals”). The address for Kaiser Trust and Kaiser Hospitals is One Kaiser Plaza, The Ordway Building, Oakland, California 94612.

(13)

Excludes the contingent right to receive additional Pear Class A Common Shares upon the achievement of certain earn-out targets.

Directors and Executive Officers

The Combined Company’s directors and executive officers after the consummation of the Business Combination are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Management of Pear” beginning on page 205, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Director Independence

Information with respect to the independence of the Combined Company’s directors is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Management of the Post-Combination Company Following the Business Combination - Independence,” on page 238, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Committees of the Board of Directors

Information with respect to the independence of the Combined Company’s directors is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Management of the Post-Combination Company Following the Business Combination - Committees of the Post-Combination Company Board,” beginning on page 238, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Executive Compensation

A description of the compensation of the named executive officers of THMA before the consummation of the Business Combination and the named executive officers of the Combined Company after the Business Combination is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Executive Compensation of Pear,” beginning on page 242, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under the headings “Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan” and “Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan,” which is incorporated herein by reference.

Director Compensation

On December 3, 2021, the Combined Company’s policy regarding compensation for the non-employee directors serving on the Board (the “Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy”) became effective. Pursuant to the Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy, non-employee directors serving on the Board will be entitled to cash and equity compensation as detailed in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy” on page 248, which is incorporated herein by reference, and as further described in the Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.19 and is incorporated herein by reference.


A description of the compensation of the directors of THMA before the consummation of the Business Combination is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “Executive Compensation of Pear-Director Compensation,” beginning on page 247, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions

Certain relationships and related party transactions are described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Certain Relationships and Related Party Transactions-Post-Combination Company” beginning on page 326, and such descriptions are incorporated herein by reference.

See Item 1.01 indemnification agreements disclosed above related to certain investors under the heading Indemnification Agreements.

Legal Proceedings

Reference is made to the disclosure regarding legal proceedings in the section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “Information about THMA - Legal Proceedings” on page 134 and “Information about Pear - Legal Proceedings” on page 204, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Market Price and Dividends on the Registrant’s Common Equity and Related Stockholder Matters

Market Information and Holders

THMA’s Class A Common Shares, units, and Public Warrants historically traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market (“Nasdaq”) under the symbols “THMA,” “THMA.U” and “THMA.W”, respectively. The Pear Class A Common Shares and Warrants began trading on Nasdaq under the new trading symbols “PEAR” and “PEAR.W,” respectively, on December 6, 2021.

As of the Closing Date and following the completion of the Business Combination, the Combined Company had 137,799,218 Pear Class A Common Shares issued and outstanding and 14,212,945 Warrants outstanding held.

Dividends

The Combined Company has not paid any cash dividends on its common stock to date. The payment of cash dividends in the future will be within the discretion of the Board and will depend on the Combined Company’s revenues and earnings, if any, capital requirements and general financial condition. The Combined Company’s ability to declare dividends may also be limited by certain restrictive covenants pursuant to any debt financing agreements.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

Reference is made to the disclosure set forth below under Item 3.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K concerning the issuance and sale by the Combined Company of certain unregistered securities, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Description of Registrant’s Securities

The description of the Combined Company’s securities is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Description of Capital Stock of the Post-Combination Company” beginning on page 320, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

Information about indemnification of the Combined Company’s directors and officers is set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section entitled “Management of the Post-Combination Company Following the Business Combination-Limitation on Liability and Indemnification of Officer and Directors” on page 241 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.

The disclosure set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under the section entitled “Indemnification Agreements” is incorporated by reference into this Item 2.01.

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

The information set forth under Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.


Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

The information set forth under Item 4.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

The information set forth under Item 9.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 3.02.

Unregistered Sale of Equity Securities

The information set forth in the “Introductory Note - PIPE Investment” and “-Forward Purchase Agreement” above is incorporated into this Item 3.02 by reference.

The shares issued by the Combined Company to the PIPE Investors and the Anchor Investor on the Closing Date were issued pursuant to and in accordance with the exemption from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act”), in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

 

Item 3.03.

Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders

In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, THMA changed its name to “Pear Therapeutics, Inc.” and adopted an amended and restated certificate of incorporation and a second amended and restated by-laws. Reference is made to the disclosure described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the sections titled “Proposed Charter Amendment,” “Proposal Number 2 - The Charter Approval Proposal” and “Comparison of Stockholders’ Rights,” beginning on pages 14, 105, and 303, respectively which are incorporated herein by reference, and the disclosure set forth below in Item 5.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under the heading “Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or By-laws; Change in Fiscal Year,” which is incorporated herein by reference. This summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the text of the Combined Company’s amended and restated certificate of incorporation and by-laws, which are attached as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2 hereto, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

In accordance with Rule 12g-3(a) under the Exchange Act, the Combined Company is the successor issuer to THMA and has succeeded to the attributes of THMA as the registrant. In addition, the shares of common stock of the Combined Company, as the successor to THMA, are deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act.

 

Item 4.01.

Change in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

 

  (a)

Dismissal of independent registered public accounting firm

On December 3, 2021, the audit committee (the “Audit Committee”) of the Board approved the engagement of Deloitte & Touche LLP (“Deloitte”) as the Combined Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Combined Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021. Marcum LLP (“Marcum”) served as independent registered public accounting firm of THMA prior to the Business Combination. Accordingly, Marcum was informed that they have been dismissed as the Combined Company’s independent registered public accounting firm.

The report of Marcum on THMA’s balance sheet as of December 31, 2020, the statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the period from December 1, 2020 (THMA inception) to December 31, 2020, and the related notes to the financial statements, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to audit scope or accounting principles. However, the opinion was modified as management of THMA concluded that THMA has a working capital deficiency as of December 31, 2020 and lacks the financial resources it needs to sustain operations for a reasonable period of time, which is considered to be one year from the issuance date of the financial statements. These conditions raise substantial doubt about THMA’s ability to continue as a going concern.

During the period from December 1, 2020 (THMA inception) to December 31, 2020, and the subsequent interim period through December 3, 2021, there were no “disagreements” (as such term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) between the Combined Company and Marcum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Marcum, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter of the disagreements in its reports on THMA’s financial statements for such period.

During the period from December 1, 2020 (THMA inception) to September 30, 2021, and the subsequent interim period through December 3, 2021, there were no “reportable events” (as defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act), except that for the quarter ended March 31, 2021, based upon an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures, the Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of THMA concluded that its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were not effective solely as a result of the restatement of its financial statements as of and for such periods in light of the SEC Staff Statement dated April 12, 2021, which required THMA to reclassify the outstanding warrants as liabilities on its balance sheet. Based on the foregoing, it was determined


that THMA had a material weakness as of March 31, 2021 relating to its internal controls over financial reporting, and such material weakness had not yet been remediated for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2021.

The Combined Company has provided Marcum with a copy of the foregoing disclosures and has requested that Marcum furnish the Combined Company with a letter addressed to the Commission stating whether it agrees with the statements made by the Combined Company set forth above. A copy of Marcum’s letter, dated December 3, 2021, is filed as Exhibit 16.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.

(b) Disclosures regarding the new independent auditor

As described above, on December 3, 2021, the Audit Committee approved the engagement of Deloitte as the Combined Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Combined Company’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2021. Deloitte served as the independent registered public accounting firm of Pear US prior to the Business Combination. During the period from December 1, 2020 (inception) to December 31, 2020, and the subsequent interim period through December 3, 2021, THMA did not consult with Deloitte with respect to (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed, the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on THMA’s financial statements, and neither a written report nor oral advice was provided to the Combined Company that Deloitte concluded was an important factor considered by the Combined Company in reaching a decision as to any accounting, auditing or financial reporting issue, or (ii) any other matter that was the subject of a disagreement or a reportable event (as defined above).

 

Item 5.01.

Changes in Control of Registrant

Reference is made to the disclosure in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus in the section titled “Proposal No. 1-The Business Combination Proposal.” The information set forth in the section titled “Introductory Note” and in the section titled “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.02.

Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers

The information set forth in sections titled “Directors and Executive Officers” and “Certain Relationships and Related Transactions” in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

Reference is made to the disclosure described in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus titled “Management of the Post-Combination Company Following the Business Combination” beginning on page 237 for biographical information about each of the directors and officers, which is incorporated herein by reference.

The information set forth under Item 1.01, “Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement - Indemnification Agreement,” “-Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan” and “-Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan” of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.03.

Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or By-laws; Change in Fiscal Year.

At the Special Meeting, the THMA stockholders considered and approved, among other things, Proposal No. 2 - The Charter Approval Proposal (the “Charter Proposal”), which is described in greater detail in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page 105 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus.

The Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Combined Company (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), which became effective upon filing with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 3, 2021, includes the amendments proposed by the Charter Proposal.


On June 21, 2021, the Board approved and adopted the Amended and Restated By-laws of the Combined Company (the “Bylaws”), which became effective as of the Effective Time. Copies of the Certificate of Incorporation and the By-laws are attached hereto as Exhibit 3.1 and Exhibit 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

The description of the Certificate of Incorporation and the general effect of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws upon the rights of holders of the Combined Company’s capital stock are included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus under the section titled “Description of Capital Stock of the Post-Combination Company” beginning on page 320 of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 5.05.

Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics

In connection with the Closing, the Board approved and adopted a new Code of Ethics applicable to our directors, officers, and employees. A copy of the Code of Ethics can be found in the investor relations section of the Combined Company’s website at www.peartherapeutics.com.

 

Item 5.06.

Change in Shell Company Status

As a result of the Business Combination, the Combined Company ceased to be a shell company upon the closing of the Business Combination. The material terms of the Business Combination are described in the sections titled “The Business Combination” and “The Business Combination Agreement” beginning on pages 249 and 276, respectively, of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 7.01.

Regulation FD Disclosure.

On December 3, 2021, the Combined Company issued a press release announcing the closing of the Merger. A copy of the press release is filed hereto as Exhibit 99.4 and incorporated herein by reference.

The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.4, is furnished and shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to liabilities under that section, and shall not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into the filings of the registrant under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, regardless of any general incorporation language in such filings. This Report will not be deemed an admission as to the materiality of any information contained in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.4.

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  (a)

Financial statements of businesses acquired.  

The consolidated financial statements of Pear US as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus beginning on page F-38 are incorporated herein by reference.

The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Pear US for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 are set forth in Exhibit 99.1 hereto and are incorporated by reference.

 

  (b)

Pro Forma financial information.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Combined Company as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020, is set forth in Exhibit 99.2 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

  (c)

Exhibits

 

          Incorporated by Reference

Exhibit
Number

  

Description

   Schedule/
Form
   File No.    Exhibit   

Filing Date

  2.1    Business Combination Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2021, by and among Thimble Point Acquisition Corp., Oz Merger Sub Inc. and Pear Therapeutics, Inc. *    8-K    001-39969    2.1    June 22, 2021
  3.1    Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of Thimble Point Acquisition Corp.            
  3.2    Amended and Restated Bylaws of Pear Therapeutics, Inc.            
  4.1    Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate*    S-1    333-252150    4.2    January 15, 2021
  4.2    Specimen Warrant Certificate*    S-1    333-252150    4.3    January 15, 2021
  4.3    Warrant Agreement, dated February 1, 2021, by and between the Registrant and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent*    8-K    001-39969    4.1    February 4, 2021
10.1    Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement            


10.2    First Amendment to Forward Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2021, by and among Thimble Point Acquisition Corp. and KLP SPAC 1 LLC*    8-K    001-39969    10.6    June 22, 2021
10.3    Second Amendment to Forward Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2021*    8-K    001-39969    10.1    November 15, 2021
10.4    Sponsor Support Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2021, by and among LJ10 LLC, Thimble Point Acquisition Corp., Pear Therapeutics, Inc. and certain other parties thereto*    8-K    001-39969    10.1    June 22, 2021
10.5    Amendment to the Sponsor Support Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2021*    8-K    001-39969    10.2    November 15, 2021
10.6    Form of Company Stockholder Support Agreement by and among Thimble Point Acquisition Corp., Pear Therapeutics, Inc. and the stockholder of Pear Therapeutics, Inc. identified on the signature page thereto*    8-K    001-39969    10.2    June 22, 2021
10.7    Form of Subscription Agreement by and among Thimble Point Acquisition Corp., Pear Therapeutics, Inc. and the investor identified on the signature page thereto*    8-K    001-39969    10.4    June 22, 2021
10.8    Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan            
10.9    Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan            
10.10    Form of Incentive Stock Option Agreement under the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan            
10.11    Form of Restricted Stock Award Agreement under the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan            
10.12    Form of Restricted Stock Unit Award Agreement under the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan            
10.13    Form of Rollover Incentive Stock Option Agreement under the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan            
10.14    Form of Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan            
10.15    Form of Rollover Non-Qualified Stock Option Agreement Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan            
10.16    Form of Indemnification Agreement*    S-4/A    001-39969    10.19    October 25, 2021
10.17    Form of Stockholder Lock-Up Agreement by and among the Registrant, Pear Therapeutics, Inc. and the stockholder of Pear Therapeutics, Inc. identified on the signature page thereto*    8-K    001-39969    10.3   

June 22, 2021

10.18    Form of PIPE Lock-Up Agreement*    8-K    001-39969    99.1    November 15, 2021
10.19    Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy            
10.20    Office Lease, dated as of April 10, 2018, by and between Pear Therapeutics, Inc. and CA-Mission Street Limited Partnership*    S-4/A    001-39969    10.20    October 25, 2021
10.21    First Amendment to Lease, dated as of July 5, 2019, by and between Pear Therapeutics, Inc. and CA Mission Street Limited Partnership*    S-4/A    001-39969    10.21    October 25, 2021
10.22    Office Lease, dated as of May 11, 2018, by and between Pear Therapeutics, Inc. and GLL 200 State Street, L.P.*    S-4/A    001-39969    10.22    October 25, 2021


10.23    First Amendment to Office Lease Agreement, dated as of January 17, 2020, by and between Pear Therapeutics, Inc. and CP 200 State LLC as successor-in-interest to GLL 200 State Street, L.P.*    S-4/A    001-39969    10.23    October 25, 2021
10.24    Credit Agreement and Guaranty, dated as of June 30, 2020, by and between Pear Therapeutics, Inc., Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP and the other parties thereto*    S-4/A    001-39969    10.24    October 25, 2021
10.25    Security Agreement, dated as of June 30, 2020, by and between Pear Therapeutics, Inc., Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP and the other parties thereto*    S-4/A    001-39969    10.28    October 25, 2021
10.26    Second Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2021, by and among Pear Therapeutics, Inc., Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP and the other parties thereto+            
10.27    Contribution and License Agreement for Pharmaceutical FOU, dated as of February 13, 2015, by and between Pear Therapeutics, Inc. and The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C.+*    S-4/A    001-39969    10.31    October 25, 2021
10.28    First Amendment to Contribution and License Agreement for Pharmaceutical FOU, dated as of February 28, 2018, by and between Pear Therapeutics, Inc. and The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C.+*    S-4/A    001-39969    10.32    October 25, 2021
10.29    Second Amended and Restated Software License Agreement, dated as of July 1, 2021, by and between Pear Therapeutics, Inc. and Red 5 Group, LLC+*    S-4/A    001-39969    10.33    October 25, 2021
10.30    Assignment, License & Services Agreement, dated as of March 24, 2018, by and between Pear Therapeutics, Inc. and BeHealth Solutions, LLC+*    S-4/A    001-39969    10.34    October 25, 2021
10.31    Form of Indemnification Agreement entered into by Andrew Schwab and Zack Lynch            
10.32    Forward Purchase Agreement Assignment dated as of December 2, 2021            
16.1    Letter from Marcum LLC to the SEC            
21.1    List of Subsidiaries            
99.1    Unaudited condensed financial statements of Pear US for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020.            
99.2    Unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated combined financial information for the three and nine month ended September 30, 2021, and for the year ended December 31, 2020.            
99.3    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations for Pear for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.            
99.4    Press Release dated December 3, 2021            
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*

Previously Filed

**

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

+

Certain confidential portions (indicated by brackets and asterisks) have been omitted from this exhibit.


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.

 

PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:  

/s/ Christopher Guiffre

Name:   Christopher D.T. Guiffre, J.D., M.B.A.
Title:   Chief Financial Officer

Date: December 7, 2021

Exhibit 3.1

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

THIMBLE POINT ACQUISITION CORP.

December 3, 2021

Thimble Point Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Corporation”), DOES HEREBY CERTIFY AS FOLLOWS:

1. The name of the Corporation is “Thimble Point Acquisition Corp.” The original certificate of the Corporation was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on December 1, 2020 (the “Original Certificate”).

2. The Corporation amended and restated the Original Certificate on February 1, 2020 (as amended and restated, the “First Amended and Restated Certificate”).

3. The Corporation amended the First Amended and Restated Certificate on February 2, 2021.

4. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (this “Second Amended and Restated Certificate”), which both restates and amends the provisions of the First Amended and Restated Certificate, as amended, was duly adopted in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (as amended from time to time, the “DGCL”).

5. This Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation shall become effective on the date of filing with the Secretary of State of Delaware.

6. The text of the First Amended and Restated Certificate, as amended, is hereby restated and amended in its entirety to read as follows:

ARTICLE I

NAME

The name of the corporation is Pear Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Corporation”).

ARTICLE II

PURPOSE

The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL.

ARTICLE III

REGISTERED AGENT

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 251 Little Falls Drive, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, State of Delaware, 19808, and the name of the Corporation’s registered agent at such address is Corporation Service Company.

ARTICLE IV

CAPITALIZATION

Section 4.1 Authorized Capital Stock. The total number of shares of all classes of capital stock, each with a par value of $0.0001 per share, which the Corporation is authorized to issue is 700,000,000 shares, consisting of (a) 690,000,000 shares of Class A common stock (the “Common Stock”) and (b) 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock (the “Preferred Stock”).


Except as otherwise provided in any certificate of designations of any series of Preferred Stock (each a “Preferred Stock Designation”), the number of authorized shares of the class of Common Stock or Preferred Stock may from time to time be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares of such class outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.

The powers, preferences and rights of, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions upon, each class or series of stock shall be determined in accordance with, or as set forth below in, this Article IV.

Section 4.2 Common Stock.

(a) Voting.

(i) Except as otherwise required by law or this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), the holders of shares of Common Stock shall exclusively possess all voting power with respect to the Corporation.

(ii) Except as otherwise required by law or this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to one vote for each such share on each matter properly submitted to the stockholders of the Corporation on which the holders of the Common Stock are entitled to vote.

(iii) Except as otherwise required by law or this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), at any annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, holders of the Common Stock shall have the exclusive right to vote for the election of directors and on all other matters properly submitted to a vote of the stockholders. Notwithstanding the foregoing, except as otherwise required by law or this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), holders of shares of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any amendment to any Preferred Stock Designation) that alters or changes the powers, preferences, rights or other terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series of Preferred Stock are entitled to vote, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series on such amendment pursuant to this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, any Preferred Stock Designation, or as otherwise required by law;

(iv) Dividends. Subject to applicable law, the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of the Preferred Stock, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive such dividends and other distributions (payable in cash, property or capital stock of the Corporation) when, as and if declared thereon by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”), or any authorized committee thereof, from time to time out of any assets or funds of the Corporation legally available therefor and shall share equally on a per share basis in such dividends and distributions.

(b) Liquidation, Dissolution or Winding Up of the Corporation. Subject to applicable law, the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of the Preferred Stock, in the event of any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, after payment or provision for payment of the debts and other liabilities of the Corporation, the holders of shares of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive all the remaining assets of the Corporation available for distribution to its stockholders, ratably in proportion to the number of shares of Common Stock held by them.

Section 4.3 Preferred Stock. The Board is hereby expressly authorized to provide out of the unissued shares of the Preferred Stock for one or more series of Preferred Stock and to establish from time to time the number of shares to be included in each such series and to fix the voting rights, if any, designations, powers, preferences and relative, participating, optional, special and other rights, if any, of each such series and any qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof, as shall be stated in the resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board providing for the issuance of such series and included in a Preferred Stock Designation filed pursuant to the DGCL, and the Board is hereby expressly vested with the authority to the full extent provided by law, now or hereafter, to adopt any such resolution or resolutions.

 

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Section 4.4 Rights and Options. The Corporation has the authority to create and issue rights, warrants and options entitling the holders thereof to acquire from the Corporation any shares of its capital stock of any class or classes, with such rights, warrants and options to be evidenced by or in instrument(s) approved by the Board. The Board is empowered to set the exercise price, duration, times for exercise and other terms and conditions of such rights, warrants or options; provided, however, that the consideration to be received for any shares of capital stock issuable upon exercise thereof may not be less than the par value thereof.

ARTICLE V

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

Section 5.1 Board Powers. Except as otherwise required by law or provided in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by, or under the direction of, the Board. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon the Board by statute, this Second Amended and Restated Certificate or the Bylaws of the Corporation (“Bylaws”), the Board is hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Corporation, subject, nevertheless, to the provisions of the DGCL, this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, and any Bylaws adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation; provided, however, that no Bylaws hereafter adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation shall invalidate any prior act of the Board that would have been valid if such Bylaws had not been adopted.

Section 5.2 Number, Election and Term.

(a) The number of directors of the Corporation, other than those who may be elected by the holders of one or more series of the Preferred Stock voting separately by class or series, shall be fixed from time to time exclusively by the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board.

(b) Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, the Board shall be divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible and designated Class I, Class II and Class III. The term of the initial Class I Directors shall expire at the first annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the effectiveness of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate; the term of the initial Class II Directors shall expire at the second annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the effectiveness of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate; and the term of the initial Class III Directors shall expire at the third annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the effectiveness of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate. At each succeeding annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, beginning with the first annual meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation following the effectiveness of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, successors to the class of directors whose term expires at that annual meeting shall be elected for a three-year term and shall hold office until the election and qualification of their respective successors in office, or until their earlier death, resignation or removal. Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, if the number of directors is changed, any increase or decrease shall be apportioned by the Board among the classes so as to maintain the number of directors in each class as nearly equal as possible, but in no case shall a decrease in the number of directors shorten the term of any incumbent director. The Board is hereby expressly authorized, by resolution or resolutions thereof, to assign members of the Board already in office to the aforesaid classes at the time this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (and therefore such classification) becomes effective in accordance with the DGCL.

(c) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the affirmative vote of holders of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, and the affirmative vote of holders of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class, shall be required to amend or repeal any provision of this Section 5.2.

(d) Unless and except to the extent that the Bylaws shall so require, the election of directors need not be by written ballot.

 

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Section 5.3 Newly Created Directorships and Vacancies. Subject to Section 5.5 hereof, newly created directorships resulting from an increase in the number of directors and any vacancies on the Board resulting from death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, removal or other cause may be filled solely and exclusively by a majority vote of the remaining directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and not by stockholders. Any director so chosen shall hold office for the remainder of the full term of the class of directors to which the new directorship was added or in which the vacancy occurred and until his or her successor has been duly elected and qualified, subject, however, to such director’s earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, when the number of directors is increased or decreased, the Board shall, subject to Section 5.2 hereof, determine the class or classes to which the increased or decreased number of directors shall be apportioned; provided, however, that no decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

Section 5.4 Removal. Subject to Section 5.5 hereof and except as otherwise required by this Second Amended and Restated Certificate or any Preferred Stock Designation, any or all of the directors may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of holders of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class. At least forty-five (45) days prior to any annual or special meeting of stockholders at which it is proposed that any director be removed from office, written notice of such proposed removal and the alleged grounds thereof shall be sent to the Secretary of the Corporation.

Section 5.5 Preferred Stock—Directors. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article V, and except as otherwise required by law, whenever the holders of one or more series of the Preferred Stock shall have the right, voting separately by class or series, to elect one or more directors, the term of office, the filling of vacancies, the removal from office and other features of such directorships shall be governed by the terms of such Preferred Stock Designation as set forth in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation) and such directors shall not be included in any of the classes created pursuant to this Article V unless expressly provided by such terms.

ARTICLE VI

BYLAWS

In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred upon it by law, the Board shall have the power and is expressly authorized to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws. The affirmative vote of a majority of the Board shall be required to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws. The Bylaws also may be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders of the Corporation; provided, however, that in addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of capital stock of the Corporation required by law or by this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), the affirmative vote of the holders of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in the election of directors, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders of the Corporation to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Bylaws; provided, however, that if the Board recommends that stockholders approve such amendment or repeal at such meeting of stockholders, such amendment or repeal shall only require the affirmative vote of the majority of the outstanding shares of capital stock entitled to vote on such amendment or repeal, voting together as a single class; and provided further, however, that no Bylaws hereafter adopted by the stockholders of the Corporation shall invalidate any prior act of the Board that would have been valid if such Bylaws had not been adopted.

ARTICLE VII

SPECIAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS; ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT

Section 7.1 Special Meetings. Subject to the rights, if any, of the holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, and to the requirements of applicable law, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may be called only by the Board pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Board, and the ability of the stockholders of the Corporation to call a special meeting is hereby specifically denied. Except as provided in the foregoing sentence, special meetings of stockholders of the Corporation may not be called by another person or persons. Only those matters set forth in the notice of the special meeting may be considered or acted upon at a special meeting of stockholders of the Corporation Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the affirmative vote of holders of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, and the affirmative vote of holders of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class, shall be required to amend or repeal any provision of this Section 7.1.

 

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Section 7.2 Advance Notice. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws.

Section 7.3 Action by Written Consent. Except as may be otherwise provided for or fixed pursuant to this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation) relating to the rights of holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected by a duly called annual or special meeting of such stockholders and may not be effected by written consent of the stockholders in lieu thereof. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the affirmative vote of holders of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, and the affirmative vote of holders of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class, shall be required to amend or repeal any provision of this Section 7.3.

ARTICLE VIII

LIMITED LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATION

Section 8.1 Limitation of Director Liability.

(a) A director of the Corporation shall not be personally liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as the same exists or may hereafter be amended. Any amendment, modification or repeal of the foregoing sentence shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such amendment, modification or repeal.

(b) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, and the affirmative vote of not less than two thirds (2/3) of the voting power of all then outstanding shares of each class entitled to vote thereon as a class, shall be required to amend or repeal any provision of this Article VIII.

Section 8.2 Indemnification and Advancement of Expenses.

(a) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each person who is or was made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (an “indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, excise taxes and penalties under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such indemnitee in connection with such proceeding. The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by an indemnitee in defending or otherwise participating in any proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that, to the extent required by applicable law, such payment of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking, by or on behalf of the indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that the indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Section 8.2 or otherwise. The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred by this Section 8.2 shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an indemnitee who has ceased to be a

 

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director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of his or her heirs, executors and administrators. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.2(a), except for proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses, the Corporation shall indemnify and advance expenses to an indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board.

(b) The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred on any indemnitee by this Section 8.2 shall not be exclusive of any other rights that any indemnitee may have or hereafter acquire under law, this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, the Bylaws, an agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

(c) Any repeal or amendment of this Article VIII by the stockholders of the Corporation or by changes in law, or the adoption of any other provision of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate inconsistent with this Article VIII, shall, unless otherwise required by law, be prospective only (except to the extent such amendment or change in law permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights on a retroactive basis than permitted prior thereto), and shall not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing at the time of such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision in respect of any proceeding (regardless of when such proceeding is first threatened, commenced or completed) arising out of, or related to, any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision.

(d) This Section 8.2 shall not limit the right of the Corporation, to the extent and in the manner authorized or permitted by law, to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than indemnitees.

(e) To the extent an indemnitee has rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by a third party, (i) the Corporation shall be the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., that its obligations to an indemnitee are primary and any obligation of such third party to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by an indemnitee are secondary), (ii) the Corporation shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by an indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all claims, liabilities, damages, losses, costs and expenses (including amounts paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromises and settlements, as fines and penalties and legal or other costs and reasonable expenses of investigating or defending against any claim or alleged claim) to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws and the agreements to which the Corporation is a party, without regard to any rights an indemnitee may have against such third party and (iii) the Corporation irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases such third party from any and all claims against them for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. No advancement or payment by such third party on behalf of an indemnitee with respect to any claim for which an indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Corporation shall affect the foregoing, and such third party shall have a right of contribution and be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of an indemnitee against the Corporation.

ARTICLE IX

AMENDMENT OF SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

The Corporation reserves the right at any time and from time to time to amend, alter, change or repeal any provision contained in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including any Preferred Stock Designation), and other provisions authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware at the time in force that may be added or inserted, in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by this Second Amended and Restated Certificate and the DGCL; and, except as set forth in Article VIII, all rights, preferences and privileges of whatever nature herein conferred upon stockholders, directors or any other persons by and pursuant to this Second Amended and Restated Certificate in its present form or as hereafter amended are granted subject to the right reserved in this Article IX of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate may be amended only as provided therein.

 

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ARTICLE X

EXCLUSIVE FORUM FOR CERTAIN LAWSUITS

Section 10.1 Forum.

(a) Subject to Section 10.1(b), and unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by the applicable law, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware shall be the sole and exclusive forum for any internal or intra-corporate claim or any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine as defined by the laws of the State of Delaware, (including, but not limited to): (i) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, officer or other employee or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or the Corporation’s stockholders or (iii) any action asserting a claim against the Corporation, its directors, officers or employees arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or this Second Amended and Restated Certificate or the Bylaws (in each case, as they may be amended from time to time), or as to which the DGCL confers jurisdiction on the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware, shall be a state court located within the State of Delaware (or, if no court located within the State of Delaware has jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware).

(b) Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the sole and exclusive forum for any action asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933 or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder (in each case, as amended) shall be the federal district court for the District of Delaware (or, if such court does not have jurisdiction over such action, any other federal district court of the United States); provided, however, that if the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.1(b) are, or the application of such provisions to any person or entity or any circumstance is, illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the sole and exclusive forum for any action asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933 or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder (in each case, as amended) shall be the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Second Amended and Restated Certificate, the foregoing provisions of this Section 10.1 shall not apply to any action seeking to enforce any liability, obligation or duty created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or any rule or regulation promulgated thereunder (in each case, as amended).

(d) To the fullest extent permitted by law, any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in shares of capital stock of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 10.1.

ARTICLE XI

SEVERABILITY

If any provision or provisions (or any part thereof) of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any person or entity or circumstance for any reason whatsoever, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) and the application of such provision to other persons or entities and circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby, and (ii) the provisions of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Second Amended and Restated Certificate containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

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ARTICLE XII

BUSINESS COMBINATIONS

Section 12.1 Opt Out of DGCL 203. The Corporation shall not be governed by Section 203 of the DGCL.

[Signature page follows]

 

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

 

THIMBLE POINT ACQUISITION CORP.

By:

 

/s/ Elon Boms

 

Name: Elon Boms

 

Title: Chief Executive Officer

[Signature Page to Second Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation]

Exhibit 3.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS

OF

PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.

(THE “CORPORATION”)

ARTICLE I

OFFICES

Section 1.1 Registered Office. The registered office of the Corporation within the State of Delaware shall be located at either (a) the principal place of business of the Corporation in the State of Delaware or (b) the office of the corporation or individual acting as the Corporation’s registered agent in Delaware.

Section 1.2 Additional Offices. The Corporation may, in addition to its registered office in the State of Delaware, have such other offices and places of business, both within and outside the State of Delaware, as the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board”) may from time to time determine or as the business and affairs of the Corporation may require.

ARTICLE II

STOCKHOLDERS MEETINGS

Section 2.1 Section 2.1 Annual Meetings. The annual meeting of stockholders (each an “Annual Meeting”) shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, and time and on such date as shall be determined by the Board and stated in the notice of the meeting, provided that the Board may in its sole discretion determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication pursuant to Section 9.5(a). At each Annual Meeting, the stockholders entitled to vote on such matters shall elect those directors of the Corporation to fill any term of a directorship that expires on the date of such Annual Meeting and may transact any other business as may properly be brought before the meeting. If no Annual Meeting has been held for a period of thirteen (13) months after the Corporation’s last Annual Meeting, a special meeting in lieu thereof may be held, and such special meeting shall have, for the purposes of these Bylaws or otherwise, all the force and effect of an Annual Meeting. Any and all references hereafter in these Bylaws to an Annual Meeting or Annual Meetings also shall be deemed to refer to any special meeting(s) in lieu thereof.

Section 2.2 Special Meetings. Subject to the rights of the holders of any outstanding series of the preferred stock of the Corporation (“Preferred Stock”), and to the requirements of applicable law, special meetings of stockholders, for any purpose or purposes, may be called only by the Board acting pursuant to a resolution approved by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office. Special meetings of stockholders shall be held at such place, either within or without the State of Delaware, and at such time and on such date as shall be determined by the Board and stated in the Corporation’s notice of the meeting, provided that the Board may in its sole discretion determine that the meeting shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication pursuant to Section 9.5(a). The Board may, in its sole discretion, postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders. Nominations of persons for election to the Board and stockholder proposals of other business shall not be brought before a special meeting of stockholders to be considered by the stockholders unless such special meeting is held in lieu of an Annual Meeting of stockholders in accordance with Section 2.1 of these Bylaws, in which case such special meeting in lieu thereof shall be deemed an Annual Meeting for purposes of these Bylaws.

Section 2.3 Notices. Written notice of each stockholders meeting stating the place, if any, date, and time of the meeting, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting and the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, shall be given in the manner permitted by Section 9.3 to each stockholder entitled to vote thereat as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, by the Corporation not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting unless otherwise required by the General


Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”). If said notice is for a stockholders meeting other than an Annual Meeting, it shall in addition state the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called, and the business transacted at such meeting shall be limited to the matters so stated in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto). Any meeting of stockholders as to which notice has been given may be postponed, and any meeting of stockholders as to which notice has been given may be cancelled, by the Board upon public announcement (pursuant to Section 2.7(c) herein) given before the date previously scheduled for such meeting.

Section 2.4 Quorum. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Corporation’s Certificate of Incorporation, as the same may be amended or restated from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”) or these Bylaws, the presence, in person or by proxy, at a stockholders meeting of the holders of shares of outstanding capital stock of the Corporation representing a majority of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at such meeting shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at such meeting, except that when specified business is to be voted on by a class or series of stock voting as a class, the holders of shares representing a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series shall constitute a quorum of such class or series for the transaction of such business. If a quorum shall not be present or represented by proxy at any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, the chair of the meeting may adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 2.6 until a quorum shall attend. The stockholders present at a duly convened meeting may continue to transact business until adjournment, notwithstanding the withdrawal of enough stockholders to leave less than a quorum. Shares of its own stock belonging to the Corporation or to another corporation, if a majority of the voting power of the shares entitled to vote in the election of directors of such other corporation is held, directly or indirectly, by the Corporation, shall neither be entitled to vote nor be counted for quorum purposes; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not limit the right of the Corporation or any such other corporation to vote shares held by it in a fiduciary capacity.

Section 2.5 Voting of Shares.

(a) Voting Lists. The Secretary of the Corporation (the “Secretary”) shall prepare, or shall cause the officer or agent who has charge of the stock ledger of the Corporation to prepare and make, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders of record entitled to vote at such meeting; provided, however, that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than 10 days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date, arranged in alphabetical order and showing the address and the number and class of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. Nothing contained in this Section 2.5(a) shall require the Corporation to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting, during ordinary business hours for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the principal place of business of the Corporation. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If a meeting of stockholders is to be held solely by means of remote communication as permitted by Section 9.5(a), the list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of meeting. The stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who the stockholders entitled to examine the list required by this Section 2.5(a) or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders are.

(b) Manner of Voting. At any stockholders meeting, every stockholder entitled to vote may vote in person or by proxy. If authorized by the Board, the voting by stockholders or proxy holders at any meeting conducted by remote communication may be effected by a ballot submitted by electronic transmission (as defined in Section 9.3), provided that any such electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which the Corporation can determine that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder or proxy holder. The Board, in its discretion, or the chair of the meeting of stockholders, in such person’s discretion, may require that any votes cast at such meeting shall be cast by written ballot.

 

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(c) Proxies. Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders or to express consent or dissent to corporate action in writing without a meeting may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. Proxies need not be filed with the Secretary until the meeting is called to order, but shall be filed with the Secretary before being voted. Without limiting the manner in which a stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy, either of the following shall constitute a valid means by which a stockholder may grant such authority. No stockholder shall have cumulative voting rights.

(i) A stockholder may execute a writing authorizing another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy. Execution may be accomplished by the stockholder or such stockholder’s authorized officer, director, employee or agent signing such writing or causing such person’s signature to be affixed to such writing by any reasonable means, including, but not limited to, by facsimile signature.

(ii) A stockholder may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder as proxy by transmitting or authorizing the transmission of an electronic transmission to the person who will be the holder of the proxy or to a proxy solicitation firm, proxy support service organization or like agent duly authorized by the person who will be the holder of the proxy to receive such transmission, provided that any such electronic transmission must either set forth or be submitted with information from which it can be determined that the electronic transmission was authorized by the stockholder. Any copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reliable reproduction of the writing or transmission authorizing another person or persons to act as proxy for a stockholder may be substituted or used in lieu of the original writing or transmission for any and all purposes for which the original writing or transmission could be used; provided that such copy, facsimile telecommunication or other reproduction shall be a complete reproduction of the entire original writing or transmission.

(d) Required Vote. Subject to the rights of the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock, voting separately by class or series, to elect directors pursuant to the terms of one or more series of Preferred Stock, at all meetings of stockholders at which a quorum is present, the election of directors shall be determined by a plurality of the votes cast by the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon. All other matters presented to the stockholders at a meeting at which a quorum is present shall be determined by the vote of a majority of the votes cast by the stockholders present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote thereon, unless the matter is one upon which, by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or applicable stock exchange rules, a different vote is required, in which case such provision shall govern and control the decision of such matter.

(e) Inspectors of Election. The Board may, and shall if required by law, in advance of any meeting of stockholders, designate one or more persons as inspectors of election, who may be employees of the Corporation or otherwise serve the Corporation in other capacities, to act at such meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof and to make a written report thereof. The Board may appoint one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If no inspectors of election or alternates are appointed by the Board, the chair of the meeting shall appoint one or more inspectors to act at the meeting. Each inspector, before discharging his or her duties, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspector with strict impartiality and according to the best of his or her ability. The inspectors shall ascertain and report the number of outstanding shares and the voting power of each; determine the number of shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots; count all votes and ballots and report the results; determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors; and certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and their count of all votes and ballots. No person who is a candidate for an office at an election may serve as an inspector at such election. Each report of an inspector shall be in writing and signed by the inspector or by a majority of them if there is more than one inspector acting at such meeting. If there is more than one inspector, the report of a majority shall be the report of the inspectors.

Section 2.6 Adjournments. Any meeting of stockholders, annual or special, may be adjourned by the chair of the meeting, from time to time, whether or not there is a quorum, to reconvene at the same or some other place. Notice need not be given of any such adjourned meeting if the date, time, and place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in

 

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person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting the stockholders, or the holders of any class or series of stock entitled to vote separately as a class, as the case may be, may transact any business that might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board shall fix a new record date for notice of such adjourned meeting in accordance with Section 9.2, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

Section 2.7 Advance Notice for Business.

(a) Annual Meetings of Stockholders. No business may be transacted at an Annual Meeting of stockholders, other than business that is either (i) specified in the Corporation’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board, (ii) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by or at the direction of the Board or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the Annual Meeting by any stockholder of the Corporation (x) who is a stockholder of record entitled to vote at such Annual Meeting on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 2.7(a) and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such Annual Meeting and (y) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 2.7(a). At least 45 days prior to any Annual Meeting of stockholders at which it is proposed that any director be removed from office, written notice of such proposed removal and the alleged grounds thereof shall be sent to the Secretary of the Corporation. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.7(a) to the contrary, only persons nominated for election as a director to fill any term of a directorship that expires on the date of the Annual Meeting pursuant to Section 3.2 will be considered for election at such meeting.

(i) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for business (other than nominations) to be properly brought before an Annual Meeting by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary and such business must otherwise be a proper matter for stockholder action. Subject to Section 2.7(a)(iii), a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary with respect to such business, to be timely, must be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the opening of business on the 120th day before the anniversary date of the immediately preceding an Annual Meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the Annual Meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date (or if there has been no prior Annual Meeting), notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day before the meeting and not later than the later of (x) the close of business on the 90th day before the meeting or (y) the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the Annual Meeting is first made by the Corporation. The public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an Annual Meeting shall not commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described in this Section 2.7(a).

(ii) To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary with respect to any business (other than nominations) must set forth as to each such matter such stockholder proposes to bring before the Annual Meeting (A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the Annual Meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event such business includes a proposal to amend these Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment) and the reasons for conducting such business at the Annual Meeting, (B) the name and record address of such stockholder and the name and address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (C) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and by the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, (D) a description of all arrangements or understandings between such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder, (E) any material interest of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made in such business and (F) a representation that such stockholder (or a qualified representative of such stockholder) intends to appear in person or by proxy at the Annual Meeting to bring such business before the meeting.

 

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(iii) A stockholder providing timely notice of nominations or business proposed to be brought before an Annual Meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information (including, without limitation, any material interest of such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made in such business) provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to these Bylaws shall be true and correct as of the record date for the meeting and as of the date that is 10 business days prior to such Annual Meeting, and such update and supplement shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the fifth business day after the record date for the Annual Meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of the record date), and not later than the close of business on the eighth business day prior to the date of the Annual Meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of 10 business days prior to the meeting).

(iv) The foregoing notice requirements of this Section 2.7(a) shall be deemed satisfied by a stockholder as to any proposal (other than nominations) if the stockholder has notified the Corporation of such stockholder’s intention to present such proposal at an Annual Meeting in compliance with Rule 14a-8 (or any successor thereof) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), and such stockholder has complied with the requirements of such rule for inclusion of such proposal in a proxy statement prepared by the Corporation to solicit proxies for such Annual Meeting. Except as otherwise required by law, nothing in this Section 2.7 shall obligate the Corporation to include information with respect to any such proposal in any proxy statement. No business shall be conducted at the Annual Meeting of stockholders except business brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.7(a), provided, however, that once business has been properly brought before the Annual Meeting in accordance with such procedures, nothing in this Section 2.7(a) shall be deemed to preclude discussion by any stockholder of any such business. If the Board or the chair of the Annual Meeting determines that any stockholder proposal was not made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.7(a) or that the information provided in a stockholder’s notice does not satisfy the information requirements of this Section 2.7(a), such proposal shall not be presented for action at the Annual Meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 2.7(a), if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the Annual Meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present the proposed business, such proposed business shall not be transacted, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such matter may have been received by the Corporation.

(v) In addition to the provisions of this Section 2.7(a), a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth herein. Nothing in this Section 2.7(a) shall be deemed to affect any rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

(b) Special Meetings of Stockholders. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting pursuant to the Corporation’s notice of meeting. Nominations of persons for election to the Board and stockholder proposals of other business shall not be brought before a special meeting of stockholders to be considered by the stockholders.

(c) Public Announcement. For purposes of these Bylaws, “public announcement” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by the Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable national news service or in a document publicly filed or furnished by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (or any successor thereto).

Section 2.8 Conduct of Meetings. The chair of each annual and special meeting of stockholders shall be the Chair of the Board or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer (if he, she or they shall be a director) or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act of the Chief Executive Officer or if the Chief Executive Officer is not a director, the President (if he, she or they shall be a director) or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the President or if the President is not a director, such other person as shall be appointed by the Board. The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the chair of the meeting. The Board may adopt such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with these Bylaws or such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the chair of any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and to adjourn the

 

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meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such chair, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the chair of the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (a) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (b) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present; (c) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders of record of the Corporation, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the chair of the meeting shall determine; (d) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (e) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the chair of the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure. The secretary of each annual and special meeting of stockholders shall be the Secretary or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary so appointed to act by the chair of the meeting. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Secretary and all Assistant Secretaries, the chair of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

Section 2.9 Consents in Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected by a duly called Annual Meeting or special meeting of such stockholders and may not be effected by written consent of the stockholders.

ARTICLE III

DIRECTORS

Section 3.1 Powers; Number. The business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board, which may exercise all such powers of the Corporation and do all such lawful acts and things as are not by statute or by the Certificate of Incorporation or by these Bylaws required to be exercised or done by the stockholders. Directors need not be stockholders or residents of the State of Delaware. Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, the number of directors shall be fixed exclusively by resolution of the Board.

Section 3.2 Advance Notice for Nomination of Directors.

(a) Only persons who are nominated in accordance with the following procedures shall be eligible for election as directors of the Corporation, except as may be otherwise provided by the terms of one or more series of Preferred Stock with respect to the rights of holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock to elect directors. Nominations of persons for election to the Board at any Annual Meeting of stockholders, as set forth in the Corporation’s notice of such meeting, may be made (i) by or at the direction of the Board or (ii) by any stockholder of the Corporation (x) who is a stockholder of record entitled to vote in the election of directors on the date of the giving of the notice provided for in this Section 3.2 and on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and (y) who complies with the notice procedures set forth in this Section 3.2.

(b) In addition to any other applicable requirements, for a nomination to be made by a stockholder, such stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in proper written form to the Secretary. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (i) in the case of an Annual Meeting, not later than the close of business on the 90th day nor earlier than the close of business on the 120th day before the anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting of stockholders; provided, however, that in the event that the Annual Meeting is more than 30 days before or more than 60 days after such anniversary date (or if there has been no prior Annual Meeting), notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so received not earlier than the close of business on the 120th day before the meeting and not later than the later of (x) the close of business on the 90th day before the meeting or (y) the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the Annual Meeting was first made by the Corporation; and (ii) in the case of a special meeting of stockholders called for the purpose of electing directors, not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the special meeting is first made by the Corporation. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment or postponement of an Annual Meeting or special meeting commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described in this Section 3.2.

 

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(c) Notwithstanding anything in paragraph (b) to the contrary, in the event that the number of directors to be elected to the Board at an Annual Meeting is greater than the number of directors whose terms expire on the date of the Annual Meeting and there is no public announcement by the Corporation naming all of the nominees for the additional directors to be elected or specifying the size of the increased Board before the close of business on the 90th day prior to the anniversary date of the immediately preceding Annual Meeting of stockholders, a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 3.2 shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for the additional directorships created by such increase that are to be filled by election at such Annual Meeting, if it shall be received by the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the date on which such public announcement was first made by the Corporation.

(d) To be in proper written form, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must set forth (i) as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director (A) the name, age, business address and residence address of the person, (B) the principal occupation or employment of the person, (C) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially or of record by the person and (D) any other information relating to the person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder; and (ii) as to the stockholder giving the notice (A) the name and record address of such stockholder as they appear on the Corporation’s books and the name and address of the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, (B) the class or series and number of shares of capital stock of the Corporation that are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, (C) a description of all arrangements or understandings relating to the nomination to be made by such stockholder among such stockholder, the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, each proposed nominee and any other person or persons (including their names), (D) a representation that such stockholder (or a qualified representative of such stockholder) intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to nominate the persons named in its notice and (E) any other information relating to such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors pursuant to Section 14 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. Such notice must be accompanied by a written consent of each proposed nominee to being named as a nominee and to serve as a director if elected.

(e) If the Board or the chair of the meeting of stockholders determines that any nomination was not made in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.2, or that the information provided in a stockholder’s notice does not satisfy the information requirements of this Section 3.2, then such nomination shall not be considered at the meeting in question. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.2, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear at the meeting of stockholders of the Corporation to present the nomination, such nomination shall be disregarded, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such nomination may have been received by the Corporation.

(f) In addition to the provisions of this Section 3.2, a stockholder shall also comply with all of the applicable requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set forth herein. Nothing in this Section 3.2 shall be deemed to affect any rights of the holders of Preferred Stock to elect directors pursuant to the Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 3.3 Compensation. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, a majority of the Board, or a designated committee thereof shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors, including for service on a committee of the Board, and may be paid either a fixed sum for attendance at each meeting of the Board or other compensation as director. The directors may be reimbursed for expenses incurred, if any, for attendance at each meeting of the Board. No such payment shall preclude any director from serving the Corporation in any other capacity and receiving compensation therefor. Members of committees of the Board may be allowed like compensation and reimbursement of expenses for service on the committee. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, directors who are serving the Corporation as employees and who receive compensation for their services as such, shall not receive any salary or other compensation, other than reimbursement of expenses, for their services as directors of the Corporation.

 

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ARTICLE IV

BOARD MEETINGS

Section 4.1 Annual Meetings. The Board shall meet as soon as practicable after the adjournment of each annual stockholders meeting at the place of the annual stockholders meeting unless the Board shall fix another time and place and give notice thereof in the manner required herein for special meetings of the Board. No notice to the directors shall be necessary to legally convene this meeting, except as provided in this Section 4.1.

Section 4.2 Regular Meetings. Regularly scheduled, periodic meetings of the Board may be held without notice at such times, dates and places (within or without the State of Delaware) as shall from time to time be determined by the Board.

Section 4.3 Special Meetings. Special meetings of the Board (a) may be called by the Chair of the Board or the President and (b) shall be called by the Chair of the Board, the President or the Secretary on the written request of at least a majority of directors then in office, or the sole director, as the case may be, and shall be held at such time, date and place (within or without the State of Delaware) as may be determined by the person calling the meeting or, if called upon the request of directors or the sole director, as specified in such written request. Notice of each special meeting of the Board shall be given, as provided in Section 9.3, to each director (i) at least 24 hours before the meeting if such notice is oral notice given personally or by telephone or written notice given by hand delivery or by means of a form of electronic transmission and delivery; (ii) at least two days before the meeting if such notice is sent by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service; and (iii) at least five days before the meeting if such notice is sent through the United States mail. If the Secretary shall fail or refuse to give such notice, then the notice may be given by the officer who called the meeting or the directors who requested the meeting. Any and all business that may be transacted at a regular meeting of the Board may be transacted at a special meeting. Except as may be otherwise expressly provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any special meeting need be specified in the notice or waiver of notice of such meeting. A special meeting may be held at any time without notice if all the directors are present or if those not present waive notice of the meeting in accordance with Section 9.4.

Section 4.4 Quorum; Required Vote. A majority of the Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at any meeting of the Board, and the act of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which there is a quorum shall be the act of the Board, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. If a quorum shall not be present at any meeting, a majority of the directors present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

Section 4.5 Consent In Lieu of Meeting. Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board or any committee thereof may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission, and the writing or writings or electronic transmission or transmissions (or paper reproductions thereof) are filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board or committee. Such filing shall be in paper form if the minutes are maintained in paper form and shall be in electronic form if the minutes are maintained in electronic form.

Section 4.6 Organization. The chair of each meeting of the Board shall be the Chair of the Board or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer (if he, she or they shall be a director) or, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chief Executive Officer or if the Chief Executive Officer is not a director, the President (if he, she or they shall be a director) or in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the President or if the President is not a director, a chair elected from the directors present. The Secretary shall act as secretary of all meetings of the Board. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Secretary, an Assistant Secretary shall perform the duties of the Secretary at such meeting. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Secretary and all Assistant Secretaries, the chair of the meeting may appoint any person to act as secretary of the meeting.

 

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ARTICLE V

COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

Section 5.1 Establishment. The Board may by resolution of the Board designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Corporation. Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board when required by the resolution designating such committee. The Board shall have the power at any time to fill vacancies in, to change the membership of, or to dissolve any such committee.

Section 5.2 Available Powers. Any committee established pursuant to Section 5.1 hereof, to the extent permitted by applicable law and by resolution of the Board, shall have and may exercise all of the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it.

Section 5.3 Alternate Members. The Board may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of such committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of the committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not he, she or they constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in place of any such absent or disqualified member.

Section 5.4 Procedures. Unless the Board otherwise provides, the time, date, place, if any, and notice of meetings of a committee shall be determined by such committee. At meetings of a committee, a majority of the number of members of the committee (but not including any alternate member, unless such alternate member has replaced any absent or disqualified member at the time of, or in connection with, such meeting) shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The act of a majority of the members present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the committee, except as otherwise specifically provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the Board. If a quorum is not present at a meeting of a committee, the members present may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than an announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present. Unless the Board otherwise provides and except as provided in these Bylaws, each committee designated by the Board may make, alter, amend and repeal rules for the conduct of its business. In the absence of such rules each committee shall conduct its business in the same manner as the Board is authorized to conduct its business pursuant to Article III and Article IV of these Bylaws.

ARTICLE VI

OFFICERS

Section 6.1 Officers. The officers of the Corporation elected by the Board shall be a Chief Executive Officer, a Chief Financial Officer, a Secretary and such other officers (including without limitation, a Chair of the Board, Presidents, Vice Presidents, Partners, Managing Directors, Senior Managing Directors, Assistant Secretaries, a Chief Operating Officer and a Treasurer) as the Board from time to time may determine. Officers elected by the Board shall each have such powers and duties as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the specific provisions of this Article VI. Such officers shall also have such powers and duties as from time to time may be conferred by the Board. The Chief Executive Officer or President may also appoint such other officers (including without limitation one or more Vice Presidents and Controllers) as may be necessary or desirable for the conduct of the business of the Corporation. Such other officers shall have such powers and duties and shall hold their offices for such terms as may be provided in these Bylaws or as may be prescribed by the Board or, if such officer has been appointed by the Chief Executive Officer or President, as may be prescribed by the appointing officer.

(a) Chair of the Board. The Chair of the Board shall preside when present at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board. The Chair of the Board shall have general supervision and control of the acquisition activities of the Corporation subject to the ultimate authority of the Board, and shall be responsible for the execution of the policies of the Board with respect to such matters. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer (if he, she or they shall be a director) shall preside when present at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board. The powers and duties of the Chair of the Board shall not include supervision or control of the preparation of the financial statements of the Corporation (other than through participation as a member of the Board). The position of Chair of the Board and Chief Executive Officer may be held by the same person and may be held by more than one person.

 

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(b) Chief Executive Officer. The Chief Executive Officer shall be the chief executive officer of the Corporation, shall have general supervision of the affairs of the Corporation and general control of all of its business subject to the ultimate authority of the Board, and shall be responsible for the execution of the policies of the Board with respect to such matters, except to the extent any such powers and duties have been prescribed to the Chair of the Board pursuant to Section 6.1(a) above. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer (if he, she or they shall be a director) shall preside when present at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board. The position of Chief Executive Officer and President may be held by the same person and may be held by more than one person.

(c) President. The President shall make recommendations to the Chief Executive Officer on all operational matters that would normally be reserved for the final executive responsibility of the Chief Executive Officer. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chair of the Board and the Chief Executive Officer, the President (if he, she or they shall be a director) shall preside when present at all meetings of the stockholders and the Board. The President shall also perform such duties and have such powers as shall be designated by the Board. The position of President and Chief Executive Officer may be held by the same person.

(d) Vice Presidents. In the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the President, the Vice President (or in the event there be more than one Vice President, the Vice Presidents in the order designated by the Board) shall perform the duties and have the powers of the President. Any one or more of the Vice Presidents may be given an additional designation of rank or function.

(e) Secretary.

(i) The Secretary shall attend all meetings of the stockholders, the Board and (as required) committees of the Board and shall record the proceedings of such meetings in books to be kept for that purpose. The Secretary shall give, or cause to be given, notice of all meetings of the stockholders and special meetings of the Board and shall perform such other duties as may be prescribed by the Board, the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or President. The Secretary shall have custody of the corporate seal of the Corporation and the Secretary, or any Assistant Secretary, shall have authority to affix the same to any instrument requiring it, and when so affixed, it may be attested by his or her signature or by the signature of such Assistant Secretary. The Board may give general authority to any other officer to affix the seal of the Corporation and to attest the affixing thereof by his or her signature.

(ii) The Secretary shall keep, or cause to be kept, at the principal executive office of the Corporation or at the office of the Corporation’s transfer agent or registrar, if one has been appointed, a stock ledger, or duplicate stock ledger, showing the names of the stockholders and their addresses, the number and classes of shares held by each and, with respect to certificated shares, the number and date of certificates issued for the same and the number and date of certificates cancelled.

(f) Assistant Secretaries. The Assistant Secretary or, if there be more than one, the Assistant Secretaries in the order determined by the Board shall, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Secretary, perform the duties and have the powers of the Secretary.

(g) Chief Financial Officer. The Chief Financial Officer shall perform all duties commonly incident to that office (including, without limitation, the care and custody of the funds and securities of the Corporation, which from time to time may come into the Chief Financial Officer’s hands and the deposit of the funds of the Corporation in such banks or trust companies as the Board, the Chief Executive Officer or the President may authorize).

(h) Treasurer. The Treasurer shall, in the absence (or inability or refusal to act) of the Chief Financial Officer, perform the duties and exercise the powers of the Chief Financial Officer.

 

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Section 6.2 Term of Office; Removal; Vacancies; Absence or Disability. The elected officers of the Corporation shall be appointed by the Board and shall hold office until their successors are duly elected and qualified by the Board or until their earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal from office. Any officer may be removed, with or without cause, at any time by the Board. Any officer appointed by the Chief Executive Officer or President may also be removed, with or without cause, by the Chief Executive Officer or President, as the case may be, unless the Board otherwise provides. Any vacancy occurring in any elected office of the Corporation may be filled by the Board. Any vacancy occurring in any office appointed by the Chief Executive Officer or President may be filled by the Chief Executive Officer, or President, as the case may be, unless the Board then determines that such office shall thereupon be elected by the Board, in which case the Board shall elect such officer. In the event of the absence or disability of any officer, the Board may designate another officer to act temporarily in place of such absent or disabled officer.

Section 6.3 Other Officers. The Board may delegate the power to appoint such other officers and agents, and may also remove such officers and agents or delegate the power to remove same, as it shall from time to time deem necessary or desirable.

Section 6.4 Multiple Officeholders; Stockholder and Director Officers. Any number of offices may be held by the same person unless the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws otherwise provide. Officers need not be stockholders or residents of the State of Delaware.

ARTICLE VII

SHARES

Section 7.1 Certificated and Uncertificated Shares. The shares of the Corporation may be certificated or uncertificated, subject to the sole discretion of the Board and the requirements of the DGCL.

Section 7.2 Multiple Classes of Stock. If the Corporation shall be authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, the Corporation shall (a) cause the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights to be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of any certificate that the Corporation issues to represent shares of such class or series of stock or (b) in the case of uncertificated shares, within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of such shares, send to the registered owner thereof a written notice containing the information required to be set forth on certificates as specified in clause (a) above; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided by applicable law, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of such certificate or, in the case of uncertificated shares, on such written notice a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences or rights.

Section 7.3 Signatures. Each certificate representing capital stock of the Corporation shall be signed by or in the name of the Corporation by any two of the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the President, the Treasurer, the Secretary or any Vice President, Assistant Treasurer or Assistant Secretary of the Corporation. Any or all the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate shall have ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, such certificate may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar on the date of issue.

Section 7.4 Consideration and Payment for Shares.

(a) Subject to applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation, shares of stock may be issued for such consideration, having in the case of shares with par value a value not less than the par value thereof, and to such persons, as determined from time to time by the Board. The consideration may consist of any tangible or intangible property or any benefit to the Corporation including cash, promissory notes, services performed, contracts for services to be performed or other securities, or any combination thereof.

 

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(b) Subject to applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation, shares may not be issued until the full amount of the consideration has been paid, unless upon the face or back of each certificate issued to represent any partly paid shares of capital stock or upon the books and records of the Corporation in the case of partly paid uncertificated shares, there shall have been set forth the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon up to and including the time said certificate representing certificated shares or said uncertificated shares are issued.

Section 7.5 Lost, Destroyed or Wrongfully Taken Certificates.

(a) If an owner of a certificate representing shares claims that such certificate has been lost, destroyed or wrongfully taken, the Corporation shall issue a new certificate representing such shares or such shares in uncertificated form if the owner: (i) requests such a new certificate before the Corporation has notice that the certificate representing such shares has been acquired by a protected purchaser; (ii) if requested by the Corporation, delivers to the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify the Corporation against any claim that may be made against the Corporation on account of the alleged loss, wrongful taking or destruction of such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares; and (iii) satisfies other reasonable requirements imposed by the Corporation.

(b) If a certificate representing shares has been lost, apparently destroyed or wrongfully taken, and the owner fails to notify the Corporation of that fact within a reasonable time after the owner has notice of such loss, apparent destruction or wrongful taking and the Corporation registers a transfer of such shares before receiving notification, the owner shall be precluded from asserting against the Corporation any claim for registering such transfer or a claim to a new certificate representing such shares or such shares in uncertificated form.

Section 7.6 Transfer of Stock.

(a) If a certificate representing shares of the Corporation is presented to the Corporation with an endorsement requesting the registration of transfer of such shares or an instruction is presented to the Corporation requesting the registration of transfer of uncertificated shares, the Corporation shall register the transfer as requested if:

(i) in the case of certificated shares, the certificate representing such shares has been surrendered;

(ii) (A) with respect to certificated shares, the endorsement is made by the person specified by the certificate as entitled to such shares; (B) with respect to uncertificated shares, an instruction is made by the registered owner of such uncertificated shares; or (C) with respect to certificated shares or uncertificated shares, the endorsement or instruction is made by any other appropriate person or by an agent who has actual authority to act on behalf of the appropriate person;

(iii) the Corporation has received a guarantee of signature of the person signing such endorsement or instruction or such other reasonable assurance that the endorsement or instruction is genuine and authorized as the Corporation may request;

(iv) the transfer does not violate any restriction on transfer imposed by the Corporation that is enforceable in accordance with Section 7.8(a); and

(v) such other conditions for such transfer as shall be provided for under applicable law have been satisfied.

(b) Whenever any transfer of shares shall be made for collateral security and not absolutely, the Corporation shall so record such fact in the entry of transfer if, when the certificate for such shares is presented to the Corporation for transfer or, if such shares are uncertificated, when the instruction for registration of transfer thereof is presented to the Corporation, both the transferor and transferee request the Corporation to do so.

 

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Section 7.7 Registered Stockholders. Before due presentment for registration of transfer of a certificate representing shares of the Corporation or of an instruction requesting registration of transfer of uncertificated shares, the Corporation may treat the registered owner as the person exclusively entitled to inspect for any proper purpose the stock ledger and the other books and records of the Corporation, vote such shares, receive dividends or notifications with respect to such shares and otherwise exercise all the rights and powers of the owner of such shares, except that a person who is the beneficial owner of such shares (if held in a voting trust or by a nominee on behalf of such person) may, upon providing documentary evidence of beneficial ownership of such shares and satisfying such other conditions as are provided under applicable law, may also so inspect the books and records of the Corporation.

Section 7.8 Effect of the Corporations Restriction on Transfer.

(a) A written restriction on the transfer or registration of transfer of shares of the Corporation or on the amount of shares of the Corporation that may be owned by any person or group of persons, if permitted by the DGCL and noted conspicuously on the certificate representing such shares or, in the case of uncertificated shares, contained in a notice, offering circular or prospectus sent by the Corporation to the registered owner of such shares within a reasonable time prior to or after the issuance or transfer of such shares, may be enforced against the holder of such shares or any successor or transferee of the holder including an executor, administrator, trustee, guardian or other fiduciary entrusted with like responsibility for the person or estate of the holder.

(b) A restriction imposed by the Corporation on the transfer or the registration of shares of the Corporation or on the amount of shares of the Corporation that may be owned by any person or group of persons, even if otherwise lawful, is ineffective against a person without actual knowledge of such restriction unless: (i) the shares are certificated and such restriction is noted conspicuously on the certificate; or (ii) the shares are uncertificated and such restriction was contained in a notice, offering circular or prospectus sent by the Corporation to the registered owner of such shares within a reasonable time prior to or after the issuance or transfer of such shares.

Section 7.9 Regulations. The Board shall have power and authority to make such additional rules and regulations, subject to any applicable requirement of law, as the Board may deem necessary and appropriate with respect to the issue, transfer or registration of transfer of shares of stock or certificates representing shares. The Board may appoint one or more transfer agents or registrars and may require for the validity thereof that certificates representing shares bear the signature of any transfer agent or registrar so appointed.

ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

Section 8.1 Right to Indemnification. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, as the same exists or may hereafter be amended, the Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless each person who was or is made a party or is threatened to be made a party to or is otherwise involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (hereinafter a “proceeding”), by reason of the fact that he, she or they is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, other enterprise or nonprofit entity, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan (hereinafter an “Indemnitee”), whether the basis of such proceeding is alleged action in an official capacity as a director, officer, employee or agent, or in any other capacity while serving as a director, officer, employee or agent, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines, Employment Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 excise taxes and penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such Indemnitee in connection with such proceeding; provided, however, that, except as provided in Section 8.3 with respect to proceedings to enforce rights to indemnification, the Corporation shall indemnify an Indemnitee in connection with a proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such Indemnitee only if such proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized by the Board..

 

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Section 8.2 Right to Advancement of Expenses. In addition to the right to indemnification conferred in Section 8.1, an Indemnitee shall also have the right to be paid by the Corporation to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees) incurred in defending or otherwise participating in any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition (hereinafter an “advancement of expenses”); provided, however, that, if the DGCL requires, an advancement of expenses incurred by an Indemnitee in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Corporation (and not in any other capacity in which service was or is rendered by such Indemnitee, including, without limitation, service to an employee benefit plan) shall be made only upon the Corporation’s receipt of an undertaking (hereinafter an “undertaking”), by or on behalf of such Indemnitee, to repay all amounts so advanced if it shall ultimately be determined that such Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or otherwise.

Section 8.3 Right of Indemnitee to Bring Suit. If a claim under Section 8.1 or Section 8.2 is not paid in full by the Corporation within 60 days after a written claim therefor has been received by the Corporation, except in the case of a claim for an advancement of expenses, in which case the applicable period shall be 20 days, the Indemnitee may at any time thereafter bring suit against the Corporation to recover the unpaid amount of the claim. If successful in whole or in part in any such suit, or in a suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Indemnitee shall also be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting or defending such suit. In (a) any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification hereunder (but not in a suit brought by an Indemnitee to enforce a right to an advancement of expenses) it shall be a defense that, and (b) in any suit brought by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the Corporation shall be entitled to recover such expenses upon a final judicial decision from which there is no further right to appeal that, the Indemnitee has not met any applicable standard for indemnification set forth in the DGCL. Neither the failure of the Corporation (including its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) to have made a determination prior to the commencement of such suit that indemnification of the Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because the Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in the DGCL, nor an actual determination by the Corporation (including a determination by its directors who are not parties to such action, a committee of such directors, independent legal counsel, or its stockholders) that the Indemnitee has not met such applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that the Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct or, in the case of such a suit brought by the Indemnitee, shall be a defense to such suit. In any suit brought by the Indemnitee to enforce a right to indemnification or to an advancement of expenses hereunder, or by the Corporation to recover an advancement of expenses pursuant to the terms of an undertaking, the burden of proving that the Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified, or to such advancement of expenses, under this Article VIII or otherwise shall be on the Corporation.

Section 8.4 Non-Exclusivity of Rights. The rights provided to any Indemnitee pursuant to this Article VIII shall not be exclusive of any other right, which such Indemnitee may have or hereafter acquire under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, an agreement, a vote of stockholders or disinterested directors, or otherwise.

Section 8.5 Insurance. The Corporation may maintain insurance, at its expense, to protect itself and/or any director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation or another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such expense, liability or loss under the DGCL.

Section 8.6 Indemnification of Other Persons. This Article VIII shall not limit the right of the Corporation to the extent and in the manner authorized or permitted by law to indemnify and to advance expenses to persons other than Indemnitees. Without limiting the foregoing, the Corporation may, to the extent authorized from time to time by the Board, grant rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses to any employee or agent of the Corporation and to any other person who is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to an employee benefit plan, to the fullest extent of the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the indemnification and advancement of expenses of Indemnitees under this Article VIII.

 

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Section 8.7 Amendments. Any repeal or amendment of this Article VIII by the Board or the stockholders of the Corporation or by changes in applicable law, or the adoption of any other provision of these Bylaws inconsistent with this Article VIII, will, to the extent permitted by applicable law, be prospective only (except to the extent such amendment or change in applicable law permits the Corporation to provide broader indemnification rights to Indemnitees on a retroactive basis than permitted prior thereto), and will not in any way diminish or adversely affect any right or protection existing hereunder in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to such repeal or amendment or adoption of such inconsistent provision; provided, however, that amendments or repeals of this Article VIII shall require the affirmative vote of the stockholders holding at least 66.7% of the voting power of all outstanding shares of capital stock of the Corporation.

Section 8.8 Certain Definitions. For purposes of this Article VIII, (a) references to “other enterprise” shall include any employee benefit plan; (b) references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; (c) references to “serving at the request of the Corporation” shall include any service that imposes duties on, or involves services by, a person with respect to any employee benefit plan, its participants, or beneficiaries; and (d) a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interest of the Corporation” for purposes of Section 145 of the DGCL.

Section 8.9 Contract Rights. The rights provided to Indemnitees pursuant to this Article VIII shall be contract rights and such rights shall continue as to an Indemnitee who has ceased to be a director, officer, agent or employee and shall inure to the benefit of the Indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators.

Section 8.10 Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Article VIII shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Article VIII shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby; and (b) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Article VIII (including, without limitation, each such portion of this Article VIII containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested by the provision held invalid, illegal or unenforceable.

ARTICLE IX

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 9.1 Place of Meetings. If the place of any meeting of stockholders, the Board or committee of the Board for which notice is required under these Bylaws is not designated in the notice of such meeting, such meeting shall be held at the principal business office of the Corporation; provided, however, if the Board has, in its sole discretion, determined that a meeting shall not be held at any place, but instead shall be held by means of remote communication pursuant to Section 9.5 hereof, then such meeting shall not be held at any place.

Section 9.2 Fixing Record Dates.

(a) In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix a record date, which shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If the Board so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the business day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the foregoing provisions of this Section 9.2(a) at the adjourned meeting.

 

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

Section 9.3 Means of Giving Notice.

(a) Notice to Directors. Whenever under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws notice is required to be given to any director, such notice shall be given either (i) in writing and sent by mail, or by a nationally recognized delivery service, (ii) by means of facsimile telecommunication or other form of electronic transmission, or (iii) by oral notice given personally or by telephone. A notice to a director will be deemed given as follows: (i) if given by hand delivery, orally, or by telephone, when actually received by the director, (ii) if sent through the United States mail, when deposited in the United States mail, with postage and fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at the director’s address appearing on the records of the Corporation, (iii) if sent for next day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, when deposited with such service, with fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the director at the director’s address appearing on the records of the Corporation, (iv) if sent by facsimile telecommunication, when sent to the facsimile transmission number for such director appearing on the records of the Corporation, (v) if sent by electronic mail, when sent to the electronic mail address for such director appearing on the records of the Corporation, or (vi) if sent by any other form of electronic transmission, when sent to the address, location or number (as applicable) for such director appearing on the records of the Corporation.

(b) Notice to Stockholders. Whenever under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws notice is required to be given to any stockholder, such notice may be given (i) in writing and sent either by hand delivery, through the United States mail, or by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service for next day delivery, or (ii) by means of a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder, to the extent permitted by, and subject to the conditions set forth in Section 232 of the DGCL. A notice to a stockholder shall be deemed given as follows: (i) if given by hand delivery, when actually received by the stockholder, (ii) if sent through the United States mail, when deposited in the United States mail, with postage and fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address appearing on the stock ledger of the Corporation, (iii) if sent for next day delivery by a nationally recognized overnight delivery service, when deposited with such service, with fees thereon prepaid, addressed to the stockholder at the stockholder’s address appearing on the stock ledger of the Corporation, and (iv) if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given and otherwise meeting the requirements set forth above, (A) if by facsimile transmission, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice, (B) if by electronic mail, when directed to an electronic mail address at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice, (C) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specified posting, upon the later of (1) such posting and (2) the giving of such separate notice, and (D) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder. A stockholder may revoke such stockholder’s consent to receiving notice by means of electronic communication by giving written notice of such revocation to the Corporation. Any such consent shall be deemed revoked if (1) the Corporation is unable to deliver by electronic transmission two consecutive notices given by the Corporation in accordance with such consent and (2) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or to the Corporation’s transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice; provided, however, the inadvertent failure to treat such inability as a revocation shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.

(c) Electronic Transmission. “Electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process, including but not limited to transmission by telex, facsimile telecommunication, electronic mail, telegram and cablegram.

 

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(d) Notice to Stockholders Sharing Same Address. Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively by the Corporation to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. A stockholder may revoke such stockholder’s consent by delivering written notice of such revocation to the Corporation. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the Corporation within 60 days of having been given written notice by the Corporation of its intention to send such a single written notice shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice.

(e) Exceptions to Notice Requirements. Whenever notice is required to be given, under the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to any person with whom communication is unlawful, the giving of such notice to such person shall not be required and there shall be no duty to apply to any governmental authority or agency for a license or permit to give such notice to such person. Any action or meeting that shall be taken or held without notice to any such person with whom communication is unlawful shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. In the event that the action taken by the Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware, the certificate shall state, if such is the fact and if notice is required, that notice was given to all persons entitled to receive notice except such persons with whom communication is unlawful.

Whenever notice is required to be given by the Corporation, under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, to any stockholder to whom (1) notice of two consecutive Annual Meetings of stockholders and all notices of stockholder meetings or of the taking of action by written consent of stockholders without a meeting to such stockholder during the period between such two consecutive Annual Meetings, or (2) all, and at least two payments (if sent by first-class mail) of dividends or interest on securities during a 12-month period, have been mailed addressed to such stockholder at such stockholder’s address as shown on the records of the Corporation and have been returned undeliverable, the giving of such notice to such stockholder shall not be required. Any action or meeting that shall be taken or held without notice to such stockholder shall have the same force and effect as if such notice had been duly given. If any such stockholder shall deliver to the Corporation a written notice setting forth such stockholder’s then current address, the requirement that notice be given to such stockholder shall be reinstated. In the event that the action taken by the Corporation is such as to require the filing of a certificate with the Secretary of State of Delaware, the certificate need not state that notice was not given to persons to whom notice was not required to be given pursuant to Section 230(b) of the DGCL. The exception in subsection (1) of the first sentence of this paragraph to the requirement that notice be given shall not be applicable to any notice returned as undeliverable if the notice was given by electronic transmission.

Section 9.4 Waiver of Notice. Whenever any notice is required to be given under applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws, a written waiver of such notice, signed by the person or persons entitled to said notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to said notice, whether before or after the time stated therein, shall be deemed equivalent to such required notice. All such waivers shall be kept with the books of the Corporation. Attendance at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except where a person attends for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.

Section 9.5 Meeting Attendance via Remote Communication Equipment.

(a) Stockholder Meetings. If authorized by the Board in its sole discretion, and subject to such guidelines and procedures as the Board may adopt, stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting and proxy holders not physically present at a meeting of stockholders may, by means of remote communication:

(i) participate in a meeting of stockholders; and

(ii) be deemed present in person and vote at a meeting of stockholders, whether such meeting is to be held at a designated place or solely by means of remote communication, provided that (A) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to verify that each person deemed present and permitted to vote at the meeting by means of remote communication is a stockholder or proxy holder, (B) the Corporation shall implement reasonable measures to provide such stockholders and proxy holders a reasonable opportunity to participate in the meeting and, if entitled to vote, to vote on matters submitted to the applicable stockholders, including an opportunity to read or hear the proceedings of the meeting substantially concurrently with such proceedings, and (C) if any stockholder or proxy holder votes or takes other action at the meeting by means of remote communication, a record of such votes or other action shall be maintained by the Corporation.

 

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(b) Board Meetings. Unless otherwise restricted by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board or any committee thereof may participate in a meeting of the Board or any committee thereof by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. Such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting, except where a person participates in the meeting for the express purpose of objecting to the transaction of any business on the ground that the meeting was not lawfully called or convened.

Section 9.6 Dividends. The Board may from time to time declare, and the Corporation may pay, dividends (payable in cash, property or shares of the Corporation’s capital stock) on the Corporation’s outstanding shares of capital stock, subject to applicable law and the Certificate of Incorporation.

Section 9.7 Reserves. The Board may set apart out of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.

Section 9.8 Contracts and Negotiable Instruments. Except as otherwise provided by applicable law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any contract, bond, deed, lease, mortgage or other instrument may be executed and delivered in the name and on behalf of the Corporation by such officer or officers or other employee or employees of the Corporation as the Board may from time to time authorize. Such authority may be general or confined to specific instances as the Board may determine. The Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Treasurer or any Vice President may execute and deliver any contract, bond, deed, lease, mortgage or other instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation. Subject to any restrictions imposed by the Board, the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the Treasurer or any Vice President may delegate powers to execute and deliver any contract, bond, deed, lease, mortgage or other instrument in the name and on behalf of the Corporation to other officers or employees of the Corporation under such person’s supervision and authority, it being understood, however, that any such delegation of power shall not relieve such officer of responsibility with respect to the exercise of such delegated power.

Section 9.9 Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Corporation shall be fixed by the Board.

Section 9.10 Seal. The Board may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be in such form as the Board determines. The seal may be used by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed, affixed or otherwise reproduced.

Section 9.11 Books and Records. The books and records of the Corporation may be kept within or outside the State of Delaware at such place or places as may from time to time be designated by the Board.

Section 9.12 Resignation. Any director, committee member or officer may resign by giving notice thereof in writing or by electronic transmission to the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Secretary. The resignation shall take effect at the time it is delivered unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events. Unless otherwise specified therein, the acceptance of such resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective.

Section 9.13 Surety Bonds. Such officers, employees and agents of the Corporation (if any) as the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board may direct, from time to time, shall be bonded for the faithful performance of their duties and for the restoration to the Corporation, in case of their death, resignation, retirement, disqualification or removal from office, of all books, papers, vouchers, money and other property of whatever kind in their possession or under their control belonging to the Corporation, in such amounts and by such surety companies as the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board may determine. The premiums on such bonds shall be paid by the Corporation and the bonds so furnished shall be in the custody of the Secretary.

 

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Section 9.14 Securities of Other Corporations. Powers of attorney, proxies, waivers of notice of meeting, consents in writing and other instruments relating to securities owned by the Corporation may be executed in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation by the Chair of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Chief Operating Officer, the President, any Vice President or any officers authorized by the Board. Any such officer, may, in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation, take all such action as any such officer may deem advisable to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of security holders of any corporation in which the Corporation may own securities, or to consent in writing, in the name of the Corporation as such holder, to any action by such corporation, and at any such meeting or with respect to any such consent shall possess and may exercise any and all rights and power incident to the ownership of such securities and which, as the owner thereof, the Corporation might have exercised and possessed. The Board may from time to time confer like powers upon any other person or persons.

Section 9.15 Amendments. The Bylaws may be altered, amended or repealed, in whole or in part, or new bylaws may be adopted by the Board or by the stockholders as provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

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Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION VERSION

AMENDED AND RESTATED

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), is made and entered into by and among Pear Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) (formerly known as Thimble Point Acquisition Corp.), LJ10 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), KLP SPAC 1 LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“KLP”), Michael J. Christenson, Meghan M. Fitzgerald and Henry S. Miller (together with Mr. Christenson and Ms. Fitzgerald, the “Director Holders”), Anil Aggarwal, Brian Barth, Michael K. Simon, Michael Tessler and Jarrod Yuster (together with Anil Aggarwal, Brian Barth, Michael K. Simon and Michael Tessler, the “Advisor Holders”), and certain former stockholders of Pear Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Pear”), set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (such stockholders, the “Pear Holders”, the Sponsor, KLP, the Director Holders, the Advisor Holders and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.2 or Section 6.10 of this Agreement, the “Holders” and each, a “Holder”). This Agreement will be effective as of the Effective Time (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) or, in respect of any Holder that executes this Agreement thereafter, at the time of such execution. Any capitalized terms used but not defined herein will have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Business Combination Agreement.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company, the Sponsor, KLP, the Director Holders and the Advisor Holders are party to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2021 (the “Original RRA”);

WHEREAS, the Company entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2021 (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among the Company, Oz Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Pear, pursuant to which Merger Sub merged with and into Pear (the “Merger”), with Pear continuing as the surviving corporation and becoming a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company;

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the Holders received shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”);

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, certain Pear Holders received Rollover Options or Assumed Warrants, as defined in the Business Combination Agreement (“Equity Awards”);

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, KLP and certain investors (such other investors, collectively, the “Third-Party Investor Stockholders”) purchased an aggregate of 12,500,000 shares of Common Stock (the “Investor Shares”) in separate transactions exempt from registration under the Securities Act pursuant to (i) in the case of KLP, the Forward Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2021, by and among KLP and the Company, as amended by that certain First


Amendment to Forward Purchase Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2021 and as further amended by that certain Second Amendment to Forward Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2021 or (ii) in the case of the Third-Party Investor Stockholders, the respective Subscription Agreements, each dated as of June 21, 2021, entered into by and between the Company and each of such Third-Party Investor Stockholders (each, a “Subscription Agreement” and, collectively, the “Subscription Agreements”);

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 5.5 of the Original RRA, the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth therein may be amended or modified upon the written consent of the Company and the Holders (as defined in the Original RRA) of at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Original RRA) at the time in question, and the Sponsor, the Director Holders and the Advisor Holders are Holders in the aggregate of all of the Registrable Securities under such Original RRA as of the date hereof; and

WHEREAS, the Company, the Sponsor, KLP, the Director Holders and the Advisor Holders desire to amend and restate the Original RRA in its entirety and enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Company shall grant the Holders certain registration rights with respect to certain securities of the Company, as set forth in this Agreement, and terminate the Original RRA.

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

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

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

Additional Holder” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.10.

Additional Holder Common Stock” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.10.

Adverse Disclosure” shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Chief Executive Officer or the Chief Financial Officer of the Company, after consultation with counsel to the Company, (a) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (b) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed or was not effective and available for use, as the case may be, (c) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public and (d) such disclosure (i) would be reasonably likely to have an adverse impact on the Company, (ii) could reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the Company’s ability to effect a material proposed acquisition, disposition, financing, reorganization, recapitalization or similar transaction or (iii)

 

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relates to information the accuracy of which has yet to be determined by the Company or which is the subject of an ongoing investigation or inquiry; provided that the Company takes all reasonable action as necessary to promptly make such determination and conclude such investigation or inquiry.

Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

Blackout Period” shall have the meaning given in Section 3.4.2.

Block Trade” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.3.1.

Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

Change in Control” means the transfer (whether by tender offer, merger, stock purchase, consolidation or other similar transaction), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to a person or group of affiliated persons of the Company’s voting securities if, after such transfer, such person or group of affiliated persons would hold more than 50% of outstanding voting securities of the Company (or surviving entity) or would otherwise have the power to control the board of directors of the Company or to direct the operations of the Company.

Closing” shall have the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement.

Closing Date” shall have the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement.

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Stock” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Company” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto and includes the Company’s successors by recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization or similar transaction.

Competing Registration Rights” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.7.

Demanding Holder” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.

Director Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

Equity Awards” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

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

Form S-1 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.1.

Form S-3 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.1.

Holder Information” shall have the meaning given in Section 4.1.2.

 

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Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto, for so long as such person or entity holds any Registrable Securities.

Investor Shares” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Joinder” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.10.

Lock-up” shall have the meaning given in Section 5.1.

Lock-up Parties” shall mean the Holders and their respective Permitted Transferees.

Lock-up Period” shall mean the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is 180 days after the Closing Date.

Lock-up Shares” shall mean the shares of Common Stock and any other equity securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for shares of Common Stock held by the Holders immediately following the Closing or shares of Common Stock issued with respect to or in exchange for Equity Awards on or after the Closing as permitted by this Agreement (other than the Investor Shares or shares of Common Stock acquired in the public market).1

Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.5.

Business Combination Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Merger” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Merger Sub” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Minimum Takedown Threshold” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.

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

Original RRA” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Other Coordinated Offering” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.3.1.

Pear” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

Pear Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

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Note to Draft: All Lock-Up Shares will be legended with the transfer agent. Lock up provisions to be included in the letter of transmittal, including the legending of the securities by the transfer agent.

 

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Permitted Transferees” shall mean with respect to each Holder and its Permitted Transferees, (a) prior to the expiration of the Lock-up Period, any person or entity to whom such Holder is permitted to transfer such Registrable Securities prior to the expiration of the Lock-up Period pursuant to Section 5.2 and (b) after the expiration of the Lock-up Period, any person or entity to whom such Holder is permitted to transfer such Registrable Securities, subject to and in accordance with any applicable agreement between such Holder and/or its Permitted Transferees and the Company and any transferee thereafter.

Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.2.1.

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

Registrable Security” shall mean (a) any outstanding shares of Common Stock and any other equity security (including shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise or conversion of any other equity security) of the Company held by a Holder immediately following the Closing (including any securities distributable pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement and any Investor Shares), (b) any outstanding shares of Common Stock or any other equity security (including warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock and shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise or conversion of any other equity security) of the Company acquired by a Holder following the date hereof to the extent that such securities are “restricted securities” (as defined in Rule 144) or are otherwise held by an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144) of the Company, (c) any Additional Holder Common Stock, and (d) any other equity security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries issued or issuable with respect to any securities referenced in clause (a), (b) or (c) above by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization or similar transaction; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of: (A) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement by the applicable Holder; (B) (i) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred (other than to a Permitted Transferee), (ii) new certificates for such securities not bearing (or book entry positions not subject to) a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (C) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; (D) such securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 or any successor rule promulgated under the Securities Act (but with no volume, current public information or other restrictions or limitations including as to manner or timing of sale or public information requirement); (E) such securities have been sold without registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act or Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities Act or any successor rules promulgated under the Securities Act and (F) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction.

Registration” shall mean a registration, including any related Shelf Takedown, effected by preparing and filing a registration statement, Prospectus or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.

 

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Registration Expenses” shall mean the documented, out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:

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

(B) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of outside counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities and the fees and expenses of any “qualified independent underwriter” as such term is defined in FINRA Rule 5121);

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

(D) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

(E) fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company and any other persons, including special experts, retained by the Company, incurred in connection with such Registration;

(F) all expenses in connection with the preparation, printing and filing of a Registration Statement, any Prospectus and amendments and supplements thereto and the mailing and delivering of copies thereof to any Holders, underwriters and dealers and all expenses incidental to delivery of the Registrable Securities;

(G) the expenses incurred in connection with making “road show” presentations and holding meetings with potential investors to facilitate the sale of Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering; and

(H) in an Underwritten Offering, Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering, reasonable fees and expenses of one (1) legal counsel selected by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders (not to exceed $50,000 without the consent of the Company).

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

Requesting Holders” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.

Rule 144” shall have the meaning set forth in the definition of Registrable Security.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

Shelf” shall mean the Form S-1 Shelf, the Form S-3 Shelf or any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be.

 

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Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration of securities pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Commission in accordance with and pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect).

Shelf Takedown” shall mean an Underwritten Shelf Takedown or any proposed transfer or sale using a Registration Statement, including a Piggyback Registration.

Sponsor shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

Subscription Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.2.

Suspension Period” shall have the meaning given in Section 3.4.1.

Third-Party Investor Stockholders” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Transfer” shall mean the (a) sale or assignment of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any security, (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b).

Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.

Underwritten Shelf Takedown” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.

Withdrawal Notice” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.6.

ARTICLE II

REGISTRATIONS AND OFFERINGS

2.1 Shelf Registration.

2.1.1 Filing. As soon as practicable following the Closing, but no later than twenty (20) business days following the Closing Date, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to submit to or file with the Commission a Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration on Form S-1 (the “Form S-1 Shelf”) or a Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration on Form S-3 (the “Form S-3 Shelf”), if the Company is then eligible to use a Form S-3 Shelf, in each case, covering the resale of all the Registrable Securities (determined as of three (3) business days prior

 

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to such submission or filing) on a delayed or continuous basis and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such Shelf declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (a) sixty (60) calendar days (or ninety (90) calendar days if the Commission notifies the Company that it will “review” such Shelf Registration) following the initial filing date thereof and (b) ten (10) business says after the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that such Shelf Registration will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review. Such Shelf shall provide for the resale of the Registrable Securities included therein pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available (the “Plan of Distribution”) to, and requested by, any Holder named therein. The Company shall maintain a Shelf in accordance with the terms hereof, and shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements as may be necessary to keep a Shelf continuously effective, available for use to permit the Holders named therein to sell their Registrable Securities included therein and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. In the event the Company files a Form S-1 Shelf, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to convert the Form S-1 Shelf (and any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement) to a Form S-3 Shelf as soon as practicable after the Company is eligible to use a Form S-3 Shelf. The Company’s obligation under this Section 2.1.1, shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to Section 3.4.

2.1.2 Subsequent Shelf Registration. If any Shelf ceases to be effective under the Securities Act for any reason at any time while Registrable Securities are still outstanding, the Company shall, subject to Section 3.4, use its commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable cause such Shelf to again become effective under the Securities Act (including using its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf), and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable amend such Shelf in a manner reasonably expected to result in the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf or file an additional registration statement as a Shelf Registration (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement”) registering the resale of all Registrable Securities (determined as of two (2) business days prior to such filing), and pursuant to the Plan of Distribution. If a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement is filed, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause such Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable after the filing thereof and (ii) keep such Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, available for use to permit the Holders named therein to sell their Registrable Securities included therein and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. The Company’s obligation under this Section 2.1.2, shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to Section 3.4.

2.1.3 Additional Registrable Securities. Subject to Section 3.4, in the event that any Holder holds Registrable Securities that are not registered for resale on a delayed or continuous basis, the Company, upon written request of such Holder, shall promptly cause the resale of such Registrable Securities to be covered by either, at the Company’s option, any then available Shelf (including by means of a post-effective amendment) or by filing a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement and cause the same to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and such Shelf or Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement shall be subject to the terms hereof; provided, however, that the Company shall only be required to cause such additional Registrable Securities to be so covered twice per calendar year for each of the Sponsor, KLP, the Director Holders, the Advisor Holders and the Pear Holders.

 

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2.1.4 Requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns. Subject to Section 3.4, at any time and from time to time when an effective Shelf is on file with the Commission, KLP, the Sponsor, the Director Holders, the Advisor Holders or a Pear Holder (any such holder, a “Demanding Holder”) may request to sell all or any portion of its Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering that is registered pursuant to the Shelf or a new Registration Statement if such Demanding Holders’ Registrable Securities are not then registered by a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in accordance with Section 2.1.1 or permitted to be offered in an Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in accordance with Section 2.1.1 (each, an “Underwritten Shelf Takedown”). All requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns shall be made by giving written notice to the Company, which shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown. The Company shall, within ten (10) Business Days of the Company’s receipt of the Underwritten Demand, notify, in writing, all other Holders of such demand, and each Holder who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to an Underwritten Demand (each such Holder that includes all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering, a “Requesting Holder”) shall so notify the Company, in writing, within five (5) days after the receipt by the Holder of the notice from the Company; provided that the Company shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if such offering shall include Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by the Demanding Holder, either individually or together with other Demanding Holders, with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed, in the aggregate, at least $15.0 million (the “Minimum Takedown Threshold”), or if the total number of Registrable Securities across the first notice and the responses add up to that Minimum Takedown Threshold. Subject to Section 2.3.4, the Underwriters for such offering (which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks) shall be selected by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders, subject to the Company’s prior approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Sponsor, KLP, the Director Holders, the Advisor Holders and the Pear Holders may each demand not more than one (1) Underwritten Shelf Takedowns pursuant to this Section 2.1.4 in any six (6) month period, for an aggregate of not more than four (4) Underwritten Shelf Takedowns pursuant to this Section 2.1.4 in any twelve (12) month period. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company may effect any Underwritten Offering pursuant to any then effective Registration Statement, including a Form S-3, that is then available for such offering.

2.1.5 Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, in good faith, advises the Company, the Demanding Holders and the Holders requesting piggy back rights pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Underwritten Shelf Takedown (the “Requesting Holders”) (if any) in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) desire to sell, taken together with all other shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell and all other shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, that have been requested to be sold in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by any other stockholders, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that

 

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can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, before including any shares of Common Stock or other equity securities proposed to be sold by Company or by other holders of Common Stock or other equity securities, the Registrable Securities of (i) first, the Demanding Holders that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that all of the Demanding Holders have requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown) and (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Requesting Holders (if any) (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Requesting Holder (if any) has requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that all of the Requesting Holders have requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities and (iii) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), the Company or other persons or entities that the Company is obligated to include pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

2.1.6 Withdrawal. Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall have the right to withdraw from such Underwritten Shelf Takedown for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification (a “Withdrawal Notice”) to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Underwritten Shelf Takedown; provided that the Sponsor or a Pear Holder may elect to have the Company continue an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if the Minimum Takedown Threshold would still be satisfied by the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown by the Sponsor, the Pear Holders or any of their respective Permitted Transferees, as applicable. If withdrawn, a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall constitute a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown by the withdrawing Demanding Holder for purposes of Section 2.1.4, unless either (i) such Demanding Holder has not previously withdrawn any Underwritten Shelf Takedown or (ii) such Demanding Holder reimburses the Company for all Registration Expenses with respect to such Underwritten Shelf Takedown (or, if there is more than one Demanding Holder, a pro rata portion of such Registration Expenses based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown); provided that, if the Sponsor, a Director Holder or a Pear Holder elects to continue an Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence, such Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall instead count as an Underwritten Shelf Takedown demanded by the Sponsor, such Director Holder or such Pear Holder, as applicable, for purposes of Section 2.1.4. Following the receipt of any Withdrawal Notice, the Company shall promptly forward such Withdrawal Notice to any other Holders that had elected to participate in such Shelf Takedown. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Shelf Takedown prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.1.6, other than if a Demanding Holder elects to pay such Registration Expenses pursuant to clause (ii) of the second sentence of this Section 2.1.6.

 

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2.2 Piggyback Registration.

2.2.1 Piggyback Rights. Subject to Section 2.3.3, if the Company or any Holder proposes to conduct a registered offering of, or if the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Registration of, equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, for its own account or for the account of stockholders of the Company (or by the Company and by the stockholders of the Company including, without limitation, an Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to Section 2.1), other than a Registration Statement (or any registered offering with respect thereto) (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) filed on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company, (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, (v) a Block Trade or (vi) an Other Coordinated Offering, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed offering to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but not less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement or, in the case of an Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration, the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such offering, which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to include in such registered offering such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice (such registered offering, a “Piggyback Registration”). Subject to Section 2.2.2, the Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and, if applicable, shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of such Piggyback Registration to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this Section 2.2.1 to be included therein on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such registered offering and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The inclusion of any Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Registration shall be subject to such Holder’s agreement to enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering.

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

 

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(a) if the Registration or registered offering is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering (A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.2.1, pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Offering and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Holders have requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;

(b) if the Registration or registered offering is pursuant to a demand by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering (A) first, the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.2.1, pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Offering and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Holders have requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), the shares of Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and

(c) if the Registration or registered offering and Underwritten Shelf Takedown is pursuant to a request by Holder(s) of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, then the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering securities in the priority set forth in Section 2.1.5.

 

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2.2.3 Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities (other than a Demanding Holder, whose right to withdraw from an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, and related obligations, shall be governed by Section 2.1.6) shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration prior to, as applicable, the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggyback Registration or, in the case of a Piggyback Registration pursuant to a Shelf Registration, the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement with respect to such Piggyback Registration used for marketing such transaction. The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by persons or entities pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with a Piggyback Registration (which, in no circumstance, shall include a Shelf) at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or abandon the Underwritten Shelf Takedown in connection with a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the launch of such Underwritten Shelf Takedown. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement (other than Section 2.1.6), the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.2.3.

2.2.4 Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, subject to Section 2.1.6, any Piggyback Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.2 hereof shall not be counted as a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown under Section 2.1.4 hereof.

2.3 Block Trades; Other Coordinated Offerings.

2.3.1 Notwithstanding any other provision of this Article II, but subject to Section 3.4, at any time and from time to time when an effective Shelf is on file with the Commission, if a Demanding Holder notifies the Company that such Demanding Holder wishes to engage in (a) an underwritten registered offering not involving a “roadshow,” an offer commonly known as a “block trade” (a “Block Trade”), or (b) an “at the market” or similar registered offering through a broker, sales agent or distribution agent, whether as agent or principal (an “Other Coordinated Offering”), in each case, (x) with a total offering price reasonably expected to exceed $10.0 million in the aggregate or (y) with respect to all remaining Registrable Securities held by the Demanding Holder, then the Company shall, as expeditiously as possible, cooperate and effect the offering in such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering of the Registrable Securities for which such Demanding Holder has requested such offering, without giving any effect to any required notice periods or delivery of notices to any other Holders. Any offering conducted as a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering will not count as an Underwritten Shelf Takedown for the purposes of Section 2.1.4.

2.3.2 Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used in connection with a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering, a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall have the right to submit a Withdrawal Notice to the Company, the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) and any brokers, sales agents or placement agents (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.3.2.

 

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2.3.3 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Section 2.2 shall not apply to a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering initiated by a Demanding Holder pursuant to this Agreement.

2.3.4 The Demanding Holder in a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall have the right to select the Underwriters and any brokers, sales agents or placement agents (if any) for such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering (in each case, which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks).

2.3.5 A Demanding Holder in the aggregate may demand no more than two (2) Block Trades or Other Coordinated Offerings pursuant to this Section 2.3 in any twelve (12) month period. For the avoidance of doubt, any Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering effected pursuant to this Section 2.3 shall not be counted as a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to Section 2.1.4 hereof.

ARTICLE III

COMPANY PROCEDURES

3.1 General Procedures. The Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall:

3.1.1 prepare and file with the Commission, within the time frame required by Section 2.1.1 (to the extent applicable), a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective, until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or have ceased to be Registrable Securities;

3.1.2 prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be reasonably requested by any Holder that holds at least one percent (1%) of the Registrable Securities registered on such Registration Statement, the Sponsor or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or have ceased to be Registrable Securities;

3.1.3 prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriters, if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, and such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such

 

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Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus), and such other documents as the Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel for any such Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders; provided that the Company shall have no obligation to furnish any documents publicly filed or furnished with the Commission pursuant to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”);

3.1.4 prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request (or provide evidence satisfactory to such Holders that the Registrable Securities are exempt from such registration or qualification) and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

3.1.5 cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each national securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

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

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

3.1.8 at least five (5) days prior to the filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus (or such shorter period of time as may be (a) necessary in order to comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, as applicable or (b) advisable in order to reduce the number of days that sales are suspended pursuant to Section 3.4), furnish a copy thereof to each seller of such Registrable Securities or its counsel (excluding any exhibits thereto and any filing made under the Exchange Act that is to be incorporated by reference therein);

 

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

3.1.10 in the event of an Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering, or sale by a broker, placement agent or sales agent pursuant to such Registration, in each of the following cases to the extent customary for a transaction of its type, permit a representative of the Holders, the Underwriters or other financial institutions facilitating such Underwritten Offering, Block Trade, Other Coordinated Offering or other sale pursuant to such Registration, if any, and any attorney, consultant or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter to participate, at each such person’s or entity’s own expense, in the preparation of the Registration Statement, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, financial institution, attorney, consultant or accountant in connection with the Registration; provided, however, that such representatives, Underwriters or financial institutions agree to confidentiality arrangements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information;

3.1.11 permit a representative of the Holders (such representative to be selected by a majority of the participating Holders), the Underwriters, if any, and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter to participate, at each such person’s own expense, in the preparation of the Registration Statement; provided, however, that the Company may not include the name of any Holder or Underwriter or any information regarding any Holder or Underwriter in any Registration Statement or Prospectus, any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus, any document that is to be incorporated by reference into such Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any response to any comment letter, without the prior written consent of such Holder or Underwriter and providing each such Holder or Underwriter a reasonable amount of time to review and comment on such applicable document, which comments the Company shall include unless contrary to Applicable Law;

3.1.12 obtain a “comfort” letter (including any necessary “bring-down comfort letter” as may be required or requested by any Underwriter on the date any Underwriter on the date any Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to Registration) from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering or sale by a broker, placement agent or sales agent pursuant to such Registration (subject to such broker, placement agent or sales agent providing such certification or representation reasonably requested by the Company’s independent registered public accountants and the Company’s counsel) in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters for a transaction of its type as the managing Underwriter may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders;

3.1.13 in the event of an Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering or sale by a broker, placement agent or sales agent pursuant to such Registration, on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, to the extent customary for a transaction of its type, obtain an opinion, dated such

 

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date, of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the participating Holders, the broker, placement agents or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the participating Holders, broker, placement agent, sales agent or Underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurance letters;

3.1.14 in the event of any Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering or sale by a broker, placement agent or sales agent pursuant to such Registration, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting or other purchase or sales agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter or the broker, placement agent or sales agent of such offering or sale;

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

3.1.16 with respect to an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.1.4, use its commercially reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in such Underwritten Offering; and

3.1.17 otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the participating Holders, consistent with the terms of this Agreement, in connection with such Registration.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to provide any documents or information to an Underwriter, broker, sales agent or placement agent if such Underwriter, broker, sales agent or placement agent has not then been named with respect to the applicable Underwritten Offering or other offering involving a registration as an Underwriter, broker, sales agent or placement agent, as applicable.

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

3.3 Requirements for Participation in Registration Statement in Offerings. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any Holder does not provide the Company with its requested Holder Information, the Company may exclude such Holder’s Registrable Securities from the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus if the Company determines, based on the advice of counsel, that it is necessary or advisable to include such information in the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus and such Holder continues

 

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thereafter to withhold such information. In addition, no person or entity may participate in any Underwritten Offering or other offering for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such person or entity (i) agrees to sell such person’s or entity’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting, sales, distribution or placement arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting or other agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting, sales, distribution or placement arrangements. For the avoidance of doubt, the exclusion of a Holder’s Registrable Securities as a result of this Section 3.3 shall not affect the registration of the other Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration.

3.4 Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure; Restrictions on Registration Rights.

3.4.1 Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue offers and sales of Registrable Securities until it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement (it being understood that the Company hereby covenants to promptly prepare and file such supplement or amendment), or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed (any such period, a “Suspension Period”).

3.4.2 Subject to Section 3.4.4, if the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would (a) require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure or (b) require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders (which notice shall not specify the nature of the event giving rise to such delay or suspension), delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement for the shortest period of time determined in good faith by the Company to be necessary for such purpose (any such period, a “Blackout Period”). In the event the Company exercises its rights under this Section 3.4.2, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities until such Holder receives written notice from the Company that such sales or offers of Registrable Securities may be resumed, and in each case maintain the confidentiality of such notice and its contents. The Company shall immediately notify the Holders of the expiration of any period during which it exercised its rights under this Section 3.4.2.

3.4.3 Subject to Section 3.4.4, (a) during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date one hundred and twenty (120) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated Registration and provided that the Company continues to actively employ, in good faith, all commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the applicable Shelf Registration Statement, or (b) if, pursuant to Section 2.1.4, Holders have requested an Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the Company and Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite such offering, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay any other registered offering pursuant to Section 2.1.4 or 2.3.

 

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3.4.4 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 3.4.1, Section 3.4.2 or Section 3.4.3, the rights to effect a Suspension Period or Blackout Period or to delay or suspend any registered offering pursuant to Section 3.4.3 shall be exercised by the Company, in the aggregate, for not more than ninety (90) consecutive calendar days or more than one hundred and twenty (120) total calendar days in each case, during any twelve (12)-month period.

3.5 Reporting Obligations. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, covenants to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the Holders with true and complete copies of all such filings; provided that any documents publicly filed or furnished with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR shall be deemed to have been furnished or delivered to the Holders pursuant to this Section 3.5. The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell shares of Common Stock held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect). Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

ARTICLE IV

INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

4.1 Indemnification.

4.1.1 The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers, directors and agents and each person or entity who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act), against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented outside attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in or incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. The Company shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers and directors and each person or entity to controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to the indemnification of the Holder.

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all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented outside attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement is contained in (or not contained in, in the case of an omission) any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers, directors and each person or entity who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.

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

4.1.4 The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person or entity of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities.

4.1.5 If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1 from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket

 

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

ARTICLE V

LOCK-UP

5.1 Lock-up. Except as permitted by Section 5.2, each Lock-up Party agrees that it shall not Transfer any Lock-up Shares, prior to the end of the Lock-up Period (the “Lock-up”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Section 5.1 shall not apply to: (a) transactions relating to shares of Common Stock acquired in open market transactions; (b) Transfers of shares of Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock as a bona fide gift or charitable contribution; (c) Transfers of shares of Common Stock to a trust, or other entity formed for estate planning purposes for the primary benefit of the spouse, domestic partner, parent, sibling, child or grandchild of the undersigned or any other person with whom the undersigned has a relationship by blood, marriage or adoption not more remote than first cousin; (d) Transfers by will or intestate succession upon the death of the undersigned; (e) the Transfer of shares of Common Stock pursuant to a qualified domestic order, court order or in connection with a divorce settlement; (f) if the Lock-up Party is a corporation, partnership (whether general, limited or otherwise), limited liability company, trust or other business entity, (i) Transfers to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control or management with the Lock-up Party, or (ii) distributions or distributions of shares of Common Stock to partners, direct or indirect limited liability company members or stockholders of the Lock-up Party, including, for the avoidance of doubt, where the Lock-up Party is a partnership, to its general partner or a successor partnership or fund, or any other funds managed by such partnership; (g) if the Holder is a trust, Transfers to a trustor or beneficiary of the trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust; (h) Transfers to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or Transfer would be permissible under Sections 5.1(a) through 5.2(g); (i) Transfers pursuant to a bona fide third-party tender offer,

 

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merger, stock sale, recapitalization, consolidation or other transaction involving a Change in Control of the Company (provided, however, that in the event that such tender offer, merger, recapitalization, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Common Stock subject to this Agreement shall remain subject to this Agreement); (j) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act (provided, however, that such plan does not provide for the Transfer of Common Stock or any securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Common Stock during the Lock-Up Period); (k) Transfers of shares of Common Stock to the Company in connection with the repurchase of the undersigned’s shares in connection with the termination of the undersigned’s employment with the Company pursuant to contractual agreements with the Company; (l) Transfers of shares of Common Stock to the Company in payment on a “net exercise” or “cashless” basis of the exercise or purchase price with respect to the exercise of options to purchase shares of Common Stock; (m) Transfers to the Company through the exercise of a stock option granted under a stock incentive plan or stock purchase plan or a warrant, and the receipt by the Lock-up Holder from the Company of shares of Common Stock upon any such exercise, insofar as such option or warrant expires during the Lock-Up Period; or (n) in connection with the entry into a pledge or post as collateral of Lock-up Shares as collateral in connection with a bona fide loan transaction; provided that the Lock-up Shares encumbered or pledged in connection with such a loan remain subject to this Agreement; and provided further that prior to entering into the collateral agreement or similar agreement in connection with the loan transaction, each pledgee shall execute and deliver to the Company a lock-up agreement in the form of this Agreement to take effect in the event that the pledgee takes possession of the Lock-up Shares as a result of a foreclosure, margin call or similar disposition; ; provided that, in each case of clauses (a)-(n), the underlying shares shall continue to be subject to the restrictions on Transfer set forth in this Agreement; provided, further, that in the case of any Transfer pursuant to Sections 5.2(b) through 5.2(g), each donee, distribute, pledgee or other transferee shall agree in writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement.

5.2 Permitted Transferees. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 5.1, each Lock-up Party may Transfer the Lock-up Shares during the Lock-up Period (a) to (i) any direct or indirect partners, members or equity holders of such Lock-up Party, or any related investment funds or vehicles controlled or managed by such persons or entities or (ii) any other Lock-up Party or any direct or indirect partners, members or equity holders of such other Lock-up Party, any affiliates of such other Lock-up Party or any related investment funds or vehicles controlled or managed by such persons or entities, (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family or an affiliate of such person or entity, or to a charitable organization, (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual, (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, (e) in the case of a trust, by distribution to one or more of the permissible beneficiaries of such trust, (f) to the partners, members or equity holders of such Lock-up Party by virtue of the Lock-up Party’s organizational documents, as amended, upon dissolution of the Lock-up Party, (g) to the Company or (h) in connection with a bona fide liquidation, merger, stock exchange, reorganization, tender offer approved by the Board or a duly authorized committee thereof or other similar transaction involving a Change in Control of the Company which results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their shares of Common Stock for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the Closing Date. The parties acknowledge and agree that any Permitted Transferee of a Lock-up Party shall be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in this ARTICLE V with respect to the Lock-up Shares upon and after acquiring such Lock-up Shares.

 

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5.3 Miscellaneous Provisions Relating to Transfers.

5.3.1 Legend. In addition to any legends required by Applicable Law, each certificate representing Common Stock shall bear a legend substantially in the following form:

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO A REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (A COPY OF WHICH IS ON FILE WITH THE SECRETARY OF THE COMPANY). NO TRANSFER, SALE, ASSIGNMENT, PLEDGE, HYPOTHECATION OR OTHER DISPOSITION OF THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE MAY BE MADE EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SUCH AGREEMENT.”

5.3.2 Prior Notice. At least three (3) Business Days of prior notice shall be given to the Company by the transferor of any Common Stock that is subject to a Lock-up Period but the Transfer of which is permitted by Section 5.2. Prior to the consummation of any such permitted Transfer, or prior to any Transfer pursuant to which rights and obligations of the transferor under this Agreement are assigned in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferring Holder shall cause the transferee to agree to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement and shall provide any documents required by the transfer agent for the Common Stock to consummate such Transfer. Upon any Transfer by any Holder of any of its Common Stock, in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and which is made in conjunction with the assignment of such Holder’s rights and obligations hereunder, the transferee thereof shall be substituted for, and shall assume all the rights and obligations under this Agreement, of the transferor thereof.

5.3.3 Compliance with Laws. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, each Holder agrees that it will not, directly or indirectly, Transfer any of its Common Stock except as permitted under the Securities Act and other applicable federal or state securities laws.

5.3.4 Null and Void. Any attempt to Transfer any Common Stock that is not in compliance with this Agreement shall be null and void ab initio, and Company shall not, and shall cause any transfer agent not to, give any effect in Company’s stock records to such attempted Transfer and the purported transferee in any such purported Transfer shall not be treated as the owner of such Common Stock for any purposes of this Agreement.

5.3.5 Removal of Legends. If requested by a Holder, Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause the removal of any restrictive legend related to compliance with the federal securities laws set forth on the certificates (or, in the case of book-entry shares, any other instrument or record) representing such Holder’s and/or its affiliates’ or permitted transferee’s ownership of Common Stock not subject to Article V hereof, (ii) cause its legal counsel to deliver an opinion, if necessary or otherwise required by the transfer agent, to the transfer agent in connection with the instruction under subclause (i) to the effect that removal of such legends in such circumstances may be effected in compliance under the Securities Act and

 

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(iii) issue a certificate or book entry representing such shares of Common Stock (or evidence of the issuance of such shares of Common Stock in book-entry form) that is free from all restrictive legends through The Depository Trust Company, at the Holder’s option, within three (3) business days of such request, if the Holder has sold or transferred, or proposes to sell or transfer within five (5) business days of such request, shares pursuant to the Registration Statement or in compliance with Rule 144 and (A) the shares are registered for resale under the Securities Act or (B) the shares may be sold by the Holder under Rule 144. The Company’s obligation to remove legends under this Section 5.3.5 may be conditioned upon the Holder providing such representations and documentation as are reasonably necessary and customarily required in connection with the removal of restrictive legends.

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

6.1 Notices. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be in writing and given by (i) deposit in the United States mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage prepaid and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (ii) delivery in person or by courier service providing evidence of delivery, or (iii) transmission by hand delivery, electronic mail or facsimile. Each notice or communication that is mailed, delivered, or transmitted in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, and received, in the case of mailed notices, on the third business day following the date on which it is mailed and, in the case of notices delivered by courier service, hand delivery, electronic mail or facsimile, at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the delivery receipt or the affidavit of messenger) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed, if to the Company, to: Pear Therapeutics, Inc., 200 State Street, 13th Floor Boston, MA 02109, Attn: Ronan O’Brien, General Counsel and Secretary or by email: ronan.obrien@peartherapeutics.com, and, if to any Holder, at such Holder’s address, electronic mail address or facsimile number as set forth in the Company’s books and records. Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto, and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section 6.1.

6.2 Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

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

6.2.2 Subject to Section 6.2.4 and Section 6.2.5, this Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of a Holder hereunder may be assigned in whole or in part to such Holder’s Permitted Transferees to which it transfers Registrable Securities; provided that with respect to the Sponsor, the Director Holders and the Pear Holders, the rights hereunder that are personal to such Holders may not be assigned or delegated in whole or in part, except that (i) the Sponsor shall be permitted to transfer its rights hereunder as the Sponsor to one or more affiliates or any direct or indirect partners, members or equity holders of the Sponsor, (ii) each of the Director Holders shall be permitted to transfer its rights hereunder as the Director Holders to one or more affiliates or any direct or indirect partners, members or equity holders of such Director Holder (it being understood

 

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that no such transfer shall reduce or multiply any rights of such Director Holder or such transferees) and (iii) each of the Pear Holders shall be permitted to transfer its rights hereunder as the Pear Holders to one or more affiliates or any direct or indirect partners, members or equity holders of such Pear Holder (it being understood that no such transfer shall reduce or multiply any rights of such Pear Holder or such transferees).

6.2.3 This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and its successors and the permitted assigns of the Holders, which shall include Permitted Transferees.

6.2.4 This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons or entities that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and Section 6.2.

6.2.5 No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section 6.1 hereof and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement, including the joinder in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto). Any transfer or assignment of this Agreement or any rights, duties or obligations hereunder made other than as provided in this Section 6.2 shall be null and void ab initio.

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

6.4 Governing Law; Venue. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PLACE WHERE THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT (1) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION AND (2) THE EXCLUSIVE VENUE FOR ANY ACTION TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE OR, IF FOR ANY REASON THE CHANCERY COURT OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE LACKS SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, ANY FEDERAL COURT IN THE STATE OF DELAWARE AND, IN EACH CASE, ANY DIRECT APPELLATE COURTS THEREFROM.

6.5 TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND, THEREFORE, EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT TO ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

 

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6.6 Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of (a) the Company and (b) the Holders of a majority of the total Registrable Securities, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof shall also require the written consent of the Sponsor; provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof shall also require the written consent of each Pear Holder so long as such Pear Holder and its respective affiliates hold, in the aggregate, at least one percent (1%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company; and provided, further, that any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of the shares of capital stock of the Company, in a manner that is materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder so affected. No course of dealing between any Holder or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or the Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.

6.7 Other Registration Rights. Other than (x) the Third-Party Investor Stockholders who each have registration rights with respect to their Investor Shares pursuant to their respective Subscription Agreements and (y) the holders of the Company’s warrants who have registration rights with respect to such warrants pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2021, by and between the Company and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, as warrant agent, the Company represents and warrants that no person or entity, other than a Holder of Registrable Securities, has any right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company for sale or to include such securities of the Company in any Registration Statement filed by the Company for the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of any other person or entity. The Company hereby agrees and covenants that it will not grant rights to register any Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) pursuant to the Securities Act that are more favorable, pari passu or senior to those granted to the Holders hereunder without (a) the prior written consent of (i) the Sponsor, for so long as the Sponsor and its affiliates hold, in the aggregate, Registrable Securities representing at least one percent (1%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company, and (ii) each Pear Holder, for so long as such Pear Holder and its respective affiliates hold, in the aggregate, at least one percent (1%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company, or (b) granting economically and legally equivalent rights to the Holders hereunder such that the Holders shall receive the benefit of such more favorable or senior terms and/or conditions. Further, the Company represents and warrants that this Agreement supersedes any other registration rights agreement or agreement with similar terms and conditions and in the event of a conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

6.8 Term. This Agreement shall terminate on the earlier of (a) the tenth (10th) anniversary of the date of this Agreement and (b) with respect to any Holder, on the date that such Holder no longer holds any Registrable Securities. The provisions of Section 3.5 and Article IV shall survive any termination.

 

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6.9 Holder Information. Each Holder agrees, if requested in writing, to represent to the Company the total number of Registrable Securities held by such Holder in order for the Company to make determinations hereunder.

6.10 Additional Holders; Joinder. In addition to persons or entities who may become Holders pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof, subject to the prior written consent of each of the Sponsor and each Pear Holder (in each case, so long as such Pear Holder and its affiliates hold, in the aggregate, Registrable Securities representing at least one percent (1%) of the outstanding shares of Common Stock of the Company), the Company may make any person or entity who acquires Common Stock or rights to acquire Common Stock after the date hereof a party to this Agreement (each such person or entity, an “Additional Holder”) by obtaining an executed joinder to this Agreement from such Additional Holder in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (a “Joinder”). Such Joinder shall specify the rights and obligations of the applicable Additional Holder under this Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery and subject to the terms of a Joinder by such Additional Holder, the Common Stock then owned, or underlying any rights then owned, by such Additional Holder (the “Additional Holder Common Stock”) shall be Registrable Securities to the extent provided herein and therein and such Additional Holder shall be a Holder under this Agreement with respect to such Additional Holder Common Stock.

6.11 Severability. It is the desire and intent of the parties that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

6.12 Entire Agreement; Restatement. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to such subject matter. Upon the Closing, the Original RRA shall no longer be of any force or effect.

6.13 Adjustments. If, and as often as, there are any changes in the Registrable Securities by way of stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification, or through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or sale, or by any other means, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the provisions of this Agreement, as may be required, so that the rights, privileges, duties and obligations hereunder shall continue with respect to the Registrable Securities as so changed.

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

 

COMPANY:
PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC., a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Corey McCann                                                 
      Name: Corey McCann
      Title: Chief Executive Officer
HOLDERS:

LJ10 LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By: /s/ Elon Boms                                                     
      Name: Elon Boms
      Title: Manager

KLP SPAC 1 LLC,

a Delaware limited liability company

By: /s/ Andrew D. Wingate                                        
      Name: Andrew D. Wingate
      Title: Manager
/s/ Michael J. Christenson                                         
Michael J. Christenson
/s/ Meghan M. Fitzgerald                                             
Meghan M. Fitzgerald
/s/ Henry S. Miller                                                     
Henry S. Miller

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]


/s/ Anil Aggarwal
Anil Aggarwal
/s/ Brian Barth
Brian Barth
/s/ Michael K. Simon
Michael K. Simon
/s/ Michael Tessler
Michael Tessler
/s/ Jarrod Yuster
Jarrod Yuster
/s/ Corey McCann
Corey McCann, M.D., Ph.D.
/s/ Chris Guiffre
Chris Guiffre
/s/ Erin Brenner
Erin Brenner
/s/ Kathy Jeffery
Kathy Jeffery
/s/ Yuri Maricich
Yuri Maricich
/s/ Ronan O’Brien
Ronan O’Brien
/s/ Julia Strandberg
Julia Strandberg

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]


5AM VENTURES IV, L.P.
By: 5AM Partners IV, LLC, its General Partner
By: /s/ Andrew Schwab                                             
      Name: Andrew Schwab

      Title: Managing Member

 

5AM OPPORTUNITIES I, L.P.

By: 5AM Opportunities I (GP), LLC, its General Parter
By: /s/ Andrew Schwab                                             
      Name: Andrew Schwab

      Title: Managing Member

 

5AM CO-INVESTORS IV, L.P.

By: 5AM Partners IV, LLC, its General Partner
By: /s/ Andrew Schwab                                             
      Name: Andrew Schwab
      Title: Managing Member
TLS BETA PTE. LTD.
By: /s/ Fidah Alsagoff                                                 
      Name: Fidah Alsagoff
      Title: Authorised Signatory
SVF II COBBLER (DE) LLC
By: /s/ Ian McLean                                                     
      SVF II COBBLER (DE) LLC
JAZZ HUMAN PERFORMANCE OPPORTUNITY FUND, L.P.
By: /s/ Zack Lynch                                                     
      Name: Zack Lynch
      Title: Managing Partner

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]


JAZZ HUMAN PERFORMANCE TECHNOLOGY FUND, L.P.
By: /s/ Zack Lynch                                                 
      Name: Zack Lynch
      Title: Managing Partner

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement]


Schedule 1

Pear Holders

1. Corey McCann

2. Chris Guiffre

3. Erin Brenner

4. Kathy Jeffery

5. Yuri Maricich

6. Ronan O’Brien

7. Julia Strandberg

8. 5AM Ventures IV, L.P., 5AM Opportunities I, L.P. and 5AM Co-Investors IV, L.P.

9. TLS Beta Pte. Ltd.

10. SVF II AIV-1 (DE) L.P.

11. Jazz Human Opportunity Performance Fund, L.P. and Jazz Human Performance Technology Fund, L.P.


Exhibit A

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT JOINDER

The undersigned is executing and delivering this joinder (this “Joinder”) pursuant to the Amended and Restated Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2021 (as the same may hereafter be amended, the “Registration Rights Agreement”), among Pear Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the other persons or entities named as parties therein. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Registration Rights Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder to the Company, and upon acceptance hereof by the Company upon the execution of a counterpart hereof, the undersigned hereby agrees to become a party to, to be bound by, and to comply with the Registration Rights Agreement as a Holder of Registrable Securities in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Registration Rights Agreement, and the undersigned’s shares of Common Stock shall be included as Registrable Securities under the Registration Rights Agreement to the extent provided therein.

Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Joinder as of the __________ day of __________, 20__.

 

Signature of Stockholder

 

Print Name of Stockholder
Its:
Address:                                                                                           
 
 

Agreed and Accepted as of

____________, 20__

PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:                                                                                  
Name:
Its:

Exhibit 10.8

PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.

2021 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

 

SECTION 1.

GENERAL PURPOSE OF THE PLAN; DEFINITIONS

The name of the plan is the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (as amended from time to time, the “Plan”). The purpose of the Plan is to encourage and enable the officers, employees, Non-Employee Directors and Consultants of Pear Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) and its Affiliates upon whose judgment, initiative and efforts the Company largely depends for the successful conduct of its business to acquire a proprietary interest in the Company. It is anticipated that providing such persons with a direct stake in the Company’s welfare will assure a closer identification of their interests with those of the Company and its stockholders, thereby stimulating their efforts on the Company’s behalf and strengthening their desire to remain with the Company.

The following terms shall be defined as set forth below:

Act” means the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

Administrator” means either the Board or the compensation committee of the Board or a similar committee performing the functions of the compensation committee and which is comprised of not less than two Non-Employee Directors who are independent.

Affiliate” means, at the time of determination, any “parent” or “subsidiary” of the Company as such terms are defined in Rule 405 of the Act. The Board will have the authority to determine the time or times at which “parent” or “subsidiary” status is determined within the foregoing definition.

Award” or “Awards,” except where referring to a particular category of grant under the Plan, shall include Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Units, Restricted Stock Awards, Unrestricted Stock Awards, Cash-Based Awards, and Dividend Equivalent Rights.

Award Agreement” means a written or electronic document setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to an Award granted under the Plan. Each Award Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

Cash-Based Award” means an Award entitling the recipient to receive a cash-denominated payment.

Closing Date” means the date of the closing of the transactions contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2021, by and among the Company, Pear Therapeutics, Inc., and Oz Merger Sub, Inc. the (“Business Combination Agreement”).

Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and any successor Code, and related rules, regulations and interpretations.

Consultant” means a consultant or adviser who provides bona fide services to the Company or an Affiliate as an independent contractor and who qualifies as a consultant or advisor under Instruction A.1.(a)(1) of Form S-8 under the Act.

Dividend Equivalent Right” means an Award entitling the grantee to receive credits based on ordinary cash dividends that would have been paid on the shares of Stock specified in the Dividend Equivalent Right (or other award to which it relates) if such shares had been issued to and held by the grantee.


Effective Date” means the date on which the Plan becomes effective as set forth in Section 19.

Exchange Act” means the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder.

Fair Market Value” of the Stock on any given date means the fair market value of the Stock determined in good faith by the Administrator; provided, however, that if the Stock is listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”), NASDAQ Global Market, The New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange or traded on any established market, the determination shall be made by reference to the closing price of the Stock on such date. If there is no closing price for such date, the determination shall be made by reference to the last date preceding such date for which there is a closing price.

Incentive Stock Option” means any Stock Option designated and qualified as an “incentive stock option” as defined in Section 422 of the Code.

Non-Employee Director” means a member of the Board who is not also an employee of the Company or any Subsidiary.

Non-Qualified Stock Option” means any Stock Option that is not an Incentive Stock Option.

Option” or “Stock Option” means any option to purchase shares of Stock granted pursuant to Section 5.

Restricted Shares” means the shares of Stock underlying a Restricted Stock Award that remain subject to a risk of forfeiture or the Company’s right of repurchase.

Restricted Stock Award” means an Award of Restricted Shares subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant.

Restricted Stock Units” means an Award of stock units subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant.

Sale Event” shall mean (i) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity, (ii) a merger, reorganization or consolidation pursuant to which the holders of the Company’s outstanding voting power and outstanding stock immediately prior to such transaction do not own a majority of the outstanding voting power and outstanding stock or other equity interests of the resulting or successor entity (or its ultimate parent, if applicable) immediately upon completion of such transaction, (iii) the sale of all of the Stock of the Company to an unrelated person, entity or group thereof acting in concert, or (iv) any other transaction in which the owners of the Company’s outstanding voting power immediately prior to such transaction do not own at least a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company or any successor entity immediately upon completion of the transaction other than as a result of the acquisition of securities directly from the Company.

Sale Price” means the value as determined by the Administrator of the consideration payable, or otherwise to be received by stockholders, per share of Stock pursuant to a Sale Event.

Section 409A” means Section 409A of the Code and the regulations and other guidance promulgated thereunder.

Service Relationship” means any relationship as an employee, Non-Employee Director or Consultant of the Company or any Affiliate. Unless as otherwise set forth in the Award Agreement, a Service Relationship shall be deemed to continue without interruption in the event a grantee’s status changes from full-time employee to part-time employee or a grantee’s status changes from employee to Consultant or Non-Employee Director or vice versa, provided that there is no interruption or other termination of Service Relationship in connection with the grantee’s change in capacity.


Stock” means the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company, subject to adjustments pursuant to Section 3.

Stock Appreciation Right” means an Award entitling the recipient to receive shares of Stock (or cash, to the extent explicitly provided for in the applicable Award Agreement) having a value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of exercise over the exercise price of the Stock Appreciation Right multiplied by the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right shall have been exercised.

Subsidiary” means any corporation or other entity (other than the Company) in which the Company has at least a 50 percent interest, either directly or indirectly.

Substitute Awards” shall mean Awards granted or Stock issued by the Company in assumption of, or in substitution or exchange for, awards previously granted, or the right or obligation to make future awards, in each case by an entity acquired by the Company or any Affiliate or with or into which the Company or any Affiliate merges, consolidates or combines. For the avoidance of doubt, the term “Substitute Awards” does not include awards that were previously issued under the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, as amended, and subsequently assumed in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement.

Ten Percent Owner” means an employee who owns or is deemed to own (by reason of the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code) more than 10 percent of the combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any parent or subsidiary corporation.

Unrestricted Stock Award” means an Award of shares of Stock free of any restrictions.

 

SECTION 2.

ADMINISTRATION OF PLAN; ADMINISTRATOR AUTHORITY TO SELECT GRANTEES AND DETERMINE AWARDS

(a)    Administration of Plan. The Plan shall be administered by the Administrator.

(b)    Powers of Administrator. The Administrator shall have the power and authority to grant Awards consistent with the terms of the Plan, including the power and authority:

(i)    to select the individuals to whom Awards may from time to time be granted;

(ii)    to determine the time or times of grant, and the extent, if any, of Incentive Stock Options, Non-Qualified Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock Awards, Restricted Stock Units, Unrestricted Stock Awards, Cash-Based Awards, and Dividend Equivalent Rights, or any combination of the foregoing, granted to any one or more grantees;

(iii)    to determine the number of shares of Stock to be covered by any Award;

(iv)    to determine and modify from time to time the terms and conditions, including restrictions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award, which terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees, and to approve the forms of Award Agreements;

(v)    to accelerate at any time the exercisability or vesting of all or any portion of any Award;

(vi)    subject to the provisions of Section 5(c) or 6(d), to extend at any time the period in which Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, respectively, may be exercised; and


(vii)    at any time to adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and practices for administration of the Plan and for its own acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; to interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan and any Award (including related written instruments); to make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration of the Plan; to decide all disputes arising in connection with the Plan; and to otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan.

All decisions and interpretations of the Administrator shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and Plan grantees.

(c)    Delegation of Authority to Grant Awards. Subject to applicable law, the Administrator, in its discretion, may delegate to a committee consisting of one or more officers of the Company, including the Chief Executive Officer of the Company, all or part of the Administrator’s authority and duties with respect to the granting of Awards to individuals who are (i) not subject to the reporting and other provisions of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and (ii) not members of the delegated committee. Any such delegation by the Administrator shall include a limitation as to the amount of Stock underlying Awards that may be granted during the period of the delegation and shall contain guidelines as to the determination of the exercise price and the vesting criteria. The Administrator may revoke or amend the terms of a delegation at any time but such action shall not invalidate any prior actions of the Administrator’s delegate or delegates that were consistent with the terms of the Plan.

(d)    Award Agreement. Awards under the Plan shall be evidenced by Award Agreements that set forth the terms, conditions and limitations for each Award which may include, without limitation, the term of an Award and the provisions applicable in the event the Service Relationship terminates.

(e)    Indemnification. Neither the Board nor the Administrator, nor any member of either or any delegate thereof, shall be liable for any act, omission, interpretation, construction or determination made in good faith in connection with the Plan, and the members of the Board and the Administrator (and any delegate thereof) shall be entitled in all cases to indemnification and reimbursement by the Company in respect of any claim, loss, damage or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees) arising or resulting therefrom to the fullest extent permitted by law and/or under the Company’s articles or bylaws or any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage which may be in effect from time to time and/or any indemnification agreement between such individual and the Company.

(f)    Non-U.S. Award Recipients. Notwithstanding any provision of the Plan to the contrary, in order to comply with the laws in other countries in which the Company and its Affiliates operate or have employees or other individuals eligible for Awards, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, shall have the power and authority to: (i) determine which Affiliates shall be covered by the Plan; (ii) determine which individuals outside the United States are eligible to participate in the Plan; (iii) modify the terms and conditions of any Award granted to individuals outside the United States to comply with applicable laws; (iv) establish subplans and modify exercise procedures and other terms and procedures, to the extent the Administrator determines such actions to be necessary or advisable (and such subplans and/or modifications shall be incorporated into and made part of this Plan); provided, however, that no such subplans and/or modifications shall increase the share limitations contained in Section 3(a) hereof; and (v) take any action, before or after an Award is made, that the Administrator determines to be necessary or advisable to obtain approval or comply with any local governmental regulatory exemptions or approvals. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrator may not take any actions hereunder, and no Awards shall be granted, that would violate the Exchange Act or any other applicable United States securities law, the Code, or any other applicable United States governing statute or law.

 

SECTION 3.

STOCK ISSUABLE UNDER THE PLAN; MERGERS; SUBSTITUTION

(a)    Stock Issuable. The maximum number of shares of Stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be 32,000,000 shares (the “Initial Limit”), plus on January 1, 2022 and on each January 1 thereafter, ending in 2031, the number of shares of Stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be


cumulatively increased by five percent (5%) of the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31, or such lesser number of shares as approved by the Administrator, in all cases subject to adjustment as provided in Section 3(b) (the “Annual Increase”). Subject to such overall limitation, the maximum aggregate number of shares of Stock that may be issued in the form of Incentive Stock Options shall not exceed the Initial Limit cumulatively increased on January 1, 2022 and on each January 1 thereafter, ending in 2031, by the lesser of (i) the Annual Increase for such year or (ii) 32,000,000 shares of Stock, subject in all cases to adjustment as provided in Section 3(b). For purposes of the limitations set forth in this Section 3(a), the shares of Stock underlying any awards under the Plan that are forfeited, canceled, held back upon exercise of an Option or settlement of an Award to cover the exercise price or tax withholding, reacquired by the Company prior to vesting, satisfied without the issuance of Stock or otherwise terminated (other than by exercise) shall be added back to the shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan and, to the extent permitted under Section 422 of the Code and the regulations promulgated thereunder, the shares of Stock that may be issued as Incentive Stock Options. In the event the Company repurchases shares of Stock on the open market, such shares shall not be added to the shares of Stock available for issuance under the Plan. Subject to such overall limitations, shares of Stock may be issued up to such maximum number pursuant to any type or types of Award. The shares available for issuance under the Plan may be authorized but unissued shares of Stock or shares of Stock reacquired by the Company. Awards that may be settled solely in cash shall not be counted against the share reserve, nor shall they reduce the shares of Stock authorized for grant to a grantee in any calendar year. In addition, to the extent consistent with the requirements of Section 422 of the Code, Substitute Awards shall not reduce the Stock authorized for grant under the Plan, nor shall Stock subject to a Substitute Award again be available for Awards under the Plan to the extent of any forfeiture, cancelation, reacquisition, expiration, termination, cash settlement or non-issuance as set forth above.

(b)    Changes in Stock. Subject to Section 3(c) hereof, if, as a result of any reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, stock dividend, extraordinary cash dividend, stock split, reverse stock split or other similar change in the Company’s capital stock, the outstanding shares of Stock are increased or decreased or are exchanged for a different number or kind of shares or other securities of the Company, or additional shares or new or different shares or other securities of the Company or other non-cash assets are distributed with respect to such shares of Stock or other securities, or, if, as a result of any merger or consolidation, sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company, the outstanding shares of Stock are converted into or exchanged for securities of the Company or any successor entity (or a parent or subsidiary thereof), the Administrator shall make an appropriate or proportionate adjustment in (i) the maximum number of shares reserved for issuance under the Plan, including the maximum number of shares that may be issued in the form of Incentive Stock Options, (ii) the number and kind of shares or other securities subject to any then outstanding Awards under the Plan, (iii) the repurchase price, if any, per share subject to each outstanding Restricted Stock Award, and (iv) the exercise price for each share subject to any then outstanding Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan, without changing the aggregate exercise price (i.e., the exercise price multiplied by the number of shares subject to Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights) as to which such Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights remain exercisable. The Administrator shall also make equitable or proportionate adjustments in the number of shares subject to outstanding Awards and the exercise price and the terms of outstanding Awards to take into consideration cash dividends paid other than in the ordinary course or any other extraordinary corporate event. The adjustment by the Administrator shall be final, binding and conclusive. No fractional shares of Stock shall be issued under the Plan resulting from any such adjustment, but the Administrator in its discretion may make a cash payment in lieu of fractional shares.

(c)    Mergers and Other Transactions. In the case of and subject to the consummation of a Sale Event, the parties thereto may cause the assumption or continuation of Awards theretofore granted by the successor entity, or the substitution of such Awards with new Awards of the successor entity or parent thereof, with appropriate adjustment as to the number and kind of shares and, if appropriate, the per share exercise prices, as such parties shall agree. To the extent the parties to such Sale Event do not provide for the assumption, continuation or substitution of Awards, upon the effective time of the Sale Event, the Plan and all outstanding Awards granted hereunder shall terminate. In such case, except as may be otherwise provided in the relevant Award Agreement,


all Options and Stock Appreciation Rights with time-based vesting conditions or restrictions that are not vested and/or exercisable immediately prior to the effective time of the Sale Event shall become fully vested and exercisable as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Sale Event, all other Awards with time-based vesting, conditions or restrictions shall become fully vested and nonforfeitable as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Sale Event, and all Awards with conditions and restrictions relating to the attainment of performance goals may become vested and nonforfeitable in connection with a Sale Event in the Administrator’s discretion or to the extent specified in the relevant Award Agreement. In the event of such termination, the Company shall have the option (in its sole discretion) to (i) make or provide for a payment, in cash or in kind, to the grantees holding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, in exchange for the cancellation thereof, in an amount equal to the difference between (A) the Sale Price multiplied by the number of shares of Stock subject to outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (to the extent then exercisable at prices not in excess of the Sale Price) and (B) the aggregate exercise price of all such outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (provided that, in the case of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right with an exercise price equal to or greater than the Sale Price, such Option or Stock Appreciation Right shall be cancelled for no consideration); or (ii) permit each grantee, within a specified period of time prior to the consummation of the Sale Event as determined by the Administrator, to exercise all outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights (to the extent then exercisable) held by such grantee. In the event of such termination, the Company shall also have the option (in its sole discretion) to make or provide for a payment, in cash or in kind, to the grantees holding other Awards in an amount equal to the Sale Price multiplied by the number of vested shares of Stock under such Awards.

(d)    Maximum Awards to Non-Employee Directors. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Plan, the value of all Awards awarded under this Plan and all other cash compensation paid by the Company to any Non-Employee Director in any calendar year shall not exceed: (i) $1,000,000 in the first calendar year an individual becomes a Non-Employee Director and (ii) $750,000 in any other calendar year; provided, however, that the limitation described in this Section 3(d) shall be determined without regard to amounts paid to a Non-Employee Director (including retirement benefits and severance payments) in respect of any services provided in any capacity (including employee or consultant) other than as a Non-Employee Director; and provided further, that the Board may make exceptions to this limit for a non-executive chair of the Board with the approval of a majority of the disinterested directors. For the purpose of this limitation, the value of any Award shall be its grant date fair value, as determined in accordance with ASC 718 or successor provision but excluding the impact of estimated forfeitures related to service-based vesting provisions.

 

SECTION 4.

ELIGIBILITY

Grantees under the Plan will be such employees, Non-Employee Directors or Consultants of the Company and its Affiliates as are selected from time to time by the Administrator in its sole discretion; provided that Awards may not be granted to employees, Non-Employee Directors or Consultants who are providing services only to any “parent” of the Company, as such term is defined in Rule 405 of the Act, unless (i) the stock underlying the Awards is treated as “service recipient stock” under Section 409A or (ii) the Company has determined that such Awards are exempt from or otherwise comply with Section 409A.

 

SECTION 5.

STOCK OPTIONS

(a)    Award of Stock Options. The Administrator may grant Stock Options under the Plan. Any Stock Option granted under the Plan shall be in such form as the Administrator may from time to time approve.

Stock Options granted under the Plan may be either Incentive Stock Options or Non-Qualified Stock Options. Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to employees of the Company or any Subsidiary that is a “subsidiary corporation” within the meaning of Section 424(f) of the Code. To the extent that any Option does not qualify as an Incentive Stock Option, it shall be deemed a Non-Qualified Stock Option.


Stock Options granted pursuant to this Section 5 shall be subject to the following terms and conditions and shall contain such additional terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, as the Administrator shall deem desirable. If the Administrator so determines, Stock Options may be granted in lieu of cash compensation at the optionee’s election, subject to such terms and conditions as the Administrator may establish.

(b)    Exercise Price. The exercise price per share for the Stock covered by a Stock Option granted pursuant to this Section 5 shall be determined by the Administrator at the time of grant but shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is granted to a Ten Percent Owner, the exercise price of such Incentive Stock Option shall be not less than 110 percent of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Stock Options may be granted with an exercise price per share that is less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant (i) pursuant to a transaction described in, and in a manner consistent with, Section 424(a) of the Code, (ii) to individuals who are not subject to U.S. income tax on the date of grant or (iii) if the Stock Option is otherwise compliant with Section 409A.

(c)    Option Term. The term of each Stock Option shall be fixed by the Administrator, but no Stock Option shall be exercisable more than ten years after the date the Stock Option is granted. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option that is granted to a Ten Percent Owner, the term of such Stock Option shall be no more than five years from the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that on the last business day of the term of an Option (other than an Incentive Stock Option) (i) the exercise of the Option is prohibited by applicable law or (ii) Stock may not be purchased or sold by certain employees or directors of the Company due to a black-out period of a Company policy or a lock-up agreement undertaken in connection with an offering of securities of the Company, the term of the Option shall be extended for a period of thirty (30) days following the end of the legal prohibition, black-out period or lock-up agreement subject to the requirements of Section 409A; provided, however, that no such extension will be made if the exercise price of such Option at the date the initial term would otherwise expire is above the Fair Market Value of the Stock on such date.

(d)    Exercisability; Rights of a Stockholder. Stock Options shall become exercisable at such time or times, whether or not in installments, as shall be determined by the Administrator at or after the date of grant. The Administrator may at any time accelerate the exercisability of all or any portion of any Stock Option. An optionee shall have the rights of a stockholder only as to shares acquired upon the exercise of a Stock Option and not as to unexercised Stock Options.

(e)    Method of Exercise. Stock Options may be exercised in whole or in part, by giving written or electronic notice of exercise to the Company, specifying the number of shares to be purchased. Payment of the purchase price may be made by one or more of the following methods except to the extent otherwise provided in the Award Agreement:

(i)    In cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator;

(ii)    Through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership following such procedures as the Company may prescribe) of shares of Stock that are not then subject to restrictions under any Company plan. Such surrendered shares shall be valued at Fair Market Value on the exercise date;

(iii)    By the optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company for the purchase price; provided that in the event the optionee chooses to pay the purchase price as so provided, the optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Company shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or

(iv)    By a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of shares of Stock issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the aggregate exercise price.


Payment instruments will be received subject to collection. The transfer to the optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the shares of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of a Stock Option will be contingent upon receipt from the optionee (or a purchaser acting in his stead in accordance with the provisions of the Stock Option) by the Company of the full purchase price for such shares and the fulfillment of any other requirements contained in the Award Agreement or applicable provisions of laws (including the satisfaction of any taxes that the Company or an Affiliate is obligated to withhold with respect to the optionee). In the event an optionee chooses to pay the purchase price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the number of shares of Stock transferred to the optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the number of attested shares. In the event that the Company establishes, for itself or using the services of a third party, an automated system for the exercise of Stock Options, such as a system using an internet website or interactive voice response, then the paperless exercise of Stock Options may be permitted through the use of such an automated system.

(f)    Annual Limit on Incentive Stock Options. To the extent required for “incentive stock option” treatment under Section 422 of the Code, the aggregate Fair Market Value (determined as of the time of grant) of the shares of Stock with respect to which Incentive Stock Options granted under this Plan and any other plan of the Company or its parent and subsidiary corporations become exercisable for the first time by an optionee during any calendar year shall not exceed $100,000. To the extent that any Stock Option exceeds this limit, it shall constitute a Non-Qualified Stock Option.

 

SECTION 6.

STOCK APPRECIATION RIGHTS

(a)    Award of Stock Appreciation Rights. The Administrator may grant Stock Appreciation Rights under the Plan. A Stock Appreciation Right is an Award entitling the recipient to receive shares of Stock (or cash, to the extent explicitly provided for in the applicable Award Agreement) having a value equal to the excess of the Fair Market Value of a share of Stock on the date of exercise over the grant price of the Stock Appreciation Right multiplied by the number of shares of Stock with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right shall have been exercised.

(b)    Grant Price of Stock Appreciation Rights. The grant price of a Stock Appreciation Right shall not be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date of grant. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted with a grant price per share that is less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value on the date of grant (i) pursuant to a transaction described in, and in a manner consistent with, Section 424(a) of the Code, (ii) to individuals who are not subject to U.S. income tax on the date of grant, or (iii) if the Stock Appreciation Right is otherwise compliant with Section 409A.

(c)    Grant and Exercise of Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights may be granted by the Administrator in tandem with, or independently of, any Stock Option granted pursuant to Section 5 of the Plan.

(d)    Terms and Conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights. Stock Appreciation Rights shall be subject to such terms and conditions as shall be determined on the date of grant by the Administrator. The term of a Stock Appreciation Right may not exceed ten years. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that on the last business day of the term of a Stock Appreciation Right (i) the exercise of the Stock Appreciation Right is prohibited by applicable law or (ii) Stock may not be purchased or sold by certain employees or directors of the Company due to a black-out period of a Company policy or a lock-up agreement undertaken in connection with an offering of securities of the Company, the term of the Stock Appreciation Right shall be extended for a period of thirty (30) days following the end of the legal prohibition, black-out period or lock-up agreement subject to the requirements of Section 409A; provided, however, that no such extension will be made if the grant price of such Stock Appreciation Right at the date the initial term would otherwise expire is above the Fair Market Value of the Stock on such date. The terms and conditions of each such Award shall be determined by the Administrator, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees.


SECTION 7.

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

(a)    Nature of Restricted Stock Awards. The Administrator may grant Restricted Stock Awards under the Plan. A Restricted Stock Award is any Award of Restricted Shares subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Administrator may determine at the time of grant. Conditions may be based on continuing employment (or other Service Relationship) and/or achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives.

(b)    Rights as a Stockholder. Upon the grant of the Restricted Stock Award and payment of any applicable purchase price, a grantee shall have the rights of a stockholder with respect to the voting of the Restricted Shares and receipt of dividends; provided that if the lapse of restrictions with respect to the Restricted Stock Award is tied to the attainment of vesting conditions, any dividends paid by the Company shall accrue and shall not be paid to the grantee until and to the extent the vesting conditions are met with respect to the Restricted Stock Award. Unless the Administrator shall otherwise determine, (i) uncertificated Restricted Shares shall be accompanied by a notation on the records of the Company or the transfer agent to the effect that they are subject to forfeiture until such Restricted Shares are vested as provided in Section 7(d) below, and (ii) certificated Restricted Shares shall remain in the possession of the Company until such Restricted Shares are vested as provided in Section 7(d) below, and the grantee shall be required, as a condition of the grant, to deliver to the Company such instruments of transfer as the Administrator may prescribe.

(c)    Restrictions. Restricted Shares may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of except as specifically provided herein or in the Restricted Stock Award Agreement. Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Agreement or, subject to Section 16 below, in writing after the Award is issued, if a grantee’s employment (or other Service Relationship) with the Company and its Affiliates terminates for any reason, any Restricted Shares that have not vested at the time of termination shall automatically and without any requirement of notice to such grantee from or other action by or on behalf of, the Company be deemed to have been reacquired by the Company at its original purchase price (if any) from such grantee or such grantee’s legal representative simultaneously with such termination of employment (or other Service Relationship), and thereafter shall cease to represent any ownership of the Company by the grantee or rights of the grantee as a stockholder. Following such deemed reacquisition of Restricted Shares that are represented by physical certificates, a grantee shall surrender such certificates to the Company upon request without consideration.

(d)    Vesting of Restricted Shares. The Administrator at the time of grant shall specify the date or dates and/or the attainment of pre-established performance goals, objectives and other conditions on which the non-transferability of the Restricted Shares and the Company’s right of repurchase or forfeiture shall lapse. Subsequent to such date or dates and/or the attainment of such pre-established performance goals, objectives and other conditions, the shares on which all restrictions have lapsed shall no longer be Restricted Shares and shall be deemed “vested.”

 

SECTION 8.

RESTRICTED STOCK UNITS

(a)    Nature of Restricted Stock Units. The Administrator may grant Restricted Stock Units under the Plan. A Restricted Stock Unit is an Award of stock units that may be settled in shares of Stock (or cash, to the extent explicitly provided for in the Award Agreement) upon the satisfaction of such restrictions and conditions at the time of grant. Conditions may be based on continuing employment (or other Service Relationship) and/or achievement of pre-established performance goals and objectives. The terms and conditions of each such Award shall be determined by the Administrator, and such terms and conditions may differ among individual Awards and grantees. Restricted Stock Units with deferred settlement dates are subject to Section 409A and shall contain such additional terms and conditions as the Administrator shall determine in its sole discretion in order to comply with the requirements of Section 409A.

(b)    Election to Receive Restricted Stock Units in Lieu of Compensation. The Administrator may, in its sole discretion, permit a grantee to elect to receive a portion of future cash compensation otherwise due to such


grantee in the form of an award of Restricted Stock Units. Any such election shall be made in writing and shall be delivered to the Company no later than the date specified by the Administrator and in accordance with Section 409A and such other rules and procedures established by the Administrator. Any such future cash compensation that the grantee elects to defer shall be converted to a fixed number of Restricted Stock Units based on the Fair Market Value of Stock on the date the compensation would otherwise have been paid to the grantee if such payment had not been deferred as provided herein. The Administrator shall have the sole right to determine whether and under what circumstances to permit such elections and to impose such limitations and other terms and conditions thereon as the Administrator deems appropriate. Any Restricted Stock Units that are elected to be received in lieu of cash compensation shall be fully vested, unless otherwise provided in the Award Agreement.

(c)    Rights as a Stockholder. A grantee shall have the rights as a stockholder only as to shares of Stock acquired by the grantee upon settlement of Restricted Stock Units; provided, however, that the grantee may be credited with Dividend Equivalent Rights with respect to the stock units underlying his or her Restricted Stock Units to the extent explicitly provided for in the Award Agreement, subject to the provisions of Section 11 and such terms and conditions as the Administrator may determine.

(d)    Termination. Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Agreement or, subject to Section 16 below, in writing after the Award is issued, a grantee’s right in all Restricted Stock Units that have not vested shall automatically terminate upon the grantee’s termination of employment (or cessation of Service Relationship) with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason.

 

SECTION 9.

UNRESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

Grant or Sale of Unrestricted Stock. The Administrator may grant (or sell at par value or such higher purchase price determined by the Administrator) an Unrestricted Stock Award under the Plan. An Unrestricted Stock Award is an Award pursuant to which the grantee may receive shares of Stock free of any restrictions under the Plan. Unrestricted Stock Awards may be granted in respect of past services or other valid consideration, or in lieu of cash compensation due to such grantee.

 

SECTION 10.

CASH-BASED AWARDS

Grant of Cash-Based Awards. The Administrator may grant Cash-Based Awards under the Plan. A Cash-Based Award is an Award that entitles the grantee to a payment in cash upon the attainment of specified performance goals, including continued employment (or other Service Relationship). The Administrator shall determine the maximum duration of the Cash-Based Award, the amount of cash to which the Cash-Based Award pertains, the conditions upon which the Cash-Based Award shall become vested or payable, and such other provisions as the Administrator shall determine. Each Cash-Based Award shall specify a cash-denominated payment amount, formula or payment ranges as determined by the Administrator. Payment, if any, with respect to a Cash-Based Award shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Award and may be made in cash.

 

SECTION 11.

DIVIDEND EQUIVALENT RIGHTS

(a)    Dividend Equivalent Rights. The Administrator may grant Dividend Equivalent Rights under the Plan. A Dividend Equivalent Right is an Award entitling the grantee to receive credits based on cash dividends that would have been paid on the shares of Stock specified in the Dividend Equivalent Right (or other Award to which it relates) if such shares had been issued to the grantee. A Dividend Equivalent Right may be granted hereunder to any grantee as a component of an award of Restricted Stock Units or as a freestanding award. The terms and conditions of Dividend Equivalent Rights shall be specified in the Award Agreement. Dividend equivalents credited to the holder of a Dividend Equivalent Right may be paid currently or may be deemed to be reinvested in additional shares of Stock, which may thereafter accrue additional equivalents. Any such reinvestment shall be at Fair Market Value on the date of reinvestment or such other price as may then apply


under a dividend reinvestment plan sponsored by the Company, if any. Dividend Equivalent Rights may be settled in cash or shares of Stock or a combination thereof, in a single installment or installments. A Dividend Equivalent Right granted as a component of an Award of Restricted Stock Units shall provide that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall be settled only upon settlement or payment of, or lapse of restrictions on, such other Award, and that such Dividend Equivalent Right shall expire or be forfeited or annulled under the same conditions as such other Award.

(b)    Termination. Except as may otherwise be provided by the Administrator either in the Award Agreement or, subject to Section 16 below, in writing after the Award is issued, a grantee’s rights in all Dividend Equivalent Rights shall automatically terminate upon the grantee’s termination of employment (or cessation of Service Relationship) with the Company and its Affiliates for any reason.

 

SECTION 12.

TRANSFERABILITY OF AWARDS

(a)    Transferability. Except as provided in Section 12(b) below, during a grantee’s lifetime, his or her Awards shall be exercisable only by the grantee, or by the grantee’s legal representative or guardian in the event of the grantee’s incapacity. No Awards shall be sold, assigned, transferred or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by a grantee other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution or pursuant to a domestic relations order. No Awards shall be subject, in whole or in part, to attachment, execution, or levy of any kind, and any purported transfer in violation hereof shall be null and void.

(b)    Administrator Action. Notwithstanding Section 12(a), the Administrator, in its discretion, may provide either in the Award Agreement regarding a given Award or by subsequent written approval that the grantee (who is an employee or Non-Employee Director) may transfer his or her Non-Qualified Stock Options to his or her immediate family members, to trusts for the benefit of such family members, or to partnerships in which such family members are the only partners, provided that the transferee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the terms and conditions of this Plan and the applicable Award Agreement. In no event may an Award be transferred by a grantee for value.

(c)    Family Member. For purposes of Section 12(b), “family member” shall mean a grantee’s child, stepchild, grandchild, parent, stepparent, grandparent, spouse, former spouse, sibling, niece, nephew, mother-in-law, father-in-law, son-in-law, daughter-in-law, brother-in-law, or sister-in-law, including adoptive relationships, any person sharing the grantee’s household (other than a tenant of the grantee), a trust in which these persons (or the grantee) have more than 50 percent of the beneficial interest, a foundation in which these persons (or the grantee) control the management of assets, and any other entity in which these persons (or the grantee) own more than 50 percent of the voting interests.

(d)    Designation of Beneficiary. To the extent permitted by the Company and valid under applicable law, each grantee to whom an Award has been made under the Plan may designate a beneficiary or beneficiaries to exercise any Award or receive any payment under any Award payable on or after the grantee’s death. Any such designation shall be on a form provided for that purpose by the Administrator and shall not be effective until received by the Administrator. If no beneficiary has been designated by a deceased grantee, or if the designated beneficiaries have predeceased the grantee, the beneficiary shall be the grantee’s estate or legal heirs.

 

SECTION 13.

TAX WITHHOLDING

(a)    Payment by Grantee. Each grantee shall, no later than the date as of which the value of an Award or of any Stock or other amounts received thereunder first becomes includable in the gross income of the grantee for tax purposes, pay to the Company or any applicable Affiliate, or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator regarding payment of, any U.S. and non-U.S. federal, state, or local taxes of any kind required by law to be withheld by the Company or any applicable Affiliate with respect to such income. The Company and its Affiliates shall, to the extent permitted by law, have the right to deduct any such taxes from any payment of


any kind otherwise due to the grantee or to satisfy any applicable withholding obligations by any other method of withholding that the Company and its Affiliates deem appropriate. The Company’s obligation to deliver evidence of book entry (or stock certificates) to any grantee is subject to and conditioned on tax withholding obligations being satisfied by the grantee.

(b)    Payment in Stock. The Administrator may cause any tax withholding obligation of the Company or any applicable Affiliate to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by the Company withholding from shares of Stock to be issued pursuant to any Award a number of shares with an aggregate Fair Market Value (as of the date the withholding is effected) that would satisfy the withholding amount due; provided, however, that the amount withheld does not exceed the maximum statutory rate or such lesser amount as is necessary to avoid liability accounting treatment. For purposes of share withholding, the Fair Market Value of withheld shares shall be determined in the same manner as the value of Stock includible in income of the grantees. The Administrator may also require any tax withholding obligation of the Company or any applicable Affiliate to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by an arrangement whereby a certain number of shares of Stock issued pursuant to any Award are immediately sold and proceeds from such sale are remitted to the Company or any applicable Affiliate in an amount that would satisfy the withholding amount due.

 

SECTION 14.

SECTION 409A AWARDS

Awards are intended to be exempt from Section 409A to the greatest extent possible and to otherwise comply with Section 409A. The Plan and all Awards shall be interpreted in accordance with such intent. To the extent that any Award is determined to constitute “nonqualified deferred compensation” within the meaning of Section 409A (a “409A Award”), the Award shall be subject to such additional rules and requirements as specified by the Administrator from time to time in order to comply with Section 409A. In this regard, if any amount under a 409A Award is payable upon termination of employment, such amount will only be paid upon a “separation from service” (within the meaning of Section 409A) and if any such amount under a 409A Award is payable to a grantee who is then considered a “specified employee” (within the meaning of Section 409A), then no such payment shall be made prior to the date that is the earlier of (i) six months and one day after the grantee’s separation from service, or (ii) the grantee’s death, but only to the extent such delay is necessary to prevent such payment from being subject to interest, penalties and/or additional tax imposed pursuant to Section 409A. Further, the settlement of any 409A Award may not be accelerated or postponed except to the extent permitted by Section 409A. If any 409A Award includes a series of installment payments, the right to such payments will be treated as a right to a series of separate payments and if any 409A Award includes “dividend equivalents” (within the meaning of Section 1.409A-3(e) of the Treasury Regulations), the grantee’s right to the dividend equivalents will be treated separately from the right to other amounts under the Award. The Company makes no representation that any or all of the payments or benefits described in the Plan will be exempt from or comply with Section 409A of the Code and makes no undertaking to preclude Section 409A of the Code from applying to any such payment. The grantee shall be solely responsible for the payment of any taxes and penalties incurred under Section 409A of the Code.

 

SECTION 15.

TERMINATION OF SERVICE RELATIONSHIP, TRANSFER, LEAVE OF ABSENCE, ETC.

(a)    Termination of Service Relationship. If the grantee’s Service Relationship is with an Affiliate and such Affiliate ceases to be an Affiliate, the grantee shall be deemed to have terminated his or her Service Relationship for purposes of the Plan.

(b)    For purposes of the Plan, the following events shall not be deemed a termination of a Service Relationship:

(i)    a transfer to the Service Relationship of the Company from an Affiliate or from the Company to an Affiliate, or from one Affiliate to another; or


(ii)    an approved leave of absence, if the employee’s right to re-employment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the Administrator otherwise so provides in writing.

 

SECTION 16.

AMENDMENTS AND TERMINATION

The Board may, at any time, amend or discontinue the Plan and the Administrator may, at any time, amend or cancel any outstanding Award for the purpose of satisfying changes in law or for any other lawful purpose, but no such action shall materially and adversely affect rights under any outstanding Award without the holder’s consent. The Administrator is specifically authorized to exercise its discretion to reduce the exercise price of outstanding Stock Options or Stock Appreciation Rights, effect the repricing of such Awards through cancellation and re-grants or cancel such Awards in exchange for cash or other Awards. To the extent required under the rules of any securities exchange or market system on which the Stock is listed, or to the extent determined by the Administrator to be required by the Code to ensure that Incentive Stock Options granted under the Plan are qualified under Section 422 of the Code, Plan amendments shall be subject to approval by Company stockholders. Nothing in this Section 16 shall limit the Administrator’s authority to take any action permitted pursuant to Section 3(b) or 3(c).

 

SECTION 17.

STATUS OF PLAN

With respect to the portion of any Award that has not been exercised and any payments in cash, Stock or other consideration not received by a grantee, a grantee shall have no rights greater than those of a general creditor of the Company unless the Administrator shall otherwise expressly determine in connection with any Award or Awards. In its sole discretion, the Administrator may authorize the creation of trusts or other arrangements to meet the Company’s obligations to deliver Stock or make payments with respect to Awards hereunder, provided that the existence of such trusts or other arrangements is consistent with the foregoing sentence.

 

SECTION 18.

GENERAL PROVISIONS

(a)    No Distribution. The Administrator may require each person acquiring Stock pursuant to an Award to represent to and agree with the Company in writing that such person is acquiring the shares without a view to distribution thereof.

(b)    Issuance of Stock. To the extent certificated, stock certificates to grantees under this Plan shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a stock transfer agent of the Company shall have mailed such certificates in the United States mail, addressed to the grantee, at the grantee’s last known address on file with the Company. Uncertificated Stock shall be deemed delivered for all purposes when the Company or a Stock transfer agent of the Company shall have given to the grantee by electronic mail (with proof of receipt) or by United States mail, addressed to the grantee, at the grantee’s last known address on file with the Company, notice of issuance and recorded the issuance in its records (which may include electronic “book entry” records). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Company shall not be required to issue or deliver any evidence of book entry or certificates evidencing shares of Stock pursuant to the exercise or settlement of any Award, unless and until the Administrator has determined, with advice of counsel (to the extent the Administrator deems such advice necessary or advisable), that the issuance and delivery is in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations of governmental authorities and, if applicable, the requirements of any exchange on which the shares of Stock are listed, quoted or traded. Any Stock issued pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to any stop-transfer orders and other restrictions as the Administrator deems necessary or advisable to comply with federal, state or foreign jurisdiction, securities or other laws, rules and quotation system on which the Stock is listed, quoted or traded. The Administrator may place legends on any Stock certificate or notations on any book entry to reference restrictions applicable to the Stock. In addition to the terms and conditions provided herein, the Administrator may require that an individual make such reasonable covenants, agreements, and representations


as the Administrator, in its discretion, deems necessary or advisable in order to comply with any such laws, regulations, or requirements. The Administrator shall have the right to require any individual to comply with any timing or other restrictions with respect to the settlement or exercise of any Award, including a window-period limitation, as may be imposed in the discretion of the Administrator.

(c)    Stockholder Rights. Until Stock is deemed delivered in accordance with Section 18(b), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights of a stockholder will exist with respect to shares of Stock to be issued in connection with an Award, notwithstanding the exercise of a Stock Option or any other action by the grantee with respect to an Award.

(d)    Other Incentive Arrangements; No Rights to Continued Service Relationship. Nothing contained in this Plan shall prevent the Board from adopting other or additional incentive arrangements, including trusts, and such arrangements may be either generally applicable or applicable only in specific cases. The adoption of this Plan and the grant of Awards do not confer upon any grantee any right to continued employment or other Service Relationship with the Company or any Affiliate.

(e)    Trading Policy Restrictions. Option exercises and other Awards under the Plan shall be subject to the Company’s insider trading policies and procedures, as in effect from time to time.

(f)    Clawback Policy. Awards under the Plan shall be subject to the Company’s clawback policy, as in effect from time to time.

(g)    Fractional Shares. No fractional Shares shall be issued or delivered pursuant to the Plan or any Award, and the Administrator shall determine whether cash, other securities or other property shall be paid or transferred in lieu of any fractional Shares, or whether such fractional Shares or any rights thereto shall be canceled, terminated or otherwise eliminated.

(h)    Non-Uniform Determinations. The Administrator’s determinations under the Plan and Award Agreements need not be uniform and any such determinations may be made by it selectively among persons who receive, or are eligible to receive, Awards under the Plan (whether or not such persons are similarly situated).

 

SECTION 19.

EFFECTIVE DATE OF PLAN; TERM OF PLAN

This Plan shall become effective upon the date immediately preceding the Closing Date subject to prior stockholder approval in accordance with applicable state law, the Company’s bylaws and articles of incorporation, and applicable stock exchange rules. No grants of Stock Options and other Awards may be made hereunder after the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date and no grants of Incentive Stock Options may be made hereunder after the tenth anniversary of the date the Plan is approved by the Board.

 

SECTION 20.

GOVERNING LAW

This Plan and all Awards and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as to matters within the scope thereof, and as to all other matters shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware applied without regard to conflict of law principles.

Exhibit 10.9

PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.

2021 EMPLOYEE STOCK PURCHASE PLAN

The purpose of the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “Plan”) is to provide eligible employees of Pear Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) and each Designated Company (as defined in Section 11) with opportunities to purchase shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”). An aggregate of 1,800,000 shares of Class A Common Stock have been approved and reserved for this purpose, plus on January 1, 2022 and each January 1 thereafter until the Plan terminates pursuant to Section 20, the number of shares of Common Stock reserved and available for issuance under the Plan shall be cumulatively increased by the lesser of (i) 3,600,000 shares of Common Stock, (ii) five percent (5%) of the number of shares of Common Stock issued and outstanding on the immediately preceding December 31, or (iii) such lesser number of shares of Common Stock as determined by the Administrator (as defined in Section 1).

The Plan includes two components: a Code Section 423 Component (the “423 Component”) and a non-Code Section 423 Component (the “Non-423 Component”). It is intended for the 423 Component to constitute an “employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of Section 423(b) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and the 423 Component shall be interpreted in accordance with that intent. Under the Non-423 Component, which does not qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” within the meaning of Section 423(b) of the Code, options will be granted pursuant to rules, procedures or sub-plans adopted by the Administrator designed to comply with applicable laws or achieve tax, securities and other objectives. Except as otherwise provided herein or by the Administrator, the Non-423 Component will operate and be administered in the same manner as the 423 Component.

Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms in this Plan shall have the meaning ascribed to them in Section 11.

1.    Administration. The Plan will be administered by the person or persons (the “Administrator”) appointed by the Company’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) for such purpose. The Administrator has authority at any time to: (i) adopt, alter and repeal such rules, guidelines and practices for the administration of the Plan and for its own acts and proceedings as it shall deem advisable; (ii) interpret the terms and provisions of the Plan; (iii) make all determinations it deems advisable for the administration of the Plan, including to accommodate the specific requirements of applicable laws, regulations and procedures in jurisdictions outside the United States; (iv) decide all disputes arising in connection with the Plan; and (v) otherwise supervise the administration of the Plan. All interpretations and decisions of the Administrator shall be binding on all persons, including the Company and the Participants. No member of the Board or individual exercising administrative authority with respect to the Plan shall be liable for any action or determination made in good faith with respect to the Plan or any option granted hereunder.

2.    Offerings. The Company may make one or more offerings to eligible employees to purchase Common Stock under the Plan (“Offerings”). Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, an Offering will begin on the first business day occurring on or after each January 1 and July 1, and will end on the last business day occurring before the July 1 and January 1 thereafter, respectively. The Administrator may, in its discretion, designate a different period for any Offering, provided that no Offering shall exceed 27 months in duration.

3.    Eligibility. Except as otherwise determined by the Administrator in advance of an Offering, all individuals classified as employees on the payroll records of the Company and each Designated Company are eligible to participate in any one or more of the Offerings under the Plan, provided that as of the first day of the applicable Offering (the “Offering Date”), they are customarily employed by the Company or a Designated Company for more than 20 hours a week and have completed at least 3 months of employment. Notwithstanding any other provision herein, individuals who are not contemporaneously classified as employees of the Company or a Designated Company for purposes of the Company’s or applicable Designated Company’s payroll system


are not considered to be eligible employees of the Company or any Designated Company and shall not be eligible to participate in the Plan. In the event any such individuals are reclassified as employees of the Company or a Designated Company for any purpose, including, without limitation, common law or statutory employees, by any action of any third party, including, without limitation, any government agency, or as a result of any private lawsuit, action or administrative proceeding, such individuals shall, notwithstanding such reclassification, remain ineligible for participation. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the exclusive means for individuals who are not contemporaneously classified as employees of the Company or a Designated Company on the Company’s or Designated Company’s payroll system to become eligible to participate in this Plan is through an amendment or subplan to this Plan, duly executed by the Company, which specifically renders such individuals eligible to participate herein.

4.    Participation.

(a)    An eligible employee who is not a Participant in any prior Offering may participate in a subsequent Offering by submitting an enrollment form to the Company or an agent designated by the Company (in the manner described in Section 4(b)) at least 15 business days before the Offering Date (or by such other deadline as shall be established by the Administrator for the Offering).

(b)    Enrollment. The enrollment form (which may be in an electronic format or such other method as determined by the Company in accordance with the Company’s practices) will (a) state a whole percentage or amount to be deducted from an eligible employee’s Compensation (as defined in Section 11) per pay period, (b) authorize the purchase of Common Stock in each Offering in accordance with the terms of the Plan and (c) specify the exact name or names in which shares of Common Stock purchased for such individual are to be issued pursuant to Section 10. An employee who does not enroll in accordance with these procedures will be deemed to have waived the right to participate. Unless a Participant files a new enrollment form or withdraws from the Plan, such Participant’s deductions or contributions and purchases will continue at the same percentage or amount of Compensation for future Offerings, provided he or she remains eligible.

(c)    Notwithstanding the foregoing, participation in the Plan will neither be permitted nor be denied contrary to the requirements of the Code.

5.    Employee Contributions. Each eligible employee may authorize payroll deductions or contributions at a minimum of 1 percent (1%) up to a maximum of 15 percent (15%) of such employee’s Compensation for each pay period or such other maximum as may be specified by the Administrator in advance of an Offering. The Company will maintain book accounts showing the amount of payroll deductions or contributions made by each Participant for each Offering. No interest will accrue or be paid on payroll deductions or contributions, except as may be required by applicable law. If payroll deductions or contributions for purposes of the Plan are prohibited or otherwise problematic under applicable law (as determined by the Administrator in its discretion), the Administrator may require Participants to contribute to the Plan by such other means as determined by the Administrator. Any reference to “payroll deductions or contributions” in this Section 5 (or in any other section of the Plan) will similarly cover contributions by other means made pursuant to this Section 5.

6.    Deduction Changes. Except as may be determined by the Administrator in advance of an Offering, a Participant may not increase or decrease his or her payroll deduction or contributions during any Offering, but may increase or decrease his or her payroll deduction or contributions with respect to the next Offering (subject to the limitations of Section 5) by filing a new enrollment form at least fifteen (15) business days before the next Offering Date (or by such other deadline as shall be established by the Administrator for the Offering). The Administrator may, in advance of any Offering, establish rules permitting a Participant to increase, decrease or terminate his or her payroll deduction or contributions during an Offering.

7.    Withdrawal. A Participant may withdraw from participation in the Plan by delivering a written notice of withdrawal to the Company or an agent designated by the Company (in accordance with such procedures as may


be established by the Administrator). The Participant’s withdrawal will be effective as of the next business day. Following a Participant’s withdrawal, the Company will promptly refund such individual’s entire account balance under the Plan to him or her (after payment for any Common Stock purchased before the effective date of withdrawal). Partial withdrawals are not permitted. Such an employee may not begin participation again during the remainder of the Offering, but may enroll in a subsequent Offering in accordance with Section 4.

8.    Grant of Options. On each Offering Date, the Company will grant to each eligible employee who is then a Participant in the Plan an option (“Option”) to purchase, on the last day of such Offering (the “Exercise Date”) and at the Option Price hereinafter provided for, the lowest of (a) a number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing such Participant’s accumulated payroll deductions or contributions on such Exercise Date by the Option Price, (b) the number of shares of Common Stock determined by dividing $25,000 by the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock on the Offering Date for such Offering; or (c) such other lesser maximum number of shares as shall have been established by the Administrator in advance of the Offering; provided, however, that such Option shall be subject to the limitations set forth below. Each Participant’s Option shall be exercisable only to the extent of such Participant’s accumulated payroll deductions or contributions on the Exercise Date. The purchase price for each share purchased under each Option (the “Option Price”) will be eighty-five percent (85%) of the Fair Market Value (as defined in Section 11) of the Common Stock on the Offering Date or the Exercise Date, whichever is less.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Participant may be granted an Option hereunder if such Participant, immediately after the Option was granted, would be treated as owning stock possessing five percent (5%) or more of the total combined voting power or value of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary (as defined in Section 11). For purposes of the preceding sentence, the attribution rules of Section 424(d) of the Code shall apply in determining the stock ownership of a Participant, and all stock which the Participant has a contractual right to purchase shall be treated as stock owned by the Participant. In addition, no Participant may be granted an Option which permits his or her rights to purchase stock under the Plan, and any other employee stock purchase plan of the Company and its Parents and Subsidiaries, to accrue at a rate which exceeds $25,000 of the Fair Market Value of the Common Stock (determined on the option grant date or dates) for each calendar year in which the Option is outstanding at any time. The purpose of the limitation in the preceding sentence is to comply with Section 423(b)(8) of the Code and shall be applied taking Options into account in the order in which they were granted.

9.    Exercise of Option and Purchase of Shares. Each employee who continues to be a Participant in the Plan on an Exercise Date shall be deemed to have exercised his or her Option on such date and shall acquire from the Company such number of whole shares of Common Stock reserved for the purpose of the Plan as his or her accumulated payroll deductions or contributions on such date will purchase at the Option Price, subject to any other limitations contained in the Plan. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator in advance of an Offering, any amount remaining in a Participant’s account at the end of an Offering solely by reason of the inability to purchase a fractional share will be carried forward to the next Offering and any other balance remaining in a Participant’s account at the end of an Offering will be refunded to the Participant promptly.

10.    Issuance of Certificates. Certificates or book-entries at the Company’s transfer agent representing shares of Common Stock purchased under the Plan may be issued only in the name of the employee, in the name of the employee and another person of legal age as joint tenants with rights of survivorship, or in the name of a broker authorized by the employee to be his, her or their, nominee for such purpose.

11.    Definitions.

The term “Affiliate” means any entity that, directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls, is controlled by or is under the common control with the Company.


The term “Closing Date” means the date of the closing of the transactions contemplated by that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of Jun 21, 2021, by and among the Company, Pear Therapeutics, Inc., and Oz Merger Sub Inc.

The term “Compensation” means the amount of base pay, prior to salary reduction such as pursuant to Sections 125, 132(f) or 401(k) of the Code, but excluding overtime, commissions, incentive or bonus awards, allowances and reimbursements for expenses such as relocation allowances or travel expenses, income or gains related to Company stock options or other share-based awards, and similar items. The Administrator shall have the discretion to determine the application of this definition to Participants outside the United States.

The term “Designated Company” means any present or future Affiliate or Subsidiary that has been designated by the Administrator to participate in the Plan. The Administrator may so designate any Subsidiary or Affiliate, or revoke any such designation, at any time and from time to time, either before or after the Plan is approved by the stockholders, and may further designate such companies or Participants as participating in the 423 Component or the Non-423 Component. The Administrator may also determine which affiliates or eligible employees may be excluded from participation in the Plan, to the extent consistent with Section 423 of the Code or as implemented under the Non-423 Component, and determine which Designated Company or Companies will participate in separate Offerings (to the extent that the Company makes separate Offerings). For purposes of the 423 Component, only the Company and its Subsidiaries may be Designated Companies; provided, however, that at any given time, a Subsidiary that is a Designated Company under the 423 Component will not be a Designated Company under the Non-423 Component. The current list of Designated Companies is attached hereto as Appendix A.

The term “Effective Date” means the date on which the Plan becomes effective as set forth in Section 26.

The term “Fair Market Value of the Common Stock” on any given date means the fair market value of the Common Stock determined in good faith by the Administrator; provided, however, that if the Common Stock is listed on the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotation System (“NASDAQ”), NASDAQ Global Market, The New York Stock Exchange or another national securities exchange or traded on any established market, the determination shall be made by reference to the closing price on such date. If there is no closing price for such date, the determination shall be made by reference to the last date preceding such date for which there is a closing price.

The term “New Exercise Date” means a new Exercise Date if the Administrator shortens any Offering then in progress.

The term “Parent” means a “parent corporation” with respect to the Company, as defined in Section 424(e) of the Code.

The term “Participant” means an individual who is eligible as determined in Section 3 and who has complied with the provisions of Section 4.

The term “Sale Event” means (i) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company on a consolidated basis to an unrelated person or entity, (ii) a merger, reorganization or consolidation pursuant to which the holders of the Company’s outstanding voting power and outstanding stock immediately prior to such transaction do not own a majority of the outstanding voting power and outstanding stock or other equity interests of the resulting or successor entity (or its ultimate parent, if applicable) immediately upon completion of such transaction, (iii) the sale of all of the Common Stock to an unrelated person, entity or group thereof acting in concert, or (iv) any other transaction in which the owners of the Company’s outstanding voting power immediately prior to such transaction do not own at least a majority of the outstanding voting power of the Company or any successor entity immediately upon completion of the transaction other than as a result of the acquisition of securities directly from the Company.


The term “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation” with respect to the Company, as defined in Section 424(f) of the Code.

12.    Rights on Termination or Transfer of Employment. If a Participant’s employment terminates for any reason before the Exercise Date for any Offering, no payroll deduction or contributions will be taken from any pay due and owing to the Participant and the balance in the Participant’s account will be paid to such Participant or, in the case of such Participant’s death, if permitted by the Administrator and valid under applicable law, to his or her designated beneficiary or to the legal representative of his or her estate as if such Participant had withdrawn from the Plan under Section 7. An employee will be deemed to have terminated employment, for this purpose, if the corporation that employs him or her, having been a Designated Company, ceases to be a Subsidiary or Affiliate, or if the employee is transferred to any corporation other than the Company or a Designated Company. Unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, a Participant whose employment transfers between, or whose employment terminates with an immediate rehire (with no break in service) by, Designated Companies or a Designated Company and the Company will not be treated as having terminated employment for purposes of participating in the Plan or an Offering; provided, however, that if a Participant transfers from an Offering under the 423 Component to an Offering under the Non-423 Component, the exercise of the Participant’s Option will be qualified under the 423 Component only to the extent that such exercise complies with Section 423 of the Code. If a Participant transfers from an Offering under the Non-423 Component to an Offering under the 423 Component, the exercise of the Participant’s Option will remain non-qualified under the Non-423 Component. Further, an employee will not be deemed to have terminated employment for purposes of this Section 12, if the employee is on an approved leave of absence where the employee’s right to reemployment is guaranteed either by a statute or by contract or under the policy pursuant to which the leave of absence was granted or if the Administrator otherwise provides in writing.

13.    Special Rules and Sub-Plans. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Administrator may adopt special rules or sub-plans applicable to the employees of a particular Designated Company, whenever the Administrator determines that such rules are necessary or appropriate for the implementation of the Plan in a jurisdiction where such Designated Company has employees, regarding, without limitation, eligibility to participate in the Plan, handling and making of payroll deductions or contributions by other means, establishment of bank or trust accounts to hold payroll deductions or contributions, payment of interest, conversion of local currency, obligation to pay payroll tax, withholding procedures and handling of share issuances, any of which may vary according to applicable requirements; provided that if such special rules or sub-plans are inconsistent with the requirements of Section 423(b) of the Code the employees subject to such special rules or sub-plans will participate in the Non-423 Component. Any special rules or sub-plans established pursuant to this Section 13 shall, to the extent possible, result in the employees subject to such rules having substantially the same rights as other Participants in the Plan.

14.    Optionees Not Stockholders. Neither the granting of an Option to a Participant nor the deductions or contributions from his or her pay shall result in such Participant becoming a holder of the shares of Common Stock covered by an Option under the Plan until such shares have been purchased by and issued to him or her.

15.    Rights Not Transferable. Rights under the Plan are not transferable by a Participant other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and are exercisable during the Participant’s lifetime only by the Participant.

16.    Application of Funds. All funds received or held by the Company under the Plan may be combined with other corporate funds and may be used for any corporate purpose, unless otherwise required under applicable law.

17.    Adjustment in Case of Changes Affecting Common Stock. In the event of a subdivision of outstanding shares of Common Stock, the payment of a dividend in Common Stock or any other change affecting the Common Stock, the number of shares approved for the Plan and the share limitation set forth in Section 8 shall


be equitably or proportionately adjusted to give proper effect to such event. In the case of and subject to the consummation of a Sale Event, the Administrator, in its discretion, and on such terms and conditions as it deems appropriate, is hereby authorized to take any one or more of the following actions whenever the Administrator determines that such action is appropriate in order to prevent the dilution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan or with respect to any right under the Plan or to facilitate such transactions or events:

(a)    to provide for either (i) termination of any outstanding Option in exchange for an amount of cash, if any, equal to the amount that would have been obtained upon the exercise of such Option had such Option been currently exercisable or (ii) the replacement of such outstanding Option with other options or property selected by the Administrator in its sole discretion;

(b)    to provide that the outstanding Options under the Plan shall be assumed by the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, or shall be substituted for similar options covering the stock of the successor or survivor corporation, or a parent or subsidiary thereof, with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and prices;

(c)    to make adjustments in the number and type of shares of Common Stock (or other securities or property) subject to outstanding Options under the Plan and/or in the terms and conditions of outstanding Options and Options that may be granted in the future;

(d)    to provide that the Offering with respect to which an Option relates will be shortened by setting a New Exercise Date on which such Offering will end. The New Exercise Date will occur before the date of the Sale Event. The Administrator will notify each Participant in writing or electronically prior to the New Exercise Date, that the Exercise Date for the Participant’s Option has been changed to the New Exercise Date and that the Participant’s Option will be exercised automatically on the New Exercise Date, unless prior to such date the Participant has withdrawn from the Offering as provided in Section 7 hereof; and

(e)    to provide that all outstanding Options shall terminate without being exercised and all amounts in the accounts of Participants shall be promptly refunded.

18.    Amendment of the Plan. The Board may at any time and from time to time amend the Plan in any respect, except that without the approval within 12 months of such Board action by the stockholders, no amendment shall be made increasing the number of shares approved for the 423 Component of the Plan or making any other change that would require stockholder approval in order for the Plan, as amended, to qualify as an “employee stock purchase plan” under Section 423(b) of the Code.

19.    Insufficient Shares. If the total number of shares of Common Stock that would otherwise be purchased on any Exercise Date plus the number of shares purchased under previous Offerings under the Plan exceeds the maximum number of shares issuable under the Plan, the shares then available shall be apportioned among Participants in proportion to the amount of payroll deductions or contributions accumulated on behalf of each Participant that would otherwise be used to purchase Common Stock on such Exercise Date.

20.    Termination of the Plan. The Plan may be terminated at any time by the Board. Upon termination of the Plan, all amounts in the accounts of Participants shall be promptly refunded. Unless terminated earlier, the Plan shall automatically terminate on the ten year anniversary of the Effective Date.

21.    Compliance with Law. The Company’s obligation to sell and deliver Common Stock under the Plan is subject to applicable laws and the completion of any registration or qualification of the Common Stock under any U.S. or non-U.S. local, state or federal securities or exchange control law, or under rulings or regulations of the SEC or of any other governmental regulatory body, and to obtaining any approval or other clearance from any U.S. and non-U.S. local, state or federal governmental agency, which registration, qualification or approval the


Company shall, in its absolute discretion, deem necessary or advisable. The Company is under no obligation to register or qualify the Common Stock with the SEC or any other U.S. or non-U.S. securities commission or to seek approval or clearance from any governmental authority for the issuance or sale of such stock.

22.    Governing Law. This Plan and all Options and actions taken thereunder shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as to matters within the scope thereof, and as to all other matters shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws of the State of Delaware applied without regard to conflict of law principles.

23.    Issuance of Shares. Shares may be issued upon exercise of an Option from authorized but unissued Common Stock, from shares held in the treasury of the Company, or from any other proper source.

24.    Tax Withholding. Participation in the Plan is subject to any applicable U.S. and non-U.S. federal, state or local tax withholding requirements on income the Participant realizes in connection with the Plan. Each Participant agrees, by entering the Plan, that the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate may withhold from a Participant’s wages, salary or other compensation at any time the amount necessary for the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate to meet applicable withholding obligations, including any withholding required to make available to the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate any tax deductions or benefits attributable to the sale or disposition of Common Stock by such Participant. In addition, the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate may withhold from the proceeds of the sale of Common Stock or use any other method of withholding that the Company or any Subsidiary or Affiliate deems appropriate to the extent permitted by U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.423-2(f) with respect to the 423 Component. The Company will not be required to issue any Common Stock under the Plan until such obligations are satisfied.

25.    Notification Upon Sale of Shares under the 423 Component. Each Participant agrees, by entering the 423 Component of the Plan, to give the Company prompt notice of any disposition of shares purchased under the Plan where such disposition occurs within two years after the date of grant of the Option pursuant to which such shares were purchased or within one year after the date such shares were purchased.

26.    Effective Date and Approval of Shareholders. The Plan shall take effect on the date immediately preceding the Closing Date, subject to approval by the holders of a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of stockholders at which a quorum is present or by written consent of the stockholders within 12 months before or after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board.


APPENDIX A

Designated Companies

Pear Therapeutics, Inc.

Exhibit 10.10

INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

UNDER THE PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.

2021 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Name of Optionee:                                                                                                                                                                   
No. of Option Shares:                                                                     
Option Exercise Price per Share:    $                                                             
   [FMV on Grant Date (110% of FMV if a 10% owner)]
Grant Date:                                                                     
Expiration Date:                                                                     
   [No more than 10 years (5 years if a 10% owner)]

Pursuant to the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), Pear Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee named above an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Stock”), of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.

1. Vesting Schedule. No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have vested. This Stock Option shall vest and become exercisable with respect to the following number of Option Shares on the dates indicated so long as the Optionee remains in a Service Relationship (as defined in the Plan) on such dates:

 

Number of
Option Shares Vesting

   Vesting Date
_____________ (___%)   

 

_____________ (___%)   

 

_____________ (___%)   

 

_____________ (___%)   

 

_____________ (___%)   

 

Once vested and exercisable, this Stock Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.

2. Manner of Exercise.

(a) From time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Stock Option, the Optionee may exercise this Stock Option by giving written notice to the Administrator of the Optionee’s election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares exercisable at the time of such notice. This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.


Payment of the Option Exercise Price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods: (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been purchased by the Optionee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Optionee and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan and that otherwise satisfy any holding periods as may be required by the Administrator; (iii) by the Optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the Option Exercise Price, provided that in the event the Optionee chooses to pay the Option Exercise Price as so provided, the Optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or (iv) with the consent of the Administrator, by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of shares of Stock issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the Option Exercise Price (and the Optionee shall make a cash payment equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value of such shares and the Option Exercise Price); or (v) a combination of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above. Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.

The transfer to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Option Shares will be contingent upon (i) the Company’s receipt from the Optionee of the full Option Exercise Price for the Option Shares, as set forth above, (ii) the fulfillment of any other requirements contained herein or in the Plan or in any other agreement or provision of laws, and (iii) the receipt by the Company of any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the shares of Stock will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In the event the Optionee chooses to pay the Option Exercise Price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the number of shares of Stock transferred to the Optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the Shares attested to.

(b) The shares of Stock purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be transferred to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such transfer and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan. The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Optionee. The Optionee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Stock subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the shares to the Optionee, and the Optionee’s name shall have been entered as the stockholder of record on the books of the Company. Thereupon, the Optionee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Stock.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.

3. Termination of Service Relationship. If the Optionee’s Service Relationship is terminated, the period within which to exercise the Stock Option may be subject to earlier termination as set forth below.

(a) Termination Due to Death. If the Optionee’s Service Relationship terminates by reason of the Optionee’s death, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date, to the extent exercisable on the date of death, may thereafter be exercised by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee for a period of 12 months from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of death shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.

(b) Termination Due to Disability. If the Optionee’s Service Relationship terminates by reason of the Optionee’s Disability, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date, to the extent exercisable on the date of such termination, may thereafter be exercised by the Optionee for a period of 12 months from the date of termination due to disability or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. For purposes hereof, “Disability” shall mean the Optionee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, and shall be determined in accordance with Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of termination due to disability shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.

(c) Termination for Cause. If the Optionee’s Service Relationship terminates for Cause, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date shall terminate immediately and be of no further force and effect. For purposes hereof, “Cause” shall mean, unless otherwise provided in an employment or service agreement between the Company or a Subsidiary and the Optionee, (i) any material breach by the Optionee of any agreement between the Optionee and the Company or a Subsidiary ; (ii) the conviction of, indictment for or plea of nolo contendere by the Optionee to a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; or (iii) any material misconduct or willful and deliberate non-performance by the Optionee of the Optionee’s duties to the Company or a Subsidiary.

 

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(d) Other Termination. If the Optionee’s Service Relationship terminates for any reason other than the Optionee’s death, the Optionee’s Disability, or Cause, and unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of termination, for a period of three months from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of termination shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.

The Administrator’s determination of the reason for termination of the Optionee’s Service Relationship shall be conclusive and binding on the Optionee and the Optionee’s representatives or legatees.

4. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and those of the Plan, the latter shall prevail. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.

5. Transferability. This Agreement is personal to the Optionee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee, and thereafter, only by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee.

6. Status of the Stock Option. This Stock Option is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), but the Company does not represent or warrant that this Stock Option qualifies as such. To the extent any portion of this Stock Option does not so qualify as an “incentive stock option,” including as a result of exceeding the “$100,000 limit” described in Section 5(f) of the Plan, such portion shall be deemed to be a non- qualified stock option. The Optionee should consult with the Optionee’s own tax advisors regarding the tax effects of this Stock Option and the requirements necessary to obtain favorable income tax treatment under Section 422 of the Code, including, but not limited to, holding period requirements and that this Stock Option must be exercised within three months after termination of employment as an employee (or 12 months in the case of death or Disability) to qualify as an “incentive stock option.” If the Optionee disposes of any Option Shares (whether by sale, gift, transfer or otherwise) within the one-year period beginning on the date after the transfer of such shares to the Optionee, or within the two-year period beginning on the day after the Grant Date of this Stock Option, the Optionee must notify the Company within 30 days of such disposition.

7. Tax Withholding. To the extent that any portion of this Stock Option does not qualify as an incentive stock option at the time of exercise, the Optionee shall, not later than the date as of which the exercise of this Stock Option becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Company shall have the authority to cause the required tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) withholding from shares of Stock to be issued to the Optionee a number of shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due; or (ii) causing its transfer agent to sell from the number of shares of Stock to be issued to the Optionee, the number of shares of Stock necessary to satisfy the Federal, state and local taxes required by law to be withheld from the Optionee on account of such transfer.

8. No Obligation to Continue Service Relationship. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Optionee in a Service Relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Optionee’s Service Relationship at any time.

9. Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Stock Option and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.

10. Data Privacy Consent. In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Optionee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Optionee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate. The Optionee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.

11. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Optionee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

 

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PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.

By:

   
 

Title:

The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned. Electronic acceptance of this Agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Optionee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.

 

Dated:                                                                                              

       
     

Optionee’s Signature

     

Optionee’s name and address:

       
       
       

 

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Exhibit 10.11

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARD AGREEMENT

UNDER THE PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.

2021 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Name of Grantee:             
No. of Shares:           
Grant Date:           

Pursuant to the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) as amended through the date hereof, Pear Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants a Restricted Stock Award (an “Award”) to the Grantee named above. Upon acceptance of this Award, the Grantee shall receive the number of shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Stock”) of the Company specified above, subject to the restrictions and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.

1. Award. The shares of Restricted Stock awarded hereunder shall be issued and held by the Company’s transfer agent in book entry form, and the Grantee’s name shall be entered as the stockholder of record on the books of the Company. Thereupon, the Grantee shall have all the rights of a stockholder with respect to such shares, including voting and dividend rights, subject, however, to the restrictions and conditions specified in Paragraph 2 below. The Grantee shall (i) sign and deliver to the Company a copy of this Award Agreement and (ii) deliver to the Company a stock power endorsed in blank.

2. Restrictions and Conditions.

(a) Any book entries for the shares of Restricted Stock granted herein shall bear an appropriate legend, as determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion, to the effect that such shares are subject to restrictions as set forth herein and in the Plan.

(b) Shares of Restricted Stock granted herein may not be sold, assigned, transferred, pledged or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee prior to vesting.

(c) If the Grantee’s Service Relationship (as defined in the Plan) is voluntarily or involuntarily terminated for any reason (including death) prior to vesting of shares of Restricted Stock granted herein, all unvested shares of Restricted Stock shall immediately and automatically be forfeited and returned to the Company.

3. Vesting of Restricted Stock. The restrictions and conditions in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement shall lapse on the Vesting Date or Dates specified in the following schedule, and in the amounts set forth on such schedule, so long as the Grantee remains in a Service Relationship on such Dates.

 

Number of Shares Vested

  Vesting Date  

_____________ (___%)

                      

_____________ (___%)

                      

_____________ (___%)

                      

_____________ (___%)

                      


The shares of Stock that have vested pursuant to the above schedule shall no longer be deemed Restricted Stock.

4. Dividends. Dividends on shares of Restricted Stock shall be paid currently to the Grantee.

5. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Award shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and those of the Plan, the latter shall prevail. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.

6. Transferability. This Agreement is personal to the Grantee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution.

7. Tax Withholding. The Grantee shall, not later than the date as of which the receipt of this Award becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. Except in the case where an election is made pursuant to Paragraph 8 below, the Company shall have the authority to cause the required tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) withholding from shares of Stock to be issued or released by the transfer agent a number of shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due; or (ii) causing its transfer agent to sell from the number of shares of Stock to be issued or released to the Grantee, the number of shares of Stock necessary to satisfy the Federal, state and local taxes required by law to be withheld from the Grantee on account of such transfer.

8. Election Under Section 83(b). The Grantee and the Company hereby agree that the Grantee may, within 30 days following the Grant Date of this Award, file with the Internal Revenue Service and the Company an election under Section 83(b) of the Internal Revenue Code. In the event the Grantee makes such an election, the Grantee agrees to provide a copy of the election to the Company. The Grantee understands that it will be the Grantee’s obligation to satisfy the tax withholding obligation set forth at Section 7 above upon the making of such an elections, and acknowledges that the Grantee is responsible for obtaining the advice of a personal tax advisor with regard to such Section 83(b) election and that the Grantee is relying solely on such advisor and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents with regard to such election.

9. No Obligation to Continue Service Relationship. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Grantee in a Service Relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Grantee’s Service Relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary at any time.

10. Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Award and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.

 

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11. Data Privacy Consent. In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Grantee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Grantee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate. The Grantee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.

12. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

 

PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.

By:

   
 

Title:

The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned. Electronic acceptance of this Agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Grantee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.

 

     

Dated:

           
       

Grantee’s Signature

       

Grantee’s name and address:

         
         
         

 

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Exhibit 10.12

RESTRICTED STOCK UNIT AWARD AGREEMENT

UNDER THE PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.

2021 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Name of Grantee:

     

No. of Restricted Stock Units:

       

Grant Date:

       

Pursuant to the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), Pear Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants an award of the number of Restricted Stock Units listed above (an “Award”) to the Grantee named above. Each Restricted Stock Unit shall relate to one share of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Stock”) of the Company.

1. Restrictions on Transfer of Award. This Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of by the Grantee, and any shares of Stock issuable with respect to the Award may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned or otherwise encumbered or disposed of until shares of Stock have been issued to the Grantee in accordance with the terms of the Plan and this Agreement with respect to Restricted Stock Units that have vested as provided in Paragraph 2 of this Agreement.

2. Vesting of Restricted Stock Units. Restricted Stock Units will vest on the Vesting Date or Dates specified in the following schedule, and in the amounts set forth on such schedule, so long as the Grantee remains in a Service Relationship (as defined in the Plan) on such Dates.

 

Number of
Restricted Stock Units Vested

  

Vesting Date

_____________ (___%)    _____________
_____________ (___%)    _____________
_____________ (___%)    _____________
_____________ (___%)    _____________

3. Termination of Service Relationship. If the Grantee’s Service Relationship terminates for any reason (including death or disability) prior to the satisfaction of the vesting conditions set forth in Paragraph 2 above, any Restricted Stock Units that have not vested as of such date shall automatically and without notice terminate and be forfeited, and neither the Grantee nor any of Grantee’s successors, heirs, assigns, or personal representatives will thereafter have any further rights or interests in such unvested Restricted Stock Units.

4. Issuance of Shares of Stock. As soon as practicable following each Vesting Date (but in no event later than two and one-half months after the end of the year in which the Vesting Date occurs), the Company shall issue to the Grantee the number of shares of Stock equal to the aggregate number of Restricted Stock Units that have vested pursuant to Paragraph 2 of this Agreement on such date and the Grantee shall thereafter have all the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to such shares.


5. No Rights as a Stockholder. The Grantee shall not have any right in, or with respect to, any of the shares of Stock issuable under this Award unless and until Restricted Stock Units vest and shares of Stock are issued to the Grantee pursuant to Section 4 above.

6. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Agreement shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and those of the Plan, the latter shall prevail. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.

7. Tax Withholding. The Grantee shall, not later than the date as of which the receipt of this Award becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Company shall have the authority to cause the required tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) withholding from shares of Stock to be issued to the Grantee a number of shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due; or (ii) causing its transfer agent to sell from the number of shares of Stock to be issued to the Grantee, the number of shares of Stock necessary to satisfy the Federal, state and local taxes required by law to be withheld from the Grantee on account of such transfer.

8. Section 409A of the Code. This Agreement shall be interpreted in such a manner that all provisions relating to the settlement of the Award are exempt from the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as “short-term deferrals” as described in Section 409A of the Code.

9. No Obligation to Continue Service Relationship. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Grantee’s Service Relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Grantee’s Service Relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary at any time.

10. Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Award and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.

11. Data Privacy Consent. In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Grantee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Grantee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate. The Grantee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.

 

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12. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Grantee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

 

PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:    
  Title:

The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned. Electronic acceptance of this Agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Grantee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.

 

Dated:    

 

 

 

   

 

      Grantee’s Signature
      Grantee’s name and address:
       
       
       

 

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Exhibit 10.13

Rollover Option

INCENTIVE STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

UNDER THE PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.

2021 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

This option is being granted, in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.424-1, in substitution for an option granted on [_______] for [______] shares of common stock of Pear Therapeutics, Inc. under the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Original Option”).

 

Name of Optionee:                                                                             
No. of Option Shares:                                             
Option Exercise Price per Share:    $                                      
Grant Date:    Grant Date of Original Option
Expiration Date:    Expiration Date of Original Option

Pursuant to the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), Pear Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee named above an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Stock”), of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan. This Option is being granted in substitution for the Original Option and replaces in its entirety the Original Option, and the Original Option shall be of no further force or effect. In the event that any term herein would be deemed a modification of the Original Option pursuant to Treasury Regulation 1.424-1, such term shall not be applicable to this Option.

1. Vesting Schedule. No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have vested. This Stock Option shall be vested and/or shall continue to vest in accordance with the vesting schedule of the Original Option. Once vested and exercisable, this Stock Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.

2. Manner of Exercise.

(a) From time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Stock Option, the Optionee may exercise this Stock Option by giving written notice to the Administrator of the Optionee’s election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares exercisable at the time of such notice. This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.

Payment of the Option Exercise Price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods: (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been purchased by the Optionee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Optionee and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan and that otherwise satisfy any holding periods as


may be required by the Administrator; (iii) by the Optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the Option Exercise Price, provided that in the event the Optionee chooses to pay the Option Exercise Price as so provided, the Optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or (iv) with the consent of the Administrator, by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of shares of Stock issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the Option Exercise Price (and the Optionee shall make a cash payment equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value of such shares and the Option Exercise Price); or (v) a combination of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above. Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.

The transfer to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Option Shares will be contingent upon (i) the Company’s receipt from the Optionee of the full Option Exercise Price for the Option Shares, as set forth above, (ii) the fulfillment of any other requirements contained herein or in the Plan or in any other agreement or provision of laws, and (iii) the receipt by the Company of any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the shares of Stock will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In the event the Optionee chooses to pay the Option Exercise Price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the number of shares of Stock transferred to the Optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the Shares attested to.

(b) The shares of Stock purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be transferred to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such transfer and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan. The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Optionee. The Optionee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Stock subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the shares to the Optionee, and the Optionee’s name shall have been entered as the stockholder of record on the books of the Company. Thereupon, the Optionee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Stock.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.

3. Termination of Service Relationship. If the Optionee’s Service Relationship is terminated, the period within which to exercise this Stock Option following such termination will be as set forth in the Original Option. The Administrator’s determination of the reason for termination of the Optionee’s Service Relationship shall be conclusive and binding on the Optionee and the Optionee’s representatives or legatees.

4. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and those of the Plan, the latter shall prevail. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.

 

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5. Transferability. This Agreement is personal to the Optionee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee, and thereafter, only by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee.

6. Status of the Stock Option. This Stock Option is intended to qualify as an “incentive stock option” under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), but the Company does not represent or warrant that this Stock Option qualifies as such. To the extent any portion of this Stock Option does not so qualify as an “incentive stock option,” including as a result of exceeding the “$100,000 limit” described in Section 5(f) of the Plan, such portion shall be deemed to be a non-qualified stock option. The Optionee should consult with the Optionee’s own tax advisors regarding the tax effects of this Stock Option and the requirements necessary to obtain favorable income tax treatment under Section 422 of the Code, including, but not limited to, holding period requirements and that this Stock Option must be exercised within three months after termination of employment as an employee (or 12 months in the case of death or Disability) to qualify as an “incentive stock option.” If the Optionee disposes of any Option Shares (whether by sale, gift, transfer or otherwise) within the one-year period beginning on the date after the transfer of such shares to the Optionee, or within the two-year period beginning on the day after the Grant Date of this Stock Option, the Optionee must notify the Company within 30 days of such disposition.

7. Tax Withholding. To the extent that any portion of this Stock Option does not qualify as an incentive stock option at the time of exercise, the Optionee shall, not later than the date as of which the exercise of this Stock Option becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Company shall have the authority to cause the required tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) withholding from shares of Stock to be issued to the Optionee a number of shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due; or (ii) causing its transfer agent to sell from the number of shares of Stock to be issued to the Optionee, the number of shares of Stock necessary to satisfy the Federal, state and local taxes required by law to be withheld from the Optionee on account of such transfer.

8. No Obligation to Continue Service Relationship. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Optionee in a Service Relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Optionee’s Service Relationship at any time.

9. Integration. This Agreement (including the terms of the Original Option incorporated herein) constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Stock Option and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.

10. Data Privacy Consent. In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Optionee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Optionee may have with respect to the Relevant

 

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Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate. The Optionee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.

11. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Optionee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

 

PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.

By:

   
 

Title:

The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned. Electronic acceptance of this Agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Optionee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.

 

Dated:

         
     

Optionee’s Signature

 

 

 

   

Optionee’s name and address:

       
       
       

 

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Exhibit 10.14

NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

UNDER THE PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.

2021 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

 

Name of Optionee:                                                                                              
No. of Option Shares:                                                                     
Option Exercise Price per Share:    $                                                               
   [FMV on Grant Date]
Grant Date:                                                                     
Expiration Date:                                                                     
   [No more than 10 years]

Pursuant to the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), Pear Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee named above an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Stock”), of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan.

1. Vesting Schedule. No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have vested. This Stock Option shall vest and become exercisable with respect to the following number of Option Shares on the dates indicated so long as the Optionee remains in a Service Relationship (as defined in the Plan) on such dates:

 

Number of
Option Shares Vesting

  Vesting Date  

_____________ (___%)

                      

_____________ (___%)

                      

_____________ (___%)

                      

_____________ (___%)

                      

_____________ (___%)

                      

Once vested and exercisable, this Stock Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.

2. Manner of Exercise.

(a) From time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Stock Option, the Optionee may exercise this Stock Option by giving written notice to the Administrator of the Optionee’s election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares exercisable at the time of such notice. This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.


Payment of the Option Exercise Price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods: (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been purchased by the Optionee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Optionee and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan and that otherwise satisfy any holding periods as may be required by the Administrator; (iii) by the Optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the Option Exercise Price, provided that in the event the Optionee chooses to pay the Option Exercise Price as so provided, the Optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or (iv) with the consent of the Administrator, by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of shares of Stock issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the Option Exercise Price (and the Optionee shall make a cash payment equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value of such shares and the Option Exercise Price); or (v) a combination of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above. Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.

The transfer to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Option Shares will be contingent upon (i) the Company’s receipt from the Optionee of the full Option Exercise Price for the Option Shares, as set forth above, (ii) the fulfillment of any other requirements contained herein or in the Plan or in any other agreement or provision of laws, and (iii) the receipt by the Company of any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the shares of Stock will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In the event the Optionee chooses to pay the Option Exercise Price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the number of shares of Stock transferred to the Optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the Shares attested to.

(b) The shares of Stock purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be transferred to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such transfer and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan. The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Optionee. The Optionee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Stock subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the shares to the Optionee, and the Optionee’s name shall have been entered as the stockholder of record on the books of the Company. Thereupon, the Optionee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Stock.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.

3. Termination of Service Relationship. If the Optionee’s Service Relationship is terminated, the period within which to exercise the Stock Option may be subject to earlier termination as set forth below.

 

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(a) Termination Due to Death. If the Optionee’s Service Relationship terminates by reason of the Optionee’s death, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date, to the extent exercisable on the date of death, may thereafter be exercised by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee for a period of 12 months from the date of death or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of death shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.

(b) Termination Due to Disability. If the Optionee’s Service Relationship terminates by reason of the Optionee’s Disability, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date, to the extent exercisable on the date of such termination, may thereafter be exercised by the Optionee for a period of 12 months from the date of termination due to disability or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. For purposes hereof, “Disability” shall mean the Optionee is unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months, and shall be determined in accordance with Section 22(e)(3) of the Code. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of termination due to disability shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.

(c) Termination for Cause. If the Optionee’s Service Relationship terminates for Cause, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date shall terminate immediately and be of no further force and effect. For purposes hereof, “Cause” shall mean, unless otherwise provided in an employment, consulting or other service agreement between the Company or a Subsidiary and the Optionee, (i) any material breach by the Optionee of any agreement between the Optionee and the Company or a Subsidiary ; (ii) the conviction of, indictment for or plea of nolo contendere by the Optionee to a felony or a crime involving moral turpitude; or (iii) any material misconduct or willful and deliberate non-performance by the Optionee of the Optionee’s duties to the Company or a Subsidiary.

(d) Other Termination. If the Optionee’s Service Relationship terminates for any reason other than the Optionee’s death, the Optionee’s Disability, or Cause, and unless otherwise determined by the Administrator, any portion of this Stock Option outstanding on such date may be exercised, to the extent exercisable on the date of termination, for a period of three months from the date of termination or until the Expiration Date, if earlier. Any portion of this Stock Option that is not exercisable on the date of termination shall terminate immediately and be of no further force or effect.

The Administrator’s determination of the reason for termination of the Optionee’s Service Relationship shall be conclusive and binding on the Optionee and the Optionee’s representatives or legatees.

4. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and those of the Plan, the latter shall prevail. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.

5. Transferability. This Agreement is personal to the Optionee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee, and thereafter, only by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee.

6. Tax Withholding. The Optionee shall, not later than the date as of which the exercise of this Stock Option becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Company shall have the authority to cause the required tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) withholding from shares

 

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of Stock to be issued to the Optionee a number of shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due; or (ii) causing its transfer agent to sell from the number of shares of Stock to be issued to the Optionee, the number of shares of Stock necessary to satisfy the Federal, state and local taxes required by law to be withheld from the Optionee on account of such transfer.

7. No Obligation to Continue Service Relationship. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Optionee in a Service Relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Optionee’s Service Relationship at any time.

8. Integration. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Stock Option and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.

9. Data Privacy Consent. In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Optionee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Optionee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate. The Optionee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.

 

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10. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Optionee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

 

PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:    
  Title:

The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned. Electronic acceptance of this Agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Optionee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.

 

Dated:

         
     

Optionee’s Signature

     

Optionee’s name and address:

       
       
       

 

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Exhibit 10.15

Rollover Option

NON-QUALIFIED STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

UNDER THE PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.

2021 STOCK OPTION AND INCENTIVE PLAN

This option is being granted, in accordance with Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v)(D), in substitution for an option granted on [_______] for [______] shares of common stock of Pear Therapeutics, Inc. under the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2013 Stock Incentive Plan (the “Original Option”).

 

Name of Optionee:                                                                                                      
No. of Option Shares:                                                         
Option Exercise Price per Share:    $                                                   
Grant Date:    Grant Date of Original Option
Expiration Date:    Expiration Date of Original Option

Pursuant to the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. 2021 Stock Option and Incentive Plan as amended through the date hereof (the “Plan”), Pear Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) hereby grants to the Optionee named above an option (the “Stock Option”) to purchase on or prior to the Expiration Date specified above all or part of the number of shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Stock”), of the Company specified above at the Option Exercise Price per Share specified above subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein and in the Plan. This Option is being granted in substitution for the Original Option and replaces in its entirety the Original Option, and the Original Option shall be of no further force or effect. In the event that any term herein would be deemed a modification of the Original Option pursuant to Treasury Regulation 1.409A-1(b)(5)(v)(D), such term shall not be applicable to this Option.

1. Vesting Schedule. No portion of this Stock Option may be exercised until such portion shall have vested. This Stock Option shall be vested and/or shall continue to vest in accordance with the vesting schedule of the Original Option. Once vested and exercisable, this Stock Option shall continue to be exercisable at any time or times prior to the close of business on the Expiration Date, subject to the provisions hereof and of the Plan.

2. Manner of Exercise.

(a) From time to time on or prior to the Expiration Date of this Stock Option, the Optionee may exercise this Stock Option by giving written notice to the Administrator of the Optionee’s election to purchase some or all of the Option Shares exercisable at the time of such notice. This notice shall specify the number of Option Shares to be purchased.

Payment of the Option Exercise Price for the Option Shares may be made by one or more of the following methods: (i) in cash, by certified or bank check or other instrument acceptable to the Administrator; (ii) through the delivery (or attestation to the ownership) of shares of Stock that have been


purchased by the Optionee on the open market or that are beneficially owned by the Optionee and are not then subject to any restrictions under any Company plan and that otherwise satisfy any holding periods as may be required by the Administrator; (iii) by the Optionee delivering to the Company a properly executed exercise notice together with irrevocable instructions to a broker to promptly deliver to the Company cash or a check payable and acceptable to the Company to pay the Option Exercise Price, provided that in the event the Optionee chooses to pay the Option Exercise Price as so provided, the Optionee and the broker shall comply with such procedures and enter into such agreements of indemnity and other agreements as the Administrator shall prescribe as a condition of such payment procedure; or (iv) with the consent of the Administrator, by a “net exercise” arrangement pursuant to which the Company will reduce the number of shares of Stock issuable upon exercise by the largest whole number of shares with a Fair Market Value that does not exceed the Option Exercise Price (and the Optionee shall make a cash payment equal to the difference between the Fair Market Value of such shares and the Option Exercise Price); or (v) a combination of (i), (ii), (iii) and (iv) above. Payment instruments will be received subject to collection.

The transfer to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent of the Option Shares will be contingent upon (i) the Company’s receipt from the Optionee of the full Option Exercise Price for the Option Shares, as set forth above, (ii) the fulfillment of any other requirements contained herein or in the Plan or in any other agreement or provision of laws, and (iii) the receipt by the Company of any agreement, statement or other evidence that the Company may require to satisfy itself that the issuance of Stock to be purchased pursuant to the exercise of Stock Options under the Plan and any subsequent resale of the shares of Stock will be in compliance with applicable laws and regulations. In the event the Optionee chooses to pay the Option Exercise Price by previously-owned shares of Stock through the attestation method, the number of shares of Stock transferred to the Optionee upon the exercise of the Stock Option shall be net of the Shares attested to.

(b) The shares of Stock purchased upon exercise of this Stock Option shall be transferred to the Optionee on the records of the Company or of the transfer agent upon compliance to the satisfaction of the Administrator with all requirements under applicable laws or regulations in connection with such transfer and with the requirements hereof and of the Plan. The determination of the Administrator as to such compliance shall be final and binding on the Optionee. The Optionee shall not be deemed to be the holder of, or to have any of the rights of a holder with respect to, any shares of Stock subject to this Stock Option unless and until this Stock Option shall have been exercised pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company or the transfer agent shall have transferred the shares to the Optionee, and the Optionee’s name shall have been entered as the stockholder of record on the books of the Company. Thereupon, the Optionee shall have full voting, dividend and other ownership rights with respect to such shares of Stock.

(c) Notwithstanding any other provision hereof or of the Plan, no portion of this Stock Option shall be exercisable after the Expiration Date hereof.

3. Termination of Service Relationship. If the Optionee’s Service Relationship is terminated, the period within which to exercise this Stock Option following such termination will be as set forth in the Original Option. The Administrator’s determination of the reason for termination of the Optionee’s Service Relationship shall be conclusive and binding on the Optionee and the Optionee’s representatives or legatees.

4. Incorporation of Plan. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, this Stock Option shall be subject to and governed by all the terms and conditions of the Plan, including the powers of the Administrator set forth in Section 2(b) of the Plan. In the event of any conflict between the terms hereof and those of the Plan, the latter shall prevail. Capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning specified in the Plan, unless a different meaning is specified herein.

 

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5. Transferability. This Agreement is personal to the Optionee, is non-assignable and is not transferable in any manner, by operation of law or otherwise, other than by will or the laws of descent and distribution. This Stock Option is exercisable, during the Optionee’s lifetime, only by the Optionee, and thereafter, only by the Optionee’s legal representative or legatee.

6. Tax Withholding. The Optionee shall, not later than the date as of which the exercise of this Stock Option becomes a taxable event for Federal income tax purposes, pay to the Company or make arrangements satisfactory to the Administrator for payment of any Federal, state, and local taxes required by law to be withheld on account of such taxable event. The Company shall have the authority to cause the required tax withholding obligation to be satisfied, in whole or in part, by (i) withholding from shares of Stock to be issued to the Optionee a number of shares of Stock with an aggregate Fair Market Value that would satisfy the withholding amount due; or (ii) causing its transfer agent to sell from the number of shares of Stock to be issued to the Optionee, the number of shares of Stock necessary to satisfy the Federal, state and local taxes required by law to be withheld from the Optionee on account of such transfer.

7. No Obligation to Continue Service Relationship. Neither the Company nor any Subsidiary is obligated by or as a result of the Plan or this Agreement to continue the Optionee in a Service Relationship with the Company or a Subsidiary and neither the Plan nor this Agreement shall interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Subsidiary to terminate the Optionee’s Service Relationship at any time.

8. Integration. This Agreement (including the terms of the Original Option incorporated herein) constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to this Stock Option and supersedes all prior agreements and discussions between the parties concerning such subject matter.

9. Data Privacy Consent. In order to administer the Plan and this Agreement and to implement or structure future equity grants, the Company, its subsidiaries and affiliates and certain agents thereof (together, the “Relevant Companies”) may process any and all personal or professional data, including but not limited to Social Security or other identification number, home address and telephone number, date of birth and other information that is necessary or desirable for the administration of the Plan and/or this Agreement (the “Relevant Information”). By entering into this Agreement, the Optionee (i) authorizes the Company to collect, process, register and transfer to the Relevant Companies all Relevant Information; (ii) waives any privacy rights the Optionee may have with respect to the Relevant Information; (iii) authorizes the Relevant Companies to store and transmit such information in electronic form; and (iv) authorizes the transfer of the Relevant Information to any jurisdiction in which the Relevant Companies consider appropriate. The Optionee shall have access to, and the right to change, the Relevant Information. Relevant Information will only be used in accordance with applicable law.

 

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10. Notices. Notices hereunder shall be mailed or delivered to the Company at its principal place of business and shall be mailed or delivered to the Optionee at the address on file with the Company or, in either case, at such other address as one party may subsequently furnish to the other party in writing.

 

PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:    
 

Title:

The foregoing Agreement is hereby accepted and the terms and conditions thereof hereby agreed to by the undersigned. Electronic acceptance of this Agreement pursuant to the Company’s instructions to the Optionee (including through an online acceptance process) is acceptable.

 

Dated:                                                                      

     

 

    Optionee’s Signature
   
    Optionee’s name and address:

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

     

 

 

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Exhibit 10.19

Pear Therapeutics, Inc.

Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy

(As of December 3, 2021)

Director Compensation

Non-employee members of the board of directors (the “Board”) of Pear Therapeutics, Inc. (the “Company”) shall be eligible to receive cash and equity compensation commencing on December 3, 2021, as set forth in this Non-Employee Director Compensation Policy (this “Policy”). The cash and equity compensation described in this Policy shall be paid or be made, as applicable, automatically and without further action of the Board, to each member of the Board who is not an employee of the Company or any parent or subsidiary of the Company (each, a “Non-Employee Director”) who may be eligible to receive such cash or equity compensation, unless such Non-Employee Director declines the receipt of such cash or equity compensation by written notice to the Company. This Policy shall remain in effect until it is revised or rescinded by further action of the Board. The terms and conditions of this Policy shall supersede any prior cash or equity compensation arrangements between the Company and its Non-Employee Directors.

Annual Cash Retainer

Each non-employee director is entitled to receive cash compensation as described in the table below:

 

Name

   Annual Retainer  

Board of Directors

   $  55,000  

Audit Committee Chair

     20,000  

Compensation Committee Chair

     15,000  

Nominating and Corporate Governance Chair

     10,000  

Equity-Based Compensation

In addition to cash compensation, non-employee directors elected or appointed to our board of directors will be granted a one-time stock option award to purchase 70,560 shares of our common stock on the date of such director’s election or appointment to the board of directors, which will vest in equal annual installments over three years, subject to continued service through such vesting dates. On the day of our annual meeting of stockholders each year, we may grant each non-employee director an annual stock option or a restricted stock unit award.

Certain identified confidential information has been omitted from this exhibit because it is not material and of

the type that the registrant treats as private or confidential. [****] indicates that information has been omitted.

Exhibit 10.26

Execution Version

SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

This SECOND AMENDMENT TO CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of December 3, 2021 (this “Agreement”), is made by and among PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”), certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower, and PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS III, LP, a Delaware limited partnership, as administrative agent for the Lenders (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the “Administrative Agent”) and as the Majority Lender.

RECITALS

WHEREAS, reference is made to the Credit Agreement and Guaranty, dated as of June 30, 2020, among the Borrower, certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”) and the Administrative Agent (as subsequently amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, from time to time, including pursuant to this Agreement, the “Credit Agreement”);

WHEREAS, subject to the terms and the conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Borrower has requested that the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders amend or otherwise modify certain provisions of the Credit Agreement as set forth in more detail herein;

WHEREAS, the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lenders are willing to do so on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Lender party hereto constitutes the Majority Lenders.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration (including the Borrower’s covenants and agreements set forth below), the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

AMENDMENTS TO CREDIT AGREEMENT

Section 1.01. Defined Terms. Unless otherwise defined herein or the context otherwise requires, capitalized terms used in this Agreement (including the preambles and recitals hereto and hereof) shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

Section 1.02. Amendment to Credit Agreement. Effective as of the Effective Date, the Credit Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

(a) Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended by adding the following new defined terms in their alphabetically appropriate places:

Amendment No. 2” means that certain Amendment No. 2 to Credit Agreement, dated as of December 3, 2021, among the Borrower, certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower, the Majority Lenders and the Administrative Agent for the Majority Lender.

Amendment No. 2 Effective Date” means December 3, 2021.

 

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[****] Product Acquisition” means the Acquisition by the Borrower of the Assets (as defined in the [****] Product Acquisition Agreement) from [****].

[****] Product Acquisition Agreement” means that certain Assignment Agreement, dated as of November 30, 2021, between the Borrower and [****] pursuant to which the Borrower has agreed, among other things, to acquire the Assets (as defined in the [****] Product Acquisition Agreement.

(b) The definition of “Permitted Acquisition” set forth in Section 1.01 of the Credit Agreement is amended as follows:

(i) The preamble clause of such definition is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows: “Permitted Acquisition” means (x) the [****] Product Acquisition; provided that such Acquisition is consummated in accordance with the terms and conditions of the [****] Product Acquisition Agreement without any material waiver, amendment or other modification thereto (unless approved in writing by the Administrative Agent prior to the effectiveness thereof, which approval may not be unreasonably withheld), and (y) any other Acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries; provided that, in the case of any such other Acquisition made pursuant to this clause (y):”; and

(ii) Clause (k) of such definition is hereby amended by replacing the reference to “Section 9.01(i)” set forth therein with “Section 9.01(g)”.

(c) Clause (g) of Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:

“(g) (i) to the extent constituting or qualifying as Indebtedness, all obligations of the Borrower to pay Earnout Payments (as defined in, and to the extent payable pursuant to, Exhibit D to the [****] Product Acquisition Agreement as in effect on the Amendment #2 Effective Date), and (ii) any additional Indebtedness assumed pursuant to any Permitted Acquisition; provided that, and without regard to any Indebtedness of the type described in subclause (i) of this Section 9.01(g), (x) the aggregate amount of such additional Indebtedness permitted pursuant to this Section 9.01(g)(ii) shall not exceed $1,500,000 at any time outstanding and (y) no such additional Indebtedness shall have been created or incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition;

Section 1.03. No Other Waivers, Amendments or other Modifications Implied or Intended. Any term or provision hereof to the contrary notwithstanding, the waivers, amendments and other modification contemplated hereby relate solely to the specific sections or provisions of the Credit Agreement expressly referenced herein and relate solely to the periods or transactions expressly referenced herein, and no other or additional waiver, amendment or other modification is made, implied or intended to be made with respect to any other term or provision of any Loan Document, or any Obligation of any Obligor or any rights or remedies of any Secured Party under any Loan Document, whether now existing or occurring in the future (including any future Default), including, but not limited to, the right to declare all or any portion of the

 

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outstanding principal amount of the Loans and other Obligations to be immediately due and payable, imposing a default rate of interest in respect of the Obligations in accordance with Section 3.02(b) of the Credit Agreement or pursuing any or all other rights and remedies available to any Secured Party as a secured party under the UCC, the Security Documents or any other Loan Document.

ARTICLE II

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

Section 2.01. Conditions to Effectiveness of this Agreement. The amendments and other modifications set forth in this Agreement shall become effective upon the prior or simultaneous satisfaction of each of the following conditions in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (the date when all such conditions are so satisfied being the “Effective Date”):

(a) Executed Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received a copy of this Agreement duly executed by each Obligor, the Lenders and the Administrative Agent.

(b) Executed [****] Product Acquisition Agreement. The Administrative Agent shall have received a fully executed copy of the definitive [****] Product Acquisition Agreement, together with all waivers, consents, amendments or other modifications thereto (if any), which shall be identical in all material respects to the draft version, dated November 2, 2021, previously delivered to the Administrative Agent.

(c) Effective Date Certificate. The Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate, dated as of the Effective Date and duly executed and delivered by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower (the “Effective Date Certificate”), which certificate shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and shall, among other things, represent and warrant that the statements made therein are true and correct as of such date. The statements contained in the Effective Date Certificate shall include, among others, that (i) the statements, representations and warranties set forth in Article III of this Agreement are true and correct, (ii) prior to the Effective Date, no Default or Event of Default under any Loan Document had occurred and was continuing, (iii) after giving effect to the Effective Date, no Default or Event of Default under any Loan Document shall occur as a result of any such transactions, and (iv) all of the conditions set forth in this Section 2.01 have been satisfied.

(d) Costs and Expenses, etc. The Agent shall have received all fees, costs and expenses due and payable pursuant to Section 14.03 of the Credit Agreement (including without limitation the reasonable fees and expenses of Morrison & Foerster LLP, counsel to the Administrative Agent, which have been invoiced prior to the Effective Date), together with any other fees separately agreed to by the Borrower and the Agent and the Lenders.

(e) Satisfactory Legal Form. All documents executed or submitted pursuant hereto by or on behalf of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, including the [****] Product Acquisition Agreement, shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Agent and its counsel, and the Agent and its counsel shall have received all information, approvals, resolutions, opinions, documents or instruments as the Agent or its counsel shall have reasonably requested.

 

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ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Section 3.01. Representations and Warranties. To induce the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lender to enter into this Agreement, each Obligor party hereto represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Majority Lender as set forth below.

(a) Validity, etc. This Agreement and each Loan Document (after giving effect to this Agreement on the Effective Date) each constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of each Obligor party thereto, enforceable in accordance with its respective terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

(b) Representations and Warranties, etc. Immediately prior to, and immediately after giving effect to this Agreement on the Effective Date, the following statements shall be true and correct:

(i) the representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document that are qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or the like are, in each case, true and correct; and

(ii) the representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document that are not qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or the like are, in each case, true and correct in all material respects.

(c) Authorizations and Approvals. No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person (other than those that have been duly obtained or made and which are in full force and effect) is required for the due execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance of this Agreement and the Credit Agreement (as amended hereby) by any Obligor party to this Agreement.

(d) No Defaults. No Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing.

(e) [****] Product Acquisition Agreement. The copy of the [****] Product Acquisition Agreement delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 2.01(a) of this Agreement is a true and correct copy of such Contract as in effect on the Effective Date.

ARTICLE IV

CONFIRMATION AND COVENANTS

Section 4.01. Reaffirmation. Each Obligor hereby consents to the amendment and other agreements and modifications to the Credit Agreement and other Loan Documents contemplated pursuant to this Agreement and hereby agrees that, after giving effect to this Agreement on the Effective Date, the Credit Agreement and each other Loan Document, including all Warrant Certificates, and all Obligations thereunder (including the guarantees made pursuant to any Guaranty), are and shall continue to be in full force and effect and the same are hereby ratified in all respects, except that upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, all references in such Loan

 

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Documents to the “Credit Agreement”, “Loan Documents”, “thereunder”, “thereof”, or words of similar import shall mean the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents, as amended or otherwise modified by this Agreement. Each Obligor further consents and agrees that, notwithstanding the effectiveness of this Agreement, all Liens and security interests granted and created under or pursuant to any Loan Document shall continue to be valid and perfected to the same extent as immediately prior to the Effective Date.

Section 4.02. Validity, etc. Each Obligor hereby represents and warrants, that immediately after giving effect to this Agreement on the Effective Date, each Loan Document to which it is a party continues to be a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Obligor, enforceable against such Person in accordance with its terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally, general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing.

Section 4.03. Amendments or Other Modifications to the [****] Product Acquisition Agreement. Without the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent, the Borrower shall not, at any time on or after the Effective Date, permit or suffer to exist any waiver, consent, amendment or other modification to the [****] Product Acquisition Agreement that would alter or otherwise modify any material term thereof in any material respect, including (without limitation) Sections 5 or 7 thereof.

ARTICLE V

MISCELLANEOUS

Section 5.01. Miscellaneous, etc. In addition to the foregoing, the parties hereto agree as follows:

(a) Severability. In case any provision of or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

(b) Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, incorporates all negotiations of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and is the final expression and agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any and all prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto.

(c) Cross-References; Headings. References in this Agreement to any Article or Section are, unless otherwise specified, to such Article or Section of this Agreement. Headings and captions used in this Agreement are included for convenience of reference only and shall not be given any substantive effect.

(d) Loan Document Pursuant to Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall constitute a Loan Document executed pursuant to the Credit Agreement and shall (unless otherwise expressly indicated therein) be construed, administered and applied in accordance with all of the terms and provisions of the Credit Agreement, including Article XIV thereof and all rules of interpretation set forth in Article I thereof. The failure of any Obligor to perform its obligations hereunder shall constitute a Default pursuant to Section 11.01(d) of the Credit Agreement.

 

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(e) Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

(f) Counterparts, Electronic Signatures, etc. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument and any of the parties hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission (in PDF format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof. Any signature (including, without limitation, (x) any electronic symbol or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a Person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record and (y) any facsimile transmission or PDF format signature) hereto or to any other certificate, agreement or document related to the transactions contemplated hereby, and any contract formation or record-keeping, in each case, through electronic means, shall have the same legal validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any similar state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, and the parties hereto hereby waive any objection to the contrary.

(g) Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (INCLUDING FOR SUCH PURPOSE SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK).

[Signature pages to follow]

 

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

 

BORROWER:
PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By /s/ Corey McCann                                                     
     Name: Corey McCann
     Title: President & CEO

 

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ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND LENDER:
PERCEPTIVE CREDIT HOLDINGS III, LP
By: PERCEPTIVE CREDIT OPPORTUNITIES GP, LLC, its general partner
By /s/ Sandeep Dixit                                                     
     Name:    Sandeep Dixit
     Title:      Chief Credit Officer
By /s/ Sam Chawla                                                     
     Name:    Sam Chawla
     Title:      Portfolio Manager

 

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Exhibit 10.31

INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

This INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of December 3, 2021 and is between Pear Therapeutics, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), [name of Indemnitee] (“Indemnitee”) and [name of fund(s)] (collectively, the “[name of fund] Entities”).

RECITALS

A. Indemnitee’s service to the Company substantially benefits the Company.

B. Individuals are reluctant to serve as directors or officers of corporations or in certain other capacities unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or indemnification against the risks of claims and actions against them arising out of such service.

C. Indemnitee does not necessarily regard the protection currently provided by applicable law, the Company’s governing documents and any insurance as adequate under the present circumstances, and Indemnitee may not be willing to serve as a director or officer without additional protection.

D. In order to induce Indemnitee to provide or continue to provide services to the Company, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company to contractually obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance Expenses on behalf of, Indemnitee as permitted by applicable law.

E. This Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the indemnification provided in the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and any other Company contractual undertaking, and this Agreement shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor shall this Agreement be deemed to limit, diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.

AGREEMENT

The parties agree as follows:

1. Definitions.

(a) “Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”); provided, however, that “Beneficial Owner” shall exclude any Person otherwise becoming a Beneficial Owner solely by reason of (i) the stockholders of the Company approving a merger of the Company with another Person, or entering into tender or support agreements relating thereto, provided such merger was approved by the Company’s board of directors, or (ii) the Company’s board of directors approving a sale of securities by the Company to such Person.

(b) A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events:

(i) Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any Person (as defined below) becomes the Beneficial Owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing 50% or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;

(ii) Change in Board Composition. During any period of two consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constituted the Company’s board of directors and any Approved Directors cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Company’s board of directors. “Approved Directors” means new directors (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Sections 1(b)(i), 1(b)(iii) or 1(b)(iv)) whose election or nomination by the board of directors (or, if applicable, by the Company’s stockholders) was approved by a vote of at least two thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of such two-year period or whose election or nomination for election was previously so approved;


(iii) Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation that would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and with the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such surviving entity;

(iv) Liquidation. The approval by the Company’s board of directors of a complete liquidation or the dissolution of the Company or an agreement for the sale, lease or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; or

(v) Other Events. Any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or in response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Exchange Act, whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement, except the completion of the Company’s initial public offering shall not be considered a Change in Control.

(c) “Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or any other Enterprise.

(d) Delaware Courtmeans the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware.

(e) “DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

(f) “Disinterested Director” means a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

(g) “Enterprise” means the Company and any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary.

(h) “Expenses” include all reasonable and actually incurred attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees and costs of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or Expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding. Expenses also include (i) Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost bond, supersede as bond or other appeal bond or their equivalent, and (ii) for purposes of Section 10(d), Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement or under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.

(i) “Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a partner or member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent (i) the Company, any Enterprise or Indemnitee in any matter material to any such party (other than as Independent Counsel with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term Independent Counsel shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.

(j) “Person” shall have the meaning set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that Person shall exclude (i) the Company, (ii) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, and (iii) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

 

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(k) “Proceeding” means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature, whether formal or informal, including any appeal therefrom and including without limitation any such Proceeding pending as of the date of this Agreement, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party, a potential party, a non-party witness or otherwise by reason of (i) the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, (ii) any action taken by Indemnitee or any action or inaction on Indemnitee’s part while acting as a director or officer of the Company, or (iii) the fact that he or she is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or any other Enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or Expense is incurred, and whether the Indemnitee’s actions or service predate or postdate this Agreement, for which indemnification or advancement of Expenses can be provided under this Agreement.

(l) “to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law” means to the fullest extent permitted by all applicable laws, including without limitation: (i) the fullest extent permitted by DGCL as of the date of this Agreement and (ii) the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to or replacements of the DGCL adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a corporation may indemnify its officers and directors.

(m) In connection with any Proceeding relating to an employee benefit plan: references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.

2. Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or witness or other participant in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 2, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

3. Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a witness or other participant in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, unless Indemnitee is adjudged to have acted not in good faith and not in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. No indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Section 3 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court or any court in which the Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such Expenses as the Delaware Court or such other court shall deem proper.

 

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4. Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, in circumstances where indemnification is not available under Section 2 or 3, as the case may be, to the fullest extent permitted by law and to the extent that Indemnitee is a party to, and is successful (on the merits or otherwise) in defense of, any Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith. For purposes of this Section 4, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

5. Exclusions. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding):

(a) for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any statute, insurance policy, indemnity provision, vote or otherwise, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid;

(b) for an accounting or disgorgement of profits pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act, or similar provisions of federal, state or local statutory law or common law, if Indemnitee is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);

(c) for any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Exchange Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), if Indemnitee is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);

(d) initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees, agents or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Company’s board of directors authorized the Proceeding (or the relevant part of the Proceeding) prior to its initiation, (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law, (iii) otherwise authorized in Section 10(d) or (iv) otherwise required by applicable law; provided, for the avoidance of doubt, Indemnitee shall not be deemed for purposes of this paragraph, to have initiated any Proceeding (or any part of a Proceeding) by reason of (i) having asserted any affirmative defenses in connection with a claim not initiated by Indemnitee or (ii) having made any counterclaim (whether permissive or mandatory) in connection with any claim not initiated by Indemnitee; or

(e) if prohibited by the DGCL or other applicable law.

6. Advances of Expenses. The Company shall advance the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding prior to its final disposition, and such advancement shall be made as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event no later than 30 days, after the receipt by the Company of a written statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time (which shall include invoices received by Indemnitee in connection with such Expenses but, in the case of invoices in connection with legal services, any references to legal work performed or to expenditure made that would cause Indemnitee to waive any privilege accorded by applicable law shall not be included with the invoice). Advances shall be unsecured and interest free and made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay such advances. Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay any advance to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company, except, with respect to advances of Expenses made pursuant to Section 10(d), in which case Indemnitee makes the undertaking provided in Section 10(d). This Section 6 shall not apply to the extent advancement is prohibited by law and shall not apply to any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) for which indemnity is not permitted under this Agreement, but shall apply to any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) referenced in Section 5(b) or 5(c) prior to a determination that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

7. Procedures for Notification and Defense of Claim.

(a) Indemnitee shall notify the Company in writing of any matter with respect to which Indemnitee intends to seek indemnification or advancement of Expenses as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt by Indemnitee of notice thereof. The written notification to the Company shall include, in reasonable detail, a

 

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description of the nature of the Proceeding and the facts underlying the Proceeding. The failure by Indemnitee to notify the Company will not relieve the Company from any liability that it may have to Indemnitee hereunder or otherwise than under this Agreement, and any delay in so notifying the Company shall not constitute a waiver by Indemnitee of any rights, except to the extent that such failure or delay materially prejudices the Company.

(b) If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a Proceeding pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in effect that may be applicable to the Proceeding, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of the Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable policies. The Company shall thereafter take all commercially reasonable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.

(c) In the event the Company may be obligated to make any indemnity in connection with a Proceeding, the Company shall be entitled to assume the defense of such Proceeding with counsel approved by Indemnitee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee for any fees or Expenses of counsel subsequently incurred by Indemnitee with respect to the same Proceeding. Notwithstanding the Company’s assumption of the defense of any such Proceeding, the Company shall be obligated to pay the fees and Expenses of Indemnitee’s separate counsel to the extent (i) the employment of separate counsel by Indemnitee is authorized by the Company, (ii) counsel for the Company shall have reasonably concluded that there is a conflict of interest between the Company and Indemnitee in the conduct of any such defense such that Indemnitee needs to be separately represented, (iii) the Company is not financially or legally able to perform its indemnification obligations, or (iv) the Company shall not have retained, or shall not continue to retain, counsel to defend such Proceeding. Regardless of any provision in this Agreement, Indemnitee shall have the right to employ counsel in any Proceeding at Indemnitee’s personal expense. The Company shall not be entitled, without the consent of Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim brought by or in the right of the Company.

(d) Indemnitee shall give the Company such information and cooperation in connection with the Proceeding as may be reasonably appropriate.

(e) The Company shall not be liable to indemnify Indemnitee for any settlement of any Proceeding (or any part thereof) effected without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed. The Company acknowledges that a settlement or other disposition short of final judgment may be successful if it permits a party to avoid expense, delay, distraction, disruption and uncertainty. In the event that any action, claim or proceeding to which Indemnitee is a party is resolved in a settlement to which the Company has given its prior written consent, such settlement shall be treated as a success on the merits in the settled action, suit or proceeding.

(f) The Company shall not settle any Proceeding (or any part thereof) in a manner that imposes any penalty or liability on Indemnitee not paid by the Company without Indemnitee’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

8. Procedures upon Application for Indemnification.

(a) To obtain indemnification, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and as is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification following the final disposition of the Proceeding. Any delay in providing the request will not relieve the Company from its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent such failure is prejudicial.

(b) Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 8(a), a determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made as follows, provided that a Change in Control shall not have occurred: (i) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Company’s board of directors; (ii) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Company’s board of directors; (iii) if there are no such Disinterested Directors or, if a majority of Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a

 

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written opinion to the Company’s board of directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee; or (iv) if so directed by the Company’s board of directors, by the stockholders of the Company. If a Change in Control shall have occurred, a determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification shall be made by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Company’s board of directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee. If it is determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made within ten days after such determination. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information that is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and that is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or Expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

(c) In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 8(b), the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 8(c). If a Change in Control shall not have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Company’s board of directors, and the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him or her of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change in Control shall have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Company’s board of directors, in which event the preceding sentence shall apply), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 1, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within 20 days after the later of (i) submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 8(a) and (ii) the final disposition of the Proceeding, the parties have not agreed upon an Independent Counsel, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection that shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the court or by such other person as the court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 8(b). Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding pursuant to Section 10(a), the Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).

(d) The Company shall pay the reasonable fees and Expenses of any Independent Counsel and to fully indemnify such counsel against any and all Expenses, claims, liabilities and damages arising out of or relating to this Agreement or its engagement pursuant hereto.

9. Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.

(a) In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person, persons or entity making such determination shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, presume that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, and the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proof to overcome that presumption by clear and convincing evidence.

(b) The termination of any Proceeding or of any claim, issue or matter therein, by judgment, order, settlement or conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not (except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement) of itself adversely affect the right of Indemnitee to indemnification or create a presumption that Indemnitee did not act in good faith and in a manner that he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company or, with respect to any criminal Proceeding, that Indemnitee had reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

 

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(c) For purposes of any determination of good faith, Indemnitee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith to the extent Indemnitee relied in good faith on (i) the records or books of account of the Enterprise, including financial statements, (ii) information supplied to Indemnitee by the officers of the Enterprise in the course of their duties, (iii) the advice of legal counsel for the Enterprise or its board of directors or counsel selected by any committee of the board of directors or (iv) information or records given or reports made to the Enterprise by an independent certified public accountant, an appraiser, investment banker or other expert selected with reasonable care by the Enterprise or its board of directors or any committee of the board of directors. The provisions of this Section 9(c) shall not be deemed to be exclusive or to limit in any way the other circumstances in which Indemnitee may be deemed to have met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in this Agreement.

(d) Neither the knowledge, actions nor failure to act of any other director, officer, agent or employee of the Enterprise shall be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.

10. Remedies of Indemnitee.

(a) Subject to Section 10(e), in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 9 that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 6 or 10(d), (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 8 within 30 days after the later of the receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification or the final disposition of the Proceeding, (iv) payment of indemnification pursuant to this Agreement is not made (A) within ten days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or (B) with respect to indemnification pursuant to Sections 4, 5 and 10(d), within 30 days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, or (v) the Company or any other person or entity takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication within 12 months following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 10(a); provided, however, that the foregoing clause shall not apply in respect of a proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce his or her rights under Section 4. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication in accordance with this Agreement.

(b) Neither (i) the failure of the Company, its board of directors, any committee or subgroup of the board of directors, Independent Counsel or stockholders to have made a determination that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor (ii) an actual determination by the Company, its board of directors, any committee or subgroup of the board of directors, Independent Counsel or stockholders that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that Indemnitee has or has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 8 that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 10 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 10, the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be, and the burden of proof shall be by clear and convincing evidence.

(c) To the fullest extent not prohibited by law, the Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 10 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. If a determination shall have been made pursuant to this Section 10 that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding commenced pursuant to this Section 10, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statements not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.

 

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(d) To the extent not prohibited by law, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action for indemnification or advancement of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement, any other agreement, the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company to the extent Indemnitee is successful in such action, and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event no later than 30 days, after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor) advance such Expenses to Indemnitee, subject to the provisions of Section 6. Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay such advances to the extent the Indemnitee is ultimately unsuccessful in such action.

(e) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.

11. Contribution. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amounts incurred by Indemnitee, whether for Expenses, judgments, fines or amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the events and transactions giving rise to such Proceeding; and (ii) the relative fault of Indemnitee and the Company (and its other directors, officers, employees and agents) in connection with such events and transactions.

12. Non-exclusivity. The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of Expenses as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change, subject to the restrictions expressly set forth herein or therein. Except as expressly set forth herein, no right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. Except as expressly set forth herein, the assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.

13. No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (or for which advancement is provided hereunder) if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment for such amounts under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

14. Insurance. To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, trustees, general partners, managing members, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries of the Company or any other Enterprise (the “Company Coverage”), Indemnitee shall be covered by such Company Coverage to the same extent as the most favorably-insured persons under such Company Coverage in a comparable position. The Company hereby acknowledges that Indemnitee has certain rights to indemnification, advancement of expenses and/or insurance provided by [name of fund] and the [name of fund] Entities (as defined below) and certain of their affiliates (collectively, the “Secondary Indemnitors”). The Company hereby agrees (i) that it is the indemnitor of first resort (i.e., its obligations to Indemnitee are primary and any obligation of the Secondary Indemnitors to advance expenses or to provide indemnification for the same expenses or liabilities incurred by Indemnitee are secondary), (ii) that it shall be required to advance the full amount of expenses incurred by Indemnitee and shall be liable for the full amount of all Expenses, judgments, penalties, fines and amounts paid in settlement to the extent legally permitted and as required by the terms of this Agreement and the Charter and/or Bylaws (or any other agreement between the Company and Indemnitee), without regard to any rights Indemnitee may have against the Secondary Indemnitors, and (iii) that it irrevocably waives, relinquishes and releases the Secondary Indemnitors from any and all claims against the Secondary Indemnitors for contribution, subrogation or any other recovery of any kind in respect thereof. The Company further agrees that no advancement or payment by the Secondary Indemnitors on behalf of Indemnitee with respect to any claim for which Indemnitee has sought indemnification from the Company shall affect the foregoing and the Secondary Indemnitors shall have a right of contribution and/or be subrogated to the extent of such advancement or payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee against the Company. The Company and Indemnitee agree that the Secondary Indemnitors are express third party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 14.

 

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15. Subrogation. In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee (other than against the Secondary Indemnitors), who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

16. Services to the Company. Indemnitee agrees to serve as a director or officer of the Company or, at the request of the Company, as a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another Enterprise, for so long as Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or until Indemnitee tenders his or her resignation or is removed from such position. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law), in which event the Company shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue Indemnitee in such position. This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise) and Indemnitee. Indemnitee specifically acknowledges that any employment with the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise) is at will, and Indemnitee may be discharged at any time for any reason, with or without cause, with or without notice, except as may be otherwise expressly provided in any executed, written employment contract between Indemnitee and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), any existing formal severance policies adopted by the Company’s board of directors or, with respect to service as a director or officer of the Company, the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or the DGCL. No such document shall be subject to any oral modification thereof.

17. Duration. All agreements and obligations of the Company contained herein shall continue during the period Indemnitee is an officer or director of the Company or as a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of any other Enterprise, as applicable, and shall continue thereafter so long as Indemnitee shall be subject to any Proceeding (or any proceeding commenced under Section 10 hereof) by reason of his Corporate Status, whether or not he is acting or serving in any such capacity at the time any liability or expense is incurred for which indemnification can be provided under this Agreement.

18. Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns, including any direct or indirect successor, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company, and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. Further, the Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

19. Severability. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to require or shall be construed as requiring the Company to do or fail to do any act in violation of applicable law. The Company’s inability, pursuant to court order or other applicable law, to perform its obligations under this Agreement shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation, each portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (ii) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (iii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.

20. Enforcement. The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director or officer of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director or officer of the Company.

 

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21. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, other existing agreement containing indemnification and advancement, and applicable law.

22. Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment to this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties hereto. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement shall adversely affect any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his or her Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall constitute or be deemed a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.

23. Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, sent by facsimile or electronic mail or otherwise delivered by hand, messenger or courier service addressed:

(a) if to Indemnitee, to Indemnitee’s address, facsimile number or electronic mail address as shown on the signature page of this Agreement or in the Company’s records, as may be updated in accordance with the provisions hereof; or

(b) if to the Company, to Pear Therapeutics, Inc., 200 State Street, 13th Floor, Boston, MA 02109, Attention: General Counsel, or at such other current address as the Company shall have furnished to Indemnitee.

Each such notice or other communication shall for all purposes of this Agreement be treated as effective or having been given (i) if delivered by hand, messenger or courier service, when delivered (or if sent via a nationally-recognized overnight courier service, freight prepaid, specifying next-business-day delivery, one business day after deposit with the courier), or (ii) if sent via mail, at the earlier of its receipt or five days after the same has been deposited in a regularly-maintained receptacle for the deposit of the United States mail, addressed and mailed as aforesaid, or (iii) if sent via facsimile, upon confirmation of facsimile transfer or, if sent via electronic mail, upon confirmation of delivery when directed to the relevant electronic mail address, if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, or if not sent during normal business hours of the recipient, then on the recipient’s next business day.

24. Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. The Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Delaware Court, and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) appoint, to the extent such party is not otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware, 19801 as its agent in the State of Delaware as such party’s agent for acceptance of legal process in connection with any such action or proceeding against such party with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware, (iv) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court, and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.

25. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. This Agreement may also be executed and delivered by facsimile signature and in counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.

26. Captions. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof.

 

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27. Additional Indemnification. Notwithstanding any other provision in this Agreement, the Company shall indemnify the [name of fund] Entities in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the [name of fund] Entities shall be entitled to all rights and remedies hereunder, including with respect to indemnification and advancement, provided to the Indemnitee under this Agreement for any third party claim, suit or proceeding against the [name of fund] Entities related to their ownership of the Company’s securities, and to the extent permitted by applicable law; provided, however, that such indemnification shall not apply to any claims (i) initiated by the [name of fund] Entities, or (ii) finally adjudicated to result from any violation of law, negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the [name of fund] Entities. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the Company’s indemnification of the [name of fund] Entities exceed $10,000,000 in the aggregate.

(signature page follows)

 

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The parties are signing this Indemnification Agreement as of the date stated in the introductory sentence.

 

PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.
By:    
Name:    
Title:    
[Name of Indemnitee]
 
Address:    
 

Solely with respect to Section 27 of this Agreement:

[Signature block of fund(s)]

[Signature Page to Indemnification Agreement]

Exhibit 10.32

FORWARD PURCHASE AGREEMENT ASSIGNMENT

This Assignment (the “Assignment”) is made as of December 2, 2021 by and among the KLP SPAC I LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Assignor”), PH Investments, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Assignee”) and Thimble Point Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Forward Purchase Agreement (as defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, Assignor has entered into that certain Forward Purchase Agreement, dated as of February 1, 2021, with the Company (the “Original Forward Purchase Agreement”), as amended by that certain First Amendment to the Forward Purchase Agreement, dated June 21, 2021 (the “First Amendment to the Forward Purchase Agreement”) and that certain Second Amendment to the Forward Purchase Agreement (the “Second Amendment to the Forward Purchase Agreement”, and, together with the Original Forward Purchase Agreement and the First Amendment to the Forward Purchaser Agreement, the “Forward Purchase Agreement”).

WHEREAS, on the same date and concurrently with the Business Combination Agreement, the Assignor has agreed to purchase from the Company such number of Forward Purchase Shares for a purchase price of $10.00 per Forward Purchase Share (the “Forward Purchase Price”) equal to the Commitment; and

WHEREAS, the Assignor wishes to assign and the Assignee wishes to accept an assignment of Assignor’s rights and obligations under the Forward Purchase Agreement to purchase a portion of the Commitment equal to 500,000 Forward Purchase Shares at the Forward Purchase Price (the “Assigned Commitment”); and

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 9(f), the Company has acknowledged and consented to this Assignment, such that the Assignor’s Commitment under the Forward Purchase Agreement will be reduced by 500,000 Forward Purchase Shares, and the Assignee will assume the rights, agreements, duties, responsibilities and obligations under the Forward Purchase Agreement to purchase the Assigned Commitment.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and sufficient consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, Assignor and Assignee hereby agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

1. Assignment. Assignor hereby assigns, conveys, transfers, and delivers Assignor’s rights, agreements, duties, responsibilities and obligations under Sections 1(a) and 4 of the Forward Purchase Agreement to purchase the Assigned Commitment to Assignee. For the avoidance of doubt, the Assignor does not assign, convey, transfer, or deliver any other rights, agreements, duties, responsibilities and obligations under the Forward Purchase Agreement.


2. Assumption by Assignee; Repetition of Representations. Assignee hereby unconditionally accepts the foregoing assignment and assumes the foregoing rights, agreements, duties, responsibilities and obligations of Assignor as “Purchaser” of the Assigned Commitment pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement. Assignee hereby represents and warrants the representations and warranties included in Section 6 of that certain Subscription Agreement dated June 21, 2021 by and between the Company and Assignee (the “Subscription Agreement”) are true and accurate as of the date hereof. The Company hereby represents and warrants that the representations and warranties included in Section 3 of the Forward Purchase Agreement are true and accurate as of the date hereof.

3. Miscellaneous. Sections 10 and 11 of the Subscription Agreement shall apply to this Assignment mutatis mutandis.. For the avoidance of doubt and notwithstanding anything in this Assignment, this Assignment shall be null and void if the Business Combination Closing does not occur on or before December 3, 2021.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Amendment as of the date first set forth above.

 

ASSIGNOR

KLP SPAC 1 LLC

By:   /s/ Elon Boms

Name: Elon Boms

Title: Manager

ASSIGNEE

PH Investments, LLC

By:

  /s/ John W. Vander Vort

Name: John W. Vander Vort

Title: Managing Director

 

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED BY:

THIMBLE POINT ACQUISITION CORP.

By:

  /s/ Joseph Iannotta

Name: Joseph Iannotta

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Assignment]

Exhibit 16.1

 

LOGO

December 7, 2021

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, N.E.

Washington, DC 20549

Commissioners:

We have read the statements made by Thimble Point Acquisition Corp. under Item 4.01 of its Form 8-K dated December 7, 2021. We agree with the statements concerning our Firm in such Form 8-K; we are not in a position to agree or disagree with other statements of Thimble Point Acquisition Corp. contained therein.

Very truly yours,

/s/ Marcum LLP

LOGO

LOGO

Marcum LLP n 730 Third Avenue n 11th Floor n New York, New York 10017 n Phone 212.485.5500 n Fax 212.485.5501 n marcumllp.com

Exhibit 21.1

SUBSIDIARIES OF PEAR THERAPEUTICS, INC.

 

NAME OF ORGANIZATION

  

JURISDICTION

Pear Therapeutics (US), Inc.

  

Delaware

Pear Therapeutics Securities Corporation

  

Massachusetts

Exhibit 99.1

PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC.

INDEX TO UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

     Page  

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

     F-2  

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Comprehensive Loss

     F-3  

Condensed Consolidated Statement of Convertible Preferred Stock and Stockholders’ Deficit

     F-4  

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

     F-5  

Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

     F-6  


PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     September 30,
2021
    December 31,
2020
 

Assets

    

Current assets:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 62,438   $ 110,900

Short-term investments

     6,508     13,535

Restricted cash

     750     —    

Accounts receivable

     321     257

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     2,620     1,365
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current assets

     72,637     126,057

Property and equipment, net

     6,112     4,277

Restricted cash

     411     1,161

Deferred offering costs

     6,917       —    

Other long-term assets

     1,436     871
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 87,513   $ 132,366
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Liabilities, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ deficit

    

Current liabilities:

    

Accounts payable

   $ 3,097   $ 4,506

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

     17,002       9,568

Deferred revenues

     380     267

Debt

     26,820     26,345
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     47,299       40,686

Embedded debt derivative

     675     675

Warrant liabilities

     9,952     2,650

Other long-term liabilities

     1,625     1,239
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     59,551       45,250
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 7)

    

Convertible preferred stock (Note 8)

     291,392     269,422

Stockholders’ deficit:

    

Common stock, $0.0001 par value; 93,000,000 and 100,000,000 shares authorized as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively; and 11,798,521 and 11,066,936 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, respectively.

     1     1

Additional paid-in capital

     3,302     534

Accumulated deficit

     (266,733     (182,841

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     —         —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ deficit

     (263,430     (182,306
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total liabilities, convertible preferred stock and stockholders’ deficit

   $ 87,513   $ 132,366
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

F-2


PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND

COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2021     2020  

Revenue

    

Product revenue

   $ 2,550   $ 115

Collaboration and license revenue

     338     9,235
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenue

     2,888     9,350

Cost and operating expenses

    

Cost of product revenue

     3,585     1,341

Research and development

     24,943     21,766

Selling, general and administrative

     45,811     33,645
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cost and operating expenses

     74,339     56,752
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Loss from operations

     (71,451     (47,402

Other income (expenses):

    

Interest and other (expense) income, net

     (3,086     (926

Change in estimated fair value of warrant liabilities

     (7,302     (48

Loss on extinguishment of debt

     —         (999

Loss on issuance of convertible preferred stock

     (2,053     —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total other (expense) income

     (12,441     (1,973
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (83,892   $ (49,375
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Unrealized gain (loss) on short-term investments

   $ —     $ (25
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss

   $ (83,892     (49,400
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss per share:

    

Basic and diluted

   $ (7.31   $ (3.29
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Weighted average common shares outstanding:

    

Basic and diluted

     11,481,620     15,008,629
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

F-3


PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF

CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

(dollars in thousands)

 

    Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021  
    Convertible
Preferred Stock
    Common Stock     Additional
Paid-In
Capital
    Accumulated
Deficit
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
    Total
Stockholders’
Deficit
 
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Balance at January 1, 2021

    61,414,002   $ 269,422     11,066,936   $ 1   $ 534   $ (182,841   $ —       $ (182,306

Issuance of Series D convertible preferred stock, net of issuance costs of $83

    3,058,665     21,970     —         —         —         —         —         —    

Exercise of common stock options

    —         —         436,353     —         402     —         —         402

Stock-based compensation expense

    —         —         —         —         463     —         —         463

Net loss

    —         —         —         —         —         (24,393     —         (24,393
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2021

    64,472,667   $ 291,392     11,503,289   $ 1   $ 1,399   $ (207,234   $ —       $ (205,834
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Exercise of common stock options

    —       $ —         193,698   $ —       $ 267   $ —       $ —       $ 267

Stock-based compensation expense

    —         —         —         —         572     —         —         572

Other comprehensive income

    —         —         —         —         —         —         1     1

Net loss

    —         —         —         —         —         (28,201     —         (28,201
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at Balance at June 30, 2021

    64,472,667   $ 291,392     11,696,987   $ 1   $ 2,238   $ (235,435   $ 1   $ (233,195
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Exercise of common stock options

    —       $ —         101,534   $ —       $ 134   $ —       $ —       $ 134

Stock-based compensation expense

    —         —         —         —         930     —         —         930

Other comprehensive income

    —         —         —         —         —         —         (1     (1

Net loss

    —         —         —         —         —         (31,298     —         (31,298
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2021

    64,472,667   $ 291,392     11,798,521   $ 1   $ 3,302   $ (266,733   $ —       $ (263,430
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

    Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020  
    Convertible
Preferred Stock
    Common Stock     Additional
Paid-In
Capital
    Accumulated
Deficit
    Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
    Total
Stockholders’
Deficit
 
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount  

Balance at January 1, 2020

    44,693,053   $ 144,827     14,859,315   $ 1   $ 3,771   $ (69,844   $ 29   $ (66,043

Exercise of common stock options

    —         —         123,720     —         109     —         —         109

Stock-based compensation expense

    —         —         —         —         459     —         —         459

Other comprehensive loss

    —         —         —         —         —         —         (21     (21

Net loss

    —         —         —         —         —         (18,381     —         (18,381
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at March 31, 2020

    44,693,053   $ 144,827     14,983,035   $ 1   $ 4,339   $ (88,225   $ 8   $ (83,877
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Issuance of warrants

    —       $ —         —       $ —       $ 57   $ —       $ —       $ 57

Exercise of common stock options

    —         —         2,500     —         4     —         —         4

Stock-based compensation expense

    —         —         —         —         461     —         —         461

Other comprehensive income

    —         —         —         —         —         —         17     17

Net loss

    —         —         —         —         —         (11,529     —         (11,529
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at June 30, 2020

    44,693,053   $ 144,827     14,985,535   $ 1   $ 4,861   $ (99,754   $ 25   $ (94,867
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Exercise of common stock options

    —       $ —         137,606   $ —       $ 190   $ —       $ —       $ 190

Stock-based compensation expense

    —         —         —         —         444     —         —         444

Other comprehensive income

    —         —         —         —         —         —         (21     (21

Net loss

    —         —         —         —         —         (19,465     —         (19,465
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Balance at September 30, 2020

    44,693,053   $ 144,827     15,123,141   $ 1   $ 5,495   $ (119,219   $ 4   $ (113,719
 

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

F-4


PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

(dollars in thousands)

 

     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2021     2020  

Operating Activities:

    

Net loss

   $ (83,892   $ (49,375

Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:

    

Depreciation expense

     1,032     192

Amortization of intangible asset

     475     31

Amortization of debt discount

     475     350

Loss on extinguishment of debt

     —         999

Accretion and amortization of interest income

     17     (113

Stock-based compensation expense

     1,965     1,363

Loss on issuance of convertible preferred stock

     2,053     —    

Change in fair value of warrants

     7,302     48

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

    

Accounts receivable

     (65     963

Prepaid expenses and other assets

     (1,296     749

Accounts payable

     (2,227     (473

Accrued expenses, other liabilities and non-current liabilities

     4,849     2,970

Deferred revenues

     113     (6,124
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash used in operating activities

     (69,199     (48,420

Investing Activities:

    

Proceeds from maturities of short-term investments

     15,025     74,050

Purchases of short-term investments

     (8,014     (6,490

Purchases of property and equipment

     (2,375     (3,360

Milestone based license fee payment

     —         (750
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by investing activities

     4,636       63,450

Financing Activities:

    

Proceeds from issuance of convertible preferred stock, net

     19,918     —    

Proceeds from issuance of debt

     —         31,000

Principal payments on debt

     —         (17,280

Deferred financing fees and related debt issuance costs

     —         (1,500

Payment of deferred offering costs

     (4,620     —    

Proceeds from exercise of stock options

     803     302
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net cash provided by financing activities

     16,101       12,522

Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

     (48,462     27,552

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash—beginning of period

     112,061     29,327
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash—end of period

   $ 63,599   $ 56,879
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of cash flow information:

    

Cash paid for interest

   $ 2,730   $ 1,119
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Supplemental disclosure of non-cash investing and financing information:

    

Deferred offering costs included in accrued expenses

   $ 2,296   $ —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Purchases of property and equipment in accounts payable and accrued expenses

   $ 491   $ —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Amounts included in intangibles and accrued expenses for milestone license

   $ 1,000     $ —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair value of embedded derivative

   $ —       $ 675
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Recognition of warrant liabilities

   $ —       $ 1,860
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

1. NATURE OF BUSINESS

Organization

Pear Therapeutics (US), Inc. and subsidiary (the “Company” or “Pear US”), is a leader in prescription digital therapeutics, or PDTs. The Company’s PDTs treat diseases with clinically validated software.

The Company was incorporated on August 14, 2013 (inception) under the name Pear Therapeutics, Inc. as a Delaware Corporation and began operations in August 2013. We are headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. On December 3, 2021, the Company changed its name to Pear Therapeutics (US), Inc.

On June 21, 2021, the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement, or the Business Combination Agreement, with Oz Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly-owned subsidiary of Thimble Point Acquisition Corp., or THMA, a special purpose acquisition company, where Oz Merger Sub, Inc., or Merger Sub, will merge with the Company, with the Company surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of THMA (the “Merger”). Upon the completion of the Merger on December 3, 2021, or the Closing, THMA was renamed to Pear Therapeutics, Inc.

On November 30, 2021, THMA held a special meeting of stockholders and approved the Transaction with Pear US. Following the Closing on December 3, 2021, THMA was renamed Pear Therapeutics, Inc., and its Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, or Class A Common Shares, began trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “PEAR” on December 6, 2021.

Pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, each Pear US Common Share that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing, after giving effect to the conversion of all issued and outstanding Pear US Preferred Shares to Pear US Common Shares, were canceled and converted into the right to receive a number of the Combined Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Pear Class A Common Shares”) equal to the number of shares of Pear US Common Stock multiplied by the exchange ratio of approximately 1.47. In addition, all outstanding equity awards of Pear US were converted into equity awards of Pear Class A Common Shares with the same terms and conditions adjusted by the exchange ratio of approximately 1.47.

In connection with the Merger, THMA completed the sale and issuance of an aggregate of 10,280,000 Pear Class A Common Shares in a fully committed common stock private placement at a purchase price of $10.00 per share. In addition, upon the Closing of the Merger THMA completed the sale and issuance of 6,387,026 Pear Class A Common Shares equal to a purchase price of $10.00 per share to the Anchor Investor in connection with the Amended Forward Purchase Agreement.

Gross proceeds from the Merger totaled approximately $175.0 million which included funds held in THMA’s trust account (after giving effect to redemptions), proceeds from the PIPE investment of $102.8 million (inclusive of the Forward Purchase Assignment) and proceeds of $63.9 million from the Anchor Investor under the Amended Forward Purchase Agreement. Transaction costs totaled approximately $33.2 million.

Going Concern

The Company is subject to a number of risks and uncertainties common to early-stage technology-based companies, including, but not limited to, rapid technological changes, protection of its proprietary technology and intellectual property, commercialization of existing and new products, development by competitors of competing products, dependence on key personnel, compliance with government regulations, including compliance with the United States (US) Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, and the ability to secure additional capital to fund operations.

The Company obtained FDA marketing authorization for its three products, reSET® (2017), reSET-O® (2018) and Somryst® (2020). The Company is in the beginning stages of self-commercialization of these products. Prior to October, 2019, the Company’s collaboration partner, Sandoz Inc., or Sandoz, was responsible for the commercial launch of reSET® and reSET-O®.

The Company has incurred recurring losses from inception and anticipates net losses and negative operating cash flows for the near future. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company had a net loss of $83,892 and as of September 30, 2021 had an accumulated deficit of $266,733. As of September 30, 2021, the Company had $68,946 of cash and cash equivalents and short-term investments. While the Company has recorded revenue, revenues have been insufficient to fund operations. Accordingly, the Company has funded its operations to date through a combination of proceeds raised from equity and debt issuances. The Company’s operating costs include the cost of developing and commercializing products as well as providing research services. As a consequence, the Company will need to raise additional equity and debt financing that may not be available, if at all, at terms acceptable to the Company to fund future operations. As a result, the Company could be required to delay, scale back or abandon some or all of its

 

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NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

development programs and other operations, which could materially harm the Company’s business, prospects, financial condition and operating results. Management believes these uncertainties raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Because of these uncertainties, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the realization of assets and the settlement of liabilities and commitments in the normal course of business. Due to the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue operating as a going concern for twelve months from the issuance date of these financial statements and the material adverse change clause in the loan agreement with its lender, the amounts due as of September 30, 2021, have been classified as current in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements. The lender has not invoked the material adverse change clause as of the date of issuance of these financial statements. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not reflect any other adjustments relating to the recoverability and reclassification of assets and liabilities that might be necessary if the Company is unable to continue as a going concern. The Company is subject to various covenants related to the Perceptive Credit Facility entered into on June 30, 2020 (Note 6) and given the substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern, there is a risk that it may not meet its covenants in the future.

COVID-19 Related Significant Risks and Uncertainties

There continues to be uncertainties regarding the pandemic of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, and the Company is closely monitoring the impact of COVID-19 on all aspects of its business, including how it will impact its customers, employees, suppliers, vendors, and business partners. The Company is unable to predict the specific impact that COVID-19 may have on its financial position and operations moving forward due to the numerous uncertainties. Any estimates made herein may change as new events occur and additional information is obtained, and actual results could differ materially from any estimates made herein under different assumptions or conditions. The Company will continue to assess the evolving impact of COVID-19.

In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act of 2020, or the CARES Act, which was signed into law on March 27, 2020. The CARES Act provides for deferred payment of the employer portion of social security taxes through the end of 2020, with 50% of the deferred amount due by December 31, 2021, and the remaining 50% due by December 31, 2022. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company deferred payments of $854 of social security taxes, of which $427 is included in accrued expenses and other liabilities and the remaining $427 is included in other long-term liabilities within the condensed consolidated balance sheet as of September 30, 2021.

2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

The Company’s significant accounting policies are disclosed in the audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2020, included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus dated October 26, 2021. Since the date of those financial statements, there have been no changes to its significant accounting policies except as noted below.

Basis of Presentation

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or GAAP and pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC for interim financial reporting. Any reference in these notes to applicable guidance is meant to refer to the authoritative GAAP as found in the Accounting Standards Codification, or ASC, and Accounting Standards Update, or ASU, of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, or FASB. In the opinion of management, these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring items, considered necessary to present fairly the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, stockholders’ deficit and cash flows for the interim periods indicated. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s annual financial statements for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019. The results of operations for the nine month period ended September 30, 2021 are not indicative of the results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2021.

 

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PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

Certain monetary amounts, percentages, and other figures included elsewhere in these financial statements have been subject to rounding adjustments. Accordingly, figures shown as totals in certain tables may not be the arithmetic aggregation of the figures that precede them, and figures expressed as percentages in the text may not total 100% or, as applicable, when aggregated may not be the arithmetic aggregation of the percentages that precede them.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of the condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP, requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the condensed consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of expenses during the reporting periods. On an ongoing basis, the Company evaluates its estimates. The Company bases its estimates on historical experience and various other assumptions that the Company believes to be reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying values of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ from those estimates and changes in estimates are reflected in reported results in the period in which they become known.

Cash, Cash Equivalents, and Restricted Cash

The Company considers only those highly liquid investments, readily convertible to cash, that mature within 90 days from the date of purchase to be cash equivalents. The Company’s cash equivalents include money market funds and overnight deposits.

The following table reconciles cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash reported within the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheets to the total amounts shown in the condensed consolidated statements of cash flows:

 

     September 30,
2021
    December 31,
2020
 

Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash:

    

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 62,438   $ 110,900

Restricted cash - short-term

     750     —    

Restricted cash - long-term

     411     1,161
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

   $ 63,599   $ 112,061
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Deferred Offering Costs

As of September 30, 2021, the Company capitalized deferred offering costs of $6,917. Deferred offering costs include certain legal, accounting, consulting and other third-party fees incurred directly related to the anticipated business combination. The Company will keep deferred offering costs classified as a long-term asset until the closing or termination of the business combination. At the closing of the business combination, these costs will be recorded in stockholders’ deficit as a reduction of additional paid-in capital. Should the business combination for which those costs relate no longer be considered probable of being consummated, all deferred offering costs will be charged to operating expenses in the statement of operations at such time.

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements Not Yet Adopted

In February 2016, the FASB, issued ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), which requires lessees to record most leases on the balance sheet and recognize the expense in the statement of operations and comprehensive loss in a manner similar to current practice. ASU 2016-02 states that a lessee would recognize a lease liability for the obligation to make lease payments and a right-to-use asset for the underlying asset for the lease term. This standard is applicable to the Company for the annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2021. The Company has commenced work to assess ASU 2016-02 and the impact that adopting this new accounting standard will have on its consolidated financial statements and footnote disclosures. The Company anticipates recognition of additional assets and corresponding liabilities related to leases on the consolidated balance sheets.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments—Credit Losses: Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments (Topic 326). The standard, including subsequently issued amendments, requires a financial asset measured at amortized cost basis, such as accounts receivable and certain other financial assets such as available for sale debt securities, to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected based

 

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PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

on relevant information about past events, including historical experience, current conditions and reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the reported amount. The new standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company is still evaluating the impact of ASU 2016-13 on the Company’s consolidated financial statements; however, it does not expect the impact to be material.

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, Income Taxes-Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes. ASU 2019-12 eliminates certain exceptions related to the approach for intra-period tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. It also clarifies and simplifies other aspects of the accounting for income taxes. This standard is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within annual periods beginning after December 15, 2022. The Company is currently evaluating the potential impact that ASU 2019-12 will have on its consolidated financial statements and related disclosures; however, it does not expect the impact to be material.

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, Debt—Debt with Conversion and Other (Subtopic 470-20) and Derivatives and Hedging—Contracts in Entity’s Own Equity (Subtopic 815-40). This update simplifies the accounting for convertible debt instruments by removing certain accounting separation models as well as the accounting for debt instruments with embedded conversion features that are not required to be accounted for as derivative instruments. The update also updates and improves the consistency of earnings per share calculations for convertible instruments. The amendments in this ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2023, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company is currently evaluating the impact that the implementation of this update will have on the Company’s consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

3. FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENTS

The tables below present certain of our assets and liabilities measured at fair value categorized by the level of input used in the valuation of each asset and liability.

 

     September 30, 2021  

Description

   Total Fair Value      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Cash equivalents:

           

Money market funds

   $ 27,892    $ 27,892    $ —      $ —  

Debt investments:

           

Corporate bonds

     1,013      —          1,013      —    

Commercial paper

     5,495      —          5,495      —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total debt investments

     6,508      —          6,508      —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 34,400    $ 27,892    $ 6,508    $ —  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Long-term liabilities:

           

Embedded debt derivative

   $ 675          $ 675

Warrant liabilities

     9,952      —          —          9,952
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 10,627    $ —      $ —      $ 10,627
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

     December 31, 2020  

Description

   Total Fair Value      Level 1      Level 2      Level 3  

Cash equivalents:

           

Money market funds

   $ 96,835    $ 96,835    $ —      $ —  

Debt investments:

           

Corporate bonds

     3,543      —          3,543      —    

Commercial paper

     9,992      —          9,992      —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total debt investments

     13,535      —          13,535      —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

     110,370      96,835    $ 13,535      —    
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Long-term liabilities:

           

Embedded debt derivative

   $ 675    $ —      $ —      $ 675

Warrant liabilities

     2,650      —          —          2,650
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

   $ 3,325    $ —      $ —      $ 3,325
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

The Company evaluates transfers between levels at the end of each reporting period. There were no transfers of financial instruments between levels during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020.

Cash equivalents—Money market funds included within cash equivalents are classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because they are valued using quoted market prices in active markets.

Investments—The Company measures its investments at fair value on a recurring basis and classifies those instruments within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. Marketable securities, including corporate bonds and commercial paper, are classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy because pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date, and fair value is determined using models or other valuation methodologies. The Company recorded no unrealized gain and an unrealized loss of $25 in other comprehensive income (loss) on short-term investments for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Embedded debt derivative and warrant liability—As described in Note 6, the Company concluded that the contingent put options contained in the Perceptive Credit Facility that could require mandatory repayment upon the occurrence of an event of default, change of control and certain other events represent an embedded derivative required to be bifurcated from the debt host instrument. The embedded debt derivative is measured at fair value using a probability-weighted cash flow valuation methodology, having a fair value of $675 at September 30, 2020, the date of issuance and September 30, 2021. The determination of the fair value of an embedded debt derivative includes inputs not observable in the market and as such, represents a Level 3 measurement. The methodology utilized requires inputs based on certain subjective assumptions, specifically, probabilities of mandatory debt repayment prior to maturity ranging between 0-10%.

The Company measures the fair value of the liabilities related to the warrants to purchase Series A and Series D convertible preferred stock, using Level 3 inputs. As of September 30, 2021, the fair market value of the Series D warrants was estimated using a hybrid method between option pricing model (OPM) and a probability-weighted expected return method (PWERM), estimating the probability weighted value across the scenarios, while using an OPM to estimate the allocation of value within one or more of these scenarios. The significant unobservable inputs into the valuation models used to estimate the fair value of the convertible preferred stock warrants include the weighting between the scenarios, timing of potential events, such as a qualified initial public offering, or IPO, consummation of the business combination with THMA and other liquidity events and their probability of occurring, the selection of guideline public company multiples, a discount for the lack of marketability of the preferred and common stock and the discount rate used to calculate the present value of the estimated equity value allocated to each share class. At December 31, 2020, the warrants were valued using an OPM.

The following significant assumptions used in the valuation model to estimate the fair value of the warrant liabilities were as follows:

 

Series A Warrants

   September 30,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

Fair value of underlying preferred stock

     $14.24        $2.00  

Expected life (years)

     0.08 – 1.25        2.00  

Expected volatility

     45.0% – 74.0%        75.7%  

Risk-free interest rate

     0.04% – 0.14%        0.13%  

 

Series D Warrants

   September 30,
2021
     December 31,
2020
 

Fair value of underlying preferred stock

     $14.82        $7.21  

Expected life (years)

     0.08 – 1.25        2.00  

Expected volatility

     45.0% – 74.0%        75.7%  

Risk-free interest rate

     0.04% – 0.14%        0.13%  

 

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PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

The following table reconciles the change in the fair value of the warrant liabilities based on Level 3 inputs:

 

     Warrant Liabilities  
          Series A               Series D       

Fair value as of December 31, 2019

   $ 52   $ —  

Issuance of warrants

     —         1,803

Change in fair value

     2     793
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair value as of December 31, 2020

     54     2,596

Change in fair value

     369     6,933
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Fair value as of September 30, 2021

   $    423   $    9,529
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

4. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment, net consists of the following:

 

     September 30,
2021
    December 31,
2020
 

Internal-use software

   $ 5,941   $ 3,682

Equipment

     523     441

Construction in process

     268     —    

Furniture and fixtures

     586     383

Leasehold improvements

     509     455
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total property and equipment

     7,827     4,961

Less: accumulated depreciation

     (1,715     (684
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

   $ 6,112   $ 4,277
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Depreciation expense was $1,032 and $192 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

5. ACCRUED EXPENSES AND OTHER CURRENT LIABILITIES

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consist of the following:

 

     September 30,
2021
    December 31,
2020
 

Compensation and related benefits

   $ 8,803   $ 6,953

Professional services

     2,805     1,787

Research and development costs

     1,484     355

Milestone payment

     1,000     —    

Deferred offering costs

     1,970       —    

Other

     940     473
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 17,002   $ 9,568
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

6. INDEBTEDNESS

Perceptive Credit Facility

On June 30, 2020, the Close Date, the Company entered into a Credit Agreement and Guaranty, or Perceptive Credit Facility, with Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP, as administrative agent and lender with a syndicate of other lenders, collectively Perceptive. The Perceptive Credit Facility, as amended, consists of a secured term loan facility in an aggregate amount of up to $50,000, which will be made available under the following three tranches: (i) Tranche 1 - $30,000, available at the Closing Date; (ii) Tranche 2 - $10,000, available no earlier than December 31, 2021; and (iii) Tranche 3 - $10,000, available no later than December 31, 2021, subject to the Company’s satisfaction of certain business and financial conditions described in the Perceptive Credit Facility.

 

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PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

The Perceptive Credit Facility will bear interest through maturity at a variable rate based upon the one-month LIBOR rate plus 11.0%, subject to a LIBOR floor of 1.0%. As of September 30, 2021, the interest rate was 12.0%. The Company is required to make interest-only payments until May 31, 2024, after which point the Company will be required to make monthly payments of principal equal to 3.0% of the then outstanding principal until maturity on June 30, 2025, or the Maturity Date. If the Company prepays the loan prior to the Maturity Date, it will be required to pay a prepayment fee guaranteeing Perceptive a 1.5 times return on any prepaid amount. A change of control, which includes a new entity or group owning more than 35.0% of the Company’s voting stock, or prior to an IPO, the failure of the existing holders to own at least 35.0% of the Company’s voting stock, trigger a mandatory prepayment of the term loan. The Company paid issuance costs of $750 in connection with its entry into the Perceptive Credit Facility.

The Company concluded the contingent put options that could require mandatory repayment upon the occurrence of an event of default, change of control and certain other events represent an embedded derivative required to be bifurcated from the debt host instrument and accounted for separately and recorded an embedded debt derivative of $675 as of September 30, 2020 and September 30, 2021. Any changes to the derivative liability in future periods will be recognized as interest and other (expense) income, net in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss.

The Perceptive Credit Facility is secured by substantially all the assets of the Company, including our intellectual property. The Credit Facility requires the Company to (i) maintain a minimum aggregate cash balance of $5,000 in one or more controlled accounts, (ii) as of the last day of each fiscal quarter commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 30, 2022, report revenues for the trailing 12-month period that exceed the amounts set forth in the Perceptive Credit Facility which range from $83,409 for the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2022 to $125,000 for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2025 and (iii) on or prior to December 31, 2021, raise additional capital of at least $100,000. The Perceptive Credit Facility contains various affirmative and negative covenants that limit the Company’s ability to engage in specified types of transactions. The Company was in compliance with the covenants under the Perceptive Credit Facility as of September 30, 2021.

On the Closing Date, Perceptive received a warrant certificate exercisable into 775,000 shares of Series C preferred stock, and upon each borrowing date of Tranche 2 or Tranche 3, the Company will become obligated to issue two additional warrants, the Additional Warrants, to Perceptive each to purchase up to 50,000 shares of Series C preferred stock. In the event the Company issued Series D preferred stock, Perceptive had the right to convert the Series C preferred stock warrant into a warrant to purchase Series D preferred stock, and the exercise price shall be automatically adjusted to equal the original per share price for Series D preferred stock. On the Closing Date, the Company issued freestanding Series C preferred stock warrants to Perceptive, which were converted to Series D-1 preferred stock warrants at the time of the Series D-1 funding round. The Series D-1 preferred stock warrants are exercisable for 1,012,672 shares of Series D-1 preferred stock. The Series D-1 preferred stock warrants have an exercise price of $5.51 per share and expire in 2030. The Company estimated the fair value of the Series D-1 preferred stock warrants at issuance to be $1,803. The warrant is exercisable at any time prior to the ten-year anniversary of the Closing Date of the Perceptive Credit Facility. At issuance, the Company determined that the warrant is liability-classified and would be remeasured at fair value each reporting period, with changes in fair value recorded in the consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss. The Additional Warrants, when and if issued, shall be issued as warrants to purchase 65,333 shares of Series D-1 preferred stock. On June 11, 2021, Perceptive agreed to the conditional exercise of the 1,012,672 Series D-1 warrants at $5.51 per share subject to and in connection with the closing of the business combination agreement more fully described in Note 1. On November 30, 2021, in connection with the Merger, Perceptive net exercised 1,012,672 Series D-1 warrants based on a per share price of $9.87 per share, the THMA closing price on June 22, 2021. Upon the exercise, Perceptive received 629,057 Series D-1 shares.

As of September 30, 2021, the Company received proceeds of $28,500, net of fees and expenses of $1,500. The outstanding balance of the Perceptive Credit Facility was:

 

Perceptive Credit Facility

   September 30,
2021
 

Principal

   $ 30,000

Less: Debt issuance costs and discount at issuance

     (3,180
  

 

 

 

Net carrying amount

   $ 26,820
  

 

 

 

 

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PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

Future minimum payments, including contractual interest, under the Perceptive Credit Facility as of September 30, 2021 are as follows:

 

Year ended December 31,

   Amounts  

Remainder of 2021

   $ 920

2022

     3,650

2023

     3,650

2024

     10,603

2025 and thereafter

     24,039
  

 

 

 

Total

   $ 42,862
  

 

 

 

Less:

  

Interest payable

     (12,862

Unamortized debt issuance costs

     (3,180

Current portion of long-term debt

     26,820
  

 

 

 

Long-term debt

   $ —  
  

 

 

 

SVB Term Loan (Extinguished June 30, 2020)

On June 30, 2020, using the proceeds from the Perceptive Credit Facility, the Company paid the then outstanding principal of $14,889, outstanding interest, a termination fee of $169 and a final payment amount of $1,080, which was equal to 6.75% of all amounts borrowed under the term loan on its then existing loan and security agreement with Silicon Valley Bank, or SVB, or the SVB Term Loan resulting in a loss on extinguishment of debt of $998.

As part of entering into the amendments to the SVB Term Loan in 2019 and 2018, the Company issued warrants to purchase 17,019 and 28,486 shares of common stock, respectively, at an exercise price of $1.60 and $1.05 per share, respectively, in cash or pursuant to the net exercise provisions of the warrants. The Company estimated the fair value of the warrants at issuance to be $27 and $29, respectively, using the Black Scholes option-pricing model. The warrants expire on June 28, 2029 and June 8, 2028, respectively. In addition, in connection with a borrowing in 2020 the Company issued warrants to purchase 35,817 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $1.60 per share in cash or pursuant to the net exercise provisions of the warrants. The Company estimated the fair value of the warrants at issuance to be $57, using the Black Scholes option-pricing model. The warrants expire on April 29, 2030. As of September 30, 2021, the warrants had not yet been exercised and remain outstanding. The warrants are automatically exercised through cashless exercise if not exercised prior to the expiration date.

In addition, in 2016 with the initial SVB Term Loan, the Company granted the lender a Series A preferred stock warrant which is exercisable for 32,711 shares of Series A preferred stock. The exercise price of the Series A preferred stock warrant is $0.9171 per share and the Series A preferred stock warrant expires on December 22, 2026. On July 9, 2021, SVB agreed to the conditional exercise of the 32,711 Series A warrants at $0.9171 and 28,486 and 52,836 of the common stock warrants at $1.05 and $1.60 per share, respectively subject to and in connection with the closing of the business combination agreement more fully described in Note 1. On November 30, 2021, in connection with the Merger, SVB net exercised 32,711 Series A warrants and 81,322 common stock warrants based on a per share price $14.72 per share, the per share consideration in connection with the Merger. Upon the exercise, SVB received 30,673 Series A Pear US preferred shares and 73,547 shares of Pear US Common stock.

7. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Leases

As of September 30, 2021, the Company leases office space under non-cancelable operating leases in three cities, Boston, Massachusetts, consisting of approximately 19,000 square feet that will expire on June 1, 2028, including approximately 900 square feet that the Company will take over on January 1, 2022, San Francisco, California, consisting of approximately 17,000 square feet that will expire on July 31, 2025 and Raleigh, North Carolina, consisting of approximately 7,700 square feet that will expire on May 31, 2026.

We recognized rent expense of $2,056 and $1,559 for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

 

 

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PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

Licenses

As of September 30, 2021, the Company has three license agreements related to its commercialized products. The Company pays minimum annual royalties to the Invention Science Fund I, LLC, or ISF. In addition, the Company pays minimum annual maintenance fees to Red 5 Group, LLC, or Red 5, in connection with reSET and reSET-O and royalties based on net revenues of the sales of Somryst to BeHealth Solutions, LLC, or BeHealth, and the University of Virginia Patent Foundation, or UVPF. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021, the Company recorded minimum annual royalty fees of $750 to ISF and minimum annual maintenance fees of $188 to Red 5. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recorded minimum annual royalty fees of $600 to ISF and minimum annual maintenance fees of $188 to Red 5. During September 2021, a commercial milestone under the license agreement with BeHealth was achieved. As a result, an accrued liability of $1,000 was recorded as of September 30, 2021. The Company recorded de minimus royalties to BeHealth and UVPF for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

On July 1, 2021, the parties amended the Amended Red 5 License Agreement to further clarify certain terms and increase the royalty rate by a de minimis amount.

Guarantees and Indemnifications

As permitted under Delaware law, the Company indemnifies its officers, directors and employees for certain events or occurrences that happen by reason of the relationship with, or position held at, the Company. For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company had not experienced any losses related to these indemnification obligations, and no claims were outstanding as of September 30, 2021. The Company does not expect significant claims related to these indemnification obligations and consequently concluded that the fair value of these obligations is negligible and no related accruals were recorded.

In connection with the Merger, the Company entered into new indemnification agreements with each of it’s officers and directors. In addition, the indemnification agreements entered into with our board members, Messrs. Schwab and Lynch, also provide certain indemnification rights to the entities with which they are affiliated.

Purchase Commitment

On June 17, 2021, and later amended on August 4, 2021, the Company entered into a non-cancelable purchase obligation for a data foundry cloud subscription, including support services, updates, and related professional services with Palantir for $9,300 payable over three years, continuing through September 30, 2024. Through September 30, 2021, the Company recorded $725 under the terms of the agreement, $700 of which is included in prepaid expenses on the balance sheet as of September 30, 2021.

Legal Proceedings

The Company is also involved from time to time in various legal proceedings arising in the normal course of business. Although the outcomes of potential legal proceedings are inherently difficult to predict, the Company does not expect the resolution of these occasional legal proceedings to have a material adverse effect on its financial position, results of operations, or cash flow.

8. CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

As of September 30, 2021, Convertible Preferred Stock consists of the following:

 

Preferred Series

   Par Value      Authorized      Issued and
Outstanding
     Carrying
Value
     Liquidation
Preference
     Conversion
Price/Share
 

Series A

   $ 0.0001      20,385,183      20,308,856    $ 26,708    $ 55,876    $ 0.9171

Series B

     0.0001      11,808,789      11,808,789      50,686      152,925      4.3167

Series C

     0.0001      8,951,819      8,951,819      64,197      193,185      7.1935

Series D-1

     0.0001      16,436,653      15,293,315      109,633      300,000      6.5388

Series D-2

     0.0001      8,109,888      8,109,888      40,168      96,000      3.9458
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Total

        65,692,332      64,472,667    $ 291,392    $ 797,986   
     

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

Series D-1 Extension

On February 23, 2021, the Company issued 3,058,665 shares of Series D-1 convertible preferred stock at the price of $6.5388 per share, resulting in proceeds of $20,000, or the D-1 Extension and incurred issuance costs totaling $83. In connection with the Series D-1 Extension, the Company recorded a loss of $2,053, which represents the amount by which the fair value of the shares exceeded the cash proceeds received.

 

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PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

9. COMMON STOCK

On January 26, 2021, the Company’s board of directors reduced the number of authorized shares from 100,000,000 shares to 90,000,000 and then on February 21, 2021, the Company’s board, in connection with the Series D-1 offering, increased the number of common shares from 90,000,000 to 93,000,000. All of the outstanding shares of common stock have been duly authorized and are fully paid and nonassessable. Each share of common stock is entitled to one vote; there is no cumulative voting. The holders of shares of common stock are entitled to receive dividends if and when declared by the board of directors.

Common Stock Reserved

The number of shares of common stock that have been reserved for the potential conversion of Series A, B, C and D preferred stock, the warrants associated with the Company’s credit facility and prior term loan and outstanding stock options granted and stock options available for grant under the Company’s 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, or the Stock Incentive Plan, as of September 30, 2021, are as follows:

 

Share Class

   Number of
Shares
 

Conversion of Series A preferred stock

     20,308,856

Conversion of Series B preferred stock

     11,808,789

Conversion of Series C preferred stock

     8,951,819

Conversion of Series D preferred stock

     23,403,203

Warrants

     1,126,705

Shares reserved for the issuance of warrants

     283,599

Outstanding common stock options

     11,038,739

Common stock options available for grant

     2,951,062
  

 

 

 

Total number of shares

     79,872,772
  

 

 

 

10. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

For the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company incurred stock-based compensation expenses of $1,965 and $1,363, respectively.

2013 Stock Incentive Plan

On December 20, 2013, the Company’s board of directors adopted the 2013 Stock Incentive Plan, or the Plan, which provided for the grant of stock options, both incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options and restricted stock, collectively Equity Awards for up to 3,000,000 shares of common stock in the aggregate.

The Plan may be amended by the Company’s board of directors. If shareholder approval is not obtained within twelve months after any amendment increasing the number of shares authorized under the Plan or changing the class of persons eligible to receive stock options under the Plan, no stock option granted pursuant to such amendments may be incentive stock options and no incentive stock options may be issued pursuant to such amendments thereafter. On November 3, 2020, the Company’s board of directors amended the Plan to increase the maximum number of shares of Common Stock that may be issued under the Plan to 16,727,451. Stockholder approval of such amendments was timely obtained. As of September 30, 2021, there were 2,951,062 shares of common stock available to be issued under the Plan.

Stock options are granted with an exercise price equal to the fair market value on the date of grant. Awards may contain service conditions or service and performance conditions and typically vest over one to four years. Options granted under the Plan expire on the date specified in the applicable Option Agreement, provided that such date may not be later than ten years after the date on which the common stock option is granted (or five years in the case of incentive stock options granted to certain large stockholders), in either case, subject to earlier termination as provided in the Plan or Option Agreement.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company granted stock options, to purchase 4,075,600 and 2,160,500 shares of common stock with aggregate grant date fair values of $12,075 and $2,112, respectively.

 

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PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

Common Stock Options

The combined stock option activity for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, is as follows:

 

     Stock Options     Weighted
Average Exercise
Price

Options outstanding at December 31, 2020

     9,250,333   $1.37

Granted

     4,075,600   4.92

Exercised

     (731,585   1.09

Canceled and forfeited

     (1,555,609   1.69
  

 

 

   

Options outstanding at September 30, 2021

     11,038,739   2.66
  

 

 

   

Exercisable at September 30, 2021

     4,560,750   1.22
  

 

 

   

The weighted-average grant date fair value of stock options granted during the nine months ended September 30, 2021, was $2.96 share. The fair value of stock options that vested during the nine months ended September 30, 2021 was $1,420.

As of September 30, 2021, the total unrecognized compensation costs related to non-vested stock options were approximately $13,350 and are expected to be recognized over a weighted-average period of 3.3 years.

Stock Compensation Expense

The assumptions used to estimate the grant date fair value using the Black-Scholes option pricing model were as follows:

 

     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2021     2020  

Risk-free interest rate

     0.84%       0.55%  

Expected volatility

     70.89%       67.13%  

Expected term (years)

     5.67-6.68       5.57-6.70  

Expected dividend yield

     —  %       —  %  
The Company has classified stock-based compensation in its condensed consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss as follows:

 

     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2021     2020  

Cost of product revenue

   $ 79   $ —  

Research and development

     711     532

Selling, general, and administrative

     1,175     831
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total stock-based compensation expense

   $ 1,965   $ 1,363
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

11. INCOME TAXES

During the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, the Company recorded a full valuation allowance on federal and state deferred tax assets since management does not forecast the Company to be in a taxable position in the near future.

 

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PEAR THERAPEUTICS (US), INC. AND SUBSIDIARY

NOTES TO THE UNAUDITED CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

12. NET LOSS PER SHARE

For periods in which the Company reports a net loss attributable to common stockholders, potentially dilutive securities have been excluded from the computation of diluted net loss per share as their effects would be anti-dilutive. Therefore, the weighted average number of common shares outstanding used to calculate both basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders is the same. The Company excluded the following potential common shares, presented based on amounts outstanding at period end, from the computation of diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders because including them would have had an anti-dilutive effect:

 

     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2021     2020  

Convertible preferred stock (as converted to common stock)

     64,472,667     44,693,053

Outstanding common stock options

     11,038,739     9,809,766

Warrants to purchase common stock

     1,126,705     989,033
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

     76,638,111     55,491,852
  

 

 

   

 

 

 
The following table summarizes the computation of basic and diluted net loss per share attributable to common stockholders of the Company for each of the nine months ended September 30:

 

     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2021     2020  

Numerator:

    

Net loss

   $ (83,892   $ (49,375

Denominator:

    

Weighted-average common shares outstanding, basic and diluted

     11,481,620     15,008,629
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders, basic and diluted

   $ (7.31   $ (3.29
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

13. RELATED-PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Certain holders of Series A preferred stock had representation on the Company’s board of directors and purchased shares of Series B preferred stock pursuant to the Series B Agreement. Certain holders of Series A and B preferred stock had representation on the Company’s board of directors and purchased shares of Series C preferred stock pursuant to the Series C Agreement. Certain holders of Series A, B and C preferred stock had representation on the Company’s board of directors and purchased shares of Series D preferred stock pursuant to the Series D Agreement.

In December 2020, in connection with the D-2 Preferred Stock offering, the Company completed a tender offer. In connection with the tender offer, the Company purchased 2,788,732 shares of common stock from the CEO, and 41,100 common shares from certain eligible employees, at a purchase price of $3.9433 per share totaling $11,159 and resulting in a stock-based compensation expense of $7,254, representing the difference between the purchase price and the estimated fair value of the common stock on the date of the sale. The Company also repurchased 1,656,467 common shares from other shareholders for a total purchase price of $6,532. In total, the Company repurchased 4,486,299 shares of common stock from investors having a total purchase price of $17,691.

14. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company has evaluated subsequent events through the date these financial statements were available to be issued and determined that other than the merger with THMA, disclosed in Note 1, no additional subsequent events have occurred that would require recognition or disclosure in these financial statements.

* * * * * *

 

F-17

Exhibit 99.2

Selected Unaudited Pro forma

Condensed Combined Financial Information and Other Data

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Exhibit 99.2 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Current Report on Form 8-K (this “Report”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 7, 2021 and, if not defined in this Report, the final prospectus and definitive proxy statement dated October 26, 2021, filed by Pear Therapeutics, Inc. (formerly known as Thimble Point Acquisition Corp.) prior to the consummation of the Transactions (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”). Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this section to “Pear” refer to THMA and its wholly-owned subsidiaries after giving effect to the Transactions.

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2021, combine the historical balance sheets of THMA and Pear US on a pro forma basis as if the following transactions (collectively, the “Transactions”) that occurred on the Closing Date, were completed on September 30, 2021:

 

   

Merger Sub merged with and into Pear US, with Pear US surviving as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Combined Company;

 

   

each share of common stock of Merger Sub issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time was automatically converted into an equal number of Pear US Common Shares, which shares shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of Pear US to be held by the Combined Company;

 

   

all issued and outstanding shares of Pear USs’ capital stock (other than shares held by the Combined Company) converted at a ratio of approximately 1.47 into an aggregate of 113,399,293 Pear Class A Common Shares;

 

   

all shares of Pear US’ capital stock held in treasury were canceled without any conversion thereof;

 

   

all of the outstanding options of Pear US to acquire Pear US Common Shares were assumed by the Combined Company and converted at a ratio of approximately 1.47 into options to acquire an aggregate of approximately 18,713,285 Pear Class A Common Shares;

 

   

all of the 6,900,000 outstanding shares of THMA Class B Shares, held by the Sponsor and the former independent directors of THMA converted into an aggregate of 6,900,000 Pear Class A Common Shares;

 

   

all of the remaining outstanding THMA units were separated, pursuant to their terms, into one Pear Class A Common Shares and one-third (1/3) of one redeemable warrant (and THMA’s units ceased trading on the Nasdaq);

 

   

the Combined Company issued an aggregate of 10,280,000 Pear Class A Common Shares to the PIPE Investors (inclusive of the Forward Purchase Assignment) pursuant to the closing of the PIPE Investment; and

 

   

The Combined Company issued an aggregate of 6,387,026 Pear Class A Common Shares to the Anchor Investor, pursuant to the Forward Purchase Agreement, as amended.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and year ended December 31, 2020, combine the historical statements of operations of THMA and Pear US on a pro forma basis as if the Transactions had been consummated on January 1, 2020, the beginning of the earliest period presented.

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X, Pro Forma Financial Information, as amended by the final rule, Release No. 33-10786,Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses,” which is herein referred to as Article 11. In accordance with Article 11, the historical financial statements may be adjusted in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information to give pro forma effect to provide for “Transaction Accounting Adjustments” reflecting only the application of required accounting for the Transactions. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not reflect any Management Adjustments (as defined under Release No. 33-10786).

In the opinion of management, all adjustments necessary to reflect the effects of the Transaction have been included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet, and unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations, and the selected financial and other data are primarily based on, and should be read in conjunction with, THMA unaudited financial statements and accompanying notes included in THMA’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021, and THMA Form S-4 declared effective on October 26, 2021.

The unaudited pro forma combined financial information does not necessarily reflect what the Combined Company’s financial condition or results of operations would have been had the Transactions occurred on the dates indicated. The unaudited pro forma combined financial information also may not be useful in predicting the future financial condition and results of operations of the Combined Company. The actual financial position and results of operations may differ significantly from the pro forma amounts reflected herein due to a variety of factors.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information was derived from and should be read in conjunction with the following historical financial statements and the accompanying notes, which are included elsewhere in this Report or in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and incorporated herein by reference:

 

   

the historical unaudited condensed financial statements as of and for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021 of THMA, and the related notes are included in THMA’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on November 5, 2021;

 

   

the historical unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Pear US as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the historical audited consolidated financial statements of Pear US as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 and 2019; and

 

   

other information relating to THMA and Pear US is included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, including the Merger Agreement and the description of certain terms thereof set forth under the section entitled “The Business Combination Agreement.”

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information should also be read together with the section entitled “THMA’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” “Pear US’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” and other financial information included elsewhere in this Report or in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and incorporated herein by reference.

 

1


Description of the Transaction

Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, Oz-Merger Sub Inc. merged with and into THMA, with Oz-Merger Sub Inc. surviving the Transactions. Oz-Merger Sub Inc. became a wholly-owned subsidiary of THMA and THMA was immediately renamed Pear Therapeutics, Inc. Upon the consummation of the Transactions, all holders of 77,015,965 issued and outstanding Pear US Common Shares (after giving effect to the conversion of all Pear US Preferred Shares) received Pear Class A Common Shares at a deemed value of $10.00 per share after giving effect to the Exchange Ratio of approximately 1.47 resulting in 113,399,293 Pear Class A Common Shares immediately issued and outstanding as of the Closing, which includes the net exercise of Pear US warrants prior to Closing for 1,079,686 Pear Class A Common Shares.

In addition, all holders of issued and outstanding vested Pear US Equity Awards of 4,896,475 Pear Class A Common Shares were deemed converted into 6,600,543 Pear Class A Common Shares after giving effect to the Exchange Ratio, of approximately 1.47 and cashless exercise. In addition, all unvested Pear US Equity Awards converted into unvested Pear Class A Common Shares after giving effect to the Exchange Ratio, of approximately 1.47. Based on the following events contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and based on Pear US’s capitalization as of November 30, 2021:

 

  (i)

the exercise of 1,012,672 Pear US Series D-1 Preferred Shares held by Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP (“Perceptive”) warrants to purchase 629,057 Pear US Common Shares and subsequent conversion of the 629,057 Pear US Common Shares into 926,232 Pear Class A Common Shares;

 

  (ii)

the exercise of 32,711 Pear US Series A Preferred Shares and 81,322 Pear US Common Shares warrants held by Silicon Valley Bank to purchase 30,673 Pear US Preferred Shares and 73,547 Pear US Common Shares and subsequent conversion of the Pear US Common Shares and Pear US Preferred Shares into 153,454 Pear Class A Common Shares;

 

  (iii)

the conversion of all 64,472,667 Pear US Preferred Shares issued and outstanding into 94,930,404 shares of Pear Class A Common Shares as adjusted by the Exchange Ratio;

 

  (iv)

the conversion of all 11,810,021 Pear US Common Shares issued and outstanding (excluding shares owned by Pear US as treasury stock or dissenting shares) into 17,389,203 shares of Pear Class A Common Shares as adjusted by the Exchange Ratio; and

 

  (v)

the conversion of all 4,896,475 granted and outstanding Pear US In-the-Money Options into an option to purchase 6,600,543 Pear Class A Common Shares as adjusted by the Exchange Ratio.

The determination of the 113,399,293 Pear Class A Common Shares issued and outstanding as of the Closing and Pear awards covering 6,600,543 shares reserved for the potential future issuance of Pear Class A Common Shares is summarized below:

 

     Pear US Stock
Outstanding at
September 30, 2021
     Additional Pear US
Stock Issued and
Options Vested After
September 30, 2021 (1)
     Conversion of Pear US
Preferred Stock,
Exercisable

Warrants, and Vested
Options into Pear US

Common Stock
    Pear US Stock
Outstanding Prior
to Closing
           Pear Stock Held 
by Pear Stockholders
Post Closing (2)
 

COMMON STOCK

                 

Common Stock (3)

     11,798,521        11,500        65,205,944  (4)      77,015,965            113,399,293  

PREFERRED STOCK

                 

Series A Preferred Stock

     20,308,856           (20,308,856     —              —    

Series B Preferred Stock

     11,808,789           (11,808,789     —              —    

Series C Preferred Stock

     8,951,819           (8,951,819     —              —    

Series D-1 Preferred Stock

     15,293,315           (15,293,315     —              —    

Series D-2 Preferred Stock

     8,109,888           (8,109,888     —              —    

WARRANTS

                 

Pear US Warrants

     1,126,705           (1,126,705     —           
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Common and Preferred Stock (3)

     76,271,188        11,500        (393,428     77,015,965            113,399,293  

Pear US In-the-Money Options

     4,560,750        335,725        (413,595     4,482,880  (5)           6,600,543  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

        

 

 

 

Total Pear US Stock and Options (3)

     80,831,938        347,225        (807,023     81,498,845            119,999,836  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

        

 

 

 

 

(1)

Reflects the capitalization activity of Pear US subsequent to the latest balance sheet date through November 30, 2021, in connection with the Business Combination Agreement.

(2)

Per the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, no fractional Pear Class A Common Shares were issued. Each holder of Pear US stock entitled to a fraction of a Pear Class A Common Share had its fractional share rounded down to the nearest whole share. Each holder of a Pear US Vested-In-The-Money-Option underlying a fraction of a share of Pear Class A Common Shares had its fractional Vested-In-The-Money-Option rounded down to the nearest whole share.

 

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(3)

Excludes up to 12,395,625 shares in the aggregate of additional Pear Class A Common Shares (the “THMA Earn-Out Shares”) that the holders of Pear US Class A common stockholders can contingently receive in three equal tranches of 4,131,875 shares respectively, upon PEAR achieving $12.50, $15.00, or $17.50, respectively, as its volume-weighted average price per share for any 20 trading days within a 30 consecutive trading day period (as adjusted for share splits, reverse share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares, or the like).

(4)

Includes 733,277 shares representing the cashless exercise of all 1,126,705 outstanding Pear US warrants prior to Closing.

(5)

Represents the shares outstanding after cashless exercise of 4,896,475 outstanding Pear US equity awards prior to Closing.

The pro forma condensed combined financial information may not be useful in predicting the future financial condition and results of operations of the Combined Company. The actual financial position and results of operations may differ significantly from the pro forma amounts reflected herein due to a variety of factors.

Other related events that occurred in connection with the Merger are summarized below:

 

  (i)

the conversion of all THMA Class B Common Share issued and outstanding shares immediately prior to the Merger were converted into one THMA Class A Common Share;

 

  (ii)

the filing and effectiveness of our amended and restated certificate of incorporation and the effectiveness of our restated bylaws, each of which occurred immediately prior to the Effective Time and the closing of the PIPE Investment;

 

  (iii)

The sale and issuance of 10,280,000 shares of Pear Class A Common Shares (“PIPE Shares”) to PIPE Investors (inclusive of Forward Purchase Assignment), at a purchase price of $10.00 per share pursuant to the Subscription Agreements, and an aggregate purchase price of $102.8 million; and

 

  (iv)

The sale and issuance of 6,387,026 Pear Class A Common Shares to the Anchor Investor, at a purchase price of $10.00 per share pursuant to the Amended Forward Purchase Agreement.

Expected Accounting Treatment

The Transactions will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with United States generally accepted accounting principals, or GAAP. Under this method of accounting, THMA is expected to be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the Transactions are expected to be reflected as the equivalent of Pear US issuing stock for the net assets of THMA, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of THMA will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Transactions will be those of Pear US. Pear US has been determined to be the accounting acquirer based on the evaluation of the following facts and circumstances:

 

  (i)

Pear US stockholders have a relative majority of the voting power of the Combined Company;

 

  (ii)

The board of directors of the Combined Company has seven members, and Pear US stockholders have the ability to nominate a majority of the members of the board of directors;

 

  (iii)

Pear US’s existing senior management comprise the senior management roles of the Combined Company and are responsible for the day-to-day operations;

 

  (iv)

The intended strategy and operations of the Combined Company continues Pear US’s current strategy and operation; and

 

  (v)

THMA assumed the Pear Therapeutics, Inc. name and corporate headquarters.

Basis of Pro Forma Presentation

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X.

The adjustments in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information have been identified and presented to provide relevant information in accordance with GAAP necessary for an illustrative understanding of the Combined Company upon consummation of the Transactions. Assumptions and estimates underlying the unaudited pro forma adjustments set forth in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information are described in the accompanying notes.

 

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The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the operating results and financial position that would have been achieved had the Transactions occurred on the dates indicated, and does not reflect adjustments for any anticipated synergies, operating efficiencies, tax savings, or cost savings. Any cash proceeds remaining after the consummation of the Transactions and the other related events contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement are expected to be used for general corporate purposes. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not purport to project the future operating results or financial position of Pear following the completion of the Transactions. The unaudited pro forma adjustments represent management’s estimates based on information available as of the date of these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information and are subject to change as additional information becomes available and analyses are performed. THMA and Pear US have not had any historical relationship prior to the Transactions. Accordingly, no pro forma adjustments were required to eliminate activities between the companies. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information contained herein reflects THMA stockholders’ approval of the Transactions on November 30, 2021 and the redemption of 26,767,101 public shares of THMA’s Class A common stock at approximately $10.00 per share based on the pro rata portion of the funds in the trust account, for an aggregate payment of $267.7 million.

The following summarizes the Pear common stock issued and outstanding immediately after the Closing of the Transactions on December 1, 2021:

 

     Series A Common Stock
Outstanding
 

Equity Capitalization Summary at Closing

   Shares      %  

THMA Public Stockholders (1)

     832,899        0.6

THMA Initial Stockholders (2)

     6,900,000        5.0

Pear Equityholders (3)(4)

     113,399,293        82.3

PIPE Investors (5)

     10,280,000        7.5

Anchor Investors Forward Purchase Shares (6)

     6,387,026        4.6
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total Series A Common Stock Outstanding

     137,799,218        100.0
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)

Reflects redemptions of 26,767,101 public shares of THMA Class A common stock in connection with the Transactions at a redemption price of $10.00 per share based on funds held in the trust account as of December 1, 2021, two business days prior to closing.

(2)

Includes shares held by LJ10 LLC (the Sponsor) and THMA’s former directors and Advisors.

(3)

Excludes all 4,896,475 granted and outstanding Pear US In-the-Money Option that convert into an option to purchase 6,600,543 Pear Class A Common Shares.

(4)

Excludes up to 12,395,625 THMA Earn-Out Shares in the aggregate of additional Pear Class A Common Shares that the holders of Pear US Class A common stockholders can contingently receive in three equal tranches of 4,131,875 shares respectively, upon PEAR achieving $12.50, $15.00, or $17.50, respectively, as its volume-weighted average price per share for any 20 trading days within a 30 consecutive trading day period (as adjusted for share splits, reverse share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares or the like).

(5)

Inclusive of shares under the Forward Purchase Assignment.

(6)

Purchased in accordance with the Amended Forward Purchase Agreement.

Assumptions and estimates underlying the Transaction Accounting Adjustments set forth in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information are described in the accompanying notes. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the operating results and financial position that would have been achieved had the Transactions occurred on the dates indicated. Further, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not purport to project the future operating results or financial position of the Combined Company following the completion of the Transactions. The Transaction Accounting Adjustments unaudited pro forma adjustments represent management’s estimates based on information available as of the date of this unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information and are subject to change as additional information becomes available and analyses are performed. If the actual facts are different than these assumptions, then the amounts and shares outstanding in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information will be different and those changes could be material.

 

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Pear Therapeutics, Inc.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet as of September 30, 2021

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     As of September 30, 2021  
     Historical        
     U.S. GAAP     Transaction
Accounting
Adjustments

(Note 3)
           Pro Forma
Condensed
Combined
 

(dollars in thousands)

   Pear
Therapeutics
(US), Inc.
    Thimble
Point
Acquisition
Corp.
       

ASSETS

           

Current assets

           

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 62,438     $ 771     $ 276,024       3a      $ 209,002  
         (25,090     3b     
         99,316       3c     
         63,870       3d     
         (631     3e     
         (267,696     3k     

Short-term investments

     6,508       —         —            6,508  

Restricted cash

     750       —         —            750  

Accounts receivable

     321       —         —            321  

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

     2,620       233       —            2,853  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total current assets

     72,637       1,004       145,793          219,434  

Property and equipment, net

     6,112       —         —            6,112  

Restricted cash

     411       —         —            411  

Deferred offering costs

     6,917       —         (6,917     3b        —    

Other long-term assets

     1,436       —         —            1,436  

Marketable securities held in Trust Account

     —         276,024       (276,024     3a        —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL ASSETS

   $ 87,513     $ 277,028     $ (137,148      $ 227,393  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

           

Current liabilities

           

Accounts payable

   $ 3,097     $ —       $ (326     3b      $ 2,771  

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

     17,002       2,869       (4,635     3b        15,236  

Deferred revenues

     380       —         —            380  

Debt

     26,820       —         —            26,820  

Promissory note—related party

       631       (631     3e        —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total current liabilities

     47,299       3,500       (5,592        45,207  

Embedded debt derivative

     675       —         —            675  

Warrant liabilities

     9,952       13,503       (9,529     3f        13,503  
         (423     3g     

Earn-out liabilities

     —         —         104,851       3h        104,851  

Other long-term liabilities

     1,625       —         —            1,625  

Deferred underwriting fee payable

     —         9,660       (9,660     3b        —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total Liabilities

     59,551       26,663       79,647          165,861  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Convertible preferred stock

     291,392       —         (291,392     3i        —    

Class A common stock subject to possible redemption, 27,600,000 shares as of September 30, 2021 at redemption value of $10.00 per share

     —         276,000       (276,000     3i        —    

Stockholders’ equity (deficit)

           

Common stock

     1       —         1       3c        12  
         —         3d     
         —         3f     
         —         3g     
         13       3i     
         (3     3k     
         —         3l     

Class B common stock $0.0001 par value; 20,000,000 shares authorized; 6,900,000 shares issued and outstanding as of September 30, 2021

     —         1       (1     3j        —    

Additional paid-in capital

     3,302       —         (15,154     3b        330,485  
         99,315       3c     
         63,870       3d     
         9,529       3f     
         423       3g     
         (104,851     3h     
         567,380       3i     
         (25,636     3j     
         (267,693     3k     

Accumulated deficit

     (266,733     (25,636     25,636       3j        (268,965
         (2,232     3b     

Accumulated other comprehensive income

     —         —         —            —    
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ (deficit) equity

     (263,430     (25,635     350,597          61,532  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

TOTAL LIABILITIES, CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY

   $ 87,513     $ 277,028     $ (137,148      $ 227,393  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

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Pear Therapeutics, Inc.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations

for the Year Ended December 31, 2020

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     Year ended December 31, 2020  
     Pear
Therapeutics
(US), Inc.
    Thimble Point
Acquisition Corp.
    Transaction
Accounting
Adjustments
(Note 3)
           Pro Forma
Condensed
Combined
 

Revenue

           

Product revenue

   $ 149     $ —       $ —          $ 149  

Collaboration and license revenue

     9,235       —         —            9,235  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total revenue

     9,384       —         —            9,384  

Cost and operating expenses:

           

Cost of product revenue

     1,718       —         —            1,718  

Research and development

     28,084       —         —            28,084  

Selling, general and administrative

     56,226       —         1,324       3o        57,550  

Operating and formation costs

     —         2       3,173       3p        3,175  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total cost and operating expenses

     86,028       2       4,497          90,527  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Loss from operations:

     (76,644     (2     (4,497        (81,143

Other income (expense), net

           

Interest and other (expense) income, net

     (2,561     —         —            (2,561

Loss on issuance of convertible preferred stock

     (16,819     —         —            (16,819

Gain/loss on change in fair value of earn out

     —         —         —            —    

Loss on extinguishment of debt

     (998     —         —            (998
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total other (expense) income, net

     (20,378     —         —            (20,378
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (97,022   $ (2   $ (4,497      $ (101,521
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net Loss

     (97,022     (2     (4,497        (101,521

Loss on repurchase of convertible preferred stock

     (11,053     —         —            (11,053
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to common stockholders

   $ (108,075   $ (2   $ (4,497      $ (112,574
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net loss per share

           

Weighted average Class A common shares outstanding

           3n        137,799,218  

Loss per share (basic and diluted) attributable to Class A common stockholders

            $ (0.74

 

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Pear Therapeutics, Inc.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations

for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021

(dollars in thousands, except per share amounts)

 

     Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021  
     Pear
Therapeutics
(US), Inc.
    Thimble
Point
Acquisition
Corp.
    Transaction
Accounting
Adjustments

(Note 3)
           Pro Forma
Condensed
Combined
 

Revenue

           

Product revenue

   $ 2,550     $ —       $ —          $ 2,550  

Collaboration and license revenue

     338       —         —            338  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total revenue

     2,888       —         —            2,888  

Cost and operating expenses:

           

Cost of product revenue

     3,585       —         —            3,585  

Research and development

     24,943       —         —            24,943  

Selling, general and administrative

     45,811       —         —            45,811  

Operating and formation costs

     —         5,036       (80     3l        4,956  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total cost and operating expenses

     74,339       5,036       (80        79,295  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Loss from operations:

     (71,451     (5,036     80          (76,407

Other income (expense), net

           

Interest and other (expense) income, net

     (3,086     24       (24     3m        (3,086

Change in fair value of warrants

     (7,302     3,127       —            (4,175

Loss on issuance of convertible preferred stock

     (2,053     —         —            (2,053

Change in fair value of promissory note

     —         369       —            369  
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Total other (expense) income, net

     (12,441     3,520       (24        (8,945
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net (loss) income

   $ (83,892   $ (1,516   $ 56        $ (85,352
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

      

 

 

 

Net loss per share

           

Weighted average Class A common shares outstanding

           3n        137,799,218  

Loss per share - basic and diluted attributable to Class A common stockholders

            $ (0.62

 

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Pear Therapeutics, Inc.

Notes to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information

Note 1. Basis of Presentation

The Merger are accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with GAAP. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the Merger is treated as the equivalent of Pear US issuing shares for the net assets of THMA accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of THMA are stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Merger will be those of Pear US.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 gives pro forma effect to the Transactions as if it had been consummated on September 30, 2021. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and the year ended December 31, 2020, gives pro forma effect to the Merger as if it had been consummated on January 1, 2020.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information was derived from and should be read in conjunction with the following historical financial statements and the accompanying notes, which are included elsewhere in this Report or in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and incorporated herein by reference:

 

   

the historical unaudited condensed balance sheet of THMA as of September 30, 2021 and unaudited condensed statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the related notes, included in THMA’s Quarterly Report filed on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on November 5, 2021; and

 

   

the historical unaudited condensed balance sheet of Pear US as of September 30, 2021 and unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and the related notes, included in Exhibit 99.1 of this filing.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 has been prepared using, and should be read in conjunction with, the following:

 

   

the historical audited statement of operations for THMA for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the related notes, included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on October 26, 2021; and

 

   

the historical audited statement of operations of Pear US for the year ended December 31, 2020 and the related notes, included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on October 26, 2021.

Management has made significant estimates and assumptions in its determination of the pro forma adjustments. As the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on these preliminary estimates, the final amounts recorded may differ materially from the information presented.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not give effect to any anticipated synergies, operating efficiencies, tax savings, or cost savings that may be associated with the Merger and as such the financial information does not reflect any Management Adjustments (as defined under Release No. 33-10786).

The pro forma adjustments reflecting the consummation of the Merger are based on currently available information and certain assumptions and methodologies that management believes are reasonable under the circumstances. The pro forma adjustments, which are described in the accompanying notes, may be revised as additional information becomes available and is evaluated. Therefore, it is likely that the actual adjustments will differ from the pro forma adjustments, and it is possible the difference may be material. Management believes that its assumptions and methodologies provide a reasonable basis for presenting all of the significant effects of the Merger based on information available to management at the time and that the pro forma adjustments give appropriate effect to those assumptions and are properly applied in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information.

One-time direct incremental transaction costs incurred prior to, or concurrent with, the Closing are reflected on the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as a direct reduction to Pear’s additional paid-in capital and are assumed to be cash settled.

Note 2. Accounting Policies

In the preparation of this unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information, no reclassifications were determined to be necessary to align THMA and Pear US’s financial statement presentations.

There were no intercompany transactions between THMA and Pear US that require adjustments to the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information for any of the periods presented.

Note 3. Transaction Accounting Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared to illustrate the effect of the Merger and has been prepared for informational purposes only. The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X as amended by the final rule, Release No. 33-10786Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses”. THMA has elected not to present Management’s Adjustments and has only presented Transaction Accounting Adjustments in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information. THMA and Pear have not had any historical relationship prior to the Merger. Accordingly, no pro forma adjustments were required to eliminate activities between the companies.

 

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Transaction Accounting Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

The adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of September 30, 2021 are as follows:

 

  a.

Reflects the reclassification $276.0 million held in THMA’s trust account to cash and cash equivalents.

 

  b.

Reflects the settlement of estimated unpaid transaction costs of Pear US of $20.0 million and THMA of $13.2 million totaling approximately $33.2 million for which $4.6 million of Pear US costs have been prepaid and recognized in the historical financial statements and $2.1 million of THMA costs have been accrued and recognized in the historical financial statements. The remaining costs have not yet been recognized in the historical financial statements but have been incurred or are expected to be incurred in connection with the Merger and PIPE financing. Transaction costs include legal, financial advisory, and other professional fees related to the Merger. In connection with the reverse recapitalization treatment, Pear US’s transaction costs are recorded as reductions to additional paid-in capital.

THMA’s transaction costs are recorded through the income statement and are treated as a reduction to accumulated deficit, however, as THMA’s accumulated deficit is reclassified to additional paid-in capital in connection with the Merger, this adjustment reflects the recording of the transaction costs directly to additional paid-in capital.

This adjustment also reflects the payment of $7.4 million of deferred underwriting fee payable by THMA upon completion of the Business Combination Agreement.

The Company allocated $1.4 million of transaction costs to the liability classified THMA Earn-Out Shares based on the relative fair value of these instruments as compared to the total Merger consideration. The portion of transaction costs allocated to the THMA Earn-Out Shares is reflected as a reduction to cash and retained earnings. These costs are determined to relate to future share issuances and not to the initial recapitalization, and therefore, they are expensed at the Closing.

 

  c.

Reflects net proceeds of $99.3 million ($102.8 million gross less $3.5 million in direct placement fees) from the issuance and sale of 10,280,000 Pear Class A Common Shares at $10.00 per share in connection with the sale of the PIPE Shares pursuant to the Subscription Agreements.

 

  d.

Reflects the cash proceeds of $63.9 million from the issuance and sale of 6,387,026 Pear Class A Common Shares at $10.00 per share in connection with the Amended Forward Purchase Agreement. The Pear Class A Common Shares are recorded at their par value and balance is recorded as additional paid-in capital related.

 

  e.

Reflects the cash payment of THMA’s $0.6 Promissory note – related party (held by the Sponsor) at Closing.

 

  f.

Reflects the cashless exercise of warrants to purchase 1,012,672 Pear US Series D-1 Preferred Shares held by Perceptive Credit Holdings III, LP (“Perceptive”), pursuant to which Perceptive obtained 629,057 Pear US Series D-1 Preferred Shares. This adjustment removes the carrying value of the warrant liability related to the warrants to purchase Pear US Series D-1 Preferred Shares on Pear US’s books and recognizes the par value and additional paid-in capital of the net shares issued on exercise. Upon completion of the Merger, the Pear US Series D-1 shares converted into Pear Class A Common Shares.

 

  g.

Reflects the cashless exercise of warrants to purchase 32,711 Pear US Series A Preferred Shares and 81,322 Pear US Common Shares held by Silicon Valley Bank, pursuant to which Silicon Valley Bank obtained 30,674 Pear US Series A Preferred Shares and 73,547 Pear US Common Shares. This adjustment removes the carrying value of the warrant liability related to the warrants to purchase Pear US Series A Preferred Shares and the exercise of the common stock warrants on Pear US’s books and recognizes the par value and additional paid-in capital of the net shares issued on exercise. Upon completion of the Merger, the Pear US Series A Preferred Shares and the Pear US Common Shares converted directly into Pear Class A Common Shares.

 

  h.

Reflects the fair value of the THMA Earn-Out Shares contingently issuable to eligible Pear US stockholders. The fair value was determined based on information available as of the date of the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information. Refer to Note 5 for more information.

 

  i.

Reflects the issuance of 120,000,000 of Pear Class A Common Shares at $0.0001 par value to holders of Pear US common stock at the Closing pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement to effect the reverse recapitalization. Total consideration issued to Pear US stockholders totaled $1.2 billion or 120,000,000 shares ($10 per share price).

Additionally, in connection with the reverse recapitalization, the Public Shares subject to redemption by Public Stockholders totaling $276.0 million transferred to permanent equity and all THMA Class B Common Shares converted into THMA Class A Common Shares.

 

  j.

Reflects the elimination of THMA historical accumulated deficit with a corresponding adjustment to additional paid-in capital for Pear US in connection with the reverse recapitalization at Closing.

 

  k.

Reflects the redemptions of 26,767,101 THMA Class A Common Shares by Public Stockholders being redeemed for an aggregate payment of approximately $267.7 million (the redemption price of $10.00 per share plus interest earned on the funds held in trust account and not previously released to THMA to pay taxes, or approximately $10.00 per share).

 

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Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations

The pro forma adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 are as follows:

 

  l.

Reflects the elimination of the THMA’s administrative service fee paid to the Sponsor that ceased upon the closing of the Merger.

 

  m.

Reflects the elimination of dividends, interest income, and unrealized loss on investments related to the funds held in the Trust Account of THMA that would not have been earned if the Merger were consummated on January 1, 2020.

 

  n.

Represents the weighted average shares outstanding due to the issuance of THMA Class A Common Shares (and redemptions of Public Shares) in connection with the Merger.

The pro forma adjustments in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 are as follows:

 

  o.

Reflects $1.3 million of transaction costs related to the liability classified THMA Earn-Out Shares based on the relative fair value of these instruments as compared to the total Merger consideration. These costs are determined to relate to future share issuances and not to the initial recapitalization and therefore they are expensed at the Closing.

 

  p.

Reflects $3.2 million of THMA’s transaction costs which have not yet been recorded in THMA’s historical financial statements.

Note 4. Loss per Share

Represents the net loss per share calculated using the historical weighted average shares outstanding, and the issuance of additional shares in connection with the Merger, assuming the shares were outstanding since January 1, 2020. As the Merger is being reflected as if it had occurred at the beginning of the periods presented, the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share assumes that the shares issuable relating to the Merger have been outstanding for the entire periods presented.

 

(dollars in thousands, except per share data)

   Year Ended
December 31,
2020
    Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
2021
 

Numerator:

    

Pro forma net loss attributable to common stockholders

   $ (101,521   $ (85,352

Denominator:

    

Public Shares and Founder Shares

     7,732,899       7,732,899  

Pear Stockholders—Shares issued in Merger (1)

     113,399,293       113,399,293  

PIPE Shares (2)

     10,280,000       10,280,000  

Forward Purchase Shares, Including Anchor Investor (3)

     6,387,026       6,387,026  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Pro forma weighted average shares outstanding—basic and diluted

     137,799,218       137,799,218  
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Pro Forma net loss per share attributable to Class A common stockholders—basic and diluted (4)

   $ (0.74   $ (0.62
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)

Excludes 6,600,543 shares underlying vested stock options as these shares will not be issued until the underlying stock options are exercised. Excludes up to 12,395,625 contingent shares of THMA Earn-Out Shares that the holders of Pear US Class A common stockholders can contingently receive in three equal tranches of 4,131,875 Shares, upon PEAR achieving $12.50, $15.00, or $17.50, respectively, as its volume-weighted average price per share for any 20 trading days within a 30 consecutive trading day period (as adjusted for share splits, reverse share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares or the like). Accordingly, the weighted average pro forma shares outstanding at close has been adjusted to exclude the portion of consideration shares that will be unexercised at the closing of the Merger.

(2)

Includes PIPE Shares and shares issued in connection with the Forward Purchase Assignment.

(3)

Includes the issuance and sale of 6,387,026 THMA Class A Common Shares at $10.0 per share in connection with the Amended Forward Purchase Agreement.

(4)

For the purposes of applying the if-converted method for calculating diluted earnings per share, it was assumed all outstanding Public Warrants, Private Placement Warrants, and Pear options are exchanged for THMA Class A Common Shares. However, since this results in anti-dilution, the effect of such exchange was not included in the calculation of diluted loss per share. Shares underlying these instruments are as follows: (a) 14,212,945 shares underlying Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants and (b) 6,600,543 shares underlying vested and unexercised stock options.

Following the Closing, the following outstanding shares of common stock equivalents were excluded from the computation of pro forma diluted net loss per share for all the periods presented because including them would have an anti-dilutive effect:

 

(in thousands)

   Year Ended
December 31,
2020
     Nine Months
Ended
September 30,
2021
 

Pear options outstanding

     13,620,315        16,253,317  

 

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Note 5. THMA Earn-Out Shares

The THMA Earn-Out Shares are expected to be accounted for as liability classified instruments because the earn-out triggering and acceleration events that determine the number of THMA Earn-Out Shares to be issued to the eligible Pear US stockholders are not indexed to the common shares of the Combined Company. The preliminary estimated fair value of the THMA Earn-Out Shares is $104.9 million. This preliminary estimated fair value of the THMA Earn-Out was determined using a Monte Carlo simulation valuation model using the following assumptions:

 

   

Price Target: Price Target as defined in the Business Combination Agreement for each Triggering Event:

 

   

Triggering Event 1 is $12.50

 

   

Triggering Event 2 is $15.00

 

   

Triggering Event 3 is $17.50

 

   

Vesting Date: The trading day that the target share price is achieved in at least 20 of the last 30 trading days

 

   

Discount period: Number of trading days between two dates, excluding holidays

 

   

Discount rate: An interpolated continuous risk-free rate commensurate with the longest term simulated

 

   

Expected pre-announcement future volatility: the volatility rate was implied from the existing Thimble Point Acquisition Corp. SPAC warrants. Estimated within a lattice framework, considering the make-whole feature and estimated forced exercise prices ranging from $18.50 to $20.00.

 

   

Expected post-announcement future volatility: the volatility rate was determined by using an average of historical volatilities of selected industry peers deemed to be comparable to Pear US’ business

 

   

Risk-free interest rate: The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of issuance for zero-coupon U.S. Treasury notes with maturities corresponding to the expected five-year term of the Earn-Out Period.

 

   

Expected term: The expected term is the five-year term of the Earn-Out Period.

 

   

Expected dividend yield: The expected dividend rate is zero as the Combined Company currently has no history or expectation of declaring

Note 6. Unaudited Historical Comparative and Pro Forma Comparative Per Share Data of THMA and Pear US

The unaudited pro forma book value information reflects the Transactions as if they had occurred on September 30, 2021. The weighted average shares outstanding and net earnings per share information reflect the Transactions as if they had occurred on January 1, 2020. This information is only a summary and should be read together with the summary historical financial information, the historical financial statements of THMA and Pear US and related notes which are included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on October 26, 2021. The unaudited pro forma combined per share information of THMA and Pear US is derived from, and should be read in conjunction with, the unaudited pro forma combined financial information and related notes which are included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on October 26, 2021. The unaudited pro forma combined earnings per share information below does not purport to represent the earnings per share would have occurred had the companies been combined during the periods presented, nor earnings per share that for any future date or period. The unaudited pro forma combined book value per share information below does not purport to represent what the value of THMA and Pear US would have been had the companies been combined during the periods presented:

 

     Historical        

(in thousands, except share and per share amounts)

   Thimble
Point
Acquisition
Corp.
    Pear
Therapeutics (US),
Inc.
    Pro Forma
Combined
 

As of and for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2021(1)

      

Book value per share(2)

   ($ 0.74   ($ 3.45   $ 0.45  

Weighted average common shares outstanding—basic and diluted

     n/a       11,481,620       137,799,218  

Weighted average shares outstanding of Class A—basic and diluted

     27,600,000       n/a       n/a  

Weighted average shares outstanding of Class B—basic and diluted

     6,784,615       n/a       n/a  

Net loss per common share—basic and diluted

     n/a     ($ 7.31   ($ 0.62

Net income per Class A share—basic and diluted

   $ —         n/a       n/a  

Net income per Class B share—basic and diluted

   ($ 0.22     n/a       n/a  

 

(1)

There were no cash dividends for either THMA or Pear US in the period presented.

(2)

Historical book value per share for THMA and Pear US is calculated as permanent equity divided by the total number of outstanding shares. Pro forma book value per share is calculated as pro forma total stockholders’ equity divided by the total shares of the Combined Company immediately after the Transactions under each scenario.

 

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Exhibit 99.3

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

All references to years, unless otherwise noted, refer to our fiscal years, which end on December 31. Pear Therapeutics, Inc. changed it’s name to Pear Therapeutics (US), Inc. on December 3, 2021. For purposes of this section, all references to “we,” “us,” “our,” “Pear US” or the “Company” refer to Pear Therapeutics (US), Inc. and its consolidated subsidiary.

The following discussion and analysis provide information that Pear US’s management believes is relevant to an assessment and understanding of Pear US’s condensed consolidated results of operations and financial condition (following the Closing, Pear US’s management became Pear’s management). The discussion should be read together with the unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2021, and the related notes that are included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Report. The discussion and analysis should also be read together with the pro forma financial information as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and for the year ended December 31, 2020, which is included as Exhibit 99.2 to this Report, and the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on October 26, 2021. This discussion may contain forward-looking statements based upon current expectations that involve risks and uncertainties. Pear US’s actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including those set forth under in the “Risk Factors” section of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on October 26, 2021, or in other parts of this Report.

Overview

Pear US is a commercial-stage healthcare company pioneering a new class of software-based medicines, sometimes referred to as PDTs, which use software to treat diseases. Our vision is to advance healthcare through the widespread use of PDTs.

Recent global trends are converging to highlight a significant unmet need for new and innovative solutions for the treatment of diseases. We believe that our software-based, data-driven solutions are well suited to satisfy this growing unmet need for the treatment of diseases, including addiction and insomnia. We believe that PDTs have the potential to become a cornerstone of the emerging digital health ecosystem and that PDTs are a transformative new generation of therapeutics.

Pear US is one of the category creators and leaders of the PDT industry, as evidenced by being the first company to receive FDA market authorization for a PDT. Our marketed PDTs, reSET, reSET-O, and Somryst, were among the first three PDTs authorized by the FDA and address psychiatric indications, an area with significant unmet need.

Two of Pear US’s FDA-authorized PDTs are for the treatment of addiction, which currently affects more than 20 million people in the United States.

Pear US’s first product, reSET, is indicated for the treatment of SUD as a monotherapy. To combat SUD, reSET works to enhance patient abstinence, improve patient treatment retention relative to human intervention-based alternatives, and extend clinicians’ reach outside of scheduled office visits. reSET’s mechanisms of action seek to directly modify addiction-related neurocircuitry and induce dopamine in the brain, a process with the potential to repair dysfunctional neurophysiology.

Pear US’s second product, reSET-O, is the first PDT to receive FDA Breakthrough Designation and is FDA authorized for treatment of OUD in combination with buprenorphine. To combat OUD, reSET-O works alongside buprenorphine to reduce dependence on opioids and, similar to reSET, to improve patient treatment adherence and extend clinicians’ reach outside of scheduled office visits.

Pear US’s third product, Somryst, is for the treatment of chronic insomnia, which currently affects more than approximately 30 million people in the United States. Most available sleep medications are only recommended for short-term use due to their habit-forming side effects and, as a result, are not a long-term solution to treat chronic insomnia. We believe that the lack of a convenient and effective solution for chronic insomnia represents a significant unmet medical need that Somryst can help address to reduce the occurrence of chronic insomnia.

Financial Highlights

Pear US reported product revenues of $2.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to $115 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, primarily due to an increase in sales of reSET and reSET-O as well as sales of Somryst, which we began selling in October 2020. Collaboration and license revenue was $0.3 million and $9.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, we recognized $9.2 million under an agreement that was subsequently terminated in March 2020 and under which no further revenue will be recognized.

Pear US incurred a net loss of $83.9 million and $49.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and 2020, respectively, representing a period-over-period increased loss of 69.9%, primarily due to a $6.5 million decrease in revenues, $4.3 million increase in personnel-related expenses primarily related to new hires, $5.8 million increase in commercial marketing-related expenses, $2.9 million increase in professional fees, $1.8 million increase in interest expense related to the borrowing of $30.0 million under the Perceptive Credit Facility on June 30, 2020, $7.3 million increase related to the mark-to-market adjustment of the warrants liabilities, and a $2.1 million loss on the issuance of convertible preferred stock recorded in March 2021. In addition, in June 2020, the Company recorded a $1.0 million loss on extinguishment of debt. Pear US’s increase in average headcount was

 

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driven primarily by its ramp-up in commercial personnel, for which its average headcount increased from an average of 49 people in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, to an average of 76 people for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

To date, we have funded our operations primarily with proceeds from sales of convertible preferred stock; payments received in connection with collaboration and license agreements and proceeds from borrowings under various credit facilities. We have received gross cash proceeds of $268.2 million from sales of our convertible preferred stock and currently have $30.0 million of debt outstanding under a credit facility. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company utilized $32.0 million of this funding to complete a tender offer to purchase common stock or securities convertible into common stock from certain employees, including our President & Chief Executive Officer, with tenure over four years, former employees, and other stockholders in connection with the Series D-2 preferred stock offering.

Recent Developments

Closing of Transaction

On June 21, 2021, Pear US entered into a Business Combination Agreement with THMA and Merger Sub, pursuant to which Merger Sub will merge with and into Pear US, with Pear US surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of THMA, renamed Pear Therapeutics, Inc. and listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “PEAR”. Pear Therapeutics (US), Inc. (“Pear US”) became a wholly-owned subsidiary of THMA, and THMA was immediately renamed Pear Therapeutics, Inc. (“Pear”) upon completion of the Merger on December 3, 2021 (the “Closing”). Each share of Pear US common stock that was issued and outstanding immediately prior to Closing, after giving effect to the conversion of all issued and outstanding shares of Pear US preferred stock to Pear US common stock, was canceled and converted into the right to receive a number of shares of New Pear Class A common stock equal to the Exchange Ratio multiplied by the number of shares of Pear US common stock.

The Merger will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with US GAAP, whereby for accounting and financial reporting purposes, Pear US was the acquirer. A reverse recapitalization does not result in a new basis of accounting, and the financial statements of the combined entity represent the continuation of the consolidated financial statements of Pear US in many respects. The net assets of THMA will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Merger will be those of Pear US in future reports of Pear.

Impact of COVID-19

In March 2020, the World Health Organization declared the global outbreak of COVID-19 to be a pandemic. Pear US continues to closely monitor the impact of COVID-19. COVID-19 has had and continues to have an adverse impact on Pear US’s business, operations, and the markets and communities in which it operates, particularly as a result of preventive and precautionary measures that Pear US, other businesses, and governments are taking. Refer to “Risk Factors” included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on October 26, 2021 for more information. Pear US is unable to predict the full impact that the COVID-19 pandemic will have on its future results of operations, liquidity and financial condition due to numerous uncertainties, including the duration of the pandemic, the actions that may be taken by government authorities across the United States. However, COVID-19 is not expected to result in any significant changes in costs going forward. Pear US will continue to monitor the performance of its business and assess the impacts of COVID-19.

Factors Affecting Our Performance and Results of Operations

We believe that our performance and future success depend on many factors that present significant opportunities for us but also pose risks and challenges, including those discussed more fully in “Risk Factors” section of the Proxy statement/Prospectus beginning on page 29, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Product Revenue

To date, we have not generated significant product revenue from the sale of our three commercialized PDTs: reSET, reSET-O, and Somryst. Through 2023, we expect to generate product revenue from the sale of our three FDA-authorized PDTs. Product revenue from sales of our existing products is difficult to predict and is not expected to reduce Pear US’s continued net losses.

If our development efforts for our PDT product candidates are successful and result in regulatory marketing authorization, we may generate revenue in the future from product sales or payment from collaboration or license agreements that we may enter into with third parties or any combination thereof. We cannot predict if, when, or to what extent we will generate revenue from the commercialization and sale of our product candidates. We may never succeed in obtaining regulatory approval for any of the product candidates that we currently have under development or potential future product candidates.

Product revenue from our existing three FDA-authorized PDTs, as well as potential future product candidates, is and will be impacted by the many factors, including the following four variables: patient and clinician adoption of PDTs, pricing, reimbursement, and product mix.

Patient and Clinician Adoption of PDTs—To continue to grow our business, we will need to execute on our current business strategy of achieving and maintaining broad market acceptance of our PDTs by patients and physicians. Market acceptance and adoption of our PDTs depends on educating people with chronic conditions, as well as self-insured employers, commercial and government payors, health plans and physicians, and other

 

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government entities, as to the distinct features, therapeutic benefits, cost savings, and other advantages of our PDTs as compared to competitive products or other currently available methodologies. If we are not successful in demonstrating to existing or potential patients and prescribers the benefits of our products, or if we are not able to achieve the support of patients, healthcare providers, and payors for our products, our sales may decline, or we may fail to increase our revenue.

Pricing—In the future, we expect to grow the number of commercially available PDTs in our product portfolio, offering a broad range of PDTs spanning multiple price points. In the future, our PDTs may be subject to competition which may impact our pricing, and in addition, our products may be subject to legislative prescription-pricing practices.

Reimbursement—To date, we have more than 30 organizations across over more than 26.4 million covered lives providing access to our three FDA-authorized products via listing on formulary, as a covered benefit, bulk purchase, or funding a study. Pear US’s payor strategy focuses across all major payor channels, including employers, IDNs, PBMs, commercial payors, and government payors, including Medicaid and Medicare. We expect to increase our number of payors, and the pricing for such payors may vary as net prices for our products may be reduced by mandatory discounts or rebates required by government healthcare programs or private payors and can be subject to customary discounts and rebates. In addition, some of our products may be subject to certain customer incentive programs. Even if coverage is provided, the approved reimbursement amount may not be high enough to allow us to establish or maintain pricing sufficient to achieve profitability.

Contingency Management — Costs related to clinically-validated rewards patients earn as they complete treatment goals within our reSET and reSET-O PDTs recorded as contra revenue.

Product Mix—Sales of certain products have, or are expected to have, higher gross margins than others. As a result, our financial performance depends, in part, on the mix of products we sell during a given period.

Collaboration and License Revenue

We currently do not have collaboration and licensing agreements from which we would recognize significant collaboration and licensing revenue. Our historical collaboration and license revenue have primarily been generated through two collaboration and license agreements: the first with Sandoz, a division of the Novartis Group, and the second with Novartis Institute of Biomedical Research (“NIBR”).

In October 2019, Sandoz terminated their collaboration and license agreement, or Sandoz Agreement, with Pear US to commercialize our two lead products, reSET and reSET-O. In October 2019, we began our efforts to self-commercialize reSET and reSET-O. In addition, in June 2020, NIBR terminated their collaboration agreement with the Company, or the NIBR Agreement, related to our schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis product candidate development programs. We will not recognize any revenue under these agreements in the future.

If our development efforts for our PDT candidates are successful and result in regulatory marketing authorization or collaboration or license agreements with third parties, we may generate revenue in the future from collaboration or license agreements that we may enter into with third parties. We cannot predict if, when, or to what extent we may enter into future licensing or collaboration agreements. Further, we may never succeed in obtaining regulatory approval for any of our product candidates that are currently under development.

Cost of Product Revenue

Cost of product revenue consists primarily of costs that are closely correlated or directly related to the delivery of the Company’s products, including pharmacy costs, royalties paid under license agreements related to our commercialized products, amortization of milestone payments capitalized related to commercialized products, hosting costs, and personnel-related costs, including salaries and bonuses, employee benefits and stock-based compensation attributable to employees in a particular function. We expect the cost of product revenue to increase as we further commercialize our products and increase the volume of prescriptions filled.

Research and Development Expenses

We currently have three FDA-authorized products. We have four key product candidates in development, and we have incurred and will continue to incur significant research and development, or R&D, costs for their development and the development of our earlier-stage product candidates. Developing PDTs requires a significant investment of resources over a prolonged period of time, and a core part of our strategy is to continue making sustained investments in this area. We have chosen to leverage our platform to initially focus on advancing our PDTs in the area of psychiatry. We expect our R&D expenses will increase substantially as we continue to invest in the development of our pipeline of product candidates, future clinical development activities, and testing of our product candidates.

R&D expenses consist of costs incurred in performing R&D activities, which include:

 

 

expenses incurred in connection with the development of our pipeline of PDTs;

 

 

costs in connection with third-party licensing agreements, including development and regulatory milestones;

 

 

personnel-related expenses, including salaries, bonuses, benefits, and stock-based compensation for employees engaged in R&D functions;

 

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cost of clinical trials;

 

 

expenses incurred in connection with the discovery and development of our PDTs, including under agreements with third parties, such as consultants;

 

 

expenses incurred under agreements with consultants who supplement our internal capabilities, including software development; and

 

 

facilities, depreciation, and other expenses, which include direct and allocated expenses, such as rent and maintenance of facilities, insurance and other operating costs.

Our key R&D projects related to our product candidates in the following psychiatry indications: Alcohol Use Disorder (“AUD”); Schizophrenia; Generalized Anxiety Disorder; and Depression.

 

 

our Schizophrenia product candidate is at a Pivotal stage of development, after completing the Proof of concept stage, and is ready for a potential pivotal randomized clinical trial to support potential FDA submission;

 

 

our product candidates for AUD and Anxiety are in the Proof of concept stage and are also ready for a potential pivotal randomized clinical trial, which is the next step to support potential FDA submission; and

 

 

our product candidate for Depression is in the Discovery stage and will require clinical studies to determine if it has the potential to progress into later stages of development.

Development activities for our product candidates have a number of risks and uncertainties. All therapeutic development activities have risks and probabilities of success that can vary by disease indication. Currently, there are no existing FDA-market authorized PDTs for AUD, Schizophrenia, Anxiety, or Depression on the market. There is a long history of failure in many of the disease areas that we are developing product candidates. The areas of mental and behavioral health or neuropsychiatry, a primary focus area, have had notable failures across biotech, pharma, and digital health. Each of our product candidates has technical, clinical, regulatory, and commercial risk. This is more fully described in the section entitled “Risk Factors—Risks Relating to Pear’s Products” beginning on page 29 of the Prospectus Supplement/Proxy, which is incorporated herein by reference.

We expense R&D costs as incurred and do not track the costs at a project level. Advance payments that we make for goods or services to be received in the future for use in R&D activities are recorded as prepaid expenses. The prepaid amounts are expensed as the benefits are consumed. In the early phases of development, our R&D costs are often devoted to product platform and proof-of-concept studies that are not necessarily allocable to a specific product.

Selling, General, and Administrative Expenses

Selling, general and administrative, or SG&A, expenses consist primarily of compensation for personnel, including stock-based compensation related to commercial, marketing, executive, finance and accounting, information technology, corporate and business development, and human resource functions. Other SG&A expenses include marketing initiatives, market research, and analysis, conferences and trade shows, travel expenses, professional services fees (including legal, patent, accounting, audit, tax, and consulting fees), insurance costs, amortization of internal-use software, general corporate expenses and allocated facilities-related expenses, including rent and maintenance of facilities.

Pear US expects SG&A expenses to continue to increase in absolute dollars as Pear US increases potential customers’ awareness and its sales and marketing functions to support existing products and future product launches, yet undetermined date. In addition, the Company expects increased expenditures to expand its infrastructure to both drive and support the anticipated growth of the Company as well as additional expenses related to legal, accounting, information technology, investor and public relations, regulatory and tax-related services associated with maintaining compliance with Nasdaq and SEC requirements, director and officer insurance costs and other expenses associated with being a public company and implementing additional controls over financial reporting.

Interest and other income (expense), net

Interest expense includes interest due under the Perceptive Credit Facility (as defined below) and accretion of the debt discount on the Perceptive Credit Facility as well as the change in the fair value of our derivative liabilities that occurred during the period.

Interest income consists of interest earned on cash balances held in interest-bearing accounts. We expect that our interest income will fluctuate based on the timing and ability to raise additional funds as well as the amount of expenditures for our commercial products and R&D for our product candidates and ongoing business operations.

Loss on issuance of convertible preferred stock

In December 2020 and February 2021, the Company issued shares of Series D-1 and D-2 convertible preferred stock to investors. The shares are recorded at their estimated fair market value on the date of issuance. In connection with the Series D-1 preferred stock and D-2 preferred stock financing, the Company recorded a loss on the issuance of convertible preferred stock for the year ended December 31, 2020, and the nine months ended September 30, 2021, of $16.8 million and $2.1 million, respectively, which represents the amount by which the estimated fair value of the shares exceeded the sale price.

 

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Loss/gain on extinguishment of debt

In connection with the extinguishment of the SVB Term Loan (as defined below), in June 2020, we recorded a loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2020.

In September 2019, the Company received a termination notice from Sandoz, with whom it had a collaboration and license agreement and a $20.0 million collaboration note payable. In October 2019, Sandoz forgave the $20.0 million collaboration note payable, resulting in a gain on extinguishment of debt.

Income taxes

Deferred income taxes are provided for the effects of temporary differences between the amounts of assets and liabilities recognized for financial reporting purposes and the amounts recognized for income tax purposes. Deferred income taxes reflect the net tax effects of temporary differences between the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities for financial reporting purposes and the amounts used for income tax purposes. We regularly assess the need to record a valuation allowance against net deferred tax assets if, based upon the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Accordingly, we have recorded a valuation allowance of $40.3 million and $18.7 million, net operating loss carryforwards and R&D carryforwards, as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively. In assessing the realizability of deferred tax assets, we consider whether it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. The future realization of deferred tax assets is subject to the existence of sufficient taxable income of the appropriate character (e.g., ordinary income or capital gain) as provided under the carryforward provisions of tax law. We consider the scheduled reversal of deferred tax liabilities (including the effect in available carryback and carryforward periods), future projected taxable income, including the character and jurisdiction of such income, and tax-planning strategies in making this assessment. Unrecognized tax benefits arise when the estimated benefit recorded in the financial statements differs from the amounts taken or expected to be taken in a tax return because of the considerations described above. As of September 30, 2021, we had no unrecognized tax benefits.

Results of Operations

Nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 (unaudited)

The table and discussion below present the results for the periods indicated:

 

     Nine Months Ended September 30,                

(dollars in thousands, except percentages)

   2021      2020      $
Change
     %
Change
 

Revenue:

           

Product revenue

   $ 2,550    $ 115    $ 2,435        *  

Collaboration and license revenue

     338      9,235      (8,897      (96 %) 
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total revenue

     2,888      9,350      (6,462      (69 %) 

Cost and operating expenses:

           

Cost of product revenue

     3,585      1,341      2,244      167

Research and development

     24,943      21,766      3,177      15

Selling, general and administrative

     45,811      33,645      12,166      36
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total cost and operating expenses

     74,339      56,752      17,587      31
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Loss from operations

     (71,451      (47,402      (24,049      51

Other income (expenses):

           

Interest and other (expense) income, net

     (3,086      (926      (2,160      *  

Change in estimated fair value of warrant liabilities

     (7,302      (48      (7,254      *  

Loss on extinguishment of debt

     —          (999      999        *  

Loss on issuance of convertible preferred stock

     (2,053      —          (2,053      *  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total other (expense) income

     (12,441      (1,973      (10,468      *  
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Net loss

   $ (83,892    $ (49,375    $ (34,517      70
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

*

Percentage change is not meaningful.

Product revenue—Product revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, was approximately $2.6 million, compared to $115 thousand for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase was primarily driven by increased sales of reSET and reSET-O as well as sales of Somryst, which we began selling in October 2020, which were offset by contingency management costs of $0.2 million.

Collaboration and license revenue—Collaboration and license revenue was $0.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to $9.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company recognized $9.2 million under the then collaboration agreement related to our schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis product candidate development programs with NIBR, which was terminated effective in June 2020. We will not recognize any revenue under this agreement in the future.

 

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Cost of product revenue—Cost of product revenue for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, was approximately $3.6 million, an increase of approximately $2.2 million compared to the nine months ended September 30, 2020, primarily due to increases in amortization of intellectual property, minimum royalties related to licensing agreements for commercialized products and hosting costs for our PDTs as well as increased personnel-related costs, directly attributable to employees in a particular function that directly supports the prescribed PDTs.

Research and development—R&D expenses were $24.9 million and $21.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, respectively. The increase was primarily driven by increased personnel-related expenses and software and license costs.

Selling, general and administrative—SG&A expenses were $45.8 million and $33.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and September 30, 2020, respectively. The increase of $12.2 million was primarily due to the following:

 

 

An increase of $5.8 million in marketing and advertising costs;

 

 

An increase of $4.1 million in consulting, legal, other professional service costs, software, dues and subscriptions, and other operating expenses;

 

 

An increase of $4.0 million in personnel-related costs, including incentive-based compensation costs primarily due to the build-out of our patient service center, our market access team and our commercial sales force; and

 

 

A decrease of $3.3 million in third-party patient services center costs that reduced during the time period as we began to operate our own service center located in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Interest and other income (expense), net—Interest and other income (expense), net was an expense of $(3.1) million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, as compared to income (expense) of $(0.9) million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase in interest expense was primarily related to $3.2 million of interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, compared to $1.4 million of interest expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. For the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company had interest income of $0.5 million related to short-term investments and only de minimis interest income for the nine months ended September 30, 2021.

Change in the estimated fair value of warrant liabilities—Change in the estimated fair value of warrant liabilities was $7.3 million, primarily related to the mark-to-market adjustment of the Series D-1 preferred stock warrants associated with the Perceptive Credit Facility of $6.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, as compared to de minimis change for the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

Loss on the extinguishment of debt—In June 2020, the Company paid the outstanding principal on the then outstanding SVB Term Loan prior to the maturity date resulting in a loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.0 million.

Loss on issuance of convertible preferred stock—In February 2021, the Company issued additional shares of Series D-1 convertible preferred stock. The shares are recorded at their estimated fair market value on the date of issuance. In connection with the Series D-1 convertible preferred stock, the Company recorded a loss of $2.1 million, which represents the amount by which the estimated fair value of the shares exceeded the sale price, net of issuance costs.

Income tax—We did not incur income tax expenses for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 or September 30, 2020. Given our lack of prior earnings history, we have a full valuation allowance primarily related to our net operating loss and R&D credit carryforwards that we do not consider more likely than not to be realized.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Since its inception, Pear US’s primary sources of capital have been proceeds from sales of convertible preferred stock, payments received in connection with collaboration agreements, and proceeds from borrowings under various credit facilities.

As of September 30, 2021, we had an accumulated deficit of $266.7 million. As of September 30, 2021, we had $26.8 million outstanding under our credit facility, net of debt issuance costs, and debt discount. Our cash flows may fluctuate and are difficult to forecast, and will depend on many factors. As of September 30, 2021, we had cash, cash equivalents and investments of $68.9 million.

As noted in the “Recent Developments” section above, we entered into a Merger Agreement with THMA. Upon completing the Transaction on December 3, 2021, Pear had approximately $196.4 million in cash and cash equivalents, prior to payment of transaction fees due and payable.

We have three commercial products: reSET, reSET-O, and Somryst. The revenue from the sale of these products at the present time is not sufficient to cover the operating costs incurred. Our ability to achieve sufficient revenue to cover our costs is highly dependent on our PDTs achieving and maintaining broad market acceptance by patients and physicians and obtaining reimbursement from third-party payors. We expect to continue to generate operating losses and negative operating cash flows for the foreseeable future.

Through December 31, 2019, we received $136.2 million in gross cash proceeds from sales of preferred stock and gross proceeds of $15.0 million from borrowings under the SVB Term Loan. Through December 31, 2020, we have received $268.2 million in gross cash proceeds from sales of preferred stock and gross proceeds of $30.0 million from borrowings under a credit facility. During the year ended December 31, 2020, the Company utilized

 

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$32.0 million of this funding to complete a tender offer to purchase common stock or securities convertible into common stock from certain employees, including the President & Chief Executive Officer, with tenure over four years, former employees and other stockholders in connection with the Series D-2 preferred stock offering.

In February 2021, we raised an additional $20.0 million in gross proceeds from the sale and issuance of Series D-1 preferred stock.

During 2019, we had a term loan with Silicon Valley Bank, (the SVB Term Loan), which was extinguished in June 2020. In June 2020, we entered into a $50.0 million credit facility with Perceptive Credit Holdings III, L.P. (the “Perceptive Credit Facility”), as amended, which consists of a secured term loan facility in an aggregate amount of up to $50.0 million, which will be made available under the following three tranches: (i) Tranche 1—$30.0 million, available at the initial closing of the Perceptive Credit Facility; (ii) Tranche 2—$10.0 million available no later than December 31, 2021; and (iii) Tranche 3—$10.0 million, available no later than December 31, 2021, subject to the Company’s satisfaction of certain business and financial conditions described in the Perceptive Credit Facility.

The Perceptive Credit Facility bears interest through maturity at a variable rate based upon the one-month LIBOR rate plus 11.0%, subject to a LIBOR floor of 1.0%. As of September 30, 2021, the interest rate was 12.0%. The Company is required to make interest-only payments until May 31, 2024, after which point the Company will be required to make monthly payments of principal equal to 3.0% of the then-outstanding principal until maturity on June 30, 2025. If the Company prepays the loan prior to the maturity date, it will be required to pay a prepayment fee guaranteeing Perceptive a 1.5 times return on any prepaid amount. A change of control, which includes a new entity or group owning more than 35.0% of the Company’s voting stock, or prior to an initial public offering, the failure of the existing holders to own at least 35.0% of the Company’s voting stock, triggers a mandatory prepayment of the term loan. As of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2021, there was $30.0 million outstanding under Tranche 1 of the credit facility.

Our primary uses of capital are, and we expect will continue to be for the near future, personnel costs, costs of development and commercialization of product candidates, legal, patent, and other regulatory expenses, and general overhead costs. We may also pursue acquisitions, investments, joint ventures, and other strategic transactions.

We will need additional funding to pursue our growth strategy and support continuing operations. Until such time as we can generate significant revenue to fund operations, we expect to use proceeds from the issuance of equity, debt financings, or other capital transactions. We may be unable to increase our revenue, raise additional funds or enter into such other agreements or arrangements when needed on favorable terms, or at all. If we fail to raise capital or enter into such agreements as and when needed, we may have to significantly delay, scale back or discontinue the development and commercialization of one or more of our product candidates and other strategic initiatives.

In the future, we will need to raise additional capital to pursue our growth strategy and support continuing operations. If sufficient funds on acceptable terms are not available when needed, we will be required to significantly reduce our operating expenses. As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we concluded that this circumstance raises substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

We are subject to various covenants related to the Perceptive Credit Facility, and given the substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern, there is a risk that we may not meet our covenants in the future.

Cash and cash equivalents

Pear US’s cash and cash equivalents balance as of September 30, 2021, was $62.4 million. Pear US’s future capital requirements may vary from those currently planned and will depend on various factors, including the timing and extent of R&D spending and spending on other strategic business initiatives.

Liquidity Risks

We expect to incur substantial additional expenditures in the near term to support our ongoing activities, including as a result of operating as a public company. We expect to continue to incur net losses for the foreseeable future. Our ability to fund our product development and clinical operations as well as commercialization of our product candidates will depend on the amount and timing of cash available to fund operations. Our future liquidity and capital funding requirements will depend on numerous factors, including:

 

 

our revenue growth;

 

 

the ability to obtain third-party payor reimbursement for our current products;

 

 

the amount and timing of sales and other revenues from our product candidates, if approved, including the sales price and the availability of coverage and adequate third-party payor reimbursement;

 

 

our sales and marketing activities;

 

 

our R&D efforts;

 

 

the emergence and effect of competing or complementary products;

 

 

the outcome, timing, and cost of meeting regulatory requirements established by the FDA, or comparable foreign regulatory authorities;

 

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the progress, timing, scope, and costs of our preclinical studies, clinical trials, potential future clinical trials, and other related activities;

 

 

the costs of commercialization activities for any of our product candidates that receive marketing authorization, including the costs and timing of establishing product sales, marketing and hosting capabilities, or entering into strategic collaborations with third parties to leverage or access these capabilities;

 

 

the cash requirements of developing our programs and our ability and willingness to finance their continued development;

 

 

the cash requirements of any future discovery of product candidates;

 

 

our ability to retain our current employees and the need and ability to hire additional management and sales, technical and medical personnel;

 

 

the time and cost necessary to respond to technological and market developments, including other products that may compete with one or more of our product candidates;

 

 

debt service requirements;

 

 

the extent to which we acquire or invest in business, products, or technology; and

 

 

the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

A change in the outcome of any of these or other variables with respect to the development of any of our product candidates could significantly change the costs and timing associated with the sale of our products or the development of product candidates. Further, our operating plans may change in the future, and we may need additional funds to meet operational needs and capital requirements associated with such operating plans. See “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Pear’s Financial Position—The Company will need substantial additional funding, and if it is unable to raise capital when needed or on terms favorable to the Company, the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operation could be materially and adversely affected” in the Proxy statement/Prospectus, which is incorporated herein by reference..

Because of the numerous risks and uncertainties associated with the development and commercialization of our product candidates, we are unable to estimate the amounts of increased capital outlays and operating expenditures associated with our current and anticipated product development programs.

Cash Flows

The following table provides a summary of cash flow data for each applicable period:

 

     Nine Months Ended September 30,  
     2021     2020  

Net cash used in operating activities

     (69,199     (48,420

Net cash provided by (used in) investing activities

     4,636       63,450

Net cash provided by financing activities

     16,101       12,522
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (decrease) increase in cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash

   $ (48,462   $ 27,552
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net Cash Used in Operating Activities

Nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020

Pear US’s cash flows used in operating activities to date have been primarily comprised of costs and operating expenses. Pear US continues to ramp up hiring to accelerate commercial activities and accelerate its pipeline, and increase staff in anticipation of becoming a public company. Pear US expects its cash used in operating activities to increase significantly before it starts to generate any material cash inflows from product revenue.

Net cash used in operating activities was $69.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021. Net cash used in operating activities consists of a net loss of $83.9 million, adjusted for non-cash items and the effect of changes in working capital. Non-cash adjustments primarily include loss on the issuance of convertible preferred stock of $2.1 million, stock-based compensation expense of $2.0 million, depreciation expense of $1.0 million, and the change in fair value of warrants of $7.3 million (increase in ending warrant liability), and a $1.4 million change in operating assets and liabilities.

Net cash used in operating activities was $48.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. Net cash used in operating activities consists of a net loss of $49.4 million, adjusted for non-cash items and the effect of changes in working capital. Non-cash adjustments primarily include stock-based compensation expense of $1.4 million, depreciation expense of $0.2 million, a loss on extinguishment of debt of $1.0 million, and $6.1 million reduction in deferred revenues offset by an increase of $3.0 million in accrued expenses and other current and non-current liabilities.

 

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Net Cash Provided by Investing Activities

Nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020

Cash flows used in investing activities to date have been primarily comprised of purchases of short-term investments and capitalization of internal-use software. We expect to continue to invest further in internal-use software and incur costs as we expand our operations.

Net cash provided by investing activities was $4.6 million and $63.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, and primarily related to proceeds from the maturities of investments offset by investments in property and equipment and purchases of short-term investments, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 a $0.8 million milestone payment under a licensing agreement.

Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities

Nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020

Net cash provided by financing activities was $16.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, and consisted primarily of $19.9 million of proceeds associated with the issuance of Series D-1 convertible preferred stock and $0.8 million of proceeds from the exercise of stock options offset by $4.6 million of deferred offering costs.

Net cash provided by financing activities was $12.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, and consisted primarily of $31.0 million of proceeds from the issuance of debt offset by $17.3 million of principal payments on debt and $1.5 million of deferred financing fees and related debt issuance costs.

Funding Requirements

Please see the section of this proxy statement/prospectus titled “Risk FactorsThe Company will need substantial additional funding, and if it is unable to raise capital when needed or on terms favorable to the Company, the Company’s business, financial condition, and results of operation could be materially and adversely affected for additional risks associated with our substantial capital requirements in the Proxy statement/Prospectus, beginning on page 29, which is incorporated herein by reference.

Debt Financing and Covenants

Borrowings under our $50.0 million secured Perceptive Credit Facility were $30.0 million as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2021, which was used to extinguish the SVB Term Loan and for general business purposes. The Perceptive Credit Facility matures in June 2025. We are required to pay a variable rate of interest based upon the one-month LIBOR rate plus 11.0%, subject to a LIBOR floor of 1.0%. As of September 30, 2021, the annual interest rate was 12.0%. The Company is required to make interest-only payments until May 31, 2024, after which point the Company will be required to make monthly payments of principal equal to 3.0% of the then outstanding principal until maturity on June 30, 2025.

The Perceptive Credit Facility is secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company, including our intellectual property. The Perceptive Credit Facility requires the Company to (i) maintain a minimum aggregate cash balance of $5.0 million in one or more controlled accounts, (ii) as of the last day of each fiscal quarter commencing with the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2022, report revenues for the trailing 12-month period that exceed the amounts that range from $83.4 million for the fiscal quarter ending December 31, 2022, to $125.0 million for the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2025, and (iii) on or prior to December 31, 2021, raise additional capital of at least $100.0 million. The Perceptive Credit Facility contains various affirmative and negative covenants that limit the Company’s ability to engage in specified types of transactions. In connection with the pending Merger, the Company delayed the issuance of its annual audited financial statements for the period ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 and received a waiver to provide such financials by April 30, 2021. The Company was in compliance with the covenants under the Perceptive Credit Agreement as of December 31, 2020 and September 30, 2021.

See Note 6, Indebtedness, of the notes to Pear US’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 included in Exhibit 99.1. In the future, we may seek to obtain other additional sources of financing, including incurring term debt or issuing equity or debt securities.

As of September 30, 2021 and December 31, 2020, we had $0.4 million in a letter of credit outstanding.

Contractual Obligations

Pear US currently leases its headquarters in Boston, Massachusetts, under a non-cancelable operating lease with an expiration date of June 1, 2028. Pear US also leases office space in San Francisco, California, under a non-cancelable operating lease that expires on July 31, 2025, and office space in Raleigh, North Carolina, under a 64-month lease that commenced on February 2021, where we operate our patient service center.

We enter into agreements in the normal course of business with various vendors, which are generally cancellable upon notice. Payments due upon cancellation consist only of payments for services provided or expenses incurred, including non-cancellable obligations of service providers, up to the date of cancellation.

 

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In addition, under various licensing agreements to which we are a party, we are obligated to pay annual license maintenance fees and may be required to make milestone payments and to pay royalties and other amounts to third parties. The payment obligations under these agreements are contingent upon future events, such as our achievement of specified milestones or generating product revenue, and the amount, timing and likelihood of such payments are not known. Amounts related to contingent milestone payments are not considered contractual obligations as they are contingent on the successful achievement of certain milestones. These contingent milestones may not be achieved. We cannot estimate or predict when, or if, these amounts will become due.

See Note 6, Indebtedness, of the notes to Pear US’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, included in Exhibit 99.1.

On December 3, 2021, substantially concurrent with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, THMA completed the sale and issuance of 1,000,000 shares of Pear Therapeutics, Inc. Class A common stock for a purchase price of $10.00 per share to Palantir Technologies, Inc., or Palantir.

On June 17, 2021, and later amended on August 4, 2021, the Company entered into a non-cancelable purchase obligation for a data foundry cloud subscription, including support services, updates, and related professional services with Palantir for $9.3 million payable over three years, continuing through September 30, 2024. See Note 7, Commitments and Contingencies, of the notes to Pear US’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021, included in Exhibit 99.1 for further information.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

During the periods presented, Pear US did not have any relationships with unconsolidated organizations or financial partnerships, such as structured finance or special purpose entities, which were established for the purpose of facilitating off-balance sheet arrangements.

Related Party Transactions

During the year ended December 31, 2020, in connection with the Series D-2 preferred stock offering, the Company completed a tender offer whereby the Company purchased 2,788,732 shares of common stock from its President & Chief Executive Officer, and 41,100 common shares from certain eligible employees, at a purchase price of $3.9433 per share totaling $11.2 million and resulting in a stock-based compensation expense of $7.3 million, representing the difference between the purchase price and the fair value of the common stock on the date of the sale.

Certain holders of Series A preferred stock had representation on the Company’s board of directors and purchased shares of Series B preferred stock. Certain holders of Series A and B preferred stock had representation on the Company’s board of directors and purchased shares of Series C preferred stock. Certain holders of Series A, B, and C preferred stock had representation on the Company’s board of directors and purchased shares of Series D preferred stock.

Emerging Growth Company Status (JOBS Act)

Section 102(b)(1) of the JOBS Act exempts emerging growth companies from being required to comply with new or revised financial accounting standards until private companies are required to comply with the new or revised financial accounting standards. The JOBS Act provides that a company can choose not to take advantage of the extended transition period and comply with the requirements that apply to non-emerging growth companies, and any such election to not take advantage of the extended transition period is irrevocable. Pear is an “emerging growth company” as defined in Section 2(A) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and has elected to take advantage of the benefits of this extended transition period.

Pear expects to use this extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards that have different effective dates for public business entities and nonpublic business entities until the earlier of the date Pear (a) is no longer an emerging growth company or (b) affirmatively and irrevocably opts out of the extended transition period provided in the JOBS Act. This may make it difficult or impossible to compare Pear’s financial results with the financial results of another public company that is either not an emerging growth company or is an emerging growth company that has chosen not to take advantage of the extended transition period exemptions because of the potential differences in accounting standards used.

In addition, Pear intends to rely on the other exemptions and reduced reporting requirements provided by the JOBS Act. Subject to certain conditions set forth in the JOBS Act, if, as an emerging growth company, Pear intends to rely on such exemptions, Pear is not required to, among other things:

 

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(a) provide an auditor’s attestation report on Pear’s system of internal control over financial reporting pursuant to Section 404(b) of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act; (b) provide all of the compensation disclosure that may be required of nonemerging growth public companies under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act; and (c) disclose certain executive compensation-related items such as the correlation between executive compensation and performance and comparisons of the Chief Executive Officer’s compensation to median employee compensation.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

Refer to Note 2 to Pear US’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on October 26, 2021 for more information regarding recently issued accounting pronouncements. In addition, please refer to Note 2 in Pear US’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 included in Exhibit 99.1 for more information about recent accounting pronouncements, the timing of their adoption, and its assessment, to the extent it has made one, of their potential impact on its financial condition and results of operations.

Summary of Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Judgments and Estimates

The preparation of Pear US’s consolidated financial statements in conformity with United States generally accepted accounting principles, or U.S. GAAP, requires Pear US’s management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities in the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes. Pear US’s management bases these estimates on historical experience and on various other assumptions that it believes are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results may differ materially from these estimates. The preparation of these consolidated financial statements requires us to make estimates and judgments that affect the reported amounts of assets, liabilities, revenues and expenses, and the related disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities. We monitor our estimates on an ongoing basis for changes in facts and circumstances, and material changes in these estimates could occur in the future. Changes in estimates are recorded in the period in which they become known. We base our estimates on historical experience and other assumptions that we believe to be reasonable under the circumstances. Actual results may differ from our estimates if past experience or other assumptions do not turn out to be substantially accurate.

We have identified the policies below as critical to our business operations and the understanding of our results of operations. The impact and any associated risks related to these policies on our business operations are discussed throughout this section captioned “Pear’s Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” where such policies affect our reported and expected financial results. For a detailed discussion on the application of these and other accounting policies, see Note 2 to Pear US’s unaudited interim condensed consolidated financial statements as of and for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 included in Exhibit 99.1 and Note 2 to Pear US’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019 included in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on October 26, 2021.

Revenue Recognition

Pear US determines both product and collaboration and license revenue recognition through the following five-step framework in accordance with ASU 2014-09, Revenue from Contracts with Customers (Topic 606) and its related amendments, or, collectively, ASC 606:

 

 

identification of the contract, or contracts, with a customer;

 

 

identification of the performance obligations in the contract;

 

 

determination of the transaction price;

 

 

allocation of the transaction price to the performance obligations in the contract; and

 

 

recognition of revenue when, or as, Pear US satisfies a performance obligation.

Performance obligations promised in a contract are identified based on the goods and services that will be transferred to the customer that are both capable of being distinct and are distinct in the context of the contract. If the contract contains a single performance obligation, the entire transaction price is allocated to the single performance obligation. To the extent a contract includes multiple promised goods and services, the Company applies judgment to determine whether promised goods and services are both capable of being distinct and distinct in the context of the contract. To the extent the goods and services are distinct, it requires an allocation of the transaction price to each performance obligation on a relative standalone selling price basis unless the transaction price is variable and meets the criteria to be allocated entirely to a performance obligation or to a distinct service that forms part of a single performance obligation. The consideration to be received is allocated among the separate performance obligations based on relative standalone selling prices. The Company typically determines standalone selling prices using an adjusted market assessment approach model.

The Company satisfies performance obligations either over time or at a point in time. Revenue is recognized over time if either (i) the customer simultaneously receives and consumes the benefits provided by the entity’s performance, (ii) the entity’s performance creates or enhances an asset that the customer controls as the asset is created or enhanced, or (iii) the entity’s performance does not create an asset with an alternative use to the entity and

 

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the entity has an enforceable right to payment for performance completed to date. If the entity does not satisfy a performance obligation over time, the related performance obligation is satisfied at a point in time by transferring the control of a promised good or service to a customer.

Our collaboration and license revenue to date has primarily been generated through two collaboration and license agreements: the Sandoz Agreement and the NIBR Agreement.

In October 2019, Sandoz terminated the Sandoz Agreement, and thereafter Pear US assumed the responsibility to commercialize its two lead products, reSET and reSET-O. In October 2019, we began our efforts to self-commercialize reSET and reSET-O. In addition, in June 2020, NIBR terminated their collaboration agreement with the Company related to our schizophrenia and multiple sclerosis product candidate development programs. We will not recognize any revenue under these agreements in the future.

To date, while we have recognized product revenue from the sale of our PDTs, reSET, reSET-O and Somryst, and although we expect to continue to recognize revenue from the sale of these PDTs, we do not expect to generate significant revenue until 2023.

Stock-Based Compensation

Accounting for stock-based compensation is a critical accounting policy due to the broad-based equity awards provided to employees at all levels within Pear US and the use of equity awards as part of the strategy to retain employees as a result of a change of control events. Pear US issues stock-based compensation to employees and non-employees, generally in the form of stock options. Compensation expenses for stock options are recognized on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period, which is generally the vesting period. Forfeitures are accounted for when they occur. The fair value of the stock options is measured on the grant date using the Black-Scholes model, which utilizes the following estimates as inputs:

 

 

Expected volatility: determined based on an average of the historical volatility of a peer group of similar public companies;

 

 

Expected term: as our employee stock options have “plain vanilla” characteristics, the expected term is determined using the simplified method, which represents the average of the contractual term of the option and the weighted average vesting period of the option; the contractual life of the option is used for the expected life of non-employee stock options;

 

 

Risk-free interest rate: based upon the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of grant; and

 

 

Expected dividend yield: based on our history and current expectation of not paying dividends in the foreseeable future.

Preferred and Common Stock Valuations

The fair value of Pear US’s preferred and common stock underlying stock awards was determined by the board of directors. Given the absence of a public trading market, the board of directors considered numerous objective and subjective factors to determine the fair value of Pear US’s common stock at each board of directors meeting in which stock awards were approved. These factors included, but were not limited to:

 

 

the prices at which we sold our preferred stock to outside investors in arms-length transactions;

 

 

our results of operations, financial position, and capital resources;

 

 

contemporaneous third-party valuations common stock;

 

 

the rights, preferences, and privileges of a convertible preferred stock relative to common stock;

 

 

the lack of marketability of common stock;

 

 

stage and development of Pear US’s business;

 

 

the history and nature of our business, industry trends, and competitive environment,

 

 

general economic conditions; and

 

 

the likelihood of achieving a liquidity event, such as an initial public offering or sale of Pear US, given prevailing market conditions.

Pear US determined the fair value per share of the underlying preferred and common stock by taking into consideration results obtained from third-party valuations and additional factors that were deemed relevant. The assumptions underlying these valuations represented management’s best estimates, which involved inherent uncertainties and the application of management’s judgment. As a result, if we had used significantly different assumptions or estimates, the fair value of our preferred and common stock and our stock-based compensation expense could be materially different. The fair value of the underlying common stock will be determined by the board of directors until such time as our common shares are listed on an established stock exchange.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

As a “smaller reporting company,” we are not required to provide this information.

 

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Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

In connection with the preparation and audit of Pear US’s consolidated financial statements as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, material weaknesses were identified in its internal control over financial reporting. Please see the sections of the Proxy Statement/Prospectus filed with the SEC on October 26, 2021 titled “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Pear’s Financial Reporting—If we fail to maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting, we may not be able to accurately report our financial results or prevent fraud. As a result, investors may lose confidence in the accuracy of our financial reports, which would harm our business and the trading price of our common stock. Our management will be required to evaluate the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting” and “Risk Factors—Risks Related to Pear’s Financing Reporting—Our management have identified certain internal control deficiencies that constitute material weaknesses. If we fail to maintain an effective system of disclosure controls and internal control over financial reporting, our ability to produce timely and accurate financial statements or comply with applicable regulations could be impaired.”

Legal proceedings

We are not currently a party to any material legal proceedings. From time to time, we may become involved in other litigation or legal proceedings relating to claims arising from the ordinary course of business.

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Exhibit 99.4

 

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Pear Therapeutics and Thimble Point Announce Closing of Business Combination to Create

Publicly Traded Prescription Digital Therapeutics Company

 

   

Publicly traded company called Pear Therapeutics, Inc. to begin trading on Nasdaq under ticker symbol “PEAR” starting December 6, 2021

 

   

Total expected gross proceeds from transaction totaling approximately $175 million

BOSTON – December 3, 2021 – Pear Therapeutics, Inc. (“Pear Therapeutics”), the leader in developing and commercializing software-based medicines, called prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs), announced today the completion of its business combination with Thimble Point Acquisition Corp. (“Thimble Point”) (Nasdaq: THMA), a special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”). The publicly traded company will be known as Pear Therapeutics, Inc. and will commence trading on Nasdaq under the ticker symbol “PEAR” on December 6, 2021.

Thimble Point’s shareholders approved the business combination on November 30, 2021, and the transaction was previously approved by Pear Therapeutics’ shareholders.

“My Pearmates and I are proud to continue our leadership in the creation of prescription digital therapeutics,” said Corey McCann, M.D., Ph.D., Pear’s President and Chief Executive Officer. “As a public company, we aim to accelerate our vision to increase access to PDTs by further commercializing our three FDA-authorized PDTs, expanding public and private payer adoption, and advancing our pipeline of PDTs. Thanks to all of our investors for supporting our successful transition.”

Net proceeds from the business combination will be used to further capitalize Pear’s category-leading position as the leader in software to treat serious disease.

The transaction generated approximately $175 million in gross proceeds.

About Pear Therapeutics

Pear Therapeutics, Inc., which is traded on Nasdaq as PEAR, is the parent company of Pear Therapeutics (US), Inc. Pear is the leader in developing and commercializing software-based medicines, called prescription digital therapeutics (PDTs). Pear aims to redefine care through the widespread use of clinically validated software-based therapeutics to provide better outcomes for patients, smarter engagement and tracking tools for clinicians, and cost-effective solutions for payers. Pear has the first end-to-end platform to discover, develop, and deliver PDTs to patients and a pipeline of products and product candidates across therapeutic areas, including the first three PDTs with disease treatment claims from the FDA. Pear’s product, reSET®, for the treatment of substance use disorder, was the first PDT to receive marketing authorization from the FDA to treat disease. Pear’s second product, reSET-O®, for the treatment of opioid use disorder, was the first PDT to receive Breakthrough Designation. Pear’s third product, Somryst® for the treatment of chronic insomnia, was the first PDT submitted through FDA’s traditional 510(k) pathway while simultaneously reviewed through FDA’s Software Precertification Pilot Program. For more information, visit Pear at www.peartherapeutics.com.


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Forward-Looking Statements

Certain statements, estimates, targets and projections in this press release may be considered forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Forward looking statements generally relate to future events or involving, or future performance of, Pear. For example, statements regarding anticipated growth in the industry in which Pear operates and anticipated growth in demand for Pear’s products, and projections of Pear’s future financial results and other metrics are forward-looking statements. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements by terminology such as “pro forma”, “may”, “should”, “could”, “might”, “plan”, “possible”, “project”, “strive”, “budget”, “forecast”, “expect”, “intend”, “will”, “estimate”, “anticipate”, “believe”, “predict”, “potential” or “continue”, or the negatives of these terms or variations of them or similar terminology. Such forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties, and other factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward looking statements.

These forward-looking statements are based upon estimates and assumptions that, while considered reasonable by Pear and its management are inherently uncertain. Factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: (i) the lack of a third party valuation in determining whether or not to pursue the proposed transaction; (ii) the amount of the costs, fees, expenses and other charges related to the business combination and private placement of equity securities; (iii) the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the business combination, 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; (iv) changes in applicable laws or regulations; (v) the possibility that Pear may be adversely affected by other economic, business, regulatory, and/or competitive factors; (vi) Pear’s estimates of expenses and profitability; (vii) the evolution of the markets in which Pear competes; (viii) the ability of Pear to implement its strategic initiatives and continue to innovate its existing products; (ix) the ability of Pear to defend its intellectual property and satisfy regulatory requirements; (x) the ability of Pear to issue equity or equity-linked securities in the future; (xi) the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Pear’s business; and (xii) other risks and uncertainties set forth in Pear’s future filings with the SEC. These filings will identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements.

Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements, and Pear assumes no obligation and does not intend to update or revise these forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events, or otherwise. Pear gives no assurance that Pear will achieve its expectations. The inclusion of any statement in this communication does not constitute an admission by Pear or any other person that the events or circumstances described in such statement are material.

Non-Solicitation

This press release does not constitute (i) a solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the Business Combination or (ii) an offer to sell, a solicitation of an offer to buy, or a recommendation to purchase any security of Pear, or any of its respective affiliates. No such offering or securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.


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Pear Therapeutics Media and Investors Contacts:

Meara Murphy

Senior Director of Corporate Communications

meara.murphy@peartherapeutics.com

Argot Partners

pear@argotpartners.com

Golin

golinpear@golin.com