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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): October 24, 2022

 

SIZZLE ACQUISITION CORP.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

  

Delaware   001-41005   85-3418600
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
  (Commission File Number)   (IRS Employer
Identification No.)

 

4201 Georgia Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C.
  20011
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (202) 846-0300

 

Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

  

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

Title of Each Class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of Each Exchange on Which
Registered
Units, each consisting of one share of common stock and one-half of one redeemable warrant   SZZLU   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Common stock, par value $0.0001 per share   SZZL   The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC
Redeemable Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of common stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share   SZZLW   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. 

 

 

  

 

 

 

Item 1.01 Entry Into A Material Definitive Agreement.

 

Merger Agreement

 

This section describes the material provisions of the Merger Agreement but does not purport to describe all of the terms thereof. SPAC stockholders, warrant holders and other interested parties are urged to read such agreement in its entirety. The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of the Merger Agreement, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1. Unless otherwise defined herein, the capitalized terms used below are defined in the Merger Agreement.

 

General Description of the Merger Agreement

 

On October 24, 2022, Sizzle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”), entered into a definitive Agreement and Plan of Merger (the “Merger Agreement”) with European Lithium Limited, an Australian Public Company limited by shares (“EUR”), European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EUR (the “Company”), Critical Metals Corp., a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“PubCo”) and Project Wolf Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”). The transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement are referred to herein as the “Business Combination”.

 

Subject to its terms and conditions, the Merger Agreement provides that the Company and SPAC will become wholly-owned subsidiaries of PubCo, a newly formed holding company. Pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), (a) PubCo will acquire all of the issued and outstanding capital shares and equity interests of the Company from EUR in exchange for ordinary shares of PubCo, the Company will become a wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo and EUR will become a shareholder of PubCo (the “Share Exchange”); and immediately thereafter (b) Merger Sub will merge with and into SPAC (the “Merger”), with SPAC continuing as the surviving entity and wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo.

 

Transaction Consideration

 

According to the Merger Agreement, at its effective time: (a) each of SPAC’s issued and outstanding shares of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (each, a “SPAC Share”) immediately prior to that effective time, will be cancelled in exchange for the right of the holder thereof to receive one ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share, of PubCo (each, a “PubCo Share”); (b) all of the outstanding public warrants of SPAC, entitling the holder thereof to purchase one SPAC Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share will be assumed by PubCo and converted into the right to receive a warrant to purchase one PubCo Share at the same exercise price, being an exercise price of $11.50 per share, and (c) EUR will receive the number of PubCo Shares in the Share Exchange that will have an aggregate value equal to the Closing Share Consideration consisting of $750,000,000 divided by the redemption amount per SPAC Share payable to SPAC stockholders that elect to redeem SPAC Shares in connection with the Closing, and, subject to applicable terms and conditions, earnout consideration of up to an additional 10% of such Closing Share Consideration, in each case subject to adjustment as set forth in the Merger Agreement, and all upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Merger Agreement.

 

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Earnout

 

In addition to the Closing Share Consideration set forth above, EUR will also have a contingent right to receive up to an additional number of PubCo Shares equal to 10% of the Closing Share Consideration after the Closing based on the stock price performance of the PubCo Shares during the five-year period following the Closing (the “Earnout Period”). In the event that, during the Earnout Period, the VWAP per PubCo Share is greater than or equal to $15.00 (the “First Earnout Milestone Price”) for any twenty trading days within any thirty trading day period during the Earnout Period, PubCo will issue to EUR an additional number of PubCo Shares equal to 5% of the Closing Share Consideration (“First Level Contingent Share Consideration”). Further, in the event that the VWAP per PubCo Share is greater than or equal to $20.00 (the “Second Earnout Milestone Price”, together with the First Earnout Milestone Price, the “Earnout Milestone Prices”) for any 20 trading days within any 30 trading day period during the Earnout Period, PubCo will issue to EUR an additional number of PubCo Shares equal to 5% of the Closing Share Consideration (“Second Level Contingent Share Consideration”).

 

If a Change of Control of PubCo occurs during the Earnout Period and the value of the consideration to be received by holders of PubCo Shares in such transaction is above the First Earnout Milestone Price, then, any First Level Contingent Share Consideration that has not been previously issued by PubCo (whether or not previously earned) will be deemed earned and immediately prior to the consummation of such Change of Control, to the extent not previously paid, PubCo will issue or cause to be issued to EUR the First Level Contingent Share Consideration. In the event that during the Earnout Period, there is a Change of Control of PubCo and the value of the consideration to be received by holders of PubCo Shares in such transaction is above the Second Earnout Milestone Price, then, any Second Level Contingent Share Consideration that has not been previously issued by PubCo (whether or not previously earned) will be deemed earned and immediately prior to the consummation of such Change of Control, to the extent not previously paid, PubCo will issue or cause to be issued to EUR the Second Level Contingent Share Consideration.

 

Representations and Warranties

 

The Merger Agreement contains a number of representations and warranties made by the Company, EUR, SPAC, PubCo and Merger Sub as of the date of such agreement or other specific dates solely for the benefit of certain of the parties to the Merger Agreement, which in certain cases are subject to specified exceptions and materiality, Material Adverse Effect (as hereinafter defined), knowledge and other qualifications contained in the Merger Agreement or in information provided pursuant to certain disclosure schedules to the Merger Agreement. “Material Adverse Effect” as used in the Merger Agreement means with respect to the relevant party, subject to certain customary exceptions, any event, state of facts, condition, change, development, circumstance, occurrence or effect that, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a materially adverse effect on the business, assets, financial condition or results of operations of SPAC or the Company and its subsidiaries, as applicable, taken as a whole. The representations and warranties made under the Merger Agreement will not survive the Closing.

 

In the Merger Agreement, the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub made certain customary representations and warranties to SPAC including among others, related to the following: (1) corporate matters, including due organization, existence and good standing; (2) authority and binding effect relating to execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and other ancillary documents; (3) capitalization; (4) subsidiaries; (5) governmental approvals; (6) non-contravention; (7) financial statements; (8) Liabilities; (9) absence of certain changes; (10) compliance with laws; (11) permits; (12) litigation; (13) material contracts; (14) intellectual property; (15) taxes; (16) real property; (17) title to and sufficiency of assets; (18) mining; (19) employee matters; (20) benefit plans; (21) transactions with affiliates; (22) insurance; (23) suppliers; (24) business practices; (25) Investment Company Act of 1940 (“Investment Company Act”); (26) brokers; (27) information supplied; (28) privacy and (28) independent investigation. The Company, PubCo and Merger Sub also made certain representations and warranties to SPAC related to: (1) Mining Rights; (2) Austrian Capital Maintenance Rules; and (3) the pre-feasibility study for the Wolfsberg Lithium Project.

 

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In the Merger Agreement, SPAC made certain customary representations and warranties to the Company, including among others, related to the following: (1) corporate matters, including due organization, existence and good standing; (2) authority and binding effect relative to execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and other ancillary documents; (3) governmental approvals; (4) non-contravention; (5) capitalization; (6) SEC filings, financial statements and internal controls; (7) absence of certain changes; (8) compliance with laws; (9) litigation, orders and permits; (10) taxes and tax returns; (11) employees and employee benefit plans; (12) properties; (13) material contracts; (14) transactions with affiliates; (15) Investment Company Act and the JOBS Act; (16) brokers; (17) business practices; (18) information supplied; (19) independent investigation; (20) trust account; (21) Liabilities; (22) title to assets; and (23) the fairness opinion provided by the SPAC’s financial advisor.

 

In the Merger Agreement, EUR made customary representations and warranties to SPAC, including among others, related to the following: (1) organization and good standing; (2) authority and binding effect relating to execution and delivery of the Merger Agreement and other ancillary documents; (3) ownership of the equity interests of the Company; (4) governmental approvals; (5) non-contravention; (6) litigation; (7) investment representations; (8) brokers; (9) information supplied; and (10) independent investigation.

 

Covenants of the Parties

 

The Merger Agreement contains certain customary covenants for transactions of this type by each of the parties during the period between the signing of the Merger Agreement and the earlier of the Closing or the termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “Interim Period”), including, among others, covenants regarding: (1) the provision of access to their properties, books and personnel; (2) the operation of their respective businesses in the ordinary course of business, in compliance with law, and using commercially reasonable efforts to preserve their respective organizations and relationships and maintain appropriate insurance coverage; (3) SPAC’s public filing obligations; (4) the Company’s obligation to deliver audited financial statements; (5) no solicitation of, or entering into, any alternative competing transactions; (6) no insider trading; (7) efforts to consummate the Closing and obtain third party and regulatory approvals; (8) further assurances; (9) public announcements; (10) confidentiality; (11) indemnification of directors and officers after the Closing; (12) use of trust proceeds after the Closing; and (13) efforts to conduct private placement arrangements, if sought.

 

The Company and EUR also agreed to cooperate in good faith and use reasonable best efforts to obtain any consents required and to transfer certain contracts from EUR to the Company or to cause the Company to enter into a new contract with the applicable counterparty on substantially identical terms to such contracts.

 

EUR agreed that its board of directors will not withhold, withdraw or modify its recommendation that the Company’s stockholders vote in favor of the approval of the Merger Agreement and the Business Combination and other matters relating thereto unless the Company’s board of directors determines in good faith, after consultation with its legal and financial advisors, that it is required to do so in order to comply with its fiduciary duties under applicable law (and then only subject to certain requirements).

 

The parties also agreed to ensure PubCo’s board of directors immediately after the Closing consists of five directors, a majority of which will be independent under the requirements of the Nasdaq Global Market (“Nasdaq”) (i) with the Company being entitled to nominate and appoint four directors (of which at least two will qualify as independent under the requirements of Nasdaq and be eligible to serve on an audit committee) and (ii) with SPAC being entitled to nominate and appoint one member to be reasonably approved by the Company (such member being qualified as independent and being eligible to serve on an audit committee).

 

The parties further agreed that prior to the Closing, PubCo will approve and adopt, subject to SPAC stockholder approval, (i) an incentive equity plan (the “Incentive Equity Plan”), and (ii) an employee stock purchase plan (the “ESPP”), in each case effective as of one business day prior to the Closing Date. The Incentive Equity Plan will have an initial share reserve ranging from 5% to 10% of the outstanding number of PubCo Shares immediately following the Closing, plus an annual “evergreen” increase, which in each case will be based upon benchmarking against peer companies in consultation with an independent outside compensation advisor. The ESPP will have an initial share reserve of no more than 2% of the outstanding number of PubCo Shares immediately following the Closing and an annual “evergreen” increase based upon benchmarking against peer companies in consultation with an independent outside compensation advisor.

 

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The SPAC, EUR and PubCo also agreed to jointly prepare, and PubCo will file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), a registration statement on Form F-4 (the “Registration Statement”) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) with respect to the PubCo Shares that constitute Merger Consideration and the PubCo warrants. The Registration Statement will include a proxy statement/prospectus for the purpose of soliciting proxies from the stockholders of SPAC for the matters relating to the Business Combination to be acted on at the special meeting of the stockholders of SPAC and providing such stockholders with an opportunity to participate in the Redemption. EUR agreed to prepare (with SPAC’s reasonable cooperation) and file with the ASX (at the sole cost and expense of EUR) the circular to be provided to the shareholders of EUR relating to the EUR Shareholders’ Meeting.

 

SPAC agreed to prepare (with the reasonable cooperation of the Company) and file with the SEC a proxy statement pursuant to which it will seek approval of its shareholders to amend its Organizational Documents to extend the period of time for SPAC to consummate its initial business combination from February 8, 2023 to the date that is not less than three months after such date (which may done through monthly extensions) or such shorter period as mutually agreed by SPAC and the Company.

  

Survival and Indemnification

 

None of the representations and warranties of the parties to the Merger Agreement will survive the Closing, and no claim for indemnification may be made with respect thereto after the Closing.

 

None of the covenants and agreements of the parties contained in the Merger Agreement will survive the Closing, and no claim for indemnification may be made with respect thereto after the Closing, except that those covenants and agreements that by their terms are required to be performed in whole or in part after the Closing will survive the Closing and continue until fully performed in accordance with their terms.

 

Conditions to Closing

 

The Merger Agreement contains customary conditions to Closing, including the following mutual conditions of the parties (unless waived by all of the parties): (i) approval of the shareholders of EUR and the shareholders of SPAC of the Transaction and the other matters requiring shareholder approval; (ii) any required approvals of governmental authorities and completion of any antitrust expiration periods; (iii) no law or order preventing the Transaction; (iv) approval of PubCo’s Nasdaq listing application; (v) the Registration Statement having become effective in accordance with the Securities Act; (vi) the satisfaction of the $5,000,001 minimum net tangible asset test by SPAC or PubCo; (vii) reconstitution of the PubCo Board as contemplated under the Merger Agreement; (viii) adoption of the Restated Articles by the shareholders of PubCo; and (ix) PubCo qualifying as a “foreign private issuer” pursuant to rule 3b-4 of the Exchange Act as of the Closing.

 

In addition, unless waived by EUR, the obligations of the Company, EUR, PubCo and Merger Sub to consummate the Transactions are subject to the satisfaction of the following additional Closing conditions, in addition to the delivery by SPAC of customary certificates and other Closing deliverables: (i) the fundamental representations and warranties of SPAC being true and correct as of the date of the Merger Agreement and as of the Closing (subject to certain materiality qualifiers); (ii) SPAC having performed in all material respects its obligations and complied in all material respects with its covenants and agreements under the Merger Agreement required to be performed or complied with by it on or prior to the date of the Closing; (iii) absence of any Material Adverse Effect with respect to SPAC since the date of the Merger Agreement which is continuing and uncured; (iv) the Sponsor Support Agreement being in full force and effect; (v) SPAC having at least $40,000,000 in funds in the trust account, together with the cash on SPAC’s balance sheet and the aggregate amount of gross proceeds from any Future PIPE Investment, after giving effect to the completion and payment of any redemptions and before payment of Transaction Expenses; and (vi) EUR having obtained a written confirmation or ruling from the Australian Taxation Office confirming that the sale of all of the issued Company Ordinary Shares on the terms contemplated by the Merger Agreement will satisfy the requirements for capital gains tax rollover relief under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) and for all other purposes.

 

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Unless waived by SPAC, the obligations of SPAC to consummate the Transaction are subject to the satisfaction of the following additional Closing conditions, in addition to the delivery by the Company and Merger Sub of customary certificates and other Closing deliverables: (i) the representations and warranties of EUR, the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub being true and correct as of the date of the Merger Agreement and as of the Closing (subject to certain materiality qualifiers); (ii) the Company, PubCo, Merger Sub and EUR having performed in all material respects their respective obligations and complied in all material respects with their respective covenants and agreements under the Merger Agreement required to be performed or complied with by them on or prior to the date of the Closing; (iii) absence of any Material Adverse Effect with respect to the Company since the date of the Merger Agreement which is continuing and uncured; (iv) the Investors Agreement being in full force and effect; (v) the Lock-Up Agreement being in full force and effect; and (vi) the Registration Rights Agreement being in full force and effect.

 

Termination

 

The Merger Agreement may be terminated under certain customary and limited circumstances at any time prior to the Closing, including: (i) by mutual written consent of SPAC and the Company; (ii) by either SPAC or the Company if Closing has not occurred by February 8, 2023 (the “Outside Date”), provided that SPAC may extend the Outside Date for an additional period ending on the earlier of (A) the last date for SPAC to consummate its Business Combination pursuant to an extension granted pursuant to SPAC’s organizational documents and (B) May 8, 2023; (iii) by either SPAC or the Company in the event of the other party’s uncured breach, if such breach would result in the failure of a closing condition (and so long as the terminating party is not also in material breach under the Merger Agreement); (iv) by either SPAC or the Company if SPAC holds a special meeting of its shareholders to approve the Merger Agreement and the Transactions, and the required approvals related to the Merger Agreement and the Transactions of the SPAC’s stockholders is not obtained; (v) by either SPAC or the Company if EUR holds a special meeting of its shareholders to approve the Merger Agreement and the Transactions, and the required approvals related to the Merger Agreement and the Transactions of EUR’s stockholders is not obtained; (vi) by the Company, if the SPAC’s board of directors has changed its recommendation of the Merger Agreement and Transactions adversely; (vii) by EUR in order for EUR to substantially concurrently enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a superior proposal; provided that prior to or substantially concurrently with such termination EUR pays or causes to be paid to SPAC the break-up fee (as further described below); (viii) by SPAC, prior to the approval of EUR shareholders of the Merger Agreement and the Transactions, if (A) there has occurred a EUR Adverse Recommendation Change, or (B) at any time after a EUR Competing Proposal has been publicly proposed or publicly announced the board of directors of EUR has failed to publicly affirm the EUR Board Recommendation within 10 business days; (ix) by SPAC if the Company has not delivered the audited financials on or prior to December 31, 2022 (provided, that upon the Company delivering the audited financials to SPAC after December 31, 2022, SPAC will not be permitted thereafter to terminate); (x) by the Company, if the anticipated Closing Proceeds of SPAC (as reasonably determined by the Company following the conclusion of the SPAC Extension Meeting) are less than $40,000,000; and (x) by SPAC if there has been a Company Material Adverse Effect following the date of this Agreement which is uncured and continuing for at least thirty days.

 

If the Merger Agreement is terminated, all further obligations of the parties under the Merger Agreement (except for certain obligations related to publicity, confidentiality and access to information, waiver of claims against the trust account, transaction litigation, termination and general provisions) will terminate, and no party to the Merger Agreement will have any further liability to any other party thereto except for liability for willful breach.

 

If EUR, having acted in accordance with applicable law and the terms of the Merger Agreement, either changes its board recommendation or enters into a superior proposal and either SPAC or EUR terminates the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms or consummates an alternative transaction under certain other circumstances, SPAC will be entitled to a break-up fee of $5,000,000 as the sole and exclusive monetary remedy in the circumstances in which the break-up fee is payable. If the SPAC, having acted in accordance with applicable law and the terms of the Merger Agreement, changes its board recommendation and the Company terminates the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Company will be entitled to a break-up fee of $5,000,000 as the sole and exclusive monetary remedy in the circumstances in which the break-up fee is payable.

 

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Trust Account Waiver

 

The Company and EUR each agreed that they and their affiliates will not have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in SPAC’s trust account (including any distributions therefrom) held for its public stockholders, and agreed not to, and waived any right to, make any claim against the trust account (including any distributions therefrom to SPAC’s public stockholders).

 

Governing Law

 

The Merger Agreement is governed by Delaware law, provided that the laws of the British Virgin Islands will govern the Share Exchange solely to the extent required by the laws of the British Virgin Islands. The state and federal courts sitting in Wilmington, Delaware will have exclusive jurisdiction.

 

A copy of the Merger Agreement is filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K as Exhibit 2.1 and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Merger Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

The Merger Agreement contains representations, warranties and covenants that the respective parties made to each other as of the date of such agreement or other specific dates. The assertions embodied in those representations, warranties and covenants were made for purposes of the contract among the respective parties and are subject to important qualifications and limitations agreed to by the parties in connection with negotiating such agreement. The Merger Agreement has been filed with this Current Report on Form 8-K in order to provide investors with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about SPAC, the Company, PubCo, Merger Sub or any other party to the Merger Agreement. In particular, the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in the Merger Agreement, which were made only for purposes of such agreement and as of specific dates, were solely for the benefit of the parties to the Merger Agreement, may be subject to limitations agreed upon by the contracting parties (including being qualified by confidential disclosures made for the purposes of allocating contractual risk between the parties to the Merger Agreement instead of establishing these matters as facts) and may be subject to standards of materiality applicable to the contracting parties that differ from those applicable to investors and reports and documents filed with the SEC. Investors should not rely on the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements, or any descriptions thereof, as characterizations of the actual state of facts or condition of any party to the Merger Agreement. In addition, the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements and other terms of the Merger Agreement may be subject to subsequent waiver or modification. Moreover, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties and other terms may change after the date of the Merger Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in SPAC’s public disclosures.

 

Related Agreements

 

This section describes the material provisions of certain additional agreements entered into or to be entered into pursuant to the Merger Agreement (the “Related Agreements”) but does not purport to describe all of the terms thereof. The following summary is qualified in its entirety by reference to the complete text of each of the Related Agreements, copies of each of which are attached hereto as exhibits. Stockholders and other interested parties are urged to read such Related Agreements, or forms thereof, in their entirety.

 

Sponsor Support Agreement

 

Simultaneously with the execution of the Merger Agreement, the Company, SPAC and SPAC’s sponsor, VO Sponsor LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), entered into a Sponsor Support Agreement (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”) pursuant to which the Sponsor agreed to support the Business Combination and to vote all of its SPAC Shares (and any other SPAC securities owned or acquired by the Sponsor) in favor of the Merger Agreement and the Business Combination. The Sponsor also agreed to take certain other actions in support of the Merger Agreement and the Business Combination and to refrain from taking such actions that would adversely impede the ability of the parties to perform the Merger Agreement. The Sponsor Support Agreement also prevents transfers of SPAC securities held by the Sponsor between the date of the Sponsor Support Agreement and the date of the Closing or earlier termination of the Merger Agreement unless the transferee executes a joinder to the Support Agreement.

 

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A copy of the Sponsor Support Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Sponsor Support Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

Lock-Up Agreement

 

Simultaneously with the execution of the Merger Agreement, EUR, PubCo and the Sponsor, entered into a Lock-Up Agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”). Pursuant to the Lock-Up Agreement, the Sponsor and EUR agreed not to, during the period commencing from the Closing and ending 180 days after the date of the Closing: (A) sell, publicly offer to sell, enter into a contract or agreement to sell, hypothecation or pledge of, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise disposition of or agreement to dispose of, in each case, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position with respect to, any security, (B) enter 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) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (A) or (B), any Lock-up Shares (in each case, subject to certain limited permitted transfers where the recipient takes the shares subject to the restrictions in the Lock-Up Agreement). “Lock-up Shares” means (a) with respect to EUR or each of its permitted transferees, the PubCo Shares (i) received by EUR as Closing Share Consideration and (ii) received by EUR as Earnout Consideration and (b) with respect to the Sponsor, (i) the PubCo Shares it receives as Merger Consideration with respect to the SPAC Shares that the Sponsor held immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) any PubCo Shares issued to the Sponsor in connection with the exercise or settlement of any SPAC warrant or PubCo warrant.

 

A copy of the Lock-Up Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Lock-Up Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

  

Investors Agreement

The Merger Agreement provides that, at or before the Closing, and effective as of the Closing, PubCo and EUR will enter into an Investors Agreement (the “Investors Agreement”), pursuant to which EUR will continue to be entitled to nominate and appoint certain numbers of directors depending on its percentage ownership of PubCo Shares.

 

A copy of the form of Investors Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the form of Investors Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

Registration Rights Agreement

 

Simultaneously with the Closing, each of PubCo, SPAC, the Sponsor and EUR, together with certain other persons listed on the signature pages thereto, will enter into a Registration Rights Agreement (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which, upon completion of the Business Combination, PubCo will grant certain registration rights to EUR, Sponsor and certain other holders of PubCo Shares.

 

A copy of the Registration Rights Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.4 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the Registration Rights Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement

 

In connection with the Closing, PubCo, SPAC and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York limited purpose trust company, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”) will enter into the Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement (the “Assumed Warrant Agreement”), which will amend that certain Warrant Agreement (the “Original Warrant Agreement”), dated as of November 3, 2021, and filed with the SEC on November 8, 2021, by and between SPAC and the Warrant Agent, which Original Warrant Agreement governs all of the Warrants issued by SPAC. Pursuant to the Assumed Warrant Agreement, SPAC will assign to PubCo all of SPAC’s right, title and interest in and to the Original Warrant Agreement and PubCo will assume, and agree to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge in full, as the same become due, all of SPAC’s liabilities and obligations under the Original Warrant Agreement, as amended. As a result, each SPAC Warrant will automatically cease to represent a right to be exercised into SPAC Shares and will instead represent a right to be exercised into PubCo Shares pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Original Warrant Agreement, as amended. Pursuant to the Assumed Warrant Agreement, among other things (i) PubCo will assume the obligations of SPAC under the Original Warrant Agreement, (ii) “Common Stock” or “shares”will mean the PubCo Shares; (iii) “stockholder” will mean shareholder of PubCo; and (iv) the “Board of Directors” or any committee thereof will mean the board of directors of PubCo or any committee thereof.

 

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A copy of the form of Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement is filed as Exhibit 10.5 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference, and the foregoing description of the form of Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference thereto.

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

As previously disclosed on a Current Report on Form 8-K filed on October 25, 2022, Sizzle, EUR, the Company and Critical Metals (the “Parties”) issued on October 24, 2022 a press release announcing the Merger Agreement (the “Initial Press Release”).

 

On October 28, 2022, the Parties issued an amended and restated Initial Press Release to revise the amount of metric tons of lithium concentrate referred to in the Initial Press Release to 70,000 (the “Updated Press Release”). This release clarifies that the Project referenced therein is poised to become the first major source of battery-grade lithium in Europe.

 

A copy of the Updated Press Release is furnished herewith as Exhibit 99.1 as a press release and incorporated into this Item 7.01 by reference.

 

The information in this Item 7.01, including Exhibit 99.1, is furnished and shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise be subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed to be incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

 

Additional Information and Where to Find It

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K (“Form 8-K”) is provided for informational purposes only and contains information with respect to a proposed business combination (the “Proposed Business Combination”) among SPAC, EUR, the Company, PubCo, and Merger Sub.

 

In connection with the Proposed Business Combination, PubCo intends to file the Registration Statement with the SEC, which will include a proxy statement to SPAC shareholders and a prospectus for the registration of PubCo securities in connection with the Proposed Business Combination. After the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents will be mailed to the shareholders of SPAC as of the record date to be established for voting on the Proposed Business Combination and will contain important information about the Proposed Business Combination and related matters. Shareholders of SPAC and other interested persons are advised to read these materials (including any amendments or supplements thereto) and any other relevant documents, because they will contain important information about SPAC, PubCo, EUR and the Company and the Proposed Business Combination. Shareholders and other interested persons will also be able to obtain copies of the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus, and other relevant materials in connection with the Proposed Business Combination, without charge, once available, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to: Sizzle Acquisition Corp., 4201 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20011, Attn: Steve Salis, Chief Executive Officer. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the websites referenced in this Form 8-K in each case is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this Form 8-K. 

 

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BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, INVESTORS AND SECURITY HOLDERS OF SPAC ARE URGED TO READ THE REGISTRATION STATEMENT, THE PROXY STATEMENT/PROSPECTUS AND ALL OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR THAT WILL BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION AS THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROPOSED BUSINESS COMBINATION.

 

Participants in the Solicitation

 

SPAC, EUR, PubCo and the Company and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from SPAC’s shareholders in connection with the Proposed Business Combination. SPAC’s shareholders and other interested persons may obtain, without charge, more detailed information regarding the directors and officers of SPAC in SPAC’s Form 10-K, as amended, filed with the SEC on June 13, 2022, or its Form 10-Q, filed with the SEC on August 15, 2022. Information regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies to SPAC’s shareholders in connection with the Proposed Business Combination will be set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus for the Proposed Business Combination, accompanying the Registration Statement that SPAC intends to file with the SEC. Additional information regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the Proposed Business Combination will likewise be included in that Registration Statement. You may obtain free copies of these documents as described above.

 

No Offer or Solicitation

 

This Form 8-K is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the Proposed Business Combination and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements 

 

This Form 8-K contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. SPAC’s, PubCo’s and the Company’s and/or EUR’s actual results may differ from their expectations, estimates and projections and consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. No representations or warranties, express or implied are given in, or in respect of, this Form 8-K. When we use words such as “may,” “will,” “intend,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,” “estimate” or similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters, it is making forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

 

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These forward-looking statements and factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: the ability of the parties to complete the transactions contemplated by the Proposed Business Combination in a timely manner or at all; the risk that the Proposed Business Combination or other business combination may not be completed by SPAC’s business combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of the business combination deadline; the outcome of any legal proceedings or government or regulatory action on inquiry that may be instituted against SPAC, PubCo, EUR or the Company or others following the announcement of the Proposed Business Combination and any definitive agreements with respect thereto; the inability to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the Proposed Business Combination, including the approval of the Proposed Business Combination by the shareholders of SPAC or EUR; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement relating to the Proposed Business Combination; the ability to meet stock exchange listing standards following the consummation of the Proposed Business Combination; the effect of the announcement or pendency of the Proposed Business Combination on EUR and the Company’s business relationships, operating results, current plans and operations of EUR, PubCo and the Company; the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Proposed Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of PubCo to grow and manage growth profitably; the possibility that SPAC, PubCo, EUR and/or the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; estimates by SPAC, PubCo, EUR or the Company of expenses and profitability; expectations with respect to future operating and financial performance and growth, including the timing of the completion of the Proposed Business Combination; plans, intentions or future operations of PubCo or the Company, including relating to the finalization, completion of any studies, feasibility studies or other assessments or relating to attainment, retention or renewal of any assessments, permits, licenses or other governmental notices or approvals, or the commencement or continuation of any construction or operations of plants or facilities; EUR and PubCo’s ability to execute on their business plans and strategy; and other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in filings with the SEC. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by any investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability.

 

The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Registration Statement referenced above and other documents filed by SPAC and PubCo from time to time with the SEC. These filings 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. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. There may be additional risks that neither SPAC, PubCo nor EUR and the Company presently know, or that SPAC, PubCo, EUR and/or the Company currently believe are immaterial, that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. For these reasons, among others, investors and other interested persons are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this Form 8-K. Neither SPAC, EUR, PubCo nor the Company undertakes any obligation to publicly revise these forward–looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date of this Form 8-K, except as required by applicable law.

  

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Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

 

Exhibit No.   Description
2.1*   Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 24, 2022, by and among European Lithium Limited, European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, Critical Metals Corp., Project Wolf Merger Sub Inc., and Sizzle Acquisition Corp.
10.1   Sponsor Support Agreement, dated as of October 24, 2022, by and among VO Sponsor, LLC and European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited
10.2   Lock-Up Agreement, dated as October 24, 2022, by and among VO Sponsor, LLC, European Lithium Limited and Critical Metals Corp.
10.3   Form of Investors Agreement
10.4   Form of Registration Rights Agreement
10.5   Form of Assignment and Assumption of Warrant Agreement
99.1   Press Release, dated October 28, 2022
104   Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded with the Inline XRBL document).

 

 

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

 

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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.

 

  SIZZLE ACQUISITION CORP.
   
  By: /s/ Steve Salis
  Name:   Steve Salis
  Title: Chief Executive Officer  
     
Dated: October 28, 2022    

 

 

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Exhibit 2.1

 

 Execution Version

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

BY AND AMONG

 

EUROPEAN LITHIUM LIMITED,

 

as EUR

 

European Lithium AT (Investments) LIMITED,

 

as the Company

 

CRITICAL METALS CORP.,

 

as PubCo 

 

PROJECT WOLF MERGER SUB INC.,

 

as Merger Sub

 

AND

 

SIZZLE ACQUISTION CORP.,

 

as SPAC

 

DATED AS OF OCTOBER 24, 2022

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

ARTICLE I THE CLOSING TRANSACTIONS 3
   
Section 1.1 Closing 3
Section 1.2 Exchange Agent 4
Section 1.3 Withholding Taxes 4
Section 1.4 SPAC Financing Certificate 4
     
ARTICLE II MERGER 5
   
Section 2.1 Effective Time 5
Section 2.2 Effect of the Merger 5
Section 2.3 Governing Documents 5
Section 2.4 Directors and Officers of the Surviving Company 5
Section 2.5 Effect of the Merger on Securities of SPAC and Merger Sub 6
Section 2.6 No Further Ownership of SPAC Shares 7
Section 2.7 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action 7
     
ARTICLE III SHARE EXCHANGE 8
   
Section 3.1 Share Exchange 8
Section 3.2 Earnout Shares 8
     
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY, PUBCO AND MERGER SUB 10
   
Section 4.1 Organization and Qualification 10
Section 4.2 Company Subsidiaries 10
Section 4.3 Capitalization 11
Section 4.4 Due Authorization 12
Section 4.5 No Conflict; Governmental Consents and Filings 13
Section 4.6 Legal Compliance; Approvals 13
Section 4.7 Company Financial Statements 14
Section 4.8 No Undisclosed Liabilities 14
Section 4.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events 14
Section 4.10 Litigation 14
Section 4.11 Company Benefit Plans 15
Section 4.12 Labor Relations 15
Section 4.13 Real Property 17
Section 4.14 Taxes 17
Section 4.15 Intellectual Property and the Group Company IT Systems 19
Section 4.16 Privacy and Data Security 21
Section 4.17 Agreements, Contracts and Commitments 21
Section 4.18 Insurance 23
Section 4.19 Transactions with Related Persons 24
Section 4.20 Business Activities 24
Section 4.21 Information Supplied 24
Section 4.22 Absence of Certain Business Practices 25
Section 4.23 Mining. 25
Section 4.24 Sufficiency of Assets 25
Section 4.25 Brokers 26
Section 4.26 Takeover Statutes; Anti-Takeover Laws 26
Section 4.27 Investigation and Reliance 26
Section 4.28 Top Suppliers 26
Section 4.29 Capital Maintenance Rules 26
Section 4.30 Books and Records 26
Section 4.31 Investment Company Act 26
Section 4.32 Pre-Feasibility Study 26

 

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ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SPAC 27
   
Section 5.1 Organization and Qualification 27
Section 5.2 SPAC Subsidiaries 27
Section 5.3 Capitalization 27
Section 5.4 Due Authorization 28
Section 5.5 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents 29
Section 5.6 Legal Compliance; Approvals 29
Section 5.7 SPAC SEC Reports and Financial Statements 30
Section 5.8 Absence of Certain Changes or Events 31
Section 5.9 Litigation 32
Section 5.10 Business Activities 32
Section 5.11 SPAC Material Contracts 32
Section 5.12 SPAC Listing 32
Section 5.13 Undisclosed Liabilities 33
Section 5.14 Trust Account 33
Section 5.15 Taxes 34
Section 5.16 Information Supplied 35
Section 5.17 Employees; Benefit Plans 36
Section 5.18 Title to Assets 36
Section 5.19 Affiliate Transactions 36
Section 5.20 Investment Company Act; JOBS Act 36
Section 5.21 Brokers 36
Section 5.22 Fairness Opinion 37
Section 5.23 SPAC’s Investigation and Reliance 37
     
ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EUR 37
   
Section 6.1 Organization and Qualification 37
Section 6.2 Authorization; Binding Agreement 38
Section 6.3 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents 38
Section 6.4 Ownership 39
Section 6.5 Litigation 39
Section 6.6 Investment Intent 39
Section 6.7 EUR Investigation and Reliance 39
Section 6.8 Brokers 39
     
ARTICLE VII CONDUCT PRIOR TO THE CLOSING DATE 40
   
Section 7.1 Conduct of Business by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries 40
Section 7.2 Conduct of Business by SPAC 44
Section 7.3 No Control 46
Section 7.4 No Solicitation by EUR 46
Section 7.5 PIPE Agreements 48
     
ARTICLE VIII ADDITIONAL AGREEMENTS 49
   
Section 8.1 Registration Statement; Stockholder Meeting 49
Section 8.2 Employee Matters 51
Section 8.3 Regulatory Approvals 51
Section 8.4 Other Filings; Press Release 52
Section 8.5 Confidentiality; Access to Information 53
Section 8.6 No Claim Against Trust Account 54
Section 8.7 Company and SPAC Securities Listings 54

 

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Section 8.8 No Solicitation of SPAC 55
Section 8.9 Trust Account 55
Section 8.10 Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance 55
Section 8.11 Tax Matters 56
Section 8.12 Section 16 Matters 57
Section 8.13 Takeover Statutes 57
Section 8.14 Board of Directors 58
Section 8.15 Warrant Agreement 58
Section 8.16 Transaction Litigation 58
Section 8.17 Restated Articles 58
Section 8.18 Extension of Time Period to Consummate a Business Combination 58
Section 8.19 Delivery of Company Financial Statements 60
Section 8.20 Transferred Contracts 60
     
ARTICLE IX CONDITIONS TO THE TRANSACTIONS 60
   
Section 9.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party’s Obligations 60
Section 9.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company, EUR, PubCo and Merger Sub 61
Section 9.3 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of SPAC 62
     
ARTICLE X NO SURVIVAL 63
   
Section 10.1 No Survival 63
     
ARTICLE XI TERMINATION 64
   
Section 11.1 Termination 64
Section 11.2 Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination 65
     
ARTICLE XII GENERAL PROVISIONS 67
   
Section 12.1 Notices 67
Section 12.2 Interpretation 69
Section 12.3 Counterparts; Electronic Delivery 69
Section 12.4 Entire Agreement 69
Section 12.5 Third Party Beneficiaries 69
Section 12.6 Severability 69
Section 12.7 Other Remedies; Specific Performance 70
Section 12.8 Governing Law 70
Section 12.9 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial 70
Section 12.10 Rules of Construction 71
Section 12.11 Expenses 71
Section 12.12 Assignment 71
Section 12.13 Amendment 71
Section 12.14 Extension; Waiver 71
Section 12.15 No Recourse 72
Section 12.16 Legal Representation 72
Section 12.17 Disclosure Letters and Exhibits 73
     
ARTICLE XIII DEFINED TERMS 73
   
Section 13.1 Defined Terms 73
Section 13.2 Additional Terms 78

 

EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A Form of Investors Agreement
Exhibit B Form of Registration Rights Agreement
Exhibit C Form of Assignment and Assumption of Warrant Agreement
Exhibit D Pro-forma Equity Structure
Exhibit E Form of Sponsor Support Agreement
Exhibit F Form of Lock-Up Agreement

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER is made and entered into as of October 24, 2022, by and among European Lithium Limited, an Australian Public Company limited by shares, and the holder of all of the issued Company Ordinary Shares (“EUR”), European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EUR (the “Company”), Critical Metals Corp., a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“PubCo”), Project Wolf Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”) and Sizzle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”). Each of EUR, the Company, PubCo, Merger Sub and SPAC shall individually be referred to herein as a “Party” and, collectively, as the “Parties”. The term “Agreement” as used herein refers to this Agreement and Plan of Merger, as the same may be amended from time to time, and all schedules, exhibits and annexes hereto. Defined terms used in this Agreement are listed alphabetically in Section 13.1, together with the section and, if applicable, subsection in which the definition of each such term is located.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, the Company is a mining exploration and development company, and wholly owns the Wolfsberg Lithium Project located in Austria;

 

WHEREAS, SPAC is a blank check company incorporated in Delaware for the purpose of effecting a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses;

 

WHEREAS, PubCo is a BVI business company newly incorporated in the British Virgin Islands for the sole purpose of consummating the Transactions;

 

WHEREAS, Merger Sub is a newly incorporated, direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo, and was formed for the sole purpose of consummating the Transactions;

 

WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (“DGCL”) and other applicable legal requirements (collectively, as applicable based on context, the “Applicable Law”), the Parties intend to enter into a business combination transaction;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of EUR has unanimously: (a) determined that it is in the best interests of EUR, and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which EUR is a party, providing for the Share Exchange and the other Transactions; and (b) approved this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements to which EUR is a party and the Transactions in accordance with Applicable Law, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company has unanimously: (a) determined that it is in the best interests of the Company, and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which the Company is a party, providing for the Transactions; and (b) approved this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements to which the Company is a party and the Transactions in accordance with Applicable Law, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement;

 

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WHEREAS, the board of directors of PubCo has unanimously: (a) determined that it is in the best interests of PubCo, and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which PubCo is a party, providing for the Merger, the Share Exchange and the other Transactions; and (b) approved this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements to which PubCo is a party and the Transactions in accordance with Applicable Law, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Merger Sub has unanimously: (a) determined that it is in the best interests of Merger Sub and PubCo (as sole stockholder of Merger Sub), and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which Merger Sub is a party, providing for the Merger and the other Transactions; and (b) approved and recommended the adoption and approval of this Agreement by PubCo (as sole stockholder of Merger Sub);

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of PubCo, in its capacity as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, has unanimously: (a) determined that it is in the best interests of Merger Sub, and declared it advisable, for Merger Sub to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which Merger Sub is a party, providing for the Merger and the other Transactions; and (b) approved this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements to which Merger Sub is a party and the Transactions in accordance with Applicable Law, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement (the “Merger Sub Stockholder Approval”);

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of SPAC has unanimously: (a) determined that it is advisable, fair to, and in the best interests of SPAC and SPAC’s stockholders (the “SPAC Stockholders”) to enter into this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which SPAC is a party, providing for the Merger and the other Transactions; and (b) approved and recommended, among other things, the adoption and approval of this Agreement, including authorization of the Merger, by the SPAC Stockholders;

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the Sponsor, SPAC and the Company have entered into a sponsor support agreement in the form attached as Exhibit E (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed, among other things, to support and vote in favor of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which SPAC is or will be a party and the Transactions (including the Merger);

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Sponsor, EUR and PubCo shall enter into a lock-up agreement in the form attached as Exhibit F (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), pursuant to which the Sponsor has agreed, among other things, to restrictions on the transfer of its equity interests in PubCo;

 

WHEREAS, at the Closing, PubCo and EUR will enter into an investors agreement in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Investors Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, PubCo will grant to EUR certain rights and EUR will be subject to certain restrictions;

 

WHEREAS, SPAC and the Sponsor are parties to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2021 (the “SPAC Registration Rights Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, at the Closing, each of PubCo, the Sponsor and EUR, together with certain other persons listed on the signature pages thereto, will enter into a new registration rights agreement in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto (the “Registration Rights Agreement”), which will supersede the SPAC Registration Rights Agreement;

 

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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Organizational Documents of SPAC, SPAC is required to provide an opportunity for its public stockholders to have their outstanding SPAC Shares redeemed on the terms and subject to the conditions and limitations set forth in this Agreement, SPAC’s Organizational Documents and the Trust Agreement in conjunction with obtaining the SPAC Stockholder Approval;

 

WHEREAS, for U.S. federal income Tax purposes, the Parties intend that (a) the Merger and the Share Exchange, taken together, qualify as a transaction described in Section 351(a) and (b) of the Code and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, and (b) the Merger qualifies as a “reorganization” under Section 368 of the Code, and this Agreement is and is hereby adopted as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Sections 354, 361 and 368 of the Code and Treasury Regulations Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a) (the “Intended Tax Treatment”);

 

WHEREAS, prior to the Closing, PubCo shall amend and restate its memorandum and articles of association such that they are in a form mutually agreed to by the Parties prior to Closing (the “Restated Articles”);

 

WHEREAS, immediately prior to the Effective Time, EUR shall sell and transfer each issued Company Ordinary Share to PubCo, in consideration for (a) the issuance of the Closing Share Consideration at Closing and (b) the Earnout Consideration (subject to the conditions set forth in Section 3.2), as a result of which the Company will become a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (the “Share Exchange”);

 

WHEREAS, at the Effective Time, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL, Merger Sub shall merge with and into SPAC (the “Merger”), with SPAC continuing as the surviving company after the Merger (the “Surviving Company”), as a result of which SPAC will become a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo;

 

WHEREAS, as a result of the Merger, (a) each issued and outstanding share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share of SPAC (each, a “SPAC Share”) (other than any Excluded SPAC Shares) shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be converted into the right of the holder thereof to receive one (1) PubCo Share and (b) each outstanding whole SPAC Warrant shall be assumed by PubCo and will be thereafter exercisable, in accordance with the terms of the Assumed Warrant Agreement, for one (1) PubCo Share; and

 

WHEREAS, after the Merger, the illustrative equity structure of PubCo will be as set out in the pro-forma equity structure in Exhibit D subject to the assumptions set forth therein.

 

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

 

Article I
The Closing Transactions

 

Section 1.1 Closing. Unless this Agreement shall have been terminated pursuant to Section 11.1, the consummation of the Transactions (the “Closing”), other than the filing of the Certificate of Merger, shall take place by conference call and by mutual exchange of signature pages by email or other electronic transmission at a time and date to be specified in writing by the Company and SPAC, which shall be no later than the third (3rd) Business Day after the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article IX (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver by the applicable party or parties of those conditions), or at such other time, on such other date and in such other manner as the Company and SPAC agree in writing (the date on which the Closing occurs, the “Closing Date”).

 

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Section 1.2 Exchange Agent.

 

(a)      Prior to the Closing Date, PubCo, SPAC and the Company shall engage SPAC’s transfer agent (or another Person reasonably satisfactory to the Company) to act as exchange agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by Section 2.5(a) to (c) and Section 3.1 (the “Exchange Agent”), and the Exchange Agent shall enter into an exchange agent agreement reasonably acceptable to the Parties (the “Exchange Agent Agreement”) for the purpose of exchanging, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement (including Section 1.3), each SPAC Share on the register of stockholders of SPAC, and each Company Ordinary Share on the register of members of the Company into PubCo Shares issued in connection with the Merger and Share Exchange and recorded as so issued in the register of members of PubCo.

 

(b)      At the Effective Time, PubCo shall deposit with the Exchange Agent the Merger Consideration and the Closing Share Consideration. PubCo shall cause the Exchange Agent, pursuant to irrevocable instructions, to deliver or issue the Merger Consideration and the Closing Share Consideration in accordance with this Agreement.

 

Section 1.3 Withholding Taxes(c). Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, SPAC, Merger Sub, the Company, the Surviving Company, the Exchange Agent and their respective Affiliates and Representatives shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any consideration or other amount payable pursuant to this Agreement any amount of Taxes required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under Applicable Law. If any such withholding is so required in connection with any such payments, the Party required to so withhold shall use commercially reasonable efforts to provide written notice to the Party in respect of whom such withholding is required to be paid of the amounts to be so deducted and withheld no later than ten (10) days prior to such payment. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such amounts shall be (a) duly and timely paid over to the appropriate Governmental Entity, and (b) treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made. Upon the reasonable written request of any Person with respect to which amounts were so deducted or withheld, the payor shall provide such Person with a copy of documentary evidence of remittance of such amounts upon request from such Person. The Parties shall reasonably cooperate in good faith with any request to eliminate or reduce any such deduction or withholding (including through the request and provision of any statements, forms, declarations or other documents to reduce or eliminate any such deduction or withholding). In the case of any such payment payable to employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the Merger is treated as compensation, the parties shall cooperate to pay such amounts through the Company’s or the relevant Subsidiary’s payroll to facilitate applicable withholding.

 

Section 1.4 SPAC Financing Certificate. No later than two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, SPAC shall deliver to the Company written notice (the “SPAC Financing Certificate”) setting forth: (a) the aggregate amount of cash proceeds that will be required to satisfy any exercise of the redemption of SPAC Shares pursuant to the Organizational Documents of SPAC (the “SPAC Stockholder Redemptions”); (b) the anticipated Closing Proceeds; (c) the amount of all SPAC Transaction Expenses; and (d) the number of SPAC Shares to be outstanding immediately prior to the Closing after giving effect to the SPAC Stockholder Redemptions.

 

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Article II
Merger

 

Section 2.1 Effective Time. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Parties shall cause the Merger to be effected by filing a certificate of merger (the “Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware, in such form as is required by, and executed in accordance with, the relevant provisions of the DGCL and reasonably agreed by the Parties. For purposes of this Agreement, the “Effective Time” shall mean the time at which the Certificate of Merger has been duly filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware and has become effective in accordance with the DGCL or such later time as Merger Sub and SPAC may agree and specify in the Certificate of Merger pursuant to the DGCL.

 

Section 2.2 Effect of the Merger. At the Effective Time, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, Merger Sub shall, automatically and without any action on the part of any Party or any other Person, be merged with and into SPAC, following which the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and SPAC shall continue as the Surviving Company after the Effective Time and as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo. At the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement, the Certificate of Merger and the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the assets, property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of Merger Sub and SPAC shall become the assets, property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of the Surviving Company, which shall include the assumption by the Surviving Company of any and all agreements, covenants, duties and obligations of Merger Sub and SPAC set forth in this Agreement to be performed after the Effective Time.

 

Section 2.3 Governing Documents. At the Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Merger Sub as in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Company, except all references to the name of Merger Sub shall be replaced by the name of the Surviving Company, until thereafter changed or amended as provided therein or by Applicable Law.

 

Section 2.4 Directors and Officers of the Surviving Company. Immediately after the Effective Time, (i) the board of directors of the Surviving Company shall be the board of directors of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, until any such director’s successor is duly elected or appointed and qualified, or until the earlier of their death, resignation or removal and (ii) the officers of the Surviving Company shall be the officers of Merger Sub immediately prior to the Effective Time, each to hold office in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL and the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Company.

 

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Section 2.5 Effect of the Merger on Securities of SPAC and Merger Sub. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any further action on the part of the Parties or any other Person, the following shall occur:

 

(a) SPAC Units. To the extent any SPAC Units remain outstanding and unseparated, immediately prior to the Effective Time, the SPAC Shares and the SPAC Warrants comprising each such issued and outstanding SPAC Unit immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be automatically separated (the “SPAC Unit Separation”) and the holder thereof shall be deemed to hold one (1) SPAC Share and one-half of one (0.5) SPAC Warrant; provided, however, that no fractional SPAC Warrants will be issued in connection with the SPAC Unit Separation such that if a holder of SPAC Units would be entitled to receive a fractional SPAC Warrant upon the SPAC Unit Separation, the number of SPAC Warrants to be issued to such holder upon the SPAC Unit Separation (after aggregating all fractional SPAC Warrants that otherwise would be received by such holder) shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of SPAC Warrants. The SPAC Shares and SPAC Warrants held following the SPAC Unit Separation shall be converted in accordance with the applicable terms of this Section 2.5.

 

(b) After giving effect to the SPAC Unit Separation, and all SPAC Stockholder Redemptions, in respect of each issued and outstanding SPAC Share (other than any Excluded SPAC Shares) immediately prior to the Effective Time, PubCo shall issue to the holder of such SPAC Share one (1) PubCo Share (the “Merger Consideration”), which PubCo shall cause to be recorded as in issue in the register of members of PubCo. Following the foregoing each SPAC Share shall no longer be outstanding and shall automatically be canceled and shall cease to exist by virtue of the Merger, and each former holder of SPAC Shares (other than any Excluded SPAC Shares) shall thereafter cease to have any rights with respect to the SPAC Shares, except as provided herein or by Applicable Law. PubCo shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the PubCo Shares to be issued pursuant to this Section 2.5 to be recorded as issued in the register of members of PubCo at the Effective Time.

 

(c) SPAC Warrants. Pursuant to the terms of the Assignment and Assumption of Warrant Agreement, at the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any holder each whole SPAC Warrant that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be assumed by PubCo and will be converted into one PubCo Warrant, exercisable in accordance with the terms of the Assignment and Assumption of Warrant Agreement. At the Effective Time, the SPAC Warrants shall cease to be exercisable into SPAC Shares and shall automatically be exercisable only into PubCo Shares. Each of the PubCo Warrants shall have, and be subject to, substantially the same terms and conditions set forth in the SPAC Warrants, except they shall represent the right to acquire PubCo Shares in lieu of SPAC Shares. At or prior to the Effective Time, PubCo shall take all corporate actions necessary to reserve for future issuance, and shall maintain such reservation for so long as any of the PubCo Warrants remain outstanding, a sufficient number of PubCo Shares for issuance upon the exercise of such PubCo Warrants.

 

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(d) Merger Sub Shares. At the Effective Time, each share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Merger Sub (the “Merger Sub Shares”) that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically convert into one (1) share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Company. The shares of common stock of the Surviving Company shall have the same rights, powers and privileges as the shares so converted and shall constitute the only issued and outstanding share capital of the Surviving Company.

 

(e) No Liability. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.5, none of the Parties or the Surviving Company or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person for any amount properly paid to a Governmental Entity pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Applicable Law. Any portion of the Merger Consideration remaining unclaimed by SPAC Stockholders immediately prior to such time when the amounts would otherwise escheat to, or become property of, any Governmental Entity shall become, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, the property of PubCo free and clear of any claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.

 

(f)   Excluded SPAC Shares. Each SPAC Share held in SPAC’s treasury or owned by the Company, PubCo or Merger Sub or any other wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company or SPAC immediately prior to the Effective Time (each, an “Excluded SPAC Share”) shall be cancelled and shall cease to exist, and no consideration shall be paid or payable with respect thereto.

 

(g) Adjustment to Merger Consideration. The Merger Consideration shall be adjusted to reflect appropriately the effect of any stock split, split-up, reverse stock split, stock dividend or stock distribution (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into SPAC Shares), reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other like change with respect to SPAC Shares occurring on or after the date hereof and prior to the Closing.

 

Section 2.6 No Further Ownership of SPAC Shares. All Merger Consideration delivered or issued upon the exchange of SPAC Shares in accordance with the terms of this Article II shall be deemed to have been exchanged and paid in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to the securities represented by such SPAC Share and there shall be no further registration of transfers on the register of stockholders of SPAC of the SPAC Share and that were issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

Section 2.7 Taking of Necessary Action; Further Action. If, at any time after the Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Company following the Merger with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of SPAC and Merger Sub, the officers and directors (or their designees) of the Surviving Company are fully authorized in the name of their respective corporations or otherwise to take, and will take, all such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.

 

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Article III
Share Exchange

 

Section 3.1 Share Exchange. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, immediately before the Effective Time, EUR shall sell and transfer all issued Company Ordinary Shares and other Equity Interests (whether outstanding, vested or otherwise) of the Company to PubCo, in consideration for (a) the issuance of the Closing Share Consideration at Closing and (b) the issuance of Earnout Consideration (subject to the satisfaction of the relevant conditions in Section 3.2) after Closing; provided, however, no fraction of a PubCo Share will be issued by virtue of the Share Exchange, and to the extent EUR would otherwise be entitled to a fraction of a PubCo Share (after aggregating all fractional PubCo Shares that otherwise would be received by EUR), EUR shall instead be entitled to receive such number of PubCo Shares to which EUR would otherwise be entitled, rounded up or down to the nearest whole PubCo Share. PubCo shall use reasonable best efforts to cause the PubCo Shares to be issued pursuant to this Section 3.1 to be issued in the register of members of PubCo at the time of the Share Exchange.

 

Section 3.2 Earnout Shares.

 

(a) In the event that, during the five (5) year period following the Closing Date (the “Earnout Period”), the VWAP per PubCo Share is greater than or equal to $15.00 (the “First Earnout Milestone Price”) for any twenty (20) Trading Days within any thirty (30) Trading Day period during the Earnout Period, PubCo shall promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days of such twentieth (20th) Trading Day) issue or cause to be issued to EUR an additional number of PubCo Shares equal to 5% of the Closing Share Consideration (“First Level Contingent Share Consideration”). Further, in the event that the VWAP per PubCo Share is greater than or equal to $20.00 (the “Second Earnout Milestone Price”, together with the First Earnout Milestone Price, the “Earnout Milestone Prices”) for any twenty (20) Trading Days within any thirty (30) Trading Day period during the Earnout Period, PubCo shall promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days of such twentieth (20th) Trading Day) issue or cause to be issued to EUR an additional number of PubCo Shares equal to 5% of the Closing Share Consideration (“Second Level Contingent Share Consideration”).

 

(b) The First Level Contingent Share Consideration, the Second Level Contingent Share Consideration, the First Earnout Milestone Price and the Second Earnout Milestone Price shall be equitably adjusted to reflect appropriately the effect of any share split, division of shares, split-up, combination of shares, reverse share split, bonus share issuance or share distribution (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into PubCo Shares), reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of shares or other like change with respect to PubCo Shares occurring on or after the date hereof and prior to the time such consideration is delivered to EUR.

 

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(c) If a Change of Control of PubCo occurs during the Earnout Period and the value of the consideration to be received by holders of PubCo Shares in such transaction is above the First Earnout Milestone Price, then, any First Level Contingent Share Consideration that has not been previously issued by PubCo (whether or not previously earned) will be deemed earned and immediately prior to the consummation of such Change of Control, to the extent not previously paid, PubCo shall issue or cause to be issued to EUR the First Level Contingent Share Consideration. In the event that during the Earnout Period, there is a Change of Control of PubCo and the value of the consideration to be received by holders of PubCo Shares in such transaction is above the Second Earnout Milestone Price, then, any Second Level Contingent Share Consideration that has not been previously issued by PubCo (whether or not previously earned) will be deemed earned and immediately prior to the consummation of such Change of Control, to the extent not previously paid, PubCo shall issue or cause to be issued to EUR the Second Level Contingent Share Consideration. For the purposes of this Agreement, a “Change of Control” shall be deemed to occur, as determined by a majority of the disinterested independent directors of the Post-Closing PubCo Board, with respect to PubCo upon:

 

(i)   a sale, lease, license or other disposition, in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, directly or indirectly, of fifty percent (50%) or more of the assets of PubCo and its direct or indirect Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to a Person other than EUR or any of its Affiliates;

 

(ii)     a takeover, scheme of arrangement, merger, consolidation or other business combination of PubCo resulting in any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), other than EUR or any of its Affiliates, acquiring at least fifty percent (50%) of the combined voting power of the then outstanding securities of PubCo or the surviving Person outstanding immediately after such combination; or

 

(iii)   any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act as in effect on the Closing Date), other than EUR or any of its Affiliates, obtaining beneficial ownership (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) of the voting stock of PubCo representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the capital stock of PubCo entitled to vote for the election of directors of PubCo.

 

(d) PubCo shall monitor the VWAP of PubCo Shares on Nasdaq on each Trading Day during the Earnout Period and, as soon as practicable (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) after an Earnout Milestone Price is achieved, will prepare and deliver to the Post-Closing PubCo Board for approval a written statement (each, an “Earnout Statement of PubCo”) that sets forth the VWAP of PubCo Common Stock on Nasdaq and PubCo’s determination that an Earnout Milestone Price has been achieved in accordance with the terms of this Section 3.2. An Earnout Statement of PubCo shall be deemed final if it is approved by a majority of the disinterested independent directors of the Post-Closing PubCo Board. If there is such a final determination in accordance with this Section 3.2(d) that the EUR Shareholders are entitled to receive Earnout Shares for the Company having achieved an Earnout Milestone Price, the applicable number of Earnout Shares will be due upon such final determination and PubCo will issue such Earnout Shares within ten (10) Business Days thereafter.

 

(e) Following the Closing (including during the Earnout Period), PubCo and its Subsidiaries will be entitled to (i) operate their respective businesses in accordance with their respective business requirements, and (ii) make changes at their sole discretion to their respective operations, organization, personnel, accounting practices and other aspects of their respective businesses, including changes that may have an impact on the share price of PubCo Shares and the ability of EUR to earn the Earnout Shares, and EUR will not have any right to claim the loss of all or any portion of any Earnout Shares or other damages as a result of such changes. Notwithstanding the foregoing, PubCo shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, take or omit to take any action that is in bad faith or has the primary purpose of avoiding, reducing or preventing the achievement or attainment of the Earnout Milestone Prices.

 

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(f)   PubCo shall, at all times, maintain sufficient authority to permit PubCo to satisfy its share issuance obligations set forth in Section 3.2(a) and shall take all actions required to maintain such authority. PubCo shares issued to satisfy PubCo’s share issuance obligations set forth in Section 3.2(a) shall be issued for consideration other than cash and may be treated by PubCo as issued in respect of a required adjustment to the consideration paid for PubCo Shares in relation to which such share issuances are made.

 

(g) The right of EUR to receive any portion of the Earnout Consideration: (i) does not give EUR dividend rights, voting rights, liquidation rights, rights to participate in surplus assets of PubCo upon its liquidation, preemptive rights or other rights of shareholders of PubCo or any ownership rights in the assets of PubCo; (ii) shall not be evidenced by a certificate or other instrument; (iii) shall not be assignable or otherwise transferable by EUR, except (A) pursuant to an Order or (B) without consideration in connection with the dissolution, liquidation or termination of EUR; provided, that any such transferee(s) shall be bound by the terms of this Section 3.2; (iv) shall not accrue or pay interest on any portion thereof; and (v) does not represent any right other than the contingent right to receive the consideration set forth in this Section 3.2.

 

Article IV
Representations and Warranties of the Company,
PubCo and Merger Sub

 

Except as set forth in the letter dated as of the date of this Agreement delivered by the Company to SPAC in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “Company Disclosure Letter”), the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub hereby represent and warrant to SPAC as follows:

 

Section 4.1 Organization and Qualification. Each of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub has been duly registered, incorporated, organized or formed and is validly existing as a company in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it was formed or incorporated. Each of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate all of its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub is duly licensed or qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which such properties and assets are owned, leased or operated by it or in which the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except for such licenses or qualifications the failure to obtain which would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. None of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub is in violation of any of the provisions of its respective Organizational Documents. Complete and correct copies of the Organizational Documents of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub, as amended and in full force and effect as of the date of this Agreement, have been made available to SPAC.

 

Section 4.2 Company Subsidiaries.

 

(a) The Company’s Subsidiaries, together with their (i) jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, as applicable, (ii) authorized shares or other equity interests (if applicable), and (iii) the number of issued and outstanding shares or other equity interests and the record holders and beneficial owners thereof, are listed on Schedule 4.2(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter (the “Company Subsidiaries”). Each Company Subsidiary has been duly formed, incorporated, registered or organized and is validly existing under the Applicable Law of its respective jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to conduct its business as now being conducted. No Company Subsidiary is in violation of any of the provisions of such Company Subsidiary’s Organizational Documents or of any of the provisions of rulings issued by any Governmental Entity. Complete, valid and correct copies of the Organizational Documents and recent corporate certificates of each Company Subsidiary have been made available to SPAC.

 

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(b) Each Company Subsidiary is duly licensed or qualified to do business and, where applicable, is in good standing as a foreign corporation (or other entity, if applicable) in each jurisdiction in which it is conducting business, or the operation, ownership or leasing of its property or assets or the character of its business activities is such as to require it to be so licensed or qualified, except where the failure to be so licensed or qualified or in good standing would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.3 Capitalization.

 

(a) As of the date hereof, the Company is authorized to issue 50,000 Company Ordinary Shares, of which 100 Company Ordinary Shares are issued; PubCo is authorized to issue 200,000,000 PubCo Shares, of which 100 PubCo shares are issued; and the authorized share capital of Merger Sub is 100 Merger Sub Shares, of which ten (10) Merger Sub Shares are issued and outstanding. After giving effect to the Share Exchange, PubCo shall own all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Company free and clear of any Liens other than those imposed by applicable securities Laws. EUR has good and valid title to and is the sole and exclusive legal and beneficial owner of all of the Equity Interests of the Company, all of which Equity Interests of the Company are owned by EUR free and clear of any Liens other than those imposed by Applicable Laws. All of the issued and/or outstanding Company Ordinary Shares, PubCo Shares and Merger Sub Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and have not been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights. Each Company Ordinary Share, PubCo Share and Merger Sub Share has been issued in compliance in all material respects with: (x) Applicable Law; and (y) the Organizational Documents (as in effect at the time of such issuance) of the Company, PubCo or Merger Sub, as applicable.

 

(b) Other than the Company Ordinary Shares, PubCo Shares and Merger Sub Shares set forth in Section 4.3(a), there are no outstanding (i) shares, capital stock, equity, voting interests (including bonds, debentures, notes, or other debt securities the holders of which have the right to vote with the shareholders), stock appreciation, phantom stock, stock-based performance unit, profit participation, restricted stock, restricted stock unit or other equity-based compensation award or similar rights, (ii) Company Convertible Securities, or (iii) other commitments or agreements providing for the issuance of additional shares (or other equity interests), the sale of treasury shares, or for the repurchase or redemption of any of the foregoing securities or interests (the items in clauses (i) through (iii) collectively, “Equity Interests”) of the Company, PubCo or Merger Sub, and there are no agreements of any kind which may obligate the Company, PubCo or Merger Sub to issue, purchase, register for sale, redeem or otherwise acquire any Equity Interests (other than this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements). Except as set forth in this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements, there are no registration rights, and there is no voting trust, proxy, rights plan, anti-takeover plan or other agreements or understandings with respect to any Equity Interests of the Company, PubCo or Merger Sub.

 

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(c) The issued and/or outstanding Equity Interests of each of the Company Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable (where such concepts are applicable) and have not been issued in violation of any preemptive or similar rights. No Subsidiary of the Company has any limitation, whether by Contract, Order or Applicable Law, on its ability to make any distributions or dividends to is equity holders or repay any debt owed to another Group Company. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries is a participant in any joint venture, partnership or similar arrangement. The Company owns of record, beneficially and exclusively all the issued and/or outstanding Equity Interests of each Company Subsidiary free and clear of any Liens other than (i) as may be set forth on Schedule 4.3(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, (ii) any restrictions on sales of securities under applicable securities laws, and (iii) Permitted Liens. There are no outstanding options, warrants, rights or other securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for any shares of capital stock (or other Equity Interests) of such Company Subsidiaries, any other commitments or agreements providing for the issuance of additional shares (or other Equity Interests), the sale of treasury shares, or for the repurchase or redemption of such Company Subsidiaries’ shares of capital stock (or other Equity Interests), or any agreements of any kind which may obligate any Company Subsidiary to issue, purchase, register for sale, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its shares of capital stock (or other Equity Interests). Except for the Equity Interests of the Company Subsidiaries, neither the Company nor any of the Company Subsidiaries owns, directly or indirectly, any ownership, equity, profits or other Equity Interest in any Person or has any agreement or commitment to purchase any such interest, and has not agreed and is not obligated to make nor is bound by any written, oral or other Contract, binding understanding, option, warranty or undertaking of any nature, as of the date hereof or as may hereafter be in effect under which it may become obligated to make, any future investment in or capital contribution to any other entity.

 

(d) Except as provided for in this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements and except as set forth in Schedule 4.3(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter, as a result of the consummation of the Transactions, no shares, share capital, warrants, options or other Equity Interests of the Company, PubCo or Merger Sub are issuable and no rights in connection with any shares, warrants, options or other securities of the Company accelerate or otherwise become triggered (whether as to vesting, exercisability, convertibility or otherwise).

 

Section 4.4 Due Authorization. Each of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub has all requisite corporate power and authority to: (a) execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party; and (b) carry out its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party (including, if and as applicable, the Merger and the Share Exchange), in each case, subject to the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements described in Section 4.5. The execution and delivery by each of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party and the consummation by it of the Transactions have been (or, for the Transaction Agreements to be executed at Closing, will be) duly and validly authorized by all requisite actions, including approval by the respective board of directors (or sole director, as applicable) of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub and the Merger Sub Stockholder Approval, as required by Applicable Law, no other corporate proceeding on the part of the Company, PubCo or Merger Sub is necessary to authorize this Agreement. This Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party have been (or, for the Transaction Agreements to be executed at Closing, will be) duly and validly executed and delivered by the each of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub and (assuming this Agreement and such other Transaction Agreements constitute (or, for the Transaction Agreements to be executed at Closing, will constitute) a legal, valid and binding obligation of the other Parties hereto and thereto) constitute (or, for the Transaction Agreements to be executed at Closing, will constitute) the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub (as applicable) enforceable against the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub (as applicable) in accordance with their respective terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity (whether considered in a proceeding at law or in equity) (collectively, the “Remedies Exception”).

 

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Section 4.5 No Conflict; Governmental Consents and Filings.

 

(a) Subject to the receipt of the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements set forth in Section 4.5(b), the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (including the consummation by each of the Company and, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, PubCo and Merger Sub of the transactions contemplated hereby) and the other Transaction Agreements to which each of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub is a party by the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub does not and will not: (i) violate any provision of, or result in the breach of, any Applicable Law to which any of the Group Companies is subject or by which any property or asset of any of the Group Companies is bound; (ii) conflict with or violate the Organizational Documents of any of the Group Companies; (iii) violate any provision of or result in a breach, default or acceleration of, or require a consent or notification under, any Company Material Contract, or terminate or result in the termination of any Company Material Contract, or result in the creation of any Lien under any Company Material Contract upon any of the properties or assets of any of the Group Companies, or constitute an event which, after notice or lapse of time or both, would result in any such violation, breach, default, acceleration, termination or creation of a Lien; or (iv) result in a violation or revocation of any required Approvals; except to the extent that the occurrence of any of the items described in the foregoing clauses (i), (iii) or (iv) would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other Parties contained in this Agreement, the execution and delivery by each of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party or the consummation of the Transactions (including, if and as applicable, the Merger and the Share Exchange) by each of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub does not, and the performance of its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder will not, require any consent, approval or authorization or permit of, or designation, declaration or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Entity, except for: (i) any consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, filings or notifications, the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; (ii) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, blue sky laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and appropriate documents with the relevant authorities of other jurisdictions in which any of the Group Companies is qualified to do business, including any required foreign direct investment filings and merger control filings under Applicable Laws in Key Jurisdictions; (iii) the filing of the Certificate of Merger in accordance with the DGCL; and (iv) as may be listed on Schedule 4.5(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter.

 

Section 4.6 Legal Compliance; Approvals.

 

(a) Each of the Group Companies has at all times complied in all respects with, and is not in violation of, any Applicable Law with respect to the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its business, except for any such non-compliance or violation that, individually or in the aggregate, have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. No written or, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, oral notice of material non-compliance with any Applicable Law has been received by any of the Group Companies.

 

(b) None of the Group Companies is insolvent, or subject to any bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or similar proceedings under Applicable Law.

 

(c) Each Group Company is in possession of all franchises, grants, authorizations, licenses, permits, consents, certificates, approvals and orders from Governmental Entities and/or third Persons (if applicable) (“Approvals”) necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted and is, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, in material compliance with all terms and conditions of such Approvals, in each case, except where the failure to have such Approvals or be in material compliance therewith would not be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. No Legal Proceeding is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, threatened in writing, to suspend, revoke, withdraw, modify or limit any such Approval.

 

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Section 4.7 Company Financial Statements.

 

(a) As used herein, the term “Company Financial Statements” means (i) the audited consolidated financial statements of the Group Companies (including any related notes thereto), consisting of the consolidated balance sheets as of June 30, 2022 and June 30, 2021 and the consolidated statements of comprehensive income, statement of changes in shareholder equity and cash flow statements for each of the years then ended, each audited in accordance with PCAOB auditing standards by a PCAOB qualified auditor (the “Audited Financials”) and (ii) once available and delivered by the Company, any additional reviewed and unaudited consolidated financial statements of the Group Companies (the “Additional Unaudited Financials”). The Company Financial Statements, when delivered by the Company: (i) will have been prepared from, and will be in accordance in all material respects with, the books and records of the Group Companies as of the times and for the periods referred to therein, (ii) will have been prepared in accordance with IFRS, consistently applied throughout and among the periods involved, (iii) when included in the Registration Statement for filing with the SEC following the date of this Agreement, will comply in all material respects with all applicable accounting requirements under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC, in each case, as in effect as of the respective dates thereof, and (iv) will fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Group Companies as of the respective balance sheet dates and the consolidated results of the operations and cash flows of the Group Companies for the periods indicated in accordance with IFRS. No Group Company has ever been subject to the reporting requirements of Sections 13(a) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act.

 

(b) The Company has established and maintained a system of internal control over financial reporting that is sufficient to provide reasonable assurance (i) that transactions, receipts and expenditures of the Group Companies are being executed and made only in accordance with appropriate authorizations of management of the Company and (ii) that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with IFRS and to maintain accountability for assets. To the Knowledge of the Group Companies, the Company, has not been the subject of an independent auditor of the Company identified or been made aware of any significant deficiency or material weakness in the internal controls over the financial reporting utilized by the Company.

 

Section 4.8 No Undisclosed Liabilities. There is no Liability (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of the Company and/or the other Group Companies except for Liabilities: (a) provided for in, or otherwise reflected or reserved for on, the Company Financial Statements or disclosed in the notes thereto; (b) that have arisen since June 30, 2021 in the Ordinary Course of Business of the Company; (c) incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; or (d) which would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.9 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as contemplated by this Agreement and as may be listed on Schedule 4.9 of the Company Disclosure Letter, between June 30, 2021 and the date of this Agreement, (a) each of the Group Companies has conducted its business in the Ordinary Course of Business, except as required by Applicable Law (including COVID-19 Measures) or as reasonably necessary or prudent in light of COVID-19 or COVID-19 Measures, and (b) there has not been (i) any change, event, state of facts, development or occurrence that, individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect or (ii) any action taken or agreed upon by any Group Company that would be prohibited by Section 7.1(g), (h), (k), (m), (o), (p), (q) or (r) if such action were taken on or after the date hereof without the consent of the Company.

 

Section 4.10 Litigation. As of the date hereof there are, and in the past three (3) years there have been, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect and as may be listed on Schedule 4.10 of the Company Disclosure Letter: (a) no Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, threatened in writing against any of the Group Companies or any of its properties or assets, or any of the directors or officers of any of the Group Companies in their capacity as such; (b) to the Knowledge of the Company, no facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any Legal Proceeding, (c) no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, threatened in writing to the Group Companies, audits, examinations or investigations by any Governmental Entity against any of the Group Companies; and (d) no pending or threatened in writing Legal Proceedings by any of the Group Companies against any third party.

 

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Section 4.11 Company Benefit Plans.

 

(a) Schedule 4.11(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a complete list of each material Benefit Plan of any Group Company (each a “Company Benefit Plan”).

 

(b) With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, the Company has made available to SPAC accurate and complete copies, if applicable, of the current plan documents and written descriptions of any material Company Benefit Plans which are not in writing, and all material communications in the past three (3) years with any Governmental Entity concerning any matter that is still pending or for which a Group Company has any outstanding material Liability.

 

(c) With respect to each Company Benefit Plan: (i) such Company Benefit Plan has been administered and enforced in all material respects in accordance with its terms and the requirements of all Applicable Law, and has been maintained, where required, in good standing in all material respects with all competent public authorities and Governmental Entities and any other third party involved (e.g. insurance companies etc.); (ii) no Legal Proceeding that would result in a material Liability to the Group Companies is pending or, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, threatened (other than routine claims for benefits arising in the ordinary course of administration); and (iii) all contributions, premiums and other payments required to be made with respect to a Company Benefit Plan have been timely made.

 

(d) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.11(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter, the authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement, or the consummation of the Transactions will not: (i) entitle any individual to severance pay, unemployment compensation, bonus or other benefits or compensation under any Company Benefit Plan or under any Applicable Law; (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or materially increase the amount of, any compensation or benefits in respect of any current or former director, employee or independent contractor of a Group Company; (iii) directly or indirectly cause the Company to transfer or set aside any assets to fund any material benefits under any Company Benefit Plan; or (iv) otherwise give rise to any material liability under any Company Benefit Plan; (v) limit or restrict the right to merge, materially amend, terminate or transfer the assets of any Company Benefit Plan on or following the Effective Time.

 

Section 4.12 Labor Relations.

 

(a) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Group Companies, (i) each Group Company has paid in full to all their employees all wages, salaries, commission, bonuses and other compensation due to their employees, including overtime compensation, and (ii) no Group Company has any obligation or Liability (whether or not contingent) with respect to severance payments to any such employees under the terms of any written or, to the Company’s Knowledge, oral agreement, or commitment or any Applicable Law, custom, trade or practice.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.12(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter, as of the date hereof, there are no complaints, charges or claims against any Group Company pending or, to Knowledge of the Group Companies, threatened in writing, based on, arising out of, in connection with or otherwise relating to the employment or any other type of engagement (e.g. through a services agreement or through a third party provider), termination of employment, misclassification claim or failure to employ by any Group Company, of any individual, except for those which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in any material liability to the Group Companies.

 

(c) The Group Companies have provided the SPAC with a list containing (i) name, (ii) job title, (iii) hire or retention date, (iv) current base salary or wage rate, and (v) the terms of any commission, bonus or other incentive-based compensation of each Group Company employee as of the date hereof.

 

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(d) No current executive officer of any Group Company has provided any Group Company with written notice, written or oral, of his or her plan to terminate his or her employment with any Group Company in connection with transactions contemplated by this Agreement. .

 

(e) The Group Companies have at all times been, in compliance with all Applicable Law relating to the employment of labor, including as relating to wages (including minimum wage and overtime), fringe benefits, social benefits, hours and days of work (including, for the avoidance of doubt, providing overwork/overtime, working during rest days and holidays), protection of employees’ rights in case of business transfer, enforcement of labor laws, child labor, discrimination, equal treatment, sexual harassment, civil rights, immigration, withholdings and deductions and payments, classification and payment of employees, independent contractors, and consultants, employment equity, collective bargaining, employment practice, occupational health and safety, remote work arrangements and reimbursements of respective costs, workers’ compensation, and immigration, submission of filings and notifications to the authorities, employer’s information/consultation obligations towards the personnel, except for instances of noncompliance which, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to result in any material liability to the Group Companies.

 

(f)   Except as would not unreasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Group Companies, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement will not cause any employee of any Group Company to be terminated and will not trigger any Applicable Law requiring severance payments to employees or minimum notice requirements prior to termination of employment.

 

(g) No Group Company is a party to, bound by, negotiating or required to negotiate any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement with a labor union, works council or other labor organization. No employees of any Group Company are represented by any labor union, works council or other labor organization. In the past three (3) years, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in any material liability to the Group Companies, taken as a whole, there have been no strikes, work stoppages, slowdowns, lockouts, arbitrations, or grievances or other labor disputes (including unfair labor practice charges, grievances, or complaints) pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, threatened in writing against or involving any Group Company involving any employee or independent contractor of any Group Company. Additionally, to the Group Companies’ Knowledge, there has been no effort of campaign to unionize the employees of any Group Company in the past three (3) years.

 

(h) The Group Companies have provided a list of all independent contractors (including consultants) currently engaged by any Group Company, along with the position, the entity engaging such Person, rate of remuneration for each such Person. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Group Companies, for the purposes of Applicable Law, all independent contractors who are currently, or within the last three (3) years have been, engaged by the Company have been correctly classified as independent contractors.

 

(i)   Each Group Company has maintained for the last three (3) years and currently maintains adequate insurance as required by Applicable Law with respect to workers’ compensation claims, family, maternity, or paternity leave, and unemployment benefits claims, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in material liability to the Group Companies.

 

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Section 4.13 Real Property.

 

(a) No Group Company owns, or has owned, any real property.

 

(b) Schedule 4.13(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists, as of the date of this Agreement, all real property leased, subleased, licensed or otherwise occupied by the Group Companies (the “Leased Real Property”). The Company or one of the Company Subsidiaries has a valid, binding and enforceable leasehold estate or equivalent interest in, and enjoys peaceful and undisturbed possession of, all Leased Real Property, and such leasehold estates and equivalent interests are held free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens). Each of the leases, subleases, license agreements, occupancy agreements and documents related to any Leased Real Property and to which a Group Company is a party, including all amendments and modifications thereto and guarantees thereof (collectively, the “Company Real Property Leases”): (i) are in full force and effect, subject to the Remedies Exception; and (ii) represent the valid and binding obligations of such Group Company party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Company, represent the valid and binding obligations of the other parties thereto. All Group Companies have complied in all material respects with all obligations expressly undertaken by the Group Companies both under the Company Real Property Leases they have directly entered into with regard to the Leased Real Properties and under the agreements the Group Companies’ sublessors have entered into with overlandlords with respect to any subleased Leased Real Property.

 

(c) No Leased Real Property, or any portion thereof, is currently leased, sublet or sublicensed by any Group Company to a third party. No condemnation proceeding is pending or, to the Knowledge of any Group Company, threatened in writing with respect to any Leased Real Property or portion thereof, which individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.14 Taxes.

 

(a) All material Tax Returns required to be filed by the Group Companies have been timely filed with the appropriate Governmental Entity (taking into account applicable extensions of time to file), except with respect to matters being contested in good faith by appropriate proceeding and with respect to which adequate reserves have been made in accordance with IFRS. All such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects.

 

(b) The Group Companies have timely paid all material amounts of Taxes which are due and payable (regardless of whether shown on a Tax Return), other than such Taxes being contested in good faith and for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with IFRS.

 

(c) The Group Companies have complied in all material respects with all Applicable Laws relating to the withholding, reporting and remittance of all material amounts of Taxes and all material amounts of Taxes required by Applicable Law to be withheld by the Group Companies have been withheld and paid over to the appropriate Governmental Entity.

 

(d) No deficiency for any material amount of Taxes has been asserted or assessed by any Governmental Entity in writing against any Group Company, which deficiency has not been paid or resolved. No material audit or other proceeding by any Governmental Entity is currently in progress, pending or, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, threatened in writing against any Group Company with respect to any Taxes due from such entities. There are no waivers, extensions or requests for any waivers or extensions of statute of limitations currently in effect with respect to any material Tax assessment or deficiency of any Group Company. No Group Company is currently contesting any material Tax liability of any Group Company before any Governmental Entity.

 

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(e) There are no Liens (other than Permitted Liens) for material amounts of Taxes upon any of the assets of the Group Companies.

 

(f)   None of the Group Companies has requested or has executed or entered into a closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any similar provision of federal, state, provincial or local Applicable Law.

 

(g) None of the Group Companies has constituted a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution of shares qualifying for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (i) in the two (2) years prior to the date of this Agreement or (ii) in a distribution that could otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or “series of related transactions” (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code).

 

(h) None of the Group Companies has been a party to any “listed transaction” within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b).

 

(i)   The Group Companies are not liable and will not be liable at any time after the Closing Date for any material Tax liability of any Person under U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. Applicable Law), or as a transferee or successor, or by Contract (other than a customary commercial Contract not primarily related to Taxes).

 

(j)   No Group Company has ever been a member of an affiliated, consolidated, combined or unitary group filing for U.S. federal, state, local, or non-U.S. income tax purposes, other than a group the common parent of which was or is the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and other than as set forth in Schedule 4.14(j) of the Company Disclosure Letter.

 

(k) At no time within the past 12 months has a claim been made in writing by any Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction in which any Group Company does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to Tax or required to file Tax Returns in that jurisdiction which claim has not been dismissed, closed or otherwise resolved.

 

(l)   Each Group Company is a Tax resident only in its jurisdiction of formation.

 

(m)    There are no Tax indemnification agreements or Tax Sharing Agreements under which any Group Company could be liable after the Closing Date for any Tax liability of any Person other than a Group Company, except for customary commercial Contracts or other agreements, in each case, that do not relate primarily to Taxes.

 

(n) To the Knowledge of the Group Companies, there are no facts, circumstances or plans that, either alone or in combination, would reasonably be expected to prevent the applicable Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

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Section 4.15 Intellectual Property and the Group Company IT Systems.

 

(a) Schedule 4.15(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and complete list of: (i) all Owned Intellectual Property that is the subject of an application, filing, issuance, registration or other document filed with or issued or recorded by any Governmental Entity, quasi-Governmental Entity, independent legal entity established by local or foreign law or domain name registrar (collectively, the “Registered Intellectual Property”); (ii) any other material unregistered Owned Intellectual Property. The Registered Intellectual Property (excluding any pending applications included in the Registered Intellectual Property) has not been deemed by a Governmental Entity in writing to be invalid or unenforceable and such has not been canceled or abandoned and has been maintained in full force and effect, subject to any expiration of term under Applicable Law. The Group Companies, have duly recorded all changes in any Registered Intellectual Property (e.g. changes of address, ownership, representative and any other change) before all competent Governmental Entities by the filing of all necessary filings, maintenance and renewals and timely payment of requisite fees. No Legal Proceedings (including any interferences, cancellation proceedings, oppositions, or other contested proceedings) are pending or, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, threatened, against the Group Companies, with respect to any such item of Registered Intellectual Property. To the Knowledge of the Group Companies, all Registered Intellectual Property is valid, enforceable, in full force and effect. No Registered Intellectual Property (i) has been cancelled, expired, abandoned or made subject a right in rem or (ii) is subject to any outstanding judgment, settlement, or order restricting or impairing in any material respect the use thereof.

 

(b) The Group Companies (i) are the exclusive legal and beneficial owner of, and possess, the entire right, title and interest in and to all Owned Intellectual Property, and (ii) have the right to use pursuant to a valid written license, sublicense, or other written Contract or other lawful right, all other Licensed Intellectual Property and Company IT Systems used in or necessary to conduct the business of the Group Companies as currently conducted, in each case, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens). To the Knowledge of the Group Companies, none of the foregoing will be materially adversely impacted by (nor will require the payment or grant of additional material amounts of consideration as a result of) the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement, nor the consummation of any of the Transactions.

 

(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.15(c) of the Company Disclosure Letter, there is no, nor has there been any in the past four (4) years, Legal Proceeding pending against the Group Companies, nor to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, has any such Legal Proceeding been threatened in writing (including unsolicited offers to license Patents) against the Company or any of the Group Companies either (A) alleging the Group Companies’ or the conduct or operation of their respective business’s (including the use, marketing, licensing, sale, offering for sale, importation, distribution, or commercialization of their products and services and the use of the Owned IP) infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Intellectual Property of any third Person; or (B) challenging the ownership, use, registrability, patentability, validity, or enforceability of any Owned Intellectual Property. To the Knowledge of the Group Companies, no Group Company nor the conduct or operation of their respective businesses (including the use, marketing, licensing, sale, offering for sale, importation, distribution, or commercialization of their products and services and the use of the Owned IP) as currently conducted, or as conducted in the past four (4) years (i) infringes, misappropriates, or violates the Intellectual Property of any Person, or (ii) constitutes unfair competition or trade practices. To the Knowledge of the Group Companies, as of the date of this Agreement, no other Person is infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Owned Intellectual Property and no such claims have been made or threatened in writing against any Person in a written notice sent by any of the Group Companies to any such Person.

 

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(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.15(d) of the Company Disclosure Letter, each past and present employee or contractor of any of the Group Companies who has contributed to the creation or development of any material Intellectual Property during the course of employment or engagement with the applicable Group Company has executed and delivered a valid and enforceable written agreement, pursuant to which such Person has assigned to such Group Company all of such Person’s rights, title and interest in and to all such material Intellectual Property and waived any and all rights to royalties or other consideration or non-assignable rights with respect to all such material Intellectual Property. To the Knowledge of the Group Companies, no such Person is in violation of any such agreement.

 

(e) Each of the Group Companies, as applicable, has taken commercially reasonable steps to protect and maintain the secrecy, confidentiality and value of each material item of Owned IP. All material Trade Secrets of the Group Companies have been maintained in confidence in accordance with reasonable protection procedures that are reasonably consistent with current industry standard to protect rights of like importance. To the Knowledge of the Group Companies, no Trade Secret of any of the Group Companies has been disclosed other than subject to a written agreement sufficiently restricting the disclosure and use of such Trade Secret and, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, no such Person to whom a material Trade Secret of any of the Group Companies has been so disclosed is in violation of any such agreement.

 

(f)   The Group Companies have taken commercially reasonable measures, which are consistent with current industry standards, designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity and security of the Company IT Systems (and all information and transactions stored or contained therein or transmitted thereby) against any unauthorized use, access, interruption, modification or corruption. The Company IT Systems are in good working condition and are adequate in all material respects for the operation and conduct of the business of the Group Companies as currently conducted. In the past four (4) years, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, there has been no material malfunction, failure, continued substandard performance, denial-of-service, or other cyber incident, including any cyberattack, or other substantial impairment of the Company IT Systems that has resulted or is reasonably likely to result in material disruption or damage to the business of any Group Company and that has not been remedied in all material respects. The Group Companies have implemented commercially reasonable data storage, malware protection, server patch, intrusion detection, system redundancy and disaster avoidance policies and procedures, as well as a commercially reasonable business continuity plan, in each case which are consistent with customary industry practices and applicable regulatory standards. To the Knowledge of the Group Companies, the Company IT Systems and Software constituting Owned Intellectual Property do not contain any Unauthorized Code, Self-Help Code, bugs, faults or other devices, errors, malware “viruses,” contaminants or effects that (i) materially disrupt or adversely affect the functionality of the Company IT Systems, except as disclosed in their documentation or (ii) enable or assist any Person to access without authorization any Company IT Systems or any such Software.

 

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Section 4.16 Privacy and Data Security. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.16 of the Company Disclosure Letter:

 

(a) Each of the Group Companies and, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, any Processor, to the extent such Processor was Processing Personal Information on behalf of any Group Company, has at all times materially complied with: (i) all applicable Privacy Laws; (ii) all of the Group Companies’ obligations regarding Personal Information and information security under any Contracts; and (iii) any mandatory industry standards and guidelines related to privacy, information security or data security. None of the Group Companies has received any written notice of, nor, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, has there been any threat of, any investigation, audit, complaint or claim relating to any (A) Group Company’s use of Personal Information, (B) violation of any Privacy Laws, (C) Personal Information Breaches, or (D) Group Company’s Contractual obligations relating to Personal Information or information security; and none of the Group Companies has reason to believe that any such notice is likely to be received.

 

(b) Each of the Group Companies has implemented and maintained, and required that its third party vendors and Processors implement and maintain, commercially reasonable policies and business continuity and technical and organizational security designed to protect the confidentiality, integrity and availability of the Company IT Systems and Personal Information, business proprietary or sensitive information, in its possession, custody, or control, including against loss, theft, misuse or unauthorized Processing, access, use, modification or disclosure.

 

(c) To the Knowledge of the Group Companies, (i) there have been no breaches, security incidents, misuse of, or unauthorized Processing of, access to, or disclosure of, any Personal Information (each a “Personal Information Breach”) in the possession, custody, or control of any of the Group Companies, (ii) none of the Group Companies have experienced any information security incident that has materially compromised the integrity or availability of the Company IT Systems, Personal Information or other data thereon, and (iii) none of the Group Companies have provided or been legally required to provide any notices to any Person in connection with any Personal Information Breach or other information security incident.

 

Section 4.17 Agreements, Contracts and Commitments.

 

(a) Schedule 4.17(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and complete list of each Company Material Contract that is in effect as of the date of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Material Contract” of the Group Companies shall mean each of the following Contracts to which any of the Group Companies is a party, other than any Company Benefit Plan and the Transaction Agreements, each as required for the business as presently conducted:

 

(i)   Each Contract with a Top Supplier;

 

(ii)     Each note, debenture, other evidence of Indebtedness, credit or financing agreement or instrument or other contract for money borrowed by any of the Group Companies having an outstanding principal amount, in each case, in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), other than a Permitted Lien, or any such note, debenture or other evidence of indebtedness under which any Person (other than a Group Company) has directly or indirectly guaranteed Indebtedness of any Group Company;

 

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(iii)   Each Contract for the acquisition or the disposition of any material assets, properties or business divisions entered into by any of the Group Companies involving consideration in an amount in excess of Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000), in each case, whether by merger, purchase or sale of stock or assets or otherwise (other than Contracts for the purchase or sale of inventory or supplies entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business) occurring in the last two (2) years;

 

(iv)    Each Contract evidencing an outstanding obligation to make payments, contingent or otherwise, arising out of the prior acquisition of the business, assets or stock of other Persons;

 

(v) Each joint venture Contract, partnership agreement, profit-sharing, or limited liability company agreement with a third party (in each case, other than with respect to wholly-owned Company Subsidiaries) or other similar agreement or arrangement relating to the formation, creation, operation, management or control of any partnership or joint venture;

 

(vi)    Each Contract (other than those made in the Ordinary Course of Business) that purports to limit or contains covenants expressly limiting in any material respect the freedom of any of the Group Companies to: (A) compete with any Person in a product line or line of business; (B) operate in any geographic area; (C) solicit customers; including any non-competition covenants, employee and customer non-solicit covenants, exclusivity restrictions, rights of first refusal or most-favored pricing clauses or (D) to purchase or acquire an interest in any other Person;

 

(vii) Each Contract by its terms, individually or with all related Contracts, calls for aggregate payments or receipts by the Group Companies under such Contract or Contracts of at least $100,000 per year or $250,000 in the aggregate;

 

(viii) Each Contract that obligates the Group Companies to provide continuing indemnification or a guarantee of obligations of a third party after the date hereof in excess of $300,000;

 

(ix) Each Contract that is between any Group Company and any directors, officers or employees of a Group Company that provide for change in control, retention or similar payments or benefits contingent upon, accelerated by, or triggered by the consummation of the Transactions;

 

(x) Each Contract that obligates the Group Companies to make any capital commitment or expenditure in excess of $300,000 (including pursuant to any joint venture);

 

(xi) Each Contract that relates to a material settlement entered into within three (3) years prior to the date of this Agreement or under which any Group Company has outstanding obligations (other than customary confidentiality obligations);

 

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(xii) Each Contract that provides another Person (other than another Group Company or any manager, director or officer of any Group Company) with a power of attorney;

 

(xiii) Each Contract (other than those made in the Ordinary Course of Business): (A) providing for the grant of any preferential rights to purchase or lease any tangible asset of the Group Companies; or (B) providing for any exclusive right to sell or distribute any material product or service of any of the Group Companies;

 

(xiv) Each Contract that will be required to be filed with the Registration Statement under applicable SEC requirements or would otherwise be required to be filed by the Company as an exhibit for a Form S-1 pursuant to Items 601(b)(1), (2), (4), (9) or (10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act as if the Company was the registrant;

 

(xv) Each IP Contract; and

 

(xvi) Each Contract that is otherwise material to any Group Company and not described in clauses (i) through (xv) above.

 

(b) All Company Material Contracts (i) are in full force and effect, subject to the Remedies Exception and (ii) represent the valid and binding obligations of a Group Company party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, represent the valid and binding obligations of the other parties thereto, in each case, subject to the Remedies Exception. The consummation of the Transactions will not affect the validity or enforceability of any Company Material Contract. True, correct and complete copies of all written Company Material Contracts have been made available to SPAC. None of the Group Companies nor, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, any other party thereto, is in breach of or default under, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a breach of or default under, any of the Company Material Contracts, and no party to any Company Material Contract has given any written or, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, oral claim or notice of any such breach, default or event, which individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. No Group Company has received written or, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, oral notice of an intention by any party to any such Company Material Contract that provides for a continuing obligation by any party thereto to terminate such Company Material Contract or amend the terms thereof, other than modifications in the Ordinary Course of Business that do not adversely affect any Group Company in any material respect. No Group Company has waived any material rights under any Company Material Contract.

 

Section 4.18 Insurance.

 

(a) Schedule 4.18(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter lists all material insurance policies (by policy number, insurer, coverage period, coverage amount, annual premium and type of policy) held by a Group Company relating to a Group Company or its business, properties, assets, directors, officers and employees, copies of which have been provided to the SPAC (collectively, the “Insurance Policies”). The Group Companies have in full force and effect all material policies or binders of property, fire and casualty, product liability, workers’ compensation, and other forms of insurance held by, or for the benefit of, the Group Companies as of the date of this Agreement. All premiums due and payable under all such Insurance Policies have been timely paid and the Group Companies are otherwise in material compliance with the terms of such Insurance Policies. Each such Insurance Policy is legal, valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect. No Group Company has any self-insurance or co-insurance programs. In the past five (5) years, no Group Company has received any written notice from, or on behalf of, any insurer under any of the Insurance Policies, canceling, terminating or materially adversely amending any such policy or denying renewal of coverage thereunder and all premiums on such insurance policies due and payable as of the date hereof have been paid.

 

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(b) Schedule 4.18(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter identifies each individual pending material claim by any Group Company against any insurance carrier for which coverage has been denied or disputed by the applicable insurance carrier (other than a customary reservation of rights notice), which individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to exceed $25,000.

 

Section 4.19 Transactions with Related Persons. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.19 of the Company Disclosure Letter and other than the Transaction Agreements, as of the Closing, no Group Company nor any of its Affiliates, nor any officer, director, manager, employee, trustee or beneficiary of a Group Company or any of its Affiliates, nor any immediate family member of any of the foregoing (whether directly or indirectly through an Affiliate of such Person) (each of the foregoing, a “Related Person”) is a party to any transaction with a Group Company, including any Contract or other arrangement (a) providing for the furnishing of services by (other than as officers, directors or employees of the Group Company), (b) providing for the rental of real property or Personal Property from or (c) otherwise requiring payments to (other than for services or expenses as directors, officers or employees of the Group Company in the Ordinary Course of Business) any Related Person or any Person in which any Related Person has an interest as an owner, officer, manager, director, trustee or partner or in which any Related Person has any direct or indirect interest (other than the ownership of securities representing no more than two percent (2%) of the outstanding voting power or economic interest of a publicly traded company). Except as set forth on Schedule 4.19 of the Company Disclosure Letter and to the extent not terminated at the Closing, no Group Company has outstanding any Contract or other arrangement or commitment with any Related Person, and as of the Closing, no Related Person owns any real property or Personal Property, or tangible right which is used in the business of any Group Company. As of the Closing, the assets of the Group Companies do not include any receivable or other obligation from a Related Person, and the liabilities of the Group Companies do not include any payable or other obligation or commitment to any Related Person.

 

Section 4.20 Business Activities. Since its incorporation, neither PubCo nor Merger Sub has conducted any business activities other than activities: (a) in connection with its organization; or (b) directed toward the accomplishment of a business combination.

 

Section 4.21 Information Supplied. None of the information relating to the Group Companies supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of the Group Companies in writing expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference prior to the Closing in the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement/Prospectus and EUR Circular will, when the Registration Statement is declared effective or when the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or EUR Circular is mailed to the SPAC Stockholders or EUR Shareholders (the “EUR Shareholders”), as applicable, or at the time of the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting or EUR Shareholders’ Meeting, as applicable, and in the case of any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time of such amendment or supplement, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Group Companies make no representations or warranties as to (i) the information contained or incorporated by reference in or omitted from the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement /Prospectus or EUR Circular in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to the Group Companies by or on behalf of SPAC or the Sponsor specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement/Prospectus or EUR Circular and (ii) any forward-looking statements supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of the Group Companies in writing expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference prior to the Closing in the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement/Prospectus or EUR Circular.

 

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Section 4.22 Absence of Certain Business Practices. At all times: (a) the Group Companies, and, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, each of its directors, officers, and employees or other Persons acting on its behalf, in each case, in connection with the operation of the business of the respective Group Company, have been in compliance with all applicable Specified Business Conduct Laws and have not knowingly engaged in any activity that would reasonably be expected to result in the Company becoming the subject or target of any sanctions administered by the U.S., Austria, Australia, British Virgin Islands or European Union; and (b) none of the Group Companies has (i) received written notice of, or made a voluntary, mandatory or directed disclosure to any Governmental Entity relating to, any actual or potential violation of any Specified Business Conduct Law; or (ii) been a party to or the subject of any pending or, to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, threatened in writing, Legal Proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Entity related to any actual or potential violation of any Specified Business Conduct Law. None of the Group Companies, nor any of their respective directors, nor to the Knowledge of the Group Companies, any of their respective officers, employees, or agents is (a) owned fifty (50) percent or more by Persons that are: (i) the subject or target of any sanctions or the target of restrictive export controls administered by the U.S., Austria, Australia, British Virgin Islands or European Union, or (ii) located, organized or resident in a country or territory that is the subject of such sanctions (currently the Crimea, the so-called Donetsk People’s Republic, the so-called Luhansk People’s Republic regions of Ukraine, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, and Syria).

 

Section 4.23 Mining.

 

(a) Schedule 4.23(a) of the Company Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct, and complete list of all Mining Rights owned, leased, operated or used by the Company or its Subsidiaries or otherwise forming part of the Wolfsberg Lithium Project, and identifies which entity is entitled to each Mining Right, and license number, area, expiry date, granting authority, counter party, and types of minerals covered for each Mining Right.

 

(b) Each Mining Right is valid, in good standing and is not liable to forfeiture, termination, cancellation or suspension for any reason.

 

(c) There is no unremedied material breach by the Company and its Subsidiaries, nor has anything occurred or been omitted which would be a material breach by the Company and its Subsidiaries but for the requirement of notice or lapse of time or both, of any statutory requirement or any other conditions relating to each Mining Right.

 

(d) All rent, royalties and other statutory and contractual payments due in respect of each Mining Right have been paid.

 

(e) None of the representations and warranties in this Agreement (other than those contained in this Section 4.23) shall be deemed to constitute, directly or indirectly, a representation or warranty by the Company with respect to any matter relating to the Mining Rights, including, without limitation, any representation or warranty that the Company (i) holds the Mining Rights or (ii) is in compliance with the terms, conditions or requirements of any such Mining Rights, and SPAC acknowledges and agrees that the Company makes no such representation or warranty save as expressly provided in this Section 4.23.

 

Section 4.24 Sufficiency of Assets. To the Knowledge of the Group Companies, the Group Companies own or possess all rights to the assets (tangible or intangible) necessary to conduct the business of the Group Companies, as presently conducted, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens).

 

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Section 4.25 Brokers. Other than as described in Schedule 4.25 of the Company Disclosure Letter, no broker, finder, underwriter, investment banker or other Person is entitled to, nor will be entitled to, either directly or indirectly, any brokerage fee, underwriting discount, finders’ fee, success fee, success premium, any other commission or fee or any increase in fee, for which any Party would be liable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements to which the Company, PubCo or Merger Sub is a party or the transactions contemplated thereby based upon arrangements made by any of the Group Companies or any of their Affiliates. True, correct and complete copies of all contracts, agreements and arrangements (including engagement letters) between the Company, PubCo or Merger Sub and any Person set forth on Schedule 4.25 of the Company Disclosure Letter have previously been made available to SPAC.

 

Section 4.26 Takeover Statutes; Anti-Takeover Laws. Prior to the execution of this Agreement, the board of directors of the Company has taken all action necessary so that no restrictive provision of any “business combination,” “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition,” “takeover,” “interested shareholder” or other similar anti-takeover Applicable Law is applicable to this Agreement or the Transactions, including the Share Exchange, except as contemplated by this Agreement and as may be listed on Schedule 4.26 of the Company Disclosure Letter.

 

Section 4.27 Investigation and Reliance. Each of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub has made its own independent investigation, review and analysis regarding SPAC and the Transactions, which investigation, review and analysis were conducted by Company, PubCo and Merger Sub together with expert advisors, including legal counsel, that the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub engaged for such purpose. Each of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub has been provided with full and complete access to the Representatives, books and records of the SPAC and any other information they have requested in connection with their investigation of the SPAC and the Transactions. Each of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub is not relying on any statement, representation or warranty, oral or written, express or implied, made by the SPAC or any of its respective Representatives, except as expressly set forth in Article V (as modified by the SPAC Disclosure Letter) or in any certificate delivered by SPAC pursuant to this Agreement. Neither SPAC nor any of its equity holders, Affiliates or Representatives shall have any liability to the Company, PubCo or Merger Sub or any of their respective equity holders, Affiliates or Representatives resulting from the use of any information, documents or materials made available to the Company, PubCo or Merger Sub or any of its Representatives, whether orally or in writing, in any confidential information memoranda, management presentations, due diligence discussions or in any other form in expectation of the Transactions, except as expressly set forth in Article V (as modified by the SPAC Disclosure Letter) or in any certificate delivered by SPAC pursuant to this Agreement. Each of Company, PubCo and Merger Sub acknowledges that neither SPAC nor any of its equity holders, Affiliates or Representatives is making, directly or indirectly, any representation or warranty with respect to any estimates, projections or forecasts involving SPAC.

 

Section 4.28 Top Suppliers. Schedule 4.28 of the Company Disclosure Letter lists, by dollar volume received or paid, as applicable, for each of the twelve (12) months ended on June 30, 2021 and 2022 the five largest suppliers of goods or services to the Group Companies (the “Top Suppliers”), along with the amounts of such dollar volumes. The relationships of each Group Company with such suppliers and customers are good commercial working relationships and no Top Supplier within the last twelve (12) months has cancelled or otherwise terminated, or, to the Company’s Knowledge, intends to cancel or otherwise terminate, any material relationships of such Person with a Group Company, (ii) no Top Supplier has during the last twelve (12) months decreased materially or, to the Company’s Knowledge, threatened to stop, decrease or limit materially, or intends to modify materially its material relationships with a Group Company or intends to stop, decrease or limit materially its products or services to any Group Company or its usage or purchase of the products or services of any Group Company, (iii) to the Company’s Knowledge, no Top Supplier intends to refuse to pay any amount due to any Group Company or seek to exercise any remedy against any Group Company, (iv) no Group Company has within the past two (2) years been engaged in any material dispute with any Top Supplier, and (v) to the Company’s Knowledge, the consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the ancillary documents will not adversely affect the relationship of any Group Company with any Top Supplier.

 

Section 4.29 Capital Maintenance Rules. None of the Group Companies is party to any Contract or transaction that violates Austrian Capital Maintenance Rules.

 

Section 4.30 Books and Records. All of the financial books and records of the Group Companies are complete and accurate in all material respects and have been maintained in the ordinary course consistent with past practice and in accordance with Applicable Laws.

 

Section 4.31 Investment Company Act. No Group Company is an “investment company” or a Person directly or indirectly “controlled” by or acting on behalf of an “investment company”, or required to register as an “investment company”, in each case within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Section 4.32 Pre-Feasibility Study. EUR and/or the Company have furnished to the Company a true and correct copy of the pre-feasibility study for the Wolfsberg Lithium Project, dated as of April 5, 2018, and such copy has not been amended, modified or supplemented as of the date hereof.

 

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Article V 


Representations and Warranties of SPAC

 

Except: (i) as disclosed in the SPAC SEC Reports filed with or furnished to the SEC prior to the execution and delivery of this Agreement (to the extent the qualifying nature of such disclosure is readily apparent from the content of such SPAC SEC Reports) excluding disclosures referred to in “Special Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements,” “Risk Factors” (or any comparable heading) and any other disclosures therein to the extent they are generally predictive or cautionary in nature or related to forward-looking statements (it being acknowledged that nothing disclosed in the SPAC SEC Reports shall be deemed to modify or qualify the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.1 (Organization and Qualification), Section 5.3 (Capitalization), Section 5.4 (Due Authorization), Section 5.10 (Business Activities) and Section 5.21 (Brokers)), and (ii) as set forth in the letter dated as of the date of this Agreement delivered by SPAC to the Company in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement (the “SPAC Disclosure Letter”), SPAC represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

Section 5.1 Organization and Qualification.

 

(a) SPAC is duly incorporated and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

(b) SPAC has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted.

 

(c) SPAC is not in violation of any of the provisions of SPAC’s Organizational Documents. SPAC’s Organizational Documents, as amended to the date of this Agreement, have been made available to the Company and are true, correct and complete.

 

(d) SPAC is duly qualified or licensed to do business in each jurisdiction where the character of the properties and assets owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of its activities makes such qualification or licensing necessary.

 

Section 5.2 SPAC Subsidiaries. SPAC has no direct or indirect Subsidiaries or participations in joint ventures or other entities, and does not own, directly or indirectly, any equity interests or other interests or investments (whether equity or debt) in any Person, whether incorporated or unincorporated.

 

Section 5.3 Capitalization.

 

(a) As of the date hereof, the authorized capital stock of SPAC consists of (i) 50,000,000 SPAC Shares; and (ii) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“SPAC Preferred Shares”). As of the date hereof, assuming the separation of all SPAC Units, SPAC had 6,270,600 SPAC Shares issued and outstanding and no SPAC Preferred Shares issued or outstanding. All issued and outstanding SPAC Shares have been duly authorized and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable under the DGCL and SPAC’s Organizational Documents, not subject to preemptive rights and free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens).

 

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(b) As of the date hereof, assuming the separation of all SPAC Units, SPAC has issued 7,750,000 SPAC Warrants on the terms and conditions set forth in the Warrant Agreement.

 

(c) Except for (i) as described in Schedule 5.3(e) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter and (ii) the SPAC Warrants, there are no outstanding options, warrants, rights, convertible or exchangeable securities, “phantom” stock rights, stock appreciation rights, stock-based performance units, commitments or Contracts of any kind to which SPAC is a party or by which any of them is bound obligating SPAC to issue, deliver or sell, or cause to be issued, delivered or sold, additional SPAC Shares or any other capital stock of SPAC or any other interest or participation in, or any security convertible or exercisable for or exchangeable into SPAC Shares or any other share capital of SPAC or any other interest or participation in SPAC.

 

(d) Each issued and outstanding SPAC Share and SPAC Warrant: (i) has been issued in compliance in all material respects with: (A) Applicable Law; and (B) SPAC’s Organizational Documents (as in effect at the time such SPAC Share and SPAC Warrant were issued); and (ii) was not issued in violation of any purchase option, call option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any Applicable Law, SPAC’s Organizational Documents or any Contract to which SPAC is a party or otherwise bound by. SPAC has never issued any SPAC Preferred Shares.

 

(e) Except as set forth in Schedule 5.3(e) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter, there are no registration rights, and there is no voting trust, proxy, rights plan, anti-takeover plan or other agreements or understandings to which SPAC is a party or by which SPAC is bound with respect to any ownership interests of SPAC.

 

Section 5.4 Due Authorization.

 

(a) SPAC has the requisite power and authority to: (a) execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, and each ancillary document that it has executed or delivered or is to execute or deliver pursuant to this Agreement; and (b) carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder and, to consummate the Transactions (including the Merger). Subject to the receipt of the affirmative vote to adopt this Agreement of a majority of the votes cast by the holders of SPAC Shares present in person or represented by proxy at the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting and entitled to vote thereon, the execution and delivery by SPAC of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, and the consummation by SPAC of the Transactions (including the Merger), have been (or, for the Transaction Agreements to be executed at Closing, will be) duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate actions on the part of SPAC, and no other proceedings on the part of SPAC are necessary to authorize this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, other than approval from the SPAC Stockholders.

 

(b) The board of directors of SPAC (the “SPAC Board”), as of the date of this Agreement, acting unanimously, has (i) determined that it is in the best interests of SPAC and SPAC Stockholders to enter into this Agreement and consummate the Transactions upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and declared this Agreement advisable; (ii) approved the execution and delivery of this Agreement by SPAC, the performance by SPAC of its covenants and other obligations hereunder, and the consummation of the Transactions upon the terms and conditions set forth herein; (iii) directed that the adoption of this Agreement be submitted to a vote at a meeting of the SPAC Stockholders and (iv) resolved to recommend that the SPAC Stockholders vote in favor of adoption of this Agreement in accordance with the DGCL (the foregoing matters in clause (i) through (iv) collectively, the “SPAC Board Recommendation”).

 

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(c) This Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party has been (or, for the Transaction Agreements to be executed at Closing, will be) duly and validly executed and delivered by SPAC and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery thereof by the other Parties, constitute (or, for the Transaction Agreements to be executed at Closing, will constitute) the legal, valid and binding obligations of SPAC, enforceable against SPAC in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the Remedies Exception.

 

Section 5.5 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.

 

(a) Subject to the receipt of the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements set forth in Section 5.5(b), the execution, delivery and performance by SPAC of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party and (assuming approval of the SPAC Transaction Proposals from the SPAC Stockholders is obtained) the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder and thereunder do not and will not: (i) conflict with or violate SPAC’s Organizational Documents; (ii) conflict with or violate any Applicable Law to which SPAC is subject or by which any property or asset of SPAC is bound; or (iii) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or materially impair its rights under, or give to others any rights of consent, termination, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) on any of the properties or assets of SPAC pursuant to, any SPAC Material Contracts, except to the extent that the occurrence of any of the items described in the foregoing clauses (ii) or (iii) would not reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) Assuming the truth of the representations and warranties of the other Parties contained in this Agreement, the execution and delivery by SPAC of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, does not, and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder will not, require any consent, notice, approval, authorization or permit of, or designation, declaration or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Entity, except: (i) any consents, notices, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations or filings, the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect; (ii) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, blue sky laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and appropriate documents with the relevant authorities of other jurisdictions in which SPAC is qualified to do business; and (iii) the filing of the Certificate of Merger in accordance with the DGCL. There is no stockholder rights plan, “poison pill” or similar antitakeover agreement or plan in effect to which SPAC is subject, party or otherwise bound.

 

Section 5.6 Legal Compliance; Approvals. Since its incorporation, SPAC has complied in all material respects with, and is not in violation of, any Applicable Law with respect to the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its business, except for any such non-compliance or violation that, has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a SPAC Material Adverse Effect. Except as, individually or in the aggregate, has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a SPAC Material Adverse Effect, since the date of its incorporation, no investigation or review by any Governmental Entity with respect to SPAC has been pending or, to the Knowledge of SPAC, threatened in writing and no written or, to the Knowledge of SPAC, oral notice of material non-compliance with any Applicable Law has been received by SPAC. SPAC is in possession of all Approvals necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, and is in compliance with all terms and conditions of such Approvals, except where the failure to have such Approvals would not reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

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Section 5.7 SPAC SEC Reports and Financial Statements.

 

(a) SPAC has timely filed all forms, reports, schedules, statements, certifications and other documents, including any exhibits thereto, required to be filed or furnished by SPAC with the SEC under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act since SPAC’s incorporation to the date of this Agreement, together with any amendments, restatements or supplements thereto (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date of this Agreement, the “SPAC SEC Reports”). SPAC has heretofore furnished to the Company true and correct copies of all amendments and modifications that have not been filed by SPAC with the SEC to all agreements, documents and other instruments that previously had been filed by SPAC with the SEC and are currently in effect. The SPAC SEC Reports were prepared in all material respects in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. The SPAC SEC Reports did not, at the time they were filed with the SEC (or if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the Closing Date, then on the date of such filing), contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein not misleading, in the case of any SPAC SEC Report that is a registration statement, or include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, in the case of any other SPAC SEC Report. There are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters received from the SEC with respect to the SPAC SEC Reports. To the Knowledge of SPAC, none of the SPAC SEC Reports are subject to ongoing SEC review or investigation. SPAC maintains disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. To the Knowledge of SPAC, each director and executive officer of SPAC has timely filed with the SEC on a timely basis all statements required with respect to SPAC by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. As used in this Section 5.7(a), the term “file” shall be broadly construed to include any manner in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or otherwise made available to the SEC. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the representation and warranty set forth in the third sentence of this Section 5.7(a) shall take into account any subsequent guidance, statements or interpretations issued by the SEC or the staff of the SEC relating to accounting matters relating to initial public offerings, securities, or expenses of special purpose acquisition companies, including but not limited to the classification of SPAC Shares as permanent or temporary equity (collectively, the “SEC Guidance”), and no correction, amendment restatement, revision, or modification of any of the SPAC SEC Reports relating to or arising from the SEC Guidance shall be deemed to be a breach of the representation and warranty set forth in the third sentence of this Section 5.7(a).

 

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(b) Except for any SEC SPAC Accounting Changes, the financial statements and notes contained or incorporated by reference in the SPAC SEC Reports (collectively, the “SPAC Financial Statements”) fairly present, in all material respects, the financial condition and the results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of SPAC as at the respective dates of, and for the periods referred to, in such financial statements, all in accordance with: (i) GAAP (applied on a consistent basis); and (ii) Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable, subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to normal year-end adjustments (the effect of which will not, individually or in the aggregate, be material) and the omission of notes to the extent permitted by Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable. SPAC has no off-balance sheet arrangements that are not disclosed in the SPAC SEC Reports. No financial statements other than those of SPAC are required by GAAP to be included in the consolidated financial statements of SPAC.

 

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

 

(d) Except for any SEC SPAC Accounting Changes or as and to the extent reflected or reserved against in the SPAC Financial Statements, SPAC has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act). Such disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that material information relating to SPAC and other material information required to be disclosed by SPAC in the reports and other documents that it files or furnishes under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the SEC, and that all such material information is accumulated and communicated to SPAC’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure and to make the certifications required pursuant to Sections 302 and 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act. Such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting SPAC’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer to material information required to be included in SPAC’s periodic reports required under the Exchange Act.

 

(e) Except for any SEC SPAC Accounting Changes or as and to the extent reflected or reserved against in the SPAC Financial Statements and disclosed, SPAC has established and maintained a system of internal controls over financial reporting. Such internal controls are sufficient to provide reasonable assurance (i) that transactions, receipts and expenditures of SPAC are being executed and made only in accordance with appropriate authorizations of management of SPAC and (ii) that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP and to maintain accountability for assets, and (iii) that material violations of Applicable Law by any of SPAC’s directors, officers, employees or its or their respective agents, representatives or other Persons, acting on behalf of SPAC will be prevented, detected and deterred. SPAC has not been subject to or involved in any fraud that involves management or other employees, including but not limited to those which have significant role in the internal controls over financial reporting of SPAC. Except as disclosed on Schedule 5.7(e) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter, as of the date of this Agreement, neither SPAC nor, to the Knowledge of SPAC, SPAC’s independent auditors has identified or been made aware of any significant deficiency or material weakness in the system of internal accounting controls utilized by SPAC.

 

Section 5.8 Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Between its incorporation and the date of this Agreement, no SPAC Material Adverse Effect has occurred and is continuing. Except as contemplated by this Agreement, since the date of incorporation of SPAC there has not been (a) any declaration, setting aside or payment of any dividend on, or other distribution in respect of, any of SPAC’s capital stock, or any purchase, redemption or other acquisition by SPAC of any of SPAC’s capital stock or any other securities or any options, warrants, calls or rights to acquire any such shares or other securities; (b) any split, combination, or reclassification of any of SPAC’s capital stock; (c) any material change by SPAC in its accounting methods, principals or practices, except as required by concurrent changes in GAAP (or any interpretation thereof) or Applicable Law; (d) any change in the auditors of SPAC; (e) any issuance of capital stock of SPAC; (f) any revaluation by SPAC of any of its assets, including, without limitation, any sale of assets other than in the Ordinary Course of Business or (g) any action taken or agreed upon by SPAC that would be prohibited by Section 7.2 if such action were taken on or after the date hereof without the consent of the Company.

 

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Section 5.9 Litigation. As of the date hereof, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect, there are: (a) no pending or, threatened Legal Proceedings against SPAC or any of its properties or assets, or any of the directors or officer of SPAC with regard to their actions as such; (b) no pending or threatened audits, examinations or investigations by any Governmental Entity against SPAC with regard to its actions; (c) no pending or threatened Legal Proceedings by SPAC against any third party; (d) no settlements or similar agreements that imposes any material ongoing obligations or restrictions on SPAC and (e) no Orders imposed or threatened to be imposed upon SPAC or any of its properties or assets or any of its directors or officers with regard to their actions as such.

 

Section 5.10 Business Activities. Since its incorporation, SPAC has not conducted any business activities other than activities: (a) in connection with its organization; or (b) directed toward the accomplishment of an initial business combination. There is no Contract or Order binding upon SPAC or to which it is a party which has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or impairing any business practice of it, any acquisition of property by it or the conduct of business by it as currently conducted or as currently contemplated to be conducted (including, in each case, following the Closing). Except for the Transactions, SPAC does not own or have a right to acquire, directly or indirectly, any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any corporation, partnership, joint venture, business, trust or other entity. Except for the Transactions and the Transaction Agreements, SPAC has no material interests, rights, obligations or liabilities with respect to, and is not party to, bound by or has its assets or property subject to, in each case whether directly or indirectly, any Contract or transaction which is, or would reasonably be interpreted as constituting a “Business Combination” under SPAC’s Organizational Documents.

 

Section 5.11 SPAC Material Contracts. Except for as described in Schedule 5.11 of the SPAC Disclosure Letter, each “material contract” (as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC) to which SPAC is a party (the “SPAC Material Contracts”) is an exhibit to the SPAC SEC Reports.

 

Section 5.12 SPAC Listing. The issued and outstanding SPAC Units are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on Nasdaq under the symbol “SZZLU.” The issued and outstanding SPAC Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on Nasdaq under the symbol “SZZL.” The issued and outstanding SPAC Warrants are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on Nasdaq under the symbol “SZZLW.” Since November 3, 2021, SPAC has complied in all material respects with the applicable listing requirements of Nasdaq. There is no action or proceeding pending or, to the Knowledge of SPAC, threatened against SPAC by Nasdaq or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the SPAC Units, the SPAC Shares or SPAC Warrants or terminate the listing thereof on Nasdaq. None of SPAC or any of its Affiliates has taken any action in an attempt to terminate the registration of the SPAC Units, the SPAC Shares or SPAC Warrants under the Exchange Act.

 

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Section 5.13 Undisclosed Liabilities.

 

(a) As of the date of this Agreement, there is no liability, debt or obligation (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise) of SPAC of a type required to be reflected or reserved for on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for liabilities, debts and obligations provided for in, or otherwise reflected or reserved for on, the SPAC Financial Statements or disclosed in the notes thereto.

 

(b) Schedule 5.13(b) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter sets forth the amount of any accrued and unpaid expenses as of the date of this Agreement.

 

(c) Schedule 5.13(c) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter sets forth SPAC’s good faith estimate (as of the date of this Agreement) of the amount of its total expenses in connection with the Transactions through the Closing.

 

Section 5.14 Trust Account.

 

(a) As of the date hereof and, prior to taking into account any SPAC Stockholder Redemptions, as of the Closing, SPAC has at least One Hundred Fifty Eight Million One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($158,100,000) in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), maintained and invested pursuant to that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”), effective as of November 3, 2021, by and between SPAC and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York corporation (“Continental”), for the benefit of its public stockholders, with such funds invested in United States Government securities or money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act. Other than pursuant to the Trust Agreement, the obligations of SPAC under this Agreement are not subject to any conditions regarding SPAC’s, its Affiliates’, or any other Person’s ability to obtain financing for the consummation of the Transactions.

 

(b) The Trust Agreement has not been amended or modified and, to the Knowledge of SPAC with respect to Continental, is valid and in full force and effect and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, subject to the Remedies Exception. SPAC has complied in all material respects with the terms of the Trust Agreement and is not in breach thereof or default thereunder and there does not exist under the Trust Agreement any event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default by SPAC or, to the Knowledge of SPAC, Continental. There are no separate Contracts, side letters or other understandings (whether written or unwritten, express or implied) that would cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the SPAC SEC Reports to be inaccurate in any material respect or, to SPAC’s Knowledge, that would entitle any Person to any portion of the funds in the Trust Account (other than (i) in respect of deferred underwriting commissions or taxes, (ii) the SPAC Stockholders who shall have elected to redeem their SPAC Shares pursuant to the Organizational Documents of SPAC or (iii) if SPAC fails to complete a business combination within the allotted time period set forth in the Organizational Documents of SPAC and liquidates the Trust Account, subject to the terms of the Trust Agreement, SPAC (in limited amounts to permit SPAC to pay the expenses of the Trust Account’s liquidation, dissolution and winding up of SPAC) and then the SPAC Stockholders). Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Account may be released except: (A) to pay taxes from any interest income earned on the Trust Account; (B) to pay liquidation expenses not to exceed $100,000 from any interest income earned on the Trust Account; and (C) to redeem SPAC Shares in accordance with the provisions of SPAC’s Organizational Documents. There are no Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of SPAC, threatened in writing with respect to the Trust Account.

 

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(c) SPAC has performed all material obligations required to be performed by it to date under, and is not in default, breach or delinquent in performance or any other respect (claimed or actual) in connection with, the Trust Agreement, and no event has occurred which, with due notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default or breach thereunder. As of the Effective Time, the obligations of SPAC to dissolve or liquidate pursuant to SPAC’s Organizational Documents shall terminate, and as of the Effective Time, SPAC shall have no obligation whatsoever pursuant to SPAC’s Organizational Documents to dissolve and liquidate the assets of SPAC by reason of the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby. As of the date hereof, assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other Parties contained herein and the compliance by the other Parties with their respective obligations hereunder, SPAC has no reason to believe that any of the conditions to the release of funds from the Trust Account to SPAC will not be satisfied on the Closing Date.

 

Section 5.15 Taxes.

 

(a) All material Tax Returns required to be filed by SPAC have been timely filed with the appropriate Governmental Entity (taking into account applicable extensions of time to file), except with respect to matters being contested in good faith by appropriate proceeding and with respect to which adequate reserves have been made in accordance with GAAP. All such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects.

 

(b) SPAC has timely paid all material amounts of its Taxes which are due and payable (regardless of whether shown on a Tax Return), other than such Taxes being contested in good faith and for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP.

 

(c) SPAC has complied in all material respects with all Applicable Laws relating to the withholding, reporting and remittance of all material amounts of Taxes and all material amounts of Taxes required by Applicable Law to be withheld by SPAC have been withheld and paid over to the appropriate Governmental Entity.

 

(d) No deficiency for any material amount of Taxes has been asserted or assessed by any Governmental Entity in writing against SPAC, which deficiency has not been paid or resolved. No material audit or other proceeding by any Governmental Entity is currently in progress, pending or threatened in writing against SPAC with respect to any Taxes due from SPAC. There are no waivers, extensions or requests for any waivers or extensions of statute of limitations currently in effect with respect to any material Tax assessment or deficiency of SPAC. SPAC is not currently contesting any material Tax liability before any Governmental Entity.

 

(e) There are no Liens (other than Permitted Liens) for material amounts of Taxes upon any of SPAC’s assets.

 

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(f) SPAC has not requested, executed or entered into a closing agreement pursuant to Section 7121 of the Code or any similar provision of federal, state, provincial or local Applicable Law.

 

(g) SPAC has not constituted a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” (within the meaning of Section 355(a)(1)(A) of the Code) in a distribution of shares qualifying for tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (i) in the two years prior to the date of this Agreement or (ii) in a distribution that could otherwise constitute part of a “plan” or “series of related transactions” (within the meaning of Section 355(e) of the Code).

 

(h) SPAC has not been a party to any “listed transaction” within the meaning of U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b).

 

(i) SPAC is not liable and will not be liable at any time after the Closing Date for any material Tax liability of any Person under U.S. Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or non-U.S. law), as a transferee or successor liability, or by Contract.

 

(j) Since its incorporation, no claim has been made in writing by any Governmental Entity in a jurisdiction in which SPAC does not file Tax Returns that it is or may be subject to Tax or required to file Tax Returns in that jurisdiction, which claim has not been dismissed, closed or otherwise resolved.

 

(k) SPAC is a Tax resident only in its jurisdiction of formation.

 

(l) There are no Tax indemnification agreements or Tax Sharing Agreements under which the SPAC could be liable after the Closing Date for any Tax liability of any Person, except for customary commercial Contracts or other agreements, in each case, that do not relate primarily to Taxes.

 

(m) To the knowledge of SPAC, there are no facts, circumstances or plans that, either alone or in combination, would reasonably be expected to prevent the applicable Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

Section 5.16 Information Supplied. The information supplied or to be supplied relating to SPAC for inclusion or incorporation by reference prior to the Closing in the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement/Prospectus and EUR Circular will, when the Registration Statement is declared effective or when the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or EUR Circular (or any amendment or supplement thereto) is first distributed to the SPAC Stockholders or EUR Shareholders, as applicable, or at the time of the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting or EUR Shareholders’ Meeting, as applicable, and in the case of any amendment or supplement thereto, at the time of such amendment or supplement, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, SPAC makes no representations or warranties as to (i) the information contained or incorporated by reference in or omitted from the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement/Prospectus or EUR Circular in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to SPAC by or on behalf of the other Parties specifically for inclusion in the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement/Prospectus or EUR Circular and (ii) any forward-looking statements supplied or to be supplied by or on behalf of SPAC in writing expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference prior to the Closing in the Registration Statement, Proxy Statement/Prospectus or EUR Circular.

 

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Section 5.17 Employees; Benefit Plans. Other than as described in the SPAC SEC Reports, SPAC has never had any employees or individual independent contractors. Other than reimbursement of any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by SPAC’s officers and directors in connection with activities on SPAC’s behalf in an aggregate amount not in excess of the amount of cash held by SPAC outside of the Trust Account, as of the date hereof, SPAC has no unsatisfied material liability with respect to any employee or individual independent contractor. SPAC does not maintain, sponsor, contribute to, participate in or have any liability (actual or contingent) with respect to any plan, program, agreement or arrangement providing compensation or benefits to officers, employees or other individual independent contracts. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder or thereunder: (a) will result in any payment (including severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, bonus or otherwise) becoming due to any director, officer, individual independent contractor or employee of SPAC; or (b) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such payment or benefits.

 

Section 5.18 Title to Assets. Subject to the restrictions on use of the Trust Account set forth in the Trust Agreement, SPAC owns good and marketable title to, or holds a valid leasehold interest in, or a valid license to use, all of the assets used by SPAC in the operation of its business and which are material to SPAC, free and clear of any Liens (other than Permitted Liens).

 

Section 5.19 Affiliate Transactions. Except as described in the SPAC SEC Reports, no Contract between SPAC, on the one hand, and any of the present or former directors, officers, employees, stockholders or warrant holders or Affiliates of SPAC (or an immediate family member of any of the foregoing), on the other hand, will continue in effect following the Closing other than any such Contract that is not material to SPAC.

 

Section 5.20 Investment Company Act; JOBS Act. As of the date of this Agreement, SPAC is not an “investment company” or a Person directly or indirectly “controlled” by or acting on behalf of an “investment company,” in each case within the meaning of the Investment Company Act. SPAC constitutes an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the JOBS Act.

 

Section 5.21 Brokers. Other than as described on Schedule 5.21 of the SPAC Disclosure Letter, no broker, finder, underwriter, investment banker or other Person is entitled to, nor will be entitled to, either directly or indirectly, any brokerage fee, underwriting discount, finders’ fee, success fee, success premium, any other commission or fee or any increase in fee, for which any Party would be liable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements to which SPAC is a party or the transactions contemplated thereby based upon arrangements made by SPAC. True, correct and complete copies of all contracts, agreements and arrangements (including engagement letters) between SPAC and any Person set forth on Schedule 5.21 of the SPAC Disclosure Letter have previously been made available to the Company.

 

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Section 5.22 Fairness Opinion. The board of directors of SPAC has received the opinion of Marshall & Stevens Transaction Advisory Services LLC, dated as of the date of this Agreement, that, as of such date and subject to certain assumptions, limitations, qualifications and other matters set forth therein, that the Closing Share Consideration to be issued is fair from a financial point of view to the SPAC’s public stockholders.

 

Section 5.23 SPAC’s Investigation and Reliance. SPAC is a sophisticated purchaser and has made its own independent investigation, review and analysis regarding the Company and any Company Subsidiary and the Transactions, which investigation, review and analysis were conducted by SPAC together with expert advisors, including legal counsel, that SPAC has engaged for such purpose. SPAC and its Representatives have been provided with full and complete access to the Representatives, properties, offices, plans and other facilities, books and records of the Company and any Company Subsidiary and other information that they have requested in connection with their investigation of the Company and the Company Subsidiaries and the Transactions. SPAC is not relying on any statement, representation or warranty, oral or written, express or implied, made by the Company or any Company Subsidiary or any of their respective Representatives, except as expressly set forth in Article IV (as modified by the Company Disclosure Letter) or in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement. Neither the Company nor any of its equity holders, Affiliates or Representatives shall have any liability to SPAC or any of its equity holders, Affiliates or Representatives resulting from the use of any information, documents or materials made available to SPAC or any of its Representatives, whether orally or in writing, in any confidential information memoranda, “data rooms”, management presentations, due diligence discussions or in any other form in expectation of the Transactions, except as expressly set forth in Article IV (as modified by the Company Disclosure Letter) or in any certificate delivered by the Company pursuant to this Agreement. SPAC acknowledges that neither the Company nor any of its equity holders, Affiliates or Representatives is making, directly or indirectly, any representation or warranty with respect to any estimates, projections or forecasts involving the Company and/or any Company Subsidiary.

 

Article VI
Representations and Warranties of EUR

 

EUR represents and warrants to SPAC as follows:

 

Section 6.1 Organization and Qualification. EUR has been duly incorporated, organized or formed and is validly existing as a company in good standing under the Laws of Australia. EUR has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate all of its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect. EUR is not in violation of any of the provisions of its Organizational Documents.

 

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Section 6.2 Authorization; Binding Agreement.

 

(a) EUR has all requisite corporate power and authority to: (i) execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party; and (ii) carry out its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements to which it is a party (including, the Share Exchange), in each case, subject to the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements described in Section 6.3. Subject to the receipt of the affirmative vote to adopt this Agreement of a majority of the votes cast by EUR Shareholders present in person or represented by proxy at EUR Shareholders Meeting and entitled to vote thereon, the execution and delivery by EUR of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party and the consummation by it of the Transactions have been (or, for the Transaction Agreements to be executed at Closing, will be) duly and validly authorized by all requisite actions, including approval by its board of directors, as required by Applicable Law. No other corporate proceeding on the part of EUR is necessary to authorize this Agreement.

 

(b) The board of directors of EUR (the “EUR Board”), as of the date of this Agreement, acting unanimously, has (i) declared that this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions are in the best interests of EUR and EUR Shareholders, (ii) approved this Agreement and the Transactions, (iii) authorized the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, (iv) directed that the Transactions be submitted to EUR Shareholders for consideration, and (v) recommended that EUR Shareholders approve the Transactions (the foregoing matters in clause (i) through (v) collectively, the “EUR Board Recommendation”).

 

(c) This Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party have been (or, for the Transaction Agreements to be executed at Closing, will be) duly and validly executed and delivered by EUR and (assuming this Agreement and such other Transaction Agreements constitute (or, for the Transaction Agreements to be executed at Closing, will constitute) a legal, valid and binding obligation of the other Parties hereto and thereto) constitute (or, for the Transaction Agreements to be executed at Closing, will constitute) the legal, valid and binding obligation of EUR enforceable against EUR in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the Remedies Exception.

 

Section 6.3 No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents.

 

(a) Subject to the receipt of the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements set forth in Section 4.5(b), the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement (including the consummation by EUR of the transactions contemplated hereby) and the other Transaction Agreements to which EUR is a party will not: (i) violate any provision of, or result in the breach of, any Applicable Law to which EUR is subject or by which any property or asset of EUR is bound; (ii) conflict with or violate the Organizational Documents of EUR; or (iii) result in a violation or revocation of any required Approvals; except to the extent that the occurrence of any of the items described in the foregoing clauses (i) or (iii) would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b) Assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the other Parties contained in this Agreement, the execution and delivery by EUR of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party or the consummation of the Transactions (including, if and as applicable, the Merger and the Share Exchange) by EUR does not, and the performance of its respective obligations hereunder and thereunder will not, require any consent, notice, approval or authorization or permit of, or designation, declaration or filing with or notification to, any Governmental Entity, except for: (i) any consents, notices, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations or filings, the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect; (ii) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, blue sky laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, and appropriate documents with the relevant authorities of other jurisdictions in which EUR is qualified to do business; and (iii) as may be listed on Schedule 4.5(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter.

 

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Section 6.4 Ownership. After giving effect to the Share Exchange, PubCo shall own all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Company free and clear of any Liens other than those impose by applicable securities Laws. All of the outstanding shares and other equity interests of the Company have been duly authorized, are fully paid and non-assessable. EUR is not a party to (a) any option, warrant, purchase right or other Contract (other than this Agreement) that would require EUR to, transfer any of the Equity Interests of the Company owned by EUR or (b) any voting trust, proxy, or other Contract with respect to the voting of the Equity Interests of the Company. EUR does not own or have the right to acquire any other Equity Interests of any Group Company. There are no shareholders’ agreements, voting trusts or other agreements or understandings to which EUR is a party with respect to the voting of any shares of the Group Companies.

 

Section 6.5 Litigation. As of the date hereof there is, and in the past three (3) year there have been: (a) no Legal Proceedings pending or, to the Knowledge of EUR, threatened against EUR or any of its properties or assets, or any of the directors or officers of any of EUR in their capacity as such; (b) to the Knowledge of EUR, no facts or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to give rise to any Legal Proceeding, (c) no pending or, to the Knowledge of EUR, threatened in writing, audits, examinations or investigations by any Governmental Entity against EUR; and (d) no pending or threatened in writing Legal Proceedings by EUR against any third party.

 

Section 6.6 Investment Intent. EUR is a sophisticated business entity and understands and acknowledges that its sale of Equity Interests of the Company and the purchase of Equity Interests of PubCo involves substantial risk. EUR can bear the economic risk of its investment and has such knowledge and experience in financial or business matters that EUR is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its purchase and sale of Equity Interests of PubCo.

 

Section 6.7 EUR Investigation and Reliance. EUR has made its own independent investigation, review and analysis regarding SPAC and the Transactions, which investigation, review and analysis were conducted by EUR together with expert advisors, including legal counsel, that EUR engaged for such purpose. EUR has been provided with full and complete access to the Representatives, books and records of the SPAC and any other information it requested in connection with its investigation of the SPAC and the transactions. EUR is not relying on any statement, representation or warranty, oral or written, express or implied, made by the SPAC or any of its respective Representatives, except as expressly set forth in Article V (as modified by the SPAC Disclosure Letter) or in any certificate delivered by SPAC pursuant to this Agreement. Neither SPAC nor any of its respective equity holders, Affiliates or Representatives shall have any liability to EUR or any of their respective equity holders, Affiliates or Representatives resulting from the use of any information, documents or materials made available to EUR, whether orally or in writing, in any confidential information memoranda, management presentations, due diligence discussions or in any other form in expectation of the Transactions. EUR acknowledges that neither SPAC nor any of its equity holders, Affiliates or Representatives is making, directly or indirectly, any representation or warranty with respect to any estimates, projections or forecasts involving SPAC.

 

Section 6.8 Brokers. No broker, finder, investment banker or other Person, other than Jett Capital, is entitled to, nor will be entitled to, either directly or indirectly, any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other similar commission, for which any Group Company would be liable in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements to which EUR is a party or the transactions contemplated thereby based upon arrangements made by EUR or any of its Affiliates.

 

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Article VII
Conduct Prior to the Closing Date

 

Section 7.1 Conduct of Business by the Company and the Company Subsidiaries. During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Closing, the Company shall, and shall cause each of the Company Subsidiaries to, use its commercially reasonable efforts to preserve intact its respective business organizations and maintain satisfactory relationships with licensors, suppliers, distributors, clients and others having business relationships with them, and conduct its respective operations in the Ordinary Course of Business in all material respects, including maintaining appropriate insurance coverage, except: (w) to the extent that SPAC shall otherwise consent in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); (x) as required by Applicable Law (including COVID-19 Measures or as may be requested or compelled by any Governmental Entity) or as reasonably necessary or prudent in light of COVID-19 or COVID-19 Measures; (y) to the extent of any Emergency Action; or (z) as required, contemplated or expressly permitted by this Agreement, the Company Disclosure Letter or any other Transaction Agreement; provided that no action or inaction by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to matters specifically addressed by clauses (a) through (u) below shall be deemed a breach of the foregoing unless such action or inaction would constitute a breach of such specific provision of (a) through (z) below. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as required, contemplated or expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement, the Company Disclosure Letter or any other Transaction Agreement, or as required by Applicable Law (including COVID-19 Measures or as may be requested or compelled by any Governmental Entity), or as reasonably necessary or prudent in light of COVID-19 or COVID-19 Measures or to the extent of any Emergency Action, without the prior written consent of SPAC (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Closing, the Company shall not, and shall cause the other Group Companies not to, do any of the following:

 

(a) declare, set aside or pay dividends on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock, equity securities or property) in respect of, any capital stock or warrants or split, sub-divide, combine or reclassify any capital stock or warrants, effect a recapitalization or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for any capital stock or warrant, or effect any similar change in capitalization, in each case, other than any payment between any Group Companies;

 

(b) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any equity securities of the Company;

 

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(c) grant, issue, deliver, sell, authorize, pledge, dispose of or otherwise encumber, or agree to any of the foregoing with respect to, any shares of capital stock or other equity securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or other equity securities, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire any shares of capital stock or other equity securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or other equity securities, or enter into other agreements or commitments of any character obligating it to issue any such shares of capital stock or equity securities or convertible or exchangeable securities or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options, or modify the rights, preferences or other terms applicable to any such shares of capital stock or equity securities or convertible or exchangeable securities or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options, or engage in any hedging transaction with a third Person with respect to such securities;

 

(d) except as otherwise required by Law, any existing Company Benefit Plan or any Contract, (i) adopt, enter into, or amend in any material respect any material Company Benefit Plans (other than, for the avoidance of doubt and without limiting the first paragraph of this Section 7.1, the incentive equity plan contemplated by Section 8.2(a) or the Employment Agreements); or (ii) enter into any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement with a labor union, works council or similar organization;

 

(e) (i) grant or agree to grant any increase in the wages, salary, bonus or other compensation or benefits of any current employee, officer, director or service provider of any Group Company with an aggregate annual base compensation exceeding Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) or (ii) otherwise increase the wages, salary, bonus or other compensation or benefits of its employees, other than in the Ordinary Course of Business, by more than five percent (5%) in the aggregate, except as required under Applicable Law or the terms of any existing Company Benefit Plans or Contracts or in the Ordinary Course of Business and consistent with past practice;

 

(f) (i) transfer, sell, assign, exclusively license, exclusively sublicense, covenant not to assert, encumber, grant any security interest in, to or under, impair, transfer or otherwise dispose of any right, title or interest of any Group Company in any Owned Intellectual Property that is material to any business of the Group Companies; (ii) amend, abandon, waive or cancel any rights in or to any Owned Intellectual Property or Licensed Intellectual Property; or (iii) Knowingly divulge, furnish or make accessible any material Trade Secrets constituting Owned Intellectual Property to any third Person (other than any Governmental Entity) who is not subject to a written agreement to maintain the confidentiality of such Trade Secrets or otherwise in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(g) amend its Organizational Documents except in order to effect the Transactions or the other Transaction Agreements, or form or establish any Subsidiary;

 

(h) (i) merge, consolidate or combine with any Person; or (ii) acquire or agree to acquire (by merging or consolidating with, purchasing any equity interest in or substantially all or a material portion of the assets of, or by any other manner) any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof;

 

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(i) dispose of rights under any Company Real Property Lease or sublease any Leased Real Property or portion thereof other than in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(j) sell, lease, license, sublicense, abandon, divest, transfer, cancel or knowingly permit to lapse or expire or dedicate to the public, or otherwise dispose of, tangible assets or properties, or agree to do any of the foregoing, other than, in each case, (i) in the Ordinary Course of Business or (ii) with respect to damaged, worn-out, uneconomic or obsolete assets;

 

(k) (i) issue or sell any debt securities or rights to acquire any debt securities or guarantee any debt securities of another Person; (ii) make, create any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any Person other than any of the Group Companies, in each case, in the Ordinary Course of Business; (iii) create, incur, assume, guarantee or otherwise become liable for, any Indebtedness in an aggregate amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) or endorse any Indebtedness, Liability or obligation, in an aggregate amount not to exceed Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000); (iv) create any Liens on any material property or material assets of any of the Group Companies in connection with any Indebtedness thereof (other than Permitted Liens); or (v) cancel or forgive any Indebtedness owed to any of the Group Companies;

 

(l) make, incur or commit to make or incur, or authorize any capital expenditures other than capital expenditures consistent in the aggregate with the capital expenditure plan disclosed to SPAC;

 

(m) other than any Transaction Litigation, commence, waive, release, assign, compromise, settle or agree to settle any Legal Proceeding material to the Group Companies or their respective properties or assets, except in the Ordinary Course of Business or where such Legal Proceedings are covered by insurance or involve only the payment of monetary damages in an amount less than Five Hundred Thousand Dollars ($500,000) in the aggregate, or otherwise pay, discharge or satisfy any Actions, Liabilities or obligations, unless such amount has been reserved in the Company Financial Statements;

 

(n) except in the Ordinary Course of Business: (i) modify or amend in a manner that is materially adverse to the applicable Group Company or terminate any Company Material Contract; (ii) enter into any Contract that would have been a Company Material Contract had it been entered into prior to the date of this Agreement; or (iii) waive, delay the exercise of, release or assign any material rights or claims under any Company Material Contract;

 

(o) except as required by IFRS (or any interpretation thereof) or, for the avoidance of doubt and without limiting the first paragraph of this Section 7.1, Applicable Law, make any change in accounting methods, principles or practices or revalue any of its assets;

 

(p) except, for the avoidance of doubt and without limiting the first paragraph of this Section 7.1, as required by Applicable Law: (i) make, change or rescind any material Tax election; (ii) settle or compromise any material Tax claim outside the Ordinary Course of Business; (iii) change (or request to change) any method of accounting for Tax purposes; (iv) file any material amended Tax Return in a way that is material to any member of the Group Companies; (v) waive or extend any statute of limitations in respect of a period within which an assessment or reassessment of material Taxes may be issued (other than any extension pursuant to an extension to file any Tax Return); (vi) enter into any “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar Applicable Law) with any Governmental Entity or any Tax Sharing Agreement or similar agreement (other than customary commercial Contracts (or Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business) not primarily related to Taxes); or (vii) knowingly take any action or knowingly fail to take any action, which action or failure to act would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment;

 

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(q) authorize, recommend, propose or announce an intention to adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, restructuring, recapitalization, dissolution or winding-up of the Company;

 

(r) enter into or amend any agreement with, or pay, distribute or advance any assets or property to, any of its officers, directors, employees, partners, stockholders or other Affiliates, other than payments or distributions relating to obligations in respect of arm’s-length commercial transactions pursuant to the agreements set forth on Schedule 7.1(r) of the Company Disclosure Letter as existing on the date of this Agreement;

 

(s) (i) limit the rights of any Group Company in any respect: (A) to engage in any line of business or in any geographic area; (B) to develop, market or sell products or services; or (C) to compete with any Person; or (ii) grant any exclusive or similar rights to any Person;

 

(t) terminate or amend, in a manner materially detrimental to any Group Company, any insurance policy insuring the business of any Group Company;

 

(u) fail to maintain its books, accounts and records in all material respects in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(v) close or materially reduce its activities, or effect any material layoff or other material personnel reduction or change, at any of its facilities, except in the Ordinary Course of Business;

 

(w) enter into, amend, waive or terminate (other than terminations in accordance with their terms) any transaction with any Related Person (other than compensation and benefits and advancement of expenses, in each case, in the Ordinary Course of Business);

 

(x) enter into any agreement, understanding or arrangement with respect to the voting of its equity securities; or

 

(y) agree in a binding manner to take any of the actions described in Section 7.1(a) through (y) above.

 

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Section 7.2 Conduct of Business by SPAC. During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Closing, SPAC shall carry on in the Ordinary Course of Business, except: (a) to the extent that the Company shall otherwise consent in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); (b) as required by Applicable Law (including COVID-19 Measures or as may be requested or compelled by any Governmental Entity) or as reasonably necessary or prudent in light of COVID-19 or COVID-19 Measures; or (c) as required or expressly permitted by this Agreement or the SPAC Disclosure Letter. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as required or expressly permitted by the terms of this Agreement or the SPAC Disclosure Letter, or as required by Applicable Law (including COVID-19 Measures or as may be requested or compelled by any Governmental Entity) or as reasonably necessary or prudent in light of COVID-19 or COVID-19 Measures, without the prior written consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Closing, SPAC shall not do any of the following:

 

(a) declare, set aside or pay dividends on or make any other distributions (whether in cash, stock, equity securities or property) in respect of, any capital stock or warrants or split, combine or reclassify any capital stock or warrants, effect a recapitalization or issue or authorize the issuance of any other securities in respect of, in lieu of or in substitution for any capital stock or warrant, or effect any similar change in capitalization;

 

(b) purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, directly or indirectly, any equity securities of SPAC except in connection with the SPAC Stockholder Redemptions;

 

(c) grant, issue, deliver, sell, authorize, pledge or otherwise encumber, or agree to any of the foregoing with respect to, any shares of capital stock or other equity securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or other equity securities, or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options to acquire any shares of capital stock or other equity securities or any securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock or other equity securities, or enter into other agreements or commitments of any character obligating it to issue any such shares of capital stock or equity securities or convertible or exchangeable securities or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options, or modify the rights, preferences or other terms applicable to any such shares of capital stock or equity securities or convertible or exchangeable securities or subscriptions, rights, warrants or options;

 

(d) amend its Organizational Documents, except in connection with an Extension, or form or establish any Subsidiary;

 

(e) (i) merge, consolidate or combine with any other Person; or (ii) acquire or agree to acquire (by merging or consolidating with, purchasing any equity interest in or purchasing a substantial portion of the assets of, or by any other manner) any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof;

 

(f) (i) incur any Indebtedness in excess of $100,000 individually or $250,000 in the aggregate, provided, that this Section 7.2(f) shall not prevent SPAC from borrowing funds necessary to finance (x) its ordinary course administrative costs and expenses and SPAC Transaction Expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the Transactions, up to aggregate additional Indebtedness during the Interim Period of $1,500,000) and (y) out of pocket costs and expenses payable to SPAC’s vendors for an Extension or any deposit that the SPAC will make in the Trust Account in order to solicit votes for an Extension (such expenses, “Extension Expenses”);

 

(g) (i) create any material Liens on any material property or assets of SPAC in connection with any Indebtedness thereof (other than Permitted Liens); (ii) cancel or forgive any Indebtedness owed to SPAC; or (iii) make, incur or commit to make or incur any capital expenditures;

 

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(h) other than any Transaction Litigation, commence, release, assign, compromise, settle or agree to settle any Legal Proceeding;

 

(i) except as required by GAAP (or any interpretation thereof), Applicable Law, or SEC Guidance, make any change in accounting methods, principles or practices;

 

(j) except, for the avoidance of doubt and without limiting the first paragraph of this Section 7.2, as required by Applicable Law: (i) make, change or rescind any material Tax election; (ii) settle or compromise any material Tax claim outside the Ordinary Course of Business; (iii) change (or request to change) any method of accounting for Tax purposes; (iv) file any material amended Tax Return; (v) waive or extend any statute of limitations in respect of a period within which an assessment or reassessment of material Taxes may be issued (other than any extension pursuant to an extension to file any Tax Return); (vi) enter into any “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar Applicable Law) with any Governmental Entity or any Tax Sharing Agreement or similar agreement; or (vii) knowingly take any action or knowingly fail to take any action, which action or failure to act would reasonably be expected to prevent or impede the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment;

 

(k) (i) authorize, recommend, propose or announce an intention to adopt a plan of complete or partial liquidation, restructuring, recapitalization, dissolution or winding-up of SPAC or (ii) liquidate, dissolve, reorganize or otherwise wind-up the business or operations of SPAC;

 

(l) enter into or amend any agreement with, or pay, distribute or advance any assets or property to, or waive any provision or fail to enforce any provision with any agreement with, any of its officers, directors, employees, partners, stockholders or other Affiliates;

 

(m) engage in any new line of business;

 

(n) amend the Warrant Agreement or any warrant certificate evidencing any SPAC Warrant;

 

(o) amend the Trust Agreement or any other agreement related to the Trust Account;

 

(p) (i) appoint any director to the SPAC Board (except as required by applicable law, regulation, Securities and Exchange Commission or stock exchange requirement) (ii) hire any advisor, consultant, employee or service provider or (iii) amend the economic terms of a Contract with any third party vendor on an arm’s length basis to the extent that such amendment results in an increase in the amount under such Contract greater than One Hundred Thousand Dollars ($100,000);

 

(q) incur any expenses other than in connection with the implementation of the Transactions; or

 

(r) agree in writing or otherwise agree, commit or resolve to take any of the actions described in Section 7.2(a) through Section 7.2(q) above.

 

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Section 7.3 No Control. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall give any Party, directly or indirectly, any right to control or direct the operations of any other Party prior to the Closing. Prior to the Closing, each of the Parties shall exercise, consistent with the other terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over their respective businesses.

 

Section 7.4 No Solicitation by EUR.

 

(a) No Solicitation or Negotiation. EUR agrees that, except as expressly permitted by this Section 7.4, it shall not, and it shall cause each of its directors, officers and employees not to, and it shall use reasonable best efforts to cause its third-party consultants, financial advisors, accountants, legal counsel, investment bankers and other third party agents, advisors and representatives not to, directly or indirectly:

 

(i) initiate, solicit, knowingly encourage or otherwise knowingly facilitate any inquiries or the making of any EUR Competing Proposal;

 

(ii) engage or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations with any third party relating to any EUR Competing Proposal;

 

(iii) provide any non-public information or data to any Person in connection with any EUR Competing Proposal;

 

(iv) enter into any agreement in principle, letter of intent, term sheet, merger agreement or acquisition agreement relating to a EUR Competing Proposal (other than a EUR Competing Proposal NDA); or

 

(v) (A) fail to make, withdraw or modify in a manner adverse to SPAC, or publicly propose to fail to make, withdraw or modify in a manner adverse to SPAC, EUR Board Recommendation, or (B) recommend, adopt or approve or publicly propose to recommend, adopt or approve a EUR Competing Proposal (either of the foregoing clauses (A) or (B) in this Section 7.4(a)(v), an “EUR Adverse Recommendation Change”).

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, nothing contained in this Agreement shall prevent EUR Board from making a customary statement that EUR Shareholders should, with respect to an unsolicited EUR Competing Proposal and during a period of no more than ten (10) Business Days from the date of commencement of such EUR Competing Proposal, “take no action pending further advice” (or words to that effect).

 

EUR shall, and shall cause its directors, officers and employees to, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause its third-party consultants, financial advisors, accountants, legal counsel, investment bankers and other third party agents, advisors and representatives to, immediately cease and cause to be terminated any discussions and negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore with respect to any EUR Competing Proposal, or proposal or offer that would reasonably be expected to lead to a EUR Competing Proposal.

 

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(b) Responding to EUR Competing Proposals. Prior to the time, but not after, EUR Shareholder Approval is obtained, EUR and its Representatives may, in response to a bona fide EUR Competing Proposal, (i) contact the Person who made such EUR Competing Proposal and its Representatives to (x) clarify the terms and conditions thereof or (y) inform such Person of the existence of the provisions contained in this Section 7.4; (ii) provide access to information regarding EUR or any of its Subsidiaries in response to a request therefor to the Person who made such EUR Competing Proposal and such Person’s Representatives; provided that such information has previously been, or is promptly, made available to SPAC and that, prior to furnishing any such non-public information, EUR receives from the Person making such EUR Competing Proposal an executed confidentiality agreement containing terms at least as restrictive in all material respects on such Person with respect to confidentiality as the Confidentiality Agreement (each such confidentiality agreement, a “EUR Competing Proposal NDA”); and (iii) participate in discussions or negotiations with any such Person and its Representatives regarding such EUR Competing Proposal; provided that prior to taking any action described in clause (ii) or (iii) above, EUR Board determines in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor of nationally (in the United States or Australia) or internationally recognized reputation that such EUR Competing Proposal either constitutes a Superior Proposal or would reasonably be expected to result in a Superior Proposal. Any statement by EUR to the effect that EUR has received an EUR Competing Proposal and/or that EUR shareholders should take no action pending the completion of the last look process set out in Section 7.4(e) must contain a statement to the effect that EUR will continue to comply with is obligations under this Agreement pending the assessment of the EUR Competing Proposal, and this obligation in respect of statements made by EUR will be separately applied to each new EUR Competing Proposal that is a material modification or material variation of an existing EUR Competing Proposal.

 

(c) Notice. EUR shall promptly (and in any event within forty-eight (48) hours) notify SPAC of the receipt by EUR of any EUR Competing Proposal. Each notice shall state, only to the extent available, the name of such Person and the material terms (including price (along with a description of the proposed consideration if not cash alone) and conditions of any proposals, and the proposed timing or break fee (or reimbursement provisions) of such proposal, (including, if applicable, proposed agreements providing for the EUR Competing Proposal)). Following delivery of the initial notice, EUR shall keep SPAC informed of the status and material developments of any such proposals, offers or requests as soon as reasonably practicable after any change to the status or any material development occurs (and in any event within forty-eight (48) hours).

 

(d) Fiduciary Exception. Notwithstanding Section 7.4(a)(iv) and Section 7.4(a)(v), but subject (as applicable) to compliance with Section 7.4(e), prior to the time, but not after, EUR Shareholder Approval is obtained, EUR Board may (A) make a EUR Adverse Recommendation Change and/or (B) terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 11.1(h) in order to substantially concurrently enter into a definitive agreement for a Superior Proposal, in either case if (i) in the case of such an action taken in connection with a EUR Competing Proposal, EUR Competing Proposal is not withdrawn and EUR Board determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor of nationally (in the United States or Australia) or internationally recognized reputation, that such EUR Competing Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal and that compliance with clauses Section 7.4(a)(iv) and Section 7.4(a)(v) would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under Applicable Law, provided that such EUR Competing Proposal or Superior Proposal was not directly or indirectly brought about by, or facilitated by, a breach of this Agreement by EUR; or (ii) in the case of any such EUR Adverse Recommendation Change taken other than in connection with a EUR Competing Proposal, there is an Intervening Event and EUR Board determines in good faith, after consultation with outside legal counsel and its financial advisor of nationally (in the United States or Australia) or internationally recognized reputation, and taking into account any proposal by SPAC to amend the terms of this Agreement and the Transactions in accordance with Section 7.4(e), that the failure to take such action would be inconsistent with the directors’ fiduciary duties under Applicable Law, provided that such Intervening Event was not directly or indirectly brought about by, or facilitated by, a breach of this Agreement by EUR.

 

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(e) Last Look. Before EUR Board makes an EUR Adverse Recommendation Change pursuant to Section 7.4(d)(A), terminates this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.4(d)(B) and Section 11.1(h) or enters into any legally binding agreement (or publicly announces an intention to enter into any legally binding agreement) providing for a potential Superior Proposal, (i) EUR shall notify SPAC in writing of its intention to do so at least four (4) Business Days before taking such action, (ii) during such four (4) Business Day period, if requested by SPAC, EUR and its Representatives shall have discussed and negotiated in good faith with SPAC and its Representatives regarding any proposal by SPAC to amend the terms of this Agreement and the Transactions in response to such Superior Proposal or other potential EUR Adverse Recommendation Change, as applicable, and (iii) after such four (4) Business Day period, EUR Board shall have determined in good faith, after considering advice from outside legal counsel and a financial advisor of nationally (in the United States or Australia) or internationally recognized reputation, and taking into account any proposal by SPAC to amend the terms of this Agreement and the Transactions made during such period, that (A) in the case of a EUR Adverse Recommendation Change pursuant to Section 7.4(d)(A) or termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 7.4(d)(B) and Section 11.1(h) in response to a Superior Proposal, such EUR Competing Proposal continues to constitute a Superior Proposal (it being understood and agreed that any amendment to the financial or other material terms of any such Superior Proposal shall require a new written notification from EUR and a new notice period under Section 7.4(e)(i) (except that such negotiation period shall be for three (3), rather than four (4), Business Days), during which period EUR shall be required to comply with the other requirements of this Section 7.4(e) anew) and (B) in any other case, the failure to take such action would continue to reasonably be expected to be inconsistent with its fiduciary duties under Applicable Law.

 

(f) References in this Section 7.4 to the “EUR Board” shall mean EUR Board or, to the extent applicable, a duly authorized committee thereof.

 

Section 7.5 PIPE Agreements. During the Interim Period, the Parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to enter into and consummate Future PIPE Investments on terms mutually agreeable to the Parties, and, if the Parties mutually agree to seek a Future PIPE Investment, the Parties shall, and shall cause their respective Representatives to, cooperate with each other and their respective Representatives in connection with such Future PIPE Investment and use their respective commercially reasonable best efforts to cause such Future PIPE Investment to occur (including having senior management of the Parties participate in any investor meetings and roadshows as reasonably requested).

 

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Article VIII


Additional Agreements

 

Section 8.1 Registration Statement; Stockholder Meeting.

 

(a) Registration Statement.

 

(i) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement, (x) PubCo, SPAC and EUR shall jointly prepare and PubCo shall file with the SEC, the Registration Statement, which shall include a proxy statement/prospectus (the “Proxy Statement/Prospectus”) to be used as a prospectus with respect to PubCo and a proxy statement with respect to SPAC ( which proxy statement shall be separately filed with the SEC by SPAC and sent to the SPAC Stockholders relating to the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting), and (y) EUR shall prepare (with SPAC’s reasonable cooperation) and file with the ASX (at the sole cost and expense of EUR) the circular to be provided to the shareholders relating to the EUR Shareholders’ Meeting (such circular, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “EUR Circular”). Each of PubCo, SPAC and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts (A) to cause the Registration Statement, including the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and to cause the EUR Circular to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the ASX, (B) to have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act and have the EUR Circular approved by ASX on terms acceptable to EUR in its sole discretion and for the purposes of any other Applicable Law, in each case, as promptly as practicable after such filing and (C) to keep the Registration Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Transactions. PubCo also agrees to use its reasonable best efforts to obtain all necessary state securities law or “blue sky” permits and approvals required to carry out the Transactions, and each of SPAC and the Company shall furnish all information concerning itself and its equityholders as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. Each of the Parties agrees to furnish to the other Parties and their Representatives all information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, officers, directors, managers, stockholders, and other equityholders and information regarding such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable or as may be reasonably requested in connection with the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, EUR Circular, any Current Reports on Form 8-K or 6-K pursuant to the Exchange Act in connection with the Transactions, or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of PubCo, SPAC, EUR or the Group Companies to any regulatory authority (including Nasdaq) in connection with the Transactions (the “Transaction Filings”). SPAC will cause the Proxy Statement/Prospectus to be mailed to the SPAC Stockholders and EUR will cause the EUR Circular to be delivered to EUR Shareholders in accordance with the requirements of Australian corporate law, in each case, as promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act.

 

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(ii) PubCo will advise the Company and SPAC, reasonably promptly after PubCo receives notice thereof, of the time when the Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement or amendment has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order or the suspension of the qualification of the PubCo Shares for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, of the initiation or written threat of any proceeding for any such purpose, or of any request by the SEC for the amendment or supplement of the Registration Statement or for additional information. Each Party and its counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and any Transaction Filings each time before any such document is filed with the SEC, and the Party filing such document shall give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments made by another Party and its counsel. Each Party shall provide the other Parties and their counsel with (A) any comments or other communications, whether written or oral, that it or its counsel may receive from time to time from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or any Transaction Filings, in each case, promptly after receipt of those comments or other communications and (B) a reasonable opportunity to participate in the response of such Party to those comments and to provide comments on that response (to which reasonable and good faith consideration shall be given).

 

(iii) If at any time prior to the Closing any information relating to PubCo, EUR, the Company, SPAC or any of their respective Subsidiaries, Affiliates, directors or officers is discovered by PubCo, EUR, the Company or SPAC, which is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or EUR Circular, so that none of the Registration Statement, the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and EUR Circular would include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, with respect to the Registration Statement or the Proxy Statement/Prospectus, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the party which discovers such information shall promptly notify the other parties and an appropriate amendment or supplement describing such information shall be promptly filed with the SEC or ASX (as applicable) and, to the extent required by Applicable Law, disseminated to SPAC Stockholders or EUR Shareholders (as applicable).

 

(b) SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting. SPAC shall, as promptly as practicable following the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act, conduct a “broker search” and establish a record date for, duly call and give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of SPAC Stockholders (the “SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting”), in each case in accordance with SPAC’s Organizational Documents and Applicable Law, solely for the purpose of (i) providing SPAC Stockholders with the opportunity to redeem SPAC Shares, (ii) obtaining all requisite approvals and authorizations from the SPAC Stockholders in connection with the Transactions (including the SPAC Stockholder Approval) at the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting and (iii) related and customary procedural and administrative matters. SPAC shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain the SPAC Stockholder Approval, including by soliciting proxies as promptly as practicable in accordance with Applicable Law for the purpose of seeking such approval, and use its reasonable best efforts to minimize redemptions of SPAC Shares by SPAC Stockholders. SPAC shall include the SPAC Board Recommendation in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus. The board of directors of SPAC shall not (and no committee or subgroup thereof shall) change, withdraw, withhold, fail to make, qualify or modify, or publicly propose to change, withdraw, withhold, fail to make, qualify or modify, the SPAC Board Recommendation or recommend, adopt or approve or publicly propose to recommend, adopt or approve a SPAC Board Recommendation (any of the foregoing action, a “SPAC Adverse Recommendation Change”). SPAC shall not be entitled to postpone or adjourn the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting except: (i) to the extent required by Applicable Law, (ii) to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement/Prospectus that SPAC has determined in good faith is required by Applicable Law is disclosed to SPAC Stockholders with sufficient time prior to the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting for SPAC Stockholders to consider the disclosures contained in such supplement or amendment; (iii) if, as of the time for which the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting is scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy Statement/Prospectus or its supplement), there are insufficient SPAC Shares represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business to be conducted at the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting; (iv) if the SPAC stockholders have elected to redeem a number of SPAC Shares as of such time that would reasonably be expected to result in the condition set forth in Section 9.2(g) (the “Closing Proceeds Condition”) not being satisfied, provided that, for purposes of this clause (iv), SPAC shall not be entitled to postpone or adjourn the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting without the Company’s prior written consent to the extent that (A) such postponement or adjournment of the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting would extend or otherwise reopen the deadline for redemption of SPAC Shares and (B) the Company has waived the Closing Proceeds Condition or (v) in order to solicit additional proxies from SPAC Stockholders required to obtain the SPAC Stockholder Approval; provided that, the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting is held no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Outside Date; provided, further, that in the event of a postponement or adjournment, the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting shall be reconvened as promptly as practicable following such time as the matter causing the postponement or adjournment has been resolved and SPAC may make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, provided that, such postponement or adjournment cannot extend more than ten (10) Business Days in the aggregate without EUR’s consent.

 

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(c) EUR Shareholders’ Meeting. EUR shall, as promptly as practicable following the date the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC under the Securities Act, duly call and give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of EUR Shareholders (the “EUR Shareholders’ Meeting”), in each case in accordance with EUR’s Organizational Documents and Applicable Law, solely for the purpose of (i) obtaining all requisite approvals and authorizations from the EUR Shareholders in connection with the Transactions at the EUR Shareholders’ Meeting and (ii) related and customary procedural and administrative matters to consummate the Transaction. Subject to Section 7.4 or unless there is an EUR Adverse Recommendation Change, EUR shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain EUR Shareholder Approval, including by soliciting proxies as promptly as practicable in accordance with Applicable Law for the purpose of seeking such approval, including the EUR Board Recommendation in the EUR Circular and taking all other action necessary, required or advisable to secure the vote or consent of the EUR shareholders required by ASX or Applicable Law. EUR shall not be entitled to postpone or adjourn the EUR Shareholders’ Meeting except: (i) to the extent required by Applicable Law or the listing rules of the ASX, (ii) to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the EUR Circular that EUR has determined in good faith is required by Applicable Law is disclosed to EUR Shareholders with sufficient time prior to the EUR Shareholders’ Meeting for EUR Shareholders to consider the disclosures contained in such supplement or amendment; (iii) if, as of the time for which the EUR Shareholders’ Meeting is scheduled (as set forth in the EUR Circular or its supplement), there are insufficient EUR Shares represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business to be conducted at the EUR Shareholders’ Meeting; or (iv) in order to solicit additional proxies from EUR Shareholders required to obtain EUR Shareholder Approval; provided that, the EUR Shareholders’ Meeting is held no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the Outside Date; provided, further, that in the event of a postponement or adjournment, the EUR Shareholders’ Meeting shall be reconvened as promptly as practicable following such time as the matter causing the postponement or adjournment has been resolved.

 

Section 8.2 Employee Matters.

 

(a) Equity Plan. Prior to the Closing Date, PubCo shall approve and adopt, subject to SPAC Stockholder Approval, (i) an incentive equity plan (the “Incentive Equity Plan”), and (ii) an employee stock purchase plan (the “ESPP”), in each case of (i) and (ii), effective as of one (1) Business Day prior to the Closing Date, as proposed by the Board of Directors of the Company following consultation with the SPAC. The Incentive Equity Plan shall have an initial share reserve ranging from 5% to 10% of the outstanding number of PubCo Shares immediately following the Closing, plus an annual “evergreen” increase, which in each case shall be based upon benchmarking against peer companies in consultation with an independent outside compensation advisor. The ESPP shall have an initial share reserve of no more than 2% of the outstanding number of PubCo Shares immediately following the Closing and an annual “evergreen” increase based upon benchmarking against peer companies in consultation with an independent outside compensation advisor.

 

(b) Employment Agreements. Prior to the Closing Date, the Company may enter into employment agreements (the “Employment Agreements”) with such key employees of the Company as determined by the Company in consultation with the SPAC, the effectiveness of which shall be conditioned on the Closing.

 

(c) No Third Party Beneficiaries. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees that all provisions contained in this Section 8.2 are included for the sole benefit of PubCo, SPAC and the Company, and that nothing in this Agreement, whether express or implied (i) shall be construed to establish, amend or modify any employee benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement, (ii) shall limit the right of PubCo, SPAC, the Company or their respective Affiliates to amend, terminate or otherwise modify any Company Benefit Plan or other employee benefit plan, agreement or other arrangement following the Closing Date, or (iii) shall confer upon any Person who is not a party to this Agreement (including any equityholder, any current or former director, manager, officer, employee or independent contractor of the Company, or any participant in any Company Benefit Plan or other employee benefit plan, agreement or other arrangement (or any dependent or beneficiary thereof)), any right to continued or resumed employment or recall, any right to compensation or benefits, or any third party beneficiary or other right of any kind or nature whatsoever.

 

Section 8.3 Regulatory Approvals; Efforts.

 

(a) Each Party will use its reasonable best efforts to make any notifications, filings, forms and submissions with any Governmental Entity that are required by Applicable Laws in the Key Jurisdictions that are, in the reasonable judgment of the Company after considering the views of SPAC in good faith, advisable in connection with the Transactions. Each Party will (i) cooperate and coordinate (and cause its respective Affiliates to cooperate and coordinate, if applicable) with the other Parties in the making of any such notifications, filings, forms and submissions; (ii) use its reasonable best efforts to supply the other Parties with any information that may be required in order to make such notifications, filings, forms and submissions; (iii) use its reasonable best efforts to supply any additional information that reasonably may be required or requested by the Governmental Entity of any Key Jurisdiction in which any such notifications, filings, forms and submissions is made; (iv) use its reasonable best efforts to take all action necessary to obtain any required consents pursuant to any Antitrust Laws or Foreign Investment Laws applicable to the Merger, in each case as soon as practicable.

 

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(b) Each Party will promptly provide the other with copies of all substantive written communications (and memoranda setting forth the substance of all substantive oral communications) between each of them, any of their Affiliates and their respective agents, representatives and advisors, on the one hand, and any Governmental Entity, on the other hand, with respect to this Agreement or the Transactions as appropriate. Without limiting the foregoing, PubCo, SPAC and the Company shall: (i) promptly inform the others of any substantive communication to or from any Governmental Entity regarding the Transactions; (ii) permit one another to review in advance any proposed substantive written communication to any such Governmental Entity and incorporate reasonable comments thereto; (iii) give the others prompt written notice of the commencement of any Legal Proceeding with respect to the Transactions; (iv) not agree to participate in any substantive meeting or discussion with any such Governmental Entity in respect of any filing, investigation or inquiry concerning this Agreement or the Transactions unless, to the extent reasonably practicable, it consults with the other Parties in advance and, to the extent permitted by such Governmental Entity, gives the other Parties the opportunity to attend; and (v) promptly furnish one another with copies of all correspondence, filings and written communications between such Party and their Affiliates and their respective agents, representatives and advisors, on one hand, and any such Governmental Entity, on the other hand, in each case, with respect to this Agreement and the Transactions.

 

(c) The SPAC shall pay any fees or expenses in connection with the any notifications, filings, forms and submissions contemplated in this Section 8.3, including with respect to any registrations, declarations and filings required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance of the obligations hereunder and the consummation of the Transactions.

 

Section 8.4 Other Filings; Press Release.

 

(a) As promptly as practicable after execution of this Agreement, SPAC will prepare and file a Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act to report the execution of this Agreement, the form and substance of which shall be approved in advance in writing by the Company, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

 

(b) Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, SPAC and the Company shall also issue a mutually agreed joint press release announcing the execution of this Agreement. Prior to Closing, the Company shall prepare a press release announcing the consummation of the Transactions hereunder, the form and substance of which shall be approved in advance by SPAC (the “Closing Press Release”). Concurrently with the Closing, the Company shall issue the Closing Press Release.

 

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Section 8.5 Confidentiality; Access to Information.

 

(a) SPAC and EUR acknowledge that they are parties to the Confidentiality Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. In the event that this Section 8.5(a) or the Confidentiality Agreement conflicts with any other covenant or agreement contained herein or any other Transaction Agreement that contemplates the disclosure, use or provision of information or otherwise, then the Confidentiality Agreement shall govern and control to the extent of such conflict.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of the Parties will make any public announcement or issue any public communication regarding this Agreement, any other Transaction Agreement or the Transactions or any matter related to the foregoing, without the prior written consent of (i) EUR, in the case of a public announcement by SPAC or its Affiliates, (ii) SPAC, in the case of a public announcement by EUR or its Affiliates and (iii) EUR and SPAC, in the case of a public announcement by PubCo (such consents, in each case, not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except: (A) for any announcement or other communication necessary or advisable in connection with any EUR Adverse Recommendation Change; (B) if such announcement or other communication is required by Applicable Law, in which case the disclosing Party shall, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, first allow such other Parties to review such announcement or communication and have the opportunity to comment thereon and the disclosing Party shall consider such comments in good faith; (C) to the extent such announcements or other communications are consistent with information previously disclosed in a public statement, press release or other communication previously approved or made in accordance with Section 8.4 or this Section 8.5(b); (D) announcements and communications to Governmental Entities in connection with registrations, declarations and filings relating to the Transactions required to be made under this Agreement; and (E) communications to employees of EUR and the Group Companies, and to customers and suppliers of EUR and the Group Companies for purposes of seeking any consents and approvals required in connection with the Transactions, and then only to the extent such communications are consistent with information previously disclosed in a public statement, press release or other communication previously approved or made in accordance with Section 8.4.

 

(c) Subject to the Confidentiality Agreement, EUR and the Group Companies will afford SPAC and its financial advisors, accountants, counsel and other representatives who have a need to know such information reasonable access during normal business hours, upon reasonable notice, to the books, records and personnel of EUR and the Group Companies during the period prior to the Closing to obtain all information concerning the business as SPAC may reasonably request in connection with the consummation of the Transactions; provided, however, that any such access shall be (i) conducted in a manner not to unreasonably interfere with the businesses or operations of EUR, (ii) limited as required by EUR’s policies or Applicable Law in connection with COVID-19 (including any COVID-19 Measures) and (iii) such access shall not include any invasive drilling or testing or with respect to information not in EUR’s possession. Subject to the Confidentiality Agreement, SPAC will afford EUR and its financial advisors, underwriters, accountants, counsel and other representatives reasonable access during normal business hours, upon reasonable notice, to the books, records and personnel of SPAC during the period prior to the Closing to obtain all information concerning the business as EUR may reasonably request in connection with the consummation of the Transactions; provided, however, that any such access shall be (i) conducted in a manner not to unreasonably interfere with the businesses or operations of SPAC and (ii) limited as required by SPAC’s policies or Applicable Law in connection with COVID-19 (including any COVID-19 Measures). Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither EUR nor SPAC, nor any of their respective Subsidiaries or Representatives, shall be required to provide, or cause to be provided to, the other party any information if and to the extent doing so would (A) violate any Applicable Law to which EUR or SPAC, as applicable, is subject, (B) result in the disclosure of any trade secrets of third parties in breach of any Contract with such third-party, (C) violate any legally binding obligation of EUR or SPAC, as applicable, with respect to confidentiality, non-disclosure or privacy or (D) jeopardize protections afforded to EUR or SPAC, as applicable, under the attorney-client privilege or the attorney work product doctrine (provided that, in case of each of clauses (A) through (D), EUR and SPAC shall each use reasonable best efforts to (x) provide such access as can be provided (or otherwise convey such information regarding the applicable matter as can be conveyed) without violating such privilege, doctrine, Contract, obligation or Applicable Law and (y) provide such information in a manner without violating such privilege, doctrine, Contract, obligation or Applicable Law).

 

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Section 8.6 No Claim Against Trust Account. Reference is made to the IPO Prospectus. The Company and EUR each hereby represents and warrants that it has read the IPO Prospectus and understands that SPAC has established the Trust Account containing the proceeds of the IPO and the overallotment shares acquired by SPAC’s underwriters and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with the IPO (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of SPAC’s public stockholders (including overallotment shares acquired by SPAC’s underwriters) (the “Public Stockholders”) and that SPAC may disburse monies from the Trust Account only in the express circumstances described in the IPO Prospectus. For and in consideration of SPAC entering into this Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the Company and EUR hereby agrees on behalf of itself and its Affiliates that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Company, EUR nor any of their respective Affiliates do now or shall at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account including any distributions therefrom to the Public Stockholders, or make any claim against the Trust Account including any distributions therefrom to the Public Stockholders, regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to, this Agreement or any proposed or actual business relationship between SPAC or any of its Representatives, on the one hand, and the Company, EUR or any of their respective Representatives, on the other hand, or any other matter, and regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (collectively, the “Released Claims”). Each of the Company and EUR on behalf of itself and its Affiliates hereby irrevocably waives any Released Claims that any such Party or any of its Affiliates may have against the Trust Account including any distributions therefrom to the Public Stockholders now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with SPAC or its Representatives and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account including any distributions therefrom to the Public Stockholders for any reason whatsoever (including for an alleged breach of this Agreement or any other agreement with SPAC or its Affiliates). The Company and EUR each agrees and acknowledges that such irrevocable waiver is material to this Agreement and specifically relied upon by SPAC and its Affiliates to induce SPAC to enter in this Agreement, and each of the Company and EUR further intends and understands such waiver to be valid, binding and enforceable against such Party and each of its Affiliates under Applicable Law. To the extent that the Company or EUR or any of their respective Affiliates commences any Action based upon, in connection with, relating to or arising out of any matter relating to SPAC or its Representatives, which proceeding seeks, in whole or in part, monetary relief against SPAC or its Representatives, each of the Company and EUR hereby acknowledges and agrees that its and its Affiliates’ sole remedy shall be against funds held outside of the Trust Account and that such claim shall not permit such Party or any of its Affiliates (or any Person claiming on any of their behalves or in lieu of them) to have any claim against the Trust Account including any distributions therefrom to the Public Stockholders, or any amounts contained therein. In the event that the Company or EUR or any of their respective Affiliates commences Action based upon, in connection with, relating to or arising out of any matter relating to SPAC or its Representatives which proceeding seeks, in whole or in part, relief against the Trust Account including any distributions therefrom to the Public Stockholders, or the Public Stockholders, whether in the form of money damages or injunctive relief, SPAC and its Representatives, as applicable, shall be entitled to recover from the Company, the EUR and their respective Affiliates, as applicable, the associated legal fees and costs in connection with any such Action, in the event SPAC or its Representatives, as applicable, prevails in such Action. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall serve to limit or prohibit the Company’s and EUR’s right to pursue a claim against SPAC pursuant to this Agreement for legal relief against monies or other assets of SPAC held outside the Trust Account (other than distribution therefrom directly or indirectly to the Public Stockholders), or for specific performance or other equitable relief in connection with the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements. This Section 8.6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 8.7 Company and SPAC Securities Listings.

 

(a) From the date hereof through the Closing, SPAC shall use its reasonable best efforts to ensure that SPAC remain listed as a public company on, and for SPAC Shares and SPAC Warrants (but, in the case of SPAC Warrants, only to the extent issued as of the date hereof) to remain listed on, Nasdaq. Immediately prior to the Closing, SPAC shall cooperate with the other Parties to take such actions as are necessary to cause the SPAC Shares and SPAC Warrants to be delisted from Nasdaq and deregistered under the Exchange Act with such delisting and deregistration effective as soon as practicable following the Effective Time.

 

(b) From the date hereof through the Closing, SPAC must file all reports required to be filed or furnished with the SEC and otherwise comply in all material respects with its reporting obligations under Applicable Law.

 

(c) PubCo will use its reasonable best efforts to cause (i) PubCo’s initial listing application with Nasdaq in connection with the Transactions to have been approved; and (ii) the PubCo Shares to be issued and the SPAC Warrants to be assumed in accordance with this Agreement to be approved for listing on Nasdaq (and SPAC and the Company shall reasonably cooperate in connection therewith), subject to official notice of issuance, in each case, as promptly as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, and in any event prior to the Closing.

 

(d) PubCo shall procure that the PubCo Shares issued pursuant to or contemplated by this Agreement shall be properly and validly allotted and issued in accordance with the BVI Business Companies Act (as amended) of the British Virgin Islands (the “BVI Act”), as amended, and its Organizational Documents, and credited as fully paid and ranking pari passu in all respects with the PubCo Shares outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

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Section 8.8 No Solicitation of SPAC. During the period from the date of this Agreement and continuing until the earlier of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms or the Closing, SPAC shall not, and shall direct its Representatives not to, directly or indirectly: (i) solicit, initiate, enter into or continue discussions or transactions with, or encourage or respond to any inquiries or proposals by, or provide any information to, any Person (other than the Company and its Representatives) concerning any SPAC Competing Proposal; (ii) enter into any agreement regarding, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or cooperate in any way that would otherwise reasonably be expected to lead to a SPAC Competing Proposal; or (iii) commence, continue or renew any due diligence investigation regarding a SPAC Competing Proposal. SPAC shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, immediately cease any and all existing discussions or negotiations with any Person with respect to any SPAC Competing Proposal.

 

Section 8.9 Trust Account. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article IX and provision of notice thereof to Continental (which notice SPAC shall provide to Continental in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement); (a) in accordance with and pursuant to the Trust Agreement, at the Closing, SPAC: (i) shall cause the documents, opinions and notices required to be delivered to Continental pursuant to the Trust Agreement to be so delivered; and (ii) shall make all appropriate arrangements to cause Continental to, and Continental thereupon shall be obligated to, (1) pay as and when due all amounts payable to the holders of SPAC Shares pursuant to the SPAC Stockholder Redemptions, (2) pay any amounts payable by SPAC in connection with the Transactions, the consummation of SPAC’s initial public offering (including deferred underwriting fees) or otherwise, including tax obligations, and (3) pay all remaining amounts then available in the Trust Account to SPAC for immediate use, subject to this Agreement and the Trust Agreement; and (b) thereafter, the Trust Agreement shall terminate, except as otherwise provided therein.

 

Section 8.10 Directors’ and Officers’ Liability Insurance.

 

(a) All rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses now existing in favor of the current or former directors or officers of SPAC or the Company (each, together with such person’s heirs, executors or administrators, a “D&O Indemnified Party”), as provided in SPAC’s Organizational Documents or the Company’s Organizational Documents, as applicable, or under any indemnification agreement such D&O Indemnified Parties may have with SPAC or the Company, in each case, as in effect as of immediately prior to the date of this Agreement, shall survive the Closing and shall continue in full force and effect for a period of six (6) years from the Closing Date. For a period of six (6) years from the Closing Date, PubCo shall, or shall cause the Surviving Company (or another Group Company at PubCo’s election), to indemnify the D&O Indemnified Party against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, losses, claims, damages or liabilities incurred in connection with any Legal Proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the Effective Time, to the fullest extent that the SPAC would have been permitted under Applicable Law. PubCo shall, and shall cause the applicable Group Company to, not amend, repeal or otherwise modify any provisions of their Organizational Documents in any manner that would adversely affect the rights thereunder of any D&O Indemnified Party; provided, however, that all rights to indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of any Legal Proceedings pending or asserted or any claim made within such period shall continue until the disposition of such Legal Proceeding or resolution of such claim.

 

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(b) Prior to the Closing, SPAC shall purchase a “tail” or “runoff” directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy (the “D&O Tail”) in respect of acts or omissions occurring prior to the Effective Time covering each such Person that is a director or officer of SPAC and the Company currently covered by a directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy of SPAC or the Company, as the case may be, on terms with respect to coverage, deductibles and amounts no less favorable than those of such policy in effect on the date of this Agreement for the six-year period following the Closing; provided that, without the Company’s prior written consent, the aggregate cost of the D&O Tail shall not exceed 350% of the amount paid by SPAC for coverage in the last fifteen month period ending on February 23, 2023, which amount is set forth on Schedule 8.10(b) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter. PubCo shall, and shall cause the Surviving Company to, maintain the D&O Tail in full force and effect for its full term and cause all obligations thereunder to be honored by the Surviving Company, and no other party shall have any further obligation to purchase or pay for such insurance pursuant to this Section 8.10.

 

(c) On the Closing Date, PubCo shall enter into customary indemnification agreements reasonably satisfactory to the other Parties with the post-Closing board of directors of PubCo, which indemnification agreements shall continue to be effective following the Closing.

 

(d) The rights of each D&O Indemnified Party hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such person may have under SPAC’s Organizational Documents, any other indemnification arrangement, any Applicable Law or otherwise. The obligations of PubCo, SPAC and the Company under this Section 8.10 shall not be terminated or modified in such a manner as to adversely affect any D&O Indemnified Party without the consent of such D&O Indemnified Party. The provisions of this Section 8.10 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each of the D&O Indemnified Parties, each of whom is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Section 8.10.

 

(e) If after the Closing, the Surviving Company or any of its successors or assigns: (i) consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving entity of such consolidation or merger; or (ii) transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, in each such case, PubCo shall use reasonable best efforts to make proper provisions for the successors and assigns of such Group Company, as applicable, to assume the obligations set forth in this Section 8.10.

 

Section 8.11 Tax Matters.

 

(a) The Parties intend that the applicable Transactions qualify for the Intended Tax Treatment. No Party shall knowingly take any action or knowingly agree to take any action, or knowingly fail to take any action, prior to Closing, and PubCo shall use commercially reasonable efforts not to knowingly take any action or knowingly fail to take any action (and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent any Group Company or its Affiliates from knowingly taking any action or knowingly failing to take any action) following the Closing, in each case, that would cause the applicable Transactions to fail to qualify for the Intended Tax Treatment. The Parties shall prepare and file all applicable Tax Returns consistently with, and take no position inconsistent with (whether in audits, Tax Returns or otherwise) the Intended Tax Treatment unless otherwise required by a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code (or any similar U.S. state, local or non-U.S. Law), a change in Applicable Law or based on a change in applicable facts and circumstances of or underlying the Transactions. PubCo and its Affiliates (including, after the Closing Date, Surviving Company) shall be deemed to have satisfied their obligations set forth in the foregoing sentences of this Section 8.11(a) if such entities (i) file all applicable Tax Returns consistently with the Intended Tax Treatment, including the filing of the statement required by Treasury Regulations Section 1.368-3, unless otherwise required by a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code (or any similar U.S. state, local or non-U.S. Applicable Law), a change in Applicable Law or based on a change in applicable facts and circumstances of or underlying the Transactions and (ii) report the applicable Transactions for U.S. federal income tax purposes consistently with the Intended Tax Treatment unless otherwise required by a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code (or any similar U.S. state, local or non-U.S. Applicable Law), a change in Applicable Law or based on a change in applicable facts and circumstances of or underlying the Transactions. The Parties hereby adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Sections 354, 361 and 368 of the Code and Treasury Regulations Sections 1.368-2(g) and 1.368-3(a). Each of the Parties agrees to use reasonable best efforts to promptly notify all other Parties of any challenge to any Intended Tax Treatment by any Governmental Entity. The Parties will work together in good faith to refine further the structure of the Transactions, solely to the extent consistent with the foregoing, to address, to the extent possible, material tax inefficiencies. This Section 8.11(a) shall survive the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and shall be binding on all successors and assigns of PubCo, EUR, Group Companies, and Affiliates of PubCo (including, after the Closing Date, the Surviving Company).

 

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(b) The Parties shall work together in good faith and use commercially reasonable efforts to establish that PubCo is not a “domestic corporation” (as such term is defined in Section 7701 of the Code) as a result of the application of Section 7874(b) of the Code or a “surrogate foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 7874(a)(2)(B) of the Code immediately following the Closing, including, but not limited to, using commercially reasonable efforts to take commercially reasonable steps for PubCo to not be a “domestic corporation” (as such term is defined in Section 7701 of the Code) as a result of the application of Section 7874(b) of the Code or a “surrogate foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 7874(a)(2)(B) of the Code immediately following the Closing.

 

(c) All transfer, documentary, sales, use, stamp, registration, excise, recording, registration, value added and similar Taxes and fees (including any penalties and interest, but excluding for the avoidance of doubt, any Taxes or fees based in whole or in part upon income, profits or gains) (“Transfer Taxes”) that become payable by the Company or SPAC in connection with or by reason of the execution of this Agreement or the Transactions shall be borne by SPAC. SPAC shall, at its own expense, timely file any Tax Return or other document with respect to such Transfer Taxes (and the Company and EUR shall reasonably cooperate with respect thereto as necessary). The Parties shall reasonably cooperate to establish any available exemption from (or reduction in) any Transfer Tax.

 

(d) If, in connection with the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement or the SEC’s review thereof, the SEC requests or requires that a tax opinion with respect to the U.S. federal income tax consequences of the Transactions be prepared and submitted, the Parties shall deliver to counsel customary Tax representation letters satisfactory to such counsel, dated and executed as of the date such relevant filing shall have been declared effective by the SEC and such other date(s) as determined to be reasonably necessary by such counsel in connection with the preparation and filing of such tax opinion. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, neither the Company nor its tax advisors are obligated to provide any opinion that the applicable Transactions contemplated by this Agreement otherwise qualify for the Intended Tax Treatments. For clarity, advisors to the Company will not be required to provide any tax opinion, nor will a tax opinion by any Party’s advisors be a condition precedent to the Transaction.

 

(e) To the extent permitted by Applicable Law, each Party shall (and shall cause their Affiliates to) elect for all income Tax purposes to treat any taxable period that includes the Closing Date as ending at the end of the Closing Date and to treat all items for income Tax purposes with respect to such a taxable period as allocable based on an interim closing of the books on the Closing Date. Each Party shall take such steps as may be reasonably necessary to give effect to the foregoing.

 

(f) For all purposes under this Agreement (including the determination of Taxes relating to a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date), in the case of any Straddle Period, the portion of such Tax which relates to the portion of such Straddle Period ending on the end of the Closing Date shall (x) in the case of property Taxes, ad valorem Taxes and other similar Taxes, the amount of the Tax for portion of the Straddle Period that is a Pre-Closing Period shall equal the amount of the Tax for the entire Straddle Period multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the number of days in the period ending on or prior to the Closing Date and the denominator of which the number of days in the entire Straddle Period; and (y) in the case of any other Taxes (including income, employment, or sales and use), the amount of the Tax for the portion of the Straddle Period that is a Pre-Closing Period shall equal the amount of such Tax that would have been payable had the relevant Person actually filed a separate Tax Return for the potion of the Straddle Period ending on the Closing Date (using, as applicable, a “closing of the books” methodology).

 

Section 8.12 Section 16 Matters. Prior to the Effective Time, SPAC shall take all reasonable steps as may be required or permitted to cause any acquisition or disposition of the SPAC Shares that occurs or is deemed to occur by reason of or pursuant to the Transactions by each individual who is or will be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to SPAC to be exempt under Rule 16b-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

Section 8.13 Takeover Statutes. Each of the Company, PubCo, Merger Sub and SPAC and its respective board of directors shall (a) grant all such approvals and take all such actions as are reasonably necessary or appropriate so that no Takeover Law is or becomes applicable to this Agreement (including the Merger, the Share Exchange and the other Transactions) and (b) if any Takeover Law is or may become applicable to this Agreement (including the Merger, the Share Exchange and the other Transactions), grant all such approvals and take all such actions as are reasonably necessary or appropriate so that such transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable hereafter on the terms contemplated hereby and otherwise act reasonably to eliminate or minimize the effects of such Takeover Law on such transactions.

 

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Section 8.14 Board of Directors. The Parties shall ensure that effective immediately after the Closing (a) the board of directors of PubCo (the “Post-Closing PubCo Board”) shall consist of five (5) members, (i) with the Company being entitled to nominate and appoint four (4) directors (of which at least two (2) will qualify as “independent directors” as defined in the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules and be eligible to serve on an audit committee) and (ii) with SPAC being entitled to nominate and appoint one (1) member to be reasonably approved by the Company (such member being qualified as an “independent director” as defined in the Nasdaq Stock Market Rules and being eligible to serve on an audit committee).

 

Section 8.15 Warrant Agreement. Immediately prior to the Effective Time, SPAC shall assign to PubCo and PubCo shall assume all of SPAC’s rights, interests, and obligations in and under the Warrant Agreement, and the Parties shall, to the extent required by the Warrant Agreement, cause the agent of the SPAC Warrants to enter into an assignment and assumption agreement reflecting such assignment and assumption of the SPAC Warrants by PubCo and other amendments to the Warrant Agreement as agreed between the Parties, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit C (the Warrant Agreement, as assigned, assumed, and amended, the “Assumed Warrant Agreement”).

 

Section 8.16 Transaction Litigation. In the event that any shareholder litigation related to this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements or the Transactions is brought or threatened in writing against a Party, or any of the respective members of their boards of directors, after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Closing (the “Transaction Litigation”), the Party subject to the Transaction Litigation shall promptly notify the other Parties in writing of any such Transaction Litigation and shall keep such other Parties reasonably informed with respect to the status thereof. The Party subject to the Transaction Litigation shall give the other Parties the opportunity to participate in the defense of any Transaction Litigation (at the other Parties’ own cost and expense) and keep the other Parties reasonably apprised of, and consult with such other Parties (and consider in good faith such Parties’ advice), with respect to, proposed strategy and any material decisions related thereto. No Party shall settle or agree to settle any Transaction Litigation without the other Parties’ prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).

 

Section 8.17 Restated Articles.

 

(a) Promptly after the date of this Agreement, the parties agree to negotiate in good faith the mutually acceptable Restated Articles.

 

(b) PubCo shall adopt the Restated Articles by carrying out all necessary actions required by Applicable Law, including obtaining shareholder approval to adopt the Restated Articles, such Restated Articles to be duly filed and registered in accordance with the BVI Act, prior to the Closing.

 

Section 8.18 Extension of Time Period to Consummate a Business Combination.

 

(a) As promptly as reasonably practicable after the date hereof (and in no event later than December 31, 2022, SPAC shall prepare (with the reasonable cooperation of the Company) and file with the SEC a proxy statement (such proxy statement, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Extension Proxy Statement”) pursuant to which it shall seek the approval of its stockholders for proposals to amend SPAC’s Organizational Documents to extend the time period for SPAC to consummate its initial business combination from February 8, 2023 (the “Extension Approval End Date”) to the date that is not less than (i) three (3) months after the Extension Approval End Date (which may be done through monthly extension, provided, that SPAC will continue to extend on a monthly basis through such period) or such shorter period as mutually agreed by SPAC and the Company (such date, the “Extended Deadline” and such proposals, the “Extension Proposals”). SPAC shall use its best efforts to cause the Extension Proxy Statement to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and to have the Extension Proxy Statement cleared by the SEC as promptly as practicable after such filing. SPAC shall provide the Company a reasonable opportunity to review the Extension Proxy Statement prior to its filing with the SEC and will consider in good faith the incorporation of any comments thereto provided by the Company.

 

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(b) To the extent not prohibited by Law, SPAC will advise the Company, reasonably promptly after SPAC receives notice thereof, (i) when the Extension Proxy Statement or any supplement or amendment has been filed and (ii) of any request by the SEC for the amendment or supplement of the Extension Proxy Statement or for additional information. The Company and its counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Extension Proxy Statement and any supplement or amendment thereto before any such document is filed with the SEC by SPAC and SPAC shall give reasonable and good faith consideration to any comments made by the Company and its counsel on such Extension Proxy Statement or such supplement or amendment. To the extent not prohibited by Law, each of SPAC and the Company shall provide to each other party and their counsel (i) any comments or other communications, whether written or oral, that such party or its counsel may receive from time to time from the SEC or its staff with respect to the Extension Proxy Statement promptly after receipt of those comments or other communications and (ii) a reasonable opportunity to participate in the response of such Party to those comments and to provide comments on that response (to which reasonable and good faith consideration shall be given by the other Parties), including by participating with the other Parties or their counsel in any discussions or meetings with the SEC.

 

(c) Each of SPAC and the Company agrees to use commercially reasonable efforts to, as promptly as reasonably practicable, furnish the other Party with such information as shall be reasonably requested concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, officers, directors, managers, stockholders, and other equity-holders and information regarding such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable or as may be reasonably requested for inclusion in (including to be incorporated by reference in) or attachment to the Extension Proxy Statement. Each of SPAC and the Company shall ensure that any information provided by it or on its behalf for inclusion in (including to be incorporated by reference in) or attachment to the Extension Proxy Statement shall, as at the earlier of the date it is filed with the SEC or the date it is first mailed to the SPAC Stockholders, (i) be accurate in all material respects, (ii) not omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading and (iii) comply as to form in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. If, at any time prior to the conclusion of the SPAC Extension Meeting, SPAC or the Company becomes aware that (x) the Extension Proxy Statement contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (y) any other information which is required to be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Extension Proxy Statement so that it would not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, the Company or SPAC (as applicable) shall promptly inform SPAC or the Company (as applicable) and each shall cooperate with the other in filing with the SEC or mailing to the stockholders of SPAC an amendment or supplement to the Extension Proxy Statement. Each of the Company and SPAC shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause its and its Subsidiaries’ managers, directors, officers and employees to be reasonably available to SPAC, the Company and their respective counsel in connection with the drafting of such filings and mailings and responding in a timely manner to comments from the SEC.

 

(d) SPAC shall (i) as promptly as practicable after the Extension Proxy Statement is cleared by the SEC, (A) cause the Extension Proxy Statement to be disseminated to the SPAC Stockholders in compliance with Applicable Law, (B) duly give notice of and convene and hold a meeting of its stockholders (the “SPAC Extension Meeting”) in accordance with SPAC’s Organizational Documents and Nasdaq Listing Rule 5620(b), for a date mutually agreed by the Company and SPAC that is no later than the Extension Approval End Date; provided, that the SPAC Extension Meeting shall be scheduled for a date and time such that, after the conclusion of such meeting, SPAC shall have sufficient time to effectuate the amendment of the SPAC’s Organizational Documents, and (C) solicit proxies from the holders of SPAC Shares to vote in favor of each of the Extension Proposals, and (ii) provide its stockholders with the opportunity to elect to effect a redemption SPAC Shares at a per share price, payable in cash, equal to a pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account. SPAC shall, through its Board of Directors, recommend to its stockholders the approval of the Extension Proposals, and include such recommendation in the Extension Proxy Statement. The Board of Directors of SPAC shall not withdraw, amend, qualify or modify its recommendation to the stockholders of SPAC that they vote in favor of the Extension Proposals.

 

(e) To the fullest extent permitted by Applicable Law, (x) SPAC agrees to establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the SPAC Extension Meeting and submit for approval the Extension Proposals and (y) SPAC agrees that if the Extension Approval shall not have been obtained at any such SPAC Extension Meeting, then SPAC shall promptly continue to take all necessary actions and hold additional SPAC Extension Meetings in order to obtain the Extension Approval. SPAC may only adjourn the SPAC Extension Meeting (i) to solicit additional proxies for the purpose of obtaining the Extension Approval, (ii) when there is an absence of a quorum, (iii) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplemental or amended disclosure that SPAC has determined in good faith after consultation with outside legal counsel is required under Applicable Law and for such supplemental or amended disclosure to be disseminated and reviewed by stockholders of SPAC prior to the SPAC Extension Meeting, (iv) to allow reasonable additional time to reduce the number shares of SPAC Shares as to which the holders thereof have elected to effect a redemption thereof, or (iv) with the prior written consent of the Company; provided, that the SPAC Extension Meeting (A) may not be adjourned to a date that is more than ten (10) days after the date for which the SPAC Extension Meeting was originally scheduled (excluding any adjournments required by Applicable Law) and (B) shall be held no later than the Extension Approval End Date; provided, that following the adjournment, the rescheduled SPAC Extension Meeting shall be scheduled for a date and time such that, after the conclusion of such meeting, SPAC shall have sufficient time to effectuate the amendment of the SPAC’s Organizational Documents.

 

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(f) As promptly as reasonably practicable following the approval of the Extension Proposals by the requisite holders of SPAC Shares (and in any event, within two (2) Business Days thereafter), SPAC shall file with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware the amendment to its Organizational Documents as contemplated by the Extension Proposals and shall deliver to the Company evidence thereof.

 

(g) In the event the Closing shall not have occurred prior to the Extended Deadline, SPAC and the Company agree to effect one or more additional extensions of the time period for SPAC to consummate its initial business combination, in accordance with the terms of this Section 8.18, mutatis mutandis. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither SPAC nor the Company shall be obligated to extend the time period for SPAC to consummate its initial business combination beyond the Outside Date.

 

Section 8.19 Delivery of Company Financial Statements. As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement but no later than December 31, 2022, the Company shall deliver to SPAC the Audited Financials provided that upon delivery of such Audited Financials as and when such Audited Financials have been signed by the Company’s independent auditors in connection with the filing of the Registration Statement, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.7(a) shall be deemed to apply to the Audited Financials with the same force and effect as if made as of the date of this Agreement.

 

Section 8.20 Transferred Contracts. From the date hereof until the Closing Date, the Company and EUR shall cooperate in good faith and use reasonable best efforts to obtain any consents required and to assign the Contracts listed on Schedule 8.20 of the Company Disclosure Letter (the “Transferred Contracts”) from EUR to the Company or to cause the Company to enter into a new Contract with the applicable counterparty on substantially identical terms to the Contracts listed on Schedule 8.20 of the Company Disclosure Letter.

  

Article IX
Conditions to the Transactions

 

Section 9.1 Conditions to Obligations of Each Party’s Obligations. The respective obligations of each Party to this Agreement to effect the Merger, the Share Exchange and the other Transactions shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, in writing, by all of the Parties:

 

(a) Required EUR Shareholder Approval. The EUR Shareholder Approval shall have been obtained.

 

(b) Required SPAC Stockholder Approval. The SPAC Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.

 

(c) No Law or Order. No provision of any Applicable Law prohibiting, enjoining or making illegal the consummation of the Transactions shall be in effect and no temporary, preliminary or permanent restraining Order prohibiting, enjoining or making illegal the consummation of the Transactions will be in effect.

 

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(d) Nasdaq Listing of PubCo Shares. The PubCo Shares to be issued to holders of SPAC Shares in accordance with this Agreement shall be approved for listing upon the Closing on Nasdaq, subject only to official notice of issuance.

 

(e) Registration Statement. The Registration Statement shall have become effective in accordance with the provisions of the Securities Act, no stop order shall have been issued by the SEC which remains in effect with respect to the Registration Statement, and no proceeding seeking such a stop order shall have been threatened or initiated by the SEC which remains pending.

 

(f) Net Tangible Assets Test. SPAC’s or PubCo’s net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act) will be at least $5,000,001 either immediately prior to or upon consummation of the Transactions and after payment of SPAC’s underwriters’ fees and commissions. 

 

(g) Appointment to the Board. The members of the Post-Closing Pubco Board shall have been elected or appointed as of the Closing consistent with the requirements of Section 8.14.

 

(h) Restated Articles. Prior to the Closing, the shareholder of PubCo shall have adopted the Restated Articles in the form to be agreed between the parties.

 

(i) Foreign Private Issuer Status. Each of the Company and SPAC shall have received evidence reasonably satisfactory to such Party that Pubco qualifies as a foreign private issuer pursuant to Rule 3b-4 of the Exchange Act as of the Closing.

 

Section 9.2 Additional Conditions to Obligations of the Company, EUR, PubCo and Merger Sub. The obligations of the Company, EUR, PubCo and Merger Sub to consummate, or cause to be consummated, and effect the Merger, the Share Exchange and the other Transactions shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, in writing, exclusively by the EUR:

 

(a) Representations and Warranties. (i) The Fundamental Representations of SPAC shall be true and correct in all material respects (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “SPAC Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation contain herein) on and as of the date of this Agreement and on and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in such manner as of such earlier date); (ii) the representation and warranty set forth in the first sentence of Section 5.8 shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement; and (iii) all representations and warranties of SPAC set forth in Article V hereof, other than the representations and warranties referred to in clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 9.2(a), shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “SPAC Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation contained herein but preserving the effect of the term “SPAC Material Contract”) on and as of the date of this Agreement and on and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties of SPAC to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b) Agreements and Covenants. SPAC shall have performed all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement and the Sponsor Support Agreement to be performed by it on or prior to the Closing Date, in each case in all material respects.

 

(c) No Material Adverse Effect. No change, event, state of facts, development or occurrence shall have occurred since the date of this Agreement, that, individually or in the aggregate with all other changes, events, state of facts, developments or occurrences, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect that is continuing.

 

(d) Officer Certificate SPAC shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, a certificate, signed by an executive officer of SPAC and dated as of the Closing Date, certifying as to the matters set forth in Section 9.2(a), Section 9.2(b) and Section 9.2(c) to the Company.

 

(e) Certificate of Merger. SPAC shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, (i) an executed resignation letter from each director and officer of SPAC and (ii) a copy of the Certificate of Merger, duly executed by SPAC and Merger Sub.

 

(f) FIRPTA Certificate. SPAC shall have delivered to the Company, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, a certificate on behalf of the SPAC, prepared in a manner consistent and in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.897-2(g), (h) and 1.1445-2(c)(3) certifying that no interest in SPAC is, or has been during the relevant period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code, a “U.S. real property interest” within the meaning of Section 897(c) of the Code, and a form of notice to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service prepared in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h)(2).

 

(g) Closing Proceeds. The Closing Proceeds shall equal or exceed $40,000,000.

 

(h) Australian Tax Assessment. EUR shall have obtained a written confirmation or ruling from the Australian Taxation Office confirming that the sale of all of the issued Company Ordinary Shares on the terms contemplated by this Agreement will satisfy the requirements for capital gains tax rollover relief under the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997 (Cth) and for all other purposes.

 

(i) Sponsor Support Agreement. The Sponsor Support Agreement shall be in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof as of the Closing.

 

Section 9.3 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of SPAC. The obligations of SPAC to consummate and effect the Merger and the other Transactions shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing of each of the following conditions, any of which may be waived, to the extent permitted by Applicable Law, in writing, exclusively by SPAC:

 

(a) Representations and Warranties. (i) The Fundamental Representations of the Company, PubCo, Merger Sub and EUR shall be true and correct in all material respects (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or any similar limitation contain herein) on and as of the date of this Agreement and on and as of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct in such manner as of such earlier date); (ii) the representation and warranty set forth in Section 4.9(b) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the date of this Agreement; and (iii) all representations and warranties of the Company, PubCo, Merger Sub and EUR set forth in Article IV or Article VI, other than the representations and warranties referred to clause (i) or (ii) of this Section 9.3(a), shall be true and correct (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation contained herein but preserving the effect of the term “Company Material Contract”) on and as of the date of this Agreement and on as and of the Closing Date as though made on and as of the Closing Date (except to the extent that any such representation and warranty expressly speaks as of an earlier date, in which case such representation and warranty shall be true and correct as of such earlier date), except where the failure of such representations and warranties of the Company, PubCo, Merger Sub and EUR to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b) Agreements and Covenants. The Company, PubCo, Merger Sub and EUR shall have performed all agreements and covenants required by this Agreement to be performed by it at or prior to the Closing Date, in each case, in all material respects.

 

(c) No Material Adverse Effect. No change, event, state of facts, development or occurrence shall have occurred since the date of this Agreement, that, individually or in the aggregate with all other changes, events, state of facts, developments or occurrences, has had or would reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect that is continuing.

 

(d) Officer Certificates. The Company shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, a certificate, signed by an executive officer of the Company and dated as of the Closing Date, certifying as to the matters set forth in Section 9.3(a), Section 9.3(b) and Section 9.3(c). PubCo shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, a certificate, signed by an executive officer of PubCo and dated as of the Closing Date, certifying as to the matters set forth in Section 9.3(a), Section 9.3(b) and Section 9.3(c). EUR shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, a certificate, signed by an executive officer of EUR and dated as of the Closing Date, certifying as to the matters set forth in Section 9.3(a), Section 9.3(b) and Section 9.3(c).

 

(e) Certificate of Merger. Merger Sub shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, a copy of the Certificate of Merger duly executed by SPAC and Merger Sub.

 

(f) Certain Ancillary Documents. Each of the Investors Agreement, Lock-Up Agreement and Registration Rights Agreement shall be in full force and effect in accordance with the terms thereof as of the Closing.

 

Article X
No Survival

 

Section 10.1 No Survival. None of the representations, warranties or covenants or agreements that contemplate the performance prior to the Closing in this Agreement or in any document or instrument delivered pursuant to this Agreement shall survive the Closing and all rights, claims and causes of action (whether in contract or in tort or otherwise, or whether at law or in equity) with respect thereto shall terminate at the Closing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither this Section 10.1 nor anything else in this Agreement to the contrary shall limit the survival of any covenant or agreement of the Parties which by its terms is required to be performed or complied with in whole or in part at, as of or after the Closing, which covenants and agreements shall survive the Closing in accordance with their respective terms.

 

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Article XI
Termination

 

Section 11.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing:

 

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

 

(b) by either SPAC or the Company if the Transactions shall not have been consummated by February 8, 2023 (the “Outside Date”); provided, that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the SPAC obtains the approval of its stockholders for the Extended Deadline, then the Outside Date, automatically and without action on the part of any Party, shall be extended for an additional period ending on the earlier of (i) the last date then in effect for the SPAC to consummate its Business Combination pursuant to the applicable extension period then in effect during the Extended Deadline (after giving effect to any automatic extension rights that SPAC may obtain in such extension where it can extend its deadline to consummate a Business Combination without requiring an amendment to its Organizational Documents) and (ii) May 3, 2023; provided, further; however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 11.1(b) shall not be available to any Party whose action or failure to act has been a principal cause of or principally resulted in the failure of the Transactions to occur on or before such date and such action or failure to act constitutes a material breach of this Agreement; by either SPAC or the Company if a Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have issued an Order or taken any other action, in any case having the effect of permanently restraining, enjoining or otherwise prohibiting the Transactions, which Order or other action is final and nonappealable;

 

(c) by the Company, upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement or the Sponsor Support Agreement on the part of SPAC or Sponsor or if any representation or warranty of SPAC in Article V hereof or any representation or warranty of Sponsor in the Sponsor Support Agreement shall be untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Section 9.2(a) or (b) would not be satisfied; provided, that if such breach by SPAC is curable by SPAC prior to the Closing, then the Company must first provide written notice of such breach and may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 11.1(c) until the earlier of: (i) 30 days after delivery of written notice from the Company to SPAC of such breach; and (ii) the Outside Date for as long as the SPAC continues to exercise reasonable best efforts to cure such breach; provided, further, that the Company may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11.1(c) if: (A) the Company, EUR, PubCo or Merger Sub shall have breached this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in Section 9.3(a) or (b) would not be satisfied as of the date that this Agreement is purportedly terminated by the Company and such breach has not been cured; or (B) such breach by SPAC is cured prior to the expiration of the applicable cure period such that, assuming that the date of such cure is the Closing Date, the applicable conditions set forth in Section 9.2(a) or Section 9.2(b)would be satisfied;

 

(d) by SPAC, upon a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement on the part of the Company, EUR, PubCo or Merger Sub or if any representation or warranty of the Company, EUR, PubCo or the Merger Sub shall have become untrue, in either case such that the conditions set forth in Section 9.3(a) or (b) would not be satisfied; provided, that if such breach is curable by the Company, EUR, PubCo and Merger Sub prior to the Closing, then SPAC must first provide written notice of such breach and may not terminate this Agreement under this Section 11.1(d) until the earlier of: (i) 30 days after delivery of written notice from SPAC to the breaching Party of such breach; and (ii) the Outside Date for as long as the breaching Party continues to exercise reasonable best efforts to cure such breach; provided, further, that SPAC may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11.1(d) if: (A) SPAC shall have breached this Agreement such that the conditions set forth in Section 9.2(a) or (b) would not be satisfied as of the date that this Agreement is purportedly terminated by SPAC and such breach has not been cured; or (B) such breach by the Company, EUR, PubCo or Merger Sub is cured prior to the expiration of the applicable cure period such that, assuming that the date of such cure is the Closing Date, the applicable conditions set forth in Section 9.3(a) or (b) would be satisfied;

 

(e) by either SPAC or the Company, if, at the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting (including any adjournment or postponement thereof) in which a vote is taken on the Transactions, the SPAC Stockholder Approval is not obtained in accordance with the Applicable Law and SPAC’s Organizational Documents;

 

(f) by either SPAC or the Company, if, at the EUR Shareholders’ Meeting (including any adjournment or postponement) in which a vote is taken on the Transactions, the EUR Shareholder Approval is not obtained in accordance with the Applicable Law and SPAC’s Organizational Documents;

 

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(g) by the Company, if there shall have occurred a SPAC Adverse Recommendation Change;

 

(h) by EUR in order for EUR to substantially concurrently enter into a definitive agreement with respect to a Superior Proposal; provided that prior to or substantially concurrently with such termination EUR pays or causes to be paid to SPAC the Expense Reimbursement;

 

(i) by SPAC, prior to EUR Shareholder Approval, if (i) there has occurred a EUR Adverse Recommendation Change, or (ii) at any time after a EUR Competing Proposal shall have been publicly proposed or publicly announced the EUR Board shall have failed to publicly affirm the EUR Board Recommendation within ten Business Days after receipt of any written request to do so from SPAC (provided that SPAC shall only make such request once with respect to any EUR Competing Proposal or any material and publicly proposed or disclosed amendment thereto); provided, that SPAC may not terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11.1(i) if SPAC fails to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11.1(i) prior to 5:59 p.m., New York City time, on the date which is ten Business Days after SPAC becomes entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11.1(i);

 

(j) by the SPAC if the Company has not delivered the Audited Financials to the SPAC on or prior to December 31, 2022 (provided, that upon the Company delivering the Audited Financials to the SPAC after December 31, 2022, the SPAC shall not be permitted thereafter to terminate under this Section 11.1(j));

 

(k) by the Company, if the anticipated Closing Proceeds of the SPAC (as reasonably determined by the Company following the conclusion of SPAC Extension Meeting) are less than $40,000,000; and

 

(l) by the SPAC if there shall have been a Company Material Adverse Effect following the date of this Agreement which is uncured and continuing for at least thirty (30) days.

 

Section 11.2 Notice of Termination; Effect of Termination.

 

(a) Any termination of this Agreement under Section 11.1 above will be effective immediately upon the delivery of written notice of the terminating Party to the other Parties.

 

(b) In the event of the termination of this Agreement as provided in Section 11.1, this Agreement shall be of no further force or effect without liability of any Party (or any partner, member, stockholder, director, officer, employee, Affiliate or Representative of such Party) to the other Parties and the Transactions shall be abandoned, except that (i) Section 8.5, Section 8.6, Section 8.16 and this Section 11.2, Article XII, the applicable defined terms in Article XIII and the Confidentiality Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement; and (ii) a Party shall not be relieved from liability for any Willful Breach of this Agreement.

 

(c) If this Agreement is terminated (i) by SPAC pursuant to Section 11.1(i) (EUR Adverse Recommendation Change) or (ii) by EUR pursuant to Section 11.1(h) (Superior Proposal), then the Company shall, within two (2) Business Days after such termination in the case of clause (i) with respect to a termination by SPAC, or substantially concurrently with such termination in the case of clause (ii) with respect to a termination by EUR, pay SPAC Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (the “SPAC Expense Reimbursement”), on the basis that it is to compensate SPAC for the costs and expenses incurred by it, including (A) fees for legal, financial and other professional advice in planning and implementing the Transaction (excluding success fees), (B) reasonable opportunity costs incurred in engaging in the Transaction or in not engaging in other alternative acquisitions or strategic initiatives, (C) costs of management and directors’ time in planning the Transaction and (D) out of pocket expenses incurred by SPAC and its employees, advisers and agents in planning the Transaction and effecting any extension, and the parties agree that the costs actually incurred by SPAC will be of such a nature that they cannot all be accurately ascertained and that the SPAC Expense Reimbursements is equal to or less than a genuine and reasonable pre-estimate of those costs.

 

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(d) If (i) this Agreement is terminated (A) by the Company or SPAC pursuant to Section 11.1(b) (Outside Date) (only if, on the Outside Date, all of the conditions set forth in Article IX, other than the condition set forth in Section 9.1(a) (EUR Shareholder Approval), have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, so long as such conditions are at the time of termination capable of being satisfied as if such time were the Closing)), (B) by the Company or SPAC pursuant to Section 11.1(f) (EUR Shareholder Approval Not Obtained), or (C) by SPAC pursuant to Section 11.1(d) (Breach by Company) as a result of the breach of EUR’s obligations under Section 7.4, (ii) prior to such termination referred to in clause (i) of this sentence, but after the date of this Agreement, any Person other than SPAC shall have publicly announced or the Company shall have publicly disclosed an EUR Competing Proposal, which EUR Competing Proposal has not been withdrawn or otherwise abandoned prior to such termination, and (iii) within twelve (12) months after the date of a termination in either of the cases referred to in clauses (i) of this sentence of Section 11.2(c), EUR consummates a transaction with respect to an EUR Competing Proposal or enters into a definitive transaction agreement providing for an EUR Competing Proposal and if the transaction contemplated by such EUR Competing Proposal is consummated, then the Company shall pay the to SPAC the SPAC Expense Reimbursement substantially concurrently with the consummation of the transaction contemplated by the EUR Competing Proposal; provided that solely for purposes of the second sentence of this Section 11.2(d), the term “EUR Competing Proposal” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 13.2, except that the references to “20% or more” shall be deemed to be references to “more than 50%”. In no event shall the Company be required to pay the SPAC Expense Reimbursement on more than one occasion.

 

(e) If this Agreement is terminated by the Company pursuant to Section 11.1(g) (SPAC Adverse Recommendation Change), then SPAC shall, within two (2) Business Days after such termination, pay EUR Five Million Dollars ($5,000,000) (the “Company Expense Reimbursement”) on the basis that it is to compensate the Company for the costs and expenses incurred by it, including (A) fees for legal, financial and other professional advice in planning and implementing the Transaction (excluding success fees), (B) reasonable opportunity costs incurred in engaging in the Transaction or in not engaging in other alternative acquisitions or strategic initiatives, (C) costs of management and directors’ time in planning the Transaction and (D) out of pocket expenses incurred by the Company and its employees, advisers and agents in planning the Transaction and effecting any extension, and the parties agree that the costs actually incurred by the Company will be of such a nature that they cannot all be accurately ascertained and that the Company Expense Reimbursements is equal to or less than a genuine and reasonable pre-estimate of those costs. In no event shall SPAC be required to pay the Company Expense Reimbursement on more than one occasion.

 

(f) Each Party acknowledges that (i) the agreements contained in this Section 11.2(f) are an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) if the Transaction is not consummated each Party will incur significant costs, (iii) for termination in the circumstances referred to in Section 11.1(i) (EUR Adverse Recommendation Change) and Section 11.1(h) (Superior Proposal) SPAC has requested the SPAC Expense Reimbursement (without which it would not have entered into this Agreement or otherwise agreed to the Transaction) and EUR has taken advice from its external legal adviser and Financial Adviser that the Transaction will provide benefits to it and its shareholders such that it is appropriate for it to agree to the payment of the SPAC Expense Reimbursement, (iv) for termination in the circumstances referred to in Section 11.1(g) (SPAC Adverse Recommendation Change), the Company has requested the Company Expense Reimbursement (without which it would not have entered into this Agreement or otherwise agreed to the Transaction) and SPAC has taken advice from its external legal adviser and financial adviser that the Transaction will provide benefits to it and its shareholders such that it is appropriate for it to agree to the payment of the Company Expense Reimbursement, and (v) without these agreements in this Section 11.2(f), no Party would have entered into this Agreement. Accordingly, (i) if the Company fails to pay when due the SPAC Expense Reimbursement, if any, and, in order to obtain such SPAC Expense Reimbursement, SPAC commences a suit which results in a judgment against the Company for the SPAC Expense Reimbursement, or any portion thereof, the Company shall pay to SPAC its reasonable costs and expenses in connection with such suit, together with interest on the amount of the SPAC Expense Reimbursement at the prime rate of Citibank N.A. in effect on the date such SPAC Expense Reimbursement was required to be paid from such date through the date of full payment thereof; and (ii) if SPAC fails to pay when due the Company Expense Reimbursement, if any, and, in order to obtain such Company Expense Reimbursement, the Company commences a suit which results in a judgment against SPAC for the Company Expense Reimbursement, or any portion thereof, SPAC shall pay to the Company its reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with such suit, together with interest on the amount of the Company Expense Reimbursement at the prime rate of Citibank N.A. in effect on the date such Company Expense Reimbursement was required to be paid from such date through the date of full payment thereof.

 

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(g) Without limiting EUR’s rights pursuant to Section 12.7, but notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Agreement, EUR’s right to receive payment from SPAC of the Company Expense Reimbursement pursuant to Section 11.2(e), under circumstances in which such amount is payable in accordance with this Agreement, together with any costs, fees or expenses payable pursuant to Section 11.2(f), shall constitute the sole and exclusive monetary remedy of EUR against SPAC and any of their respective former, current or future general or limited partners, shareholders, members, managers, directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates or assignees (collectively, the “SPAC Related Parties”) for all damages, costs, expenses, liabilities or losses of any kind (collectively, “Damages”) suffered as a result of a breach or failure to perform hereunder (whether at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise), and upon payment of such amount, none of the SPAC Related Parties shall have any further liability or obligation relating to or arising out of this Agreement (whether at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise).

 

(h) Without limiting SPAC’s rights pursuant to Section 12.7 but notwithstanding anything else to the contrary in this Agreement, SPAC’s right to receive payment from the Company of the SPAC Expense Reimbursement pursuant to Section 11.2(c) or Section 11.2(d), under circumstances in which such amount is payable in accordance with this Agreement, together with any costs, fees or expenses payable pursuant to Section 11.2(f), shall constitute the sole and exclusive monetary remedy of SPAC against EUR and its Subsidiaries (including the Company, Merger Sub and PubCo) and any of their respective former, current or future general or limited partners, shareholders, members, managers, directors, officers, employees, agents, affiliates or assignees (collectively, the “EUR Related Parties”) for all Damages suffered as a result of a breach or failure to perform hereunder (whether at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise), and upon payment of such amount, none of the EUR Related Parties shall have any further liability or obligation relating to or arising out of this Agreement (whether at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise).

 

Article XII
General Provisions

 

Section 12.1 Notices. All notices and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed given: (a) on the date established by the sender as having been delivered personally; (b) one Business Day after being sent by a nationally recognized overnight courier guaranteeing overnight delivery; (c) on the date sent, if sent by email, to the addresses below; or (d) on the fifth Business Day after the date mailed, by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, postage prepaid. Such communications, to be valid, must be addressed as follows:

 

if to SPAC to:

 

Sizzle Acquisition Corp.

4201 Georgia Avenue NW

Washington, D.C. 20011

Attention: Steve Salis

Email: ssalis@salisholdings.com

 

with copies to (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 6th Avenue

New York, New York 10105

Attention: Stuart Neuhauser, Esq.; Matthew A. Gray, Esq.

Email: sneuhauser@egsllp.com; mgray@egsllp.com

 

if to the Company, PubCo or Merger Sub to:

 

c/o European Lithium Ltd.

32 Harrogate Street

West Leederville, Western Australia, 6007

Attention: Tony Sage

Email: TonyS@cyclonemetals.com

 

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with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

White & Case LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Attention: James Hu; Oliver Wright

Email: james.hu@whitecase.com; oliver.wright@whitecase.com

 

  And  

 

White & Case LLP

609 Main Street, Suite 2900

Houston, TX 77002

Attention: Jason Rocha

Email: Jason.rocha@whitecase.com

 

if to EUR to:

 

European Lithium Ltd.

32 Harrogate Street

West Leederville, Western Australia, 6007

Attention: Tony Sage

Email: TonyS@cyclonemetals.com

 

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

White & Case LLP

 

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Attention: James Hu; Oliver Wright

Email: james.hu@whitecase.com; oliver.wright@whitecase.com

 

  And  

 

White & Case LLP

609 Main Street, Suite 2900

Houston, TX 77002

Attention: Jason Rocha

Email: Jason.rocha@whitecase.com

 

or to such other address or to the attention of such Person or Persons as the recipient Party has specified by prior written notice to the sending Party (or in the case of counsel, to such other readily ascertainable business address as such counsel may hereafter maintain). If more than one method for sending notice as set forth above is used, the earliest notice date established as set forth above shall control.

 

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Section 12.2 Interpretation. The table of contents and the Article and Section headings contained in this Agreement are solely for the purpose of reference, and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereinafter,” “hereunder,” and “hereto” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or subsection of this Agreement and reference to a particular section of this Agreement will include all subsections thereof, unless, in each case, the context otherwise requires. The definitions of the terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context shall require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. When a reference is made in this Agreement to an Exhibit, Schedule or Annex such reference shall be to an Exhibit, Schedule or Annex to this Agreement unless otherwise indicated. When a reference is made in this Agreement to Sections or subsections, such reference shall be to a Section or subsection of this Agreement. Unless otherwise indicated the words “include,” “includes” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” The words “made available” mean that the subject documents or other materials were posted to the electronic data site maintained by the Company in connection with the Transactions or otherwise provided to the applicable Party or its Representatives in electronic form, in each case, at least two (2) days prior to the date of this Agreement. The table of contents and headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. When reference is made herein to “the business of” an entity, such reference shall be deemed to include the business of all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of such entity. Reference to the Subsidiaries of an entity shall be deemed to include all direct and indirect Subsidiaries of such entity. When calculating the period of time before which, within which or following which any act is to be done or step taken pursuant to this Agreement, the date that is the reference date in calculating such period shall be excluded and if the last day of such period is a non-Business Day, the period in question shall end on the next succeeding Business Day. References to statutes shall include all regulations promulgated thereunder. References to a particular statute, rule or regulation shall include any predecessor or successor statute, rule or regulation, in each case as amended or otherwise modified from time to time. References to a particular security shall be deemed to also refer to any security or securities issued in substitution or exchange thereof. All references to currency amounts in this Agreement shall mean United States Dollars. The terms “or”, “any” and “either” are not exclusive. The word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” shall mean the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”. The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall”. References to a Person are also to its successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 12.3 Counterparts; Electronic Delivery. This Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements and each other document executed in connection with the Transactions, and the consummation thereof, may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same document and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and delivered to the other Parties, it being understood that all Parties need not sign the same counterpart. Delivery by electronic transmission to counsel for the other Parties of a counterpart executed by a Party shall be deemed to meet the requirements of the previous sentence.

 

Section 12.4 Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements and any other documents and instruments and agreements among the Parties as contemplated by or referred to herein, including the Exhibits and Schedules hereto constitute the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof.

 

Section 12.5 Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements and any other documents and instruments and agreements among the Parties as contemplated by or referred to herein, including the Exhibits and Schedules hereto, other than as set forth in Section 8.10, and Section 12.15 (which, in each case, will be for the benefit of the Persons named therein), are not intended to confer upon any other Person other than the Parties any rights or remedies.

 

Section 12.6 Severability. In the event that any term, provision, covenant or restriction of this Agreement, or the application thereof, is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable under any present or future Applicable Law: (a) such provision will be fully severable; (b) this Agreement will be construed and enforced as if such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part hereof; (c) the remaining provisions of this Agreement will remain in full force and effect and will not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance therefrom; and (d) in lieu of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there will be added automatically as a part of this Agreement a legal, valid and enforceable provision as similar in terms of such illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible.

 

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Section 12.7 Other Remedies; Specific Performance. Except as otherwise provided herein, prior to the Closing or valid termination of this Agreement, any and all remedies herein expressly conferred upon a Party will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The Parties agree that irreparable damage may occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that each Party shall be entitled to seek to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement and to seek immediate injunctive relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement, without the necessity of proving the inadequacy of money damages as a remedy and without bond or other security being required, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each of the Parties hereby further acknowledges that the existence of any other remedy contemplated by this Agreement does not diminish the availability of specific performance of the obligations hereunder or any other injunctive relief.

 

Section 12.8 Governing Law. This Agreement and the consummation the Transactions, and any action, suit, dispute, controversy or claim arising out of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions, or the validity, interpretation, breach or termination of this Agreement and the consummation of the Transactions, shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without the application of principles of conflicts of law that would result in the application of the laws of another jurisdiction; provided that the laws of the British Virgin Islands shall govern the Share Exchange solely to the extent required by the laws of the British Virgin Islands.

 

Section 12.9 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

(a) Each of the Parties irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware, or if such court declines jurisdiction, then to any federal court located in Wilmington, Delaware and, in either case, any appellate court therefrom in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the Transactions, agrees that process may be served upon them in any manner authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware for such Person and waives and covenants not to assert or plead any objection which they might otherwise have to such manner of service of process. Each Party and any Person asserting rights as a third-party beneficiary may do so only if he, she or it hereby waives, and shall not assert as a defense in any legal dispute, that: (i) such Person is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any reason; (ii) such Legal Proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in such court; (iii) such Person’s property is exempt or immune from execution; (iv) such Legal Proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum; or (v) the venue of such Legal Proceeding is improper. Each Party and any Person asserting rights as a third-party beneficiary hereby agrees not to commence or prosecute any such action, claim, cause of action or suit other than before one of the above-named courts, nor to make any motion or take any other action seeking or intending to cause the transfer or removal of any such action, claim, cause of action or suit to any court other than one of the above-named courts, whether on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise. Each Party hereby consents to service of process in any such proceeding in any manner permitted by Delaware law, and further consents to service of process by nationally recognized overnight courier service guaranteeing overnight delivery, or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at its address specified pursuant to Section 12.1. Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 12.9, any Party may commence any action, claim, cause of action or suit in a court other than the above-named courts solely for the purpose of enforcing an order or judgment issued by one of the above-named courts.

 

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(b) TO THE EXTENT NOT PROHIBITED BY APPLICABLE LAW WHICH CANNOT BE WAIVED, EACH OF THE PARTIES AND ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARY MAY DO SO ONLY IF HE, SHE OR IT IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY ON ANY CLAIMS OR COUNTERCLAIMS ASSERTED IN ANY LEGAL DISPUTE RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, EACH OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS AND THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS, AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM RELATING THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING. IF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE IS ONE IN WHICH THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL IS PROHIBITED, NO PARTY NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL ASSERT IN SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE A NONCOMPULSORY COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE OTHER TRANSACTION AGREEMENTS AND THE CONSUMMATION OF THE TRANSACTIONS. FURTHERMORE, NO PARTY NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD-PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE WITH A SEPARATE ACTION OR OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE WAIVED.

 

Section 12.10    Rules of Construction. Each of the Parties agrees that it has been represented by independent counsel of its choice during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and each Party hereto and its counsel cooperated in the drafting and preparation of this Agreement and the documents referred to herein and, therefore, waive the application of any law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the Party drafting such agreement or document.

 

Section 12.11    Expenses. Except with respect to SPAC Expense Reimbursement or Company Expense Reimbursement as expressly set forth in Section 11.2 and with respect to any amounts payable in accordance with Section 8.3(c), each Party will pay its own costs and expenses incurred in anticipation of, relating to and in connection with the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the Transactions; provided that all fees in connection with any antitrust or regulatory filings made prior to the Closing, including any filing fee to ASX, and all registration fees or filing fees payable to the SEC, Nasdaq or any other Governmental Entity, in each case of the foregoing in connection with the Transactions, will be borne by SPAC.

 

Section 12.12    Assignment. No Party may assign, directly or indirectly, including by operation of law, either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests, or obligations hereunder without the prior written approval of the other Parties. Subject to the first sentence of this Section 12.12, this Agreement shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

Section 12.13    Amendment. This Agreement may be amended at any time by execution of an instrument in writing signed on behalf of each of the Parties.

 

Section 12.14    Extension; Waiver. At any time prior to the Closing, the Parties may, to the extent not prohibited by Applicable Law: (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of another Party; (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties made to another Party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto; and (c) waive compliance with any of the agreements or conditions for the benefit of such Party contained herein. Any agreement on the part of a Party to any such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of such Party. Delay in exercising any right under this Agreement shall not constitute a waiver of such right. In the event any provision of any of the other Transaction Agreement in any way conflicts with the provisions of this Agreement (except where a provision therein expressly provides that it is intended to take precedence over this Agreement), this Agreement shall control.

 

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Section 12.15    No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything that may be expressed or implied in this Agreement, this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any Legal Proceeding for breach of this Agreement may only be made against, the entities that are expressly identified herein as Parties to this Agreement, and no related party of a Party shall have any liability for any liabilities or obligations of the Parties for any Legal Proceeding (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Agreement or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith. No Party shall have any right of recovery in respect hereof against any related party of a Party and no personal liability shall attach to any related party of a Party through such Party, whether by or through attempted piercing of the corporate veil, by the enforcement of any judgment, fine or penalty or by virtue of any Applicable Law or otherwise. The provisions of this Section 12.15 shall survive the Closing and expressly are intended to benefit, and are enforceable by, each related party of a Party, each of whom is an intended third-party beneficiary of this Section 12.15.

 

Section 12.16    Legal Representation.

 

(a) Each Party hereby agrees on behalf of their respective directors, members, partners, officers, employees and Affiliates (including after the Closing, the Surviving Company), and each of their respective, Affiliates, successors and assigns (all such parties, the “Waiving Parties”), that, in the event a dispute with respect to the Transaction Agreements or the Transactions arises after the Closing between or among (a) SPAC Stockholders or any of their respective directors, members, partners, officers, employees or Affiliates (other than PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries) (collectively, the “SPAC Group”), on the one hand, and (b) PubCo and/or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, that Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP (or any successor) may represent the SPAC Group, notwithstanding its representation (or any continued representation) of SPAC or other Waiving Parties, and each of SPAC, PubCo, EUR and the Company on behalf of itself and the Waiving Parties hereby consents thereto and irrevocably waives (and will not assert) any conflict of interest, breach of duty or any other objection arising therefrom or relating thereto. Each of SPAC, PubCo and the Company, for itself and the Waiving Parties, hereby further agree that, as to all legally privileged communications prior to the Closing (made in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance under, or any dispute or Legal Proceeding arising out of or relating to, any Transaction Agreements or the Transactions contemplated or thereby) between or among SPAC and/or any other member of the SPAC Group, on the one hand, and Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP (or any successor), on the other hand, the attorney/client privilege and the expectation of client confidence shall survive the Merger and belong to the SPAC Group after the Closing, and shall not pass to or be claimed or controlled by the Surviving Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any privileged communications or information shared by the Company prior to the Closing with SPAC or another member of the SPAC Group under a common interest agreement shall remain the privileged communications or information of the Surviving Company following the Closing.

 

(b) Each Party hereby agrees on behalf of their respective Waiving Parties that, in the event a dispute with respect to the Transaction Agreements or the Transactions arises after the Closing between or among (i) EUR or any of its directors, members, partners, officers, employees or Affiliates (other than PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries) (collectively, the “EUR Group”), on the one hand, and (ii) PubCo and/or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, that White & Case LLP (or any successor) may represent EUR Group, notwithstanding its representation (or any continued representation) of SPAC or other Waiving Parties, and each of SPAC, PubCo and the Company on behalf of itself and the Waiving Parties hereby consents thereto and irrevocably waives (and will not assert) any conflict of interest, breach of duty or any other objection arising therefrom or relating thereto. Each of SPAC, PubCo and the Company, for itself and the Waiving Parties, hereby further agree that, as to all legally privileged communications prior to the Closing (made in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, delivery and performance under, or any dispute or Legal Proceeding arising out of or relating to, any Transaction Agreements or the Transactions contemplated or thereby) between or among SPAC and/or any other member of EUR Group, on the one hand, and White & Case LLP (or any successor), on the other hand, the attorney/client privilege and the expectation of client confidence shall survive the Merger and belong to EUR Group after the Closing, and shall not pass to or be claimed or controlled by the Surviving Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any privileged communications or information shared by the Company prior to the Closing with SPAC or another member of EUR Group under a common interest agreement shall remain the privileged communications or information of the Surviving Company following the Closing.

 

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Section 12.17    Disclosure Letters and Exhibits. The Company Disclosure Letter and the SPAC Disclosure Letter shall be arranged in separate parts corresponding to the numbered and lettered sections and subsections in this Agreement, and the information disclosed in any numbered or lettered part shall be deemed to relate to and to qualify only the particular provision set forth in the corresponding numbered or lettered Section or subsection of this Agreement, except to the extent that: (a) such information is cross-referenced in another part of the Company Disclosure Letter or the SPAC Disclosure Letter, as applicable; or (b) it is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure that such information would qualify another provision in this Agreement. The specification of any dollar amount in the representations and warranties contained in this Agreement or the inclusion of any specific item in the Company Disclosure Letter or the SPAC Disclosure Letter, as applicable, is not intended to imply that such amounts (or higher or lower amounts) are or are not material, and no Party shall use the fact of the setting of such amounts or the fact of the inclusion of any such item in the Company Disclosure Letter or the SPAC Disclosure Letter, as applicable, in any dispute or controversy between the Parties as to whether any obligation, item, or matter not described herein or included in Company Disclosure Letter or the SPAC Disclosure Letter, as applicable, is or is not material for purposes of this Agreement. The inclusion of any item in the Company Disclosure Letter or the SPAC Disclosure Letter shall not be deemed to constitute an acknowledgment by the Company or SPAC, as applicable, that the matter is required to be disclosed by the terms of this Agreement, nor shall such disclosure be deemed (a) an admission of any breach or violation of any Contract or Applicable Law, (b) an admission of any liability or obligation to any third party, or (c) to establish a standard of materiality. The disclosure of any items or information that is not required by this Agreement to be so included is solely for informational purposes and the convenience of the Company or SPAC, as applicable. In addition, under no circumstances shall the disclosure of any matter in the Company Disclosure Letter or the SPAC Disclosure Letter, where a representation or warranty of the Company or SPAC, as applicable, is limited or qualified by the materiality of the matters to which the representation or warranty is given or by Company Material Adverse Effect or SPAC Material Adverse Effect, imply that any other undisclosed matter having a greater value or other significance is material or would have a Company Material Adverse Effect or SPAC Material Adverse Effect, as applicable. Neither the Company or SPAC shall be prejudiced in any manner whatsoever, and no presumptions shall be created, by virtue of the disclosure of any matter in the Company Disclosure Letter or SPAC Disclosure Letter, which otherwise is not required to be disclosed by this Agreement.

 

Article XIII
Defined Terms

 

Section 13.1 Defined Terms. Terms defined in this Agreement are organized alphabetically as follows, together with the Section and, where applicable, paragraph, number in which definition of each such term is located:

 

 “Additional Audited Financials

Section 4.7(a)
Additional Unaudited Financials Section 4.7(a)
Affiliate Section 13.2
Agreement Preamble
Applicable Law Section 13.2
Approvals Section 4.6(c)
Assumed Warrant Agreement Section 8.15
ASX Section 13.2
Audited Financials Section 4.7(a)
Austrian Capital Maintenance Rules Section 13.2
Benefit Plans Section 13.2
Business Combination Section 5.10
Business Day ‎Section 13.2
BVI Act Section 8.7(d)
Certificate of Merger Section 2.1
Change of Control Section 3.2(c)
Closing Section 1.1
Closing Date Section 1.1
Closing Press Release Section 8.4(b)
Closing Proceeds Section 13.2
Closing Proceeds Condition Section 8.1(b)
Closing Share Consideration Section 13.2
Code Section 13.2
Company Preamble
Company Benefit Plan Section 4.11(a)
Company Convertible Securities Section 13.2
Company Disclosure Letter Article IV
Company Expense Reimbursement Section 11.2(e)
Company Financial Statements Section 4.7
Company IT Systems Section 13.2

 

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Company Material Adverse Effect Section 13.2
Company Material Contract Section 4.17(a)
Company Ordinary Shares Section 13.2
Company Real Property Leases Section 4.13(b)
Company Subsidiaries Section 4.2(a)
Company Transaction Expenses Section 13.2
Confidentiality Agreement Section 13.2
Consent Section 13.2
Continental Section 5.14(a)
Contract Section 13.2
COVID-19 Section 13.2
COVID-19 Measures Section 13.2
D&O Indemnified Party Section 8.10(a)
D&O Tail Section 8.10(b)
Damages Section 11.2(g)
DGCL Recitals
Dollarsor “$” Section 13.2
Earnout Consideration Section 13.2
“Earnout Milestone Prices” Section 3.2(a)
Earnout Period Section 3.2(a)
Earnout Statement of PubCo Section 3.2(d)
Effective Time Section 2.1
Emergency Action Section 13.2
Employment Agreements Section 8.2(b)
Equity Interests Section 4.3(b)
ERISA Section 13.2
ESPP Section 8.2(a)
EUR Preamble
EUR Adverse Recommendation Change Section 7.4(a)(v)
EUR Board Section 6.2(b)
EUR Board Recommendation Section 6.2(b)
EUR Circular Section 8.1(a)(i)
EUR Competing Proposal NDA Section 7.4(b)
EUR Group Section 12.16(b)
EUR Related Parties Section 11.2(h)
EUR Shareholder Approval Section 13.2
EUR Shareholders’ Meeting Section 8.1(c)
EUR Shares Section 13.2
Exchange Act Section 13.2
Exchange Agent Section 1.2(a)
Exchange Agent Agreement Section 1.2(a)
Excluded SPAC Share Section 2.5(e)
Extended Deadline Section 8.18(a)
Extension Approval End Date Section 8.18(a)
Extension Expenses Section 7.2(f)

 

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Extension Proposals Section 8.18(a)
Extension Proxy Statement Section 8.18(a)
First Earnout Milestone Price Section 3.2(a)
First Level Contingent Share Consideration Section 3.2(a)
Fundamental Representations Section 13.2
Future PIPE Investment Section 13.2
GAAP Section 13.2
Governmental Entity Section 13.2
Group Companies Section 13.2
IFRS Section 13.2
Incentive Equity Plan Section 8.2(a)
“Indebtedness Section 13.2
Insurance Policies Section 4.18(a)
Intellectual Property Section 13.2
Intended Tax Treatment Recitals
Intervening Event Section 13.2
Investment Company Act Section 13.2
Investors Agreement Recitals
IP Contract Section 13.2
IPO Section 13.2
IPO Prospectus Section 13.2
JOBS Act Section 13.2
Key Jurisdictions Section 13.2
Knowledge Section 13.2
Leased Real Property Section 4.13(b)
Legal Proceeding Section 13.2
Liability Section 13.2
Licensed Intellectual Property Section 13.2
Lien Section 13.2
Lock-up Agreement Section 13.2
Merger Recitals
Merger Consideration Section 2.5(a)
Merger Sub Preamble
Merger Sub Shares Section 2.5(c)
Merger Sub Stockholder Approval Recitals
“Mining Rights” Section 13.2
Nasdaq ‎Section 13.2
OFAC ‎Section 13.2
Order ‎Section 13.2
Ordinary Course of Business Section 13.2
Organizational Documents ‎Section 13.2
Outside Date Section 11.1(b)
Owned Intellectual Property” or “Owned IP” ‎Section 13.2
Party,” “Parties Preamble
“Patents” Section 13.2

 

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Permitted Lien ‎Section 13.2
Person ‎Section 13.2
Personal Information ‎Section 13.2
Personal Information Breach Section 4.16(c)
Personal Property Section 13.2
“Post-Closing PubCo Board” Section 8.14
“Pre-Closing Period” Section 13.2
Privacy Laws Section 13.2
Processing,” “Processand Processed Section 13.2
Processor Section 13.2
Proxy Statement/Prospectus Section 8.1(a)(i)
PubCo Preamble
PubCo Shares Section 13.2
PubCo Warrants Section 13.2
Public Stockholders Section 8.6
Publicly Available Software Section 13.2
Registered Intellectual Property Section 4.15(a)
Registration Rights Agreement ‎Recitals
Registration Statement Section 13.2
Related Person Section 4.19
Released Claims Section 8.6
Remedies Exception Section 4.4
Representatives Section 13.2
Restated Articles Recitals
SEC Section 13.2
SEC Guidance Section 5.7(a)

Second Earnout Milestone Price

Second Level Contingent Share Consideration

Section 3.2(a)

Section 3.2(a)

Securities Act Section 13.2
Self-Help Code Section 13.2
Share Exchange Recitals
Software Section 13.2
SPAC Preamble
SPAC Adverse Recommendation Change Section 8.1(b)
SPAC A&R Certificate of Incorporation Section 13.2
SPAC Board Section 5.4(b)
SPAC Board Recommendation Section 5.4(b)
“SPAC Competing Proposal” Section 13.2
SPAC Disclosure Letter Article V
SPAC Expense Reimbursement Section 11.2(c)
SPAC Extension Meeting Section 8.18(d)
SPAC Financial Statements Section 5.7(b)
SPAC Financing Certificate Section 1.4
SPAC Group Section 12.16(a)
SPAC Material Adverse Effect Section 13.2

 

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SPAC Material Contracts Section 5.11
SPAC Preferred Shares Section 5.3(a)
SPAC Registration Rights Agreement Recitals
SPAC Related Parties Section 11.2(g)
SPAC SEC Reports Section 5.7(a)
SPAC Shares Recitals
SPAC Stockholder Approval Section 13.2
SPAC Stockholder Redemptions Section 1.4
SPAC Stockholders Recitals
SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting Section 8.1(b)
SPAC Transaction Expenses Section 13.2
SPAC Transaction Proposals Section 13.2
SPAC Unit Separation Section 2.5(a)
SPAC Units Section 13.2
SPAC Warrants Section 13.2
Specified Business Conduct Laws Section 13.2
Sponsor Section 13.2
Sponsor Support Agreement Recitals
Straddle Period Section 13.2
Subsidiary Section 13.2
“Superior Proposal” Section 13.2
Surviving Company Recitals
Tax/Taxes Section 13.2
Tax Return Section 13.2
Tax Sharing Agreement Section 13.2
Top Suppliers Section 4.28
Trade Secrets Section 13.2
Trademarks Section 13.2
Trading Day Section 13.2
Transaction Agreements Section 13.2
Transaction Expenses Section 13.2
Transaction Filings Section 8.1(a)(i)
Transaction Litigation Section 8.16
Transactions Section 13.2
Transfer Taxes Section 8.11(b)
Transferred Contracts Section 8.21
Treasury Regulations Section 13.2
Trust Account Section 5.14(a)
Trust Agreement Section 5.14(a)
Unauthorized Code Section 13.2
VWAP ‎‎Section 13.2
Waiving Parties Section 12.16(a)
Warrant Agreement ‎‎Section 13.2
Willful Breach ‎‎Section 13.2
Wolfsberg Lithium Project Section 13.2

 

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Section 13.2 Additional Terms. For purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:

 

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

 

Applicable Law” shall mean any federal, state, provincial, local, municipal or other law, statute, constitution, treaty, principle of common law, resolution, ordinance, code, edict, decree, rule, regulation, ruling, injunction, judgment, Order, assessment, writ or other legal requirement, administrative policy or guidance, directive, or requirement issued, enacted, adopted, promulgated, implemented or otherwise put into effect by or under the authority of any Governmental Entity (including, for the avoidance of doubt, Privacy Laws or any other special legislation as applicable to the operation of the Group Companies), in each case applicable to the referent Person, property, asset, Liability or circumstance.

 

ASX” shall mean the Australian Securities Exchange.

 

Austrian Capital Maintenance Rules” shall mean of mandatory Austrian capital maintenance rules (Kapitalerhaltungsvorschriften) including, without limitation, § 82 et seq. of the Austrian Act on Limited Liability Companies (Gesetz über Gesellschaften mit beschränkter Haftung - “GmbHG”) and § 52 et seq. of the Austrian Act on Joint Stock Companies (Aktiengesetz - “AktG”) (the “Austrian Capital Maintenance Rules”).

 

Benefit Plans” of any Person shall mean any and all deferred compensation, executive compensation, incentive compensation, phantom-equity, equity purchase or other equity-based compensation plan, employment or individual consulting, severance or termination pay, holiday, vacation or other bonus plan or practice, hospitalization or other medical, life or other welfare benefit insurance, supplemental unemployment benefits, profit sharing, pension, or retirement plan, program, agreement, commitment or arrangement, and each other employee benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement maintained or contributed to or required to be contributed to by a Person for the benefit of any employee or terminated employee or individual service provider of such Person, or with respect to which such Person has any Liability.

 

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banking institutions in New York, New York, Delaware and the British Virgin Islands are authorized to close for business, excluding as a result of “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems, including for wire transfers, of commercially banking institutions in New York, New York, Delaware and the British Virgin Islands are generally open for use by customers on such day.

 

Closing Proceeds” shall mean the funds contained in the Trust Account, together with the cash on SPAC’s balance sheet and the aggregate amount of gross proceeds from any Future PIPE Investment entered into in accordance with Section 7.5, after giving effect to the SPAC Stockholder Redemptions and before payment of Transaction Expenses.

 

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Closing Share Consideration” shall mean (a) Seven Hundred Fifty Million Dollars ($750,000,000) divided by (b) the redemption amount per SPAC Share payable to SPAC Stockholders that elect to redeem SPAC Shares in connection with the Closing determined in accordance with SPAC A&R Certificate of Incorporation.

 

Code” shall mean the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

Company Convertible Securities” means, collectively, options, warrants or rights to subscribe for or purchase any capital shares of the Company or securities convertible into or exchangeable for, or that otherwise confer on the holder any right to acquire any capital shares of the Company.

 

Company IT Systems” shall mean all computer systems, hardware, servers, networks, data communication lines, and other information technology and telecommunications equipment and tangible assets, including outsourced or cloud computing arrangements, and associated documentation, in each case, exclusively owned or used or by or for any Group Company in connection with the business of the Group Companies.

 

Company Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event, state of facts, condition, change, development, circumstance, occurrence or effect (each, an “Event,” and collectively, “Events”) that, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a materially adverse effect on the business, assets, financial condition or results of operations of the Group Companies, taken as a whole; provided, however, that in no event would any of the following, alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a Company Material Adverse Effect: (i) acts of war, outbreak of hostilities, military actions, sabotage, civil unrest, protests, demonstrations, insurrections, riots, terrorism, cyberattacks, or political, geopolitical or social conditions, including any escalation or worsening thereof or any anti-dumping actions, international tariffs, sanctions, trade policies or disputes or any “trade war” or similar actions; (ii) earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, disease, epidemics, pandemics (including COVID-19 or SARS-CoV-2 virus or any mutation or variation thereof, and any COVID-19 Measures or any change in such COVID-19 Measures or interpretations following the date of this Agreement) or other natural or man-made disasters, public health emergencies or weather conditions; (iii) changes or proposed changes in Applicable Law (or any interpretation thereof) after the date of this Agreement; (iv) changes or proposed changes in IFRS or GAAP (or any interpretation or enforcement thereof) after the date of this Agreement; (v) general economic, regulatory, business or tax conditions, including changes in the credit, debt, securities, financial, capital or reinsurance markets (including changes in prices, interest or exchange rates, prices of any security or market index or lithium or other commodity or any disruption of such markets), in each case, in the United States or anywhere else in the world; (vi) events or conditions generally affecting the industries or geographic areas in which the Group Companies operate; (vii) any change in the price or trading volume of EUR and any failure to meet any projections, forecasts, guidance, estimates, milestones, budgets or financial or operating predictions of revenue, earnings, cash flow or cash position, provided that this clause (vii) shall not prevent a determination that any change, event, state of facts, development or occurrence underlying such change or failure has resulted in a Company Material Adverse Effect; (viii) any actions required to be taken, or required not to be taken, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreement; (ix) any action taken, or not taken, by, or at the written request of, SPAC or Sponsor or any breach by SPAC or Sponsor of their respective obligations; (x) any Transaction Litigation; (xi) the identity of or facts or circumstances relating to SPAC, Sponsor or their respective Affiliates (xii) any change, event, state of facts, development or occurrence attributable to the announcement or execution, pendency, negotiation or consummation of the Transactions (including the impact thereof on relationships with customers, suppliers, employees or Governmental Entities) provided that this clause (xii) shall not apply with respect to a representation or warranty contained in this Agreement to the extent that the purpose of such representation or warranty is to address the consequences resulting from the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions or the performance of obligations under this Agreement; provided, however, that if a change or effect related to clauses (i) through (vi) disproportionately adversely affects the Group Companies, taken as a whole, compared to similarly situated Persons operating in the same industry as the Group Companies, then such disproportionate impact may be taken into account in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred, but only to the extent of the incremental disproportionate effect on the Group Companies, taken as a whole, relative to similarly situated Persons operating in the same industry as the Group Companies.

 

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Company Ordinary Shares” shall mean the ordinary shares of no par value, in issue in the Company as fully paid up shares of the Company.

 

Company Transaction Expenses” means the fees and expenses incurred by EUR or the Company (including its direct and indirect equity holders) and the other Group Companies in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the Transactions or any similar transactions or other strategic processes, including: (i) the fees and disbursements of outside counsel to EUR or any of its Subsidiaries (including its direct and indirect equity holders); (ii) the fees and expenses of accountants to EUR or any of its Subsidiaries; (iii) the fees and expenses of other advisers to EUR or any of its Subsidiaries; and (iv) the fees and disbursements of bona fide third-party investment bankers and financial advisors to EUR or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Confidentiality Agreement” shall mean that certain Confidentiality Agreement, dated as of July 17, 2022, by and between SPAC and EUR, as amended from time to time.

 

Consent” means any consent, approval, waiver, authorization or permit of, or notice to or declaration or filing with any Governmental Entity or any other Person.

 

Contract” shall mean any contract, subcontract, agreement, indenture, note, bond, loan or credit agreement, instrument, installment obligation, lease, mortgage, deed of trust, license, sublicense, commitment, power of attorney, guaranty or other legally binding commitment, arrangement, understanding or obligation oral or written, in each case, as amended and supplemented from time to time and including all schedules, annexes and exhibits thereto.

 

COVID-19” shall mean SARS-CoV-2, coronavirus or COVID-19, and any evolutions thereof or related or associated epidemics, pandemic or disease outbreaks.

 

COVID-19 Measures” shall mean (i) changes or proposed changes in laws or regulations (or any interpretation thereof) or (ii) any quarantine, “shelter in place,” “stay at home,” workforce reduction, social distancing, mask wearing, temperature taking, shut down, closure, sequester or any other Applicable Law or recommendations promulgated or issued by any Governmental Entity in connection with or in response to COVID-19, including the CARES Act, Families First Act, the Payroll Tax Executive Order and IRS Notices 2020-20, 2020-65, and 2021-11.

 

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Dollars” or “$” means lawful money of the United States.

 

Earnout Consideration” shall mean, collectively, the First Level Contingent Share Consideration and Second Level Contingent Share Consideration, in each case, to the extent earned pursuant to Section 3.2.

 

Emergency Action” shall mean any action or omission as being required on short notice for the prevention of danger to any Person or material damage to any asset or property.

 

ERISA” shall mean the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

EUR Competing Proposal” means, other than the Transactions, any actual offer or proposal received from any Person or group of Persons, other than PubCo and its Subsidiaries, relating to (i) any direct or indirect acquisition or purchase of 20% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company or 20% or more of any class of equity or voting securities of the Company, in each case, by such Person or group of Persons, (ii) any takeover bid that, if completed, would result in such Person or group of Persons (or their stockholders) beneficially owning 20% or more of any class of equity or voting securities of the Company or (iii) a merger, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, sale of all or substantially all of the assets, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction involving the Company that would result in such Person or group of Persons beneficially owning 20% or more of the consolidated assets of the Company or 20% or more of any class of equity or voting securities of the Company.

 

EUR Shareholder Approval” shall mean the vote of EUR Shareholders required to approve the Transactions, as determined in accordance with Applicable Law, the listing rules of the ASX and EUR’s Organizational Documents.

 

EUR Shares” shall mean the ordinary shares of EUR.

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Fundamental Representations” shall mean: (a) in the case of the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub, the representations and warranties contained in the first sentence of Section 4.1 (Organization and Qualification); solely with respect to PubCo and Merger Sub, the second sentence of Section 4.2(a) (Company Subsidiaries); Section 4.3 (Capitalization); Section 4.4 (Due Authorization); Section 4.5(a) (No Conflict; Governmental Consents and Filings); and Section 4.25 (Brokers); (b) in the case of SPAC, the representations and warranties contained in Section 5.1 (Organization and Qualification); Section 5.3 (Capitalization); Section 5.4 (Due Authorization); Section 5.5(a) (No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents); Section 5.10 (Business Activities), Section 5.13(a) and Section 5.13(b) (Undisclosed Liability), Section 5.14 (Trust Account) and Section 5.21 (Brokers) and (c) in the case of EUR, Section 6.1 (Organization and Qualification); Section 6.2 (Authorization; Binding Agreement); Section 6.3(a) (No Conflict; Required Filings and Consents); and Section 6.8 (Brokers).

 

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Future PIPE Investment” shall mean any subscription or investment agreement with respect to securities of PubCo entered into by the PubCo following the date hereof and prior to the Closing for the purpose of raising funds in connection with the Transaction, in all cases subject to EUR’s written consent.

 

GAAP” shall mean United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

Governmental Entity” shall mean any federal, state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign government, governmental authority, regulatory or administrative agency, competent labour, social security and tax authority, governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, court or tribunal.

 

Group Companies” shall mean the Company and all of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries (including Merger Sub).

 

IFRS” shall mean the International Financial Reporting Standards as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, consistently applied.

 

Indebtedness” shall mean any of the following: (a) any indebtedness for borrowed money; (b) any obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments; (c) any obligations to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services, except trade accounts payable and other current liabilities; (d) any obligations as lessee under capitalized leases; (e) any obligations, contingent or otherwise, under acceptance, letters of credit or similar facilities to the extent drawn; (f) any guaranty of any of the foregoing; (g) any accrued interest, fees and charges in respect of any of the foregoing; and (h) any prepayment premiums and penalties actually due and payable, and any other fees, expenses, indemnities and other amounts actually payable as a result of the prepayment or discharge of any of the foregoing.

 

Intellectual Property” shall mean any and all intellectual property (and all rights, title, and interest therein and thereto) in any jurisdiction throughout the world and may include intellectual property arising from or in respect of any and all of the following: (a) all inventions (whether or not patentable or reduced to practice), invention disclosures, certificates of invention, all improvements thereto, patents, utility models, industrial designs and all applications for any of the forgoing, including all provisionals, substitutions, divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, reissuances, renewals, extensions, reexaminations, patents of addition, supplementary protection certificates, or the like (including any rights of priority in any of the foregoing) and any foreign equivalents of the foregoing (collectively, “Patents”); (b) all trademarks, service marks, certification marks, brand names, trade dress rights, logos, slogans, corporate names, business names and trade names, designs and other source or business identifiers, indicia of origin and general intangibles of a like nature, together with the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing, along with all applications, registrations, intent-to-use applications or similar reservations of marks, renewals and extensions thereof (collectively, “Trademarks”); (c) all copyrights, copyrights works, mask works, protected designs, works of authorship (whether or not copyrightable), literary works, rights in Software, design rights, masked works, pictorial and graphic works, reversions and moral rights, along with all applications, registrations and any renewals and extensions thereof; (d) all internet domain names, and social media usernames, handles and accounts; (e) all trade secrets, know-how, technology, discoveries and improvements, proprietary rights, formulae, confidential information, customer and supplier lists, pricing and cost information, and business and marketing plans and proposals, technical information, source code, techniques, ideas, research, data analytics, designs, drawings, specifications, procedures, processes, models, algorithms, formulations, manuals and systems, whether or not patentable or copyrightable (collectively “Trade Secrets”); (f) data, databases and data collections; (g) all rights relating to any of the foregoing, including all causes of action, judgements, settlements, claims and demands related thereto, and rights to prosecute and recover damages for any past, present or future infringements, dilutions, misappropriations and other violations thereof, and (h) all applications and registrations for any of the foregoing.

 

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Intervening Event” means a material event, development, circumstance, occurrence or change in circumstances or facts (including any material change in probability or magnitude of circumstances) that was not known to EUR Board on the date of this Agreement (or if known, the consequences of which were not known as of the date of this Agreement).

 

Investment Company Act” shall mean the Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

IP Contract” shall mean any Contract (including license agreements, coexistence agreements, agreement with covenants not to assert, or other agreement that relates to ownership or use of Intellectual Property) pursuant to which any Group Company (a) grants to a third Person any license, immunity or other right in or to any Owned Intellectual Property, or (b) is granted by a third Person an assignment, license, immunity or other right in to any Intellectual Property; provided however in the case of each of (a) or (b), that none of the following is required to be scheduled on Schedule 4.17 of the Company Disclosure Letter, but shall otherwise constitute a Company Material Contract if they otherwise qualify: (i) licenses to Publicly Available Software, (ii) non-exclusive end user licenses of uncustomized, generally commercially available off-the-shelf software on standard terms with annual fees of less than $20,000 per copy, seat or user or aggregate fees of less than $100,000, (iii) non-exclusive rights to use any Group Company’s products or services (or any Trademarks in connection with the promotion or sale of any Group Company’s products or services), (iv) non-exclusive rights to Intellectual Property incidental to or implied by the sale or purchase of goods or services, in each case of (iii) and (iv) entered into in the Ordinary Course of Business, and (v) invention assignment agreements with employees or contractors engaged by a Group Company on the Company’s standard unmodified form agreement or other agreement with substantially similar terms relating to Intellectual Property as the Company’s standard form agreement and with no material exclusions of Intellectual Property.

 

IPO” means the initial public offering of SPAC Units pursuant to the IPO Prospectus.

 

IPO Prospectus” means the final prospectus of the SPAC, dated as of November 3, 2021, and filed with the SEC on November 8, 2021 (File No. 333-254182).

 

JOBS Act” shall mean the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012.

 

Key Jurisdictions” shall mean Austria, Australia, British Virgin Islands, the European Union and the United States of America.

 

Knowledge” (and any of its correlative terms) shall mean the actual knowledge or awareness as to a specified fact or event, following reasonable inquiry, of: (a) with respect to the Group Companies and EUR, the individuals listed on Schedule 13.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter; and (b) with respect to SPAC, the individuals listed on Schedule 13.2 of the SPAC Disclosure Letter.

 

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Legal Proceeding” shall mean any action, suit, hearing, claim, charge, audit, lawsuit, litigation, investigation (formal or informal), inquiry, arbitration or proceeding (in each case, whether civil, criminal or administrative or at law or in equity) by or before a Governmental Entity.

 

Liability” shall mean any and all debts, liabilities and obligations, whether accrued or fixed, absolute or contingent, known or unknown, matured or unmatured or determined or determinable, including those arising under any Applicable Law, Legal Proceeding or Order and those arising under any Contract, agreement, arrangement, commitment or undertaking.

 

Licensed Intellectual Property” shall mean all Intellectual Property licensed to any of the Group Companies or used in or necessary for the conduct or operation of the business of the Group Companies, as presently conducted.

 

Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien, easement, encroachment, covenant, license, option, right of first offer, right of first refusal, restriction or charge of any kind (including, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof, any agreement to give any security interest and any restriction relating to use, quiet enjoyment, voting, transfer, receipt of income or exercise of any other attribute of ownership).

 

Mining Rights” shall mean all interests and rights in mining claims, concessions, exploration, reconnaissance, exploitation or extraction rights, surface rights, subsurface rights, access rights or similar rights, that are held by way of Approvals, leases or otherwise.

 

Nasdaq” shall mean The Nasdaq Capital Market.

 

OFAC” shall mean the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control.

 

Order” shall mean any award, injunction, judgment, regulatory or supervisory mandate, order, writ, decree or ruling entered, issued, made, or rendered by any Governmental Entity that possesses competent jurisdiction.

 

Ordinary Course of Business” means the ordinary course of the Group Companies’ business consistent with past practices.

 

Organizational Documents” shall mean, with respect to any Person that is not an individual, the articles or certificate of incorporation or organization, bylaws, articles and memorandum of association, limited partnership agreement, partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, shareholders agreement and other similar organizational documents of such Person, as applicable.

 

Owned Intellectual Property” or “Owned IP” shall mean all Intellectual Property in which any of the Group Companies has (either individually or jointly among two (2) or more Group Companies) an ownership interest.

 

Permitted Lien” shall mean: (a) Liens (i) for Taxes not yet delinquent or (ii) for Taxes that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and that are adequately reserved for in accordance with IFRS or GAAP, as applicable (b) statutory and contractual Liens of landlords and licensors with respect to Leased Real Property that do not, individually or in the aggregate, interfere in any material respect with the present use of or occupancy of the Leased Real Property taken as a whole by any of the Group Companies; (c) Liens of carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen and repairmen incurred in the ordinary course and: (i) that are not yet delinquent; or (ii) that are being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings; (d) in the case of real property, zoning, building code, or other restrictions, variances, covenants, rights of way, encumbrances, easements and other irregularities in title, none of which, individually or in the aggregate, interfere in any material respect with the present use of or occupancy of the Leased Real Property taken as a whole by any of the Group Companies; (e) Liens securing the Indebtedness of any of the Group Companies set forth on Schedule 4.17(a)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Letter; (f) third party non-exclusive license agreements of Owned Intellectual Property entered into in the ordinary course; (g) Liens incurred in connection with capital lease obligations of any of the Group Companies; and (h) all exceptions, restrictions, easements, imperfections of title, charges, rights-of-way and other Liens of record that do not materially interfere with the present use of, or materially detract from the value of, the affected parcel of Leased Real Property or that would be shown on an accurate survey or inspection of the Leased Real Property.

 

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

 

Personal Information” shall mean, to the extent regulated by Privacy Laws, “personal data,” “personally identifiable information,” or all information that identifies or could be used to directly or indirectly identify an individual person, and, in addition, in Australia shall have the meaning attributed to that term in the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth).

 

Personal Property” means any machinery, equipment, tools, vehicles, furniture, leasehold improvements, office equipment, plant, parts and other tangible personal property.

 

Pre-Closing Period” shall mean all taxable years or other taxable periods that end on or before the Closing Date and, with respect to any Straddle Period, the portion of such Straddle Period ending on and including the Closing Date.

 

Privacy Laws” shall mean Applicable Law relating to privacy and the Processing of Personal Information, including, but not limited to, the Federal Trade Commission Act, the California Consumer Privacy Act, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (the “GDPR”) and any local laws implementing the GDPR into resp supplementing the GDPR in the respective local legislation, EU Directives 2002/58/EC and 2009/136/EC (each as implemented into the national Laws of EU Member States or the United Kingdom, as applicable), Applicable Law of the Isle of Man relating to the Processing of Personal Information (including, but not limited to, the Isle of Man Data Protection Act 2018, the Data Protection (Application of the GDPR) Order 2018, and the GDPR and LED Implementing (Amendment) Regulations 2018), the UK Data Protection Act 2018, the “UK GDPR” as defined by the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and as amended by the Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019, the Privacy Act 1988 (Cth) Applicable Law of the Republic of Austria relating to the Processing of Personal information (including, but limited to the GDPR and the Austrian data protection act (Datenschutzgesetz, DSG) supplementing the GDPR, the Data Protection Act, 2021 of the British Virgin Islands and any other related regulations, directives and orders applicable to Personal Information or the access thereto or use or transfer thereof, each as amended, consolidated or replaced from time to time.

 

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Processing” shall mean any operation or set of operations which is performed upon Personal Information, whether or not by automatic means, including but not limited to: collection, recording, organization, storage, adaptation or alteration, retrieval, consultation, use, disclosure by transmission, dissemination or otherwise making available, alignment or combination, blocking, erasure or destruction. “Process” and “Processed” shall be construed accordingly.

 

Processor” shall mean any Person that Processes any Personal Information on behalf of any Group Company.

 

PubCo Shares” shall mean ordinary shares of PubCo.

 

PubCo Warrant” means the SPAC Warrants that will be assumed by PubCo.

 

Publicly Available Software” shall mean any Software (or portion thereof) that is licensed pursuant to (i) any license approved by the Open Source Initiative and listed at http://www.opensource.org/licenses, which licenses include all versions of the GNU General Public License (GPL), the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), the Affero General Public License, the MIT license, the Eclipse license, the Common Public License, the CDDL, Mozilla Public License, the Artistic License, the Netscape Public License, the Sun Community Source License (SCSL), and the Sun Industry Standards License (SISL); (ii) any license to Software that is considered “free” or “open source software” by the Open Source Foundation or the Free Software Foundation; or (iii) any reciprocal license approved by the Open Source Initiative, in each case whether or not source code is available or included in such license.

 

Registration Statement” shall mean the Registration Statement on Form F-4, or other appropriate form, including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments or supplements thereto, to be filed with the SEC by PubCo under the Securities Act with respect to the PubCo Shares that constitute Merger Consideration and the PubCo Warrants.

 

Representatives” means, when used with respect to a Party, the directors, officers, employees, consultants, financial advisors, accountants, legal counsel, investment bankers and other agents, advisors and representatives of such Party, as applicable, and their respective Subsidiaries.

 

SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act” shall mean the United States Securities Act of 1933 and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Self-Help Code” shall mean any back door, time bomb, drop dead device, or other Software routine designed to disable a computer program.

 

Software” shall mean all computer programs, whether in source code and object code form, and all tools, user interfaces, manuals and other specifications and documentation and all know-how relating thereto.

 

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SPAC A&R Certificate of Incorporation” shall mean the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of SPAC, dated November 2, 2021, as may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time.

 

SPAC Competing Proposal” means, other than the Transactions, any offer or proposal from any Person or group of Persons, other than EUR or the Company, relating to any “initial business combination” as defined in SPAC’s certificate of incorporation.

 

SPAC Material Adverse Effect” shall mean any event, state of facts, condition, change, development, circumstance, occurrence or effect (each, an “Event,” and collectively, “Events”) that, individually or in the aggregate, has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, a materially adverse effect on the business, assets, financial condition or results of operations of SPAC; provided, however, that in no event would any of the following, alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, an SPAC Material Adverse Effect: (a) any change in Applicable Laws or GAAP or any interpretation thereof following the date of this Agreement; (b) any change in interest rates or economic, political, business or financial market conditions generally; (c) the taking of any action required by this Agreement; (d) any natural disaster (including hurricanes, storms, tornados, flooding, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions or similar occurrences), pandemic (including COVID-19, or any COVID-19 Measures or any change in such COVID-19 Measures or interpretations following the date of this Agreement) or change in climate; (e) any acts of terrorism or war, the outbreak or escalation of hostilities, geopolitical conditions, local, national or international political conditions; (f) any decline in the market price or trading volume of SPAC Shares or any change in the credit rating of SPAC or any of its securities (provided that clause (f) shall not prevent a determination that any Event not otherwise excluded from this definition of SPAC Material Adverse Effect underlying such decline or change has resulted in an SPAC Material Adverse Effect), (g) any Events generally applicable to the industries or markets in which SPAC operates; (h) the announcement of this Agreement and consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including any termination of, reduction in or similar adverse impact (but in each case only to the extent attributable to such announcement or consummation) on relationships, contractual or otherwise, with any landlords, customers, suppliers, distributors, partners or employees of SPAC (it being understood that this clause (h) shall be disregarded for purposes of the representation and warranty set forth in Section 5.5 (No Conflict) and the condition to Closing with respect thereto); (i) any matters expressly set forth on the SPAC Disclosure Letter; (j) any Events to the extent actually known by those individuals set forth on Schedule 13.2(b) of the Company Disclosure Letter on or prior to the date hereof; or (k) any action taken by, or at the request of, the Company; provided, further, that any Event referred to in clauses (a), (b), (d), (e) or (g) above may be taken into account in determining if a SPAC Material Adverse Effect has occurred to the extent it has a disproportionate and adverse effect on the business, assets, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of SPAC relative to other similarly situated special purpose acquisition companies, but only to the extent of the incremental disproportionate effect on the SPAC relative to similarly situated special purpose acquisition companies.

 

SPAC Stockholder Approval” shall mean the vote of the holders of SPAC Shares required to approve the SPAC Transaction Proposals, as determined in accordance with Applicable Law and SPAC’s Organizational Documents.

 

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SPAC Transaction Expenses” means the fees and expenses incurred by SPAC in connection with the preparation, negotiation and execution of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the Transactions, including: (i) the fees and disbursements of outside counsel to SPAC; (ii) the fees and expenses of accountants to SPAC; (iii) the fees and expenses of the consultants and other advisors to SPAC; (iv) the fees and disbursements of bona fide third-party investment bankers and financial advisors to SPAC; and (v) Extension Expenses.

 

SPAC Transaction Proposals” shall mean (a) the adoption of this Agreement and approval of the Transactions, including the authorization of the Merger, (b) the adoption and approval of the Incentive Equity Plan and the ESPP, (c) the adoption and approval of each other proposal reasonably agreed to by SPAC and the Company as necessary or appropriate in connection with the consummation of the Transactions and (d) the adoption and approval of a proposal for the adjournment of the SPAC Stockholders’ Meeting in accordance with Section 8.1.

 

SPAC Units” shall mean equity securities of SPAC each consisting of one (1) SPAC Share and one-half of one (0.5) SPAC Warrant.

 

SPAC Warrants” shall mean the warrants sold to the public by SPAC as part of SPAC’s initial public offering (whether purchased in such offering or thereafter in the public market) that entitle the holder thereof to purchase SPAC Shares at an exercise price of $11.50 per share.

 

Specified Business Conduct Laws” shall mean: (a) all Applicable Laws relating to bribery or corruption, including the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, as amended from time to time; (b) all Applicable Law imposing economic or financial sanctions on any Person, including all Applicable Law administered or enforced by the U.S. Department of Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) or the Bureau of Industry and Security of the U.S. Department of Commerce, all applicable sanctions laws or embargos imposed or administered by the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, European Union and all applicable anti-boycott or anti-embargo laws; (c) all Applicable Law relating to the import, export, re-export, transfer of information, data, goods, software, and technology, including the Export Administration Regulations administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations administered by the U.S. Department of State; and (d) the Money Laundering Control Act, the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, and other any Applicable Law relating to money laundering.

 

Sponsor” shall mean VO Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.

 

Straddle Period” shall mean the portion of any taxable year or period beginning on or before and ending after the Closing Date.

 

Subsidiary” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any partnership, limited liability company, corporation or other business entity of which: (a) if a corporation, a majority of the total voting power of shares of capital stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; (b) if a partnership, limited liability company or other business entity, a majority of the partnership or other similar ownership interests thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof; or (c) in any case, such Person controls the management thereof.

 

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Superior Proposal” means a bona fide, written EUR Competing Proposal (with references to 20% being deemed to be replaced with references to 50%), which the EUR Board determines in good faith after consultation with its outside legal counsel and financial advisor of nationally (in the United States or Australia) or internationally recognized reputation to be (i) if completed in accordance with its terms, more favorable to the shareholders of EUR from both a financial point of view than the Transactions and any counterproposal made under Section 7.4(e) and taking into account all aspects of the EUR Competing Proposal, including the identity, reputation and financial condition of the person making such proposal, legal, regulatory and financial matters and the expected timing for the implementation of such EUR Competing Proposal, and (ii) reasonably capable of being completed as proposed (and taking into account all aspects of the EUR Competing Proposal, including its conditions), in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), taking into account all financial, legal, regulatory, timing and other aspects of such proposal and any modification to this Agreement and the Transactions proposed by SPAC in response to such EUR Competing Proposal or otherwise and any consequence of such modification).

 

Tax” or “Taxes” shall mean any and all federal, state, local and foreign taxes, including, without limitation, gross receipts, income, profits, capital gains, capital stock, windfall profits, license, sales, use, estimated, occupation, value added, ad valorem, transfer, franchise, withholding, severance, social security, payroll, recapture, net worth, employment, excise and property taxes, assessments, escheat, abandoned property, stamp, environmental, registration, governmental charges, duties, fees, levies and other similar charges, in each case, imposed by a Governmental Entity (whether disputed or not), together with all interest, penalties, surcharges, deficiency assessments, and additions imposed by a Governmental Entity with respect to any such amounts.

 

Tax Return” shall mean any return, declaration, report, claim for refund, or information return or statement relating to Taxes that is filed or required to be filed with a Governmental Entity, including any schedule or attachment thereto and any amendment thereof.

 

Tax Sharing Agreement” shall mean any agreement or arrangement (including any provision of a Contract) primarily related to Taxes pursuant to which any Group Company is or may be obligated to indemnify any Person for, or otherwise pay, any Tax of, or imposed on, another Person.

 

Trading Day” means any day on which shares of PubCo Common Stock are actually traded on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which the PubCo Common Stock are then traded.

 

Transaction Agreements” shall mean this Agreement, the Confidentiality Agreement, the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Lock-up Agreement, the Investors Agreement, the Assumed Warrant Agreement, and the Registration Rights Agreement, and all the agreements documents, instruments and certificates entered into in connection herewith or therewith and any and all exhibits and schedules thereto.

 

Transaction Expenses” means the aggregate amount of the Company Transaction Expenses and SPAC Transaction Expenses.

 

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Transactions” shall mean the transactions contemplated pursuant to this Agreement and the Transaction Agreements, including the SPAC Unit Separation, the SPAC Stockholder Redemptions, the Share Exchange, and the Merger.

 

Treasury Regulations” shall mean the regulations promulgated by the U.S. Department of the Treasury pursuant to and in respect of provisions of the Code.

 

Unauthorized Code” shall mean any virus, Trojan horse, worm, or other Software routines or hardware components designed to permit unauthorized access, to disable, erase, or otherwise harm Software, hardware or data that is not developed or authorized by any Group Company or the licensor of the Software or hardware components.

 

VWAP” shall mean, with respect to a PubCo Share, the dollar-weighted average price on the Nasdaq or other primary stock exchange during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “HP” function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. If VWAP cannot be calculated on any of the foregoing bases, VWAP shall be the fair market value per PubCo Share on such date(s) as reasonably determined by a majority of the board of directors of PubCo, including a majority of disinterested directors.

 

Warrant Agreement” shall mean the Warrant Agreement, dated as of November 3, 2021, between Continental and SPAC.

 

Willful Breach” shall mean a material breach that is a consequence of an omission by, or act undertaken by or caused by, the breaching party intentionally and with the conscious knowledge that such omission or taking or causing of such act would, or would reasonably be expected to, cause such material breach.

 

Wolfsberg Lithium Project” shall mean the wholly owned project of European Lithium, under stable license and tax regime mapped out by the Austrian Mineral Resources Plan, and located at Carinthia, 270 km south of Vienna, Austria.

 

[Signature Pages Follow]

 

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

 

 

COMPANY:

 

  EUROPEAN LITHIUM AT (INVESTMENTS) LTD
   
  By: /s/ Malcolm Raymond Day
  Name: Malcolm Raymond Day
  Title: Director
     
  By: /s/ Antony William Paul Sage
  Name: Antony William Paul Sage
  Title: Director

 

 

 

 

  EUR
   
  EXECUTED by EUROPEAN LITHIUM LIMITED (ACN 141 450 624) in accordance with the requirements of section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by:
   
  By: /s/ Tony Sage
  Name: Tony Sage
  Title: Executive Chairman
   
  By: /s/ Melissa Chapman
  Name: Melissa Chapman
  Title: Company Secretary

 

[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger]

 

 

 

 

  PUBCO
   
  CRITICAL METALS CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Michael John Hanson
  Name: Michael John Hanson
  Title: Authorized Person

 

[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger] 

 

 

 

 

  MERGER SUB
   
  PROJECT WOLF MERGER SUB INC.
     
  By: /s/ Michael John Hanson
  Name: Michael John Hanson
  Title: Authorized Person

 

[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger]

 

 

 

 

  SIZZLE ACQUISTION CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Steve Salis
  Name:   Steve Salis
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

[Signature Page to Agreement and Plan of Merger] 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

Form of Investors Agreement

   

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B


Form of Registration Rights Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit C


Form of Assignment and Assumption of Warrant Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit D


Pro-forma Equity Structure

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit E


Form of Sponsor Support Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit F

 

Form of Lock-Up Agreement

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.1

 

Execution Version

 

SPONSOR SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

This Sponsor Support Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into on October 24, 2022 by VO Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), Sizzle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”) and European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (the “Company”). The Sponsor, SPAC and the Company are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Parties”, and each of them is sometimes individually referred to herein as a “Party”. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement referenced below.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Sponsor is the holder of record and the beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of 6,147,750 SPAC Shares in the aggregate as set forth on Schedule I attached hereto (collectively, the “Subject Securities”).

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the Parties’ execution and delivery of this Agreement, SPAC, the Company, European Lithium Limited, an Australian Public Company limited by shares, and the holder of all of the issued Company Ordinary Shares (“EUR”), Critical Metals Corp., a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“PubCo”) and Project Wolf Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”), have entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other transactions, Merger Sub will merge with and into SPAC, with SPAC continuing on as the surviving company, as a result of which SPAC will become a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo.

 

WHEREAS, as an inducement to SPAC and the Company to enter into the Merger Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated therein, the Parties desire to agree to certain matters as set forth herein.

 

AGREEMENT

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the Parties, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

Article I
COVENANTS AND AGREEMENTS

 

Section 1.1 No Transfer. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending on the earliest of (a) the Effective Time, (b) such date and time as the Merger Agreement shall be validly terminated in accordance with Section 11.1 thereof and (c) the liquidation of SPAC (the earliest of (a), (b) and (c), the “Expiration Time”), the Sponsor (and any other Person to which any Subject Securities are transferred) shall not, without the prior written consent of the Company, (i) issue, sell, offer to sell, exchange, contract or agree to sell or exchange, hypothecate, pledge, encumber, assign, convert, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agree to dispose of, directly or indirectly, by operation of law or otherwise and whether voluntarily or involuntarily (collectively, “Transfer”), or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate with respect to or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder with respect to any Subject Securities (unless the transferee agrees in advance or concurrently with the Transfer, in writing, to be bound by this Agreement), (ii) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of any Subject Securities, or (iii) file, confidentially submit or cause to become effective a registration statement under the Securities Act relating to the offer and sale of any Subject Securities.

 

 

 

Section 1.2 New Shares. In the event that (a) any SPAC Shares, SPAC Public Warrants or other equity securities of SPAC are issued to the Sponsor after the date of this Agreement pursuant to any stock dividend, stock split, distribution, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, conversion or exchange of SPAC Shares or SPAC Public Warrants of, on or affecting the SPAC Shares or SPAC Public Warrants owned by the Sponsor or otherwise, (b) the Sponsor purchases or otherwise acquires beneficial ownership of any SPAC Shares, SPAC Public Warrants or other equity securities of SPAC after the date of this Agreement, or (c) the Sponsor acquires the right to vote or share in the voting of any SPAC Shares or other equity securities of SPAC after the date of this Agreement (such SPAC Shares, SPAC Public Warrants or other equity securities of SPAC, collectively the “New Securities”), then, to the extent of the Sponsor’s control of such New Securities, such New Securities shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement to the same extent as if they constituted the Subject Securities owned by the Sponsor as of the date hereof.

 

Section 1.3 Closing Date Deliverables. On the Closing Date, the Sponsor shall deliver to PubCo and EUR a duly executed copy of that certain Lock-Up Agreement, by and between the Sponsor and PubCo, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit A hereto.

 

Section 1.4 Sponsor Support Agreements. Prior to the Expiration Time, at any meeting of the stockholders of SPAC, however called, or at any adjournment thereof, or in any other circumstance in which the vote, consent or other approval of the stockholders of SPAC is sought, the Sponsor shall, solely in its capacity as a record owner of common stock of SPAC, (a) appear at each such meeting or otherwise cause all of its SPAC Shares to be counted as present thereat for purposes of calculating a quorum and (b) vote (or cause to be voted), or execute and deliver a written consent (or cause a written consent to be executed and delivered) covering, all of its SPAC Shares:

 

(i) in favor of each of the SPAC Transaction Proposals;

 

(ii) against any proposal relating to a SPAC Competing Proposal (other than the SPAC Transaction Proposals);

 

(iii) against any merger agreement or merger (other than the Merger Agreement and the Merger), consolidation, combination, sale of substantial assets, reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or by SPAC;

 

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(iv) against any material change in the business of SPAC or any change in the management or board of directors of SPAC (other than, in each case, pursuant to the Merger Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements and the Transactions); and

 

(v) against any proposal, action or agreement that would or would reasonably be expected to (a) in any material respect, impede, frustrate, hinder, interfere with, prevent or nullify the timely consummation of, or otherwise adversely affect, any of the Transactions, (b) result in a breach in any material respect of any covenant, representation, warranty or any other obligation or agreement of SPAC under the Merger Agreement (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “SPAC Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation contain therein), (c) result in any of the conditions set forth in Article VIII of the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled or (d) change in any manner the dividend policy or capitalization of, including the voting rights of any class of capital stock of, SPAC.

 

The Sponsor hereby agrees that it shall not commit or agree to take any action inconsistent with the foregoing. In furtherance of, and without limiting the generality of, the foregoing, the Sponsor hereby further agrees not to exercise any right to redeem any SPAC Shares for a pro rata portion of the Trust Account. The obligations of the Sponsor hereunder shall apply whether or not the SPAC board of directors or other governing body or any committee, subcommittee or subgroup thereof recommends any of the SPAC Transaction Proposals and whether or not the SPAC board of directors or other governing body or any committee, subcommittee or subgroup thereof changes, withdraws, withholds, qualifies or modifies, or publicly proposes to change, withdraw, withhold, qualify or modify, the SPAC board of directors’ recommendation to its stockholders.

 

Section 1.5 No Inconsistent Agreement. The Sponsor hereby represents and covenants that the Sponsor has not entered into, and will not enter into, any Contract that would, and will not modify or amend any Contract in a manner that would, in any material respect, restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of the Sponsor’s obligations hereunder.

 

Section 1.6 No Further Amendment of Insider Letter. Without the prior written consent of the Company, neither the Sponsor nor SPAC shall amend, terminate or otherwise modify that certain letter agreement, dated as of November 3, 2021, by and among the Sponsor, certain members of the Sponsor’s board of directors and/or management team party thereto and SPAC (the “Insider Letter Agreement”), without the Company’s prior written consent.

 

Section 1.7 Non-Solicitation. From the date hereof until the earlier of (i) the Closing and (ii) the valid termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 3.1, the Sponsor will not, and the Sponsor will direct its Representatives not to, directly or indirectly, (a) solicit, initiate, enter into or continue discussions, negotiations or transactions with, or encourage or respond to any inquiries or proposals by, or provide any information to, any Person with respect to an EUR Competing Transaction (other than to inform such Person of the Sponsor’s obligations pursuant to this Section 1.7 with respect to SPAC), (b) enter into any acquisition agreement, business combination agreement, merger agreement or similar definitive agreement, or any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding or agreement in principle, or any other agreement regarding, continue or otherwise participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or cooperate in any way that would otherwise reasonably be expected to lead to an EUR Competing Transaction, or (c) commence, continue or renew any due diligence investigation regarding an EUR Competing Transaction.

 

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Section 1.8 Sponsor Forfeiture. Sponsor hereby agrees that, immediately prior to the Closing, Sponsor shall irrevocably forfeit and surrender 2,049,250 SPAC Shares to SPAC (the “Sponsor Inducement Shares”) for no consideration as a contribution to the capital of SPAC and shall take any other action requested by PubCo or the Company to evidence such forfeiture and surrender. For clarity, aside from the Sponsor Inducement Shares, no SPAC Shares are otherwise subject to vesting or forfeiture in favor of SPAC for any reason or by any agreement or document, other than specifically agreed in this Article I.

 

Article II
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties of the Sponsor. The Sponsor represents and warrants as of the date hereof to SPAC and the Company as follows:

 

(a) Organization; Due Authorization. The Sponsor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated, formed, organized or constituted, and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby are within the Sponsor’s limited liability company powers and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational actions on the part of the Sponsor. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Sponsor and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other Parties, this Agreement constitutes a legally valid and binding obligation of the Sponsor, enforceable against the Sponsor in accordance with the terms hereof (except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy laws, other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights and general principles of equity affecting the availability of specific performance and other equitable remedies).

 

(b) Ownership. As of the date hereof, the Sponsor is the sole holder of record and beneficial owner (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) of, and has good title to, and sole voting power with respect to, the number of Subject Securities listed in Schedule I hereto (such SPAC Shares and such SPAC Public Warrants, collectively, the Sponsor’s “Owned Securities”), and there exists no Liens or any other limitation or restriction (including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such SPAC Class Shares or SPAC Public Warrants), other than pursuant to (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Insider Letter Agreement, (iii) the Organizational Documents of SPAC, (iv) the Merger Agreement or (v) applicable securities laws. The Sponsor’s Owned Securities are the only equity securities in SPAC owned of record or beneficially by the Sponsor as of the date of this Agreement, and none of the Sponsor’s Subject Securities are subject to any proxy, voting trust or other agreement or arrangement with respect to the voting of such Subject Securities.

 

(c) No Conflicts. The execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Sponsor does not, and the performance by the Sponsor of its obligations hereunder will not, (i) conflict with or result in a violation of the Organizational Documents of the Sponsor or (ii) require any consent, waiver, filing, notification, registration or approval that has not been given or other action that has not been taken by any Person (including under any Contract binding upon the Sponsor or the Subject Securities).

 

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(d) Litigation. There is no Legal Proceeding pending against the Sponsor before any arbitrator or any Governmental Entity, which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin or materially delay the performance by the Sponsor of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(e) Brokerage Fees. Except as disclosed in Section 5.22 of the Merger Agreement, no financial advisor, investment banker, broker or finder is entitled to any fee or commission in connection with the Merger Agreement or the Closing, in each case, based upon any agreement or arrangement made by, or, to the knowledge of the Sponsor, on behalf of, the Sponsor for which SPAC, EUR, the Company or any of the Company’s Subsidiaries would have any obligation.

 

(f) Affiliate Arrangements. Except as disclosed in the prospectus, dated November 3, 2021, filed in connection with SPAC’s initial public offering or any subsequent SEC filings, neither the Sponsor nor any of its Affiliates is party to, or has any rights with respect to or arising from, any material Contract with SPAC or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

(g) Acknowledgment. The Sponsor understands and acknowledges that each of SPAC and the Company is entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon the Sponsor’s execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

Article III
MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 3.1 Termination. This Agreement and all of its provisions shall terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the earlier of (a) the Expiration Time and (b) the execution and delivery of a written agreement providing for the termination of this Agreement executed by the Sponsor, SPAC and the Company. Upon such termination of this Agreement, all obligations of the Parties under this Agreement will terminate, without any liability or other obligation on the part of any Party to any Person in respect hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby, and no Party shall have any claim against another (and no person shall have any rights against such Party), whether under contract, tort or otherwise, with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that the termination of this Agreement shall not relieve or release a Party from any obligations or liabilities arising out of such Party’s willful breach of this Agreement prior to such termination or intentional fraud in the making of the representations and warranties in this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Article III shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.2 Assignment. This Agreement and all of the provisions hereof will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective heirs, successors and permitted assigns. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder will be assigned (including by operation of law) without the prior written consent of the Parties. Any purported assignment or delegation not permitted under this Section 3.2 shall be null and void.

 

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Section 3.3 Specific Performance. The Parties agree that irreparable damage, for which monetary damages (even if available) may not be an adequate remedy, may occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in the Chancery Court or any other state or federal court within the State of Delaware, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such Party is entitled at law or in equity. Without limiting the foregoing, each Party agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief on the basis that (a) there is adequate remedy at law or (b) an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or in equity. Any Party seeking an order or injunction to prevent breaches and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such order or injunction.

 

Section 3.4 Amendment. This Agreement may not be amended, changed, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified or terminated, except upon the execution and delivery of a written agreement providing therefor executed by the Sponsor, SPAC and the Company.

 

Section 3.5 Waiver. No failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies of the Parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies otherwise available to the Parties. No waiver of any right, power or privilege hereunder shall be valid unless it is set forth in a written instrument executed and delivered by the Party to be charged with such waiver.

 

Section 3.6 No Third-Party Beneficiaries. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any Person, other than the Parties and their respective heirs, successors and permitted assigns, any right or remedy under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.7 Notices. All notices and other communications among the Parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered in person, (b) when delivered after posting in the United States mail having been sent registered or certified mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (c) when delivered by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service or (d) when e-mailed during normal business hours (and otherwise as of the immediately following Business Day), addressed as follows:

 

If to SPAC prior to the Effective Time, to:

 

Sizzle Acquisition Corpo.

4201 Georgia Avenue NW

Washington, D.C. 20011

Attention: Steve Salis

Email: ssalis@salisholdings.com

 

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with copies to (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 6th Avenue

New York, New York 10105

Attention: Matthew A. Gray and

Stuart Neuhauser

Email: mgray@egsllp.com and sneuhauser@egsllp.com

 

If to SPAC following the Effective Time or to the Company, to:

 

c/o European Lithium Ltd.
32 Harrogate Street
West Leederville, Western Australia, 6007
Attention: Tony Sage
Email: TonyS@cyclonemetals.com

 

with a copy to:

 

White & Case LLP
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020
Attn: James Hu, Oliver Wright
E-mail: james.hu@whitecase.com, oliver.wright@whitecase.com

 

If to the Sponsor, to:

 

Attention: Steve Salis

4201 Georgia Ave NW

Washington DC 20011

with a copy to:

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 6th Avenue

New York, New York 10105

Attention: Matthew A. Gray and Stuart Neuhauser

Email: mgray@egsllp.com and sneuhauser@egsllp.com

 

Section 3.8 Headings. The headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

Section 3.9 Other Provisions. The provisions set forth in each of Sections 12.3 (Counterparts; Electronic Delivery), 12.6 (Severability), 12.8 (Governing Law), 12.9 (Consent to Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial) and 12.10 (Rules of Construction) of the Merger Agreement are incorporated herein by reference as if set forth herein, mutatis mutandis.

 

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Section 3.10 Publicity. Except to the extent required by the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Exchange Act or the Securities Act, neither SPAC nor the Company may disclose the identities of any direct or indirect members or investors of the Sponsor or their direct or indirect interests in the Sponsor without the Sponsor’s prior written consent.

 

Section 3.11 Capacity as a Stockholder. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Sponsor signs this Agreement solely in its capacity as a record owner of, or owner of interests representing the economic benefits of, common stock and warrants of SPAC, and not in any other capacity and this Agreement shall not limit, prevent or otherwise affect the actions of the Sponsor or any Affiliate, employee or designee of the Sponsor, or any of the Sponsor’s respective Affiliates in his or her capacity, if applicable, as an officer or director of SPAC or any other Person, including in the exercise of his or her fiduciary duties as a director or officer of SPAC.

 

Section 3.12 No Challenges. During the period commencing on the date hereof and ending at the Expiration Time, the Sponsor agrees not to commence, join in, facilitate, assist or encourage, and agrees to take all actions within its power necessary to opt out of any class in any class action with respect to, any claim, derivative or otherwise, against SPAC, Merger Sub, PubCo, EUR, the Company or any of their respective successors or directors (except in any case arising out of the fraud of such parties) (a) challenging the validity of, or seeking to enjoin the operation of, any provision of this Agreement or (b) alleging a breach of any fiduciary duty of any person in connection with the evaluation, negotiation or entry into the Merger Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing herein shall be deemed to prohibit the Sponsor from enforcing the Sponsor’s rights under this Agreement and the other agreements entered into by the Sponsor in connection herewith, or otherwise in connection with the Merger or the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement.

 

Section 3.13 Further Assurances. The Sponsor hereby agrees that it shall, from time to time, execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional or further consents, documents and other instruments, and will use reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, such actions, and do, or cause to be done, and assist and cooperate with the other Parties in doing such things, in each case, as another Party may reasonably request for the purpose of effectively carrying out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Merger Agreement; provided that Sponsor will not be obligated to: (a) pay any funds or incur any Liability or (b) forfeit any SPAC Shares or any other economic benefits.

 

Section 3.14 Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Merger Agreement constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings, agreements and representations by or among the Parties to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Sponsor, SPAC and the Company have each caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first written above.

 

  SPONSOR:
     
  VO SPONSOR, LLC
     
  By: /s/ Steve Salis
  Name:  Steve Salis
  Title: Managing Member

 

 

 

  SPAC:
     
  SIZZLE ACQUISTION CORP.
     
  By: /s/ Steve Salis
  Name:  Steve Salis
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

  

 

 

  COMPANY:
   
  EUROPEAN LITHIUM AT (INVESTMENTS) LTD.
     
  By: /s/ Malcolm Raymond Day
  Name: Malcolm Raymond Day
  Title: Director
     
  By: /s/ Anthony William Paul Sage
  Name: Anthony William Paul Sage
  Title: Director

 

 

 

Exhibit A

Form of Investors Agreement

 

 

 

Schedule I

SPAC Common Stock

 

 Holder   SPAC SHARES 
 VO Sponsor, LLC   6,147,750 
 Total:   6,147,750 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

Execution Version

 

Dated October 24, 2022

 

Lock-up Agreement

 

by and among

 

VO Sponsor, LLC

as Sponsor

 

European Lithium Limited

as EUR

 

and

 

Critical Metals Corp.

as PubCo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

 

This Lock-up Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of October 24, 2022, by and among VO Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), European Lithium Limited, an Australian Public Company limited by shares (“EUR”), and Critical Metals Corp., BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“PubCo”). The Sponsor, EUR, PubCo and their respective successors and permitted assigns are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Parties”, and each of them is sometimes individually referred to herein as a “Party”. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Sizzle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”), European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EUR (the “Company”), EUR, PubCo and Project Wolf Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 24, 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, Merger Sub merged with and into SPAC (the “Merger”), with SPAC continuing as the surviving company after the Merger, as a result of which SPAC became a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo. As a result of the Merger, (a) each previously issued and outstanding SPAC Share (other than any Excluded SPAC Shares) is no longer outstanding and has been automatically converted into the right of the holder thereof to receive one (1) PubCo Share and (b) each previously outstanding whole SPAC Warrant has been assumed by PubCo and will be exercisable, in accordance with the terms of the Assumed Warrant Agreement, for one (1) PubCo Share. Further, immediately before the Effective Time, EUR sold and transferred all issued Company Ordinary Shares to PubCo, in consideration for (i) the issuance of the Closing Share Consideration and (ii) the Earnout Consideration (subject, in the case of the Earnout Consideration, to the satisfaction of the relevant conditions in Section 3.2 of the Merger Agreement), as a result of which the Company became a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo;

 

WHEREAS, as of immediately after the Effective Time, EUR will be the holder of record and beneficial owner (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), with the sole power to dispose of (or sole power to cause the disposition of) and the sole power to vote (or sole power to direct the voting of) Lockup Shares (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, as of immediately after the Effective Time, the Sponsor will be the holder of record and beneficial owner (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), with the sole power to dispose of (or sole power to cause the disposition of) and the sole power to vote (or sole power to direct the voting of) Lockup Shares;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the parties hereto wish to set forth herein certain understandings between such parties with respect to restrictions on the transfer of equity interests in PubCo.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

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Article I

Introductory Matters

 

Section 1.01 Defined Terms. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein or defined under the Merger Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings when used herein with initial capital letters:

 

Covered Shares” means all the PubCo Shares owned by a Holder from time to time, including any PubCo Shares issued as part of bonus share issuances, dividends and distributions and any securities into which or for which any or all of the Covered Shares may be changed or exchanged or which are received in any recapitalization, share exchange, share conversion or similar transactions.

 

Holder” shall refer to either the Sponsor or EUR and collectively they shall be referred to as “Holders”.

 

Immediate Family” means with respect to any Person, such Person’s spouse or partner (or former spouse or former partner), ancestors, descendants and ascendants (whether by blood, marriage or adoption) or spouse of a descendant of such Person, brothers and sisters (whether by blood, marriage or adoption).

 

Investors Agreement” means the Investors Agreement, dated on or about the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).

 

Lock-up Period” means the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is six (6) months after the Closing Date.

 

Lock-up Shares” means (a) with respect to EUR or each of its Permitted Transferees, the Covered Shares (i) received by EUR as Closing Share Consideration and (ii) received by EUR as Earnout Consideration and (b) with respect to the Sponsor, (i) the Covered Shares it receives as Merger Consideration with respect to the SPAC Shares that the Sponsor held immediately prior to the Effective Time and (ii) any Covered Shares issued to the Sponsor in connection with the exercise or settlement of any SPAC Warrant or PubCo Warrant, in each case, together with any securities paid as dividends or distributions with respect to such securities or into which such securities are exchanged or converted.

 

Permitted Transferees” means, prior to the expiration of the Lock-up Period, any Person to whom a Holder or any Permitted Transferee of such Holder is permitted to Transfer PubCo Shares pursuant to Section 2.01(b) or Section 2.01(c).

 

Transfer” means the (A) sale of, public offer to sell, entry into a contract or agreement to sell, hypothecation or pledge of, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise disposition of or agreement to dispose of, in each case, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position with respect to, any security, (B) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise or (C) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (A) or (B).

 

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Article II

LOCK-UP

 

Section 2.01 Lock-up.

 

(a) Subject to the exclusions in Section 2.01(b) and Section 2.01(c) each Holder, severally (and not jointly and severally), agrees not to Transfer any Lock-up Shares until the end of the Lock-up Period (the “Lock-up”).

 

(b) Notwithstanding the Lock-up restrictions set forth in Section 2.01(a), each Holder may Transfer any Lock-up Shares it holds during the Lock-up Period: (i) to any direct or indirect partners, members or equity holders of such Holder, any Affiliates of such Holder or any related investment funds or vehicles controlled or managed by such Persons or their respective Affiliates; (ii) by gift to a charitable organization; (iii) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the individual’s Immediate Family or to a trust, the primary beneficiaries of which are one or more members of the individual’s Immediate Family or an Affiliate of such Person; (iv) in the case of a trust, to the trustor or beneficiary of such trust or the estate of a beneficiary of such trust; (v) in the case of an individual, by will or other testamentary document or device or by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual; (vi) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (vii) with the prior written consent of PubCo; (viii) in connection with a liquidation, merger, stock exchange, reorganization, tender offer, takeover offer, scheme of arrangement or other similar transaction which results in all of PubCo’s shareholders having the right to exchange their PubCo Shares for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the Closing Date; or (ix) to the extent required by any legal or regulatory order; provided that in each case of clauses (i)–(vii), if the transferee is not a Holder, such Transfer shall be subject to prior receipt by PubCo of a duly executed joinder to the Investors Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A thereto.

 

(c) Each Holder also agrees and consents to the entry of stop transfer instructions with PubCo’s transfer agent and registrar against the Transfer of any Lock-up Shares except in compliance with the foregoing restrictions and to the addition of a legend to such Holder’s Lock-up Shares describing the foregoing restrictions.

 

(d) For the avoidance of doubt, each Holder shall retain all of its rights as a shareholder of PubCo with respect to the Lock-up Shares during the Lock-up Period, including the right to vote any Lock-up Shares (subject to the other provisions hereof) and any dividends or other distributions declared on the Lock-up Shares.

 

(e) During the Lock-Up Period each certificate evidencing any Restricted Securities shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form, in addition to any other applicable legends:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN A LOCK-UP AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF OCTOBER 24, 2022, BY AND AMONG CRITICAL METALS CORP., VO SPONSOR, LLC AND EUROPEAN LITHIUM LIMITED, AS AMENDED. A COPY OF SUCH LOCK-UP AGREEMENT WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE ISSUER TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.”

 

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Article III

Effectiveness

 

Section 3.01 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective on the Closing Date. This Agreement and the obligations of each Party hereunder shall automatically terminate ab initio upon the termination of the Merger Agreement.

 

Article IV

Miscellaneous

 

Section 4.01 Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Further Assurances. The Parties shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take such additional actions as the Parties reasonably may deem to be practical and necessary in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(b) Notices. Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and either delivered personally, emailed or sent by overnight mail via a reputable overnight carrier, and shall be deemed to be given and received (i) when so delivered personally, (ii) when sent, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, if sent by email, or (iii) the next day when sent by overnight carrier to the address below or to such other address or addresses as such person may hereafter designate by notice given hereunder:

 

(i) If to the Sponsor:

 

VO Sponsor, LLC

4201 Georgia Ave NW

Washington DC 20011

Attn: c/o Sizzle Acquisition Corp.

4201 Georgia Ave NW, Washington DC 20011

E-mail: ssalis@salisholdings.com

 

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

 

White & Case LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Attn: James Hu and Oliver Wright

E-mail: james.hu@whitecase.com, oliver.wright@whitecase.com

 

(ii) If to EUR:

 

European Lithium Ltd.

32 Harrogate Street

West Leederville, Western Australia, 6007

Attention: Tony Sage

Email: TonyS@cyclonemetals.com

 

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Steinepreis Paganin

Level 4, The Read Buildings, 16 Milligan Street

Perth, WA 6000, Australia

Attention: Mark Foster; Nicholas Barclay

Email: MFoster@steinpag.com.au; NBarclay@steinpag.com.au

 

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(iii) If to PubCo:

 

c/o European Lithium Ltd.

32 Harrogate Street

West Leederville, Western Australia, 6007

Attention: Tony Sage

Email: TonyS@cyclonemetals.com

 

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

White & Case LLC

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Attention: James Hu; Oliver Wright

Email: james.hu@whitecase.com; oliver.wright@whitecase.com

 

And

 

White & Case LLP

609 Main Street, Suite 2900

Houston, TX 77002

Attention: Jason Rocha

Email: Jason.rocha@whitecase.com

 

(c) Rules of Construction. Each of the Parties agrees that it has been represented by independent counsel of its choice during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and each Party and its counsel cooperated in the drafting and preparation of this Agreement and the documents referred to herein and, therefore, waive the application of any law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the Party drafting such agreement or document. The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereinafter,” “hereunder,” and “hereto” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or subsection of this Agreement and reference to a particular section of this Agreement will include all subsections thereof, unless, in each case, the context otherwise requires. The definitions of the terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context shall require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. Unless otherwise indicated the words “include,” “includes” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” References to Sections and Exhibits are to sections of, and exhibits to, this Agreement. The Exhibits form part of this Agreement. Any reference to “writing” or “written” means any method of reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form. References to a “company” include any company, corporation or other body corporate wherever and however incorporated or established. The table of contents and headings are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the construction of this Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular include the plural and vice versa and a reference to any gender includes all other genders. References to any statute or statutory provision include a reference to that statute or statutory provision as amended, consolidated or replaced from time to time (whether before or after the date of this Agreement) and include any subordinate legislation made under the relevant statute or statutory provision.

 

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(d) Third Party Rights. This Agreement is made for the benefit of the Parties and the Permitted Transferees (and their respective successors and permitted assigns) and is not intended to confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies.

 

(e) Severance and Validity. If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, it shall be deemed to be severed from this Agreement. The remaining provisions will remain in full force in that jurisdiction and all provisions will continue in full force in any other jurisdiction.

 

(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts and shall be effective when each Party has executed and delivered a counterpart. Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this Agreement, but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

(g) Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Merger Agreement constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings, agreements and representations by or among the Parties to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof.

 

(h) Modifications and Amendments. This Agreement may not be amended, modified, supplemented or waived (i) except by an instrument in writing, signed by the Party against whom enforcement of such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver is sought and (ii) without the prior written consent of PubCo, the Sponsor and EUR.

 

(i) Assignment. Except for transfers permitted by Article II, neither this Agreement nor any rights, interests or obligations that may accrue to the Parties may be transferred or assigned without the prior written consent of each of the other Parties. Any such assignment without such consent shall be null and void. This Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

(j) No Waiver of Rights, Powers and Remedies. No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Agreement, and no course of dealing between the parties hereto, shall operate as a waiver of any such right, power or remedy of such Party. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy under this Agreement by a Party, nor any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce any such right, power or remedy, shall preclude such Party from any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. The election of any remedy by a Party shall not constitute a waiver of the right of such Party to pursue other available remedies. No notice to or demand on a Party not expressly required under this Agreement shall entitle the Party receiving such notice or demand to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the Party giving such notice or demand to any other or further action in any circumstances without such notice or demand.

 

(k) Remedies.

 

(i) The Parties agree that irreparable damage may occur if this Agreement was not performed and that money damages or other legal remedies may not be an adequate remedy for any such damage. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to seek equitable relief, including in the form of an injunction or injunctions, to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, without proof of actual damages or the inadequacy of monetary damages as a remedy, in an appropriate court of competent jurisdiction as set forth in Section 4.01(n) this being in addition to any other remedy to which any Party is entitled at law or in equity, including money damages. The Parties further agree (i) to waive any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such equitable remedy, (ii) not to assert that a remedy of specific enforcement pursuant to this Section 4.01(k) is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to applicable law or inequitable for any reason, and (iii) to waive any defenses in any action for specific performance, including the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

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(ii) The Parties acknowledge and agree that this Section 4.01(k) is an integral part of the transactions contemplated hereby and without that right, the Parties would not have entered into this Agreement.

 

(iii) In any dispute arising out of or related to this Agreement, or any other agreement, document, instrument or certificate contemplated hereby, or any transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the applicable adjudicating body shall award to the prevailing Party, if any, the costs and attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred by the prevailing Party in connection with the dispute and the enforcement of its rights under this Agreement or any other agreement, document, instrument or certificate contemplated hereby and, if the adjudicating body determines a Party to be the prevailing Party under circumstances where the prevailing Party won on some but not all of the claims and counterclaims, the adjudicating body may award the prevailing Party an appropriate percentage of the costs and attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred by the prevailing Party in connection with the adjudication and the enforcement of its rights under this Agreement or any other agreement, document, instrument or certificate contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(l) No Ownership Interest. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to vest in PubCo any direct or indirect ownership or incidence of ownership of or with respect to any Covered Shares.

 

(m) No Partnership, Agency or Joint Venture. This Agreement is intended to create a contractual relationship between the Sponsor, PubCo and EUR, and is not intended to create, and does not create, any agency, partnership, joint venture or any like relationship between or among the Parties.

 

(n) Governing Law and Jurisdiction. Each of the Parties irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware, or if such court declines jurisdiction, then to any federal court located in Wilmington, Delaware and, in either case, any appellate court therefrom in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this Agreement, agrees that process may be served upon them in any manner authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware for such Person and waives and covenants not to assert or plead any objection which they might otherwise have to such manner of service of process. Each Party and any Person asserting rights as a third-party beneficiary may do so only if he, she or it hereby waives, and shall not assert as a defense in any legal dispute, that: (i) such Person is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any reason; (ii) such Legal Proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in such court; (iii) such Person’s property is exempt or immune from execution; (iv) such Legal Proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum; or (v) the venue of such Legal Proceeding is improper. Each Party and any Person asserting rights as a third-party beneficiary hereby agrees not to commence or prosecute any such action, claim, cause of action or suit other than before one of the above-named courts, nor to make any motion or take any other action seeking or intending to cause the transfer or removal of any such action, claim, cause of action or suit to any court other than one of the above-named courts, whether on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise. Each Party hereby consents to service of process in any such proceeding in any manner permitted by Delaware law, and further consents to service of process by nationally recognized overnight courier service guaranteeing overnight delivery, or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at its address specified pursuant to Section 4.01(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 4.01(n), any Party may commence any action, claim, cause of action or suit in a court other than the above-named courts solely for the purpose of enforcing an order or judgment issued by one of the above-named courts.

 

(o) No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or otherwise, but without limiting any provision in the Merger Agreement or any other transaction document, this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claims or causes of action that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, may only be made against the entities and Persons that are expressly identified as parties to this Agreement in their capacities as such and no former, current or future shareholders, equity holders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, general or limited partners, members, managers, agents or affiliates of any Party, or any former, current or future direct or indirect shareholder, equity holder, controlling person, director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager, agent or affiliate of any of the foregoing (each, a “Non-Recourse Party”) shall have any liability for any obligations or liabilities of the Parties or for any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the transactions contemplated hereby or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith. Without limiting the rights of any Party against the other Parties, in no event shall any Party or any of its affiliates seek to enforce this Agreement against, make any claims for breach of this Agreement against, or seek to recover monetary damages from, any Non-Recourse Party.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed or caused this Lock-up Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date first set forth above.

 

SPONSOR:  
     
VO Sponsor, LLC  
     
By: /s/ Steve Salis  
Name:  Steve Salis  
Title: Managing Member  

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed or caused this Lock-up Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.

 

EUR:

 

EXECUTED by EUROPEAN LITHIUM LIMITED (ACN 141 450 624) in accordance with the requirements of section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by:

 

By: /s/ Tony Sage  
Name:  Tony Sage  
Title: Executive Chairman  

 

By: /s/ Melissa Chapman  
Name:  Melissa Chapman  
Title: Company Secretary  

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed or caused this Lock-up Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.

 

PUBCO:  
   
Critical Metals Corp.  
   
By: /s/ Michael John Hanson  
Name:  Michael John Hanson  
Title: Authorized Person  

 

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

Exhibit A – Final Form

 

Dated [●], 2022

 

Investors Agreement

 

by and between

 

European Lithium Limited

as EUR

 

and

 

Critical Metals Corp.

as PubCo

 

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents 

 

  Page
Article I Introductory Matters 1
Section 1.01 Defined Terms 1
     
Article II Nominating Directors 2
Section 2.01 Nomination of EUR Directors 2
     
Article III Representation and Warranties 3
Section 3.01 Representations, Warranties and Agreements of Holders 3
Section 3.02 Representations, Warranties and Agreements of PubCo 5
     
Article IV ACCESS TO INFORMATION 5
Section 4.01 Access to Information. 5
Section 4.02  Other Information 6
Section 4.03 Confidentiality 6
     
Article V Termination 6
Section 5.01 Termination 6
     
Article VI Miscellaneous 6
Section 6.01 Miscellaneous 6

 

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INVESTORS AGREEMENT

 

This Investors Agreement (this “Agreement”) is entered into this [___], 2022, by and between European Lithium Limited, an Australian Public Company limited by shares (“EUR”), and Critical Metals Corp., a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“PubCo”). EUR and PubCo and their respective successors and permitted assigns are sometimes collectively referred to herein as the “Parties”, and each of them is sometimes individually referred to herein as a “Party”. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement (as defined below).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Sizzle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”), European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EUR (the “Company”), EUR, PubCo and Project Wolf Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”), entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 24, 2022 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Merger Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law, Merger Sub merged with and into SPAC (the “Merger”), with SPAC continuing as the surviving company after the Merger, as a result of which SPAC became a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo. As a result of the Merger, (a) each previously issued and outstanding SPAC Class A Share (other than any Excluded SPAC Shares) is no longer outstanding and has been automatically converted into the right of the holder thereof to receive one (1) PubCo Share and (b) each previously outstanding whole SPAC Warrant has been assumed by PubCo and will be exercisable, in accordance with the terms of the Assumed Warrant Agreement, for one (1) PubCo Share. Further, immediately before the Effective Time, EUR sold and transferred all issued Company Ordinary Shares to PubCo, in consideration for the Closing Share Consideration and the Earnout Consideration (subject, in the case of the Earnout Consideration, to the satisfaction of the relevant conditions in Section 3.2 of the Merger Agreement), as a result of which the Company became a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo;

 

WHEREAS, as of immediately after the Effective Time, EUR will be the holder of record and beneficial owner (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act), with the sole power to dispose of (or sole power to cause the disposition of) and the sole power to vote (or sole power to direct the voting of) the number of PubCo Shares as specified on the signature page of EUR; and

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, herein contained, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

Article I

Introductory Matters

 

Section 1.01 Defined Terms. In addition to the terms defined elsewhere herein or defined under the Merger Agreement, the following terms have the following meanings when used herein with initial capital letters:

 

Covered Shares” means all the PubCo Shares owned by a Holder from time to time, including any PubCo Shares issued as part of bonus share issuances and distributions and any securities into which or for which any or all of the Covered Shares may be changed or exchanged or which are received in any recapitalization, share exchange, share conversion or similar transactions.

 

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Holder” shall refer to EUR or any other Person who becomes a party to this Agreement from time to time, and collectively they shall be referred to as “Holders”.

 

Article II

Nominating Directors

 

Section 2.01 Nomination of EUR Directors.

 

(a) For as long as EUR beneficially owns (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) (i) at least fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of PubCo’s then issued and outstanding equity interests, EUR shall be entitled to nominate and appoint from time to time the lower of (a) a majority of all members of the PubCo Board, and (b) four (4) members of the PubCo Board, with at least two (2) such board members satisfying the independence requirements of PubCo’s principal stock exchange and be eligible to serve on an audit committee, but no such board member being required to satisfy the diversity requirements of PubCo’s principal stock exchange, (ii) at least twenty-five percent (25%) but less than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of PubCo’s then issued and outstanding equity interests, EUR shall be entitled to nominate and appoint two (2) members of the PubCo Board from time to time, with no such board member being required to satisfy the independence or diversity requirements of PubCo’s principal stock exchange or be eligible to serve on an audit committee, and (iii) at least fifteen percent (15%) but less than twenty-five percent (25%) of the total voting power of PubCo’s then issued and outstanding equity interests, EUR shall be entitled to nominate and appoint one (1) member of the PubCo Board from time to time, with such board member not being required to satisfy the independence or diversity requirements of PubCo’s principal stock exchange or be eligible to serve on an audit committee (each such PubCo Board member, a “EUR Director”).

 

(b) EUR’s right to appoint the applicable EUR Director(s) shall terminate, without notice or action and without reinstatement, at any time EUR ceases to beneficially own (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) PubCo Shares representing at least the minimum percentage set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) of the preceding sentence, as applicable, of the total voting power of PubCo’s then issued and outstanding equity interests (a “EUR Director Removal Event”).

 

(c) For as long as EUR is entitled to appoint EUR Director(s) pursuant to Section 2.01(a), PubCo shall take all corporate actions within its powers to appoint or elect such EUR appointee(s) to the PubCo Board to the extent the exercise of such powers is necessary or desirable. Where EUR is entitled to nominate and/or appoint any person pursuant to this Section 2.01, EUR shall be entitled to require, by notice in writing to PubCo, the removal and/or replacement (in accordance with this Section 2.01) of any such person.

 

(d) For as long as EUR beneficially owns (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) at least fifteen percent (15%) of the total voting power of PubCo’s then issued and outstanding equity interests, the EUR Director(s) shall be entitled to elect a Chairperson of the PubCo Board (the “Chairperson”).

 

(e) If, as a result of death, disability, retirement, resignation, removal (with or without cause) or otherwise, there shall exist or occur any vacancy on the PubCo Board with respect to any EUR Director, and EUR remains entitled at such time to appoint the EUR Director pursuant to Section 2.01(a), (i) EUR shall be entitled to appoint another individual (the “EUR Director Replacement Nominee”) to fill such vacancy and serve as a EUR Director and (ii) PubCo shall take all corporate actions within its powers to appoint or elect such EUR Director Replacement Nominee to the PubCo Board to the extent the exercise of such powers is necessary or desirable.

 

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(f) If, at any time, any EUR Director fails to satisfy the independence criteria set forth in Section 2.01(a), as applicable to such EUR Director, EUR shall immediately cause such EUR Director to offer to resign from the PubCo Board or EUR shall exercise any powers it has to remove such EUR Director and, upon acceptance of such offer of resignation by the PubCo Board or removal from the PubCo Board (as applicable), such PubCo Board seat shall remain vacant until otherwise filled by EUR pursuant to Section 2.01(d).

 

(g) If EUR is, at that time, entitled to, but fails to, designate a successor EUR Director prior to the expiration of the current term of any then-serving EUR Director, EUR Director previously designated by EUR and then serving shall be reelected, unless EUR has expressly declined to re-appoint such individual or such individual has been removed by EUR or is unwilling or otherwise unable to serve, in which case such PubCo Board seat shall remain vacant until otherwise filled by EUR pursuant to Section 2.01(d).

 

(h) Notwithstanding anything in this Section 2.01 to the contrary, upon the occurrence of a EUR Director Removal Event, EUR shall immediately cause the applicable EUR Director(s) to offer to resign from the PubCo Board or EUR shall exercise any powers it has to remove such EUR Director and, upon acceptance of such offer of resignation by the PubCo Board, such PubCo Board seat shall be subject to the election of all shareholders of PubCo in accordance with the Organizational Documents of PubCo (which successor individual must satisfy the independence criteria set forth in Section 2.01(a), if applicable).

 

Article III

Representation and Warranties

 

Section 3.01 Representations, Warranties and Agreements of Holders. Each of the Holders hereby severally represent and warrant and acknowledge and agree with PubCo as follows:

 

(a) Such Holder, if not an individual, is duly formed or incorporated and is validly existing in good standing (if and to the extent applicable) under the legal requirements of its jurisdiction of incorporation or formation, with power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. Such Holder, if an individual, has full capacity to enter into this Agreement.

 

(b) This Agreement has been duly authorized, validly executed and delivered by such Holder. This Agreement is enforceable against such Holder in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other legal requirements relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

(c) The execution, delivery and performance by such Holder of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein do not and will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the creation or imposition of any Lien, charge or encumbrance upon Covered Shares or any other property or assets of such Holder or any of its subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, lease, license or other agreement or instrument to which such Holder or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which such Holder or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which such Holders’ Covered Shares or any other property or assets of such Holder or any of its subsidiaries is subject, which would reasonably be expected to impair the ability of such Holder to enter into or timely perform its obligations under this Agreement, (ii) if such Holder is not an individual, result in any violation of the provisions of the Organizational Documents of such Holder or any of its subsidiaries, (iii) require any consent or approval that has not been given or other action that has not been taken by any third party (including under any Contract binding upon such Holder), in each case, to the extent such consent, approval or other action would prevent, enjoin or materially delay the performance by such Holder of its, his or her obligations under this Agreement or (iv) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over such Holder or any of its subsidiaries or any of its respective properties that would reasonably be expected to impair the legal authority of such Holder to enter into and timely perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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(d) As of the date hereof, such Holder has beneficial ownership (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) over the Covered Shares. As of the date hereof, such Holder is the lawful owner of the Covered Shares and has the sole power to vote (or sole power to direct the voting of) such Covered Shares. Such Holder has good and valid title to the Covered Shares, free and clear of any and all Liens other than those created or permitted by this Agreement, the Organizational Documents of PubCo, or those imposed by federal and state securities laws. Except for the Covered Shares, as of the date of this Agreement, no Holder is a beneficial owner (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) or record holder of any (i) equity securities of PubCo, (ii) securities of PubCo having the right to vote on any matters on which the holders of equity securities of PubCo may vote or which are convertible into or exchangeable for, at any time, equity securities of PubCo, or (iii) options or other rights to acquire from PubCo any equity securities or securities convertible into or exchangeable for equity securities of PubCo except as contemplated by the Merger Agreement or any other transaction document.

 

(e) Such Holder acknowledges and represents that such Holder is a sophisticated shareholder and has (i) conducted his, her or its own independent review and analysis of, and, based thereon, has formed an independent judgment concerning, the business, assets, condition, operations and prospects of PubCo, (ii) had the opportunity to read the Merger Agreement and this Agreement and has had the opportunity to consult with its, his or her tax and legal advisor, and (iii) received such information as such Holder deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the Covered Shares and to enter into this Agreement, including with respect to PubCo and the transactions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, such Holder has not relied on any statements or other information provided by PubCo in making its decision to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. Such Holder further acknowledges that that there have been no representations, warranties, covenants or agreements made to such Holder by PubCo or any of its respective officers or directors, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements expressly set forth in this Agreement or other Contracts to which such Holder and PubCo are parties. Such Holder acknowledges that the agreements contained herein with respect to the Covered Shares held by such Holder are irrevocable.

 

(f) Such Holder understands and acknowledges that PubCo is entering into the Merger Agreement in reliance upon the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Holders.

 

(g) Such Holder has not (i) entered into any voting agreement or voting trust with respect to Covered Shares inconsistent with the such Holder’s obligations pursuant to this Agreement, (ii) granted a proxy, a consent or power of attorney with respect to the Covered Shares and (iii) entered into any agreement or taken any action that would make any representation or warranty of such Holder contained herein untrue or incorrect or have the effect of preventing such Holder from performing any of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(h) There is no Legal Proceeding pending against such Holder or, to the knowledge of such Holder, threatened against such Holder, before or, in the case of threatened Legal Proceedings, that would be before, any arbitrator or Governmental Entity, which in any manner challenges the beneficial ownership (as such term is defined in Rule 13d-3 promulgated under the Exchange Act) or record ownership of any Covered Shares, the validity of this Agreement or the performance by such Holder of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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Section 3.02 Representations, Warranties and Agreements of PubCo. PubCo hereby represents and warrants to Holders and acknowledges and agrees with the Holders as follows:

 

(a) PubCo is duly incorporated and validly existing under the legal requirements of its jurisdiction of formation, with corporate power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(b) This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by PubCo and is enforceable against PubCo in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other legal requirements relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally and (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

(c) The execution, delivery and performance by PubCo of this Agreement (including compliance by PubCo with all of the provisions hereof) and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under, any of the terms of any material contract, or other agreements or instrument to which PubCo is a party or by which PubCo or any of its assets may be bound, (ii) result in any violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of PubCo, or (iii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over PubCo or any of its properties that would reasonably be expected to impair PubCo’s ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Article IV

ACCESS TO INFORMATION

 

Section 4.01 Access to Information.

 

(a) For so long as EUR holds at least ten percent (10%) of the PubCo Shares then issued and outstanding (the “EUR Requisite Ownership”), PubCo shall permit representatives designated by the members of EUR, at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice, to (i) visit and inspect any of the properties of PubCo and its Subsidiaries, (ii) examine the corporate and financial records of PubCo and its Subsidiaries and make copies thereof or extracts therefrom, and (iii) discuss the affairs, finances and accounts of any such Persons with the directors, officers, key employees and independent accountants of PubCo and its Subsidiaries.

 

(b) For so long as EUR holds EUR Requisite Ownership, PubCo shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, provide EUR, in addition to other information that might be reasonably requested by written inquiry by EUR from time to time (i) to the extent otherwise prepared by PubCo, operating and capital expenditure budgets and periodic information packages relating to the operations and cash flows of PubCo and its Subsidiaries, and (ii) access to the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or other executive officer of PubCo from time to time at reasonable times and upon reasonable notice to discuss PubCo’s annual business plan and operating budget.

 

(c) For so long as EUR holds EUR Requisite Ownership, each of EUR and PubCo, upon the reasonable request of the other Party, shall make available to the requesting Party all information, records and documents in its possession that may be relevant to any Tax Return, audit, examination, proceeding or determination with respect to Taxes of PubCo or any of its Subsidiaries, or EUR, as the case may be.

 

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Section 4.02 Other Information. For so long as EUR holds EUR Requisite Ownership, PubCo shall promptly provide EUR with such information as reasonably required or requested by EUR in connection with any debt or equity financing or refinancing transactions to be effected by EUR or for purposes of its compliance with Applicable Laws or stock exchange regulations, including the listing rules of the ASX.

 

Section 4.03 Confidentiality. The EUR shall not disclose any confidential non-public information provided to EUR, or to any EUR Director, in each case, pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, EUR shall be permitted to disclose such information to its directors, officers or employees, and any EUR Director shall be permitted to disclose any such information to its respective attorneys, accountants, consultants, advisors and other representatives, if such Persons are bound by an obligation to maintain confidentiality with respect to such information. In addition, EUR shall be permitted to disclose any confidential non-public information to any Person (a) to the extent required (i) to comply with Applicable Laws or stock exchange regulations (including the listing rules of the ASX), including in connection with the filing of financial or other reports required to be filed with any Governmental Entity or stock exchange, or (ii) by any subpoena, investigative demand, audit or similar process of any Governmental Entity, (b) in connection with any financing or capital raising transaction by EUR, subject to the execution of one or more customary confidentiality agreements with potential lenders or initial purchasers, or (c) subject to the execution of one or more customary confidentiality agreements, in connection with any transaction involving the direct or indirect sale or other disposition by EUR of PubCo Shares.

 

Article V

Termination

 

Section 5.01 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the Parties shall terminate without any further liability (i) with respect to EUR, when EUR no longer holds any PubCo Shares and (ii) with respect to all Parties, upon the mutual written agreement of each of the Parties to terminate this Agreement (the earliest such date under clause (i) and (ii) being referred to herein as the “Termination Date”); provided that nothing herein will relieve any Party from liability for any breach hereof prior to the time of termination, and each Party will be entitled to any remedies at law or in equity to recover losses, liabilities or damages arising from such breach. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the provisions of this Section 5.01 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.

 

Article VI

Miscellaneous

 

Section 6.01 Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Further Assurances. The Parties shall execute and deliver such additional documents and take such additional actions as the Parties reasonably may deem to be practical and necessary in order to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

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(b) Notices. Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and either delivered personally, emailed or sent by overnight mail via a reputable overnight carrier, and shall be deemed to be given and received (i) when so delivered personally, (ii) when sent, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, if sent by email, or (iii) the next day when sent by overnight carrier to the address below or to such other address or addresses as such person may hereafter designate by notice given hereunder:

 

  (i) If to EUR:
     
    European Lithium Ltd.
    32 Harrogate Street
    West Leederville, Western Australia, 6007
    Attention: Tony Sage
    Email: TonyS@cyclonemetals.com
       
    with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
       
    Steinepreis Paganin
    Level 4, The Read Buildings, 16 Milligan Street
    Perth, WA 6000, Australia
    Attention: Mark Foster; Nicholas Barclay
    Email: MFoster@steinpag.com.au; NBarclay@steinpag.com.au
       
  (ii) If to PubCo:
     
    c/o European Lithium Ltd.
    32 Harrogate Street
    West Leederville, Western Australia, 6007
    Attention: Tony Sage
    Email: TonyS@cyclonemetals.com
       
    And
     
    Critical Metals Corp.
    c/o Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited
    Kingston Chambers
    PO Box 173
    Road Town
    Tortola
    British Virgin Islands
     
    with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:
     
    White & Case LLC
    1221 Avenue of the Americas
    New York, New York 10020
    Attention: James Hu; Oliver Wright
    Email: james.hu@whitecase.com; oliver.wright@whitecase.com
     
    And
     
    White & Case LLP
    609 Main Street, Suite 2900
    Houston, TX 77002
    Attention: Jason Rocha
    Email: Jason.rocha@whitecase.com

 

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(c) Rules of Construction. Each of the Parties agrees that it has been represented by independent counsel of its choice during the negotiation and execution of this Agreement and each Party and its counsel cooperated in the drafting and preparation of this Agreement and the documents referred to herein and, therefore, waive the application of any law, regulation, holding or rule of construction providing that ambiguities in an agreement or other document will be construed against the Party drafting such agreement or document. The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereinafter,” “hereunder,” and “hereto” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular section or subsection of this Agreement and reference to a particular section of this Agreement will include all subsections thereof, unless, in each case, the context otherwise requires. The definitions of the terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context shall require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. Unless otherwise indicated the words “include,” “includes” and “including” when used herein shall be deemed in each case to be followed by the words “without limitation.” References to Sections and Exhibits are to sections of, and exhibits to, this Agreement. The Exhibits form part of this Agreement. Any reference to “writing” or “written” means any method of reproducing words in a legible and non-transitory form. References to a “company” include any company, corporation or other body corporate wherever and however incorporated or established. The table of contents and headings are inserted for convenience only and do not affect the construction of this Agreement. Unless the context otherwise requires, words in the singular include the plural and vice versa and a reference to any gender includes all other genders. References to any statute or statutory provision include a reference to that statute or statutory provision as amended, consolidated or replaced from time to time (whether before or after the date of this Agreement) and include any subordinate legislation made under the relevant statute or statutory provision.

 

(d) Third Party Rights. This Agreement is made for the benefit of the Parties (and their respective successors and permitted assigns) and is not intended to confer upon any other Person any rights or remedies.

 

(e) Severance and Validity. If any provision of this Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law of any jurisdiction, it shall be deemed to be severed from this Agreement. The remaining provisions will remain in full force in that jurisdiction and all provisions will continue in full force in any other jurisdiction.

 

(f) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts and shall be effective when each Party has executed and delivered a counterpart. Each counterpart shall constitute an original of this Agreement, but all the counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

(g) Entire Agreement. This Agreement and the Merger Agreement constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings, agreements and representations by or among the Parties to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof.

 

(h) Modifications and Amendments. This Agreement may not be amended, modified, supplemented or waived (i) except by an instrument in writing, signed by the Party against whom enforcement of such amendment, modification, supplement or waiver is sought and (ii) without the prior written consent of PubCo and EUR.

 

(i) Assignment. Neither this Agreement nor any rights, interests or obligations that may accrue to the Parties may be transferred or assigned without the prior written consent of each of the other Parties. Any such assignment without such consent shall be null and void. This Agreement shall be binding upon, inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

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(j) No Waiver of Rights, Powers and Remedies. No failure or delay by a Party in exercising any right, power or remedy under this Agreement, and no course of dealing between the parties hereto, shall operate as a waiver of any such right, power or remedy of such Party. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or remedy under this Agreement by a Party, nor any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce any such right, power or remedy, shall preclude such Party from any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy hereunder. The election of any remedy by a Party shall not constitute a waiver of the right of such Party to pursue other available remedies. No notice to or demand on a Party not expressly required under this Agreement shall entitle the Party receiving such notice or demand to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the Party giving such notice or demand to any other or further action in any circumstances without such notice or demand.

 

(k) Remedies.

 

(i) The Parties agree that irreparable damage would occur if this Agreement was not performed and that money damages or other legal remedies would not be an adequate remedy for any such damage. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to equitable relief, including in the form of an injunction or injunctions, to prevent breaches or threatened breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement, without proof of actual damages or the inadequacy of monetary damages as a remedy, in an appropriate court of competent jurisdiction as set forth in Section 6.01(n) this being in addition to any other remedy to which any Party is entitled at law or in equity, including money damages. The Parties further agree (i) to waive any requirement for the security or posting of any bond in connection with any such equitable remedy, (ii) not to assert that a remedy of specific enforcement pursuant to this Section 6.01(k) is unenforceable, invalid, contrary to applicable law or inequitable for any reason, and (iii) to waive any defenses in any action for specific performance, including the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

 

(ii) The Parties acknowledge and agree that this Section 6.01(k) is an integral part of the transactions contemplated hereby and without that right, the Parties would not have entered into this Agreement.

 

(iii) In any dispute arising out of or related to this Agreement, or any other agreement, document, instrument or certificate contemplated hereby, or any transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the applicable adjudicating body shall award to the prevailing Party, if any, the costs and attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred by the prevailing Party in connection with the dispute and the enforcement of its rights under this Agreement or any other agreement, document, instrument or certificate contemplated hereby and, if the adjudicating body determines a Party to be the prevailing Party under circumstances where the prevailing Party won on some but not all of the claims and counterclaims, the adjudicating body may award the prevailing Party an appropriate percentage of the costs and attorneys’ fees reasonably incurred by the prevailing Party in connection with the adjudication and the enforcement of its rights under this Agreement or any other agreement, document, instrument or certificate contemplated hereby or thereby.

 

(l) No Ownership Interest. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed to vest in PubCo any direct or indirect ownership or incidence of ownership of or with respect to any Covered Shares.

 

(m) No Partnership, Agency or Joint Venture. This Agreement is intended to create a contractual relationship between PubCo and EUR, and is not intended to create, and does not create, any agency, partnership, joint venture or any like relationship between or among the Parties.

 

(n) Governing Law and Jurisdiction. Each of the Parties irrevocably consents to the exclusive jurisdiction and venue of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware, or if such court declines jurisdiction, then to any federal court located in Wilmington, Delaware and, in either case, any appellate court therefrom in connection with any matter based upon or arising out of this Agreement, agrees that process may be served upon them in any manner authorized by the laws of the State of Delaware for such Person and waives and covenants not to assert or plead any objection which they might otherwise have to such manner of service of process. Each Party and any Person asserting rights as a third-party beneficiary may do so only if he, she or it hereby waives, and shall not assert as a defense in any legal dispute, that: (i) such Person is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any reason; (ii) such Legal Proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in such court; (iii) such Person’s property is exempt or immune from execution; (iv) such Legal Proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum; or (v) the venue of such Legal Proceeding is improper. Each Party and any Person asserting rights as a third-party beneficiary hereby agrees not to commence or prosecute any such action, claim, cause of action or suit other than before one of the above-named courts, nor to make any motion or take any other action seeking or intending to cause the transfer or removal of any such action, claim, cause of action or suit to any court other than one of the above-named courts, whether on the grounds of inconvenient forum or otherwise. Each Party hereby consents to service of process in any such proceeding in any manner permitted by Delaware law, and further consents to service of process by nationally recognized overnight courier service guaranteeing overnight delivery, or by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, at its address specified pursuant to Section 6.01(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 6.01(n), any Party may commence any action, claim, cause of action or suit in a court other than the above-named courts solely for the purpose of enforcing an order or judgment issued by one of the above-named courts.

 

(o) No Recourse. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or otherwise, but without limiting any provision in the Merger Agreement or any other transaction document, this Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claims or causes of action that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, may only be made against the entities and Persons that are expressly identified as parties to this Agreement in their capacities as such and no former, current or future shareholders, equity holders, controlling persons, directors, officers, employees, general or limited partners, members, managers, agents or affiliates of any Party, or any former, current or future direct or indirect shareholder, equity holder, controlling person, director, officer, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager, agent or affiliate of any of the foregoing (each, a “Non-Recourse Party”) shall have any liability for any obligations or liabilities of the Parties or for any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) based on, in respect of, or by reason of, the transactions contemplated hereby or in respect of any oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith. Without limiting the rights of any Party against the other Parties, in no event shall any Party or any of its affiliates seek to enforce this Agreement against, make any claims for breach of this Agreement against, or seek to recover monetary damages from, any Non-Recourse Party.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed or caused this Investors Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date first set forth above.

 

EUR

 

EXECUTED by EUROPEAN LITHIUM LIMITED (ACN 141 450 624) in accordance with the requirements of section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by:

 

By:  
Name:  Tony Sage  
Title: Executive Chairman  
     
By:    
Name: Melissa Chapman  
Title: Company Secretary  

 

Number of Covered Shares Immediately After Effective Time: _____

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed or caused this Investor Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.

 

PUBCO

 

Critical Metals Corp.  
     
By:    
Name:   Michael John Hanson  
Title: Authorized Person  

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A
to
Investors Agreement

 

FORM OF JOINDER TO INVESTORS AGREEMENT

 

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Reference is made to the Investors Agreement, dated as of [___], 2022, by and between European Lithium Limited, an Australian Public Company limited by shares, and holder of all of the issued Company Ordinary Shares (“EUR”), and Critical Metals Corp., a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“PubCo”) (as amended from time to time, the “Investors Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Investors Agreement.

 

Each of PubCo and each undersigned holder of shares of PubCo (each, a “New Holder”) agrees that this Joinder to the Investors Agreement (this “Joinder”) is being executed and delivered for good and valuable consideration.

 

Each undersigned New Holder hereby agrees to and does become party to the Investor Agreement as a “Holder”. This Joinder shall serve as a counterpart signature page to the Investors Agreement and by executing below each undersigned New Holder is deemed to have executed the Investors Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named a party thereto.

 

This Joinder may be executed in multiple counterparts, including by means of facsimile or electronic signature, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Joinder as of the date first set forth above.

 

[NEW SHAREHOLDER PARTY]  
   
   
By: [●]                    
Name:  [●]  
Title: [●]  

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

 

Exhibit B – Final Form

 

REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT

 

THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is dated as of [·] (the “Effective Date”), by and among Critical Metals Corp., a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“PubCo”), European Lithium Limited, an Australian Public Company limited by shares (“EUR”), Sizzle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”), VO Sponsor, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), and each of the persons listed under the heading “Holders” on the signature pages attached hereto (together with EUR and the Sponsor, the “Holders,” and each (including EUR and the Sponsor) individually, a “Holder”).

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, certain of the Holders previously entered into that certain Registration Rights Agreement dated as of November 3, 2021 (the “Initial Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Initial Agreement, SPAC granted certain registration rights with respect to, among other things, certain shares of SPAC’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share;

 

WHEREAS, PubCo has entered into that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 24, 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among PubCo, SPAC, EUR, European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EUR (the “Company”), and Project Wolf Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, (i) immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), EUR will transfer its equity securities in the Company to PubCo in exchange for PubCo Shares, and (ii) at the Effective Time (as defined in the Merger Agreement), Merger Sub will merge with and into SPAC (the “Merger”), with SPAC continuing as the surviving company after the Merger, as a result of which SPAC will become a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the closing of the transactions described above and upon entry into this Agreement, the parties to the Initial Agreement desire to terminate the Initial Agreement and all rights and obligations created pursuant thereto will be terminated; and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the foregoing, PubCo and the Holders now desire to execute this Agreement, with effect as of the Effective Date, to replace the Initial Agreement and to set forth the further rights and obligations created hereby.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and agreements hereinafter set forth, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

 

SECTION 1. Definitions

 

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings indicated:

 

Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, another Person. The term “control” and its derivatives with respect to any Person mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

 

 

 

 

Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Block Trade” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).

 

Block Trade Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.3(a).

 

Board” means the board of directors of PubCo.

 

Business Daymeans any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or a legal holiday on which commercial banking institutions in New York, New York and Delaware are authorized to close for business, excluding as a result of “stay at home”, “shelter-in-place”, “non-essential employee” or any other similar orders or restrictions or the closure of any physical branch locations at the direction of any governmental authority so long as the electronic funds transfer systems, including for wire transfers, of commercially banking institutions in New York, New York and Delaware are generally open for use by customers on such day.

 

Company” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

EUR” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 

FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

Form F-1 Shelf” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

Form F-3 Shelf” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).

 

General Disclosure Package” has the meaning set forth in Section ‎7.1(i).

 

Holder” or “Holders” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Immediate Family Member” shall mean each Person that is related by blood or current or former marriage, domestic partnership or adoption (including parents, children, legally adoptive relationships, in-laws and step relations), in each case that is not more remote than a first cousin.

 

Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section ‎7.3.

 

Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section ‎7.3.

 

Initial Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Initiating Holder” has the meaning set forth in Section ‎3.2.

 

Lock-Up Agreement” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.

 

Merger” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

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Merger Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Merger Sub” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.

 

Minimum Amount” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).

 

Opt-Out Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.1.

 

Permitted Transferee” shall mean, (i) with respect to any Person that is not an individual, any Affiliate of such Person, (ii) with respect to any Person that is an investment fund, vehicle or similar entity, (x) any other investment fund, vehicle or similar entity of which such Person or an Affiliate, advisor or manager of such Person serves as the general partner, manager or advisor and (y) any direct or indirect limited partner or investor in such investment fund, vehicle or similar entity or any direct or indirect limited partner or investor in any other investment fund, vehicle or similar entity of which such Person or an Affiliate, advisor or manager of such Person serves as the general partner, manager or advisor and (iii) with respect to any Person who is an individual, (w) by gift to an Immediate Family Member of such individual, (x) any successor by death or pursuant to any qualified domestic relations order, (y) any trust, partnership, limited liability company or similar entity solely for the benefit of such individual or such individual’s spouse or lineal descendants, provided that such individual acts as trustee, general partner or managing member and retains the sole power to direct the voting and disposition of the transferred Registrable Shares or (z) a nominee or custodian of a Person to whom a transfer would be permissible under this clause (iii).

 

Person” shall mean any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture, an association, a joint stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, governmental or political subdivision or agency, or any other entity of whatever nature.

 

Piggyback Registration Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section ‎3.1.

 

PubCo” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Registrable Shares” shall mean, with respect to any Holder, the Shares held by such Holder in PubCo or any successor to PubCo (including Shares acquired on or after the Effective Date or issuable upon the exercise, conversion, exchange or redemption of any other security therefor), excluding any such Shares that (i) have been sold, transferred, exchanged or otherwise disposed of in accordance with a Registration Statement, or have been sold pursuant to Rule 144 (“Rule 144”) or Rule 145 (or any successor provisions) under the Securities Act or in any other transaction in which the recipient does not receive “restricted securities” (as that term is defined for purposes of Rule 144), (ii) have been transferred to a transferee that has not agreed in writing and for the benefit of PubCo to be bound by the terms and conditions of this Agreement, (iii) have ceased to be outstanding or (iv) have ceased to be of a class of securities of PubCo that is listed and traded on a recognized national securities exchange or automated quotation system. Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Holder, such Holder’s Shares shall not constitute Registrable Shares if all of such Holder’s Shares (together with any Shares held by Affiliates of such Holder) are eligible for immediate sale in a single transaction pursuant to Rule 144 (or any successor provision) with no volume or other restrictions or limitations under Rule 144 (or any such successor provision).

 

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Registration Expenses” shall mean all expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, printing and distribution of any Registration Statement and Prospectus and all amendments and supplements thereto, and any and all expenses incident to the performance by PubCo of its registration obligations pursuant to this Agreement, as follows: (i) all registration, qualification and filing fees; (ii) all fees and expenses associated with a required listing of the Registrable Shares on any securities exchange or market; (iii) fees and expenses with respect to filings required to be made with the Nasdaq stock exchange (or such other securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then listed or quoted) or FINRA; (iv) fees and expenses of compliance with securities or “blue sky” laws; (v) fees and expenses related to registration in any non-U.S. jurisdictions, as applicable; (vi) fees and disbursements of counsel for PubCo and fees and expenses for independent certified public accountants retained by PubCo (including the expenses of any comfort letters, costs associated with the delivery by independent certified public accountants of a comfort letter or comfort letters, and expenses of any special audits incident to or required by any such registration); (vii) all internal expenses of PubCo (including all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties); (viii) the fees and expenses of any Person, including special experts, retained by PubCo in connection with the preparation of any Registration Statement; (ix) printer, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses; and (x) the reasonable fees and disbursements of one law firm (as selected by EUR, if participating in such registration or offering, or the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Shares participating in such registration or offering, if EUR is not participating in such registration or offering) not to exceed $30,000 without the consent of PubCo.

 

Registration Statement” and “Prospectus” refer, as applicable, to any registration statement that covers Registrable Shares 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.

 

SEC” shall mean the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder.

 

Shares” means shares of the PubCo’s ordinary shares, par value $0.001 per share.

 

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

 

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

 

Subsequent Shelf Registration” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b).

 

SPAC” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Sponsor” has the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

 

Suspension Event” has the meaning set forth in Section ‎5.1.

 

Takedown Holder” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).

 

Takedown Offer Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d).

 

Takedown Request Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(d).

 

Underwritten Shelf Takedown” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(c).

 

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SECTION 2. REGISTRATIONS AND OFFERINGS

 

2.1 Shelf Registration 

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(a) PubCo shall submit or file within 45 days of the Closing Date (as defined in the Merger Agreement), and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause to be declared effective as soon as practicable thereafter, a Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration on Form F-1 or any similar long-form registration statement that may be available at such time (the “Form F-1 Shelf”) or, if PubCo is eligible to use a Registration Statement on Form F-3, a Shelf Registration on Form F-3 (the “Form F-3 Shelf”), in each case, covering the resale of all the Registrable Shares (determined as of two Business Days prior to such filing) on a delayed or continuous basis. Such Shelf shall provide for the resale of the Registrable Shares included therein pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Holder therein. PubCo shall maintain a Shelf in accordance with the terms hereof, and shall prepare and file with the SEC such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements as may be necessary to keep a Shelf continuously effective, available for use and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Shares. In the event PubCo files a Form F-1 Shelf, PubCo shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to convert the Form F-1 Shelf (and any Subsequent Shelf Registration) to a Form F-3 Shelf as soon as practicable after PubCo is eligible to use Form F-3.

 

(b) If any Shelf ceases to be effective under the Securities Act for any reason at any time while Registrable Shares are still outstanding, PubCo shall, subject to Section 5, 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 suspecting 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 Shelf Registration (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration”) registering the resale of all Registrable Shares (determined as of two Business Days prior to such filing), and pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Holder named therein. If a Subsequent Shelf Registration is filed, PubCo shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause such Subsequent Shelf Registration to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable after the filing thereof (it being agreed that the Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) if PubCo is a well-known seasoned issuer (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) at the most recent applicable eligibility determination date) and (ii) keep such Subsequent Shelf Registration continuously effective, available for use and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Shares. Any such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be on Form F-3 to the extent that PubCo is eligible to use such form. Otherwise, such Subsequent Shelf Registration shall be on another appropriate form.

 

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(c) At any time and from time to time after the effectiveness of a Shelf Registration, any Holder with Registrable Shares included on such Shelf Registration (a “Takedown Holder”) may request to sell all or any portion of its Registrable Shares included thereon in an underwritten offering that is registered pursuant to such Shelf Registration (an ”Underwritten Shelf Takedown”); provided that PubCo shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if such offering shall include Registrable Shares proposed to be sold by the Takedown Holder, either individually or together with other Takedown Holders, with an anticipated aggregate offering price, before deduction of underwriting discounts and commissions, of at least $75 million (the “Minimum Amount”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, PubCo is not obligated to effect (i) more than an aggregate of two Underwritten Shelf Takedowns pursuant to this Section 2.1 in any 12-month period, (ii) more than an aggregate of four Underwritten Shelf Takedowns pursuant to this Section 2.1 in total, or (iii) an Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to this Section 2.1 within 90 days after the closing of any public offering of Shares by PubCo.

 

(d) Any requests for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall be made by giving written notice to PubCo (a “Takedown Request Notice”). The Takedown Request Notice shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Shares to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown. Within five Business Days after receipt of any Takedown Request Notice, PubCo shall give written notice of the requested Underwritten Shelf Takedown (the “Takedown Offer Notice”) to all other Holders and, subject to the provisions of Section ‎2.1(e) hereof, shall include in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown all Registrable Shares with respect to which PubCo has received written requests for inclusion therein within five days after sending the Takedown Offer Notice.

 

(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section ‎2.1, if the underwriter advises PubCo that in the opinion of such underwriter, the distribution of all of the Registrable Shares requested to be sold in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown would materially and adversely affect the distribution of all of the securities to be underwritten, then (i) PubCo shall deliver to the participating Holders a copy of such underwriter’s opinion, which opinion shall be in writing and shall state the reasons for such opinion, and (ii) the number of Registrable Shares that may be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall be allocated (A) first, to the Holders electing to sell their Registrable Shares, on a pro rata basis based on the relative number of Registrable Shares then held by each such Holder; provided that any such amount thereby allocated to each such Holder that exceeds such Holder’s request shall be reallocated among the other Holders in like manner, as applicable; and (B) second, to the other Persons proposing to sell securities in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, if any; provided, however, that the number of Registrable Shares to be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall not be reduced unless all other securities are entirely excluded from such Underwritten Shelf Takedown.

 

(f) Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such underwritten offering, the Takedown Holder shall have the right to withdraw from such offering for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to PubCo of their intention to withdraw from such offering; provided, however, that upon the withdrawal of an amount of Registrable Shares that results in the remaining amount of Registrable Shares to be included in such offering being less than the Minimum Amount, PubCo may cease all efforts to complete the offering and, for the avoidance of doubt, if such efforts are ceased, such offering shall not be counted as an Underwritten Shelf Takedown for the purpose of this Section 2.1.

 

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2.2 Selection of Underwriter. The Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Shares being sold in any Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall have the right to select the underwriter or underwriters to administer such Underwritten Shelf Takedown; provided that such underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to PubCo.

 

2.3 Block Trades.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 2, in the event of a sale of Registrable Shares in an underwritten transaction requiring the involvement of PubCo but not involving any “road show” and which is commonly known as a “block trade” (a “Block Trade”), (1) the Takedown Holder shall (i) give at least five (5) Business Days prior notice in writing (the “Block Trade Notice”) of such transaction to PubCo and (ii) identify the potential underwriter(s) in such notice with contact information for such underwriter(s); and (2) PubCo shall cooperate with such requesting Holder or Holders to the extent it is reasonably able to effect such Block Trade. Any Block Trade shall be for at least $25 million in expected gross proceeds. PubCo shall not be required to effectuate more than two Block Trades in any 12-month period. For the avoidance of doubt, a Block Trade shall not constitute an Underwritten Shelf Takedown. The Holders of at least a majority of the Registrable Shares being sold in any Block Trade shall select the underwriter(s) to administer such Block Trade; provided that such underwriter(s) shall be reasonably acceptable to PubCo.

 

(b) Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used in connection with a Block Trade, the Takedown Holder shall have the right to submit a written notice of withdrawal to PubCo of its intention to withdraw from such Block Trade. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, PubCo shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Block Trade prior to such Takedown Holder’s withdrawal under this Section 2.3(b).

 

2.4 Other Registration Rights. From and after the date of this Agreement, PubCo shall not, without the prior written consent of (i) EUR and (ii) the Holders (other than EUR) that, in the aggregate, hold not less than a majority in interest of the then outstanding Registrable Shares (not including Registrable Shares held by EUR), enter into any agreement with any holder or prospective holder of any securities of PubCo giving such holder or prospective holder any registration rights that are more favorable, taken as a whole, than the registration rights granted to the Holders hereunder or otherwise subordinate the rights granted to the Holders hereunder, in each case unless PubCo shall also give such rights to such Holders.

 

SECTION 3. INCIDENTAL OR “PIGGY-BACK” REGISTRATION.

 

3.1 Piggy-Back Rights. If PubCo proposes to (a) file a registration statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of its Shares, whether to be sold by PubCo or by one or more selling security holders, other than a registration statement (i) on Form S-8 or any successor form to Form S-8 or in connection with any employee or director welfare, benefit or compensation plan, (ii) in connection with an exchange offer or an offering of securities exclusively to existing security holders of PubCo or its subsidiaries, (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into Shares, or (iv) relating to a transaction pursuant to Rule 145 under the Securities Act, or (b) consummate an underwritten offering for its own account or for the account of shareholders of the Company (other than pursuant to the terms of this Agreement), PubCo shall give written notice of the proposed registration to all Holders holding Registrable Shares as soon as practicable (but in the case of filing a registration statement, at least 10 calendar days prior to the filing of such registration statement). Each Holder holding Registrable Shares shall have the right to request that all or any part of its Registrable Shares be included by giving written notice to PubCo within (x) five calendar days in the case of filing a registration statement and (y) two calendar days in the case of an underwritten offering (unless such offering is an overnight or bought underwritten offering, then one calendar day), in each case after receipt of the foregoing notice by PubCo. Subject to the provisions of Sections ‎3.2, ‎3.3 and ‎6.2, PubCo will include all such Registrable Shares requested to be included by the Holders in the Piggyback Registration Statement. For purposes of this Agreement, any registration statement or prospectus of PubCo in which Registrable Shares are included pursuant to this Section ‎3 shall be referred to as a “Piggyback Registration Statement.”

 

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3.2 Withdrawal of Exercise of Rights. If, at any time after giving written notice of its intention to register any securities and, if applicable, prior to the effective date of the Piggyback Registration Statement filed in connection with such registration, PubCo or any other holder of securities that initiated such registration (an “Initiating Holder”) shall determine for any reason not to proceed with the proposed registration, PubCo may at its election (or the election of such Initiating Holder(s), as applicable) give written notice of such determination to the Holders and thereupon shall be relieved of its obligation to register any Registrable Shares in connection with such registration (but not from its obligation to pay the Registration Expenses incurred in connection therewith). Any Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration Statement for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to PubCo and the underwriter or underwriters (if any) of its intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration Statement prior to, as applicable, the effectiveness of the Piggyback Registration Statement or the launch of the underwritten offering with respect to such Piggyback Registration Statement.

 

3.3 Cutback in Connection with Underwritten Offerings. If a registration pursuant to this Section ‎3 involves an underwritten offering and the managing underwriter advises PubCo in writing that, in its opinion, the number of securities which PubCo and the Holders of the Registrable Shares and any other Persons intend to include in such registration exceeds the largest number of securities that can be sold in such offering without having an adverse effect on such offering (including the price at which such securities can be sold), then the number of such securities to be included in such registration shall be reduced to such extent, and PubCo will include in such registration such maximum number of securities as follows:

 

(a) If the registration is undertaken for PubCo’s account, (i) first, all of the securities PubCo proposes to sell for its own account, if any; provided that the registration of such securities was initiated by PubCo with respect to securities intended to be registered for sale for its own account; (ii) second, such number of Registrable Shares requested to be included in such registration by the Holders which, in the opinion of such managing underwriter can be sold without having the adverse effect described above, which number of Registrable Shares shall be allocated pro rata among such Holders on the basis of the relative number of Registrable Shares then held by each such Holder; provided that any such amount thereby allocated to each such Holder that exceeds such Holder’s request shall be reallocated among the other Holders in like manner, as applicable; and (iii) third, the securities any other selling stockholders propose to sell in such registration; or

 

(b) If the registration is pursuant to a request by Persons other than PubCo, (i) first, such number of Registrable Shares requested to be included in such registration by the Holders which, in the opinion of such managing underwriter can be sold without having the adverse effect described above, which number of Registrable Shares shall be allocated pro rata among such Holders on the basis of the relative number of Registrable Shares then held by each such Holder; provided that any such amount thereby allocated to each such Holder that exceeds such Holder’s request shall be reallocated among the other Holders in like manner, as applicable; (ii) second, such number of securities PubCo proposes to sell for its own account; and (iii) third, the securities any other selling stockholders propose to sell in such registration.

 

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3.4 Selection of Underwriter. Except to the extent Section 2.1 applies, Registrable Shares proposed to be registered and sold under this Section ‎3 pursuant to an underwritten offering for the account of the Holders holding Registrable Shares shall be sold to prospective underwriters selected by PubCo; provided that such underwriter or underwriters shall be reasonably acceptable to the Holders participating in such offering, and on the terms and subject to the conditions of one or more underwriting agreements negotiated between PubCo, the Holders participating in such offering and any other holders demanding registration and the prospective underwriters.

 

SECTION 4. opt-out notices

 

4.1 Opt-Out Notices. Any Holder may deliver written notice (an “Opt-Out Notice”) to PubCo requesting that such Holder not receive notice from PubCo of the proposed filing of any Piggyback Registration Statement pursuant to Section ‎3.1, the withdrawal of any Piggyback Registration Statement pursuant to Section 3.2 or any Suspension Event pursuant to Section ‎5.1; provided, however, that such Holder may later revoke any such Opt-Out Notice in writing. Following receipt of an Opt-Out Notice from a Holder (unless subsequently revoked), (i) PubCo shall not deliver any such notice to such Holder pursuant to Section ‎3.1, ‎3.2 or ‎5.1, as applicable, and such Holder shall no longer be entitled to the rights associated with any such notice and (ii) each time prior to a Holder’s intended use of an effective Registration Statement, such Holder will notify PubCo in writing at least two Business Days in advance of such intended use, and if a notice of a Suspension Event was previously delivered (or would have been delivered but for the provisions of this Section 4.1 and the related suspension period remains in effect), PubCo will so notify such Holder, within one Business Day of such Holder’s notification to PubCo, by delivering to such Holder a copy of such previous notice of Suspension Event, and thereafter will provide such Holder with the related notice of the conclusion of such Suspension Event immediately upon its availability.

 

SECTION 5. Suspension of Offering; Restrictions on registration rights

 

5.1 Suspension of Offering. Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2 or ‎3, PubCo shall be entitled to postpone the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, and from time to time to require Holders not to sell under a Registration Statement or to suspend the effectiveness thereof, if the negotiation or consummation of a transaction by PubCo or its subsidiaries is pending or an event has occurred, which negotiation, consummation or event the Board reasonably believes, upon the advice of legal counsel, would require additional disclosure by PubCo in a Registration Statement of material information that PubCo has a bona fide business purpose for keeping confidential and the non-disclosure of which in a Registration Statement would be expected, in the reasonable determination of the Board, upon the advice of legal counsel, to cause the Registration Statement to fail to comply with applicable disclosure requirements (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided, however, that PubCo may not delay or suspend a Registration Statement on more than two occasions or for more than 60 consecutive calendar days in each case during any 12-month period. Upon receipt of any written notice from PubCo of the occurrence of any Suspension Event during the period that a Registration Statement is effective or if as a result of a Suspension Event a Registration Statement or related Prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made (in the case of a Prospectus) not misleading, each Holder agrees that (i) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Registrable Shares under the Registration Statement until the Holder receives copies of a supplemental or amended Prospectus (which PubCo agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by PubCo that it may resume such offers and sales, and (ii) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by PubCo in accordance with Section ‎10.1 unless otherwise required by law or subpoena. If so directed by PubCo, each Holder will deliver to PubCo or, in each such Holder’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the Prospectus covering the Registrable Shares in such Holder’s possession. For the avoidance of doubt, PubCo may in any event delay or suspend the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, and from time to time require Holders not to sell under a Registration Statement or to suspend the effectiveness thereof in the case of an event described under Section 6.1(vi) to enable it to comply with its obligations set forth in Section 6.1(vii).

 

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SECTION 6. Registration Procedures

 

6.1 Obligations of PubCo. When PubCo is required to effect the registration of Registrable Shares under the Securities Act pursuant to this Agreement, PubCo shall:

 

(i) use commercially reasonable efforts to register or qualify the Registrable Shares by the time the applicable Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC under all applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions as any Holder may reasonably request in writing, to keep each such registration or qualification effective during the period such Registration Statement is required to be kept effective pursuant to this Agreement, and to do any and all other similar acts and things which may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the Holders to consummate the disposition of the Registrable Shares owned by the Holders in each such jurisdiction; provided, however, that PubCo shall not be required to (A) qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction or to register as a broker or dealer in such jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify but for this Agreement, (B) take any action that would cause it to become subject to any taxation in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be subject to such taxation or (C) take any action that would subject it to the general service of process in any jurisdiction where it is not then so subject;

 

(ii) prepare and file with the SEC such amendments and supplements as to the Registration Statement and the Prospectus used in connection therewith as may be necessary (A) to keep such Registration Statement effective and (B) to comply with the provisions of the Securities Act with respect to the disposition of the Registrable Shares covered by such Registration Statement, in each case for such time as is contemplated in the applicable provisions above;

 

(iii) promptly furnish, without charge, to the Holders such number of copies of the Registration Statement, each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits), and the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus) in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act, the documents incorporated by reference in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, and such other documents as the Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the public sale or other disposition of the Registrable Shares owned by the Holders;

 

(iv) promptly notify the Holders: (A) when the Registration Statement, any pre-effective amendment, the Prospectus or any prospectus supplement related thereto or post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement has been filed, and, with respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective, (B) of the issuance by the SEC of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation or threat of any proceedings for that purpose, (C) of any delisting or pending delisting of the Shares by any national securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then listed or quoted, and (D) of the receipt by PubCo of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of any Registrable Shares for sale under the securities or “blue sky” laws of any jurisdiction or the initiation of any proceeding for such purpose;

 

(v) use commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement, and, if any such order suspending the effectiveness of a Registration Statement is issued, shall promptly use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of such order at the earliest possible moment;

 

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(vi) until the expiration of the period during which PubCo is required to maintain the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement as set forth in the applicable sections hereof, promptly notify the Holders: (A) of the existence of any fact of which PubCo is aware or the happening of any event that has resulted, or could reasonably be expected to result, in (x) the Registration Statement, as is then in effect, containing an untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make any statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or (y) the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement containing an untrue statement of a material fact or omitting to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make any statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, and (B) of PubCo’s reasonable determination that a post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement would be appropriate or that there exist circumstances not yet disclosed to the public which make further sales under such Registration Statement inadvisable pending such disclosure and post-effective amendment;

 

(vii) if any event or occurrence giving rise to an obligation of PubCo to notify the Holders pursuant to Section ‎6.1(vi) takes place, subject to Section ‎5.1, PubCo shall prepare and, to the extent the exemption from prospectus delivery requirements in Rule 172 under the Securities Act is not available, furnish to the Holders a reasonable number of copies of a supplement or post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document, and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to have such supplement or amendment declared effective, if required, as soon as practicable following the filing thereof, so that (A) such Registration Statement shall not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading and (B) as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Shares being sold thereunder, such Prospectus shall not include an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(viii) use commercially reasonable efforts to cause all such Registrable Shares to be listed or quoted on the national securities exchange or market on which the Shares are then listed or quoted, if the listing or quotation of such Registrable Shares is then permitted under the rules of such national securities exchange or market;

 

(ix) if requested by any Holder participating in an offering of Registrable Shares, as soon as practicable after such request, but in no event later than five calendar days after such request, incorporate in a prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment such information concerning the Holder or the intended method of distribution as the Holder reasonably requests to be included therein and is reasonably necessary to permit the sale of the Registrable Shares pursuant to the Registration Statement, including information with respect to the number of Registrable Shares being sold, the purchase price being paid therefor and any other material terms of the offering of the Registrable Shares to be sold in such offering; provided, however, that PubCo shall not be obligated to include in any such prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment any requested information that is not required by the rules of the SEC and is unreasonable in scope compared with PubCo’s most recent prospectus or prospectus supplement used in connection with a primary or secondary offering of equity securities by PubCo;

 

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(x) in connection with the preparation and filing of any Registration Statement, PubCo will give the Holders offering and selling thereunder and their respective counsels a reasonable amount of time to review and provide comments on such Registration Statement, each Prospectus included therein or filed with the SEC, and each amendment thereof or supplement thereto (other than amendments or supplements that do not make any material change in the information related to PubCo), and give each of them reasonable access to its books and records and such opportunities to discuss the business of PubCo and its subsidiaries with its officers, its counsel and the independent public accountants who have certified its financial statements as shall be necessary, in the opinion of the Holder’s and such underwriters’ respective counsel, to conduct a reasonable due diligence investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act;

 

(xi) provide a transfer agent and registrar, which may be a single entity, and a CUSIP number for the Registrable Shares not later than the effective date of the first Registration Statement filed hereunder;

 

(xii) cooperate with the Holders who hold Registrable Shares being offered to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of certificates for the Registrable Shares to be offered pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement and enable such certificates for the Registrable Shares to be in such denominations or amounts as the case may be, as the Holders may reasonably request, and, within two Business Days after a Registration Statement which includes Registrable Shares is ordered effective by the SEC, PubCo shall deliver, or shall cause legal counsel selected by PubCo to deliver, to the transfer agent for the Registrable Shares (with copies to the Holders whose Registrable Shares are included in such Registration Statement) an appropriate instruction and opinion of such counsel;

 

(xiii) enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form and substance reasonably satisfactory to PubCo, the Holders and the managing underwriter or underwriters of the public offering of Registrable Shares, if the offering is to be underwritten, in whole or in part; provided that the Holders may, at their option, require that any or all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of such underwriters under such underwriting agreement be conditions precedent to the obligations of the Holders. The Holders shall not be required to make any representations or warranties to or agreement with PubCo or the underwriters other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding the Holders and their intended method of distribution and any other representation or warranty required by law. PubCo shall cooperate and participate in the marketing of Registrable Shares, including participating in customary “roadshow” presentations, as the managing underwriters may reasonably request; provided that PubCo shall not be required to participate in any such presentation in connection with an offering of Registrable Shares for anticipated aggregate gross proceeds of less than $100 million; provided further that PubCo and members of its management team will participate in customary investor conference calls related to a contemplated public offering of Registrable Shares (including any Block Trade) reasonably requested by the managing underwriters without regard to the anticipated aggregate gross proceeds of such contemplated offering;

 

(xiv) furnish, at the request of a Holder on the date that any Registrable Shares are to be delivered to the underwriters for sale in connection with a registration pursuant to this Agreement, if such Shares are being sold through underwriters, or, if such Shares are not being sold through underwriters, on the date that the Registration Statement with respect to such Shares becomes effective, (A) an opinion, dated such date, of the counsel representing PubCo for the purposes of such registration, in form and substance as is customarily given to underwriters, if any, to such Holder and (B) a letter dated such date, from the independent certified public accountants of PubCo who have certified PubCo’s financial statements included in such Registration Statement, in form and substance as is customarily given by independent certified public accountants to underwriters in an underwritten public offering, addressed to the underwriters, if any, and to such Holder;

 

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(xv) make available to the Holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least 12 months, but not more than 18 months, beginning with the first month of the first fiscal quarter after the effective date of the applicable Registration Statement, which earnings statement shall satisfy the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act, including Rule 158 promulgated thereunder; provided that such requirement will be deemed to be satisfied if PubCo timely files complete and accurate information on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K under the Exchange Act and otherwise complies with Rule 158 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto; and

 

(xvi) take all other commercially reasonable actions necessary to expedite and facilitate disposition by the Holders of the Registrable Shares pursuant to the applicable Registration Statement.

 

6.2 Obligations of the Holders. In connection with any Registration Statement utilized by PubCo to satisfy the provisions of this Agreement, each Holder agrees to reasonably cooperate with PubCo in connection with the preparation of the Registration Statement, and each Holder agrees that such cooperation shall include (i) responding within five Business Days to any written request by PubCo to provide or verify information regarding the Holder or the Holder’s Registrable Shares (including the proposed manner of sale) that may be required to be included in any such Registration Statement pursuant to the rules and regulations of the SEC, and (ii) providing in a timely manner information regarding the proposed distribution by the Holder of the Registrable Shares and such other information as may be requested by PubCo from time to time in connection with the preparation of and for inclusion in any Registration Statement and related Prospectus.

 

6.3 Participation in Underwritten Registrations. No Holder may participate in any underwritten registration, Underwritten Shelf Takedown or Block Trade hereunder unless such Holder (i) agrees to sell his or its Registrable Shares on the basis provided in the applicable underwriting arrangements (which shall include a customary form of underwriting agreement, which shall provide that the representations and warranties by, and the other agreements on the part of, PubCo to and for the benefit of the underwriters shall also be made to and for the benefit of the participating Holders) and (ii) completes and executes all questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements and other documents in customary form as reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements; provided, however, that, in the case of each of ‎(i) and ‎(ii) above, if the provisions of such underwriting arrangements, or the terms or provisions of such questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, underwriting agreements or other documents, are less favorable in any respect to such Holder than to any other Person or entity that is party to such underwriting arrangements, then PubCo shall use commercially reasonable best efforts to cause the parties to such underwriting arrangements to amend such arrangements so that such Holder receives the benefit of any provisions thereof that are more favorable to any other Person or entity that is party thereto. If any Holder does not approve of the terms of such underwriting arrangements, such Holder may elect to withdraw from such offering by providing written notice to PubCo and the underwriter.

 

6.4 Offers and Sales. All offers and sales by a Holder under any Registration Statement shall be completed within the period during which the Registration Statement is required to remain effective pursuant to the applicable provision above and not the subject of any stop order, injunction or other order of the SEC. Upon expiration of such period, no Holder will offer or sell the Registrable Shares under the Registration Statement. If directed in writing by PubCo, each Holder will return or, in each such Holder’s sole discretion destroy, all undistributed copies of the applicable Prospectus in its possession upon the expiration of such period.

 

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6.5 Lockup. In connection with any underwritten public offering of securities of PubCo, each Holder agrees (a “Lock-Up Agreement”) not to effect any sale or distribution, including any sale pursuant to Rule 144, of any Registrable Shares, and not to effect any sale or distribution of other securities of PubCo or of any securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for any other securities of PubCo (in each case, other than as part of such underwritten public offering), in each case, during the seven calendar days prior to, and during such period as the managing underwriter may require (not to exceed 90 calendar days) (or such other period as may be requested by the managing underwriter to comply with regulatory restrictions on (i) the publication or other distribution of research reports and (ii) analyst recommendations and opinions, including, but not limited to, the restrictions contained in FINRA Rule 2711(f)(4), or any successor provisions or amendments thereto)) beginning on, the closing date of the sale of such securities pursuant to such an effective registration statement, except as part of such registration; provided that all executive officers and directors of PubCo are bound by and have entered into substantially similar Lock-Up Agreements; and provided further that the foregoing provisions shall only be applicable to such Holders if all such Holders, officers and directors are treated similarly with respect to any release prior to the termination of the lock-up period such that if any such Holders, officers and directors are released, then all Holders shall also be released to the same extent on a pro rata basis. In the event that all or any portion of the provisions of this Section ‎6.5 is waived with respect to the Sponsor, such provisions of this Section ‎6.5 shall also be waived with respect to all such Holders. Each Holder agrees to execute a customary Lock-Up Agreement in favor of the underwriters to such effect (in such case on substantially the same terms as all such Holders).

 

SECTION 7. INDEMNIFICATION; CONTRIBUTION

 

7.1 Indemnification by PubCo. PubCo agrees to indemnify and hold harmless, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder and each Person, if any, who controls any Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and any of their partners, members, managers, officers, directors, trustees, employees or representatives, as follows:

 

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage, judgment and expenses, as incurred (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of outside counsel to such Holders), arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) pursuant to which the Registrable Shares were registered under the Securities Act, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (within the meaning of Rule 433 of the Securities Act, and together with any preliminary Prospectus and other information conveyed to the purchaser of Registrable Shares at the time of sale (as such terms are used in Rule 159(a) of the Securities Act), the “General Disclosure Package”), the General Disclosure Package, or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

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(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage, judgment and expenses, as incurred (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of outside counsel to such Holders), and to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, any such alleged untrue statement or omission, or any such violation or alleged violation, if such settlement is effected with the prior written consent of PubCo (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and

 

(iii) against expenses, as incurred (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of outside counsel to such Holders), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing, defending against or participating in (as a witness or otherwise) any litigation, arbitration, action, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, in each case whether or not a party, or any claim based upon any such untrue statement or omission, any such alleged untrue statement or omission or any such violation or alleged violation, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under subparagraph ‎(i), (ii) or (iii) above;

 

provided, however, that the indemnity provided pursuant to Sections ‎7.1 through ‎7.3 does not apply to any Holder with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, judgment or expense to the extent arising out of (A) any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in strict conformity with written information furnished to PubCo by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), or (B) such Holder’s failure to deliver an amended or supplemental Prospectus furnished to such Holder by PubCo, if required by law to have been delivered, if such loss, liability, claim, damage, judgment or expense would not have arisen had such delivery occurred.

 

7.2 Indemnification by Holder. Each Holder severally and not jointly agrees to indemnify and hold harmless PubCo, and each of its directors and officers (including each director and officer of PubCo who signed a Registration Statement), and each Person, if any, who controls PubCo within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, as follows:

 

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage, judgment and expenses, as incurred (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of outside counsel), arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) pursuant to which the Registrable Shares of such Holder were registered under the Securities Act, including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading or arising out of or based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact included in any Issuer Free Writing Prospectus (within the meaning of Rule 433 of the Securities Act), the General Disclosure Package, or any Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto), including all documents incorporated therein by reference, or the omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage, judgment and expenses, as incurred (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of outside counsel), and to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, if such settlement is effected with the prior written consent of such Holder; and

 

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(iii) against expenses, as incurred (including reasonable and documented fees and disbursements of outside counsel), reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing, defending or participating in (as a witness or otherwise) against any litigation, or investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, in each case whether or not a party, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under subparagraph ‎(i) or ‎(ii) above;

 

provided, however, that a Holder shall only be liable under the indemnity provided pursuant to Sections ‎7.1 through ‎7.3 with respect to any loss, liability, claim, damage, judgment or expense to the extent arising out of (A) any untrue statement or omission or alleged untrue statement or omission made in reliance upon and in strict conformity with written information furnished to PubCo by such Holder expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or any amendment thereto) or the Prospectus (or any amendment or supplement thereto) or (B) such Holder’s failure to deliver an amended or supplemental Prospectus furnished to such Holder by PubCo, if required by law to have been delivered, if such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense would not have arisen had such delivery occurred. Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections ‎7.1 through ‎7.3, a Holder and any permitted assignee shall not be required to indemnify PubCo, its officers, directors or control persons with respect to any amount in excess of the amount of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by such Holder or such permitted assignee, as the case may be, from sales of the Registrable Shares of such Holder under the Registration Statement that is the subject of the indemnification claim.

 

7.3 Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. An indemnified party hereunder (the “Indemnified Party”) shall give reasonably prompt written notice to the indemnifying party (the “Indemnifying Party”) of any action or proceeding commenced against it in respect of which indemnity may be sought hereunder, but failure to so notify the Indemnifying Party (i) shall not relieve it from any liability which it may have under the indemnity provisions of Section ‎7.1 or ‎7.2 above, unless and only to the extent it did not otherwise learn of such action and the lack of notice by the Indemnified Party results in the forfeiture by the Indemnifying Party of substantial rights and defenses, and (ii) shall not, in any event, relieve the Indemnifying Party from any obligations to any Indemnified Party other than the indemnification obligation provided under Section ‎7.1 or ‎7.2 above. If the Indemnifying Party so elects within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, the Indemnifying Party may assume the defense of such action or proceeding at such Indemnifying Party’s own expense with counsel chosen by the Indemnifying Party and approved by the Indemnified Party, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided, however, that the Indemnifying Party will not settle, compromise or consent to the entry of any judgment with respect to any such action or proceeding without the prior written consent of the Indemnified Party, unless such settlement, compromise or consent secures the unconditional release of the Indemnified Party; and provided further, that, if the Indemnified Party reasonably determines that a conflict of interest exists where it is advisable for the Indemnified Party to be represented by separate counsel or that, upon advice of counsel, there may be legal defenses available to the Indemnified Party which are different from or in addition to those available to the Indemnifying Party, then the Indemnifying Party shall not be entitled to assume such defense and the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to separate counsel at the Indemnifying Party’s expense. If the Indemnifying Party is not entitled to assume the defense of such action or proceeding as a result of the second proviso to the preceding sentence, the Indemnifying Party’s counsel shall be entitled to conduct the Indemnifying Party’s defense and counsel for the Indemnified Party shall be entitled to conduct the defense of the Indemnified Party, it being understood that both such counsel will cooperate with each other to conduct the defense of such action or proceeding as efficiently as possible. If the Indemnifying Party is not so entitled to assume the defense of such action or does not assume such defense, after having received the notice referred to in the first sentence of this paragraph, the Indemnifying Party will pay the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses of counsel for the Indemnified Party. In such event, however, the Indemnifying Party will not be liable for any settlement effected without the written consent of the Indemnifying Party. If an Indemnifying Party is entitled to assume, and assumes, the defense of such action or proceeding in accordance with this paragraph, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any fees and expenses of counsel for the Indemnified Party incurred thereafter in connection with such action or proceeding.

 

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7.4 Contribution.

 

(i) In order to provide for just and equitable contribution in circumstances in which the indemnity agreement provided for in Sections ‎7.1 through ‎7.3 is for any reason held to be unenforceable by the Indemnified Party although applicable in accordance with its terms, the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party shall contribute to the aggregate losses, liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of the nature contemplated by such indemnity agreement incurred by the Indemnified Party and the Indemnifying Party, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnified Party on the one hand and the Indemnifying Party on the other hand, in connection with the statements or omissions which resulted in such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, or expenses. The relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether the action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, has been made by, or relates to information supplied by, the Indemnifying Party or the Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action.

 

(ii) The parties hereto agree that it would not be just or equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section ‎7.4 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 the immediately preceding paragraph. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section ‎7.4, a Holder shall not be required to contribute any amount (together with the amount of any indemnification payments made by such Holder pursuant to Section ‎7.2) in excess of the amount of the aggregate net cash proceeds received by such Holder from sales of the Registrable Shares of such Holder under the Registration Statement that is the subject of the indemnification claim.

 

(iii) Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution from any Person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation. For purposes of this Section ‎7.4, each Person, if any, who controls a Holder within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and any of their partners, members, officers, directors, trustees, employees or representatives, shall have the same rights to contribution as such Holder, and each director of PubCo, each officer of PubCo who signed a Registration Statement and each Person, if any, who controls PubCo within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act shall have the same rights to contribution as PubCo.

 

SECTION 8. EXPENSES

 

8.1 Expenses. PubCo will pay all Registration Expenses in connection with each registration of Registrable Shares pursuant to Section 2 or ‎3. Each Holder shall be responsible for the payment of any and all brokerage and sales discounts, underwriting commissions and marketing costs, fees and disbursements of the Holder’s counsel, accountants and other advisors, and any transfer taxes relating to the sale or disposition of the Registrable Shares by such Holder pursuant to any Registration Statement or otherwise.

 

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SECTION 9. Reporting obligations

 

9.1 Reporting Obligations. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Shares, PubCo, 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 PubCo after the date hereof pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act. PubCo 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 Registrable Shares 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 promulgated thereafter by the SEC), including providing any legal opinions. Upon the request of any Holder, PubCo shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

 

SECTION 10. CONFIDENTIALITY

 

10.1 Confidentiality. To the extent that the information and other material in connection with the registration rights contemplated in this Agreement (in any case, whether furnished before, on or after the date hereof) constitutes or contains confidential business, financial or other information of PubCo or the Holders or their respective Affiliates, each party hereto covenants for itself and its directors, officers, employees and shareholders that it shall use due care to prevent its officers, directors, partners, employees, counsel, accountants and other representatives from disclosing such information to Persons other than to their respective authorized employees, counsel, accountants, advisers, shareholders, partners, limited partners or members (or proposed shareholders, partners, limited partners or members or advisers of such Persons), and other authorized representatives, in each case, so long as such Person agrees to keep such information confidential in accordance with the terms hereof; provided, however, that each Holder or PubCo may disclose or deliver any information or other material disclosed to or received by it should such Holder or PubCo be advised by its counsel that such disclosure or delivery is required by law, regulation or judicial or administrative order or process and in any such instance the Holder or PubCo, as the case may be, making such disclosure shall use reasonable efforts to consult with PubCo prior to making any such disclosure. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a Holder will be permitted to disclose any information or other material disclosed to or received by it hereunder and not be required to provide the aforementioned notice, if such disclosure is in connection with (i) such Holder’s reporting obligations pursuant to Section 13 or Section 16 of the Exchange Act or (ii) a routine audit by a regulatory or self-regulatory authority that maintains jurisdiction over the Holder; provided, however, that such Holder agrees, in the case of (ii) in the preceding clause, to undertake to file an appropriate request seeking to have any information disclosed in connection with such routine audit treated confidentially. For purposes of this Section ‎10.1, “due care” means at least the same level of care that such Holder would use to protect the confidentiality of its own sensitive or proprietary information. This Section ‎10.1 shall not apply to information that is or becomes publicly available (other than to a Person who by breach of this Agreement has caused such information to become publicly available).

 

SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS

 

11.1 Waivers. No waiver by a party hereto shall be effective unless made in a written instrument duly executed by the party against whom such waiver is sought to be enforced, and only to the extent set forth in such instrument. Neither the waiver by any of the parties hereto of a breach or a default under any of the provisions of this Agreement, nor the failure of any of the parties, on one or more occasions, to enforce any of the provisions of this Agreement or to exercise any right or privilege hereunder shall thereafter be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or default of a similar nature, or as a waiver of any such provisions, rights or privileges hereunder.

 

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11.2 Notices. Notices to PubCo and to the Holders shall be sent to their respective addresses as set forth on Schedule I attached to this Agreement. PubCo or any Holder may require notices to be sent to a different address by giving notice to the other parties in accordance with this Section ‎11.2. Any notice or other communication required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given upon receipt if and when delivered personally, sent by facsimile transmission (the confirmation being deemed conclusive evidence of such delivery), by email (upon successful transmission to the addressee) or by courier service or five calendar days after being sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested), to such parties at such address.

 

11.3 Public Announcements and Other Disclosure. No Holder shall make any press release, public announcement or other disclosure with respect to this Agreement without obtaining the prior written consent of PubCo, except as permitted pursuant to Section ‎10.1 or as may be required by law or by the regulations of any securities exchange or national market system upon which the securities of any such Holder shall be listed or quoted; provided, that in the case of any such disclosure required by law or regulation, the Holder making such disclosure shall use all reasonable efforts to consult with PubCo prior to making any such disclosure.

 

11.4 Headings and Interpretation. All section and subsection headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not intended to qualify the meaning, construction or scope of any of the provisions hereof. The Holders hereby disclaim any defense or assertion in any litigation or arbitration that any ambiguity herein should be construed against the draftsman.

 

11.5 Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement (including all schedules) constitutes the entire and only agreement among the parties hereto concerning the subject matter hereof and thereof, and supersedes any prior agreements or understandings concerning the subject matter hereof and thereof. From and after the Effective Date, the provisions of the Initial Agreement granting registration rights to the Holders party thereto are superseded and replaced in their entirety with this Agreement. Any oral statements or representations or prior written matter with respect thereto not contained herein shall have no force and effect. Except as otherwise expressly provided in this Agreement, no amendment, modification or discharge of this Agreement shall be valid or binding unless set forth in writing and duly executed by (i) PubCo, (ii) EUR and (iii) the Holders (other than EUR) that, in the aggregate, hold not less than a majority in interest of the then remaining Registrable Shares (not including Registrable Shares held by EUR); provided further that no provision of this Agreement may be amended or modified unless any and each Holder adversely affected by such amendment or modification in a manner different than other Holders has expressly consented in writing to such amendment or modification.

 

11.6 Assignment; Successors and Assigns. This Agreement and the rights granted hereunder may not be assigned by any Holder without the written consent of PubCo; provided, however, that the rights to cause PubCo to register Registrable Shares pursuant to this Agreement may be assigned by a Holder to a Permitted Transferee of such Holder’s Registrable Shares; provided that such transferee or assignee agrees in writing to be bound by and subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement. This Agreement may not be assigned by PubCo without the prior written consent of EUR. This Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of, the parties hereto, their successors, heirs, legatees, devisees, permitted assigns, legal representatives, executors and administrators, except as otherwise provided herein.

 

11.7 Saving Clause. If any provision of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to any Person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of this Agreement, or the application of such provision to Persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid, shall not be affected thereby. If the operation of any provision of this Agreement would contravene the provisions of any applicable law, such provision shall be void and ineffectual. In the event that applicable law is subsequently amended or interpreted in such a way to make any provision of this Agreement that was formerly invalid valid, such provision shall be considered to be valid from the effective date of such interpretation or amendment.

 

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11.8 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, and all so executed shall constitute one agreement, binding on all the parties hereto, even though all parties are not signatory to the original or the same counterpart.

 

11.9 Representations. Each of the parties hereto, as to itself only, represents that this Agreement has been duly authorized and executed by it and that all necessary corporate actions have been taken by it in order for this Agreement to be enforceable against it under all applicable laws. Each party hereto, as to itself only, further represents that all Persons signing this Agreement on such party’s behalf have been duly authorized to do so.

 

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

 

11.11 Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with the terms hereof, and that the Holders and PubCo shall be entitled to specific performance of the terms hereof, in addition to any other remedy at law or equity.

 

11.12 No Third Party Beneficiaries. It is the explicit intention of the parties hereto that no Person or entity other than the parties hereto is or shall be entitled to bring any action to enforce any provision of this Agreement against any of the parties hereto, and the covenants, undertakings and agreements set forth in this Agreement shall be solely for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable only by, the parties hereto or their respective successors, heirs, executors, administrators, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

 

11.13 General Interpretive Principles. For purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires:

 

(i) the terms defined in this Agreement include the plural as well as the singular, and the use of any gender or neuter form herein shall be deemed to include the other gender and the neuter form;

 

(ii) references herein to “Sections”, “subsections,” “paragraphs”, and other subdivisions without reference to a document are to designated Sections, paragraphs and other subdivisions of this Agreement;

 

(iii) a reference to a paragraph without further reference to a Section is a reference to such paragraph as contained in the same Section in which the reference appears, and this rule shall also apply to other subdivisions;

 

(iv) the words “herein”, “hereof”, “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision; and

 

(v) the term “include”, includes” or “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”.

 

11.14 Termination. This Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earlier to occur of (a) the 10th anniversary of the date of this Agreement, (b) the mutual written agreement of each of the parties hereto to terminate this Agreement or (c) such date as no Registrable Shares remain outstanding.

 

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

 

  SPAC:
   
  SIZZLE ACQUISITION CORP.
   
  By:  
  Name:    
  Title:  
   
  PUBCO:
   
  Critical Metals Corp.
   
  By:  
  Name: Michael John Hanson
  Title: Authorized Person
   
  HOLDERS:
   
  VO Sponsor, LLC
   
  By:  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  EUR:
   
  EXECUTED by EUROPEAN LITHIUM LIMITED (ACN 141 450 624) in accordance with the requirements of section 127 of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) by:
   
  By:  
  Name:   Tony Sage
  Title: Executive Chairman
     
  By:  
  Name: Melissa Chapman
  Title: Company Secretary

 

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SCHEDULE I

 

PUBCO:

 

Critical Metals Corp.

c/o Maples Corporate Services (BVI) Limited

Kingston Chambers

PO Box 173

Road Town

Tortola

British Virgin Islands

 

with a required copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):

 

White & Case LLP
609 Main Street, Suite 2900
Houston, TX 77002

Attn: Jason A. Rocha

Email: jason.rocha@whitecase.com

 

 

SPONSOR:

 

VO Sponsor, LCC

c/o Sizzle Acquisition Corp.

4201 Georgia Avenue NW

Washington DC 20011

Attn:Steve Salis

Email:ssalis@salisholdings.com

 

with a required copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):

 

Ellenoff Grossman & Schole LLP

1345 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10105

Attn: Douglas Ellenoff, Esq., Stuart Neuhauser, Esq., and Matthew A. Gray, Esq.

 

EUR:

 

European Lithium Limited

32 Harrogate Street

West Leederville, Western Australia, 6007

Attn: Tony Sage

Email: TonyS@cyclonemetals.com

Email: [●

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with a required copy to (which copy shall not constitute notice):

 

White & Case LLP
609 Main Street, Suite 2900
Houston, TX 77002

Attn: Jason A. Rocha

Email: jason.rocha@whitecase.com

 

HOLDERS:

 

[______________]:

 

[______________]

c/o [______________]

[______________]

[______________]

 

 

[______________]:

 

[______________]

c/o [______________]

[______________]

[______________]

 

 

[______________]:

 

[______________]

c/o [______________]

[______________]

[______________]

 

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

Exhibit C – Final Form

 

WARRANT ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS WARRANT ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of [●], 2022, by and among Sizzle Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”), Critical Metals Corp., a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands (“PubCo”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York limited purpose trust company (“Continental”), as warrant agent. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meanings given to such terms in the Warrant Agreement (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, SPAC completed its initial public offering of units on November 8, 2021 (“Offering”), pursuant to which it issued an aggregate of 15,500,000 units, each unit consisting of one share of common stock of SPAC, par value $0.0001 per share (“SPAC Shares”) and one-half of one redeemable warrant (“SPAC Warrants”), each whole SPAC Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one SPAC Share at an initial exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment;

 

WHEREAS, SPAC and Continental entered into a warrant agreement, dated as of November 3, 2021, governing the terms of the SPAC Warrants (the “Warrant Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, SPAC has entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of October 24, 2022 (the “Merger Agreement”), by and among European Lithium Limited, an Australian Public Company limited by shares, and the holder of all of the issued Company Ordinary Shares (as defined in the Merger Agreement) ( “EUR”), European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, a BVI business company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of EUR (the “Company”), PubCo, Project Wolf Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”) and SPAC, pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will merge pursuant to a statutory merger with and into SPAC (the “Merger”), with SPAC surviving the Merger as a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PubCo (the transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement, including the Merger, are referred to herein as the “Business Combination”), which transactions will constitute the initial “Business Combination” of SPAC for purposes of the Warrant Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, at the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”), each outstanding SPAC Share (other than any Excluded SPAC Shares, as defined in the Merger Agreement) will be converted into and exchanged for the right to receive one ordinary share of PubCo, par value $0.001 per share (the “PubCo Shares”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 2.5(b) of the Merger Agreement and Section 4.5 of the Warrant Agreement, upon the Closing, each SPAC Warrant issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Closing will be assumed by PubCo and will represent a warrant to purchase PubCo Shares (collectively, the “PubCo Warrants”) in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement (as assumed and amended by this Agreement);

 

WHEREAS, Section 9.8 of the Warrant Agreement provides that SPAC and the Warrant Agent may amend the Warrant Agreement without the consent of any registered holder for the purpose of curing any ambiguity, or of curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained therein or adding or changing any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Warrant Agreement as SPAC and the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable and that SPAC and the Warrant Agent deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the registered holders of the SPAC Warrants; and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 8.15 of the Merger Agreement, SPAC agreed to assign to PubCo, and PubCo agreed to assume, all of SPAC’s rights, interests, and obligations under the Warrant Agreement, in each case, effective upon the Closing.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Assignment and Assumption of Warrant Agreement. SPAC hereby assigns to PubCo all of SPAC’s right, title and interest in and to the Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) and PubCo hereby assumes, and agrees to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge in full, as the same become due, all of SPAC’s liabilities and obligations under the Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) arising from and after the execution of this Agreement, in each case, effective immediately following the completion of the Business Combination and conditioned on the occurrence of the Closing. As a result of the preceding sentence, effective immediately following the completion of the Business Combination, each SPAC Warrant shall automatically cease to represent a right to acquire SPAC Shares and shall instead represent a right to subscribe for PubCo Shares pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby). PubCo consents to payment of the Warrant Price upon an exercise of such PubCo Warrants for PubCo Shares in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Agreement.

 

 

 

 

2. Consent. The Warrant Agent hereby consents to the assignment of the Warrant Agreement by SPAC to PubCo and the assumption by PubCo of the Warrant Agreement, each pursuant to Section 1 hereof, effective immediately following, and conditioned on the occurrence of, the Closing, and to the continuation of the Warrant Agreement in full force and effect from and after the Business Combination, subject at all times to the Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) and to all of the provisions, covenants, agreements, terms and conditions of the Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) and this Agreement.

 

3. Replacement Instruments. As of the Closing, all outstanding instruments evidencing Warrants shall automatically be deemed to evidence PubCo Warrants reflecting the adjustment to the terms and conditions described herein and in Section 4.5 of the Warrant Agreement. Following the Closing, upon request by any holder of a PubCo Warrant, PubCo shall issue a new certificate for such PubCo Warrant to the holder thereof.

 

4. Amendments to Warrant Agreement. To the extent required by this Agreement, the Warrant Agreement is hereby amended pursuant to Section 9.8 thereof to reflect the subject matter contained in this Agreement, effective as of the Closing, including as set forth below:

 

(a)Unless the context otherwise requires, from and after the Closing, any references in the Warrant Agreement or the Warrants to: (i) the “Company” shall mean PubCo; (ii) “Common Stock” or “shares” shall mean the PubCo Shares; (iii) “stockholder” shall mean shareholder; and (iv) the “Board of Directors” or any committee thereof shall mean the board of directors of PubCo or any committee thereof.

 

(b)Section 2.5 of the Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“[Intentionally Omitted]”.

 

(c)Section 4.6 of the Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“[Intentionally Omitted]”.

 

(d)Section 5.3 of the Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section and replacing it entirely as follows:

 

5.3 Fractional Warrants. The Company shall not issue fractional Warrants.

 

(e)Section 5.7 of the Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

 

“[Intentionally Omitted]”.

 

(f)Section 7.3 of the Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section and replacing it entirely as follows:

 

7.3. Authority to Issue Shares. The Company shall at all times maintain sufficient authorization to issue and allot shares to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants issued pursuant to this Agreement.

 

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(g)Section 9.2 of the Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting such Section and replacing it entirely as follows:

 

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

 

c/o European Lithium Ltd.

32 Harrogate Street

West Leederville, Western Australia, 6007

Attention: Tony Sage

Email: TonyS@cyclonemetals.com

 

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

 

Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company

One State Street, 30th Floor

New York, NY 10004

Attention: Compliance Department

 

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

 

White & Case LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Attention: James Hu; Oliver Wright

Email: james.hu@whitecase.com; oliver.wright@whitecase.com

 

and

 

White & Case LLP

609 Main Street, Suite 2900

Houston, TX 77002

Attention: Jason A. Rocha

Email: Jason.rocha@whitecase.com

 

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(h)The Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following Sections:

 

9.11 Currency. All dollar amounts herein are expressed in United States dollars.

 

9.12 Day not a Business Day. If any day on or before which any action or notice is required to be taken or given hereunder is not a Business Day, then such action or notice shall be required to be taken or given on or before the requisite time on the next succeeding day that is a Business Day.

 

5. Reference to and Effect on Agreements. Any references to “this Agreement” in the Warrant Agreement will mean the Warrant Agreement as amended by this Agreement. Except as specifically amended by this Agreement, the provisions of the Warrant Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

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

 

7. Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation, and performance of this Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction.

 

8. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Execution and delivery of this Agreement by electronic mail or exchange of facsimile of .pdf copies bearing the facsimile signature of a party hereto shall constitute a valid and binding execution and delivery of this Agreement by such party.

 

9. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of each party’s respective successors and assigns.

 

10. Effectiveness of Agreement. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the effectiveness of this Agreement shall be contingent upon the occurrence of the Business Combination and the Closing.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been duly executed by the parties hereto as a deed as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

Executed as a deed by:

 

SPAC

 

SIZZLE ACQUISITION CORP.

     
  By:  
    Name:   Steve Salis
    Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

In the presence of:

 

 
Witness signature
 
  Name (in BLOCK CAPITALS)  
  Address  
     
     

 

[Signature Page to Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement]

 

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Executed as a deed by:

 

PUBCO:

 

Critical Metals Corp.

     
  By:  
 

Name: 

Title:

Michael John Hanson

Authorized Person

 

In the presence of:

 

  Witness signature  
  Name (in BLOCK CAPITALS)  
  Address  
     
     

 

[Signature Page to Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement]

 

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Executed as a deed by:

 

CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY

     
  By:           
 

Name:

 
  Title:  

 

 

In the presence of:

 

 
Witness signature
 
  Name (in BLOCK CAPITALS)  
  Address  
     
     

 

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Exhibit 99.1

 

CORRECTING and REPLACING Critical Metals, Europe’s First Fully Licensed Lithium Mine Agrees to Go Public on the Nasdaq Through a Business Combination with Sizzle Acquisition Corp

 

Critical Metals will own European Lithium’s Wolfsberg Lithium Project located in Wolfsberg, Austria, 270 kilometers south of Vienna, which is expected to be the first licensed lithium mine in Europe
Based on pre-feasibility study, mine expected to supply approximately 70,000 metric tons of lithium concentrate annually starting in 2025, enough material to power approximately 200,000 EVs per year; results of definitive feasibility study expected in early 2023
Key strategic customer offtake MOU with global automotive powerhouse, BMW AG, expected to create one of the largest ever direct OEM pre-pays in the lithium mining industry
Project has completed pilot test work through independent consultants, which has demonstrated its expected ability to supply lithium concentrate at commercial scale
Proceeds of the transaction, including the non-redeemed portion of the approximately $159 million1 cash-in-trust of Sizzle Acquisition Corp., are expected to be used for construction and commissioning of the Project

 

CORRECTION...by Critical Metals

 

PERTH, Australia & WASHINGTON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Please replace the release dated October 24, 2022, with the following corrected version. All instances of "10,500 metric tons of lithium concentrate" should instead read "70,000 metric tons of lithium concentrate."

 

The updated release reads:

 

CRITICAL METALS, EUROPE’S FIRST FULLY LICENSED LITHIUM MINE AGREES TO GO PUBLIC ON THE NASDAQ THROUGH A BUSINESS COMBINATION WITH SIZZLE ACQUISITION CORP

 

Critical Metals will own European Lithium’s Wolfsberg Lithium Project located in Wolfsberg, Austria, 270 kilometers south of Vienna, which is expected to be the first licensed lithium mine in Europe
Based on pre-feasibility study, mine expected to supply approximately 70,000 metric tons of lithium concentrate annually starting in 2025, enough material to power approximately 200,000 EVs per year; results of definitive feasibility study expected in early 2023
Key strategic customer offtake MOU with global automotive powerhouse, BMW AG, expected to create one of the largest ever direct OEM pre-pays in the lithium mining industry
Project has completed pilot test work through independent consultants, which has demonstrated its expected ability to supply lithium concentrate at commercial scale
Proceeds of the transaction, including the non-redeemed portion of the approximately $159 million1 cash-in-trust of Sizzle Acquisition Corp., are expected to be used for construction and commissioning of the Project

 

 

 

 

European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of European Lithium Ltd (ASX: EUR) (“European Lithium”), and Sizzle Acquisition Corp, (Nasdaq: SZZL) (“Sizzle”), a publicly traded special purpose acquisition company, today announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement for a business combination that will result in the formation of Critical Metals Corp. (“Critical Metals”), which is expected to be a leading lithium mining company. Upon closing, subject to approval by European Lithium and Sizzle stockholders and other customary requirements, Critical Metals intends to be listed on Nasdaq under the symbol “CRML,” which is expected to occur in the first half of 2023.

 

Upon closing of the business combination, Critical Metals will own European Lithium’s Wolfsberg Lithium Project (the “Project”), which is currently owned by European Lithium’s wholly owned subsidiary, European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, as well as a 20% interest in additional Austrian projects currently held by European Lithium. European Lithium will be the largest shareholder of Critical Metals and is expected to continue to trade on the Australian Securities Exchange (“ASX”). The board of Critical Metals is expected to comprise a total of 5 members, 4 of whom will be nominees of European Lithium and 1 of whom will be a nominee of Sizzle. Critical Metals will be led by Executive Chairman, Tony Sage, and Chief Executive Officer, Dietrich Wanke.

 

In order to support the rapidly growing EV supply chain in Europe, the Project is expected to become the region’s first major source of lithium concentrate, filling a critical gap in the European EV battery supply chain. Located in Wolfsberg, Austria, in the heart of this supply chain, the Project is expected to be uniquely positioned to capitalize on three key competitive differentiators:

 

The First Licensed Lithium Mine in Europe –the Project holds an exclusive license to repurpose a former Austrian government constructed lithium mine that contains a substantial amount of lithium, minimizing the overall environmental impact of the discovery and processes.

 

Key Strategic Offtake MOU – European Lithium has entered into a MOU for a key customer arrangement with BMW AG, which upon execution of definitive agreements would create one of the largest direct pre-pays from an OEM in Europe in the lithium mining industry of $15 million.

 

Definitive Feasibility Study (DFS) Expected in Early 2023 – the Project is aiming to supply lithium concentrate at commercial scale and be economically viable, as per its completed pre-feasibility study (PFS), with the results of DRA Global’s final definitive feasibility study (DFS) expected in Q1 2023.

 

Backed by considerable legislative support worldwide for cleaner transportation, automakers and battery manufacturers continue to ramp up production of electric vehicles (EVs) to meet overwhelming consumer demand, creating a critical need for additional sources of battery-grade lithium – an essential material for EV batteries.

 

Through its pilot plant constructed by independent consultants Dorfner Anzaplan in Austria, European Lithium previously demonstrated the Project’s expected ability to supply lithium concentrate through the processing of spodumene. The results from the pilot plant demonstrated that the Project can supply lithium at 99.6% of lithium carbonate grade.

 

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Management Commentary

 

“We are enthusiastic to partner with the Sizzle team to become a publicly traded company on Nasdaq and are thrilled to have Carolyn Trabuco, Sizzle’s lead independent director, join our board,” said Critical Metals Executive Chairman, Tony Sage. “The need for additional battery-grade lithium in Europe will only continue to accelerate as demand for EVs continues to outstrip supply. The Project is poised to become the first major source of battery-grade lithium in Europe, the world’s leading EV market, capable of supporting the production of approximately 200,000 EVs per year. The funds raised though this transaction will provide us with the resources anticipated to be required to advance construction and commissioning of the Project. With the capital raised, in addition to the increased access to the public capital markets by listing on Nasdaq by means of the business combination, we believe we will be able to achieve our commercial goals by 2025.”

 

“Critical Metals is poised to capitalize on significant macroeconomic tailwinds as Europe’s first source of battery-grade lithium,” commented Steve Salis, CEO of Sizzle. “Backed by accelerating demand for establishing additional capacity for lithium supply in Europe, strategic global partners, and a seasoned management team with deep expertise in the mining space, we believe that the Project provides a compelling and unique opportunity for U.S. investors to have exposure to the European EV supply chain.”

 

“The team at Critical Metals has made significant progress advancing Europe’s first licensed lithium mine and is well positioned to be the largest supplier of battery-grade lithium in the region,” added Vice Chairman of Sizzle, Jamie Karson. “We are pleased to partner with Tony, Dietrich and the rest of the excellent management team as Critical Metals becomes a publicly traded company in the U.S. As reinforced by Critical Metals’ expected strategic arrangement with BMW AG, we believe the Project will play a key role in further accelerating EV adoption in Europe.”

 

Key Investment Highlights:

 

Large and Growing Demand for Lithium-ion Batteries – while lacking domestic supply sources for battery raw materials, Europe has proven to be an early adopter of EVs, and a global leader in the EV revolution. The Project is expected to provide Europe with the supply it does not currently have.
Europe’s First Licensed Lithium Spodumene Mine – mine initially built by the Austrian government successfully demonstrated its capability to supply high purity lithium (99.6% lithium carbonate equivalent) at pilot plant.
Economic Viability with PFS Completed and DFS Underway – Project is expected to be well positioned to supply approximately 70,000 metric tons of lithium concentrate per year starting in 2025 from Zone 1, which can be further refined into approximately 10,500 metric tons of battery-grade lithium hydroxide. Positive drilling results confirm Zone 2, an exploration target, could mirror Zone 1, doubling the Project’s resource.
Leverages Existing Infrastructure – existing exploration mine in central Europe, 270km SW of Vienna, close to Graz and Klagenfurt airport, as well as railway and highway access, which is expected to reduce capital requirements to complete development of the Project.
Leading Domestic Offtake MOU with BMW AG – key strategic off-take arrangement with BMW AG to supply 100% of the Project’s Zone 1 lithium product, including a $15 million pre-payment; binding agreement expected to be finalized in Q4 2022.
Advanced Project Mine Life – Project expected to supply battery-grade lithium for more than 20 years, establishing a critical fully integrated lithium supplier for the European EV industry.

 

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Transaction Overview

 

The Proposed Transaction values the combined entity at an implied pro forma enterprise value of approximately $838 million, and at an implied pro forma market capitalization of approximately $972 million. The implied pre-money equity value is $750 million. The transaction is expected to provide approximately $159 million in capital before transaction expenses and the impact of redemptions by the public stockholders of Sizzle. European Lithium will roll 100% of its existing equity in European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited into the combined entity, retaining approximately 80% of the combined company’s pro forma equity before the impact of redemptions or any additional capital raised.

 

The Boards of Directors of each of European Lithium and Sizzle have unanimously approved the transaction. The transaction will require the approval of European Lithium and Sizzle stockholders and is subject to other customary closing conditions. It is currently expected that the transaction will close in the first half of 2023.

 

Additional information about the proposed transaction consisting of, among other things, a newly released video of the Project will be available on the Critical Metals website at https://criticalmetalscorp.com/.

 

Advisors

 

Jett Capital Advisors, LLC is acting as exclusive financial advisor to European Lithium; White & Case LLP is acting as U.S. legal advisor to European Lithium. Cohen & Company Capital Markets, a division of J.V.B. Financial Group, LLC, is acting as exclusive financial advisor and exclusive capital markets advisor to Sizzle; Ellenoff, Grossman & Schole LLP is acting as legal advisor to Sizzle.

 

About Critical Metals Corp.

 

At the closing of the proposed business combination announced on October 24, 2022 between European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of European Lithium Ltd (ASX: EUR) and Sizzle Acquisition Corp. (Nasdaq: SZZL), Critical Metals is expected to be a leading lithium mining company. Critical Metals is expected to own the Wolfsberg Lithium Project, as well as a 20% interest in additional Austrian projects currently held by European Lithium Ltd. For more information, please visit https://criticalmetalscorp.com/.

 

About European Lithium Ltd

 

European Lithium is a mineral exploration and development company which owns the Wolfsberg Lithium Project located in Carinthia, 270 km south of Vienna, Austria, via its wholly owned Austrian subsidiary, ECM Lithium AT GmbH . European Lithium’s primary listing is on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX: EUR) and it is also listed in Frankfurt (FRA: PF8) and USA (OTC-QB: EULIF). The Wolfsberg Lithium Project is strategically located in Central Europe with access to established road and rail infrastructure to distribute lithium products to the major lithium consuming countries of Europe. For more information, please visit https://europeanlithium.com/.

 

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About Sizzle Acquisition Corp.

 

Sizzle is a blank check company formed for the purpose of entering into a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, recapitalization, reorganization or other similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. Sizzle is led by Chairman and CEO Steve Salis and Vice Chairman Jamie Karson. In addition, Sizzle’s management team is comprised of: Nestor Nova and Daniel Lee; board directors, comprised of: Steve Salis, Jamie Karson, Carolyn Trabuco, Karen Kelley, David Perlin and Warren Thompson; and board advisors, comprised of: Rick Camac and Geovannie Concepcion. For more information, please visit https://sizzlespac.com/home/default.aspx.

 

Additional Information and Where to Find It

 

This press release is provided for informational purposes only and contains information with respect to a proposed business combination (the “Proposed Business Combination”) among Sizzle, European Lithium, European Lithium AT (Investments) Limited (the “Company”), a company formed in the British Virgin Islands which is wholly owned by European Lithium, and certain other parties formed in connection with the transactions contemplated by the merger agreement (the “Merger Agreement”), including Critical Metals and Project Wolf Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of Critical Metals. Subject to its terms and conditions, the Merger Agreement provides that Sizzle and the Company will become wholly owned subsidiaries of Critical Metals.

 

In connection with the Proposed Business Combination, Critical Metals intends to file a registration statement on Form F-4 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), which will include a proxy statement to be sent to Sizzle shareholders and a prospectus for the registration of Critical Metals securities in connection with the Proposed Business Combination (as amended from time to time, the “Registration Statement”). If and when the Registration Statement is declared effective by the SEC, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus and other relevant documents will be mailed to the shareholders of Sizzle as of the record date to be established for voting on the Proposed Business Combination and will contain important information about the Proposed Business Combination and related matters. Shareholders of Sizzle and other interested persons are advised to read, when available, these materials (including any amendments or supplements thereto) and any other relevant documents, because they will contain important information about Sizzle, Critical Metals, European Lithium and the Company and the Proposed Business Combination. Shareholders and other interested persons will also be able to obtain copies of the preliminary proxy statement/prospectus, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus, and other relevant materials in connection with the Proposed Business Combination, without charge, once available, at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov or by directing a request to: Sizzle Acquisition Corp., 4201 Georgia Avenue, NW, Washington, D.C. 20011, Attn: Steve Salis, Chief Executive Officer. The information contained on, or that may be accessed through, the websites referenced in this press release in each case is not incorporated by reference into, and is not a part of, this press release.

 

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Participants in the Solicitation

 

This press release is not a solicitation of a proxy from any investor or securityholder. Sizzle, European Lithium, Critical Metals and the Company and their respective directors and executive officers may be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies from Sizzle’s shareholders in connection with the Proposed Business Combination. Sizzle’s shareholders and other interested persons may obtain, without charge, more detailed information regarding the directors and officers of Sizzle in Sizzle’s Form 10-K, as amended, filed with the SEC on June 13, 2022. To the extent that holdings of Sizzle’s securities have changed since the amounts included in Sizzle’s Form 10-K, such changes have been or will be reflected on Statements of Change in Ownership on Form 4 filed with the SEC. Information regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies to Sizzle’s shareholders in connection with the Proposed Business Combination will be set forth in the proxy statement/prospectus for the Proposed Business Combination, accompanying the Registration Statement that Sizzle intends to file with the SEC. Additional information regarding the interests of participants in the solicitation of proxies in connection with the Proposed Business Combination will likewise be included in that Registration Statement. You may obtain free copies of these documents as described above.

 

No Offer or Solicitation

 

This press release is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the Proposed Business Combination and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, or a solicitation of any vote or approval, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or an exemption therefrom.

 

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the “safe harbor” provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Sizzle’s, Critical Metals’, European Lithium’s and/or the Company’s actual results may differ from their expectations, estimates and projections and consequently, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. Forward-looking statements include statements concerning plans, objectives, goals, strategies, future events or performance, and underlying assumptions and other statements that are other than statements of historical facts. No representations or warranties, express or implied are given in, or in respect of, this press release. When we use words such as “may,” “will,” “intend,” “should,” “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “project,” “estimate” or similar expressions that do not relate solely to historical matters, it is making forward-looking statements.

 

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These forward-looking statements and factors that may cause actual results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to: the ability of the parties to complete the transactions contemplated by the Proposed Business Combination in a timely manner or at all; the risk that the Proposed Business Combination or other business combination may not be completed by Sizzle’s business combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of the business combination deadline; the outcome of any legal proceedings or government or regulatory action on inquiry that may be instituted against Sizzle, European Lithium, Critical Metals or the Company or others following the announcement of the Proposed Business Combination and any definitive agreements with respect thereto; the inability to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the Proposed Business Combination, including the approval of the Proposed Business Combination by the shareholders of Sizzle; the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the Merger Agreement relating to the Proposed Business Combination; the ability to meet stock exchange listing standards following the consummation of the Proposed Business Combination; the effect of the announcement or pendency of the Proposed Business Combination on European Lithium’s, Sizzle’s and the Company’s business relationships, operating results, current plans and operations of European Lithium and the Company; the ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Proposed Business Combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of Critical Metals to grow and manage growth profitably; the possibility that Critical Metals, European Lithium, Sizzle and the Company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; Critical Metals’, European Lithium’s and the Company’s estimates of expenses and profitability; expectations with respect to future operating and financial performance and growth, including the timing of the completion of the Proposed Business Combination; European Lithium’s, Sizzle’s and Critical Metals’ ability to execute on their business plans and strategy; those factors discussed in Sizzle’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021 under the heading “Risk Factors,” and other documents Sizzle has filed, or that Sizzle or Critical Metals will file, with the SEC; and other risks and uncertainties described from time to time in filings with the SEC.

 

The foregoing list of factors is not exhaustive. You should carefully consider the foregoing factors and the other risks and uncertainties described in the “Risk Factors” section of the Registration Statement referenced above and other documents filed by Sizzle and Critical Metals from time to time with the SEC. These filings 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. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. There may be additional risks that neither Sizzle, Critical Metals, European Lithium and/or the Company presently know, or that Sizzle, Critical Metals, European Lithium and/or the Company currently believe are immaterial, that could cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. For these reasons, among others, investors and other interested persons are cautioned not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements in this press release. Neither Sizzle, European Lithium, Critical Metals nor the Company undertakes any obligation to publicly revise these forward–looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that arise after the date of this press release, except as required by applicable law.

 

1The balance in Sizzle Acquisition Corp’s trust account was $159,213,132.71 as of October 11, 2022.

 

 

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