UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
☒ QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2023
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from _____ to _____
Commission File Number: 001-40985
NextNav Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware |
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87-0854654 |
(State or other jurisdiction of |
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(I.R.S. Employer |
1775 Tysons Blvd., 5th Floor |
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22102 |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
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(Zip Code) |
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (800) 775-0982
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class |
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Trading Symbol(s) |
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Name of each exchange on which registered |
Common Stock, par value $0.0001 par share |
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NN |
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The Nasdaq Capital Market |
Warrants, each to purchase one share of Common Stock |
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NNAVW |
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The Nasdaq Capital Market |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§ 232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes ☒ No ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, a smaller reporting company, or an emerging growth company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company,” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.
Large accelerated filer |
☐ |
Smaller reporting company |
☒ |
Accelerated filer |
☐ |
Emerging growth company |
☒ |
Non-accelerated filer |
☒ |
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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. ☐
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes ☐ No ☒
There were 108,217,583 shares of the registrant’s common stock outstanding as of August 4, 2023.
NEXTNAV INC.
QUARTERLY REPORT ON FORM 10-Q
FOR THE QUARTER ENDED JUNE 30, 2023
Unless the context otherwise requires, all references in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to “NextNav,” the “Company,” “we,” “us,” and “our” include NextNav Inc. and its subsidiaries.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1034, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, statements regarding our management team’s expectations, hopes, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future, projections, forecasts or other characterizations of future events or circumstances, including any underlying assumptions, and are not guarantees of future performance. The words “may,” “anticipate,” “believe,” “expect,” “intend,” “might,” “plan,” “possible,” “potential,” “aim,” “strive,” “predict,” “project,” “should,” “could,” “would,” “will” and similar expressions may identify forward-looking statements, but the absence of these words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking. These statements may relate to, but are not limited to: expectations regarding our strategies and future financial performance, including future business plans or objectives, expected functionality of our geolocation services, anticipated timing and level of deployment of our services, including our TerraPoiNT system, anticipated demand and acceptance of our services, prospective performance and commercial opportunities and competitors, the timing of obtaining regulatory approvals, ability to finance our research and development activities, commercial partnership acquisition and retention, products and services, pricing, marketing plans, operating expenses, market trends, revenue, liquidity, cash flows and uses of cash, capital expenditures, and our ability to invest in growth initiatives; our ability to realize the anticipated technical and business benefits associated with the acquisition of Nestwave (as defined below), and any subsequent mergers, acquisitions, or other similar transactions, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, and the ability of the combined business to grow and manage growth profitably; factors relating to our future operations, projected capital resources and financial position, estimated revenue and losses, projected costs and capital expenditures, prospects and plans, including the potential increase in customers on our Pinnacle network, the expansion of our services in Japan through MetCom (as defined below), and expectations about other international markets; projections of market growth and size, including the level of market acceptance for our services; our ability to adequately protect key intellectual property rights or proprietary technology; our ability to maintain our Location and Monitoring Service (“LMS”) licenses and obtain additional LMS licenses as necessary; our ability to maintain adequate operational financial resources or raise additional capital or generate sufficient cash flows, including the adequacy of our financial resources to meet our operational and working capital requirements for the 12-month period following the issuance of this report and our ability to meet longer term expected future cash requirements and obligations; our ability to develop and maintain effective internal controls; our success in recruiting and/or retaining officers, key employees or directors; expansion plans and opportunities; costs related to being a public company; our ability to maintain the listing of our securities on Nasdaq; macroeconomic factors and their effects on our operations; and the outcome of any known and unknown litigation and regulatory proceedings, as well as assumptions relating to the foregoing.
Forward-looking statements are based on information available as of the date of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q, and current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve a number of judgments, risks and uncertainties. Accordingly, forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing our views of any subsequent date, and we do not undertake any obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date they were made, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws.
For additional information regarding risk factors, see Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of this quarterly report on Form 10-Q and Part I, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023 as well as those otherwise described or updated from time to time in our other filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).
Item 1. Financial Statements
NextNav Inc.
CONDENSED Consolidated Balance Sheets
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
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June 30, 2023 (unaudited) |
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December 31, 2022 |
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Assets |
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Current assets: |
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Cash and cash equivalents |
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$ |
52,784 |
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$ |
47,230 |
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Short term investments | 32,228 |
8,216 |
||||||
Accounts receivable |
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1,830 |
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2,168 |
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Other current assets |
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2,933 |
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3,576 |
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Total current assets |
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$ |
89,775 |
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$ |
61,190 |
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Network under construction |
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2,147 |
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3,574 |
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Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $7,759 and $5,971 at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively |
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20,938 |
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19,180 |
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Operating lease right-of-use assets |
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18,602 |
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10,143 |
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Goodwill | 17,739 | 17,493 | ||||||
Intangible assets |
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10,615 |
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10,397 |
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Other assets |
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1,652 |
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1,811 |
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Total assets |
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$ |
161,468 |
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$ |
123,788 |
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Liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
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Current liabilities: |
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Accounts payable |
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$ |
879 |
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$ |
1,019 |
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Accrued expenses and other current liabilities |
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5,976 |
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5,241 |
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Operating lease current liabilities |
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2,757 |
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2,532 |
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Deferred revenue |
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64 |
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|
95 |
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Total current liabilities |
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$ |
9,676 |
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$ |
8,887 |
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Warrants |
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7,263 |
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4,200 |
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Operating lease noncurrent liabilities |
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13,762 |
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5,290 |
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Other long-term liabilities |
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1,647 |
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1,547 |
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Long term debt, net of debt issuance cost and discount | 34,042 | — | ||||||
Total liabilities |
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$ |
66,390 |
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$ |
19,924 |
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Stockholders’ equity: |
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Common stock, authorized 500,000,000 shares; 108,185,714 and 106,418,442 shares issued and 108,184,537 and 106,417,265 shares outstanding at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively |
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12 |
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12 |
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Additional paid-in capital |
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810,011 |
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787,130 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income |
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1,823 |
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1,371 |
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Accumulated deficit |
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(720,611 |
) |
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(688,492 |
) |
Common stock in treasury, at cost; 1,177 shares at June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 |
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(4 |
) |
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(4 |
) |
Total stockholders’ equity |
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$ |
91,231 |
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$ |
100,017 |
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Non-controlling interests |
3,847 | 3,847 | ||||||
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity |
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$ |
161,468 |
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$ |
123,788 |
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See accompanying notes.
NextNav INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE LOSS
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT PER SHARE AMOUNTS)
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Three Months Ended June 30, |
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Six Months Ended June 30, |
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2023 |
2022 |
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2023 |
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2022 |
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Revenue |
$ | 800 | $ | 1,421 |
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$ |
1,630 |
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$ |
2,620 |
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Operating expenses: |
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Cost of goods sold (exclusive of depreciation and amortization) |
3,142 | 3,001 |
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6,165 |
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6,038 |
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Research and development |
4,994 | 4,170 |
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9,572 |
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8,158 |
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Selling, general and administrative |
6,516 |
10,382 |
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12,570 |
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19,722 |
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Depreciation and amortization |
1,178 | 884 |
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2,303 |
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1,766 |
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Total operating expenses |
$ | 15,830 | $ | 18,437 |
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$ |
30,610 |
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$ |
35,684 |
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Operating loss |
$ | (15,030 | ) | $ | (17,016 | ) |
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$ |
(28,980 |
) |
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$ |
(33,064 |
) | ||
Other income (expense): |
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Interest income (expense) |
(343 | ) | 109 |
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126 |
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109 |
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Change in fair value of warrants |
(263 | ) | 17,763 |
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(3,063 |
) |
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24,150 |
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Other income (loss) |
14 | (37 | ) |
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(67 |
) |
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(53 |
) | |||||
Income (loss) before income taxes |
$ | (15,622 | ) | $ | 819 |
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$ |
(31,984 |
) |
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$ |
(8,858 |
) | |||
Benefit (Provision) for income taxes |
(148 | ) | 8 |
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(135 |
) |
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(26 |
) | |||||
Net income (loss) |
$ | (15,770 | ) | $ | 827 |
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$ |
(32,119 |
) |
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$ |
(8,884 |
) | |||
Foreign currency translation adjustment |
20 | (9 | ) |
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|
452 |
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(22 |
) | ||||||
Comprehensive income (loss) |
$ | (15,750 | ) | $ | 818 |
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$ |
(31,667 |
) |
$ |
(8,906 |
) | ||||
Net income (loss) | (15,770 | ) | 827 | (32,119 | ) | (8,884 | ) | |||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders |
$ | (15,770 | ) | $ | 827 |
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$ |
(32,119 |
) |
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$ |
(8,884 |
) | |||
Weighted average of shares outstanding – basic |
106,749 |
101,071 |
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106,951 |
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|
99,886 |
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Weighted average of shares outstanding – diluted | 106,749 | 102,381 |
106,951 |
99,886 |
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Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share - basic |
$ | (0.15 | ) | $ | 0.01 |
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$ |
(0.30 |
) |
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$ |
(0.09 |
) | |||
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders per share - diluted | $ | (0.15 | ) | $ | 0.01 |
$ | (0.30 | ) | $ | (0.09 |
) |
See accompanying notes.
NEXTNAV INC.
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
|
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Class A Common Stock |
|
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Additional Paid-In |
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Accumulated |
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Accumulated Other Comprehensive |
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Treasury stock, |
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Stockholders’ (Deficit) |
Non- controlling |
Total |
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Units |
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Value |
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Capital |
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Deficit |
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(Loss) |
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at cost |
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|
Equity | interests |
Equity |
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Balance, December 31, 2021 |
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|
96,546,611 |
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|
$ |
11 |
|
|
$ |
747,928 |
|
|
$ |
(647,861 |
) |
|
$ |
(121 |
) |
$ |
— |
|
|
$ | 99,957 | $ | — |
$ |
99,957 |
|
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Impact from adoption of new accounting standards |
|
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— |
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|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(515 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
(515 | ) | — |
|
(515 |
) |
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Balance, January 1, 2022 |
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|
96,546,611 |
|
|
$ |
11 |
|
|
$ |
747,928 |
|
|
$ |
(648,376 |
) |
|
$ |
(121 |
) |
$ |
— |
|
|
$ | 99,442 | $ | — |
$ |
99,442 |
|
|||||
Exercise of common stock options |
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7,325 |
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|
|
— |
|
|
|
26 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
26 | — |
|
26 |
|
|||||||
Exercise of common warrants |
|
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10 |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
— | — |
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— |
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Stock-based compensation expense |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
7,195 |
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|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
7,195 |
— |
|
7,195 |
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Net loss |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
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|
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(9,711 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
— |
|
|
(9,711 | ) | — |
|
(9,711 |
) |
||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
(13 |
) |
|
— |
|
|
(13 |
) | — |
|
(13 |
) |
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Common stock received for tax withholding |
|
|
(173 |
) |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
(1 |
) |
|
(1 |
) | — |
|
(1 |
) | ||||||
Balance, March 31, 2022 |
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|
96,553,773 |
|
|
$ |
11 |
|
|
$ |
755,149 |
|
|
$ |
(658,087 |
) |
|
$ |
(134 |
) |
$ |
(1 |
) |
|
$ | 96,938 | $ | — |
$ |
96,938 |
|
|||||
Vesting of RSUs |
239,266 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of RSUs | 205,850 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise of common stock options | 79,614 | — | 22 | — | — | — | 22 |
— | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise of common warrants | 4,308,297 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
— | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation expense | — | — | 6,763 | — | — | — | 6,763 |
— |
6,763 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | — | — | — | 827 |
— | — | 827 |
— |
827 |
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Foreign currency translation adjustment | — | — | — | — | (9 | ) | — | (9 |
) | — |
(9 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, June 30, 2022 | 101,386,800 | $ | 11 | $ | 761,934 | $ | (657,260 | ) | $ | (143 | ) | $ | (1 | ) | $ | 104,541 | $ | — | $ | 104,541 |
See accompanying notes.
NextNav INC.
CONDENSED Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ equity
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS, EXCEPT SHARE DATA)
|
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Class A Common Stock |
|
|
Additional Paid-In |
|
|
Accumulated |
|
|
Accumulated Other Comprehensive |
|
|
Treasury stock, |
|
|
Stockholders’ (Deficit) |
|
Non- controlling |
Total |
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|
Units |
|
|
Value |
|
|
Capital |
|
|
Deficit |
|
|
Income |
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at cost |
|
|
Equity |
|
interests |
Equity |
||||||||||||||
Balance, December 31, 2022 | 106,417,265 | $ | 12 | $ | 787,130 | $ | (688,492 | ) | $ | 1,371 | $ | (4 | ) | $ | 100,017 | $ | 3,847 | $ | 103,864 | |||||||||||||||||
Vesting of RSUs | 619,387 |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of RSAs | 27,744 | — | — | — |
— | — | — |
— | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise of common stock options | 91,258 | — | 25 | — | — | — | 25 | — | 25 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation expense | — |
— | 4,548 | — | — |
— |
4,548 | — | 4,548 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | — | — | — | (16,349 | ) | — |
— | (16,349 | ) | — | (16,349 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | — | — |
— | — | 432 | — | 432 | — | 432 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, March 31, 2023 | 107,155,654 | $ | 12 | $ | 791,703 |
$ | (704,841 | ) | $ | 1,803 | $ | (4 | ) | $ | 88,673 | $ | 3,847 | $ | 92,520 | |||||||||||||||||
Vesting of RSUs | 605,975 | — |
— |
— |
— |
— |
— | — | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of RSAs | 376,325 | — | — | — |
— | — | — |
— | — | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Exercise of common stock options | 46,583 | — | 13 | — | — | — | 13 | — | 13 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Stock-based compensation expense | — |
— | 3,697 | — | — |
— |
3,697 | — | 3,697 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Issuance of common warrants | — | — | 14,598 | — | — | — | 14,598 | — | 14,598 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net loss | — | — | — | (15,770 | ) | — |
— | (15,770 | ) | — | (15,770 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Foreign currency translation adjustment | — | — |
— | — | 20 | — | 20 | — | 20 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance, June 30, 2023 | 108,184,537 | $ | 12 |
$ | 810,011 |
$ | (720,611 | ) | $ | 1,823 |
$ | (4 | ) | $ | 91,231 |
$ | 3,847 | $ | 95,078 |
See accompanying notes.
NextNav INC.
CONDENSED Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(UNAUDITED)
(IN THOUSANDS)
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, |
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|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||
Operating activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
||
Net loss |
|
$ |
(32,119 |
) |
|
$ |
(8,884 |
) |
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
2,303 |
|
|
|
1,766 |
|
Equity-based compensation |
|
|
8,236 |
|
|
|
13,958 |
|
Change in fair value of warranty liability |
|
|
3,063 |
|
|
(24,150 |
) | |
Realized and unrealized gain on marketable securities |
(191 | ) | — | |||||
Equity method investment loss |
86 | — | ||||||
Asset retirement obligation accretion |
|
|
33 |
|
|
|
26 |
|
Amortization of debt discount | 480 | — | ||||||
Changes in operating assets and liabilities: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Accounts receivable |
|
|
338 |
|
|
|
769 |
|
Other current assets |
|
|
655 |
|
|
1,647 |
||
Other assets |
|
|
75 |
|
|
|
56 |
|
Accounts payable |
|
|
(140 |
) |
|
|
(11 |
) |
Deferred revenue |
|
|
(31 |
) |
|
|
(1,622 |
) |
Accrued expenses and other liabilities |
|
|
1,054 |
|
|
(597 |
) | |
Operating lease right-of-use assets and liabilities |
|
|
239 |
|
|
268 |
|
|
Net cash used in operating activities |
|
$ |
(15,919 |
) |
|
$ |
(16,774 |
) |
Investing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capitalization of costs and purchases of network assets, property, and equipment |
|
|
(2,333 |
) |
|
|
(634 |
) |
Purchase of marketable securities |
(30,534 | ) | — | |||||
Sale and maturity of marketable securities | 6,713 | — | ||||||
Purchase of internal use software |
|
|
(505 |
) |
|
|
(151 |
) |
Net cash used in investing activities |
|
$ |
(26,659 |
) |
|
$ |
(785 |
) |
Financing activities |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from senior secured notes | 50,000 | — | ||||||
Payments towards debt issuance cost | (1,838 | ) | — | |||||
Payments towards debt | (55 | ) | — | |||||
Proceeds from exercise of stock options |
|
|
39 |
|
|
|
48 |
|
Repurchase of common stocks (withholding taxes) |
|
|
— |
|
|
(1 |
) | |
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
$ |
48,146 |
|
$ |
47 |
|
|
Effect of exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
(14 |
) |
|
|
(42 |
) |
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents |
|
|
5,554 |
|
|
(17,554 |
) | |
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period |
|
|
47,230 |
|
|
|
100,076 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents at end of period |
|
$ |
52,784 |
|
|
$ |
82,522 |
|
Non-cash financing information |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Capital expenditure included in accounts payable |
|
$ |
225 |
|
|
$ |
501 |
|
Issuance of warrants | $ | 14,598 | $ | — |
See accompanying notes.
NextNav INC.
Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)
For the six months ended June 30, 2023
1. Organization and Business
Principal Business
NextNav Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries (collectively “NextNav” or the “Company”) deliver next generation positioning, navigation and timing (“PNT”) solutions built on a robust asset platform, including 8MHz of nearly nationwide wireless spectrum in the 900MHz band, intellectual property and deployed network systems. The Company’s Pinnacle system provides “floor-level” altitude service to any device with a barometric pressure sensor, including most off-the-shelf Android and iOS smartphones. The Company’s TerraPoiNT system is a terrestrial-based, encrypted network designed to overcome the limitations inherent in the space-based nature of global positioning system (“GPS”) through a network of specialized wide area location transmitters that broadcasts an encrypted PNT signal over the Company’s licensed spectrum.
Since its inception, NextNav has incurred recurring losses and generated negative cash flows from operations and has primarily relied upon debt and equity financings to fund its cash requirements. During the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company incurred net losses of $32.1 million and $8.9 million, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, net cash used in operating activities was $15.9 million and $16.8 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2023, cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities was $85.0 million. The Company’s primary use of cash is to fund operations as NextNav continues to grow. The Company expects to incur additional losses and higher operating expenses for the foreseeable future, specifically as NextNav invests in ongoing research and development and the expansion of the TerraPoiNT network.
Managing liquidity and the Company’s cash position is a priority of the Company. The Company continually works to optimize its expenses in light of the growth of its business, and adapt to changes in the economic environment. The Company believes that the cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities as of June 30, 2023 will be sufficient to meet its working capital and capital expenditure needs, including all contractual commitments, for the next 12 months. The Company believes it will meet longer term expected future cash requirements and obligations through a combination of its existing cash and cash equivalents balances and marketable securities, cash flows from operations, and issuance of equity securities or debt offerings. However, this determination is based upon internal projections and is subject to changes in market and business conditions.
2. Summary of Significant Accounting Policies
Basis of Presentation
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Company and its wholly owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in these condensed consolidated financial statements.
Unaudited Interim Financial Information
The condensed consolidated financial statements as of June 30, 2023 are unaudited. These interim financial statements of NextNav have been prepared in accordance with U.S. GAAP and SEC instructions for interim financial information and should be read in conjunction with NextNav’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 (the “2022 Form 10-K”), which the Company filed with the SEC on March 30, 2023.
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared on the same basis as the audited consolidated financial statements and reflect, in management’s opinion, all adjustments of a normal, recurring nature that are necessary for the fair statement of the Company’s financial position as of June 30, 2023, results of operations for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, and changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, but are not necessarily indicative of the results expected for the full fiscal year or any other period.
There have been no changes to the Company’s significant accounting policies described in the 2022 Form 10-K that have had a material impact on these condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes.
Use of Estimates
The preparation of condensed consolidated financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make certain estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of income and expenses during the reporting period and accompanying notes. These estimates include those related to the useful lives and recoverability of long-lived and intangible assets, valuation of common stock warrants, income taxes and equity-based compensation, among others. NextNav bases estimates on historical experience, anticipated results and various other assumptions, including assumptions of future events, it believes are reasonable under the circumstances, the results of which form the basis for making judgments about the carrying value of assets, liabilities, equity, revenue and expenses, that are not readily apparent from other sources. Actual results and outcomes could differ materially from these estimates and assumptions.
Cash and Cash Equivalents and Marketable Securities
Cash and cash equivalents include all cash in banks and highly liquid investments with an original maturity of three months or less when purchased. The combined account balances held on deposit at each institution typically exceed Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) insurance coverage and, as a result, there is a concentration of credit risk related to amounts on deposit in excess of FDIC insurance coverage. The Company seeks to reduce this risk by maintaining such deposits with high quality financial institutions that management believes are creditworthy. Further, the Company seeks to minimize its exposure to banking risk by limiting the amount of uninsured deposits and investing its excess cash in U.S. government and government agency bonds, and money market funds.
The Company invests excess cash primarily in U.S. government and government agency bonds, and money market funds. The Company classifies all marketable securities that have stated maturities of three months or less from the date of purchase as cash equivalents, and those that have stated maturities of over three months as short-term investments on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. The Company determines the appropriate classification of investments in marketable securities at the time of purchase and reevaluates such designation at each balance sheet date. The Company’s marketable securities are classified as trading and are measured at fair value with the related gains and losses, including unrealized, recognized in interest income (expense).
Revenue
The following table presents the Company’s revenue disaggregated by category and source:
|
Three Months Ended June 30, |
|
Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
||||||||||||
|
2023 |
2022 |
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||||||||
|
(in thousands) |
|
(in thousands) |
|
||||||||||||
Commercial |
$ | 795 | $ | 1,302 |
|
$ |
1,620 |
|
|
$ |
2,482 |
|
||||
Government contracts |
5 | 7 |
|
|
10 |
|
|
|
17 |
|
||||||
Equipment sales |
— | 112 |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
121 |
|
||||||
Total revenue |
$ | 800 |
$ | 1,421 |
|
$ |
1,630 |
|
|
$ |
2,620 |
|
Contract Balances
Accounts receivable are billed and unbilled amounts related to the Company’s rights to consideration as performance obligations are satisfied when the rights to payment become unconditional but for the passage of time. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company’s accounts receivable balances were comprised of $1.8 million and $2.2 million, respectively. The Company estimates losses on accounts receivable based on expected losses, including its historical experience of actual losses. Receivables are considered impaired and written-off when it is probable that all contractual payments due will not be collected in accordance with the terms of the agreement. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, all accounts receivable balances were current and no allowances for doubtful accounts were recorded.
Contract liabilities relate to amounts billed in advance, or advance consideration received from customers, for which transfer of control of the good or service occurs at a later point in time. As of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company’s contract liabilities were $64 thousand and $95 thousand, respectively.
Equity-Based Compensation
Measurement of equity-based compensation with employees is based on the estimated grant date fair value of the equity instruments issued. The fair value of stock options is determined using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The fair value of restricted stock awards is based on the closing price of NextNav’s common stock on the date of grant. NextNav recognizes equity-based compensation on a straight-line basis over the requisite service period of the grant, which is generally equal to the vesting period. NextNav accounts for forfeitures as they occur.
The following details the amount of stock-based compensation included in cost of goods sold, research and development, and selling, general and administrative expenses:
|
Three Months Ended June 30, |
Six Months Ended June 30, |
||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
2022 |
2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
|
(in thousands) |
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
Cost of goods sold |
$ | 606 | $ | 539 | $ | 1,144 | $ | 1,183 | ||||||||
Research and development |
1,758 |
1,506 | 3,358 | 3,300 | ||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative |
2,006 |
4,718 | 3,734 | 9,475 | ||||||||||||
Total stock-based compensation expense |
$ | 4,370 | $ | 6,763 |
$ | 8,236 | $ | 13,958 |
Basic and Diluted Net Earnings (Loss) per Share
Basic earnings (loss) per share (“EPS”) excludes dilution for common share equivalents and is computed by dividing net income (loss) available to common stockholders by the weighted-average number of common shares outstanding for the period. Diluted EPS is based on the weighted-average number of shares of common stock outstanding during each period, adjusted for the effect of dilutive common share equivalents.
Restricted shares are included in the computation of basic EPS as they vest and are included in diluted EPS, to the extent they are dilutive, determined using the treasury stock method. Outstanding options and warrants are included in the computation of diluted EPS, to the extent they are dilutive, determined using the treasury stock method.
The determination of the diluted weighted average shares is included in the following calculation of EPS:
|
Three Months Ended June 30, |
Six Months Ended June 30, |
||||||||||||||
|
2023 |
2022 |
2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
|
(in thousands, except per share amounts) |
|||||||||||||||
Numerator |
||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss) attributable to common stockholders |
$ | (15,770 |
) | $ | 827 |
$ | (32,119 | ) | $ | (8,884 | ) | |||||
|
||||||||||||||||
Denominator |
||||||||||||||||
Weighted average shares – basic |
106,749 | 101,071 | 106,951 | 99,886 | ||||||||||||
Weighted average shares – diluted | 106,749 |
102,381 | 106,951 | 99,886 |
||||||||||||
Basic earnings (loss) per share |
$ | (0.15 | ) | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.30 | ) | $ | (0.09 | ) | |||||
Diluted earnings (loss) per share | $ | (0.15 | ) | $ | 0.01 | $ | (0.30 | ) | $ | (0.09 | ) |
The following details anti-dilutive unvested restricted stock units and unvested restricted stock awards, as well as the anti-dilutive effects of the outstanding warrants and stock options:
|
Three Months Ended June 30, |
Six Months Ended June 30, | ||||||||||||||
Antidilutive Shares Excluded |
2023 |
2022 |
2023 | 2022 | ||||||||||||
|
(in thousands) |
(in thousands) | ||||||||||||||
Warrants |
18,750 | 18,750 | 18,750 | 18,750 | ||||||||||||
Stock Options |
3,769 | 616 | 3,769 | 2,399 | ||||||||||||
Unvested Restricted Stock Units |
3,400 | 3,207 | 3,400 | 3,251 | ||||||||||||
Unvested Restricted Stock Awards |
334 |
— | 334 | 1,276 |
Equity Method Investment
The Company applies the equity method of accounting to investments when it has significant influence, but not controlling interest, in the investee. Judgment regarding the level of influence over each equity method investment includes considering key factors such as ownership interest, representation on the board of directors, participation in policy-making decisions and material intercompany transactions.
The initial carrying value of equity method investment is based on the amount paid to purchase the interest in the investee entity. Subsequently, the investment is increased or decreased by the Company’s proportionate share in the investee’s earnings or losses and decreased by cash distributions from the investee. The Company eliminates from its financial results all significant intercompany transactions to the extent of its ownership interest, including the intercompany portion of transactions with equity method investee. The Company’s share of the investee’s income or loss is recorded on a one quarter lag.
The Company evaluates equity method investment for impairment based upon a comparison of the fair value of the equity method investment to its carrying value, when impairment indicators exist. If the Company determines a decline in the fair value of an equity method investment below its carrying value is other-than-temporary, an impairment is recorded.
Leases
NextNav leases office space under a non-cancellable lease as well as site leases for towers and shelters under operating leases related to its network. Site leases are entered into throughout the United States under which NextNav receives the rights to install equipment used to transmit its services over its licensed spectrum. The Company, at the inception of the contract, determines whether a contract is or contains a lease based on assessment of the terms and conditions of the contract. The Company classifies leases with contractual terms longer than twelve months as either operating or finance. The Company has elected not to recognize lease assets and liabilities for its short-term leases, which are defined as leases with an initial term of twelve months or less.
The Company’s leases may include options to extend or terminate the lease. The option to renew may be automatic, at the option of NextNav or mutually agreed to between the landlord and NextNav. Lease terms include the non-cancellable term and periods under options to extend or terminate the lease when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise that option.
The Company’s lease agreements generally contain lease and non-lease components. Payments under the lease arrangements are primarily fixed. Non-lease components primarily include payments for utilities and maintenance. The Company combines fixed payments for non-lease components with lease payments and account for them together as a single lease component which increases the amount of the Company’s lease assets and liabilities. Certain lease agreements contain variable payments, which are expensed as incurred and not included in the lease assets and liabilities. These amounts include payments for common area maintenance.
Lease assets and liabilities are recognized at the present value of the future lease payments at the lease commencement date. The interest rate used to determine the present value of the future lease payments is the Company’s incremental borrowing rate, because the interest rate implicit in the Company’s leases is not readily determinable. The Company’s incremental borrowing rate is estimated to approximate the interest rate on a collateralized basis with similar terms and payments, and in economic environments where the leased asset is located. Lease assets are reduced by landlord incentives, plus any direct costs from executing the leases or lease prepayments reclassified from “Other current assets” upon lease commencement. Operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. Monthly rent expense includes any site related utility payments or other fees such as administrative or up-front fees contained in the lease agreements that are determinable upon execution of the lease agreement.
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets
Acquired finite-lived intangible assets primarily includes proprietary technology and software. See Note 5 — Intangibles.
Goodwill
Goodwill represents the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the net tangible and intangible assets acquired in a business combination. Goodwill is not amortized but is tested for impairment annually in the fourth quarter or more frequently if events or changes in circumstances indicate that the asset may be impaired. The Company operates as one reporting unit. When testing goodwill for impairment, the Company may first perform an optional qualitative assessment. If the Company determines it is not more likely than not the reporting unit’s fair value is less than its carrying value, then no further analysis is necessary. If the Company determines that it is more likely than not that the fair value of its reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, then the quantitative impairment test will be performed. Under the quantitative impairment test, if the carrying amount of the Company’s reporting unit exceeds its fair value, the Company will recognize an impairment loss in an amount equal to that excess but limited to the total amount of goodwill. No goodwill impairment was recorded for the six months ended June 30, 2023 and for the year ended December 31, 2022. The following summarizes the Company's goodwill activities (in millions):
Goodwill - January 1, 2023 | $ | 17,493 | |
Changes in foreign exchange rates | 342 | ||
Purchase price adjustment | (96 | ) | |
Goodwill - June 30, 2023 | $ | 17,739 |
Acquisitions
The Company accounts for its acquisitions using the acquisition method of accounting. The purchase price is attributed to the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Transaction costs directly attributable to the acquisition are expensed as incurred. Identifiable assets and liabilities acquired or assumed are measured separately at their fair values as of the acquisition date. The excess of the purchase price of acquisition over the fair value of the identifiable net assets of the acquiree is recorded as goodwill. The results of businesses acquired are included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition.
When the Company issues stock-based or cash awards to an acquired company’s shareholders, the Company evaluates whether the awards are consideration or compensation for post-acquisition services. The evaluation includes, among other things, whether the vesting of the awards is contingent on the continued employment of the acquired company’s stockholders beyond the acquisition date. If continued employment is required for vesting, the awards are treated as compensation for post-acquisition services and recognized as expense over the requisite service period.
Determining the fair value of assets acquired and liabilities assumed requires management to use significant judgment and estimates, including the selection of valuation methodologies, estimates of future revenue and cash flows, discount rates, and selection of comparable companies. The estimates and assumptions used to determine the fair values and useful lives of identified intangible assets could change due to numerous factors, including market conditions, technological developments, economic conditions, and competition. During the measurement period, which may be up to one year from the acquisition date, the Company may record adjustments to the fair value of these tangible and intangible assets acquired and liabilities assumed, with the corresponding offset to goodwill. In addition, uncertain tax positions, tax-related valuation allowances and pre-acquisition contingencies are initially recorded as of the acquisition date. The Company continues to collect information and reevaluates these estimates and assumptions quarterly and records any adjustments to the Company’s preliminary estimates to goodwill provided that the Company is within the measurement period. Upon the conclusion of the measurement period or final determination of the fair value of assets acquired or liabilities assumed, whichever comes first, any subsequent adjustments are recorded in the Company’s consolidated statement of operations. In connection with the determination of fair values, the Company may engage a third-party valuation specialist to assist with the valuation of intangible and certain tangible assets acquired and certain assumed obligations.
Long term debt
In conjunction with the issuance of senior secured notes due 2026 in May of 2023, the Company issued warrants to the lenders. The Company allocated the proceeds from its debt issuance to long term debt and equity classified warrants based on relative fair value as determined by the Discounted Cash Flow approach and Monte Carlo simulation model, respectively. The portion of proceeds allocated to equity-classified warrants and direct debt issuance costs are classified as debt discounts. The carrying value of long term debt in the Company’s condensed consolidated balance sheet consists of principal amount of debt, net of debt discounts. Debt discounts are amortized to interest expense based on the related debt agreements primarily using the effective interest method.
Non-controlling Interests
The non-controlling interest in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements represents the warrants for Nestwave, SAS (“Nestwave”) shares that were owned by the selling shareholders. Holders of the warrants do not have the right to income or obligation to losses, and the Company did not attribute any net loss to the non-controlling interests for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023.
Foreign Currency Translation
The functional currency of NextNav’s foreign subsidiaries is generally the local currency. Assets and liabilities are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rate in effect at the Consolidated Balance Sheet date. Operating accounts are translated at an average rate of exchange for the respective accounting periods. Translation adjustments resulting from the process of translating foreign currency financial statements into U.S. dollars are reported as a component of accumulated other comprehensive loss. Transaction gains and losses reflected in the functional currencies are charged to income or expense at the time of the transaction.
Net transaction gains (losses) from foreign currency contracts recorded in the Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss were immaterial for the three and six months ended June 30, 2022 and 2022. The only component of other comprehensive loss is currency translation adjustments for all periods presented. No income tax expense was allocated to the currency translation adjustments.
Adopted Accounting Pronouncements
In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU 2016-13, Financial Instruments — Credit Losses (Topic 326) (“ASU 2016-13”), which requires that an entity measure and recognize expected credit losses for financial assets held at amortized cost and replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current U.S. GAAP with a methodology that requires consideration of a broader range of information to estimate credit losses. The guidance also modifies the impairment model for available-for-sale debt securities. ASU 2016-13 is effective for the Company’s fiscal year beginning January 1, 2023. The Company adopted this ASU as of January 1, 2023. The adoption did not have a material impact on the consolidated financial statements.
Management does not believe that any other recently issued, but not yet effective, accounting standards, if currently adopted, would have a material effect on the Company’s consolidated financial statements.
3. Acquisition
On October 31, 2022 (the “Closing Date”), the Company completed the acquisition of all outstanding equity in Nestwave, a privately held French company that is a global leader in low-power geolocation. The acquisition is expected to significantly accelerate the availability of resilient 3D position, navigation and timing, release the underlying spectrum’s capacity for additional data-oriented services and enables broader penetration of NextNav’s applications and technology across the handset and device ecosystem for all of its products and target markets. The acquisition is accounted for under the acquisition method of accounting in accordance with Accounting Standard Codification (“ASC”) 805 Business Combinations.
The Company acquired Nestwave for $21.6 million, net of cash acquired of $0.4 million. The purchase price for financial reporting purpose includes $3.2 million cash paid upfront and $0.8 million payable on or prior to first anniversary of the Closing Date, an aggregate of 5,170,495 shares of the Company's common stock valued at $17.7 million, and cash contingent consideration of up to $0.3 million. The fair value of the Company's common stock was determined on the basis of its closing market price on the Closing Date. Contingent consideration was measured based on government grants and tax credits Nestwave expects to receive, and will be settled within one year of Closing Date. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company increased the fair value of contingent consideration liability by $0.1 million. The Company paid $0.1 million in cash to settle a portion of the contingent consideration liability. The Company incurred acquisition-related costs of $0.9 million associated with the acquisition and were included in the selling, general and administrative expenses in the 2022 Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss.
The earnings of Nestwave have been included in the consolidated financial statements of the Company beginning November 1, 2022. The pro forma financial information, assuming the acquisition had taken place on January 1, 2021, as well as the revenue and earnings generated during the period after the acquisition date, were not material for separate disclosure and, accordingly, have not been presented.
The fair value measurements of the identified intangible assets on acquisition date were based primarily on significant unobservable inputs and thus represent a Level 3 measurement as defined in ASC 820 Fair Value Measurements. The fair values of technology and software were determined using the replacement cost method under the cost approach. The excess of the purchase price over the fair value of the tangible net assets and intangible assets acquired was recognized as goodwill and is attributable to a number of business factors, including but not limited to, the acquired workforce and expanded market opportunities when integrating Nestwave’s software and technology with the Company’s other offerings. Goodwill generated from the acquisition is not deductible for tax purposes.
As of October 31, 2022, the purchase price assigned to the acquired assets and assumed liabilities is summarized as follows. The Company provided estimates of balances as of December 31, 2022 and updated these estimates as more information become available. The Company has completed this exercise. The assets and liabilities of Nestwave recorded in the Company's financial statements at the acquisition date are summarized below:
Preliminary | Adjustments | Final | |||||||||
(in thousands) |
|||||||||||
Cash acquired |
$ | 433 | $ | — |
$ |
433 |
|
||||
Other current assets |
436 | — |
|
436 |
|
||||||
Property and equipment |
69 | — |
|
69 |
|
||||||
Other noncurrent assets |
50 | — |
|
50 |
|
||||||
Intangible assets: |
|
|
|
||||||||
Technology |
541 | — |
|
541 |
|
||||||
Software |
5,128 | — |
|
5,128 |
|
||||||
Goodwill |
16,317 | (96 | ) |
|
16,221 |
|
|||||
Total assets acquired |
$ | 22,974 | $ | (96 | ) |
$ |
22,878 |
|
|||
Current liabilities | 760 | — | 760 | ||||||||
Noncurrent liabilities | 501 | (96 | ) | 405 | |||||||
Net assets acquired | $ | 21,713 | $ | — |
$ |
21,713 |
The estimated useful lives of the identified finite-lived intangible assets from the acquisition is 12 years for technology and software.
Certain shareholders of Nestwave hold warrants for Nestwave shares that remained unexercised and outstanding as of the Closing Date. The Company and the holders of unexercised warrants entered into Put & Call Option Agreements whereas upon exercising the warrants, the Company will issue a total of 1.1 million shares of the Company's common stock in exchange for Nestwave shares to the exercising warrant holders. The Company recognized the warrants at acquisition date fair value of $3.9 million as non-controlling interests in the Company’s Consolidated Balance Sheet as of June 30, 2023.
4. Accrued Expenses and Other Current Liabilities
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities consisted of the following:
|
|
June 30, 2023 |
|
|
December 31, 2022 |
|
||
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
|||||
Accrued salary and other employee liabilities |
|
$ |
2,453 |
|
|
$ |
2,420 |
|
Accrued legal and professional services |
|
|
475 |
|
|
|
387 |
|
Other accrued liabilities |
|
|
3,048 |
|
|
|
2,434 |
|
Total |
|
$ |
5,976 |
|
|
$ |
5,241 |
|
5. Intangibles
Intangible assets as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022 consist of following (in thousands):
June 30, 2023 |
December 31, 2022 |
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Gross Amount |
Accumulated Amortization |
Net Carrying Value | Gross Amount |
Accumulated Amortization |
Net Carrying Value | |||||||||||||||||||
Indefinite-Lived intangible assets | $ |
3,467 | $ | — | $ | 3,467 | $ | 3,467 | $ | — | $ | 3,467 | ||||||||||||
Acquired Software | 7,142 | 1,802 | 5,340 | 6,999 | 1,561 | 5,438 | ||||||||||||||||||
Acquired Technology | 591 | 33 | 558 | 580 | 8 | 572 | ||||||||||||||||||
Internal Use Software | 2,144 | 894 | 1,250 | 1,560 | 640 | 920 | ||||||||||||||||||
Total | $ | 13,344 | $ | 2,729 | $ | 10,615 | $ | 12,606 | $ | 2,209 | $ | 10,397 |
The average weighted average remaining useful lives of acquired software and acquired technology were 11.3 years as of June 30, 2023.
Amortization expenses on intangibles assets was $0.3 million and $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Future amortization is expected as follows:
2023 | $ | 555 | ||
2024 | 980 | |||
2025 | 917 | |||
2026 | 643 | |||
2027 and thereafter | 4,053 | |||
$ | 7,148 |
6. Equity Method Investment
As of June 30, 2023, the Company’s total ownership of MetCom Inc., a privately-owned Japanese joint stock company (kabushiki kaisha) (“MetCom”), consists of 702,334 shares representing ownership of 14.8%. The Company provides licenses to its technology, infrastructure and subscriber equipment to MetCom to support MetCom’s efforts in commercializing terrestrial positioning technology (both TerraPoiNT and Pinnacle) in Japan. Due to the technological dependencies, the Company's equity ownership and representation on MetCom's board of directors, the Company has significant influence, but not controlling interest, over MetCom. The Company’s investment in MetCom is accounted for under the equity method. The basis difference in the Company’s cost basis and the basis reflected at the investee entity level is allocated to equity method goodwill and is not amortized. The Company recognized a loss of $86 thousand in the six months ended June 30, 2023 that is recorded in other income (expenses). The carrying value of the Company's investment in MetCom was $809 thousand as of June 30, 2023 and is classified in other long-term assets. The Company had $40 thousand and $279 thousand in accounts receivable from MetCom as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, respectively.
The Company holds a warrant (the “MetCom Warrant”) issued by MetCom which entitles the Company to purchase additional shares at an exercise price of JPY10 per share, such that the Company may obtain an aggregate total of 33% of MetCom common stock on an “as-converted” basis. The MetCom Warrant is subject to certain vesting conditions which were not met as of June 30, 2023; therefore, the Warrant was not exercisable.
7. Fair Value
NextNav uses observable and unobservable inputs to determine the value of its assets and liabilities recorded at fair value. Observable inputs reflect market data obtained from independent sources, while unobservable inputs reflect internal market assumptions. The three-tier hierarchy for inputs used to measure fair value, which prioritizes the inputs used in the methodologies of measuring fair value for assets and liabilities, where applicable, is as follows:
- Level 1 — Quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
- Level 2 — Observable inputs other than quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities
- Level 3 — No observable pricing inputs in the market
Assets and liabilities are classified in their entirety based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurements. NextNav’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurements requires judgment and may affect the valuation of the assets and liabilities being measured and their placement within the fair value hierarchy. NextNav effectuates transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy, if any, as of the date of the actual circumstance that caused the transfer.
The following table presents the Company’s fair value hierarchy for its financial assets and liabilities measured at fair value on a recurring basis:
|
|
Level 1 |
|
|
Level 2 |
|
|
Level 3 |
|
|
Total |
|
||||
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
|||||||||||||
June 30, 2023 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Money Market Funds | $ | 5,141 | $ | — |
$ | — | $ | 5,141 | ||||||||
Cash and Cash Equivalents - U.S. Government Agency Bonds | — | 46,437 | — | 46,437 | ||||||||||||
Short term investments - U.S. Government Agency Bonds | — | 32,228 | — | 32,228 | ||||||||||||
Private placement warrants |
|
|
— |
|
|
|
— |
|
|
|
7,263 |
|
|
|
7,263 |
|
December 31, 2022 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and Cash Equivalents - Money Market Funds | $ | 95 | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 95 | ||||||||
Cash and Cash Equivalents - U.S. Government Agency Bonds | — | 36,509 | — | 36,509 | ||||||||||||
Short term investments - U.S. Government Agency Bonds | — | 8,216 | — | 8,216 | ||||||||||||
Private placement warrants |
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
— |
|
|
$ |
4,200 |
|
|
$ |
4,200 |
|
The carrying values of cash and cash equivalents, accounts payable, accrued expenses, amounts included in other current assets, and current liabilities that meet the definition of a financial instrument, approximate fair value due to their short-term nature.
Assets, liabilities, and equity instruments that are measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis include fixed assets and intangible assets. The Company recognizes these items at fair value when they are considered to be impaired or upon initial recognition. The fair value of these assets and liabilities are determined with valuation techniques using the best information available and may include quoted market prices, market comparables and discounted cash flow models.
Level 3 Liabilities
The Company engaged a third-party valuation firm to assist with the fair value analysis of the private placement warrants. The analysis used commonly accepted valuation methodologies and best practices to determine the fair value of the equity, in accordance with fair value standards and U.S. GAAP. For the Private Placement Warrants that were outstanding as of June 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, NextNav used a Monte Carlo simulation model. The following table shows the assumptions used in each respective model:
|
|
June 30, 2023 |
|
|
December 31, 2022 |
|
||
|
|
Values |
|
|
Values |
|
||
Stock Price |
|
$ |
2.94 |
|
|
$ |
2.93 |
|
Strike price |
|
$ |
11.50 |
|
|
$ |
11.50 |
|
Holding Period/Term (years) |
|
|
3.33 |
|
|
|
3.82 |
|
Volatility |
|
|
86.30 |
% |
|
|
62.00 |
% |
Expected dividends |
|
|
None |
|
|
|
None |
|
Risk-Free Rate |
|
|
4.43 |
% |
|
|
4.13 |
% |
Fair value of warrants |
|
$ |
0.83 |
|
|
$ |
0.48 |
|
The table below provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for the liabilities measured at fair value using significant unobservable inputs (Level 3).
Warrants: |
|
(in thousands) |
|
|
Balance as of December 31, 2022 |
|
$ |
4,200 |
|
Fair value adjustment of Private Placement Warrants |
|
|
3,063 |
|
Balance as of June 30, 2023 |
|
$ |
7,263 |
|
8. Long term debt, net
On May 9, 2023 (“Initial Closing”), pursuant to the terms of the Notes Purchase Agreement (“NPA”) and Indenture Agreement (“Indenture”), the Company issued $50.0 million senior secured notes (“Notes”) with a fixed interest rate of 10% to a group of lenders (the “Lenders”) including Whitebox Advisors LLC, Susquehanna International Group, and Clutterbuck Capital Management. The Notes will mature on December 1, 2026 with interest payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year. The Company may elect, in its sole discretion, to pay up to 50% of the accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes due with its common stock.
Under the NPA, the Lenders have the right, but not the obligation, to purchase additional Notes, on a pro rata basis, in an aggregate principal amount of $20.0 million, to be exercisable within 30 days of the Initial Closing. Subsequent to the Initial Closing, on June 8, 2023, the note purchasers elected to purchase such additional Notes an aggregate principal amount of $20.0 million in senior secured notes due 2026. The additional Notes were issued on July 6, 2023. The terms and conditions of the additional Notes are the same as the original Notes.
In conjunction with the issuance of Notes, the Company issued 18,518,520 warrants at an exercise price of $2.16 per share and, with the issuance of additional Notes on July 6, 2023, the Company issued 7,407,407 warrants ("Additional Warrants") at an exercise price of $2.16 per share to purchase Company’s common stock to the Lenders. The Company has the right to redeem for cash the applicable pro rata portion of any Warrant on each of May 1, 2025, September 1, 2025 and December 1, 2025, in each case, at a redemption price of $0.01 per share of underlying common stock, where there exists both a Funding Shortfall (as defined in the Warrant) and the market price of the underlying common stock, calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Warrants, exceeds 130% of the exercise price of the Warrants. The fair value of the Initial Warrants was $14.6 million on the Initial Closing and was classified as debt discount. The fair value was determined based on no observables pricing inputs in the market and is categorized accordingly as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The Company agreed to file a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, registering the resale of the Warrants and the shares of common stock underlying the Warrants within 35 business days of the Initial Closing. The Company filed such registration statement with the SEC on June 23, 2023, which the SEC declared effective on June 29, 2023.
The carrying value of the Notes was $34.0 million as of June 30, 2023 net of debt discount. Net amortization of the debt discount totaled $0.5 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023. The total estimated fair value of the Notes approximates the carrying value of the Notes as of June 30, 2023. The fair value was determined based on no observables pricing inputs in the market and is categorized accordingly as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.
Additional Interests
The Notes are subject to additional interest of up to 0.50% per annum if the Company fails to timely make certain required filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, until such filings are made, or the Notes are otherwise freely tradeable under Rule 144 under the Securities Act.
Redemption and Early Repayment
The Company may redeem the Notes, in whole or in part, at any time on or after May 9, 2024 at a redemption price equal to 101% of the principal amount of the Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest.
In the event of certain non-ordinary course asset sales, including sales of certain intellectual property or spectrum licensed by the FCC to the Company or its subsidiaries, the Company must make a mandatory repurchase offer for a portion of the Notes outstanding with the proceeds of such sale, at a price equal to 100% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes with accrued and unpaid interest, subject to certain thresholds and limitations set forth in the Indenture.
In the event of a change of control, each holder has the right, at such holder’s option and subject to the limitations set forth in the Indenture, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all or any portion of such holder’s Notes at a price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount with accrued and unpaid interest.
Debt Covenant Compliance
The Notes are guaranteed on a first lien senior secured basis by NextNav’s domestic subsidiaries and secured by substantially all of the assets of the company and its domestic subsidiaries.
The Indenture contains customary covenants limiting the ability of the Company and its subsidiaries to: incur or guarantee additional indebtedness; pay dividends or distributions on, or redeem or repurchase, capital stock; make certain investments or other restricted payments; sell assets; enter into transactions with affiliates; merge or consolidate or sell all or substantially all of their assets. These covenants are subject to a number of important and significant limitations, qualifications and exceptions. The Indenture also contains customary events of default. Failure to comply with such covenants could result in an acceleration of the maturity of indebtedness outstanding and additional interest of up to 2.00% per annum under the Indenture.
As of June 30, 2023, the Company was in compliance with all of the applicable debt covenants described above.
9. Warrants and Warrant Liability
As of June 30, 2023, NextNav had 37,268,510 warrants outstanding including: (a) 9,999,990 public warrants sold in connection with Spartacus’ initial public offering (the “Public Warrants”); (b) 8,750,000 warrants issued in a private placement on the initial public offering closing date (the “Private Placement Warrants”); and (c) 18,518,520 warrants (the “Initial Warrants”) issued in connection with the initial closing our senior secured notes offering, as further described in Note 8. On July 6, 2023, the Company issued an additional 7,407,407 warrants (the “Additional Warrants,” and together with the “Initial Warrants,” the “Warrants”) in connection with the additional closing of our senior secured notes offering, as further described in Note 8.
Holders of the Public Warrants, Private Placement Warrants and the Warrants are entitled to acquire shares of common stock of NextNav. With respect to the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants, each whole warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share. The Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants expire on October 28, 2026. With respect to the Warrants, each warrant entitles the registered holder to purchase one share at an exercise price of $2.16 per share. The Warrants expire on June 1, 2027.
NextNav has the right to redeem the outstanding Public Warrants in whole and not in part at a price of $0.01 per warrant upon a minimum of 30 days’ prior written notice of redemption, if and only if the last sales price of the Company’s common stock matched or exceeded $18.00 per share for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period ending on the third trading day prior to the date on which NextNav sends the notice of redemption to the warrant holders.
The Private Placement Warrants are identical in all respects to the Public Warrants except that, so long as they are held by the current holder or its permitted transferees: (i) they will not be redeemable by NextNav; (ii) they may be exercised by the holders on a cashless basis; and (iii) they are subject to registration rights.
NextNav has the right to redeem for cash the applicable pro rata portion of any Warrant on each of May 1, 2025, September 1, 2025 and December 1, 2025, in each case, at a redemption price of $0.01 per share of underlying common stock, where there exists both a Funding Shortfall (as defined in the Warrant) and the market price of the underlying common stock, calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Warrants, exceeds 130% of the exercise price of the Warrants. The fair value of the Initial Warrants was $14.6 million on the Initial Closing and was classified as debt discount. The fair value was determined based on no observables pricing inputs in the market and is categorized accordingly as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The Company agreed to file a registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, registering the resale of the Warrants and the shares of common stock underlying the Warrants within 35 business days of the initial closing our senior secured notes offering. The Company filed such registration statement with the SEC on June 23, 2023, which the SEC declared effective on June 29, 2023.
10. Common Stock
As of June 30, 2023, NextNav had authorized the issuance of 600,000,000 shares of capital stock, par value, 0.0001 per share, consisting of (a) 500,000,000 shares of common stock and (b) 100,000,000 shares of undesignated preferred stock. As of June 30, 2023, NextNav had 108,185,714 shares of common stock issued and 108,184,537 shares of common stock outstanding.
11. Commitments and Contingencies
Litigation and Legal Matters
From time to time, the Company is party to litigation and other legal matters incidental to the conduct of its business. Such matters are subject to many uncertainties and outcomes are not predictable with assurance. The Company accrues liabilities for such matters when it is probable that future expenditures will be made and such expenditures can be reasonably estimated. As of June 30, 2023, the Company was not involved in any such matters, individually or in the aggregate, which management believes would have a material adverse effect on the Company’s business, financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
12. Income Taxes
The Company computes its year-to-date provision for income taxes by applying the estimated annual effective tax rate to year-to-date pretax income or loss and adjusts the provision for discrete tax items recorded in the period. A valuation allowance has been established against the Company’s U.S. federal and state deferred tax assets, which results in an annualized effective tax rate for the Company’s U.S. operations of 0%. During Q2 of 2023 a valuation allowance was established against the Company's French deferred tax asset. For the three months ended June 30, 2023, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $0.1 million related to foreign tax activity on a pretax loss of $15.6 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of (0.95)%. For the three months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded an income tax benefit of $8 thousand related to foreign tax activity on a pretax income of $0.8 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of (0.98)%. For the six months ended June 30, 2023, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $0.1 million related to foreign tax activity on a pretax loss of $32.0 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of (0.4)%. For the six months ended June 30, 2022, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $26.0 thousand related to foreign tax activity on a pretax loss of $8.9 million, resulting in an effective tax rate of (0.3)%. These effective tax rates differ from the U.S. federal statutory rate primarily due to the valuation allowance against the Company’s domestic deferred tax assets.
13. Subsequent Events
The Company has completed an evaluation of all subsequent events through the date of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to ensure that these financial statements include appropriate disclosure of events both recognized in the financial statements and events which occurred but were not recognized in the financial statements. The Company has concluded that no subsequent event has occurred that requires disclosure other than as disclosed in Note 8 — Long term debt, net and Note 9 – Warrants and Warrant Liability.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
The following discussion and analysis of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the accompanying quarterly unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022. Our 2022 Form 10-K includes additional information about our significant accounting policies, practices, and the transactions that underlie our financial results, as well as a detailed discussion of the most significant risks and uncertainties associated with our financial condition and operating results. In addition to historical financial information, some of the information contained in the following discussion and analysis contains forward-looking statements that involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Forward-looking statements reflect management’s current expectations and are inherently uncertain. Actual results and outcomes could differ materially for a variety of reasons. You should review “Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements” at the beginning of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, as well as Item 1A, “Risk Factors” in our 2022 Form 10-K and Part II, Item 1A, “Risk Factors” of our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quartered ended March 31, 2023, as well as those otherwise described or updated from time to time in our other filings with the SEC, for a discussion of important factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from the results described or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in the following discussion and analysis.
Overview
We are the market leader in delivering next generation PNT solutions that overcome the limitations of existing space-based GPS, built on a robust asset platform including 8MHz of nearly nationwide wireless spectrum in the 900MHz band, intellectual property and deployed network systems. The world increasingly requires more accurate and resilient PNT capabilities. Public safety, autonomous vehicles, eVTOLs, UAVs, and the app economy all require precise 3D location solutions. Paramedics need to know which apartment a 911 call originated from, ride hailing and delivery apps need to know precisely where you are standing.
In early 2021, we launched the first element of our next generation GPS service through initial commercial launch of our nationwide Pinnacle network that was deployed in partnership with AT&T Services, Inc. (“AT&T”). The Pinnacle network provides “floor-level” altitude data to over 90% of commercial structures over three stories in the U.S. Pinnacle is being utilized by FirstNet® for public safety. We are currently providing service to Verizon as a customer for E911 services, using our Pinnacle 911 solution. Pinnacle has also been adopted by a growing number of public safety apps, commercial apps and app development platforms, including Unity Engine, CRG, GeoComm, Rapid Deploy, Central Square, NGA 911, Qualcomm, and the Unreal Engine. We believe that ramp up of customers using our existing Pinnacle network will support revenue growth over the coming year.
We will be extending our capabilities by expanding the deployment of our TerraPoiNT system, which is a nationwide network that is designed to overcome the inherent limitations of traditional GPS. TerraPoiNT utilizes a network of specialized wide area location transmitters that broadcast an encrypted PNT signal on our licensed 900 MHz LMS spectrum with a signal that is 100,000 times stronger than GPS. TerraPoiNT is well suited for urban and indoor environments where existing GPS signals are either distorted or blocked all together. In addition, TerraPoiNT provides redundancy for GPS, which is vulnerable to spoofing and jamming. GPS redundancy is increasingly a U.S. national security priority and is a rising priority in the other parts of the world. Critical infrastructure, including communications networks and power grids, require a reliable GPS signal for accurate timing. A failure of GPS would be catastrophic, and there is no back-up system today.
Since the inception of NextNav, LLC in 2007, we have secured valuable FCC licenses covering over 90% of the U.S. population for a continuous 8MHz band of nearly nationwide 900 MHz spectrum, filed more than 170 patents related to our systems and services, deployed the nationwide Pinnacle network and launched commercial service. In addition, we have deployed our TerraPoiNT solution in 88 markets, and TerraPoiNT received the highest scores in testing by the U.S. Department of Transportation of potential PNT back-up solutions.
In October 2022, we acquired Nestwave SAS (“Nestwave”). We expect the integration of the Nestwave technology to significantly reduce the capital and operating expenditures associated with a national deployment of a TerraPoiNT network. In addition, Nestwave’s technology could result in a significant improvement in the spectral efficiency of our radio transmissions, which may allow us to offer an expanded suite of PNT and data services.
Macroeconomic Factors
We are aware that network deployment projects are experiencing delays in schedules and potential cost increases due to a tight labor supply in the field services market. While the impact of this supply constraint is not material to the Company's network projects at this time, we continue to carefully manage labor and materials supply matters. Additionally, there is an increased risk of financial market disruption. Management continues to actively monitor our financial condition, liquidity, operations, suppliers, industry and workforce. We expect these macroeconomic factors and their effects on our operations to continue through the remainder of 2023.
Key Components of Results of Operations
Revenue
We have generated limited revenue since our inception. We derive our revenue from “floor-level” altitude location data, and related products and services as well as from other PNT products and services. Our revenue includes revenue generated through services contracts with wireless carriers, services with applications developers, technology demonstration, assessment and support contracts with government customers, sales of equipment, and licensing of proprietary technology. We recognize revenue when an arrangement exists, services, equipment or access to licensed technology are delivered, the transaction price is determined, the arrangement has commercial substance, and collection of consideration is probable.
Operating Expense
Cost of Goods Sold
Cost of goods sold (“COGS”) consist of personnel-related expenses, including salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation, and allocated facility costs for our operations and manufacturing teams. COGS also includes expenses for site leases, cost of equipment, and professional services related to the maintenance of the equipment at each leased site. We expect our operations costs to increase for the foreseeable future as we continue to invest in the expansion of our Pinnacle and TerraPoiNT networks in domestic U.S. and international markets.
Research and Development
Research and development expenses consist of personnel-related expenses, including salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation, and allocated facility costs for our research and development functions. Research and development costs also include outside professional services for software and hardware development, cloud hosting costs, and software licensing costs. We expect our research and development costs to increase for the foreseeable future as we continue to invest in research and development for our current products and future products.
Selling, General and Administrative
Selling, general and administrative expenses consist of personnel-related expenses, including salaries, benefits and stock-based compensation, and allocated facility costs for our business development, marketing, corporate, executive, finance, legal, human resources, IT and other administrative functions. Selling, general and administrative expenses also include expenses for outside professional services, including legal, auditing and accounting services, recruitment expenses, travel expenses and certain non-income taxes, insurance and other administrative expenses.
We expect our selling, general and administrative expenses to increase for the foreseeable future with the growth of our business, and as a result of operating as a public company, including compliance with the rules and regulations of the SEC, legal, audit, and additional insurance expenses, investor relations activities, and other administrative and professional services. As a result, we expect our selling, general and administrative expenses will increase in absolute dollars, subject to underlying variability in stock-based compensation, but may fluctuate as a percentage of total revenue over time.
Depreciation and Amortization
Depreciation and amortization expense results from depreciation and amortization of our property and equipment and intangible assets that is recognized over their estimated useful lives.
Interest Income (Expense)
Interest income consists of interest earned from our cash and cash equivalents balance and on marketable securities. Interest expense relates to interest on our senior secured notes.
Other Income (Expense)
Other income (expense) consists of miscellaneous non-operating items, such as change in fair value of warrants, equity method income (loss), and foreign currency gains (losses).
Results of Operations
The following table sets forth our statements of operations for the periods indicated:
|
|
Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, |
|||||||||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
2023 |
2022 |
|||||||||
|
|
(in thousands) |
(in thousands) | |||||||||||||
Revenue |
|
$ |
800 |
|
|
$ |
1,421 |
$ | 1,630 | $ | 2,620 | |||||
Operating expense: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||||
Cost of goods sold (1) |
|
|
3,142 |
|
|
|
3,001 |
6,165 | 6,038 | |||||||
Research and development (1) |
|
|
4,994 |
|
|
|
4,170 |
9,572 | 8,158 | |||||||
Selling, general and administrative (1) |
|
|
6,516 |
|
|
|
10,382 |
12,570 | 19,722 | |||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
|
1,178 |
|
|
|
884 |
2,303 | 1,766 | |||||||
Total operating expenses |
|
|
15,830 |
|
|
|
18,437 |
30,610 | 35,684 | |||||||
Operating loss |
|
|
(15,030 |
) |
|
|
(17,016 |
) | (28,980 | ) | (33,064 | ) | ||||
Interest income (expense) |
|
|
(343 |
) |
|
|
109 |
126 | 109 | |||||||
Other income (expense) |
|
|
(249 |
) |
|
|
17,726 |
(3,130 | ) | 24,097 | ||||||
Income (loss) before income taxes |
|
|
(15,622 |
) |
|
|
819 |
(31,984 | ) | (8,858 | ) | |||||
Benefit (Provision) for income taxes |
|
|
(148 |
) |
|
|
8 |
(135 | ) | (26 | ) | |||||
Net income (loss) |
|
$ |
(15,770 |
) |
|
$ |
827 |
$ | (32,119 | ) | $ | (8,884 | ) |
(1) |
Cost of goods sold, research and development, and selling, general and administrative expense for the periods do not include depreciation and amortization, which is presented separately in the Condensed Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Loss, but include stock-based compensation as follows: |
|
|
Three months ended June 30, |
Six months ended June 30, | |||||||||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
2023 | 2022 | |||||||||
|
|
(in thousands) |
(in thousands) | |||||||||||||
Cost of goods sold |
|
$ |
606 |
|
|
$ |
539 |
$ | 1,144 | $ | 1,183 | |||||
Research and development |
|
|
1,758 |
|
|
|
1,506 |
3,358 | 3,300 | |||||||
Selling, general and administrative |
|
|
2,006 |
|
|
|
4,718 |
3,734 | 9,475 | |||||||
Total stock-based compensation expense |
|
$ |
4,370 |
|
|
$ |
6,763 |
$ | 8,236 | $ | 13,958 |
Comparison of the Three Months Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022
Revenue
|
|
Three months ended June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
$ Change |
|
|
% Change |
|
||||
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
|||||||||||||
Revenue |
|
$ |
800 |
|
|
$ |
1,421 |
|
|
$ |
(621 |
) |
|
|
(43.7 |
)% |
Revenue decreased by $0.6 million, or 44%, to $0.8 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 from $1.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The decrease was driven by a decreased in integration revenue from technology and services contracts with commercial customers. For the three months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, one customer accounted for 89% and 83% of total revenue, respectively.
Operating Expense
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
|
|
Three months ended June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
$ Change |
|
|
% Change |
|
||||
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
|||||||||||||
COGS |
|
$ |
3,142 |
|
|
$ |
3,001 |
|
|
$ |
141 |
|
|
4.7 |
% |
COGS increased by $0.1 million, or 4.7%, to $3.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 from $3.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The increase was primarily driven by increase in site rent expense due to deployment of new sites during the quarter.
Research and Development
|
|
Three months ended June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
$ Change |
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% Change |
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Research and development |
|
$ |
4,994 |
|
|
$ |
4,170 |
|
|
$ |
824 |
|
|
19.8 |
% |
Research and development expenses increased by $0.8 million, or 20%, to $5.0 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 from $4.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The increase was driven by a $0.4 million increase in payroll-related expenses, and a $0.3 million increase in stock-based compensation, and a $0.1 million increase in operational and maintenance expenses.
Selling, General and Administrative
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Three months ended June 30, |
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2023 |
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2022 |
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% Change |
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Selling, general and administrative |
|
$ |
6,516 |
|
|
$ |
10,382 |
|
|
$ |
(3,866 |
) |
|
|
(37.2 |
)% |
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $3.9 million, or 37%, to $6.5 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 from $10.4 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The decrease was primarily driven by a $2.7 million decrease in stock-based compensation, a $0.4 million decrease in payroll-related expenses, a $0.3 million decrease in outside consulting expenses, $0.3 million decrease in professional services, marketing and recruiting cost, and a $0.2 million decrease in directors’ and officers’ insurance.
Depreciation and Amortization
|
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Three months ended June 30, |
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2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
$ Change |
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% Change |
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(in thousands) |
|
|||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
$ |
1,178 |
|
|
$ |
884 |
|
|
$ |
294 |
|
|
33.3 |
% |
Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by $0.3 million, or 33%, to $1.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 from $0.9 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense is primarily attributable to placing the Pinnacle and TerraPoiNT network assets in service since the first quarter of 2022.
Interest Income (Expense)
|
|
Three months ended June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
$ Change |
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% Change |
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||||
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(in thousands) |
|
|||||||||||||
Interest income (expense) |
|
$ |
(343) |
|
|
$ |
109 |
|
$ |
(452 |
) |
|
|
(414.7) |
% |
Interest expense for the three months ended June 30, 2023 was $1.2 million where as interest income was $0.9 million resulting in net interest expense of $0.3 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared with interest income of $0.1 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022.
Other Income (Expense)
|
|
Three months ended June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
2023 |
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|
2022 |
|
|
$ Change |
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% Change |
|
||||
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
|||||||||||||
Other income (expense) |
|
$ |
(249) |
|
$ |
17,726 |
|
$ |
(17,975 |
) |
|
|
(101.4 |
)% |
Other expense was $0.2 million for the three months ended June 30, 2023 compared with other income of $17.7 million for the three months ended June 30, 2022. The change was primarily driven by the change in the fair value of warrants.
Comparison of the Six Months Ended June 30, 2023 and 2022
Revenue
|
|
Six months ended June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
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$ Change |
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% Change |
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||||
|
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(in thousands) |
|
|||||||||||||
Revenue |
|
$ |
1,630 |
|
|
$ |
2,620 |
|
|
$ |
(990 |
) |
|
|
(37.8 |
)% |
Revenue decreased by $1.0 million, or 38%, to $1.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 from $2.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The decrease was driven by decreased integration revenue from technology and services contracts with commercial customers. For the six months ended June 30, 2023, and 2022, one customer accounted for 87% and 90% of total revenue, respectively.
Operating Expense
Cost of Goods Sold (COGS)
|
|
Six months ended June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
$ Change |
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% Change |
|
||||
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
|||||||||||||
COGS |
|
$ |
6,165 |
|
|
$ |
6,038 |
|
|
$ |
127 |
|
|
2.1 |
% |
COGS increased by $0.1 million, or 2%, to $6.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 from $6.0 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase was primarily driven by increase in site rent expense due to deployment of new sites during the quarter.
Research and Development
|
|
Six months ended June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
$ Change |
|
|
% Change |
|
||||
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
|||||||||||||
Research and development |
|
$ |
9,572 |
|
|
$ |
8,158 |
|
|
$ |
1,414 |
|
|
17.3 |
% |
Research and development expenses increased by $1.4 million, or 17%, to $9.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 from $8.2 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase was primarily driven by a $0.9 million increase in payroll-related expenses, a $0.4 million increase in software license fee, and a $0.3 million increase in operational and maintenance cost. The increases were partially offset by a $0.2 million decrease in outside consulting expenses.
Selling, General and Administrative
|
|
Six months ended June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
$ Change |
|
|
% Change |
|
||||
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
|||||||||||||
Selling, general and administrative |
|
$ |
12,570 |
|
|
$ |
19,722 |
|
|
$ |
(7,152 |
) |
|
|
(36.3 |
)% |
Selling, general and administrative expenses decreased by $7.2 million, or 36%, to $12.6 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 from $19.7 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The decrease was primarily driven by a $5.7 million decrease in stock-based compensation, a $0.6 million decrease in directors’ and officers’ insurance, a $0.4 million in outstanding consulting expenses, a $0.3 million decrease in payroll-related expenses, and a $0.2 million decrease in marketing and recruiting cost.
Depreciation and Amortization
|
|
Six months ended June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
$ Change |
|
|
% Change |
|
||||
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
|||||||||||||
Depreciation and amortization |
|
$ |
2,303 |
|
|
$ |
1,766 |
|
|
$ |
537 |
|
|
30.4 |
% |
Depreciation and amortization expenses increased by $0.5 million, or 30%, to $2.3 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 from $1.8 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The increase in depreciation and amortization expense was primarily attributable to placing the Pinnacle and TerraPoiNT network assets in service since the first quarter of 2022.
Interest Income
|
|
Six months ended June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
$ Change |
|
|
% Change |
|
||||
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
|||||||||||||
Interest income |
|
$ |
126 |
|
$ |
109 |
|
$ |
17 |
|
|
15.6 |
% |
Interest expense for the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $1.2 million where as interest income was $1.3 million resulting in net interest income of $126 thousand for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared with interest income of $109 thousand for the six months ended June 30, 2022.
Other Income (Expense)
|
|
Six months ended June 30, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||||||
|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
|
$ Change |
|
|
% Change |
|
||||
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
|||||||||||||
Other income (expense) |
|
$ |
(3,130 |
) |
|
$ |
24,097 |
|
$ |
(27,227 |
) |
|
|
(113.0 |
)% |
Other income was $3.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2023 compared with other expenses of $24.1 million for the six months ended June 30, 2022. The change in other income was primarily driven by the change in the fair value of warrants.
Liquidity and Capital Resources
We have incurred losses since our inception and to date have generated only limited revenue. We have primarily relied upon debt and equity financings to fund our cash requirements. During the six months ended June 30, 2023 and 2022, we incurred net losses of $32.1 million and $8.9 million, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2023, our net cash used in operating activities and investing activities was $15.9 million and $26.7 million, respectively. During the six months ended June 30, 2022, our net cash used in operating activities and investing activities was $16.8 million and $0.8 million, respectively. As of June 30, 2023, we had cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities of $85.0 million and an accumulated deficit of $720.6 million. We expect to incur additional losses and higher operating expenses for the foreseeable future. Our primary use of cash is to fund our operations as we continue to grow our business. We will require a significant amount of cash for expenditures as we invest in ongoing research and development and the expansion of the TerraPoiNT network.
Managing liquidity and our cash position is a priority of the Company. We continually work to optimize our expenses in light of the growth of our business, and adapt to changes in the economic environment. We believe that our cash and cash equivalents and marketable securities as of June 30, 2023 will be sufficient to meet our working capital and capital expenditure needs, including all contractual commitments, for the next 12 months. We believe we will meet longer term expected future cash requirements and obligations through a combination of our existing cash and cash equivalents balances and marketable securities, cash flows from operations, and issuance of equity securities or debt offerings. However, this determination is based upon internal projections and is subject to changes in market and business conditions.
On May 9, 2023, pursuant to the terms of the NPA and Indenture, the Company issued $50.0 million senior secured notes with a fixed interest rate of 10% to the Lenders. The Notes will mature on December 1, 2026 with interest payable semi-annually in arrears on June 1 and December 1 of each year. The Company may elect, in its sole discretion, to pay up to 50% of the accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes due with its common stock. Under the NPA, on June 8, 2023, the Lenders exercised the right to purchase additional Notes, on a pro rata basis, in an aggregate principal amount of $20.0 million. The additional Notes were issued on July 6, 2023. The terms and conditions of the additional Notes are the same as the original Notes.
Cash Flows
The following table summarizes our cash flows for the period indicated:
|
|
Six Months Ended June 30, |
|
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|
|
2023 |
|
|
2022 |
|
||
|
|
(in thousands) |
|
|||||
Net cash (used in) operating activities |
|
$ |
(15,919 |
) |
|
$ |
(16,774 |
) |
Net cash (used in) investing activities |
|
|
(26,659 |
) |
|
|
(785 |
) |
Net cash provided by financing activities |
|
|
48,146 |
|
|
47 |
|
Cash Flows from Operating Activities
Our cash flows used in operating activities are significantly affected by the growth of our business and are primarily related to research and development, sales and marketing, and selling, general and administrative activities. Our operating cash flows are also affected by our working capital needs to support growth in personnel-related expenditures and fluctuations in accounts payable and other current assets and liabilities.
Net cash used in operating activities during the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $15.9 million, resulting primarily from a net loss of $32.1 million adjusted for non-cash charges of $8.2 million for stock-based compensation, non-cash expense of $3.1 million for change in the fair value of warrant liability, $2.3 million for depreciation and amortization, $0.5 million for amortization of debt discount, $(0.2) million realized and unrealized gain on marketable securities, and $0.1 million for equity method investment loss. Additionally, there was a net increase in operating liabilities of $2.2 million.
Net cash used in operating activities during the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $16.8 million, resulting primarily from a net loss of $8.9 million adjusted for non-cash charges of $14.0 million for stock-based compensation, $1.8 million for depreciation and amortization, and non-cash income of $24.2 million for change in the fair value of warrant liability. Additionally, there was a net increase in operating assets and liabilities of $0.5 million.
Cash Flows from Investing Activities
Net cash used by investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $26.7 million, representing purchase of marketable securities net of proceeds from the sale and maturity of short term investments, and cash used for property and equipment primarily related to the deployment of the Pinnacle and TerraPoiNT network and internal use software.
Net cash used in investing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $0.8 million, representing additions to property, equipment and related installation costs primarily related to the deployment of the Pinnacle Network.
Cash Flows from Financing Activities
Net cash provided by financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2023 was $48.1 million, primarily reflecting cash proceeds from issuance of senior secured notes net of debt issuance cost.
Net cash provided by financing activities during the six months ended June 30, 2022 was $47,000 primarily reflecting cash proceeds from exercise of common stock options.
Critical Accounting Policies and Significant Management Estimates
For a discussion of our critical accounting policies and estimates, please refer to Item 7 under Part II, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” in our 2022 Form 10-K. There have been no material changes to the critical accounting policies and estimates as of June 30, 2023 as outlined in our 2022 Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 30, 2023.
Recently Issued and Adopted Accounting Standards
For information regarding new accounting pronouncements, and the impact of these pronouncements on our condensed consolidated financial statements, refer to Note 2 to our condensed consolidated financial statements for the three and six months ended June 30, 2023 included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk
There have been no material changes in our market risks from those disclosed in Part II, Item 7A of the 2022 Form 10-K.
Item 4. Controls And Procedures
Disclosure Controls and Procedures
Disclosure controls and procedures are controls and other procedures that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in our reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms. Disclosure controls and procedures include, without limitation, controls and procedures designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in Company reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.
As required by Rules 13a-15 and 15d-15 under the Exchange Act, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer carried out an evaluation of the effectiveness of the design and operation of our disclosure controls and procedures as of June 30, 2023. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) were effective as of June 30, 2023.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
As a result of the acquisition of Nestwave, we have incorporated internal controls over significant processes specific to the acquisition that we believe to be appropriate and necessary in consideration of the level of related integration. As the post-closing integration continues, we will continue to review such internal controls and processes and may take further steps to integrate such controls and processes with those of the Company.
There were no changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2023 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.
PART II – OTHER INFORMATION
Item 1. Legal Proceedings
In the course of our business, we are involved in litigation and legal matters from time to time. Such matters are subject to many uncertainties and outcomes are not predictable with assurance. We accrue liabilities for such matters when it is probable that future expenditures will be made and such expenditures can be reasonably estimated. We do not believe that any such matters, individually or in the aggregate, will have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.
You should carefully consider all of the information included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q before you decide whether to invest in our securities. Our business is subject to risks and events that, if they occur, could adversely affect our financial condition and results of operations and the trading price of our securities. In addition to the other information set forth in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q, you should carefully consider the factors described in Part I, Item 1A. “Risk Factors” of our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2022 filed with SEC on March 30, 2023, and our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2023, as well as those otherwise described or updated from time to time in our other filings with the SEC. You should consult your own financial and legal advisors as to the risks entailed by an investment in our securities and the suitability of investing in our securities in light of your particular circumstances.
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
(a) Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities
None.
(b) Use of Proceeds from Sale of Registered Equity Securities
None.
(c) Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchasers
None.
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities
None.
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures
Not applicable.
Item 5. Other Information
None.
Item 6. Exhibits
The following exhibits are filed as part of, or incorporated by reference into, this Quarterly Report.
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Filed previously. |
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Furnished herewith. |
+ | Certain schedules and exhibits have been omitted pursuant to Rule 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act. A copy of any omitted schedule or exhibit will be furnished to the SEC upon request. |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.
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NEXTNAV INC. |
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|
|
Date: August 9, 2023 |
By: |
/s/ Christian D. Gates |
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Name: |
Christian D. Gates |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Principal Financial Officer |
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|
|
Date: August 9, 2023 |
By: |
/s/ Sammaad R. Shams |
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Name: |
Sammaad R. Shams |
|
Title: |
Corporate Accounting Officer and |
Exhibit 4.2
NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made as of May 9, 2023 by and between NEXTNAV INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and each Purchaser named on Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Purchasers”). Each of the Company and the Purchasers also are referred to herein as a “Party”, and collectively as the “Parties”. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in Appendix A hereto.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, each Purchaser desires to purchase the Company’s 10% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) to be issued pursuant to that certain indenture, dated as of May 9, 2023, by and among the Company, the guarantors party thereto and listed on Schedule B hereto ( the “Guarantors”), GLAS Trust Company LLC, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as collateral agent (the “Collateral Agent”), in the form attached as Exhibit A hereto (the “Indenture”);
WHEREAS, in connection with the issuance and sale of the Notes, the Company desires to issue to the Purchasers warrants to purchase shares of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of the Company (the “Common Stock”), as more fully described herein; and
WHEREAS, the Company and the Purchasers desire to make certain representations, warranties and agreements in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and also to prescribe certain conditions thereto.
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.
I. NOTES; WARRANTS
1.1 Notes.
(a) At the Initial Closing, the Company shall issue and sell $50,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes (the “Initial Notes”) to the several Purchasers as provided in this Agreement, and each Purchaser, on the basis of the representations, warranties and agreements set forth herein and subject to the conditions set forth herein, shall, severally and not jointly, purchase from the Company the respective principal amount of Notes set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name in Schedule A hereto (each such Purchaser’s “Initial Note Amount”) at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof (the “Purchase Price”).
(b) Each Purchaser shall for a period of 30 days following the date of the Initial Closing (the “Exercise Period”) have the right, but not the obligation, to elect to purchase all or any portion of such Purchaser’s Pro Rata Portion of an additional $20,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Notes (the “Additional Notes”) at the Purchase Price, on the terms and conditions set forth herein, by delivering a written notice to the Company in the form attached hereto as Schedule C (an “Exercise Notice”) specifying the principal amount of the Additional Notes such Purchaser desires to purchase, including any amount in excess of such Purchaser’s Pro Rata Portion, by the end of the Exercise Period. If and to the extent that any Purchasers (i) do not exercise their right to purchase the full amount of their respective Pro Rata Portion of the Additional Notes or (ii) withdraw their respective Exercise Notices by written notice to the Company delivered by the end of the Exercise Period, the aggregate unexercised amount of such Pro Rata Portions (the “Remaining Additional Notes”) will be available for purchase by each Purchaser that exercised its rights to purchase its Pro Rata Portion of the Additional Notes in full (each, a “Fully Exercising Purchaser”). Each Fully Exercising Purchaser shall have the right to purchase such Fully Exercising Purchaser’s pro rata percentage of the Remaining Additional Notes, as determined by dividing (i) such Fully Exercising Purchaser’s Initial Note Amount by (ii) the aggregate Initial Note Amounts of all Fully Exercising Purchasers. The delivery of an Exercise Notice by a Purchaser that is not withdrawn by such Purchaser by the end of the Exercise Period shall be a binding and irrevocable offer by such Purchaser to purchase the Additional Notes described therein. The failure of a Purchaser to deliver an Exercise Notice by the end of the Exercise Period shall constitute a waiver of its rights under this Section 1.1 with respect to the purchase of Additional Notes.
(c) No later than five (5) Business Days following the expiration of the Exercise Period, the Company shall provide written notice (the “Acceptance Notice”) to each Purchaser specifying (i) the amount of Additional Notes that such Purchaser has agreed to purchase (including, for the avoidance of doubt, where such number is zero) (each such Purchaser’s “Additional Note Amount”) and specifying the date of the Additional Closing (as defined below), which date shall be not less than five (5) Business Days nor more than fifteen (15) Business Days after delivery of the Acceptance Notice. The Company’s calculation of any Additional Note Amount shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.
1.2 Warrants.
(a) Within five (5) Business Days following the Initial Closing, the Company shall issue and deliver warrants to purchase shares of Common Stock to the several Purchasers and the additional Warrant recipient named on Schedule A hereto (the “Additional Warrant Recipient”), pursuant and subject to the terms and conditions of the Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued by the Company to each Purchaser as of the date hereof and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (each, an “Initial Warrant”), with an exercise price per share equal to the Relevant Stock Price (as defined below). The aggregate number of shares of Common Stock to be issuable under the Initial Warrants (the “Initial Warrant Shares”) shall be determined by (i) multiplying the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes issued by 0.80 and (ii) dividing such amount by the Relevant Stock Price. The respective number of Initial Warrant Shares issuable under the Initial Warrant issued to each Purchaser (each such Purchaser’s “Initial Warrant Amount”) shall be determined by (i) multiplying the aggregate principal amount of Initial Notes issued to such Purchaser by the amount set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule A hereto (each such Purchaser’s “Coverage Percentage”) and (ii) dividing such amount by the Relevant Stock Price. The number of Initial Warrant Shares issuable under the Initial Warrant issued to the Additional Warrant Recipient shall be determined by dividing the warrant value set forth opposite the name of the Additional Warrant Recipient on Schedule A hereto (the “Warrant Value”) by the Relevant Stock Price.
(b) At the Additional Closing, if any, the Company shall issue and deliver to the several Purchasers of Additional Notes (the “Participating Purchasers”) warrants to purchase up to an aggregate number of shares of Common Stock determined by (i) multiplying the aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes issued by 0.80 and (ii) dividing such amount by the exercise price of the Initial Warrants (the “Additional Warrant Shares” and, together with the Initial Warrant Shares, the “Warrant Shares”), pursuant and subject to the terms and conditions of the Common Stock Purchase Warrant issued by the Company to each Participating Purchaser, as of the date of the Additional Closing and in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (each, an “Additional Warrant”, and together with the Initial Warrants, the “Warrants”), with an exercise price per share equal to the Relevant Stock Price. The respective number of Additional Warrant Shares issuable under the Additional Warrant issued to each Participating Purchaser (each such Purchaser’s “Additional Warrant Amount”) shall be determined by (i) multiplying the aggregate principal amount of Additional Notes issued to such Purchaser by such Purchaser’s Coverage Percentage and (ii) dividing such amount by the Relevant Stock Price. If and to the extent any Additional Warrant Shares are not allocated to the Participating Purchasers after determining each Participating Purchaser’s Additional Warrant Amount pursuant to the foregoing sentence, an Additional Warrant exercisable for such unallocated number of Additional Warrant Shares shall be issued to the Additional Warrant Recipient.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement:
(i) “Relevant Stock Price” means the average of the VWAP prices for each of the ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending on and including the second Trading Day immediately following the Initial Closing; provided, however, that in no event shall the Relevant Stock Price (i) exceed (A) the average of the VWAP prices of each of the eight (8) consecutive Trading Days ending on and including the date of the Initial Closing, plus (B) $0.25, or (ii) be less than (A) the average of the VWAP prices of each of the eight (8) consecutive Trading Days ending on and including the date of the Initial Closing, minus (B) $0.25. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event will the Relevant Stock Price be less than the “Minimum Price” as defined in Rule 5635(d) of The Nasdaq Stock Market Rules.
(ii) “Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market.
(iii) “VWAP” means, for any Trading Day, the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock for such Trading Day on the Nasdaq Capital Market as reported by Bloomberg L.P. through its “Volume at Price” function in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, or if such volume-weighted average price is unavailable, the market value of one share of Common Stock on such Trading Day using a volume-weighted method as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Purchasers of a majority of the Notes then outstanding, the reasonable fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
1.3 Initial Closing and Additional Closing.
(a) The closing of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement as to the purchase of Initial Notes and Warrants (the “Initial Closing”) shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on the date hereof or at such other time and place as the Parties mutually agree. At the Initial Closing, the Parties will take the applicable actions and make the applicable deliveries set forth in this Agreement. All actions and transactions constituting the Initial Closing hereunder shall be regarded as a single transaction so that no action or transaction shall be deemed to have taken place unless all other required actions and transactions for the Initial Closing have taken place as provided in this Agreement.
(b) The closing of the transaction contemplated by this Agreement as to the purchase of Additional Notes and Warrants (the “Additional Closing”), if any, shall take place remotely via the exchange of documents and signatures, on the date specified in the Acceptance Notice or at such other time and place as the Parties mutually agree. At the Additional Closing, the Parties will take the applicable actions and make the applicable deliveries set forth in this Agreement. All actions and transactions constituting the Additional Closing hereunder shall be regarded as a single transaction so that no action or transaction shall be deemed to have taken place unless all other required actions and transactions for the Additional Closing have taken place as provided in this Agreement.
1.4 Initial Closing and Additional Closing Deliverables.
(a) At the Initial Closing:
(i) each Party shall deliver to each other Party an executed copy of this Agreement and the Resale Registration Rights Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Registration Rights Agreement”);
(ii) the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser: (A) the Indenture, duly executed by the Company, the Guarantors party thereto, the Trustee and the Collateral Agent, (B) the Security Agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit D, duly executed by the Company, the Collateral Agent and the other parties thereto (the “Security Agreement”), and (C) Notes in principal amount equal to such Purchaser’s Initial Note Amount and an Initial Warrant exercisable for shares of Common Stock equal to such Purchaser’s Initial Warrant Amount (such documents, together with the Additional Notes and Additional Warrants issued pursuant to Section 1.3(b), are collectively referred to herein as the “Transaction Documents”);
(iii) each Purchaser shall deliver the Purchase Price for such Purchaser’s Initial Note Amount set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule A hereto by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated by the Company;
(iv) the Company shall deliver to the Purchasers an opinion of the Company’s counsel, dated as of the date hereof, in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers with respect to the matters set forth on Exhibit E hereto (the “Opinion”).
(v) the Company shall pay the Initial Expense Amount as instructed by the Purchasers at Initial Closing.
(vi) the Company shall deliver to each Purchaser the following additional items, each of which shall be originals (or telecopies followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Company, each dated as of the date of the Initial Closing (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the date of the Initial Closing) and each in form and substance satisfactory to Purchasers:
(1) certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of a Responsible Officer of the Company evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of the Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party;
(2) documents and certifications evidencing that the Company and its material subsidiaries are duly organized or formed, validly existing, in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions in which the concept of good standing exists), and qualified to engage in business in each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(3) to the extent they are certificated, certificates representing the equity interests in each subsidiary of the Company that is, or is owned by, a party to the Security Agreement (with stock powers executed in blank).
All Parties shall deliver such other instruments and documents reasonably and customarily necessary to consummate the transaction contemplated hereby. The “Initial Expense Amount” shall be the total of Purchasers’ actual, documented third-party out of pocket legal expenses incurred by the Purchasers in connection with the preparation and negotiation of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents in connection with the Initial Closing.
(b) At the Additional Closing, if any:
(i) the Company shall deliver to each Participating Purchaser: (A) Notes in principal amount equal to such Participating Purchaser’s Additional Note Amount and an Additional Warrant exercisable for shares of Common Stock equal to such Participating Purchaser’s Additional Warrant Amount;
(ii) each Participating Purchaser shall deliver its respective Additional Note Amount by wire transfer of immediately available funds to the account designated by the Company;
(iii) the Company shall deliver to the Participating Purchasers an opinion of the Company’s counsel, dated as of the date of the Additional Closing, in form, scope and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Participating Purchasers with respect to the matters set forth on Exhibit E hereto (the “Opinion”);
(iv) the Company shall pay the Additional Expense Amount as instructed by the Participating Purchasers at Additional Closing;
(v) the Company shall deliver to the Participating Purchasers the following additional items, each of which shall be originals (or telecopies followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Company, each dated as of the date of the Additional Closing (or, in the case of certificates of governmental officials, a recent date before the date of the Additional Closing) and each in form and substance satisfactory to Participating Purchasers:
(1) certificates of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of a Responsible Officer of the Company evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of the Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party;
(2) documents and certifications evidencing that the Company and its material subsidiaries are duly organized or formed, validly existing, in good standing (with respect to jurisdictions in which the concept of good standing exists), and qualified to engage in business in each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, except to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(3) to the extent they are certificated and not previously delivered, certificates representing the equity interests in each subsidiary of the Company that is, or is owned by, a party to the Security Agreement (with stock powers executed in blank).
All Parties shall deliver such other instruments and documents reasonably and customarily necessary to consummate the transaction contemplated by the Additional Closing. The “Additional Expense Amount” shall be the total of Participating Purchasers’ actual, documented third-party out of pocket legal expenses incurred by the Participating Purchasers in connection with the preparation and negotiation of the Transaction Documents in connection with the Additional Closing.
1.5 Use of Proceeds. Unless otherwise consented to in writing by the Purchasers, the Company shall use the Total Note Amount for general corporate purposes and working capital needs, including payment of the Initial Expense Amount and Additional Expense Amount.
II. REPRESENTATIONS AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS BY THE PURCHASERS
Each Purchaser hereby, as to itself only and for no other Purchaser, represents and warrants to the Company, severally and not jointly, as follows:
2.1 Such Purchaser recognizes that (a) such Purchaser’s investment in the Notes, the Warrants and the Warrant Shares involves a high degree of risk including, but not limited to, those set forth in the filings the Company has made with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) prior to the date hereof; (b) an investment in the Company is highly speculative, and only an investor who can afford the loss of its entire investment should consider investing in the Company; and (c) such Purchaser may not be able to liquidate its investment.
2.2 Such Purchaser represents that it is an “accredited investor” as such term is defined in Rule 501 of Regulation D (“Regulation D”) promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and that such Purchaser is able to bear the economic risk of the transactions contemplated hereby.
2.3 In making such Purchaser’s decision to purchase the Notes and Warrants, such Purchaser has consulted such legal, tax and investment advisors as it, in its sole discretion, has deemed necessary or appropriate in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
2.4 Such Purchaser is not investing in the securities issuable in the transactions contemplated hereby as a result of any advertisement, article, notice or other communication regarding such securities published in a newspaper or magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, whether closed circuit, or generally available; or presented at any seminar meeting or industry investor conference whose attendees were invited by any general solicitation or general advertising.
2.5 Such Purchaser hereby represents that such Purchaser, either by reason of such Purchaser’s business or financial experience or the business or financial experience of such Purchaser’s professional advisors (who are unaffiliated with and not compensated by the Company or any Affiliate or selling agent of the Company, directly or indirectly), is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of the prospective investment in the securities issuable in the transactions contemplated hereby, and has so evaluated the merits and risks of such investment.
2.6 Such Purchaser hereby acknowledges that the investment contemplated hereby has not been reviewed by the SEC nor any state regulatory authority. Such Purchaser understands that none of the interests in the Company to be issued to it hereunder have been registered under the Securities Act or under any state securities or “blue sky” laws and agrees not to sell, pledge, assign or otherwise transfer or dispose of such interests unless they are registered under the Securities Act and under any applicable state securities or “blue sky” laws or unless an exemption from such registration is available.
2.7 Such Purchaser hereby represents that such Purchaser is purchasing the securities in the Company for its own account for investment and not with a view toward the resale or distribution to others, and such Purchaser does not have a present arrangement to effect any distribution of such securities to or through any Person.
2.8 Such Purchaser consents to the placement of a legend on any certificate or other document evidencing the interests to be issued hereunder that such interests have not been registered under the Securities Act or any state securities or “blue sky” laws and setting forth or referring to the restrictions on transferability and sale thereof contained in this Agreement. Such Purchaser is aware that the Company will make a notation in its appropriate records with respect to the restrictions on the transferability of such interests. The legend to be placed on each certificate shall be in form substantially similar to the following:
“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE UNITED STATES SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “ACT”) OR ANY STATE SECURITIES OR “BLUE SKY LAWS”, AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED, ASSIGNED, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED ABSENT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION THEREOF UNDER SUCH ACT OR COMPLIANCE WITH RULE 144 PROMULGATED UNDER SUCH ACT, OR UNLESS THE COMPANY HAS RECEIVED AN OPINION OF COUNSEL, REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY AND ITS COUNSEL, THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.”
2.9 Such Purchaser hereby represents that the address of such Purchaser furnished by such Purchaser on the signature page hereof is such Purchaser’s principal business address.
2.10 The Transaction Documents have been duly authorized, executed and delivered by or on behalf of such Purchaser. This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Purchaser, enforceable against such Purchaser in accordance with its terms, except (i) as such enforceability may be limited by (A) general principles of equity or applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally, the enforcement of applicable creditors’ rights and remedies and (B) laws relating to the availability of specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies and (ii) insofar as indemnification and contribution provisions may be limited by applicable law.
2.11 Such Purchaser acknowledges that no Person shall have, as a result of the purchase of the Note by such Purchaser, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of the Purchaser.
2.12 Such Purchaser will not have, as a result of the transactions contemplated by the this Agreement, any valid right, interest or claim against or upon the Company for any commission, fee or other compensation pursuant to any agreement, arrangement or understanding entered into by or on behalf of such Purchaser.
2.13 Such Purchaser represents that it is not a broker-dealer registered with the SEC under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or an entity engaged in a business that would require it to be so registered.
2.14 Such Purchaser acknowledges that it has reviewed the Disclosure Materials (as defined herein) and all other materials such Purchaser deemed necessary for the purpose of making an investment decision with respect to the securities issuable pursuant to the transactions contemplated hereby, and has been afforded: (i) the opportunity to ask such questions as it has deemed necessary of, and to receive answers from, representatives of the Company concerning the Company’s business, management and financial affairs and terms and conditions of the offering of the securities and the merits and risks of investing in the securities; (ii) access to publicly available information about the Company and its subsidiaries and their respective financial condition, results of operations, business, properties, management and prospects sufficient to enable it to evaluate its investment; and (iii) the opportunity to obtain such additional information that the Company possesses or can acquire without unreasonable effort or expense that is necessary to make an informed investment decision with respect to the investment. Such Purchaser has evaluated the risks of investing in the securities, understands there are substantial risks of loss incidental to the investment and has determined that it is a suitable investment for such Purchaser.
2.15 Such Purchaser acknowledges that the Company is a former special purpose acquisition company and, therefore, a former “shell company” (as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act) and that the availability of the safe harbor provided by Rule 144 with respect to the resale of restricted securities of the Company issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents is accordingly subject to the provisions of Section 144(i)(2) of Rule 144.
III. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY
The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchasers that:
3.1 Organization, Good Standing and Qualification. The Company and each of the Guarantors have been duly organized and are validly existing and in good standing in each jurisdiction in which their respective ownership or lease of property or the conduct of their respective businesses requires such qualification, and have all power and authority necessary to own or hold their respective properties and to conduct the businesses in which they are engaged, except where the failure to be so qualified or in good standing or have such power or authority would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Material Adverse Effect.
3.2 Authorization; Enforceability. The Company and each Guarantor has all corporate right, power and authority to enter into the Transaction Documents and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. All corporate action on the part of the Company and the Guarantors, and their respective directors and stockholders necessary for the (i) authorization execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents; (ii) authorization, sale, issuance and delivery of the Notes, the Warrants and the shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Warrants and the Notes and the performance of the Company’s obligations hereunder and thereunder; and (iii) granting of the liens contemplated by the Security Agreement has been taken. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents have been duly executed and delivered by the Company and, as applicable, the Guarantors and constitute legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company and the Guarantors, enforceable against the Company and the Guarantors in accordance with their respective terms, subject to laws of general application relating to bankruptcy, insolvency and the relief of debtors and rules of law governing specific performance, injunctive relief or other equitable remedies, and to limitations of public policy. Assuming the accuracy of the representations of the Purchasers in Section II of this Agreement, the securities of the Company issuable pursuant to the Transaction Documents will be issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws. The shares of Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Warrants have been duly authorized and reserved for issuance, solely for purposes of the exercise of the Warrants, and such shares and any shares of Common Stock that may be issued in payment of interest pursuant to the terms of the Notes, when so issued, will be validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and free of restrictions on transfer other than restrictions on transfer under this Agreement and applicable federal and state securities laws.
3.3 No Conflict; Governmental Consents: Approval Obtained.
(a) The execution and delivery by the Company and the Guarantors of the Transaction Documents, the performance of their respective obligations hereunder and thereunder, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, will not result in the violation of any applicable law, statute, rule, regulation, order, writ, injunction, judgment or decree of any court or Governmental Authority to or by which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is bound, or of any provision of the organizational documents of the Company or the Guarantors, and will not conflict with, or result in a material breach or violation of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute (with due notice or lapse of time or both) a default under, any lease, loan agreement, mortgage, security agreement, trust indenture or other agreement or instrument to which the Company or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of them is bound or to which any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries is subject or applicable rules and regulations of The NASDAQ Capital Market or such other trading market on which the Common Stock is then listed, nor result in the creation or imposition of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries, a reduction to any conversion price or exercise price provided therein, or any other adjustment to the terms thereof.
(b) No consent, approval, authorization or other order of any Governmental Authority is required to be obtained by the Company or its subsidiaries in connection with the authorization, execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents or the performance of the Company’s obligations hereunder and thereunder, including the authorization, issue and sale of the Notes and the issuance of the Warrants or the Warrant Shares or the granting of the liens contemplated by the Security Agreement except for any required filings with any state, federal or foreign blue sky or securities regulatory authority after the Initial Closing or Additional Closing and the filing of any Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or similar securities filings to perfect the liens contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
3.4 SEC Reports; Financial Statements. The Company has filed all reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the 12 months preceding the date hereof on a timely basis or has received a valid extension of such time of filing and has filed any such SEC Reports prior to the expiration of any such extension and has filed all reports required to be filed by it under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, for the two years preceding the date hereof. Such reports required to be filed by the Company under the Exchange Act, including pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) thereof, together with any materials filed or furnished by the Company under the Exchange Act, whether or not any such reports were required, including the exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein, being collectively referred to herein as the “SEC Reports” and, together with this Agreement, the “Disclosure Materials”. The SEC Reports filed by the Company with the SEC, from the commencement of the fiscal year covered by the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K to the date of this Agreement (the “SEC Documents”), as of their respective dates, complied in all material respects with the requirements of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder applicable to such SEC Documents, and none of such SEC Documents, at the time they were filed with the SEC, contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. As of their respective dates, the audited financial statements and unaudited interim financial statements of the Company included in the SEC Documents complied in all material respects with applicable accounting requirements and the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto as in effect as of the time of filing. Such financial statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied, during the periods involved (except (i) as may be otherwise indicated in such financial statements or the notes thereto, or (ii) in the case of unaudited interim financial statements, to the extent they may exclude footnotes or may be condensed or summary statements) and fairly present in all material respects the financial position of the Company as of the dates thereof and the results of its operations and cash flows for the periods then ended (subject, in the case of unaudited interim financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments which will not be material, either individually or in the aggregate).
3.5 Material Changes; Undisclosed Events, Liabilities or Developments. Since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Company’s unaudited interim financial statements contained in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents filed subsequent to such Form 10-K, there has been no Material Adverse Effect with respect to the business affairs, condition (financial or otherwise) or business prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries considered as one enterprise. Since the date of the most recent balance sheet included in the Company’s unaudited interim financial statements contained in the Company’s most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K, except as disclosed in the SEC Documents filed subsequent to such Form 10-K, neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has (i) declared or paid any dividends on the Company’s securities, (ii) sold any assets outside of the ordinary course of business or (iii) made any material capital expenditures (either individually or in the aggregate). Neither the Company nor any of its subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation or winding up, nor does the Company or any subsidiary have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of their respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or any actual knowledge of any fact which would reasonably lead a creditor to do so.
3.6 No General Solicitation. Neither the Company, nor any of its Affiliates, nor any Person acting on its or their behalf, has engaged in any form of general solicitation or general advertising (within the meaning of Regulation D) in connection with the offer or sale of the securities issuable pursuant the transaction contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
3.7 Private Placement. Neither the Company nor any of its Affiliates nor any Person acting on the Company’s behalf has, directly or indirectly, at any time within the past six months, made any offer or sale of any security or solicitation of any offer to buy any security under circumstances that would eliminate the availability of the exemption from registration under Regulation D under the Securities Act in connection with the offer and sale by the Company of the securities as contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
3.8 Registration Rights. Except for rights granted under the Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2021 (the “2021 RRA”), by and among the Company and the Holders (as defined therein), and the Share Transfer Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2022 (the “2022 Share Purchase Agreement”), between the Company and the Sellers (as defined therein), and related Put & Call Option Agreements (as defined in the 2022 Share Purchase Agreement) entered into by the Company in connection with its acquisition of Nestwave, the Company has not granted or agreed to grant to any Person any rights (including “piggyback” registration rights) to have any securities of the Company registered with the SEC or any other governmental authority that have not expired or been satisfied or waived. Except for rights granted under the 2021 RRA, no Person has registration or “piggyback” rights that would preempt or “cut-back” the registration rights granted to the Purchasers under the Registration Rights Agreement.
3.9 Brokers’ Fees. The Company shall be responsible for the payment of any placement agent’s fees, financial advisory fees, or brokers’ commission (other than for persons engaged by any Purchaser or its investment advisor) relating to or arising out of the issuance of the securities issuable pursuant to the transaction contemplated by the Transaction Documents. The Company acknowledges that it has engaged B. Riley as its financial advisor (the “Advisor”) in connection with the sale of such securities. Other than the Advisor, the Company has not engaged any financial advisor, placement agent or other agent in connection with the sale of such securities.
3.10 FCC Licenses.
(a) A true and complete list of the licenses (the “FCC Licenses”) issued by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (the “FCC”) and held by the Company or its wholly- owned subsidiary, Progeny LMS, LLC (hereinafter jointly referred to in this Section 3.10 and in Schedule D-2 as the “Company”), is included in Schedule D-1 hereto. The Company is the sole holder of the FCC Licenses, and no other Person has any right, title or interest in or with respect to the FCC Licenses. The Company holds the FCC Licenses free and clear of all Liens and, except as indicated in Schedule D-1 hereto, the FCC Licenses are regular FCC authorizations and not experimental, special temporary, demonstration or developmental authorizations.
(b) The FCC Licenses are validly issued to the Company and in full force and effect and have not been revoked, suspended, canceled, rescinded or terminated. The most recent ten- year term of the FCC Licenses expired on July 17, 2020, but the Company timely filed renewal applications seeking an additional ten-year term for each of the FCC Licenses and tolling their expiration dates. The Company has received no communication or other indication from the FCC that it might refrain from granting the renewal applications.
(c) Except as indicated in Schedule D-2 hereto, all reports and notices to the FCC required to be filed with the FCC with respect to the FCC Licenses have been timely filed, and are complete and accurate in all material respects. The Company is in compliance in all material respects with the terms of the FCC Licenses, the Federal Communications Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules, regulations and policies of the FCC. There is no order to show cause, notice of violation, notice of apparent liability, or notice of forfeiture pending by the FCC with respect to the FCC Licenses and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such order or notice has been threatened. All payments to any applicable Governmental Authority for or required with respect to the Company’s FCC Licenses have been timely made. The Company has not incurred any FCC fine, charge or other liability resulting from any noncompliance with respect to the FCC Rules relating to the FCC Licenses, or such reports or notices, and, to the Company’s knowledge, no such fine, charge or other liability has been threatened.
IV. COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY AND THE PURCHASERS
4.1 Furnishing of Information. Until the date that any Purchaser owning Warrants or Warrant Shares may sell all of them without restriction under Rule 144 of the Securities Act (or any successor provision), the Company covenants to use its reasonable best efforts to timely file (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to the Exchange Act.
4.2 Disclosure. In accordance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, the Company shall cause a Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the transactions contemplated pursuant to the Transaction Documents to be transmitted to the SEC for filing, which Form 8- K shall be reasonably acceptable to each Purchaser and disclose the material terms of the transactions contemplated hereby. The Company shall provide the Purchasers with an advance copy of such proposed disclosure and reflect all reasonable input from Purchasers. Each of the Company and each Purchaser agrees not to issue any other public statements with respect to the Purchasers’ investment or proposed investment in the Company or the terms of any agreement or covenant between them without the other Party’s prior written consent, except such disclosures as may be required under applicable law or under any applicable order, rule or regulation.
4.3 CUSIPs. The Company will use its best efforts to provide a CUSIP number for the Notes.
V. MISCELLANEOUS
5.1 All notices or other communications hereunder will be in writing and will be given by (i) personal delivery, (ii) courier or other delivery service which obtains a receipt evidencing delivery, (iii) registered or certified mail (postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or (iv) email or similar electronic device, to such address as may be designated from time to time by the relevant party, and which will initially be:
if to the Company, at:
NEXTNAV INC.
1775 Tysons Blvd., 5th Floor
McLean, VA
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Email:
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Hogan Lovells US LLP
8350 Broad Street 17th Floor Tysons, Virginia 22102 Attention:
Email:
if to a Purchaser, at
At such Purchaser’s address set forth on Schedule A to this Agreement.
With a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
Calfee, Halter & Griswold LLP
1405 East Sixth Street
Cleveland, OH 44114
Attention:
Email:
All notices and other communications will be deemed to have been given (i) if delivered by the United States mail, three (3) Business Days after mailing (five (5) Business Days if delivered to an address outside of the United States), (ii) if delivered by a courier or other delivery service, one (1) Business Day after dispatch (two (2) Business Days if delivered to an address outside of the United States) and (iii) if personally delivered or sent by email or similar electronic device, upon receipt by the recipient or its agent or employee (which, in the case of a notice sent by email or similar electronic device, will be the time of transmission, except that, if not sent during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). No objection may be made by a party to the manner of delivery of any notice actually received in writing by an authorized agent of such party.
5.2 This Agreement shall not be changed, modified or amended except by a writing signed by the Company and the Purchaser that identifies itself as an amendment to this Agreement.
5.3 This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and to their respective heirs, legal representatives, successors and assigns. This Agreement, including the Schedules and Exhibits hereto, sets forth the entire agreement and understanding between the parties as to the subject matter hereof and merges and supersedes all prior discussions, agreements and understandings of any and every nature among them. Except as set forth in the Warrant, neither Party may assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the other Party.
5.4 NOTWITHSTANDING THE PLACE WHERE THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT ALL THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS HEREOF SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO SUCH STATE’S PRINCIPLES OF CONFLICTS OF LAW. IN THE EVENT THAT A JUDICIAL PROCEEDING IS NECESSARY, THE SOLE FORUM FOR RESOLVING DISPUTES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT IS THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF NEW YORK OR THE FEDERAL COURTS FOR SUCH STATE AND COUNTY, AND ALL RELATED APPELLATE COURTS, THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSENT TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND AGREE TO SAID VENUE. THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE TO WAIVE THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE NOTES, THE WARRANTS, OR ANY DOCUMENT OR AGREEMENT CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
5.5 In order to discourage frivolous claims the parties agree that unless a claimant in any proceeding arising out of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document succeeds in establishing his claim and recovering a judgment against another party (regardless of whether such claimant succeeds against one of the other parties to the action), then the other party shall be entitled to recover from such claimant all of its/their reasonable legal costs and expenses relating to such proceeding and/or incurred in preparation therefor.
5.6 The holding of any provision of this Agreement to be invalid or unenforceable by a court of competent jurisdiction shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement, which shall remain in full force and effect. If any provision of this Agreement shall be declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced in whole or in part, such provision shall be interpreted so as to remain enforceable to the maximum extent permissible consistent with applicable law and the remaining conditions and provisions or portions thereof shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect and enforceable to the extent they are valid, legal and enforceable, and no provisions shall be deemed dependent upon any other covenant or provision unless so expressed herein. Moreover, said provision shall be replaced with language that is as similar in business purpose and intent and one that shall be legal, valid and enforceable.
5.7 It is agreed that a waiver by either party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate, or be construed, as a waiver of any subsequent breach by that same party.
5.8 The Parties agree to execute and deliver all such further documents, agreements and instruments and take such other and further action as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes and intent of this Agreement.
5.9 This Agreement may be executed and delivered in one or more identical counterparts, and delivered via facsimile or e mail (PDF format) transmission, each of which when executed will be deemed to be an original but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
5.10 All pronouns and any variations thereof refer to the masculine, feminine or neuter, singular or plural, as the context may require. The headings of this Agreement are for convenience of reference and shall not form part of, or affect the interpretation of, this Agreement.
5.11 The obligations of each Purchaser under this Agreement are several and not joint with the obligations of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser shall be responsible in any way for the performance of the obligations of any other Purchaser under this Agreement. The decision of each Purchaser to purchase securities pursuant to this Agreement has been made by such Purchaser independently of any other Purchaser and independently of any information, materials, statements or opinions as to the business, affairs, operations, assets, properties, liabilities, results of operations, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company which may have been made or given by any other Purchaser or by any agent or employee of any other Purchaser, and no Purchaser or any of its agents or employees shall have any liability to any other Purchaser (or any other person) relating to or arising from any such information, materials, statements or opinions. Nothing contained herein, and no action taken by any Purchaser pursuant hereto, shall be deemed to constitute the Purchasers as a partnership, an association, a joint venture or any other kind of entity, or create a presumption that the Purchasers are in any way acting in concert or as a group with respect to such obligations or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. Each Purchaser acknowledges that no other Purchaser has acted as agent for such Purchaser in connection with making its investment hereunder and that no other Purchaser will be acting as agent of such Purchaser in connection with monitoring its investment hereunder. Each Purchaser shall be entitled to independently protect and enforce its rights, including without limitation the rights arising out of this Agreement, and it shall not be necessary for any other Purchaser to be joined as an additional party in any action or proceeding for such purpose.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the Parties have signed this Note Purchase Agreement in one or more counterparts as of the date first appearing above.
NEXTNAV INC. | |||
By: | /s/ Ganesh Pattabiraman | ||
Name: | Ganesh Pattabiraman | ||
Title: | CEO |
[Signatures of Purchasers on file with the Company]
APPENDIX A
DEFINITIONS
Definitions. As used herein:
“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person (defined below), (i) each Person that, directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or as a trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, 5% or more of the equity interests having ordinary voting power in the election of directors or managers of such Person, (ii) each Person that controls, is controlled by or is under common control with such Person or any Affiliate of such Person, (iii) each of such Person’s officers, directors, joint ventures and partners, (iv) any trust or beneficiary of a trust of which such Person is the sole trustee or (v) any lineal descendants, ancestors, spouse or former spouses (as part of a marital dissolution) of such Person (or any trust for the benefit of such Person). For the purpose of this definition, “control” of a Person shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of its management or policies, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Business Day” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market, (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices) or (iii) in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i) and (ii) hereof, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.
“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, and any successor thereto.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof, and any agency, department or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“Leases” means all leases, subleases, licenses, concessions and other agreements (written or oral), including all amendments, extensions, renewals, guaranties, and other agreements with respect thereto, pursuant to which the Company holds any leased real property, including the right to all security deposits and other amounts and instruments deposited by or on behalf of the Company thereunder.
“Liability” means any liability or obligation of whatever kind or nature (whether known or unknown, whether asserted or un-asserted, whether absolute or contingent, whether accrued or unaccrued, whether liquidated or un-liquidated, and whether due or to become due), including any liability for Taxes.
“Lien” means any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, lien, charge, claim, transfer restriction, security interest, easement or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including, without limitation, any title retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement perfecting a security interest as to assets owned by the relevant Person under the Uniform Commercial Code or comparable law of any jurisdiction).
“Material Adverse Effect” or “Material Adverse Change” means (i) a material and adverse effect on the rights and remedies of the Purchasers or Collateral Agent (as defined in the Security Agreement) under the Transaction Documents, including the legality, validity or enforceability of any Transaction Document, (ii) a material adverse effect on the results of operations, assets, business, condition (financial or otherwise) or prospects of the Company and its subsidiaries taken as a whole, or (iii) a material and adverse impairment of the Company’s ability, or any subsidiary’s ability to perform fully on a timely basis its obligations under any of the Transaction Documents to which the Company or such subsidiary is party.
“Person” means an individual, a partnership, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a joint stock company, a trust, a joint venture, an unincorporated organization, any other business entity, or a Governmental Authority.
“Pro Rata Portion” means, for any Purchaser as of any particular time, a fraction determined by dividing (a) the aggregate outstanding amount of all Notes owned by such Purchaser immediately prior to such time by (b) the aggregate outstanding amount of all Notes owned by all of the Purchasers immediately prior to such time.
“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer, assistant treasurer, controller, director or manager of the Company and solely for purposes of the delivery of incumbency certificates pursuant to Section 1.4(b), the secretary, any assistant secretary or any director of the Company. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of the Company shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of the Company and the Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of the Company.
“Tax” means any federal, state, local, or foreign income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental (including taxes under Section 59A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended), customs duties, capital stock, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, value added, alternative or add-on minimum, estimated, or other tax of any kind whatsoever, including any interest, penalty, or addition thereto, whether disputed or not and including any obligations to indemnify or otherwise assume or succeed to the tax Liability of any other Person.
SCHEDULE A
Purchaser Name and Address |
Initial Note Amount |
Coverage Percentage |
SCHEDULE B
GUARANTORS
NextNav Holding LLC
NextNav Intermediate Holdco, LLC
NextNav LLC
Progeny LMS, LLC
CommLabs, Inc.
SCHEDULE D
FCC LICENSES
Exhibit 4.5
SECURITY AGREEMENT
This Security Agreement (this “Security Agreement”), dated as of May 9, 2023, is executed by NEXTNAV INC., a Delaware corporation (“NextNav”), and the subsidiaries of NextNav listed on the signature pages hereto (NextNav, such subsidiaries and any additional subsidiaries of NextNav that join this Security Agreement from time to time, collectively with their permitted successors and assigns, the “Companies” and each a “Company”), in favor of GLAS Trust Company LLC, as collateral agent (together with its successors, the “Collateral Agent”) for each of the Holders of the Notes (as defined below) (collectively and together with their successors and assigns, together with the Collateral Agent, the “Secured Parties”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, each Purchaser desires to purchase NextNav’s 10% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) to be issued pursuant to that certain indenture, dated as of May 9, 2023, by an d among NextNav, the guarantors party thereto, GLAS Trust Company LLC, as trustee, and the Collateral Agent (the “Indenture”); and
WHEREAS, in order to induce Secured Parties to purchase the Notes, the Companies have agreed to grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself and the Secured Parties the security interest in the Collateral described below to secure the obligations under the Notes and other Notes Documents (as defined below).
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the above recitals and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, each Company hereby agrees with the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties as follows:
1. Definitions and Interpretation. When used in this Security Agreement, the following terms have the following respective meanings:
“Collateral” has the meaning given to that term in Section 2 hereof. “Obligations” means all loans, advances, debts, liabilities and obligations owed by NextNav to Secured Parties now existing or hereafter arising under or pursuant to the terms of the Notes and by the Companies under the Indenture, the Note Purchase Agreement or any other Notes Document, including in each case, all interest, fees, charges, expenses, costs chargeable to and payable by the Companies hereunder and thereunder, in each case, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, and whether or not arising after the commencement of a proceeding under Title 11 of the United States Code (11 U.S.C. Section 101 et seq.), as amended from time to time (including post-petition interest) and whether or not allowed or allowable as a claim in any such proceeding.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from time to time.
All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings given in the Indenture. Unless otherwise defined herein, all terms defined in the UCC have the respective meanings given to those terms in the UCC.
2. Grant of Security Interest. As security for the payment, performance or other satisfaction of all the Obligations, each Company hereby pledges to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself and the Secured Parties and grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself and the Secured Parties a lien on and security interest in all right, title and interests of such Company in and to the property described in Attachment 1 hereto, whether now existing, or hereafter from time to time acquired or arising and wherever now or hereafter located (collectively, the “Collateral”). Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the term “Collateral” shall not include, and no Company is pledging, nor granting a security interest hereunder in, any Excluded Assets, provided however, Collateral shall include, and each Company is pledging and granting a security interest hereunder in, proceeds of Excluded Assets and (ii) unless the context expressly requires otherwise, the representations, warranties and covenants set forth in this Security Agreement shall not apply to the Excluded Assets. The Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Collateral is of a first priority, subject to Permitted Liens.
3. General Representations and Warranties. As of the date hereof, each Company represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties that (a) such Company is the owner of the Collateral (or, in the case of after-acquired Collateral, at the time such Company acquires rights in the Collateral, will be the owner thereof) and that no other Person has (or, in the case of after-acquired Collateral, at the time such Company acquires rights therein, will have) any right, title, claim or interest (by way of Lien or otherwise) in, against or to the Collateral, subject to Permitted Liens; (b) upon the filing of a UCC-1 financing statement with the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of organization of such Company (which is listed on Schedule B), the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself and the Secured Parties has (or in the case of after-acquired Collateral, at the time such Company acquires rights therein, will have) a first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral to the extent that a security interest in the Collateral can be perfected by such filing, subject to Permitted Liens; (c) all inventory has been (or, in the case of hereafter produced inventory, will be) produced in material compliance with applicable laws, including the Fair Labor Standards Act; (d) all accounts receivable and payment intangibles are genuine and enforceable against the party obligated to pay the same; (e) the originals of all documents evidencing all accounts receivable and payment intangibles of Company and the only original books of account and records of such Company relating thereto are, and will continue to be, kept at the executive office of such Company set forth on Schedule B or at such other locations as such Company may establish in accordance with Section 5(d), and (f) all information set forth in Schedule A and Schedule B hereto is true and correct.
4. Representations and Warranties regarding Intellectual Property. Each Company represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties that: (a) such Company does not own any patents, trademarks, copyrights or mask works registered in, or the subject of pending applications in, the Patent and Trademark Office or the Copyright Office or any similar offices or agencies in the United States or any political subdivision thereof, other than those described on Schedule A hereto; (b) such Company has, except for Permitted Liens, the sole, full and unencumbered right, title and interest in and to the trademarks shown on Schedule A and, to the extent that any such registered trademark is material to the business of such Company, such registration is valid and enforceable and in full force and effect; (c) such Company has, except for Permitted Liens, the sole, full and unencumbered right, title and interest in and to each of the patents shown on Schedule A and, to the extent that any such patent is material to the business of such Company, the registration thereof is valid and enforceable and in full force and effect; (d) such Company has, except for Permitted Liens, the sole, full and unencumbered right, title and interest in and to each of the copyrights shown on Schedule A and according to the records of the Copyright Office, any such copyright that is material to the business of such Company is valid and enforceable and in full force and effect; (e) such Company has, except for Permitted Liens, the sole, full and unencumbered right, title and interest in and to the mask works shown on Schedule A and according to the records of the Copyright Office, any such mask work that is material to the business of such Company is valid and enforceable and in full force and effect; (f) except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, there is no claim by any third party that any such patents, trademarks, copyrights or mask works are invalid and unenforceable or do or may violate the rights of any Person; and (g) except as could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, such Company has taken all reasonable steps necessary to protect the secrecy and the validity under applicable law of all material trade secrets.
5. Covenants Relating to Collateral. Each Company hereby agrees (a) to perform all acts that may be reasonably necessary to (i) maintain and preserve the Collateral, ordinary wear and tear and casualty events excepted and (ii) to the extent required hereunder, to protect and perfect the Collateral, the Lien granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself and the Secured Parties therein and the perfection and priority of such Lien, subject to Permitted Liens; (b) not to use or permit any Collateral to be used (i) in violation in any material respect of any applicable law, rule or regulation, or (ii) in violation of any policy of insurance covering the Collateral; (c) to pay promptly when due all taxes and other governmental charges, all Liens (other than Permitted Liens) and all other charges now or hereafter imposed upon or affecting any Collateral; (d) without 10 days’ prior written notice to the Collateral Agent and taking such actions as may be reasonably required to maintain perfection of the security interests granted hereunder, (i) not to change such Company’s name, place of business (or, if such Company has more than one place of business, its chief executive office), state of formation or type of legal entity, (f) to procure, execute and deliver from time to time any endorsements, assignments, financing statements and other writings reasonably necessary or appropriate to perfect, maintain and protect Collateral Agent’s Lien hereunder to the extent required hereby and the priority thereof; (g) to appear in and defend any action or proceeding which may affect its title to or the Collateral Agent’s or Secured Parties’ interest in the Collateral; (h) to keep accurate and complete records of the Collateral and to provide the Collateral Agent with such records and such other information relating to the Collateral as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request from time to time; (i) except pursuant to a transaction permitted by, and subject to the terms of, Section 4.14 of the Indenture, not to surrender or lose possession of (other than to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself and the Secured Parties), sell, encumber, lease, rent, or otherwise dispose of or transfer any Collateral or right or interest therein, and to keep the Collateral free of all Liens except Permitted Liens; provided that such Company may sell, lease, transfer, license or otherwise dispose of any of the Collateral if in the ordinary course of business consisting of (i) the sale of inventory, (ii) sales of worn-out or obsolete equipment, (iii) in connection with settlement of litigation where such Company is the plaintiff, and (iv) non-exclusive licenses and similar arrangements for the use of the property of such Company; (j) if requested by the Collateral Agent, to type, print or stamp conspicuously on the face of all original copies of all Collateral consisting of chattel paper a legend satisfactory to the Collateral Agent indicating that such chattel paper is subject to the security interest granted hereby; (k) to collect, enforce and receive delivery of the accounts receivable and payment intangibles in accordance with past practice until otherwise notified by the Collateral Agent; (l) to comply with all requirements of law relating to the production, possession, operation, maintenance and control of the Collateral (including the Fair Labor Standards Act), except where the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; and (m) on no more than one occasion per year unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, to permit the Collateral Agent and its representatives the right, at any time during normal business hours, upon reasonable prior notice, to visit and inspect the properties of such Company and its corporate, financial and operating records, and make abstracts therefrom,.
6. Covenants Regarding Intellectual Property. Each Company hereby agrees:
(a) each Company will perform all acts and execute all documents, including notices of security interest for each relevant type of material registered intellectual property in forms suitable for filing with the Patent and Trademark Office or the Copyright Office, that may be necessary to record, maintain, preserve, protect and perfect the Collateral Agent’s or Secured Parties’ interest in the Collateral, the Lien granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself and the Secured Parties in the Collateral and the first priority of such Lien.
(b) Except to the extent that the Collateral Agent gives its prior written consent:
(i) such Company will not do any act or omit to do any act whereby any material patent registrations may become abandoned or dedicated to the public domain; and
(ii) such Company will not do any act or omit to do any act whereby any material copyrights or mask works may become abandoned or dedicated to the public domain.
7. Authorized Action by the Collateral Agent. Each Company hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent as its attorney-in-fact (which appointment is coupled with an interest) and agrees that the Collateral Agent may perform (but the Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to and shall incur no liability to any Company or any third party for failure so to do) any act which such Company is obligated by this Security Agreement to perform, and to exercise such rights and powers as such Company might exercise with respect to the Collateral, including the right to (a) collect by legal proceedings or otherwise and endorse, receive and receipt for all dividends, interest, payments, proceeds and other sums and property now or hereafter payable on or on account of the Collateral; (b) enter into any extension, reorganization, deposit, merger, consolidation or other agreement pertaining to, or deposit, surrender, accept, hold or apply other property in exchange for the Collateral; (c) make any compromise or settlement, and take any action it deems advisable, with respect to the Collateral; (d) insure, process and preserve the Collateral; (e) pay any indebtedness of Company relating to the Collateral; (f) file UCC financing statements and execute other documents, instruments and agreements required hereunder; and (g) transfer any Collateral; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall not exercise any such powers granted pursuant to subsections (a) through (g) unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing. The Companies shall reimburse the Collateral Agent promptly upon demand for any reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees, the Collateral Agent may incur while acting as any Company’s attorney-in-fact hereunder, all of which costs and expenses are included in the Obligations. It is further agreed and understood between the parties hereto that such care as the Collateral Agent give to the safekeeping of its own property of like kind shall constitute reasonable care of the Collateral when in the Collateral Agent’s possession; provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall not be required to make any presentment, demand or protest, or give any notice and need not take any action to preserve any rights against any prior party or any other person in connection with the Obligations or with respect to the Collateral.
8. Litigation and Other Proceedings
(a) Within its reasonable business judgment, each Company shall have the right and obligation to commence and diligently prosecute such suits, proceedings or other actions for infringement or other damage, or reexamination or reissue proceedings, or opposition or cancellation proceedings as it shall determine in the exercise of its reasonable business judgment, are appropriate to protect any of the material patents, trademarks, copyrights, mask works or trade secrets
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have the right but not the obligation to bring suit or institute proceedings in the name of each Company or Secured Parties to enforce any rights in the Collateral, including any license thereunder, in which event each Company shall at the request of the Collateral Agent do any and all lawful acts and execute any and all documents reasonably required by the Collateral Agent in aid of such enforcement. If the Collateral Agent elects not to bring suit to enforce any right under the Collateral, including any license thereunder, each Company agrees to use all reasonable measures, whether by suit, proceeding or other action, to cause to cease any infringement of any right under the Collateral by any Person and for that purpose agrees to diligently maintain any action, suit or proceeding against any Person so infringing necessary to prevent such infringement.
9. Default and Remedies.
(a) Default. The Companies shall be deemed in default under this Security Agreement upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default under the Notes.
(b) Remedies. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any such Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have the rights of a secured creditor under the UCC, all rights granted by this Security Agreement and the other Notes Documents and all rights under applicable law, including, but not limited to, the right to: (a) require each Company to assemble the Collateral and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place to be designated by the Collateral Agent; and (b) prior to the disposition of the Collateral, store, process, repair or recondition it or otherwise prepare it for disposition in any manner and to the extent the Collateral Agent deems appropriate. Each Company hereby agrees that ten (10) days’ notice of any intended sale or disposition of any Collateral is reasonable. Each Company hereby agrees that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, such Company will take any action the Collateral Agent reasonably requests in order to transfer any Collateral. Each Company stipulates that the remedies at law of the Collateral Agent in the event of any Event of Default or threatened default by a Company in the performance of or compliance with any of the terms of this Security Agreement are not and will not be adequate and that such terms may be specifically enforced by a decree for the specific performance of any agreement contained herein or by an injunction against a violation of any of the terms hereof or otherwise. In furtherance of the Collateral Agent’s and Secured Parties’ rights hereunder, each Company hereby grants to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties an irrevocable, non-exclusive license, exercisable without royalty or other payment by the Collateral Agent or Secured Parties, and only in connection with the exercise of remedies hereunder, to use, license or sublicense any patent, trademark, trade name, copyright or other intellectual property in which such Company now or hereafter has any right, title or interest together with the right of access to all media in which any of the foregoing may be recorded or stored, to the extent such intellectual property is used or useful in the non-defense related business of the Company.
(c) No Action in Violation of Law. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this instrument, any foreclosure, sale, transfer or other disposition of, or the exercise of any right to vote or consent with respect to, any of the Collateral as provided herein or any other action taken or proposed to be taken hereunder which would affect the operational, voting or other control of any entity holding a construction permit, license, or other authorization issued by any Governmental Authority, shall be made in accordance with any applicable rules and regulations of the Governmental Authority, including, to the extent applicable under the rules and regulations of the Governmental Authority in effect at the time of an Event of Default, any requirement that there be a public or private sale.
(d) Application of Collateral Proceeds. Excepts as otherwise permitted hereby, the proceeds and/or avails of the Collateral, or any part thereof, and the proceeds and the avails of any remedy hereunder (as well as any other amounts of any kind held by the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties at the time of, or received by the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties after, the occurrence of an Event of Default) shall be paid to and applied as follows:
(i) First, to the payment of costs and expenses, including all amounts expended to preserve the value of the Collateral, of foreclosure or suit, if any, and of such sale and the exercise of any other rights or remedies, and of all proper fees, expenses, liability and advances, including legal expenses and attorneys’ fees, incurred or made hereunder by the Collateral Agent;
(ii) Second, to the payment of costs and expenses, including all amounts expended to preserve the value of the Collateral, of foreclosure or suit, if any, and of such sale and the exercise of any other rights or remedies, and of all proper fees, expenses, liability and advances, including legal expenses and attorneys’ fees, incurred or made hereunder by the Secured Parties (other than the Collateral Agent);
(iii) Third, to the payment to Secured Parties of the amount then owing or unpaid to Secured Parties in respect of the Obligations (to be applied first to accrued interest and second to outstanding principal) in accordance with the terms of the Notes Documents, including other payments to be made to third parties from such proceeds;
(iv) Fourth, to the payment of other amounts then payable to the Collateral Agent or Secured Parties under any of the Notes Documents; and
(v) Fifth, to the payment of the surplus, if any, to the Companies, their successors and assigns, or to whomsoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same.
10. Collateral Agent. The Collateral Agent shall take such action hereunder as shall be reasonably directed by the Required Holders; provided, that, unless and until the Collateral Agent shall have received such directions, the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, hereunder as it shall deem advisable in the best interests of the Secured Parties and the Collateral Agent shall incur no liability to any Person for so acting or refraining from or delaying acting.
11. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. Any notice or other communication given hereunder shall be deemed sufficient if in writing and sent by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, or delivered by hand against written receipt therefor, addressed as follows:
All notices and other communications will be deemed to have been given (i) if delivered by the United States mail, three (3) Business Days after mailing (five (5) Business Days if delivered to an address outside of the United States), (ii) if delivered by a courier or other delivery service, one (1) Business Day after dispatch (two (2) Business Days if delivered to an address outside of the United States) and (iii) if personally delivered or sent by email or similar electronic device, upon receipt by the recipient or its agent or employee (which, in the case of a notice sent by email or similar electronic device, will be the time of transmission, except that, if not sent during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). No objection may be made by a party to the manner of delivery of any notice actually received in writing by an authorized agent of such party.
(b) Termination of Security Interest.
(i) Upon the payment in full in cash of all Obligations, the security interest granted herein shall terminate and all rights to the Collateral shall revert to the applicable Company. Upon such termination the Collateral Agent and Secured Parties hereby authorize each Company to file any UCC termination statements necessary to effect such termination and the Collateral Agent and Secured Parties shall, at such Company’s expense, execute and deliver to each Company any additional documents or instruments as such Company shall reasonably request to evidence such termination.
(ii) If any Note Guarantor is released from its Guarantee with respect to the Notes pursuant to the terms of the Indenture, the Liens created hereby on the property and assets of such Note Guarantor shall be automatically released without need for further action by any Person and the Collateral Agent shall, at such Company’s expense, execute and deliver to such Company any documents or instruments as such Company shall reasonably request to evidence such release.
(iii) If any of the Collateral shall (x) become an “Excluded Asset” or (y) be sold or disposed of by any Company in a disposition permitted by the Indenture, the Liens created hereby on any such property shall be automatically released without need for further action by any Person and the Collateral Agent shall, at such Company’s expense, execute and deliver to each Company any documents or instruments as such Company shall reasonably request to evidence such release, provided, however, Liens shall continue in any proceeds of such Collateral or Excluded Collateral, as applicable.
(c) Nonwaiver. No failure or delay on the Collateral Agent’s or Secured Parties’ part in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof or of any other right nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other further exercise thereof or of any other right.
(d) Amendments and Waivers. This Security Agreement may not be amended or modified, nor may any of its terms be waived, except by written instruments signed by each Company and the Collateral Agent that identifies itself as an amendment to this Security Agreement. Each waiver or consent under any provision hereof shall be effective only in the specific instances for the purpose for which given.
(e) Assignments. This Security Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent, the Secured Parties and each Company and their respective successors and assigns; provided, however, that no Company may sell, assign or delegate rights and obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of the Collateral Agent.
(f) Cumulative Rights, etc. The rights, powers and remedies of the Collateral Agent and Secured Parties under this Security Agreement shall be in addition to all rights, powers and remedies given to the Collateral Agent and Secured Parties by virtue of any applicable law, rule or regulation of any governmental authority, any Notes Document or any other agreement, all of which rights, powers, and remedies shall be cumulative and may be exercised successively or concurrently without impairing the Collateral Agent’s or Secured Parties’ rights hereunder. Each Company waives any right to require the Collateral Agent or Secured Parties to proceed against any person or entity or to exhaust any Collateral or to pursue any remedy in the Collateral Agent’s or Secured Parties’ power.
(g) Partial Invalidity. If at any time any provision of this Security Agreement is or becomes illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the law or any jurisdiction, neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Security Agreement nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision under the law of any other jurisdiction shall in any way be affected or impaired thereby.
(h) Expenses. Each Company shall pay promptly on demand all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses, including reasonable and documented attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with custody, preservation or sale of, or other realization on, any of the Collateral or the enforcement or attempt to enforce any of the Obligations which is not performed as and when required by this Security Agreement.
(i) Tax Payments. Each Company shall pay upon demand any stamp or other taxes, levies or charges of any jurisdiction with respect to the execution, delivery, registration, performance and enforcement of this Security Agreement. Upon request by the Collateral Agent, each Company shall furnish evidence satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that all requisite authorizations and approvals by, and notices to and filings with, governmental authorities and regulatory bodies have been obtained and made and that all requisite taxes, levies and charges have been paid.
(j) Construction. This Security Agreement and each other Notes Documents is the result of negotiations among, and has been reviewed by, each Company, the Collateral Agent and Secured Parties and their respective counsel. Accordingly, this Security Agreement and the other Notes Documents shall be deemed to be the product of all parties hereto, and no ambiguity shall be construed in favor of or against each Company, the Collateral Agent or Secured Parties.
(k) Entire Agreement. This Security Agreement taken together with the other Notes Documents constitute and contain the entire agreement of Company, the Collateral Agent and Secured Parties and supersede any and all prior agreements, negotiations, correspondence, understandings and communications among the parties, whether written or oral, respecting the subject matter hereof.
(l) Other Interpretive Provisions. References in this Security Agreement and each of the other Notes Documents to any document, instrument or agreement (a) includes all exhibits, schedules and other attachments thereto, (b) includes all documents, instruments or agreements issued or executed in replacement thereof, and (c) means such document, instrument or agreement, or replacement or predecessor thereto, as amended, modified and supplemented from time to time and in effect at any given time. The words “hereof,” “herein” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in this Security Agreement or any other Notes Document refer to this Security Agreement or such other Notes Document, as the case may be, as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Security Agreement or such other Notes Document, as the case may be. The words “include” and “including” and words of similar import when used in this Security Agreement or any other Notes Document shall not be construed to be limiting or exclusive.
(m) Governing Law. This Security Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York, without reference to conflicts of law rules (except to the extent governed by the UCC)..
(n) Counterparts. This Security Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall be deemed to constitute one instrument.
(o) Additional Subsidiaries. The Companies shall cause each Domestic Subsidiary of NextNav that becomes a Note Guarantor pursuant to Section 4.24 of the Indenture to enter into this Security Agreement within the time periods specified in Section 4.24 of the Indenture. Upon execution and delivery by the Collateral Agent and such Domestic Subsidiary of an instrument in the form of Exhibit A hereto, such Domestic Subsidiary shall become a Company hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Company herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other Company hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Company hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Company as a party to this Security Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Company has caused this Security Agreement to be executed as of the day and year first above written.
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ATTACHMENT 1
TO SECURITY AGREEMENT
Except as otherwise set forth in the Security Agreement, all right, title, interest, claims and demands of each Company in and to all personal property and other assets, whether now owned by or owing to, or hereafter from time to time acquired by or arising in favor of such Company (including under any trade name or derivations thereof), and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to, such Company, and regardless of where located, including:
(i) All Accounts;
(ii) All Chattel Paper;
(iii) All Commercial Tort Claims listed on Schedule B;
(iv) All Deposit Accounts and cash;
(v) All Documents;
(vi) All Equipment;
(vii) All Fixtures;
(viii) All General Intangibles;
(ix) All Goods;
(x) All Instruments;
(xi) All Intellectual Property;
(xii) All cash or cash equivalents;
(xiii) All Inventory;
(xiv) All Investment Property;
(xv) All Letter-of-Credit Rights; and
(xvi) To the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing, including all economic rights, and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents and profits of each of the foregoing, together with all books and records, customer lists, credit files, computer files, programs, printouts and other computer materials and records related thereto and any General Intangibles at any time evidencing or relating to any of the foregoing.
The term “Intellectual Property” means all intellectual and similar property of every kind and nature now owned or hereafter acquired by a Company that is used or useful in the non-defense related business of a Company, including inventions, designs, patents (whether registered or unregistered), copyrights (whether registered or unregistered), trademarks (whether registered or unregistered), trade secrets, domain names, confidential or proprietary technical and business information, know-how, methods, processes, drawings, specifications or other data or information and all memoranda, notes and records with respect to any research and development, software and databases and all embodiments or fixations thereof whether in tangible or intangible form or contained on magnetic media readable by machine together with all such magnetic media and related documentation, registrations and franchises, and all additions, improvements and accessions to, and books and records describing or used in connection with, any of the foregoing.
All capitalized terms used in this Attachment 1 and not otherwise defined herein, shall have the respective meanings given to such terms in the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New York as in effect from time to time.
EXHIBIT A
TO SECURITY AGREEMENT
FORM OF SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT
[Date of Security Agreement Supplement]
[COLLATERAL AGENT]
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Attention: [ ]
Email: [ ]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference hereby is made to (a) the Indenture, dated as of May 9, 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), by and among NextNav Inc., a Delaware corporation (“NextNav”), the guarantors party thereto, GLAS Trust Company LLC, as trustee, and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as collateral agent (together with its successors, the “Collateral Agent”), and (b) the Security Agreement, dated as of [●], 2023 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Security Agreement"), made by NextNav and the other Companies from time to time party thereto in favor of the Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms defined in the Indenture or the Security Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as defined in the Indenture or the Security Agreement.
SECTION 1. Grant of Security. As security for the payment, performance or other satisfaction of the Obligations, the undersigned hereby pledges to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself and the Secured Parties and grant to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of itself and the Secured Parties a lien on and security interest in all of its right, title and interests in and to all of the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) of the undersigned, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the undersigned, wherever located and whether now or hereafter existing or arising, including, without limitation, the property and assets of the undersigned set forth on the attached supplemental schedules to the Schedules to the Security Agreement.
SECTION 2. Supplements to Security Agreement Schedules. The undersigned has attached hereto supplemental Schedules A through B to the Security Agreement, and the undersigned hereby certifies, as of the date first above written, that such supplemental Schedules have been prepared by the undersigned in substantially the form of the equivalent Schedules to the Security Agreement, and such supplemental Schedules include all of the information required to be scheduled to the Security Agreement and do not omit to state any information material thereto.
SECTION 3. Representations and Warranties. The undersigned hereby makes each representation and warranty set forth in Sections 3 and 4 of the Security Agreement (as supplemented by the attached supplemental Schedules) to the same extent as each other Company.
SECTION 4. Obligations Under the Security Agreement. The undersigned hereby agrees, as of the date first above written, to be bound as a Company by all of the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement to the same extent as each of the other Companies. The undersigned further agrees, as of the date first above written, that each reference in the Security Agreement to a "Company" shall also mean and be a reference to the undersigned.
SECTION 6. Governing Law. This Security Agreement Supplement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
SECTION 7. Notes Document. In addition to and without limitation of any of the foregoing, this Security Agreement Supplement shall be deemed to be a Notes Document.
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Exhibit 10.1
RESALE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
THIS RESALE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT, dated as of May 9, 2023 (this “Agreement”), has been entered into by and among NextNav Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the Purchasers (as defined below).
BACKGROUND
In connection with the Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of May 9, 2023 (the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Company and the purchasers named therein (the “Purchasers”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company agreed to issue to the Purchasers (i) 10% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) pursuant to that certain indenture, dated as of May 9, 2023, by and among the Company, the guarantors party thereto, GLAS Trust Company LLC, as trustee and notes collateral agent (the “Indenture”), and (ii) common stock purchase warrants exercisable for shares of the Common Stock (the “Warrants”), the Company has agreed to provide to the Purchasers certain resale registration rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (together, the “Securities Act”), and applicable state securities laws with respect to the Warrants, the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the exercise of the Warrants and shares of Common Stock issuable in connection with the payment of interest on the Notes pursuant to the Indenture.
AGREEMENT
In light of the above, the Company and the Purchasers hereby agree as follows:
1. Definitions.
As used in this Agreement, the following terms will have the respective meanings set forth in this Section 1:
“Additional Closing” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“Advice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c)(iv).
“Business Day” means (i) a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market, (ii) if the Common Stock is not listed on any Trading Market, a day on which the Common Stock is quoted in the over-the-counter market as reported by the National Quotation Bureau Incorporated (or any similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices) or (iii) in the event that the Common Stock is not listed or quoted as set forth in (i) and (ii) hereof, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in The City of New York are authorized or required by law, regulation or executive order to remain closed.
“Commission” means the Securities and Exchange Commission or any successor agency.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share.
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Discontinuance Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(d).
“Effective Date” means, with respect to any Registration Statement, the date on which the Commission first declares effective such Registration Statement.
“Effectiveness Deadline” means, with respect to a Registration Statement filed pursuant to Section 2(a), (x) if such Registration Statement is subject to Commission review, then the fifth (5th) Business Day following the resolution or clearance of all Commission comments to the Registration Statement, or (y) if the Commission informs the Company that it does not intend to review such Registration Statement, then the fifth (5th) Business Day following such notification.
“Effectiveness Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(a).
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Filing Deadline” means (i) with respect to the Registrable Securities issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants on the Initial Closing and any Additional Closing, the thirty-fifth (35th) Business Day following the Initial Closing, and (ii) with respect to Registrable Securities issued in connection with the payment of interest on the Notes pursuant to the Indenture, the fifteenth (15th) Business Day following such issuance.
“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. or any successor organization performing similar functions.
“Holder” or “Holders” means the holder or holders, as the case may be, from time to time of Registrable Securities.
“Indemnified Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Indemnifying Party” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(c).
“Indenture” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Initial Closing” has the meaning set forth in the Purchase Agreement.
“Losses” has the meaning set forth in Section 5(a).
"Notes" has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Proceeding” means an action, claim, suit, investigation or proceeding (including, without limitation, an investigation or partial proceeding, such as a deposition), whether commenced or threatened.
“Prospectus” means the prospectus included in a Registration Statement (including, without limitation, any preliminary prospectus, any free-writing prospectus and any prospectus that includes any information previously omitted from a prospectus filed as part of an effective registration statement under the Securities Act), as amended or supplemented by any prospectus supplement, with respect to the terms of the offering of any portion of the Registrable Securities covered by a Registration Statement, and all other amendments and supplements to such prospectus, including post-effective amendments, and all material incorporated by reference or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
“Purchase Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Purchasers” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Registrable Securities” means the Warrants, any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable upon exercise of the Warrants and any shares of Common Stock issued or issuable in connection with the payment of interest on the Notes pursuant to the Indenture. “Registrable Securities” also includes any shares of capital stock or other securities issued or issuable with respect to the foregoing as a result of any stock split, stock dividend, recapitalization, exchange or similar event or otherwise. As to any particular Registrable Securities, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when (i) the Commission has declared a Registration Statement covering such securities effective and such securities have been disposed of pursuant to such effective Registration Statement; (ii) such securities are sold under circumstances in which all of the applicable conditions of Rule 144 under the Securities Act are met and/or the legend restricting further transfer has been removed from the certificate for such securities; (iii) such securities are no longer outstanding or (iv) such securities are no longer beneficially owned by any of the Purchasers or any affiliate (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of the Purchasers or an assignee or transferee entitled to the rights under this Agreement pursuant to an assignment or transfer of such rights in accordance with Section 6(e) hereof.
“Registration Statement” means a registration statement filed pursuant to the terms hereof and which covers the resale by the Holders, including the Prospectus, amendments and supplements to such registration statement or Prospectus, including pre- and post-effective amendments, all exhibits thereto and all material incorporated by reference (or deemed to be incorporated by reference) therein. For the avoidance of doubt,
“Registration Statement” means the initial registration statement described above in this paragraph and any additional registration statement or registration statements that are needed to sell additional Registrable Securities with the effect that the obligations of the Company under this Agreement also extend to such additional registration statement or registration statements, in all cases, as specified in this Agreement.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Rule 415” means Rule 415 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Rule 424” means Rule 424 promulgated by the Commission pursuant to the Securities Act, as such Rule may be amended from time to time, or any similar rule or regulation hereafter adopted by the Commission having substantially the same effect as such Rule.
“Securities Act” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“Selling Holder Questionnaire” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(c)(i).
“Subsequent Form S-3” has the meaning set forth in Section 3(m).
“Suspension Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Suspension Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 2(b).
“Trading Market” means whichever of the NYSE American, New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Capital Market, Nasdaq Global Select Market or such other United States registered national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question.
“Warrants” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
2. Registration.
(a) Mandatory Registration. On or prior to the applicable Filing Deadline, the Company will prepare and file with the Commission one or more Registration Statements covering the resale of all Registrable Securities for an offering to be made on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415. Each Registration Statement will be on Form S-3 (except if the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-3, in which case such registration will be on Form S-1, and if for any reason the Company is not then eligible to register for resale the Registrable Securities on Form S-1, then another appropriate form for such purpose) and will contain (except if otherwise required pursuant to written comments received from the Commission upon a review of such Registration Statement) a “Plan of Distribution” section, substantially in the form attached hereto as Annex A, as the same may be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to promptly respond to any and all comments received from the Commission with respect to any Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause each Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as soon as possible after filing but, in any event, no later than the Effectiveness Deadline, and will use its reasonable best efforts to keep each Registration Statement (or a Subsequent Form S-3) continuously effective under the Securities Act until such date when all Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement cease to be Registrable Securities as determined by the counsel to the Company (the “Effectiveness Period”).
(b) Suspension Periods. Notwithstanding Section 2(a), the Company may, at any time, delay the filing or delay or suspend the effectiveness of a Registration Statement or, without suspending such effectiveness, deliver a notice (a “Suspension Notice”) that instructs any selling Holders not to sell any securities included in the Registration Statement or delay the filing of any amendment or supplement pursuant to Section 3, by providing written notice to the selling Holders if (i) a material event has occurred or is likely to occur with respect to the Company that has not been publicly disclosed and either (x) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for preserving the confidentiality of such transaction or (y) if disclosed, could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Company and its ability to consummate the registration of the resale of the Registrable Securities, in each case under circumstances that would make it impractical or inadvisable to cause the registration statement (or such filings) to become effective or to promptly amend or supplement the registration statement on a post effective basis, as applicable, or (ii) the Company determines that the offer or sale of Registrable Securities would reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on any proposal or plan by the Company or any subsidiary to engage in any material financing, acquisition, corporate reorganization, recapitalization, merger, tender offer or other transaction involving the Company (a “Suspension Period”), by providing the selling Holders with written notice of such Suspension Period and the reasons therefor. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to provide such notice at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the commencement of such a Suspension Period; provided, however, that in any event the Company will provide such notice no later than the commencement of such Suspension Period; provided, further, that in no event will a Suspension Period exceed 45 days and in no event shall the total number of days subject to a Suspension Period during any consecutive 12-month period exceed 90 days. Any Suspension Period will not be deemed to end until the Holders have received a notice from the Company stating that such Suspension Period has ended.
(c) Holders’ Agreements. It will be a condition of each Holder’s rights under this Agreement, and each Holder agrees, as follows:
(i) Cooperation & Selling Holder Questionnaire. Such Holder will cooperate with the Company by, with reasonable promptness, supplying information and executing documents relating to such selling Holder or the securities of the Company owned by such selling Holder in connection with such registration which are customary for offerings of this type or is required by applicable laws or regulations, including but not limited to furnishing to the Company a completed questionnaire in the form attached to this Agreement as Annex B (a “Selling Holder Questionnaire”). The Company will not be required to include the Registrable Securities of a Holder in a Registration Statement to any Holder who fails to furnish to the Company a fully completed Selling Holder Questionnaire at least five (5) Business Days prior to the applicable Filing Deadline.
(ii) Undertakings. Such selling Holder will enter into any undertakings and take such other action relating to the conduct of the proposed offering which the Company may reasonably request as being necessary to insure compliance with federal and state securities laws and the rules or other requirements of FINRA.
(iii) Shelf Sales. In connection with and as a condition to the Company’s obligations with respect to any shelf Registration Statement, each Holder covenants and agrees that it will not offer or sell any such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until such Registration Statement has been declared effective by the Commission and such Holder has provided a written notice to the Company of such proposed sale. The Company and the Holders acknowledge and agree that in no way shall this clause limit Holder’s ability to sell securities without using such Registration Statement.
(iv) Discontinuance of Sales. Each Holder agrees by its acquisition of such Registrable Securities that, upon receipt of a Suspension Notice or a Discontinuance Notice from the Company, such Holder will forthwith discontinue any offers and sales of such Registrable Securities under a Registration Statement until such Holder’s receipt of the copies of the supplemented Prospectus and/or amended Registration Statement or until it is advised in writing (the “Advice”) by the Company that the use of the applicable Prospectus may be resumed, and, in either case, has received copies of any additional or supplemental filings that are incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference in such Prospectus or Registration Statement. The Company and the Holders acknowledge and agree that in no way shall this clause limit Holder’s ability to sell securities without using such Registration Statement.
(d) Piggyback Registrations.
(i) Without limiting any obligation of the Company and subject to the provisions of this Section 2(d), if (i) there is not an effective Registration Statement covering all of the Registrable Securities, if the Prospectus contained therein is not available for use, or if Rule 144 is not available with respect to the Registrable Securities and (ii) the Company shall determine to prepare and file with the Commission a registration statement or offering statement relating to an offering for its own account or the account of others under the Securities Act of any of its equity securities (other than (A) on Form S-4 or Form S-8 (each as promulgated under the Securities Act) or their then equivalents relating to equity securities to be issued solely in connection with any acquisition of any entity or business (or a business combination subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act) or equity securities issuable in connection with the Company’s stock option or other employee benefit plans, (B) for a dividend reinvestment or similar plan or rights offering or (C) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company) (a “Piggyback Registration”), then the Company shall deliver to each Holder a written notice of such determination and, if within ten (10) days after the date of the delivery of such notice, any such Holder shall so request in writing, the Company shall include in such registration statement or offering statement all or any part of the Registrable Securities that such Holder requests to be registered on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such offering and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof; provided, however, the Company shall not be required to register any Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 2(d) that are the subject of a then-effective Registration Statement. The inclusion of any Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Registration shall be subject to such Holder agreeing to enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the managing underwriters, including representations, warranties or agreements regarding such Holder, such Holder’s title to the Registrable Securities, such Holder’s intended method of distribution and any other representations to be made by the Holder as are generally prevailing in agreements of that type, and such Holder shall complete and execute all questionnaires, powers of attorney and other documents reasonably requested by the managing underwriters and required under the terms of such underwriting agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company may postpone or withdraw the filing or the effectiveness of a Piggyback Registration at any time in its sole discretion.
(ii) If a Piggyback Registration is an underwritten primary registration on behalf of the Company, and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the marketability, proposed offering price, timing or method of distribution of the offering, the Company will include in such registration (A) first, the securities the Company proposes to sell, (B) second, the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any Holder which, in the opinion of such underwriters, can be sold, without any such adverse effect, pro rata among such Holders on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such Holder and (C) third, other securities requested to be included in such registration which, in the opinion of the underwriters, can be sold without any such adverse effect.
(iii) If a Piggyback Registration relates to a secondary underwritten registration on behalf of other holders of the Company’s securities, and the managing underwriters advise the Company in writing that in their opinion the number of securities requested to be included in such registration exceeds the number which can be sold in such offering without adversely affecting the marketability, proposed offering price, timing or method of distribution of the offering, the Company will include in such registration (A) first, the securities requested to be included therein by the holders initially requesting such registration and the Registrable Securities requested to be included in such registration by any other Holder which, in the opinion of such underwriters, can be sold, without any such adverse effect, pro rata among such holders initially requesting such registration and such Holders on the basis of the number of Registrable Securities owned by each such Holder and (B) second, other securities requested to be included in such registration which, in the opinion of the underwriters, can be sold without any such adverse effect.
3. Registration Procedures.
In connection with the Company’s obligations to effect a registration pursuant to Section 2(a), the Company and, as applicable, the Holders, will use its reasonable best efforts to do the following:
(a) FINRA Cooperation. The Company and the Holders will cooperate and assist in any filings required to be made with FINRA with respect to any Registration Statement.
(b) Right to Review Prior Drafts. Not less than five (5) Business Days prior to the filing of a Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto, the Company will furnish to each Holder copies of the “Selling Securityholders” and “Plan of Distribution” sections of such documents (together with drafts of the Registration Statement or any related Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto) in the form in which the Company proposes to file them, which sections and documents will be subject to the review of each such Holder. Each Holder will provide comments, if any, within two (2) Business Days after the date such materials are provided. The Company will not file a Registration Statement, any Prospectus or any amendments or supplements thereto in which the “Selling Securityholders” or the “Plan of Distribution” sections thereof differ in any material respect from the disclosure received from a Holder in its Selling Holder Questionnaire (as amended or supplemented) or otherwise differ in any material respect from the drafts previously received by such Holder.
(c) Right to Copies. The Company will furnish to each Holder, without charge, (i) at least one (1) conformed copy of each Registration Statement and each amendment thereto and all exhibits to the extent requested by such Holder (excluding those previously furnished or incorporated by reference) promptly after the filing of such documents with the Commission, except if such documents are available on EDGAR; and (ii) as many copies of each Prospectus or Prospectuses (including each form of prospectus) and each amendment or supplement thereto as such Holder may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method or methods of disposition thereof. The Company hereby consents to the use of such Prospectus and each amendment or supplement thereto by each of the selling Holders in connection with the offering and sale of the Registrable Securities covered by such Prospectus and any amendment or supplement thereto.
(d) Notices. The Company will notify each Holder covered by the applicable Registration Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable: (A) when the Prospectus or any prospectus supplement or post-effective amendment has been filed, and with respect to the Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment, when the same has become effective; (B) of any request by the Commission for any amendments or supplements to the Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information; (C) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for that purpose; (D) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; (E) of the happening of any event which it believes may make any statement made in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference untrue, or of any material misstatement or omission, and which requires the making of any changes in the Registration Statement, the Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference in order to make the statements therein not misleading; (F) upon the occurrence of a Suspension Period (items (C) through and including (F) being a “Discontinuance Notice”); and (G) upon the conclusion of a Suspension Period.
(e) Withdrawal of Suspension Orders. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to respond as promptly as reasonably possible to any comments received from the Commission with respect to any Registration Statement or any amendment thereto (and the Holders shall cooperate to resolve any such comments promptly with respect to the selling securityholder information contained therein, to the extent applicable to such Holders) and to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the suspension of the qualification of the Registrable Securities for sale in any jurisdiction, or to prevent any such suspension.
(f) Supplements & Amendments. Subject to Section 2(a), if required by applicable federal securities laws, based on the advice of the Company’s counsel, the Company will prepare a supplement or post-effective amendment to a Registration Statement, the related Prospectus or any document incorporated therein by reference or file any other required document or, if necessary, renew or refile a Registration Statement prior to its expiration, so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the Registrable Securities, (A) the Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; (B) such Registration Statement remains continuously effective as to the applicable Registrable Securities for its applicable Effectiveness Period; (C) the related Prospectus may be supplemented by any required prospectus supplement, and as so supplemented may be filed pursuant to Rule 424 and (D) the Prospectus will be supplemented, if necessary, to update the disclosure of the number of shares that each Holder intends to sell, reflecting prior resales in accordance with guidance of the staff of the Commission (as such guidance may be substituted for, amended or supplemented by the staff of the Commission after the date of this Agreement). Furthermore, subject to a Holder’s compliance with its obligations under Section 2(c)(i), the Company will take such actions as are required to name such Holder as a selling Holder in a Registration Statement or any supplement thereto and to include (to the extent not theretofore included) in such Registration Statement the Registrable Securities identified in such Holder’s Selling Holder Questionnaire.
(g) Listing. The Company will use its reasonable best efforts to cause all Registrable Securities covered by each Registration Statement to be listed on each securities exchange on which identical securities issued by the Company are then listed if so required by the rules of such exchange and, if not so listed, to be approved for listing on the national securities exchange on which the Company’s Common Stock is then listed.
(h) Transfer Agent & Registrar. The Company will provide and cause to be maintained a transfer agent and registrar for all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement from and after a date not later than the Effective Date of such Registration Statement.
(i) Certificates. The Company will cooperate with the Holders to facilitate the timely preparation and delivery of any certificates representing Registrable Securities to be delivered to a transferee pursuant to any Registration Statement, which certificates will be free of all restrictive legends, and to enable such Registrable Securities to be in such denominations and registered in such names as any such Holders may reasonably request.
(j) CUSIPs. The Company, if necessary, will use its best efforts to provide a CUSIP number for the Registrable Securities, not later than the Effective Date of the applicable Registration Statement.
(k) Legal Counsel. Holders will have the right to select one legal counsel, at the Company’s expense pursuant to Section 4, to review, on behalf of such Holders, any Registration Statement or Prospectus prepared pursuant to Section 2 or this Section 3, which will be such counsel as designated by the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding. The Company will reasonably cooperate with such legal counsel’s reasonable requests in performing their obligations under this Agreement.
(l) Blue Sky. If at any time the Registrable Securities are not “Covered Securities” within the meaning of Rule 146 of the Securities Act, the Company will, prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its reasonable best efforts to register or qualify or cooperate with the selling Holders in connection with the registration or qualification (or exemption from such registration or qualification) of such Registrable Securities for offer and sale under the securities or blue sky laws (“Blue Sky”) of all jurisdictions within the United States that the selling Holders request in writing be covered, to keep each such registration or qualification (or exemption therefrom) effective during the applicable Effectiveness Period and to do any and all other acts or things necessary or advisable to enable the disposition in such jurisdictions of the Registrable Securities covered by any Registration Statement; provided, that the Company will not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it is not then so qualified. to become subject to any material tax in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject or take any action that would subject it to general service of process in any such jurisdiction where it is not then so subject.
(m) Subsequent Form S-3. If, at the time of filing of a Registration Statement, the Company is not eligible to use Form S-3 for transactions involving secondary offerings and the Company is not otherwise eligible to incorporate by reference prospectively into such Registration Statement, then at such time as the Company becomes eligible to register transactions involving secondary offerings on Form S-3, the Company may, in its sole discretion, file in accordance with the procedures outlined in this Section 3, including but not limited to all required notices to the Holders, an additional Registration Statement on Form S-3 to cover resales pursuant to Rule 415 of the Registrable Securities (a “Subsequent Form S-3”), and, when such Subsequent Form S-3 has been filed with the Commission, the Company may, concurrently with its filing of a request for acceleration of effectiveness of such Subsequent Form S-3, withdraw or terminate the original Registration Statement; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 3(m) will be interpreted to limit the Company’s obligations pursuant to Section 2(a).
4. Registration Expenses.
All fees and expenses incident to the performance of or compliance with this Agreement by the Company will be borne by the Company whether or not any Registrable Securities are sold pursuant to a Registration Statement including, without limitation: (i) all registration and filing fees (including, without limitation, fees and expenses (A) with respect to filings required to be made with any Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading, (B) related to compliance with applicable state securities or Blue Sky laws and (C) incurred in connection with the preparation or submission of any filing with FINRA); (ii) printing expenses (including, without limitation, expenses of printing certificates for Registrable Securities and of printing Prospectuses); (iii) messenger, telephone and delivery expenses; (iv) fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company and one counsel to the Holders pursuant to Section 3(k) in an amount not to exceed $50,000 for any Registration Statement; (v) Securities Act liability insurance, if the Company so desires such insurance; (vi) fees and expenses of all other persons retained by the Company in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and (vii) all of the Company’s own internal expenses incurred in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including, without limitation, all salaries and expenses of its officers and employees performing legal or accounting duties), the expense of any annual audit and the fees and expenses incurred in connection with the listing of the Registrable Securities on any securities exchange as required hereunder; provided, however, that each selling Holder will pay (i) all underwriting discounts, commissions, fees and expenses and all transfer taxes with respect to the Registrable Securities sold by such selling Holder; (ii) any fees and expenses of legal counsel other than counsel pursuant to Section 3(k) and (iii) all other expenses incurred by such selling Holder and incidental to the sale and delivery of the shares to be sold by such Holder.
5. Indemnification.
(a) Indemnification by the Company. The Company will, notwithstanding any termination of this Agreement, indemnify and hold harmless each Holder, the officers, directors, partners, members and shareholders of each Holder and each person who controls any such Holder (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the directors and officers of any such controlling persons, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs (including, without limitation, reasonable costs of preparation and reasonable attorneys’ fees) and expenses (collectively, “Losses”), as incurred, arising out of or based upon, in the case of a Registration Statement or in any amendments thereto, any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained therein or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein to make the statements not misleading, or in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any preliminary prospectus, any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained therein or any omission or alleged omission to state therein 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, except to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions (1) are made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Holder expressly for use in such Registration Statement, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and approved in writing by such Holder for use in such Registration Statement, such Prospectus or such form of Prospectus (it being understood and agreed that the information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Holder consists of the information described in Annex A hereto, as may be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, may be deemed reviewed and approved for this purpose) or (2) resulted from the use by any Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that such Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of an Advice or an amended or supplemented Prospectus, but only if and to the extent that following the receipt of the Advice or the amended or supplemented Prospectus the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have been corrected.
(b) Indemnification by Holders. Each Holder will, severally and not jointly, indemnify and hold harmless the Company, its directors, officers, partners, members and shareholders and each person who controls the Company (within the meaning of Section 15 of the Securities Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act) and the directors and officers of such controlling person, in each case to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law from and against all Losses, as incurred, arising solely out of or based upon, in the case of a Registration Statement or in any amendments thereto, any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained therein or any omission or alleged omission to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein to make the statements not misleading, or in the case of any Prospectus or form of prospectus, or in any amendment or supplement thereto, or in any preliminary prospectus, any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained therein or any omission or alleged omission to state therein 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 to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statements or omissions (1) are made in reliance upon and in conformity with written information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Holder expressly for use in such Registration Statement or Prospectus, or to the extent that such information relates to such Holder or such Holder’s proposed method of distribution of Registrable Securities and was reviewed and approved in writing by such Holder for use in such Registration Statement or Prospectus (it being understood and agreed that the information furnished to the Company by or on behalf of any Holder consists of the information described in Annex A hereto, as may be amended in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, may be deemed reviewed and approved for this purpose) or (2) resulted from the use by such Holder of an outdated or defective Prospectus after the Company has notified such Holder in writing that the Prospectus is outdated or defective and prior to the receipt by such Holder of an Advice or an amended or supplemented Prospectus, but only if and to the extent that following the receipt of the Advice or the amended or supplemented Prospectus the misstatement or omission giving rise to such Loss would have been corrected; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify will be several and not joint. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, no Holder will be liable pursuant to this Section 5(b), in the aggregate, for any amount in excess of the amount by which the proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission.
(c) Conduct of Indemnification Proceedings. In order for a Person (the “Indemnified Party”) to be entitled to any indemnification provided for under this Agreement in respect of, arising out of or involving a claim or demand made by any Person against the Indemnified Party (a “Claim”), such Indemnified Party must notify the indemnifying party (“Indemnifying Party”) in writing, and in reasonable detail, of the Claim as promptly as reasonably possible after receipt by such Indemnified Party of notice of the Claim; provided, however, that failure to give such notification on a timely basis shall not affect the indemnification provided hereunder except to the extent the Indemnifying Party shall have been actually materially prejudiced as a result of such failure. Thereafter, the Indemnified Party shall deliver to the Indemnifying Party, promptly after the Indemnified Party’s receipt thereof, copies of all notices and documents (including court filings and related papers) received by the Indemnified Party relating to the Claim.
If a Claim is made against an Indemnified Party, the Indemnifying Party shall be entitled to participate in the defense thereof and, if it so chooses and acknowledges its obligation in writing to indemnify the Indemnified Party therefor, to assume at its cost the defense thereof with counsel selected by the Indemnifying Party and reasonably satisfactory to the Indemnified Party and to settle such suit, action, claim or proceeding in its discretion with an unconditional full release of the Indemnified Party and no admission of fault, liability, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of the Indemnified Party. Notwithstanding any acknowledgment made pursuant to the immediately preceding sentence, the Indemnifying Party shall continue to be entitled to assert any limitation to the amount of Losses for which the Indemnifying Party is responsible pursuant to its indemnification obligations. Should the Indemnifying Party so elect to assume the defense of a Claim, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to the Indemnified Party for legal expenses subsequently incurred by the Indemnified Party in connection with the defense thereof unless (i) the Indemnifying Party has materially failed to defend, contest or otherwise protest in a timely manner against Claims or (ii) such Indemnified Party reasonably objects to such assumption on the grounds that there are defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to the defenses available to such Indemnifying Party and, as a result, a conflict of interest exists. Subject to the limitations in the preceding sentence, if the Indemnifying Party assumes such defense, the Indemnified Party shall have the right to participate in the defense thereof and to employ counsel, at its own expense, separate from the counsel employed by the Indemnifying Party, it being understood, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall control such defense. The Indemnifying Party shall be liable for the fees and expenses of counsel employed by the Indemnified Party for any period during which the Indemnifying Party has not assumed the defense thereof. If the Indemnifying Party chooses to defend any Claim, all the parties hereto shall cooperate in the defense or prosecution of such Claim. Such cooperation shall include the retention and (upon the Indemnifying Party’s request) the provision to the Indemnifying Party of records and information which are reasonably relevant to such Claim, and making employees available on a mutually convenient basis to provide additional information and explanation of any material provided hereunder. Whether or not the Indemnifying Party shall have assumed the defense of a Claim, the Indemnified Party shall not admit any liability with respect to, or settle, compromise or discharge, such Claim without the Indemnifying Party’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld).
The obligations of the Company and the Holders under this Section 5 shall survive completion of any offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to a Registration Statement and the termination of this Agreement. The Indemnifying Party’s liability to any such Indemnified Party hereunder shall not be extinguished solely because any other Indemnified Party is not entitled to indemnity hereunder.
(d) Contribution. If a claim for indemnification under Section 5(a) or 5(b) is unavailable to an Indemnified Party (by reason of public policy or otherwise), then each Indemnifying Party, in lieu of indemnifying such Indemnified Party, will contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Party as a result of such Losses, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party in connection with the actions, statements or omissions that resulted in such Losses as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of such Indemnifying Party and Indemnified Party will be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission of a material fact, has been taken or made by, or relates to information supplied by, such Indemnifying Party or Indemnified Party, and the parties’ relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action, statement or omission. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of any Losses will be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Section 5(c), any reasonable attorneys’ or other reasonable fees or expenses incurred by such party in connection with any Proceeding to the extent such party would have been indemnified for such fees or expenses if the indemnification provided for in Section 5(a) or 5(a) was available to such party in accordance with its terms. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation that does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 5. Notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 5, no Holder will be required to contribute, in the aggregate, any amount in excess of the amount by which the proceeds actually received by such Holder from the sale of the Registrable Securities subject to the Proceeding exceeds the amount of any damages that such Holder has otherwise been required to pay by reason of such untrue or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission. 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.
(e) Other. The indemnity and contribution agreements contained in this Section 5 are in addition to any liability that the Indemnifying Parties may have to the Indemnified Parties.
6. Miscellaneous.
(a) Notices. All notices or other communications hereunder will be in writing and will be given by (i) personal delivery, (ii) courier or other delivery service which obtains a receipt evidencing delivery, (iii) registered or certified mail (postage prepaid and return receipt requested) or (iv) email or similar electronic device, to such address as may be designated from time to time by the relevant party, and which will initially be:
(i) in the case of the Company:
NextNav Inc.
1775 Tysons Blvd., 5th Floor
McLean, VA 22102
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Email:
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
Hogan Lovells US LLP
8350 Broad Street 17th Floor
Tysons, Virginia 22102
Attention:
Email:
(ii) in the case of the Holders:
To each Holder at the address specified on such Holder’s Selling Security Holder Questionnaire
With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):
All notices and other communications will be deemed to have been given (i) if delivered by the United States mail, three (3) Business Days after mailing (five (5) Business Days if delivered to an address outside of the United States), (ii) if delivered by a courier or other delivery service, one (1) Business Day after dispatch (two (2) Business Days if delivered to an address outside of the United States) and (iii) if personally delivered or sent by email or similar electronic device, upon receipt by the recipient or its agent or employee (which, in the case of a notice sent by email or similar electronic device, will be the time of transmission, except that, if not sent during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). No objection may be made by a party to the manner of delivery of any notice actually received in writing by an authorized agent of such party.
(b) Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Jury Trial; etc. This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal laws of the State of Delaware. Each party hereby agrees that any dispute based on or arising out of, under or in connection with this Agreement or any course of conduct, course of dealing, statements or actions or omissions of any party hereto relating to this Agreement shall be litigated in and must be brought in the Delaware Court of Chancery or, in the case of claims to which the federal courts have jurisdiction, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (and in the case of appeals, in the courts in which appeals from such courts are to be heard). Each party irrevocably submits to the personal jurisdiction of such courts, and waives any objection they may have concerning the venue or convenience of such forum. Notwithstanding the foregoing, however, each party may commence any action or proceeding to enforce any judgment obtained against another party in compliance with the foregoing provisions in any appropriate jurisdiction or court. Each party hereby irrevocably waives any right it may have, and agrees not to request, a jury trial for the adjudication of any dispute hereunder or in connection with or arising out of this Agreement or any transaction contemplated hereby.
(c) 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) upon the mutual written agreement of a majority of the Holders of Registrable Securities then outstanding to terminate this Agreement, (b) with respect to any Purchaser(s), on such date as no Registrable Securities remain outstanding or beneficially owned by such Purchaser(s) or (c) the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of the Company.
(d) Holdback. In connection with any Piggyback Registration, each Holder will enter into a customary lock-up, holdback or similar agreement, if requested by the managing underwriter(s) of such offering, during the ten (10) days prior and the ninety-day (90) period beginning on the date of pricing of such offering and otherwise in a form consistent with the terms applicable to the other participants in such offering. Any such lock-up, holdback or similar agreement shall contain terms no more adverse in any material respect compared to similar agreements entered into with the Company and its directors and executive officers as well as holders of at least 5% of Common Stock. The Company may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to any Common Stock subject to the restrictions set forth in this Section 6(d) until the expiration of the lock-up period.
(e) Restrictions on Transfer. The rights under this Agreement shall be assignable by each Purchaser to any transferee of all or any portion of the Registrable Securities if: (i) such transferee or assignee is an “affiliate” (as such term is defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) of such Purchaser; (ii) such Purchaser agrees in writing with the transferee or assignee to assign such rights, and a copy of such agreement is furnished to the Company within a reasonable time after such assignment, (iii) the Company is furnished with written notice of (a) the name and address of such transferee or assignee, and (b) the securities with respect to which such registration rights are being transferred or assigned, and (iv) at or before the time the Company receives the written notice contemplated in clause (iii) of this sentence, the transferee or assignee agrees in writing with the Company to be bound by all of the provisions contained herein as applicable to a Purchaser. In the event that the Company receives written notice from a Purchaser that it has transferred all or any portion of its Registrable Securities pursuant to this Section 6(e) and such Holder has complied with clauses (i) through (iv) of the preceding sentence, the Company shall have up to ten (10) Business Days to file any amendments or supplements necessary to keep a Registration Statement current, effective and available for the resale of all of the Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415. The Company shall not assign this Agreement (or any rights or obligations hereunder) without the prior written consent of a majority of the Holders of Registrable Securities then outstanding.
(f) Remedies. In the event of a breach by the Company of its obligations under this Agreement, each Holder, in addition to being entitled to exercise all rights granted by law, including recovery of damages, will be entitled to specific performance of its rights under this Agreement.
(g) Complete Agreement; Modifications. This Agreement and any documents referred to herein or executed contemporaneously herewith constitute the parties’ entire agreement with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all agreements, representations, warranties, statements, promises and understandings, whether oral or written, with respect to the subject matter hereof. This Agreement may be amended, altered or modified only by a writing signed by the Company and the Holders of a majority of the Registrable Securities then outstanding.
(h) Additional Documents. Each party hereto agrees to execute any and all further documents and writings and to perform such other actions which may be or become necessary or expedient to effectuate and carry out this Agreement.
(i) Third-Party Beneficiaries. None of the provisions of this Agreement will be for the benefit of, or enforceable by, any third-party beneficiary, except with respect to the Holders.
(j) Successors and Assigns. Except as provided herein to the contrary, this Agreement will be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties, their respective successors and permitted assigns.
(k) Waivers Strictly Construed. With regard to any power, remedy or right provided herein or otherwise available to any party hereunder (a) no waiver or extension of time will be effective unless expressly contained in a writing signed by the waiving party and (b) no alteration, modification or impairment will be implied by reason of any previous waiver, extension of time, delay or omission in exercise, or other indulgence.
(l) Severability. The validity, legality or enforceability of the remainder of this Agreement will not be affected even if one or more of the provisions of this Agreement will be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect.
(m) Attorneys’ Fees. Should any litigation be commenced (including any proceedings in a bankruptcy court) between the parties hereto or their representatives concerning any provision of this Agreement or the rights and duties of any person or entity hereunder, the party or parties prevailing in such proceeding will be entitled, in addition to such other relief as may be granted, to the attorneys’ fees and court costs incurred by reason of such litigation.
(n) Headings. The Section headings in this Agreement are inserted only as a matter of convenience, and in no way define, limit, extend or interpret the scope of this Agreement or of any particular Section.
(o) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed simultaneously in two or more counterparts, each of which will be deemed an original, but all of which together will constitute one and the same instrument.
(p) Electronic Delivery. This Agreement, the agreements referred to herein, and each other agreement or instrument entered into in connection herewith or therewith or contemplated hereby or thereby, and any amendments hereto or thereto, to the extent executed and delivered by means of a photographic, photostatic, facsimile or similar reproduction of such signed writing using a facsimile machine or electronic mail will be treated in all manner and respects as an original agreement or instrument and will be considered to have the same binding legal effect as if it were the original manually signed version thereof delivered in person. The words “execution,” “signed,” “signature,” “delivery,” and words of like import in this Agreement shall be deemed to include electronic signatures or electronic records, each of which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature, physical delivery thereof or the use of a paper-based recordkeeping system, as the case may be, to the extent and as provided for in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes. No party hereto or to any such agreement or instrument will raise the use of a facsimile machine or electronic mail to deliver a signature or the fact that any signature or agreement or instrument was transmitted or communicated through the use of a facsimile machine or electronic mail as a defense to the formation or enforceability of a contract and each such party forever waives any such defense.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Resale Registration Rights Agreement as of the date first written above.
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PLAN OF DISTRIBUTION
We are registering the Securities covered by this prospectus on behalf of the Selling Securityholders. All costs, expenses and fees connected with the registration of these Securities will be borne by us. Any brokerage commissions and similar expenses connected with selling the Securities will be borne by the Selling Securityholders. The Selling Securityholders may offer and sell the Securities covered by this prospectus from time to time in one or more transactions. The term “Selling Securityholders” includes pledgees, donees, transferees and other successors- in-interest who may acquire Securities through a pledge, gift, partnership distribution or other non-sale related transfer from the Selling Securityholders. The Selling Securityholders will act independently of the Company in making decisions with respect to the timing, manner and size of each sale. These transactions include:
In connection with distributions of the Securities or otherwise, the Selling Securityholders may:
sell the Securities:
The Selling Securityholders may also resell all or a portion of the Securities in open market transactions in reliance upon Rule 144 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act, as permitted by that rule, Section 4(a)(1) under the Securities Act, if available, or any other exemption from the registration requirements that become available, rather than under this prospectus.
If underwriters are used in the sale of any Securities, such Securities will be acquired by the underwriters for their own account and may be resold from time to time in one or more transactions described above. Securities may be either offered to the public through underwriting syndicates represented by managing underwriters or directly by underwriters. We may use underwriters with whom we have a material relationship. As applicable, we will describe in each accompanying prospectus supplement the name of the underwriter(s) and the nature of any such relationship(s).
If a dealer is used in an offering of Securities, the dealer may purchase the securities, as principal. The dealer may then resell the Securities to the public at varying prices to be determined by the dealer at the time of sale.
Securities may be sold directly or through agents designated from time to time. We will name any agent involved in the offering and sale of such shares and we will describe any commissions paid to the agent in the prospectus supplement. Unless the prospectus supplement states otherwise, the agent will act on a best-efforts basis for the period of its appointment.
Underwriters, dealers and agents may be entitled to indemnification by us against certain civil liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act, or to contribution with respect to payments made by the underwriters, dealers or agents, under agreements between us and the underwriters, dealers and agents.
Underwriters who participate in the distribution of Securities may be granted an option to purchase additional Securities in connection with the distribution.
Underwriters, dealers or agents may receive compensation in the form of discounts, concessions or commissions from us or our purchasers, as their agents in connection with the sale of securities. These underwriters, dealers or agents may be considered to be underwriters under the Securities Act. As a result, discounts, commissions or profits on resale received by the underwriters, dealers or agents may be treated as underwriting discounts and commissions. Each accompanying prospectus supplement will identify any such underwriter, dealer or agent and describe any compensation received by them from us. Any initial public offering price and any discounts or concessions allowed or re-allowed or paid to dealers may be changed from time to time.
In connection with sales of Securities, the Selling Securityholders may enter into hedging transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions, which may in turn engage in short sales of Securities in the course of hedging in positions they assume. The Selling Securityholders may also sell Securities short and the Selling Securityholders may deliver Securities covered by this prospectus to close out short positions and to return borrowed Securities in connection with such short sales. The Selling Securityholders may also loan or pledge Securities to broker-dealers that in turn may sell such Securities, to the extent permitted by applicable law. The Selling Securityholders may also enter into option or other transactions with broker-dealers or other financial institutions or the creation of one or more derivative securities which require the delivery to such broker-dealer or other financial institution of Securities offered by this prospectus, which Securities such broker-dealer or other financial institution may resell pursuant to this prospectus (as supplemented or amended to reflect such transaction).
The Selling Securityholders may, from time to time, pledge or grant a security interest in some or all of the Securities owned by them and, if they default in the performance of their secured obligations, the pledgees or secured parties may offer and sell the Securities from time to time pursuant to this prospectus or any amendment to this prospectus under Rule 424(b)(3) or other applicable provision of the Securities Act, amending, if necessary, the list of Selling Securityholders to include the pledgee, transferee or other successors in interest as Selling Securityholders under this prospectus. The Selling Securityholders may also transfer and donate
Securities in other circumstances in which case the transferees, donees, pledgees or other successors in interest will be the selling beneficial owners for purposes of this prospectus.
Any underwriter may engage in over-allotment transactions, stabilizing transactions, short-covering transactions and penalty bids in accordance with Regulation M under the Exchange Act of 1934.
Underwriters, broker-dealers or agents who may become involved in the sale of Securities may engage in transactions with, and perform other services for, us in the ordinary course of their business for which they receive compensation.
In effecting sales, the Selling Securityholders may engage broker-dealers or agents, who may in turn arrange for other broker-dealers to participate. Broker-dealers or agents may receive commissions, discounts or concessions from the Selling Securityholders and/or from the purchasers of Securities for whom the broker-dealers may act as agents or to whom they sell as principal, or both. The compensation to a particular broker-dealer may be in excess of customary commissions. To our knowledge, there is currently no plan, arrangement or understanding between any Selling Securityholders and any broker-dealer or agent regarding the sale of any Securities by the Selling Securityholders.
The Selling Securityholders, any broker-dealers or agents and any participating broker- dealers that act in connection with the sale of the Securities covered by this prospectus may be “underwriters” under the Securities Act with respect to those Securities and will be subject to the prospectus delivery requirements of that Act. Any profit that the Selling Securityholders realize, and any compensation that any broker-dealer or agent may receive in connection with any sale, including any profit realized on resale of Securities acquired as principal, may constitute underwriting discounts and commissions. If the Selling Securityholders are deemed to be underwriters, the Selling Securityholders may be subject to certain liabilities under statutes including, but not limited to, Section 11, 12 and 17 of the Securities Act and Section 10(b) and Rule 10b-5 under the Exchange Act.
The securities laws of some states may require the Selling Securityholders to sell the Securities in those states only through registered or licensed brokers or dealers. These laws may also require that we register or qualify the Securities for sale in those states unless an exemption from registration and qualification is available and the Selling Securityholders and we comply with that exemption. In addition, the anti-manipulation rules of Regulation M under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 may apply to sales of Securities in the market and to the activities of the Selling Securityholders and their affiliates. Regulation M may restrict the ability of any person engaged in the distribution of the Securities to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Securities. All of the foregoing may affect the marketability of the Securities and the ability of any person to engage in market-making activities with respect to the Securities.
If any Selling Securityholder notifies us that he has entered into any material arrangement with a broker-dealer for the sale of Securities through a block trade, special offering, exchange distribution, over-the-counter distribution or secondary distribution, or a purchase by a broker or dealer, we will file any necessary supplement to this prospectus to disclose:
In addition, if the Selling Securityholder notifies us that a donee, pledgee, transferee or other successor-in-interest of the Selling Securityholder intends to sell more than [ ] securities, we will file a supplement to this prospectus, if required.
NEXTNAV INC.
SELLING SECURITYHOLDER NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE
The undersigned beneficial owner of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share (the “Common Stock”) and/or securities, of NextNav Inc. (the “Company”) understands that the Company has filed or intends to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) a Registration Statement for the registration and resale of the Registrable Securities, in accordance with the terms of the Resale Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of May [●], 2023 (the “Resale Registration Rights Agreement”), among the Company and the Purchasers (as defined therein). A copy of the Resale Registration Rights Agreement is available from the Company upon request at the address set forth below. All capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein will have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Resale Registration Rights Agreement.
The undersigned hereby provides the following information to the Company and represents and warrants that such information is accurate:
1. | Name. | |
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Full Legal Name of Selling Securityholder |
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(b) |
Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities Listed in Item 3 below are held: |
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(b) |
Full Legal Name of Registered Holder (if not the same as (a) above) through which Registrable Securities Listed in Item 3 below are held: |
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(c) |
Full Legal Name of Natural Control Person (which means a natural person who directly or indirectly alone or with others has power to vote or dispose of the securities covered by the questionnaire): |
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Address for Notices to Selling Securityholder: |
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Contact Person: |
3. Beneficial Ownership of Registrable Securities:
(a) Type and Amount of Registrable Securities Beneficially Owned:
4. Broker-Dealer Status:
(a) Are you a broker-dealer?
Yes □ No □
Note: If yes, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
(b) Are you an affiliate of a broker-dealer?
Yes □ No □
(c) If you are an affiliate of a broker-dealer, do you certify that you bought the Registrable Securities in the ordinary course of business, and at the time of the purchase of the Registrable Securities to be resold, you had no agreements or understandings, directly or indirectly, with any person to distribute the Registrable Securities?
Yes □ No □
Note: If no, the Commission’s staff has indicated that you should be identified as an underwriter in the Registration Statement.
5. Beneficial Ownership of Other Securities of the Company Owned by the Selling Securityholder.
Except as set forth below in this Item 5, the undersigned is not the beneficial or registered owner of any securities of the Company other than the Registrable Securities listed above in Item 3.
Type and Amount of Other Securities Beneficially Owned by the Selling Securityholder:
6. Relationships with the Company:
Except as set forth below, neither the undersigned nor any of its affiliates, officers, directors or principal equity holders (owners of 5% of more of the equity securities of the undersigned) has held any position or office or has had any other material relationship with the Company (or its predecessors or affiliates) during the past three years.
State any exceptions here: | |
The undersigned agrees to promptly notify the Company of any inaccuracies or changes in the information provided herein that may occur subsequent to the date hereof and prior to the Effective Date for the Registration Statement.
By signing below, the undersigned consents to the disclosure of the information contained herein in its answers to Items 1 through 6 and the inclusion of such information in the Registration Statement and the related prospectus. The undersigned understands that such information will be relied upon by the Company in connection with the preparation or amendment of the Registration Statement and the related prospectus.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF the undersigned, by authority duly given, has caused this Notice and Questionnaire to be executed and delivered either in person or by its duly authorized agent.
Dated: | Beneficial Owner: | |
By: | ||
Name: | ||
Title: |
PLEASE EMAIL A COPY OF THE COMPLETED AND EXECUTED NOTICE AND QUESTIONNAIRE TO THE COMPANY PURSUANT TO THE NOTICE PROVISION OF THE REGISTRATION RIGHTS AGREEMENT
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Exhibit 31.1
Certification of Chief Executive Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Ganesh Pattabiraman, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of NextNav Inc.; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
/s/ Ganesh Pattabiraman | |
Name: Ganesh Pattabiraman | |
Title: President and Chief Executive Officer |
Date: August 9, 2023
Exhibit 4.3
NEXTNAV INC.
AND
THE NOTES GUARANTORS LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES HERETO
AND
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC,
as Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent INDENTURE
Dated as of May 9, 2023
10% Senior Secured Notes due 2026
TABLE OF CONTENTS |
EXHIBITS
Exhibit A |
Form of Note |
A-1 |
Exhibit B |
Form of Supplemental Indenture to be Delivered |
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by Subsequent Note Guarantors |
B-1 |
INDENTURE dated as of May 9, 2023 between NEXTNAV INC., a Delaware corporation, as issuer (the “Company,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01), the Note Guarantors listed on the signature pages hereto, and GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Hampshire, not in its individual capacity but solely as Trustee (the “Trustee,” as more fully set forth in Section 1.01) and Notes Collateral Agent (the “Notes Collateral Agent”).
In order to declare the terms and conditions upon which the Company’s 10% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”) are, and are to be, authenticated, issued and delivered, and to declare the terms and conditions upon which the related Note Guarantees (as defined below) are to be issued and delivered (and in consideration of the premises and of the purchase and acceptance of the Notes and the Note Guarantees by the Holders thereof), the Company and each Note Guarantor covenants and agrees with the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent for the equal and proportionate benefit of the respective Holders from time to time of the Notes (except as otherwise provided below), as follows:
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.01. Definitions. The terms defined in this Section 1.01 (except as herein otherwise expressly provided or unless the context otherwise requires) for all purposes of this Indenture and of any indenture supplemental hereto shall have the respective meanings specified in this Section 1.01.
“5-Day VWAP” means, in reference to a particular date, the average of the VWAP prices for each of the five (5) consecutive Trading Days ending on and including the Trading Day immediately preceding such date.
“Action” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02.
“Additional Interest” means all amounts, if any, payable pursuant to Section 4.06(d), Section 4.06(e) and Section 6.03, as applicable.
“Affiliate” of any specified Person means any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified Person. For the purposes of this definition, “control,” when used with respect to any specified Person means the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such Person, directly or indirectly, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise; and the terms “controlling” and “controlled” have meanings correlative to the foregoing. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the determination of whether one Person is an “Affiliate” of another Person for purposes of this Indenture shall be made based on the facts at the time such determination is made or required to be made, as the case may be, hereunder.
“After-Acquired Property” means property (other than Excluded Assets) that is intended to be Collateral acquired by the Company or a Note Guarantor (including property of a Person that becomes a new Note Guarantor after the Issue Date) that is not automatically subject to a perfected security interest under the Collateral Documents.
“Agreed Guarantee Principles” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.24(e).
“Applicable Mandatory Repurchase Offer Proceeds” means IP Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer Proceeds or Spectrum Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer Proceeds, as applicable.
“Asset Sale” means, (a) the sale, lease (other than an operating lease entered into in the ordinary course of business), conveyance, transfer or other disposition (whether in a single transaction or a series of related transactions that are part of a common plan) of assets or property of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than a Non-Ordinary Course IP Sale or Non- Ordinary Course Spectrum Sale) or (b) the issuance or sale of shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than directors’ qualifying shares and shares issued to foreign nationals or other third parties to the extent required by applicable law), in each case by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (each referred to for the purposes of this definition as a “disposition”).
Notwithstanding the preceding, the following items shall not be deemed to be Asset Sales:
(a) an issuance or other disposition of Capital Stock, property or other assets by a Restricted Subsidiary to the Company or by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to a Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) the disposition of cash, Cash Equivalents and securities not otherwise contrary to this Indenture;
(c) a disposition of obsolete, surplus, damaged or worn out property, equipment or other assets, or of property, equipment or other assets that are no longer useful or economically practicable to maintain in the conduct of the business of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including (i) allowing any registration or application for registration of any Intellectual Property that is no longer used or useful, or economically practicable to maintain, to lapse, go abandoned, or be invalidated or (ii) disposing of, discontinuing the use or maintenance of, abandoning, failing to pursue or otherwise allowing to lapse, expire, terminate or put into the public domain any of its Intellectual Property if the Company determines in its reasonable business judgment that such discontinuance is desirable in the conduct of its business); and
(d) dispositions of inventory in the ordinary course of business (including on an intercompany basis);
(e) the disposition of all or substantially all of the assets and properties of the Company in a manner permitted pursuant to Section 11.01 or any disposition that constitutes a Change of Control;
(f) any Restricted Payment that is permitted to be made, and is made, under Section 4.17 or any Permitted Investment;
(g) dispositions of assets or property, or issuances or sales of Capital Stock of any Restricted Subsidiary, in a single transaction or series of related transactions, in the aggregate not to exceed $1.0 million of Fair Market Value;
(h) the creation or incurrence of a Permitted Lien and dispositions in connection therewith;
(i) dispositions of receivables in connection with the compromise, settlement or collection thereof in the ordinary course of business or in bankruptcy or similar proceedings;
(j) the lease, assignment, license, sublicense or sublease of any real or personal property, including, without limitation, the non-exclusive license, sub-license or lease of Intellectual Property (it being understood that licensing that is exclusive to particular jurisdictions outside of the United States shall be treated as non-exclusive licensing) and/or spectrum, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;
(k) a surrender or waiver of obligations of trade creditors or customers or contract rights (including, without limitation, pursuant to any plan of reorganization or similar arrangement upon the bankruptcy or insolvency of any trade creditor or customer) or a compromise, settlement, release or surrender of any contract, tort or other claim in the ordinary course of business;
(l) dispositions arising from any foreclosures, condemnations, eminent domain, seizure, nationalization or any similar actions on assets or property;
(m) a disposition in the ordinary course of business;
(n) the issuance of shares of Capital Stock of a Restricted Subsidiary to employees pursuant to arrangements existing on the Issue Date, including, but not limited to, the put & call option agreements entered in relation to NextNav France, SAS, a form of which is attached as Schedule 2.3(c)(viii) to the Share Transfer Agreement, dated as of October 28, 2022, by and among the Company and the sellers party thereto; and
(o) the grant of an end-of-term purchase option to a licensee or lessee of spectrum; provided that the exercise of such option by the customer (A) will result in cash proceeds to the Company sufficient to repay the Notes in full and (B) is subject to and conditioned upon the prior or concurrent repayment in full of the Notes.
“Asset Sale Offer” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.14(d).
“Bankruptcy Law” means any of Title 11 of the United States Code and any other applicable insolvency, corporate arrangement or restructuring or other similar law of any jurisdiction including any law of any jurisdiction permitting a debtor to obtain a stay or a compromise of the claims of its creditors against it.
“Blocker Subsidiaries” means, collectively, Spartacus Acquisition Corp., NextNav MS 3, LLC, NextNav MS 4, LLC, NextNav MS 5, LLC, NextNav MS 6, LLC and NextNav MS 7, LLC.
“Board of Directors” means, with respect to any Person, (a) in the case of any corporation, the board of directors of such Person or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) in the case of any limited liability company, the board of managers, board of directors, manager or managing member of such Person or the functional equivalent of the foregoing, (c) in the case of any partnership, the board of directors, board of managers, manager or managing member of a general partner of such Person or the functional equivalent of the foregoing and (d) in any other case, the functional equivalent of the foregoing.
“Board Resolution” means a copy of a resolution certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company to have been duly adopted by the Board of Directors, and to be in full force and effect on the date of such certification, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Business Day” means, with respect to any Note, any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which the Federal Reserve Bank of New York is authorized or required by law or executive order to close or be closed.
“Capital Lease Obligation” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations to pay rent or other payment amounts under a lease of real or personal property of such Person which, under GAAP, are or will be required to be capitalized on the books of such Person, in each case taken at the amount thereof accounted for as indebtedness in accordance with such principles; provided, however, that any change in accounting for leases pursuant to GAAP resulting from the adoption of Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Update No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842), to the extent such adoption would require treating any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) would not have been required to be so treated under GAAP as in effect prior to such adoption, shall be disregarded and such lease shall not be considered a Capital Lease Obligation for purposes of this Indenture.
“Capital Stock” means, for any entity, any and all shares, interests, rights to purchase, warrants, options, participations or other equivalents of or interests in (however designated) stock issued by that entity.
“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following:
(a) U.S. dollars, or in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;
(b) readily marketable obligations issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the government or any agency or instrumentality of (i) the United States or (ii) any member nation of the European Union rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, having average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof; provided that the full faith and credit of the United States or such member nation of the European Union is pledged in support thereof;
(c) time deposits with, or insured certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances of, any commercial bank that (i) is a Lender or (ii) has combined capital and surplus of at least (x) $250,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and (y) $100,000,000 in the case of non- U.S. banks (any such bank meeting the requirements of clause (i) or (ii) above being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with average maturities of not more than 12 months from the date of acquisition thereof; and
(d) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by an Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable or fixed rate note issued by, or guaranteed by, a corporation rated A-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-2 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s, in each case with average maturities of not more than 24 months from the date of acquisition thereof.
“CERCLA” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02.
“CFC” means a “controlled foreign corporation” within the meaning of Section 957 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (including regulations and guidance thereunder).
“Change of Control” shall be deemed to have occurred at the time after the Notes are originally issued if any of the following occurs:
(a) a “person” or “group” within the meaning of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act, other than the Company, its Subsidiaries and the employee benefit plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries, files a Schedule TO or any schedule, form or report under the Exchange Act disclosing that such person or group has become the direct or indirect “beneficial owner,” as defined in Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act, of the Company’s Common Equity representing more than 50% of the voting power of all classes of the Company’s Common Equity; or
(b) the consummation of (A) any recapitalization, reclassification or change of the Common Stock (other than changes resulting from a subdivision or combination) as a result of which the Common Stock would be converted into, or exchanged for, stock, other securities, other property or assets; (B) any share exchange, consolidation or merger of the Company pursuant to which the Common Stock will be converted into cash, securities or other property or assets; or (C) any sale, lease or other transfer in one transaction or a series of transactions of all or substantially all of the consolidated assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to any Person other than one of the Company’s Wholly Owned Subsidiaries; provided, however, that a transaction described in clause (B) in which the holders of all classes of the Company’s Common Equity immediately prior to such transaction own, directly or indirectly, more than 50% of all classes of the Common Equity of the continuing or surviving corporation or transferee or the parent thereof immediately after such transaction in substantially the same proportions as such ownership immediately prior to such transaction shall not be a Change of Control pursuant to this clause (b).
“Change of Control Offer” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.09. “Change of Control Payment” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.09. “Change of Control Payment Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.09. “close of business” means 5:00 p.m. (New York City time).
“Code” shall have the meaning specified in Section 17.17.
“Collateral” has the meaning provided for such term or a similar term in each of the Collateral Documents and all other property of whatever kind and nature subject (or purported to be subject) from time to time to a Lien under any Collateral Document.
“Collateral Document Order” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02. “Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement and each other security agreement, pledge, debenture, hypothec, mortgage, consent or other instrument or document, as applicable, executed and delivered by the Company and/or the other Note Guarantors in connection with this Indenture to secure the applicable Notes Obligations.
“Commercialization Investments” means Investments on arm’s length terms made in connection with the expansion of the Company’s business into new markets (whether domestic or outside of the United States), including, without limitation, warrants or other Equity Interests received in any customer or such customer’s affiliates in connection with the entry into new license, network support, or other commercial arrangements, that, in the aggregate, do not involve cash Investments in excess of $7.0 million during the term of this Agreement, plus the amount of any returns (including dividends, payments, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) in respect of such Investments.
“Commission” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Common Equity” of any Person means Capital Stock of such Person that is generally entitled (a) to vote in the election of directors of such Person or (b) if such Person is not a corporation, to vote or otherwise participate in the selection of the governing body, partners, managers or others that will control the management or policies of such Person.
“Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company, par value $0.0001 per share, at the date of this Indenture.
“Common Stock Interest Amount” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.10. “Common Stock Interest Payment” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.10. “Company” shall have the meaning specified in the first paragraph of this Indenture, and
subject to the provisions of Article 11, shall include its successors and assigns.
“Company Order” means a written order of the Company, signed by the Company’s Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Executive or Senior Vice President, any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”), the Company’s Treasurer or Assistant Treasurer or the Company’s Secretary or any Assistant Secretary, and delivered to the Trustee.
“Corporate Trust Office” means the designated office of the Trustee at which at any time its corporate trust business shall be administered, which office at the date hereof is located at 3 Second Street, Suite 206, Jersey City, New Jersey 07311, United States of America, or such other address as the Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company, or the principal corporate trust office of any successor Trustee (or such other address as such successor Trustee may designate from time to time by notice to the Holders and the Company).
“Default” means any event that is, or after notice or passage of time, or both, would be, an Event of Default.
“Defaulted Amounts” means any amounts on any Note or Note Guarantee that are payable but are not punctually paid or duly provided for.
“Definitive Registered Notes” means permanent certificated Notes in registered form issued in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof.
“Disqualified Equity Interest” means, with respect to any Person, any Equity Interest in such Person that by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof), or upon the happening of any event or condition:
(a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests), whether pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise;
(b) is convertible or exchangeable, either mandatorily or at the option of the holder thereof, for Indebtedness or Equity Interests (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests); or
(c) is redeemable (other than solely for Equity Interests in such Person that do not constitute Disqualified Equity Interests and cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests) or is required to be repurchased by such Person or any of its Affiliates, in whole or in part, at the option of the holder thereof;
in each case, on or prior to the date 91 days after the Maturity Date (determined as of the date of issuance thereof or, in the case of any such Equity Interests outstanding on the date hereof, the date hereof); provided, however, that (i) an Equity Interest in any Person that would not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest but for terms thereof giving holders thereof the right to require such Person to redeem or purchase such Equity Interest upon the occurrence of an “asset sale,” a “change of control” or similar event shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest if any such requirement becomes operative only after repayment in full of all the Notes and all other Notes Obligations that are accrued and payable, (ii) if an Equity Interest in any Person is issued pursuant to any plan for the benefit of directors, officers, employees, members of management, managers or consultants, of the Company or any Subsidiary or by any such plan to such employees, such Equity Interest shall not constitute a Disqualified Equity Interest solely because it may be required to be repurchased by the Company or any Subsidiary in order to satisfy applicable statutory or regulatory obligations of such Person and (iii) no Equity Interest held by any future, present or former employee, director, officer, manager, member of management, consultant or independent contractor (or their respective affiliates or immediate family members) of the Company (or any subsidiary) shall be considered a Disqualified Equity Interest solely because such stock is redeemable or subject to repurchase pursuant to any customary stock option, employee stock award or similar agreement that may be in effect from time to time.
“Dollars” or “$” refers to lawful money of the United States of America. “Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Foreign Subsidiary. “Election Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.10.
“Equity Interests” means shares of Capital Stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests in, or interests in a Person, including Capital Stock of any class or classes (however designated) which is preferred as to the payment of dividends or as to the distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation or dissolution of such Person, over shares of Capital Stock of any other class of such Person (“Preferred Equity Interests”).
“Excess Proceeds” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.14(d).
“Escrow Agreement” means that certain escrow agreement, dated as of May 5, 2023, entered into among the Company, GLAS Trust Company LLC, as escrow agent, and Clutterbuck Capital Management, LLC and Whitebox Advisors LLC, as joint purchaser representatives.
“Event of Default” shall have the meaning specified in Section 6.01.
“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Exchange Rate” means on any day, for purposes of determining the Dollar Equivalent of any currency other than Dollars, the rate at which such other currency may be exchanged into Dollars at the time of determination on such day as set forth on the Reuters WRLD Page for such currency. In the event that such rate does not appear on any Reuters WRLD Page, the Exchange Rate shall be determined by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as selected in good faith by the Company.
“Excluded Assets” means (a) any fee-owned real property with a Fair Market Value of less than $1,000,000 as determined on the Issue Date for existing real property and on the date of acquisition for after-acquired real property, (b) all leasehold interests in real property, (c) any governmental licenses or state or local franchises, charters or authorizations, to the extent a security interest in any such license, franchise, charter or authorization would be prohibited or restricted thereby (including any legally effective prohibition or restriction, but excluding any prohibition or restriction that is ineffective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction), (d) any asset if, to the extent that and for so long as the grant of a Lien thereon to secure the Notes Obligations is prohibited by any Requirements of Law (other than to the extent that any such prohibition would be rendered ineffective pursuant to any other applicable Requirements of Law, including the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction), or would require consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, (e) the Equity Interests of any (i) captive insurance company, or (ii) not-for-profit subsidiary, (f) margin stock and, to the extent (i) prohibited by the terms of, creating an enforceable right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Company or any Note Guarantor) or requiring the consent of one or more third parties (other than the Company or any of its subsidiaries) under and/or (ii) any pledge could give rise to a “right of first refusal”, a “right of first offer” or a similar right that may be exercised by any third party (other than the Company or any of its subsidiaries) pursuant to, any applicable Organizational Documents, joint venture agreement or shareholders’ agreement, Equity Interests in any Person other than the Company and Restricted Subsidiaries that are Wholly Owned Subsidiaries, (g) except to the extent as could not reasonably be expected to result in adverse tax consequences for the Company or any Note Guarantor as determined by the Company acting in good faith, the Equity Interests (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC or any Domestic Subsidiary (A) of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC or (B) that has no material assets other than Capital Stock (or Capital Stock and Indebtedness) of a Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC (clauses A and (B) together, an “Excluded Domestic Subsidiary”), other than 65% of voting Equity Interests (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.956-2(c)(2)) and 100% of the non-voting Equity Interests (as determined for U.S. federal income tax purposes) of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a CFC or Excluded Domestic Subsidiary directly owned by the Company or a Note Guarantor, as applicable, (h) [reserved], (i) any lease, license or other agreement or any property subject thereto (including pursuant to a purchase money security interest, capital lease or similar arrangement) to the extent that a grant of a security interest therein would violate or invalidate such lease, license or agreement or purchase money arrangement or capital lease or create a breach, default or right of termination in favor of any other party thereto (other than the Company or any Note Guarantor) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law, other than proceeds and receivables thereof, the assignment of which is expressly deemed effective under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or other similar applicable law notwithstanding such prohibition, (j) [reserved], or (k) cash or Cash Equivalents maintained in any deposit account that are comprised of (i) funds used or to be used for payroll and payroll taxes and other employee benefit payments to or for the benefit of the employees of the Company and/or any Restricted Subsidiary, in each case, during the applicable period, (ii) funds used or to be used to pay any taxes required to be collected, remitted or withheld during the current period and (iii) other funds which the Company or any Note Guarantor holds as an escrow or fiduciary for the benefit of any third person.
“Excluded Subsidiary” means any of the following: (a) any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company; provided, that no Note Guarantor shall become an Excluded Subsidiary and cease being a Note Guarantor solely as a result of no longer constituting a Wholly Owned Subsidiary of the Company unless such Note Guarantor no longer constitutes a Subsidiary, (b) [reserved], (c) [reserved], (d) each Immaterial Subsidiary, (e) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by (i) applicable Requirements of Law or (ii) any contractual obligation existing on the Issue Date or on the date any such Subsidiary is acquired (so long as, in respect of any such contractual prohibition, such prohibition is not incurred in contemplation of such acquisition), in each case from guaranteeing the Notes Obligations or which would require governmental (including regulatory) consent, approval, license or authorization to provide a Guarantee, (f) Commlabs Technology Centre Private Limited, a company organized under the laws of Bangalore, India, and the French Subsidiary (each, an “Excluded Foreign Subsidiary”); provided, however, that the French Subsidiary shall be an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary only for so long as is permitted under Section 4.24(a), (g) any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of an Excluded Foreign Subsidiary to the extent a security interest or grant of perfection in such assets would result in material adverse Tax consequences to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as reasonably determined by the Company in consultation with the Trustee, (h) [reserved], (i) any other Subsidiary excused from becoming a Note Guarantor pursuant to the terms of the Agreed Guarantee Principles, (j) [reserved], (k) [reserved] and (l) any not-for-profit Subsidiaries or captive insurance companies.
“Fair Market Value” means with respect to any asset or group of assets on any date of determination, the value of the consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date of determination assuming a sale by a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arm’s length and arranged in an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature and characteristics of such asset. Except as otherwise expressly set forth herein, such value shall be determined in good faith by the Company.
“Financial Officer” means the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or controller of the Company.
“Foreign Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
“Form of Assignment and Transfer” means the “Form of Assignment and Transfer” attached as Attachment 1 to the Form of Note attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“Form of Note” means the “Form of Note” attached hereto as Exhibit A.
“French Subsidiary” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.24(a).
“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States of America, as in effect from time to time.
“Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States of America, any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, provincial or territorial, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners and any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).
“Guarantee” of or by any Person (the “guarantor”) means any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of the guarantor guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness of any other Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of the guarantor, direct or indirect, (a) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or to purchase (or to advance or supply funds for the purchase of) any security for the payment thereof, (b) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the owner of such Indebtedness of the payment thereof, (c) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or (d) as an account party in respect of any letter of credit or letter of guaranty issued to support such Indebtedness; provided that the term Guarantee shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Issue Date or entered into after the Issue Date in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Indenture (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be the lower of (i) an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made and (ii) the maximum amount for which such guaranteeing Person may be liable pursuant to the terms of the instrument embodying such Guarantee or, if such Guarantee is not an unconditional guarantee of the entire amount of the primary obligation and such maximum amount is not stated or determinable, the amount of such guaranteeing Person’s maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by such Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.
“Holder,” as applied to any Note means any Person in whose name at the time a particular Note is registered on the Note Register.
“Holder Representatives” means Clutterbuck Capital Management LLC, Whitebox Advisors LLC and Capital Ventures International, acting collectively, for so long as each of them (acting on behalf of itself, certain affiliates and/or funds and accounts that it manages and/or advises) owns Notes. For the avoidance of doubt, any direction, consent, approval, waiver or other action that the Holder Representatives are authorized or permitted to take under this Indenture shall require the agreement of each of Clutterbuck Capital Management LLC, Whitebox Advisors LLC and Capital Ventures International and any reference to Holder Representatives herein shall include each of Clutterbuck Capital Management LLC, Whitebox Advisors LLC and Capital Ventures International.
“Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a Material Subsidiary.
“Indebtedness” of any Person means, without duplication,
(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money,
(b) all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or similar instruments to the extent the same would appear as a liability on a balance sheet of such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP,
(c) all obligations of such Person under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property acquired by such Person,
(d) all obligations of such Person in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (excluding (i) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business, (ii) any earn-out obligation, purchase price adjustment or similar obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and if not paid after being due and payable and (iii) liabilities associated with customer prepayments and deposits),
(e) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the Indebtedness secured thereby has been assumed,
(f) all Guarantees by such Person of Indebtedness of others,
(g) all Capital Lease Obligations of such Person,
(h) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person as an account party in respect of letters of credit and letters of guaranty and
(i) all obligations, contingent or otherwise, of such Person in respect of bankers’ acceptances;
provided that the term “Indebtedness” shall not include (i) deferred or prepaid revenue and (ii) purchase price holdbacks in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warranty or other unperformed obligations of the seller.
The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner), to the extent such Person is liable therefor as a result of such Person’s ownership interest in or other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide that such Person is not liable therefor. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) above shall (unless such Indebtedness has been assumed by such Person) be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (A) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (B) the Fair Market Value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith. For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries shall exclude intercompany liabilities arising from their cash management, tax, and accounting operations and intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business.
“Indenture” means this instrument as originally executed or, if amended or supplemented as herein provided, as so amended or supplemented.
“Intellectual Property” means any intellectual property rights or industrial rights, including any of the following: (i) trademarks and service marks (registered or unregistered), trade dress, and all applications and registrations in any jurisdiction pertaining to the foregoing and all goodwill associated therewith; (ii) patents, patentable inventions, discoveries, improvements, ideas, know-how, formula methodology, processes, technology, computer programs and software (including, inter alia, embedded software, software distributed to clients and third parties), and all applications and patents in any jurisdiction pertaining to the foregoing; (iii) trade secrets, including confidential and other non-public information; (iv) copyrights in writings, designs, mask works or other works, and all applications and registrations in any jurisdiction for the foregoing and all moral rights related thereto; and (v) internet web sites, domain names, and all applications and registrations pertaining thereto.
“Interest Payment Date” means each June 1 and December 1 of each year, beginning on December 1, 2023.
“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or Indebtedness or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other Indebtedness or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person (excluding, in the case of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, (i) intercompany advances arising from their cash management, cash pooling, tax, and accounting operations, (ii) intercompany loans, advances or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any rollover or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business) and (iii) intercompany advances, transfer pricing and cost-sharing arrangements that are in the ordinary course of business or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. The amount, as of any date of determination, of (i) any Investment in the form of a loan or an advance shall be the principal amount thereof outstanding on such date, minus, to the extent any such loan or advance is made to any third party unaffiliated with the Company and its Subsidiaries, any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest in respect of such Investment (to the extent any such payment to be deducted does not exceed the remaining principal amount of such Investment), but without any adjustment for writedowns or write-offs (including as a result of forgiveness of any portion thereof) with respect to such loan or advance after the date thereof, (ii) any Investment in the form of a Guarantee shall be equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof, as determined in good faith by a Financial Officer, (iii) any Investment in the form of a transfer of Equity Interests or other non-cash property by the investor to the investee, including any such transfer in the form of a capital contribution, shall be the Fair Market Value of such Equity Interests or other property as of the time of the transfer, without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment, and (iv) any Investment (other than any Investment referred to in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above) by the specified Person in the form of a purchase or other acquisition for value of any Equity Interests (including through any capital contribution), evidences of Indebtedness or other securities of any other Person shall be the original cost of such Investment (including any Indebtedness assumed in connection therewith), plus (A) the cost of all additions thereto, and minus (B) to the extent such original Investment was made in cash, the amount of any portion of such Investments that has been repaid to the investor in cash as a repayment of principal or a return of capital, and of any cash payments actually received by such investor representing interest, dividends or other distributions in respect of such Investment (in all of the foregoing cases in this clause (B), to the extent such payments do not exceed, in the aggregate, the original cash amount of such Investment), but without any other adjustment for increases or decreases in value of, or write-ups, write-downs or write-offs with respect to, such Investment after the date of such Investment. For purposes of Section 4.13, if an Investment involves the acquisition of more than one Person, the amount of such Investment shall be allocated among the acquired Persons in accordance with GAAP; provided that pending the final determination of the amounts to be so allocated in accordance with GAAP, such allocation shall be as reasonably determined by a Financial Officer.
“IP Sales Cumulative Excess Proceeds” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.01(a).
“IP Sales Cumulative Threshold Amount” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.01(a).
“IP Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.01(a).
“IP Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer Amount” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.01(a).
“IP Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer Proceeds” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.01(a).
“IP Sales Twelve Month Excess Proceeds” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.01(a).
“IP Sales Twelve Month Threshold Amount” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.01(a).
“Issue Date” means May 9, 2023, the first date of issuance of Notes under this Indenture.
“Junior Financing” means any Indebtedness (other than any permitted intercompany Indebtedness owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary and, for the avoidance of doubt, other than Indebtedness incurred under Section 4.10(a)(ii)) that is (a) subordinated in right of payment to the Notes Obligations, (b) Indebtedness that is secured on a junior basis to the Liens securing the Notes Obligations or (c) Indebtedness that is unsecured; provided that no such Junior Financing incurred or assumed on or after the Issue Date shall provide for any payments of principal, fees or other amounts (other than interest and customary third party agent or trustee fees) in cash on or prior to the date that is 91 days after the Maturity Date (determined as of the date of incurrence or assumption of such Junior Financing).
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset and (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset.
“Mandatory Offer Repurchase Price” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.02(a).
“Mandatory Repurchase Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.02(a).
“Mandatory Repurchase Offer” means an IP Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer or a Spectrum Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer, as applicable.
“Mandatory Repurchase Offer Notice” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.02(b).
“Mandatory Repurchase Offer Period” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.02(a).
“Mandatory Repurchase Payment Date” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.02(c).
“Material Adverse Effect” means after the Issue Date, a material adverse effect on (a) the business, assets, financial condition or results of operations, in each case, of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) the rights and remedies (taken as a whole) of the Holders of the Notes under the applicable Notes Documents or (c) the ability of the Company and Note Guarantors (taken as a whole) to perform their payment obligations under the applicable Notes Documents.
“Material Subsidiary” means (a) each Restricted Subsidiary that, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended for which financial statements are available, had revenues or total assets (determined on a consolidated basis for such Restricted Subsidiary and its Restricted Subsidiaries) for such quarter in excess of 2.5% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such quarter or that is designated by the Company as a Material Subsidiary and (b) any Restricted Subsidiary that is part of a group comprising Restricted Subsidiaries that each would not have been a Material Subsidiary under clause (a) but that, taken together, as of the last day of the fiscal quarter of the Company most recently ended for which financial statements are available, had revenues or total assets (determined on a consolidated basis for all such Restricted Subsidiaries and their respective Restricted Subsidiaries) for such quarter in excess of 5.0% of the consolidated revenues or total assets, as applicable, of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries for such quarter. For the avoidance of doubt, the Blocker Subsidiaries are not and shall not be deemed to be a Material Subsidiary, individually or taken together.
“Maturity Date” means December 1, 2026.
“Net Cash Proceeds” means the aggregate cash proceeds (using the Fair Market Value of any Cash Equivalents) received by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any Asset Sale, Non-Ordinary Course IP Sale or Non-Ordinary Course Spectrum Sale (including, without limitation, any cash payments received by way of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but excluding the assumption by the acquiring Person of Indebtedness relating to the disposed assets or other consideration received in any other non-cash form), net of the direct cash costs relating to such Asset Sale, Non-Ordinary Course IP Sale or Non-Ordinary Course Spectrum Sale (including, without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and brokerage and sales commissions), and any relocation expenses incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result thereof, amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal of, premium, if any, and interest on Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to Section 4.14(b) or Section 16.01) to be paid or repurchased as a result of such transaction, any costs associated with unwinding any related hedging obligations in connection with such transaction and any deduction of appropriate amounts to be provided by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries as a reserve in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the asset or property disposed of in such transaction and retained by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.
“Non-Ordinary Course IP Sale” means the sale, assignment, license, or sublicense of any Intellectual Property outside of the ordinary course of business and on an exclusive basis.
“Non-Ordinary Course Spectrum Sale” means the sale, lease, assignment, or sublease of any spectrum outside of the ordinary course of business and on an exclusive basis.
“Note” or “Notes” shall have the meaning specified in the first paragraph of the recitals of this Indenture.
“Note Guarantee” means each Guarantee of the obligations with respect to the Notes issued by a Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
“Note Guarantor” means each Subsidiary of the Company that executes this Indenture or a supplemental indenture pursuant to which such Subsidiary becomes a guarantor of the Notes pursuant to Section 4.24 of this Indenture and their respective successors and assigns, in each case until the Note Guarantee of such Person has been released in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture; provided that in no event will an Excluded Subsidiary be required to become a Note Guarantor.
“Note Parties” means the Company and the Note Guarantors.
“Note Purchase Agreement” means that certain note purchase agreement, dated as of May 9, 2023, by and between the Company and the purchasers named on Schedule A thereto.
“Note Register” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b).
“Note Registrar” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(b).
“Notes Collateral Agent” means the Person named as the “Notes Collateral Agent” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor Notes collateral agent shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Notes Collateral Agent” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Notes Collateral Agent hereunder.
“Notes Documents” means this Indenture, the Notes, the Note Guarantees, the Collateral Documents and the Escrow Agreement.
“Notes Obligations” means all obligations of the Company and the Note Guarantors under or in respect of the Notes, this Indenture and the Collateral Documents.
“Officer” means, with respect to the Company or a Note Guarantor, the President, the Chief Executive Officer, the Chief Financial Officer, the Treasurer, the Secretary, any Executive or Senior Vice President or any Vice President (whether or not designated by a number or numbers or word or words added before or after the title “Vice President”) of the Company or the Note Guarantor, as applicable.
“Officer’s Certificate,” when used with respect to the Company, means a certificate that is delivered to the Trustee and that is signed by an Officer of the Company. Each such certificate shall include the statements provided for in Section 17.05 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section. The Officer giving an Officer’s Certificate pursuant to Section 4.08 shall be the principal executive, financial or accounting officer of the Company.
“open of business” means 9:00 a.m. (New York City time).
“Opinion of Counsel” means an opinion in writing (in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Trustee) signed by legal counsel, who may be an employee of or counsel to the Company, or other counsel, that is delivered to the Trustee, which opinion may contain customary exceptions and qualifications as to the matters set forth therein. Each such opinion shall include the statements provided for in Section 17.05 if and to the extent required by the provisions of such Section 17.05.
“Organizational Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation, amendment or amalgamation, the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction) and/or any shareholder(s) agreements; (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction); and (c) with respect to any partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, limited partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.
“outstanding,” when used with reference to Notes, shall, subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, mean, as of any particular time, all Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee under this Indenture, except:
(a) Notes theretofore canceled by the Trustee or accepted by the Trustee for cancellation;
(b) Notes, or portions thereof, that have become due and payable and in respect of which monies in the necessary amount shall have been deposited in trust with the Trustee or with any Paying Agent (other than the Company) or shall have been set aside and segregated in trust by the Company (if the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent);
(c) Notes that have been paid pursuant to Section 2.06 or Notes in lieu of which, or in substitution for which, other Notes shall have been authenticated and delivered pursuant to the terms of Section 2.06 unless proof satisfactory to the Trustee is presented that any such Notes are held by protected purchasers in due course; and
(d) Notes repurchased by the Company pursuant to the penultimate sentence of Section 2.09.
“Paying Agent” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02.
“Permitted Encumbrances” means:
(a) Liens for Taxes that are not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP, in each case, the nonpayment of which could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) Liens imposed by law, such as carriers’, warehousemen’s, mechanics’, materialmen’s, repairmen’s or construction contractors’ Liens and other similar Liens, arising in the ordinary course of business that secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or, if more than 30 days overdue, are unfiled and no other action has been taken to enforce such Liens or that are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP, in each case so long as such Liens could not reasonably be expected to individually or in the aggregate have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) Liens incurred or deposits made in the ordinary course of business (i) in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation or (ii) securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary or otherwise supporting the payment of items of the type set forth in the foregoing clause (i);
(d) Liens incurred or deposits made to secure the performance of tenders, bids, trade contracts (other than for the payment of Indebtedness), governmental contracts and leases (other than Capital Lease Obligations), statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds, bankers acceptance facilities and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) and obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments that have been posted to support the same, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practices;
(e) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, protrusions, zoning restrictions and other similar encumbrances and minor title defects affecting real property that, in the aggregate, do not in any case materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;
(f) rights of setoff, banker’s lien, netting agreements and other Liens arising by operation of law or by of the terms of documents of banks or other financial institutions in relation to the maintenance of administration of deposit accounts, securities accounts or cash management arrangements or in connection with the issuance of letters of credit, bank guarantees or other similar instruments;
(g) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code financing statements or any similar filings made in respect of operating leases or consignment or bailee arrangements entered into by the Company or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries;
(h) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.10(a)(ii), which Indebtedness may be secured by first-priority Liens on the Collateral, in which case the Notes and Note Guarantees shall be secured by second-priority Liens on the Collateral and the lender of such first-priority secured Indebtedness and the Notes Collateral Agent shall enter into an intercreditor agreement governing their respective rights in respect of the Collateral, which intercreditor agreement shall (i) contain customary “silent” second- priority lien terms for bonds sharing collateral with a first-priority lien bank lender, (ii) permit the second-priority lien creditors to purchase from the first-priority lien creditors, or require the first-priority lien creditors to irrevocably transfer and assign to such second- priority lien creditors, the first-priority lien claims of such first-priority lien creditors, at a price of 100% of the principal amount of such first-priority lien claims plus all accrued and unpaid interest thereon and all accrued and unpaid fees, expenses and other charges, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of certain events, including, but not limited to, the exercise of any remedy by the first-priority lien creditors with respect to their liens on the Collateral, and (iii) otherwise contain terms that are reasonably acceptable to the Holder Representatives; provided that, in the event such Indebtedness is secured by Liens on any property or assets of any Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor and is not required to sign a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 4.24 of this Indenture, the Notes shall also be secured by a Lien on such property or assets, which Lien may be granted on a second- priority basis pursuant to the terms of the aforementioned intercreditor agreement and on terms reasonably acceptable to the Holder Representatives; provided further, that the Holder Representatives shall have the authority to direct the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the intercreditor agreement and take any related actions and approve any terms requested by the lender of such first-priority secured Indebtedness;
(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 4.10(a)(iii); provided that such Liens (i) are not on any Excluded Assets or any property or assets of any Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor and is not required to sign a supplemental indenture pursuant to Section 4.24 of this Indenture and (ii) are pari passu or junior to the Liens securing the Notes and Note Guarantees;
(j) leases, licenses, subleases, sublicenses, occupancy agreements or assignments of assets or real or personal property in the ordinary course of business (including, without limitation, site leases, equipment leases and Intellectual Property rights, such as software escrow arrangements protecting non-exclusive use rights of customers);
(k) Liens on assets and other work-in-progress related to a sale contract with a customer securing the obligations of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary under such sale contract and Liens encumbering property under construction arising from progress or partial payments made by a customer of such Person relating to such property;
(l) Liens in favor of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(m) Liens existing on the Issue Date (other than Liens securing the Notes and Note Guarantees);
(n) Liens on assets, property or Equity Interests of a Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary or is merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens were not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such event; provided further, that any such Lien may not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary;
(o) Liens on assets or property (including Equity Interests) at the time the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary acquires the assets or property, including any acquisition by means of a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with or into the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however, that such Liens were not incurred in connection with, or in contemplation of, such acquisition; provided further, that such Liens do not extend to any other property owned by the Company or any other Restricted Subsidiary;
(p) Liens upon any equipment acquired or held by Company to secure the purchase price of such equipment or Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing the acquisition of such equipment, so long as such Lien extends only to the equipment financed, and any accessions, replacements, substitutions and proceeds (including insurance proceeds) thereof or thereto; and
(q) Liens arising from judgments, decrees or attachments in circumstances not constituting an Event of Default under Section 6.01(j) of this Indenture.
“Permitted Investments” means an Investment by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary in:
(a) the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary;
(b) Commercialization Investments; provided, that the assets received as consideration for such Commercialization Investments that are not Excluded Assets shall be pledged as Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents reasonably promptly after receipt by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof; provided, further, that the aggregate amount invested in Excluded Assets pursuant to this subsection shall not exceed $2.0 million; and provided further, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause is made in any Person that is not the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (a) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (b);
(c) cash and Cash Equivalents, and Investments that were Cash Equivalents when made;
(d) receivables owing to the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in accordance with customary trade terms or such other concessionary trade terms as the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary deems reasonable under the circumstances;
(e) commission, payroll and similar advances to cover matters that are expected at the time of such advances ultimately to be treated as expenses for accounting purposes and that are made in the ordinary course of business;
(f) loans or advances to officers, directors, employees, managers, consultants and independent contractors of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary for business- related travel and entertainment expenses, moving and relocation expenses and similar expenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business;
(g) any Investment acquired by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries:
(A) in exchange for any other Investment or accounts receivable held by the Company or any such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with or as a result of a bankruptcy, workout, reorganization or recapitalization of the issuer of such other Investment or accounts receivable;
(B) in satisfaction of judgments or received in compromise, settlement or resolution of obligations of trade creditors, customers, dealers or distributors that were incurred in the ordinary course of business or of any litigation, arbitration or other dispute; or
(C) as a result of a foreclosure or other remedial action by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any Investment in default;
(h) Investments to the extent made in exchange for the issuance of Equity Interests (other than any Disqualified Equity Interest) of the Company or funded with the net proceeds of the issuance of Equity Interests (other than any Disqualified Equity Interest) of the Company;
(i) other Investments, including, but not limited to, Investments made with respect to joint ventures or in connection with any acquisition, merger or consolidation, having an aggregate Fair Market Value, when taken together with all other Investments made pursuant to this clause (i) since the Issue Date that are at that time outstanding, not to exceed $5.0 million in Cash Equivalents (with the Fair Market Value of each Investment being measured at the time made and without giving effect to subsequent changes in value) at the time of such Investment, plus the amount of any returns (including dividends, payments, interest, distributions, returns of principal, profits on sale, repayments, income and similar amounts) in respect of such Investments; provided, however, that if any Investment pursuant to this clause is made in any Person that is not the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary at the date of the making of such Investment and such Person becomes the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary after such date, such Investment shall thereafter be deemed to have been made pursuant to clause (a) above and shall cease to have been made pursuant to this clause (i);
(j) Guarantees permitted by Section 4.10;
(k) Guarantees of performance or other obligations (other than Indebtedness) arising in the ordinary course of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries;
(l) any Investment (A) in existence on the Issue Date, (B) made pursuant to binding commitments in effect on the Issue Date, which shall not exceed an aggregate of
$2.0 million in Cash Equivalents, or (C) that replaces, refinances, refunds, renews or extends any Investment described under either of the immediately preceding clauses (a) or (b); provided that any such Investment is in an amount that does not exceed the amount replaced, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, except as contemplated pursuant to the terms of such Investment in existence on the Issue Date or as otherwise permitted under this definition; and
(m) any Investment in connection with the exercise of warrants or options existing on the Issue Date.
“Permitted Lien” means Liens permitted by Section 4.11.
“Permitted Refinancing” means the issuance of Indebtedness in exchange for, or the net proceeds of which are used to extend, refinance, renew, replace, defease, discharge or refund the Notes (including any Guarantee) in an amount not to exceed the amount so refinanced plus the aggregate amount of fees, underwriting discounts, accrued and unpaid interest, premiums, customary reserves required to be funded and maintained in connection with such Indebtedness and other costs and expenses incurred in connection with such refinancing; provided that such new Indebtedness, determined as of the date of incurrence thereof, shall not mature prior to the date that is 91 days after the stated maturity of the Notes, and the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such new Indebtedness shall be at least equal to 91 days more than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Notes.
“Person” means an individual, a corporation, a limited liability company, an association, a partnership, a joint venture, a joint stock company, a trust, an unincorporated organization or a government or an agency or a political subdivision thereof.
“Predecessor Note” of any particular Note means every previous Note evidencing all or a portion of the same debt as that evidenced by such particular Note; and, for the purposes of this definition, any Note authenticated and delivered under Section 2.06 in lieu of or in exchange for a mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note shall be deemed to evidence the same debt as the mutilated, lost, destroyed or stolen Note that it replaces.
“Redemption Price” means, for any Notes to be redeemed pursuant to Section 15.01, 101% of the principal amount of such Notes, plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any, to, but excluding, the Redemption Date (unless the Redemption Date falls after a Regular Record Date but on or prior to the immediately succeeding Interest Payment Date, in which case interest accrued to the Interest Payment Date will be paid to Holders of record of such Notes as of the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and the Redemption Price will be equal to 101% of the principal amount of such Notes).
“Regular Record Date,” with respect to any Interest Payment Date, means the May 15 or November 15 (whether or not such day is a Business Day) immediately preceding the applicable June 1 or December 1 Interest Payment Date, respectively.
“Related Person” shall have the meaning specified in Section 4.02.
“Restricted Payment” means (i) any dividend or other distribution with respect to any Equity Interests in the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any dividend or distribution by the Company payable solely in Equity Interests or in options, warrants or other rights to acquire its Equity Interests or, in the case of any Restricted Subsidiary, any dividend or distribution payable to the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary or, in the case of any dividend or distribution made by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Wholly Owned Subsidiary, any dividend or distribution that is made on a pro rata basis (or on a basis more favorable to the Company)); or (ii) any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any Equity Interests in the Company or any option, warrant or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests (other than in exchange for Equity Interests of the Issuer).
“Restricted Securities” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Company.
“Requirements of Law” means, with respect to any Person, any statutes, laws, treaties, rules, regulations, orders, decrees, writs, injunctions or determinations of any arbitrator or court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.
“Responsible Officer” means, when used with respect to the Trustee, any officer within the corporate trust department of the Trustee, including any vice president, assistant vice president, assistant secretary, assistant treasurer, trust officer or any other officer of the Trustee who customarily performs functions similar to those performed by the Persons who at the time shall be such officers, respectively, or to whom any corporate trust matter is referred because of such person’s knowledge of and familiarity with the particular subject and who shall have direct responsibility for the administration of this Indenture.
“Rule 144” means Rule 144 as promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Rule 144A” means Rule 144A as promulgated under the Securities Act.
“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.
“Security Agreement” means that certain Security Agreement, dated as of the Issue Date, among the Company, the Note Guarantors and the Notes Collateral Agent.
“Significant Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary of the Company that meets the definition of “significant subsidiary” in Article 1, Rule 1-02(w)(1) of Regulation S-X under the Exchange Act.
“Spectrum Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.01(b).
“Spectrum Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer Amount” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.01(b).
“Spectrum Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer Proceeds” shall have the meaning specified in Section 16.01(b).
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, association, partnership or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital Stock or other interests (including partnership interests) entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of directors, managers, general partners or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by (i) such Person; (ii) such Person and one or more Subsidiaries of such Person; or (iii) one or more Subsidiaries of such Person.
“Trading Day” means a day on which the Common Stock is traded on a Trading Market, quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX, or is priced on The Pink Open Market.
“Trading Market” means any of the following markets or exchanges on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted for trading on the date in question: the Nasdaq Capital Market, the Nasdaq Global Market, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the NYSE American or the New York Stock Exchange (or any successors to any of the foregoing).
“Taxes” means any and all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, charges, fees, assessments or withholdings (including backup withholdings) imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.
“Transaction Costs” means any fees, expenses and other transaction costs incurred or paid by, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in connection with the Transactions, the Note Purchase Agreement, this Indenture and the other Notes Documents, and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.
“Transactions” means, collectively, (a) the transactions that occurred pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, (b) the issuance of the Notes and the Note Guarantees, (c) the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing and (d) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing (including the Transaction Costs).
“transfer” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.05(c).
“Transfer Agent” means Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company and any successor transfer agent of the Company.
“Trust Indenture Act” means the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, as it was in force at the date of execution of this Indenture; provided, however, that in the event the Trust Indenture Act of 1939 is amended after the date hereof, the term “Trust Indenture Act” shall mean, to the extent required by such amendment, the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as so amended.
“Trustee” means the Person named as the “Trustee” in the first paragraph of this Indenture until a successor trustee shall have become such pursuant to the applicable provisions of this Indenture, and thereafter “Trustee” shall mean or include each Person who is then a Trustee hereunder.
“VWAP” means, for any Trading Day, the price determined by the first of the following clauses that applies: (a) if the Common Stock is then listed or quoted on a Trading Market, the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock for such Trading Day on the Trading Market on which the Common Stock is then listed or quoted as reported by Bloomberg through its “Volume at Price” function in respect of the period from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., New York City time, (b) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted on a Trading Market and is quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX, the per share volume-weighted average price of the Common Stock for such date (or the nearest preceding date) on OTCQB or OTCQX as applicable, (c) if the Common Stock is not then listed or quoted for trading on OTCQB or OTCQX and if prices for the Common Stock are then reported on The Pink Open Market (or a similar organization or agency succeeding to its functions of reporting prices), the most recent bid price per share of the Common Stock so reported, or (d) in all other cases, the fair market value of a share of Common Stock using a volume-weighted method as determined by a nationally recognized independent investment banking firm retained for this purpose by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Holder Representatives or Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, the reasonable fees and expenses of which shall be paid by the Company.
“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (a) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (i) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (ii) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment; by (b) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.
“Wholly Owned Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any Subsidiary of such Person, except that, solely for purposes of this definition, the reference to “more than 50%” in the definition of “Subsidiary” shall be deemed replaced by a reference to “100%”.
Section 1.02. References to Interest. Unless the context otherwise requires, any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Note in this Indenture shall be deemed to include Additional Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to any of Section 4.06(d), Section 4.06(e) and Section 6.03. Unless the context otherwise requires, any express mention of Additional Interest in any provision hereof shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions hereof where such express mention is not made.
Section 1.03. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement (including this Indenture and the other Notes Documents), instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any restrictions on assignment set forth herein) and, in the case of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Indenture in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Exhibits and Schedules to, this Indenture and (e) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. Any references to “as of the date hereof” or similar terms or references shall be deemed to refer to the Issue Date.
Section 1.04. Accounting Terms; GAAP. All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Indenture shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Company’s audited financial statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.
Section 1.05. Currency Translation; Rates. For purposes of any determination under Article 4 and Article 6 or any determination under any other provision of this Indenture expressly requiring the use of a current exchange rate, all amounts incurred, outstanding or proposed to be incurred or outstanding in currencies other than Dollars shall be translated into Dollars at the Exchange Rate (rounded to the nearest currency unit, with 0.5 or more of a currency unit being rounded upward); provided, however, that for purposes of determining compliance with Article 4 with respect to the amount of any Indebtedness, Investment, Asset Sale or Restricted Payment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default or Event of Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred or Asset Sale or Restricted Payment made; provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.05 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred or Asset Sale or Restricted Payment made at any time under such Sections.
Section 1.06. Certain Calculations and Tests. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent that the terms of this Indenture require the absence of a Default or Event of Default (or any type of Default or Event of Default) as a condition to the consummation of any transaction in connection with any acquisition or similar Investment (including the assumption or incurrence of Indebtedness), the determination of whether the relevant condition is satisfied may be made, at the election of the Company, in the case of any acquisition or similar Investment, at the time of either (x) the execution of the definitive agreement with respect to such acquisition or Investment or (y) the consummation of such acquisition or Investment; provided that if the Company elects to have such determination occur at the time of entry into the definitive agreement with respect to such acquisition or Investment, any testing of compliance with any test shall be tested on a pro forma basis assuming such acquisition or Investment and other transactions in connection therewith (including any incurrence of Indebtedness and the use of proceeds thereof) had been consummated.
Section 1.07. Divisions. For all purposes under the Notes Documents, in connection with any division or plan of division under Delaware law (or any comparable event under a different jurisdiction’s laws): (a) if any asset, right, obligation or liability of any Person becomes the asset, right, obligation or liability of a different Person, then it shall be deemed to have been transferred from the original Person to the subsequent Person, and (b) if any new Person comes into existence, such new Person shall be deemed to have been organized on the first date of its existence by the holders of its Equity Interests at such time.
ARTICLE 2
Section 2.01. Designation and Amount. The Notes shall be designated as the “10% Senior Secured Notes due 2026.” The aggregate principal amount of Notes that may be authenticated and delivered under this Indenture is limited to $80,000,000, except for Notes authenticated and delivered upon registration or transfer of, or in exchange for, or in lieu of other Notes to the extent expressly permitted hereunder.
Section 2.02. Form of Notes. The Notes and the Trustee’s certificate of authentication to be borne by such Notes shall be substantially in the respective forms set forth in Exhibit A, the terms and provisions of which shall constitute, and are hereby expressly incorporated in and made a part of this Indenture. To the extent applicable, the Company and the Trustee, by their execution and delivery of this Indenture, expressly agree to such terms and provisions and to be bound thereby.
Any Note may be endorsed with or have incorporated in the text thereof such legends or recitals or changes not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any applicable law or any regulation thereunder or with the rules and regulations of any securities exchange or automated quotation system upon which the Notes may be listed or traded or designated for issuance or to conform with any usage with respect thereto, or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.
Any of the Notes may have such letters, numbers or other marks of identification and such notations, legends or endorsements as the Officer executing the same may approve (execution thereof to be conclusive evidence of such approval) and as are not inconsistent with the provisions of this Indenture, or as may be required to comply with any law or with any rule or regulation made pursuant thereto or with any rule or regulation of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, or to conform to usage or to indicate any special limitations or restrictions to which any particular Notes are subject.
Each Note shall represent such principal amount of the outstanding Notes as shall be specified therein and shall provide that it shall represent such principal amount of outstanding Notes from time to time endorsed thereon. Payment of principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, a Note shall be made to the Holder of such Note on the date of payment, unless a record date or other means of determining Holders eligible to receive payment is provided for herein.
Section 2.03. Date and Denomination of Notes; Payments of Interest and Defaulted Amounts.
(a) The Notes shall be issuable in definitive registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. Each Note shall be dated the date of its authentication and shall bear interest from the date specified on the face of such Note. Accrued interest on the Notes shall be computed on the basis of a 360-day year composed of twelve 30-day months and, for partial months, on the basis of the number of days actually elapsed in a 30-day month.
(b) The Person in whose name any Note (or its Predecessor Note) is registered on the Note Register at the close of business on any Regular Record Date with respect to any Interest Payment Date shall be entitled to receive the interest payable on such Interest Payment Date. The principal amount of any Note shall be payable at the office or agency of the Company maintained by the Company for such purposes in the contiguous United States, which shall initially be the Corporate Trust Office. The Paying Agent shall thereby pay interest then due to Holders who are registered on the Note Register at the close of business on any Regular Record Date with respect to such applicable Interest Payment Date with respect to interest paid in the form of cash by wire transfer in immediately available funds to that Holder’s account within the United States (and the Company shall deliver any applicable Common Stock Interest Payment, if the Company has so elected pursuant to Section 2.10, to the Holders through the Transfer Agent (with confirmation of such payment provided by the Company to the Trustee on the same day)).
(c) Any Defaulted Amounts shall forthwith cease to be payable to the Holder on the relevant payment date but shall accrue interest per annum at the rate borne by the Notes, plus an amount of Additional Interest as set forth in Section 6.03(a) of this Indenture, subject to the enforceability thereof under applicable law, from, and including, such relevant payment date, and such Defaulted Amounts together with such interest thereon shall be paid by the Company, at its election in each case, as provided in clause (i) or (ii) below:
(i) The Company may elect to make payment of or cause the Paying Agent to make payment of any Defaulted Amounts to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts, which shall be fixed in the following manner. The Company shall notify the Trustee in writing of the amount of the Defaulted Amounts proposed to be paid on each Note and the date of the proposed payment (which shall be not less than 25 days after the receipt by the Trustee of such notice, unless the Trustee shall agree to an earlier date), and at the same time the Company shall deposit with the Trustee an amount of money equal to the aggregate amount to be paid in respect of such Defaulted Amounts or shall make arrangements satisfactory to the Trustee for such deposit on or prior to the date of the proposed payment, such money when deposited to be held in trust for the benefit of the Persons entitled to such Defaulted Amounts as in this clause provided. Thereupon the Company shall fix a special record date for the payment of such Defaulted Amounts, which special record date shall be not more than 15 days and not less than 10 days prior to the date of the proposed payment, and not less than 10 days after the receipt by the Trustee of the notice of the proposed payment. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of such special record date, and the Trustee, in the name and at the expense of the Company, shall cause notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor to be delivered to each Holder not less than 10 days prior to such special record date. Notice of the proposed payment of such Defaulted Amounts and the special record date therefor having been so delivered, such Defaulted Amounts shall be paid to the Persons in whose names the Notes (or their respective Predecessor Notes) are registered at the close of business on such special record date and shall no longer be payable pursuant to the following clause (ii) of this Section 2.03(c)).
(ii) The Company may make payment of or cause the Paying Agent to make payment of any Defaulted Amounts in any other lawful manner not inconsistent with the requirements of any securities exchange or automated quotation system on which the Notes may be listed or designated for issuance, and upon such notice as may be required by such exchange or automated quotation system, if, after notice given by the Company to the Trustee of the proposed payment pursuant to this clause, such manner of payment shall be deemed practicable by the Trustee.
Section 2.04. Execution, Authentication and Delivery of Notes. The Notes shall be signed in the name and on behalf of the Company by the manual, facsimile or other electronic signature of its Chief Executive Officer, President, Chief Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary or any of its Executive or Senior Vice Presidents.
At any time and from time to time after the execution and delivery of this Indenture, the Company may deliver Notes executed by the Company to the Trustee for authentication, together with a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of such Notes, and the Trustee in accordance with such Company Order shall authenticate and deliver such Notes, without any further action by the Company hereunder.
Only such Notes as shall bear thereon a certificate of authentication substantially in the form set forth on the form of Note attached as Exhibit A hereto, executed manually or electronically by an authorized signatory of the Trustee (or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee as provided by Section 17.10), shall be entitled to the benefits of this Indenture or be valid or obligatory for any purpose. Such certificate by the Trustee (or such an authenticating agent) upon any Note executed by the Company shall be conclusive evidence that the Note so authenticated has been duly authenticated and delivered hereunder and that the Holder is entitled to the benefits of this Indenture.
In case any Officer of the Company who shall have signed any of the Notes shall cease to be such Officer before the Notes so signed shall have been authenticated and delivered by the Trustee, or disposed of by the Company, such Notes nevertheless may be authenticated and delivered or disposed of as though the person who signed such Notes had not ceased to be such Officer of the Company; and any Note may be signed on behalf of the Company by such persons as, at the actual date of the execution of such Note, shall be the Officers of the Company, although at the date of the execution of this Indenture any such person was not such an Officer.
Section 2.05. Exchange and Registration of Transfer of Notes; Restrictions on Transfer.
(a) The Company shall cause to be kept at the Corporate Trust Office a register (the register maintained in such office or in any other office or agency of the Company designated pursuant to Section 4.02, the “Note Register”) in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, the Company shall provide for the registration of Notes and of transfers of Notes. Such register shall be in written form or in any form capable of being converted into written form within a reasonable period of time. The Note Register shall reflect the Company’s valid obligations of, and each Holder’s beneficial ownership and interests in, the Notes and, absent manifest error, the Notes Register shall be binding on the Company, the Trustee and each Holder, and, in the case of a conflict between the Note Register and any other instrument, the Note Register shall prevail. The Trustee is hereby initially appointed the “Note Registrar” for the purpose of registering Notes and transfers of Notes as herein provided. The Company may appoint one or more co-Note Registrars in accordance with Section 4.02.
Upon surrender for registration of transfer of any Note to the Note Registrar or any co- Note Registrar, and satisfaction of the requirements for such transfer set forth in this Section 2.05, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees, one or more new Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount and bearing such restrictive legends as may be required by this Indenture.
Notes may be exchanged for other Notes of any authorized denominations and of a like aggregate principal amount, upon surrender of the Notes to be exchanged at any such office or agency maintained by the Company pursuant to Section 4.02. Whenever any Notes are so surrendered for exchange, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in each case in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.04, the Notes that the Holder making the exchange is entitled to receive, bearing registration numbers not contemporaneously outstanding.
All Notes presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for exchange or repurchase shall (if so required by the Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar or any co-Note Registrar) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in form satisfactory to the Company and duly executed, by the Holder thereof or its attorney-in-fact duly authorized in writing.
No service charge shall be imposed by the Company for any exchange or registration of transfer of Notes, but the Company may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax required in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of new Notes issued upon such exchange or registration of transfer being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for exchange or registration of transfer.
None of the Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar or any co-Note Registrar shall be required to (A) to issue, to register the transfer of or to exchange Notes during a period beginning at the opening of business 15 days before the day of any selection of Notes for redemption in accordance with Article 15 and ending at the close of business on the day of such selection, (B) to register the transfer of or to exchange any Note so selected for redemption in whole or in part, except the unredeemed portion of any Note being redeemed in part, or (C) to register the transfer of or to exchange a Note between a record date and the next succeeding Interest Payment Date.
All Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes in accordance with this Indenture shall be the valid obligations of the Company, evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under this Indenture as the Notes surrendered upon such registration of transfer or exchange.
(b) The Notes shall initially be issued as Definitive Registered Notes required to bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(c). At issuance, the Company shall execute, and the Trustee, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and a Company Order for the authentication and delivery of Notes, shall authenticate and deliver, a Definitive Registered Note to each initial registered Holder, in the principal amount specified in the Company Order. Definitive Registered Notes so issued shall be registered in such names and in such authorized denominations as the Company, pursuant to instructions from the initial Holders, shall instruct the Trustee in writing. Upon execution and authentication, the Notes Registrar shall reflect the beneficial ownership of each Holder of the Definitive Registered Note in the Notes Register.
(c) Every Note that bears or is required under this Section 2.05(c) to bear the legend set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (the “Restricted Securities”) shall be subject to the restrictions on transfer set forth in this Section 2.05(c) (including the legend set forth below), unless such restrictions on transfer shall be eliminated or otherwise waived by written consent of the Company, and the Holder of each such Restricted Security, by such Holder’s acceptance thereof, agrees to be bound by all such restrictions on transfer. As used in this Section 2.05(c) and
Section 2.05(d), the term “transfer” encompasses any sale, pledge, transfer or other disposition whatsoever of any Restricted Security.
Any certificate evidencing such Note (and all securities issued in exchange therefor or substitution thereof, other than Common Stock issued upon the payment of interest thereon, which shall bear the legend set forth in Section 2.05(d), if applicable) shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless such Notes have been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act):
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:
AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEXTNAV INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT:
(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR
(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR
(C) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(C) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
No transfer of any Note will be registered by the Note Registrar unless the applicable box on the Form of Assignment and Transfer has been checked.
Any Note (or security issued in exchange or substitution therefor) (i) as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms, (ii) that has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become effective or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer or (iii) that has been sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, may, upon surrender of such Note for exchange to the Note Registrar in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2.05, be exchanged for a new Note or Notes, of like tenor and aggregate principal amount, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this Section 2.05(c) and shall not be assigned a restricted CUSIP number. The Company shall be entitled to instruct each Holder in writing to so surrender any Note as to which any of the conditions set forth in clause (i) through (iii) of the immediately preceding sentence have been satisfied, and, upon such instruction, each Holder shall so surrender such Note for exchange; and any new Note so exchanged therefor shall not bear the restrictive legend specified in this Section 2.05(c) and shall not be assigned a restricted CUSIP number. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing after a registration statement, if any, with respect to the Notes has been declared effective under the Securities Act.
All notices and communications to be given to the Holders and all payments to be made to Holders in respect of the Notes shall be given or made only to or upon the order of the registered Holders as then reflected in the Note Register.
Neither the Note Registrar nor the Trustee in each of its various capacities as designated from time to time hereunder shall have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance with any restrictions on transfer imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law with respect to any transfer of any interest in any Note other than to require delivery of such certificates and other documentation or evidence as are expressly required by, and to do so if and when expressly required by, the terms of this Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt, when making any payment hereunder or consummating any transfer, exchange or substitution of a Note, the Note Registrar and the Trustee in each of it various capacities shall be entitled to, and shall, rely solely on the Note Register as evidence of a Holder’s beneficial ownership and interest in the Notes and each Holder shall not be required to present as evidence an original, phyiscal or electronic copy of a Note registered in its name; provided, the Holder provides sufficient proof, to the satisfaction of the Note Registrar and/or Trustee in each of its various capacities, of its identity.
(d) Any stock certificate representing Common Stock issued upon payment of interest on a Note shall bear a legend in substantially the following form (unless such Common Stock has been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer, or pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, or unless otherwise agreed by the Company with written notice thereof to the Trustee and the Transfer Agent for the Common Stock):
THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:
AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEXTNAV INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT:
(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR
(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR
(C) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(C) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRANSFER AGENT FOR THE COMPANY’S COMMON STOCK RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
Any such shares of Common Stock (i) as to which such restrictions on transfer shall have expired in accordance with their terms, (ii) that have been transferred pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act and that continues to be effective at the time of such transfer or (iii) that have been sold pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Rule 144 or any similar provision then in force under the Securities Act, may, upon surrender of the certificates representing such shares of Common Stock for exchange in accordance with the procedures of the Transfer Agent for the Common Stock, be exchanged for a new certificate or certificates for a like aggregate number of shares of Common Stock, which shall not bear the restrictive legend required by this Section 2.05(d).
(e) Any Note or shares of Common Stock issued upon the payment of interest on a Note that is repurchased or owned by any Affiliate of the Company (or any Person who was an Affiliate of the Company at any time during the three months preceding) may not be resold by such Affiliate (or such Person, as the case may be) unless registered under the Securities Act or resold pursuant to an exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act in a transaction that results in such Note or shares of Common Stock, as the case may be, no longer being a “restricted security” (as defined under Rule 144). The Company shall cause any Note that is repurchased or owned by it to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.07.
Section 2.06. Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost or Stolen Notes. In case any Note shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company in its discretion may execute, and upon its written request the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by the Trustee shall authenticate and deliver, in each case in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.04, a new Note, bearing a registration number not contemporaneously outstanding, in exchange and substitution for the mutilated Note, or in lieu of and in substitution for the Note so destroyed, lost or stolen. In every case the applicant for a substituted Note shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or an indemnity bond as may be required by them to save each of them harmless from any loss, claim, liability, cost, damage or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, the applicant shall also furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent evidence to their satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.
The Trustee or such authenticating agent may authenticate any such substituted Note and deliver the same upon the receipt of such security or indemnity as the Trustee, the Company and, if applicable, such authenticating agent may require. No service charge shall be imposed by the Company, the Trustee, the Note Registrar, any co-Note Registrar or the Paying Agent upon the issuance of any substitute Note, but the Company may require a Holder to pay a sum sufficient to cover any documentary, stamp or similar issue or transfer tax required in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new substitute Note being different from the name of the Holder of the old Note that became mutilated or was destroyed, lost or stolen. In case any Note that has matured or is about to mature or has been surrendered for required repurchase shall become mutilated or be destroyed, lost or stolen, the Company may, in its sole discretion, instead of issuing a substitute Note, pay or authorize the payment of the same (without surrender thereof except in the case of a mutilated Note), as the case may be, if the applicant for such payment shall furnish to the Company, to the Trustee and, if applicable, to such authenticating agent such security or indemnity as may be required by them to save each of them harmless for any loss, claim liability, cost, damage or expense caused by or connected with such substitution, and, in every case of destruction, loss or theft, evidence satisfactory to the Company, the Trustee and, if applicable, any Paying Agent of the destruction, loss or theft of such Note and of the ownership thereof.
Every substitute Note issued pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.06 by virtue of the fact that any Note is destroyed, lost or stolen shall constitute an additional contractual obligation of the Company, whether or not the destroyed, lost or stolen Note shall be found at any time, and shall be entitled to all the benefits of (but shall be subject to all the limitations set forth in) this Indenture equally and proportionately with any and all other Notes duly issued hereunder. To the extent permitted by law, all Notes shall be held and owned upon the express condition that the foregoing provisions are exclusive with respect to the replacement, payment or repurchase of mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes and shall preclude any and all other rights or remedies notwithstanding any law or statute existing or hereafter enacted to the contrary with respect to the replacement, payment or repurchase of negotiable instruments or other securities without their surrender.
Section 2.07. Cancellation of Notes Paid, Converted, Etc. The Company shall cause all Notes surrendered for the purpose of payment, repurchase, registration of transfer or exchange, if surrendered to any Person other than the Trustee (including any of the Company’s agents, Subsidiaries or Affiliates), to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation. All Notes delivered to the Trustee shall be canceled promptly by it in accordance with its then-customary procedures, and no Notes shall be authenticated in exchange thereof except as expressly permitted by any of the provisions of this Indenture. The Trustee shall dispose of canceled Notes in accordance with its then-customary procedures.
Section 2.08. CUSIP Numbers. The Company in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if then generally in use), and, if so, the Trustee shall use “CUSIP” numbers in all notices issued to Holders as a convenience to such Holders; provided that any such notice may state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such numbers either as printed on the Notes or on such notice and that reliance may be placed only on the other identification numbers printed on the Notes. The Company shall promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.
Section 2.09. Repurchases. The Company may, to the extent permitted by law, and directly or indirectly (regardless of whether such Notes are surrendered to the Company), repurchase Notes in the open market or otherwise, whether by the Company or its Subsidiaries or through a private or public tender or exchange offer or through counterparties to private agreements, including by cash-settled swaps or other derivatives. The Company shall cause any Notes so repurchased (other than Notes repurchased pursuant to cash-settled swaps or other derivatives) to be surrendered to the Trustee for cancellation in accordance with Section 2.07 and such Notes shall no longer be considered outstanding under this Indenture upon their repurchase.
Section 2.10. Payment of Interest by Common Stock. The Company may elect, in its sole discretion, to pay up to 50% of the accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes due on an Interest Payment Date in shares of Common Stock (a “Common Stock Interest Payment”) by providing notice to the Trustee and to each Holder of such election (“Election Notice”) not less than 10 calendar days prior to the applicable Interest Payment Date, which Election Notice shall include the amount of interest owing to such Holder that will be paid by issuance of Common Stock (the “Common Stock Interest Amount”).
Subject to timely delivery of an Election Notice by the Company, the Common Stock Interest Amount applicable to each Holder’s Notes shall be paid on the applicable Interest Payment Date in fully paid and non-assessable shares of Common Stock issued to such Holder by the Company through the Transfer Agent (with confirmation of such payment provided by the Company to the Trustee on the same day). The number of shares of Common Stock included in a Holder’s Common Stock Interest Amount, represented as “X” below, shall be calculated according to the following formula:
X = (A/Y)
where “A” is the Common Stock Interest Amount, and “Y” is equal to 95% multiplied by the 5-Day VWAP.
No later than 10 calendar days after an Interest Payment Date on which any interest was paid in shares of Common Stock, the Company shall provide to each Holder a report setting forth (i) the amount of interest owing to such Holder on such Interest Payment Date paid in cash, (ii) the amount of interest owing to such Holder on such Interest Payment Date paid in shares of Common Stock, (iii) the number of shares of Common Stock such Holder was issued on the applicable Interest Payment Date, and (iv) a reasonably detailed calculation of the number of shares issued in respect of the Common Stock Interest Amount applicable to such Interest Payment Date, including the determination of the 5-Day VWAP; provided that, a failure by the Company to provide any such report to any such Holder within the specified timeframe shall not constitute a breach of the Company’s obligations under this Indenture if the Company has used good faith efforts to so provide such report to such Holder.
Calculation of the Common Stock Interest Amount shall be the responsibility of the Company and not that of the Trustee, in any of its capacities hereunder. The Trustee shall not be responsible for verifiying the Company’s calculations nor determinng whether such calculations are accurate or in accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
ARTICLE 3
Section 3.01. Satisfaction and Discharge. Upon written request of the Company contained in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, this Indenture shall cease to be of further effect with respect to the Notes and all Note Guarantees and Liens on Collateral securing the Notes will be released, and the Trustee, at the expense of the Company, shall execute proper instruments acknowledging satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and release of such Guarantees and Liens, when (a) (i) all Notes theretofore authenticated and delivered (other than Notes which have been destroyed, lost or stolen and which have been replaced, paid or converted as provided in Section 2.06) have been delivered to the Trustee for cancellation; or (ii) the Company has irrevocably deposited with the Trustee or delivered to Holders, as applicable, after the Notes have become due and payable, whether on the Maturity Date or otherwise, cash sufficient to pay all of the outstanding Notes and all other sums due and payable under this Indenture by the Company; and (b) the Company has delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that all conditions precedent herein provided for relating to the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture have been complied with. Notwithstanding the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, the obligations of the Company to the Trustee under Section 7.06 shall survive.
ARTICLE 4
PARTICULAR COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY
Section 4.01. Payment of Principal and Interest. The Company covenants and agrees that it will cause to be paid the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, each of the Notes at the places, at the respective times and in the manner provided herein and in the Notes.
The rates of interest under this Indenture are nominal rates, and not effective rates or yields. The principle of deemed reinvestment of interest does not apply to any interest calculation under this Indenture.
Section 4.02. Maintenance of Office or Agency. The Company will maintain in the contiguous United States, an office or agency where the Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment or repurchase (“Paying Agent”) and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of the location, and any change in the location, of such office or agency. If at any time the Company shall fail to maintain any such required office or agency or shall fail to furnish the Trustee with the address thereof, such presentations, surrenders, notices and demands may be made or served at the Corporate Trust Office or the office or agency of the Trustee in the contiguous United States; provided, no service of legal process on the Company may be made at the Corporate Trust Office.
The Company may also from time to time designate as co-Note Registrars one or more other offices or agencies where the Notes may be presented or surrendered for any or all such purposes and may from time to time rescind such designations; provided that no such designation or rescission shall in any manner relieve the Company of its obligation to maintain an office or agency in the contiguous United States, for such purposes. The Company will give prompt written notice to the Trustee of any such designation or rescission and of any change in the location of any such other office or agency. The term “Paying Agent” includes any such additional or other offices or agencies, as applicable.
The Company hereby initially designates the Trustee as the Paying Agent, Note Registrar and Custodian and the Corporate Trust Office as the office or agency in the contiguous United States, where Notes may be surrendered for registration of transfer or exchange or for presentation for payment or repurchase and where notices and demands to or upon the Company in respect of the Notes and this Indenture may be served.
If the Company enters into an agency agreement with any registrar, paying agent, co- registrar or transfer agent that is not a party to the Indenture, it will notify the Trustee in writing of the name and address of each such agent. In addition, where the Trustee is entitled to appoint a paying agent or authentication agent, the Company shall, at all times, be responsible to pay each such party.
Section 4.03. Appointments to Fill Vacancies in Trustee’s Office. The Company, whenever necessary to avoid or fill a vacancy in the office of trustee, will appoint, in the manner provided in Section 7.09, a trustee, so that there shall at all times be a trustee hereunder.
Section 4.04. Provisions as to Paying Agent. (a) If the Company shall appoint a Paying Agent other than the Trustee, the Company will cause such Paying Agent to execute and deliver to the Trustee an instrument in which such agent shall agree with the Trustee, subject to the provisions of this Section 4.04:
(i) that it will hold all sums held by it as such agent for the payment of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes;
(ii) that it will give the Trustee prompt written notice of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes when the same shall be due and payable; and
(iii) that at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default, upon written request of the Trustee, it will forthwith pay to the Trustee all sums so held in trust.
The Company shall, on or before each due date of the principal of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes, irrevocably deposit with the Paying Agent funds sufficient to pay such principal and interest then due, or irrevocably deposit funds with the Paying Agent and deliver a certification to the Trustee that the Transfer Agent has been instructed to issue an amount of shares of Common Stock to Holders that, together with the deposited funds, are sufficient to pay such accrued and unpaid interest then due, and (unless such Paying Agent is the Trustee) the Company will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action; provided that if such deposit is made on the due date, such deposit must be received by the Paying Agent no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on such date.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Paying Agent and the Trustee shall be held harmless and have no liability with respect to payments or disbursements to be made by the Paying Agent and/or Trustee (i) for which payment instructions are not made or that are not otherwise deposited by the respective times set forth in this Section 4.04 and (ii) until they have confirmed receipt of immediately available funds sufficient to make the relevant payment. Neither the Paying Agent nor the Trustee (as applicable) shall be bound to make payment of any amount pursuant to this Indenture until it is satisfied that it has received full payment of such amount from or on behalf of the Company.
(b) If the Company shall act as its own Paying Agent, it will, on or before each due date of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes, set aside, segregate and hold in trust for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes funds sufficient to pay such principal and interest then due, or funds and instruct the Transfer Agent to issue an amount of shares of Common Stock to Holders that, together with the funds, are sufficient to pay such accrued and unpaid interest so becoming due and will promptly notify the Trustee in writing of any failure to take such action and of any failure by the Company to make any payment of the principal of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes when the same shall become due and payable.
(c) Anything in this Section 4.04 to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company may, at any time, for the purpose of obtaining a satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, or for any other reason, pay, cause to be paid or deliver to the Trustee all sums or amounts held in trust by the Company or any Paying Agent hereunder as required by this Section 4.04, such sums or amounts to be held by the Trustee upon the trusts herein contained and upon such payment or delivery by the Company or any Paying Agent to the Trustee, the Company or such Paying Agent shall be released from all further liability but only with respect to such sums or amounts.
(d) Any money and shares of Common Stock deposited with the Trustee or any Paying Agent, or then held by the Company, in trust for the payment of the principal of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, any Note and remaining unclaimed for two years after such principal or interest has become due and payable shall be paid to the Company on written request of the Company contained in an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, or (if then held by the Company) shall be discharged from such trust; and the Holder of such Note shall thereafter look only to the Company for payment thereof, and all liability of the Trustee or such Paying Agent with respect to such trust money and shares of Common Stock, and all liability of the Company as Trustee thereof, shall thereupon cease.
Section 4.05. Existence. Subject to Article 11, the Company shall do or cause to be done all things necessary to preserve and keep in full force and effect its corporate existence.
Section 4.06. Rule 144 Information Requirement; Reports; and Additional Interest.
(a) At any time the Company is not subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall, so long as any of the Notes or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon the payment of interest thereon shall, at such time, constitute “restricted securities” within the meaning of Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act, promptly provide to the Trustee and, upon written request, any Holder, beneficial owner or prospective purchaser of such Notes or the shares of Common Stock issuable upon payment of interest on such Notes, the information required to be delivered pursuant to Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act to facilitate the resale of such Notes or shares of Common Stock pursuant to Rule 144.
(b) For so long as the Company is subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, within 15 days after the same are filed with the Commission, copies of any documents or reports that the Company is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (giving effect to any grace period provided by Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act or any similar or successor grace period). Any such document or report that the Company files with the Commission via the Commission’s EDGAR system shall be deemed to be delivered to the Trustee for purposes of this Section 4.06(b) at the time such documents are filed via the EDGAR system, it being understood that the Trustee shall have no responsibility to determine whether any documents have been filed on the EDGAR system. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the Company shall in no event be required to file with, or otherwise provide or disclose to, the Trustee or any Holder any information for which the Company is seeking, or has received, confidential treatment from the Commission.
(c) Delivery of the reports and documents described in subsection (b) above to the Trustee is for informational purposes only, and the Trustee’s receipt of such shall not constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein or determinable from information contained therein, including the Company’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as to which the Trustee is entitled to conclusively rely on an Officer’s Certificate).
(d) If, at any time on or after the date that is six months after the date of original issuance of the Notes, the Company fails to timely file any document or report that it is required to file with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods thereunder and other than reports on Form 8-K), or such Notes are not otherwise freely tradable under Rule 144 by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the three months preceding (as a result of restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Notes (other than any restriction arising solely from the Company’s or the Trustee’s ability to require the delivery of legal opinions, certificates or other evidence in order to demonstrate that the proposed transfer is being made in compliance with applicable securities laws)), the Company shall pay Additional Interest on the Notes. Such Additional Interest shall accrue on the Notes at the rate of (i) 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes outstanding for each of the first 90 days and (ii) 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes outstanding for each day from, and including, the 91st day during such period for which the Company’s failure to file has occurred and is continuing or the Notes are not otherwise freely tradable under Rule 144 by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates (or Holders that have been the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the three months preceding) without restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Notes (other than any restriction arising solely from the Company’s or the Trustee’s ability to require the delivery of legal opinions, certificates or other evidence in order to demonstrate that the proposed transfer is being made in compliance with applicable securities laws). As used in this Section 4.06(c), documents or reports that the Company is required to “file” with the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act does not include documents or reports that the Company furnishes to the Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act.
(e) If, and for so long as the Notes are not otherwise freely tradable under Rule 144 by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the three months preceding (without restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Notes) as of the 380th day after the date of original issuance of the Notes, the Company shall pay Additional Interest on the Notes at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes outstanding until the Notes are freely tradable under Rule 144 by Holders other than the Company’s Affiliates (or Holders that were the Company’s Affiliates at any time during the three months preceding) (without restrictions pursuant to U.S. securities laws or the terms of this Indenture or the Notes).
(f) [Reserved]
(g) Additional Interest will be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date following accrual in the same manner as regular interest on the Notes.
(h) The Additional Interest that is payable in accordance with subsection (d) or (e) shall, subject to the immediately succeeding sentence, be in addition to, and not in lieu of, any Additional Interest that may be payable as a result of the Company’s election pursuant to Section 6.03(b). However, in no event shall any Additional Interest that may accrue as a result of the Company’s failure to timely file any document or report that it is required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods thereunder and other than reports filed on Form 8-K), as described in subsection (d), together with any interest that may accrue in the event the Company elects to pay Additional Interest in respect of an Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in subsection (b) pursuant to Section 6.03(b), accrue at a rate in excess of 0.50% per annum pursuant to this Indenture, regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to the requirement to pay such Additional Interest.
(i) If Additional Interest is payable by the Company pursuant to this Section 4.06, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate to that effect stating (i) the amount of such Additional Interest that is payable and (ii) the date on which such Additional Interest is payable. Unless and until a Responsible Officer of the Trustee receives at the Corporate Trust Office such an Officer’s Certificate, the Trustee may conclusively assume without inquiry that no such Additional Interest is payable. If the Company has paid Additional Interest directly to the Persons entitled to it, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the particulars of such payment.
Section 4.07. Stay, Extension and Usury Laws. The Company covenants (to the extent that it may lawfully do so) that it shall not at any time insist upon, plead, or in any manner whatsoever claim or take the benefit or advantage of, any stay, extension or usury law or other law that would prohibit or forgive the Company from paying all or any portion of the principal of or interest on the Notes as contemplated herein, wherever enacted, now or at any time hereafter in force, or that may affect the covenants or the performance of this Indenture; and the Company (to the extent it may lawfully do so) hereby expressly waives all benefit or advantage of any such law, and covenants that it will not, by resort to any such law, hinder, delay or impede the execution of any power herein granted to the Trustee, but will suffer and permit the execution of every such power as though no such law had been enacted.
Section 4.08. Compliance Certificate; Statements as to Defaults. The Company shall deliver to the Trustee within 120 days after the end of each fiscal year of the Company (beginning with the fiscal year ending on December 31, 2023) an Officer’s Certificate stating whether the signers thereof have knowledge of any failure by the Company to comply with all conditions and covenants then required to be performed under this Indenture during such fiscal year and, if so, specifying each such failure and the nature thereof.
In addition, the Company shall deliver to the Trustee, as soon as possible, and in any event within 30 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default or Default, an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the details of such Event of Default or Default, its status and the action that the Company is taking or proposing to take in respect thereof.
Section 4.09. Offer to Purchase Upon Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Company shall be required to make an offer (a “Change of Control Offer”) to each Holder of Notes to repurchase all or any portion (equal to $2,000 or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof) of such Holder’s Notes at a purchase price equal to 101% of the aggregate principal amount thereof, together with accrued and unpaid interest thereon to the date of repurchase (the “Change of Control Payment”). Within 30 calendar days following any Change of Control, the Company shall mail a notice to each Holder stating:
(a) that the Change of Control Offer is being made pursuant to Section 4.09 of this Indenture;
(b) the purchase price and the purchase date, which shall be no earlier than 30 calendar days nor later than 60 calendar days after the date such notice is mailed (the “Change of Control Payment Date”);
(c) that any Notes not tendered will continue to accrue interest in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(d) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Change of Control Payment, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Change of Control Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Change of Control Payment Date;
(e) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election by notice in writing to the Paying Agent delivered not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Change of Control Payment Date;
(f) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; and
(g) any other information material to such Holder’s decision to tender Secured Notes.
The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent such laws and regulations are applicable in connection with the repurchase of the Notes required in the event of a Change of Control Event.
Section 4.10. Indebtedness; Certain Equity Securities.
(a) The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Indebtedness, except:
(i) the incurrence by the Company and any Note Guarantors of Indebtedness represented by the Notes (including any Guarantee) issued pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(ii) the incurrence by the Company and any Note Guarantors of Indebtedness with aggregate principal amount not to exceed Ten Million ($10,000,000) at any time outstanding, evidenced by documentation reasonably acceptable to the Holder Representatives or Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding;
(iii) the incurrence by the Company and any Note Guarantors of Indebtedness with an aggregate principal amount not to exceed at any time outstanding the lesser of (i) Fifteen Million ($15,000,000) and (ii) the amount equal to (a) Eighty Million ($80,000,000) minus (b) the aggregate principal amount of the Notes; provided that, if such Indebtedness is issued together with warrants to purchase the Company’s Common Stock, the exercise price for such warrants shall not be less than (I) the exercise price of the warrants issued to the purchasers of the Notes on the Issue Date and (II) the then-applicable “Minimum Price” as defined in Rule 5635(d) of The Nasdaq Stock Market Rules.
(iv) Indebtedness of the Company owing to a Restricted Subsidiary or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Company or another Restricted Subsidiary; provided, however,
(A) if the Company or a Note Guarantor Incurs such Indebtedness owing to a non-Note Guarantor, such Indebtedness is subordinated in right of payment to the Company’s Obligations with respect to this Indenture or the Note Guarantee of such Note Guarantor, as applicable; and
(B) (I) any subsequent issuance or transfer of Capital Stock or other event which results in any such Indebtedness being beneficially held by a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company; and
(II) any sale or other transfer of any such Indebtedness to a Person other than the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary of the Company, will be deemed, in each case, to constitute an Incurrence of such Indebtedness by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be;
(v) obligations (including, without limitation, reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit or bank guarantees or similar instruments) in respect of customs, self-insurance, performance, bid, appeal, surety and similar bonds and completion or performance guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary;
(vi) Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits (whether current or former), environmental remediation and other environmental matters or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance, self- insurance, or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits (whether current or former) or property, casualty or liability insurance, and any guaranties, letters of credit or performance, bid, indemnity, warranty, refund, statutory, appeal or surety bonds or similar obligations functioning as or supporting any of the foregoing;
(vii) the Incurrence of Indebtedness of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary providing for indemnification, earn-outs, adjustments of purchase or acquisition price or similar obligations, in each case Incurred or assumed in connection with the acquisition or disposition of any business, assets or property of the Company or any business, assets, property or Capital Stock of a Subsidiary, other than Guarantees of Indebtedness Incurred by any Person acquiring all or any portion of such business, assets, property or a Subsidiary for the purpose of financing such acquisition;
(viii) Indebtedness (A) arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business or (B) owed or issued on a short-term basis to banks and other financial institutions in the ordinary course of business that arises in connection with ordinary banking arrangements, including cash management, cash pooling arrangements and related activities to manage cash balances of the Company and its Subsidiaries, including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit, purchasing or debit card, electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements and Indebtedness in respect of netting services, overdraft protection, credit card programs, automatic clearinghouse arrangements and similar arrangements;
(ix) (A) customer deposits and advance payments received in the ordinary course of business from customers for equipment, goods or services purchased or leased in the ordinary course of business, (B) Guarantees in the ordinary course of business in respect of obligations to suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors, licensees, sub- licensees and distribution partners, (C) Indebtedness consisting of the financing of insurance premiums or take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case in the ordinary course of business, (D) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary incurred in the ordinary course of business, and (E) Indebtedness arising from the endorsement of instruments in the ordinary course of business;
(x) Indebtedness Incurred by the Company or its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with bankers’ acceptances, discounted bills of exchange, warehouse receipts or similar facilities, in each case Incurred or undertaken in the ordinary course of business;
(xi) Capital Lease Obligations, mortgage financings and purchase money obligations, including all Indebtedness Incurred to refund, refinance, replace, redeem, repurchase, retire, defease, discharge, exchange, renew, repay, prepay or extend any Indebtedness Incurred pursuant to this clause (xi), in an aggregate principal amount outstanding at any one time not to exceed $2.0 million, plus, in the case of any refinancing or replacement of Indebtedness permitted under this clause (xi) or any portion thereof, the aggregate amount of fees, accrued and unpaid interest, and other costs and expenses incurred in connection therewith; and
(xii) Indebtedness of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries in existence on the Issue Date (other than Indebtedness described in clause (a)(i) above).
(b) The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, issue any Preferred Equity Interests or any Disqualified Equity Interests.
(c) For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 4.10:
(i) in the event that an item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of permitted Indebtedness set forth in clause (a) above, the Company, in its sole discretion, may divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) on the date of Incurrence, and may at any later time and from time to time divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) in any manner that complies with this Section 4.10;
(ii) Guarantees of, or obligations in respect of letters of credit relating to, Indebtedness that are otherwise included in the determination of a particular amount of Indebtedness shall not be included in the determination of such amount of Indebtedness; provided that the Incurrence of the Indebtedness represented by such Guarantee or letter of credit, as the case may be, was in compliance with this Section 4.10;
(iii) the amount of Indebtedness issued at a price that is less than the principal amount thereof will be equal to the amount of the liability in respect thereof determined in accordance with GAAP;
(iv) accrual of interest, accrual of dividends, the accretion of accreted value, the accretion or amortization of original issue discount, the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness and increases in the amount of Indebtedness outstanding solely as a result of fluctuations in the exchange rate of currencies will not be deemed to be an Incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this covenant;
(v) the amount of any Indebtedness outstanding as of any date shall be (i) the accreted value thereof in the case of any Indebtedness issued with original issue discount or the aggregate principal amount outstanding in the case of Indebtedness issued with interest payable in kind and (ii) the principal amount thereof in the case of any other Indebtedness; and
(vi) the principal amount of any Indebtedness Incurred to refinance or replace other Indebtedness, if Incurred in a different currency from the Indebtedness being refinanced or replaced, shall be calculated based on the currency exchange rate applicable to the currencies in which such Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness is denominated that is in effect on the date of such refinancing.
(d) Unsecured Indebtedness shall not be treated as subordinated or junior to secured Indebtedness merely because it is unsecured and Indebtedness shall not be treated as subordinated or junior to any other Indebtedness merely because it has a junior priority with respect to the same collateral.
Section 4.11. Liens. The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, create, incur, assume or permit to exist any Lien on any property or asset now owned or hereafter acquired by it, except:
(i) Liens created under the Notes Documents and any Permitted Refinancing thereof;
(ii) Permitted Encumbrances;
Section 4.12. Fundamental Changes. The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, merge into, amalgamate or consolidate with any other Person, or permit any Person to merge into or consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of the assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) of the Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, to or in favor of any Person (other than as part of the Transactions); provided that the foregoing shall not prohibit (i) a merger, amalgamation or consolidation of any Blocker Subsidiary with the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary if the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, is the surviving entity, or (ii) the liquidation or dissolution of any Blocker Subsidiary.
Section 4.13. Investments. The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make or hold any Investment, except Permitted Investments at the time such Permitted Investment is made.
Section 4.14. Asset Sales.
(a) The Company shall not, and shall not permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, consummate any Asset Sale unless:
(i) the Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, receives consideration at least equal to the Fair Market Value (as determined at the time of contractually agreeing to such Asset Sale) of the Capital Stock, assets or property sold or otherwise disposed of pursuant to such Asset Sale; and
(ii) to the extent that the assets sold in such Asset Sale were part of the Collateral, the assets received as non-cash consideration shall not be Excluded Assets and are required to be pledged as Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents reasonably promptly after receipt by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof. For purposes of this clause (ii) the amount of:
(A) any liabilities (as shown on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s most recent balance sheet or in the notes thereto for which internal financial statements are available immediately preceding such date or, if incurred or accrued subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, such liabilities that would have been reflected on the Company’s or such Restricted Subsidiary’s balance sheet or in the notes thereto if such incurrence or accrual had taken place on or prior to the date of such balance sheet in the good faith determination of the Company) of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary (other than liabilities that are by their terms subordinated to the Notes) that are extinguished in connection with the transactions relating to such Asset Sale, or that are assumed by the transferee of any such assets, property or Capital Stock, in each case, pursuant to an agreement that releases or indemnifies the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary, as the case may be, from further liability therefor; and
(B) any securities, notes or other obligations or other assets or property received by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary from such transferee that are converted by the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary into cash or Cash Equivalents, or by their terms are required to be satisfied for cash or Cash Equivalents (to the extent of the cash or Cash Equivalents received), in each case within 180 days following the receipt thereof; and shall each be deemed to be Cash Equivalents.
(b) Within 180 days after the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sale, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, at its option, may apply an amount equal to the Net Cash Proceeds from such Asset Sale (or any portion thereof) as follows:
(i) if such Net Cash Proceeds are from an Asset Sale that is not a disposition of Collateral, to repay, prepay, defease, redeem, reduce, purchase or otherwise retire (and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto in the case of revolving borrowings): (x) Indebtedness of the Company (other than any Disqualified Equity Interest or subordinated obligations) that is secured by a Lien on assets that do not constitute a part of the Collateral (other than Indebtedness owed to an Affiliate of the Company) or (y) Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Disqualified Equity Interest or subordinated Guarantees) that is secured by a Lien on assets that do not constitute a part of the Collateral (other than Indebtedness owed to the Company or an Affiliate of the Company);
(ii) if such Net Cash Proceeds are from an Asset Sale that is not a disposition of Collateral, in the case of an Asset Sale by a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor, to repay, prepay, defease, redeem, reduce, purchase or otherwise retire (and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto in the case of revolving borrowings) Indebtedness of such Restricted Subsidiary or any other Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Guarantor;
(iii) to repay, prepay, defease, redeem, reduce, purchase or otherwise retire (and to correspondingly reduce commitments with respect thereto in the case of revolving borrowings), first, outstanding borrowings under any first-priority lien secured Indebtedness incurred under Section 4.10(a)(ii) of this Indenture and, thereafter on a pro rata basis, the Notes by, at its option (i) redeeming Notes as provided under Section 15.01, (ii) purchasing Notes through open market purchases (to the extent such purchases are at or above 100.0% of the principal amount thereof), or (iii) making an offer (in accordance with the procedures set forth below for an Asset Sale Offer) to all Holders to purchase their Notes at 100.0% of the principal amount thereof, plus the amount of accrued but unpaid interest, if any, on the amount of Notes that would otherwise be prepaid;
(iv) to make an investment in, purchase or otherwise acquire any one or more businesses, assets (other than working capital assets), properties or capital expenditures, in each case used or useful in the Company’s business or to make payments (including without limitation prepayments and progress payments) in connection with such investment, purchase or other acquisition; provided, that if such investment, purchase or acquisition is in the form of the acquisition of Capital Stock of a Person, such investment, purchase or acquisition results in such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary; provided, further, that the assets acquired with the Net Cash Proceeds of a disposition of Collateral shall not be Excluded Assets and are required to be pledged as Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents reasonably promptly after receipt by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof;
(v) to make an investment in, purchase or otherwise acquire any one or more businesses, assets (other than working capital assets) or properties that replace the businesses, assets and/or properties that are the subject to such Asset Sale; provided, that the assets acquired with the Net Cash Proceeds of a disposition of Collateral shall not be Excluded Assets and are required to be pledged as Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents reasonably promptly after receipt by the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof; or
(vi) any combination of the foregoing, provided, that the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries will be deemed to have complied with the provisions described in clause (iv) or (v) of this Section 4.14(b) if and to the extent that, within 180 days after the Company’s or any Restricted Subsidiary’s receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds, the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, has entered into and not abandoned or rejected a binding agreement to make an investment, purchase or other acquisition in compliance with the provision described in clause (iv) or (v) of this Section 4.14(b), and that investment, purchase or other acquisition is thereafter completed within 90 days after the end of such 180-day period
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that repatriation to the United States of any or all of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Asset Sales by a Foreign Subsidiary (x) is prohibited or delayed by applicable local law or (y) would have a material adverse tax consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or other net benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation that would not otherwise be realized), as determined by the Company in its sole discretion, the portion of such Net Cash Proceeds so affected will not be required to be applied in compliance with this covenant; provided that clause (x) of this paragraph shall apply to such amounts so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to the United States (the Company hereby agreeing to use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law, applicable organizational impediments or other impediment to permit such repatriation), and if such repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds is permitted under the applicable local law and is not subject to clause (y) of this paragraph, then, an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds will be promptly applied (net of additional taxes that would be payable or reserved against as a result of repatriating such amounts) in compliance with this covenant. The time periods set forth in this covenant shall not start until such time as the Net Cash Proceeds may be repatriated (whether or not such repatriation actually occurs).
(d) Pending the final application of any such Net Cash Proceeds, the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may temporarily reduce Indebtedness (including under a revolving debt facility) or otherwise invest or utilize such Net Cash Proceeds in any manner not prohibited by this Indenture. Any amount of Net Cash Proceeds from any Asset Sale that is not applied or invested as provided and within the time period set forth in Section 4.14(b) will be deemed to constitute “Excess Proceeds”; provided, that any amount of proceeds offered to Holders pursuant to clause (iii) of Section 4.14(b) or pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer made at any time after the Asset Sale shall be deemed to have been applied as required and shall not be deemed to be Excess Proceeds without regard to the extent to which such offer is accepted by the Holders. When the aggregate amount of Excess Proceeds exceeds $5.0 million, the Company will be required to make an offer (an “Asset Sale Offer”) to all Holders of Notes and, to the extent required by the terms of other pari passu Indebtedness, to all holders of other pari passu Indebtedness outstanding with similar provisions requiring the Company (or the Note Guarantor, as applicable) to make an offer to purchase such pari passu Indebtedness with the proceeds from any Asset Sale, to purchase the maximum principal amount of Notes and any such pari passu Indebtedness to which the Asset Sale Offer applies that may be purchased out of the Excess Proceeds, at an offer price in cash in an amount equal to 100.0% of the principal amount of the Notes and pari passu Indebtedness plus accrued and unpaid interest to (but not including) the date of purchase (or such lesser price with respect to the pari passu Indebtedness, if any, as may be provided by the terms of such Indebtedness), in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Indenture or the agreements governing the pari passu Indebtedness, as applicable.
(e) To the extent that the aggregate amount of Notes and pari passu Indebtedness so properly tendered and not withdrawn pursuant to an Asset Sale Offer is less than the Excess Proceeds, the Company may use any remaining Excess Proceeds for any purpose not prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of Notes surrendered by Holders thereof and other pari passu Indebtedness surrendered by Holders or lenders, collectively, exceeds the amount of Excess Proceeds, selection of Notes for purchase will be made by the Company in a manner consistent with Section 15.02(d). Upon completion of such Asset Sale Offer, the amount of Excess Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
Section 4.15. Activities of the Blocker Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture, the Blocker Subsidiaries may not (a) own any material assets (other than their existing equity interests in NextNav Holdings, LLC), (b) incur any Indebtedness or any other direct obligation or liability whatsoever, (c) create or acquire any Subsidiary or make or own any Investment in any Person (other than their existing equity interests in NextNav Holdings, LLC), or (d) create or suffer to exist any Lien upon any property or assets, or engage in any business or activity.
Section 4.16. Negative Pledge. The Company will not, and will not permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, enter into any agreement, instrument, deed or lease that prohibits or limits the ability of any Note Party to create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of their respective properties or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes with respect to the Notes Obligations or under the Notes Documents; provided, this restriction shall not apply to the documentation evidencing the Indebtedness permitted under Sections 4.10(a)(ii), 4.10(a)(iii) and 4.10(a)(xi) of this Indenture.
Section 4.17. Restricted Payments.
(a) The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:
(i) a Restricted Payment made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the issuance or sale of, Equity Interests of the Company (other than Disqualified Equity Interests and other than Equity Interests issued or sold to a Subsidiary or an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust to the extent such sale to an employee stock ownership plan or similar trust is financed by loans from or Guaranteed by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary unless such loans have been repaid with cash on or prior to the date of determination) or any cash capital contribution to the Company;
(ii) any purchase, repurchase, redemption, defeasance or other acquisition or retirement of Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary made by exchange for, or out of the proceeds of the issuance or sale of, Equity Interests of the Company or contributions to the equity capital of the Company (other than Disqualified Equity Interests);
(iii) the purchase, redemption or other acquisition, cancellation or retirement of Equity Interests of the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary: (a) deemed to occur upon the exercise or exchange of options, warrants, other rights to purchase or acquire Equity Interests of the Company or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Company if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise or exchange price thereof, or (b) made in lieu of or in connection with withholding or similar taxes payable or expected to be payable (not to exceed $3.0 million in the aggregate) by any future, present or former director, officer, employee, manager, consultant or independent contractor of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company (or their respective Affiliates, estates, heirs or immediate family members) in connection with the exercise or exchange of options, warrants, other rights to purchase or acquire Equity Interests of the Company or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for Equity Interests of the Company or the grant, vesting or delivery of any of the foregoing;
(iv) payments in lieu of the issuance of fractional shares in connection with any merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination, or in connection with any dividend, distribution or split of, or the exercise or exchange of options, warrants or other rights to purchase or acquire Equity Interests of the Company or other securities convertible into or exchangeable for, Equity Interests of the Company; and
(v) the purchase, redemption, acquisition, cancellation or other retirement of any Equity Interests of the Company or a Restricted Subsidiary to the extent necessary, in the good faith judgment of the Company, to prevent the loss or secure the renewal or reinstatement of any license, permit or other authorization held by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries issued by any governmental or regulatory authority or to comply with government contracting regulations.
(b) The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, make or pay, directly or indirectly, any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) of or in respect of principal of or interest on any Junior Financing, or any payment or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Indebtedness prior to the scheduled maturity date thereof, except:
(i) payment of regularly scheduled interest payments, payments of fees, expenses and indemnification obligations when due in respect of any Indebtedness;
(ii) refinancings of Indebtedness with proceeds of Permitted Refinancing Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under Section 4.10; and
(iii) the conversion of any Junior Financing to or payments with Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Company.
Section 4.18. Transactions with Affiliates. The Company will not, nor will it permit any Restricted Subsidiary to, sell, lease or otherwise transfer any property or assets to, or purchase, lease or otherwise acquire any property or assets from, or otherwise engage in any other transactions with, any of its Affiliates, except on terms substantially as favorable to the Company or such Restricted Subsidiary as would be obtainable by such Person at the time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate, as determined (i) in good faith by resolution of the Board of Directors of the Company and (ii) if the amount involved in such transaction exceeds $15.0 million, by a nationally-recognized independent appraiser retained for this purpose by the Company and reasonably acceptable to the Holder Representatives or the Holders of at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount outstanding of the Notes at such time.
Section 4.19. [Reserved]
Section 4.20. Change in Nature of Business. The Company and the Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, will not enter into any new line of business that is fundamentally and substantively different from their existing lines of business conducted by them on the Issue Date, taken as a whole, other than activities reasonably related, complementary or ancillary to such existing lines of business or reasonable extensions thereof.
Section 4.21. Accounting Changes. The Company shall not make any change in its fiscal year; provided, however, that the Company may, upon written notice by the Company to the Trustee, change its fiscal year to any other fiscal year reasonably acceptable to the Holder Representatives or Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, in which case, the Company and the Trustee, acting at the direction of the Holder Representatives or Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, will, and are hereby authorized to, make any adjustments to this Indenture that are necessary to reflect such change in fiscal year.
Section 4.22. Amendments or Waivers of Organizational Documents. The Company shall not, nor shall it permit any Note Party to, amend or modify their respective Organizational Documents in a manner that is materially adverse to the Holders of the Notes (in their capacities as such).
Section 4.23. Intellectual Property. Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture to the contrary, no disposition or transfer (via an Investment, Asset Sale or otherwise) of Intellectual Property material to the business or operations of the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries owned by a Note Party may be made to a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Note Party.
Section 4.24. Additional Note Guarantees.
(a) The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to either, (i) cause NextNav France, SAS (the “French Subsidiary”) to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit B (subject to the Agreed Guarantee Principles), pursuant to which the French Subsidiary shall unconditionally Guarantee, on a senior secured basis, all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture on the terms set forth in this Indenture; or
(ii) cause the French Subsidiary to transfer substantially all of its Intellectual Property (which, for the avoidence of doubt, constitutes the majority of the assets of the French Subsidiary as of the date of this Indenture) on a tax free basis to one or more Domestic Subsidiaries that are Note Guarantors, which transferred Intellectual Property shall, for the avoidance of doubt, constitute After-Acquired Property for purposes of this Indenture, such that following such transfer, the Fair Market Value of any remaining property and assets of the French Subsidiary, as reasonably estimated by the Company, shall not exceed $5.0 million (or its foreign currency equivalent). If the French Subsidiary completes such transfer, it shall be relieved of any obligation under clause (i) above to Guarantee the Company’s obligations under the Notes.
(b) Following the execution of a supplemental indenture pursuant to clause (a)(i) above, the French Subsidiary shall be a Note Guarantor for all purposes hereof until such Note Guarantee is released in accordance herewith. The Holder Representatives or the Holders of at least 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding may consent to any amendment to, or waiver of, the Company’s obligations under, clause (a)(i) hereof.
(c) To the extent any one of the Company’s Subsidiaries that is not a Note Guarantor as of the Issue Date Guarantees any Indebtedness of the Company or any Note Guarantor as of the Issue Date, the Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Subsidiary to execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture substantially in the form of Exhibit B (subject to the Agreed Guarantee Principles), pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall unconditionally Guarantee, on a senior secured basis, all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture on the terms set forth in this Indenture within 60 days after the Issue Date. Thereafter, such Subsidiary shall be a Note Guarantor for all purposes hereof until such Note Guarantee is released in accordance herewith.
(d) If any one of the Company’s Subsidiaries that is not a Note Guarantor Guarantees any Indebtedness of the Company or any Guarantor after the Issue Date, that Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit B, pursuant to which such Subsidiary shall unconditionally Guarantee, on a senior secured basis, all of the Company’s obligations under the Notes and this Indenture on the terms set forth in this Indenture, in each case within 60 days of the date on which such Subsidiary provided such guarantee. Thereafter, such Subsidiary shall be a Note Guarantor for all purposes hereof until such Note Guarantee is released in accordance herewith.
(e) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the supplemental indenture and notation of Note Guarantee may be modified in respect of any Note Guarantor organized outside of the United States of America as necessary or appropriate to (1) comply with applicable law, (2) avoid or comply with any general legal limitations such as general statutory limitations, financial assistance, corporate benefit, “thin capitalization” rules, retention of title claims or similar matters or (3) avoid a conflict with the fiduciary duties of such company’s directors, contravention of any legal prohibition or regulatory condition, or the material risk of personal or criminal liability for any officers or directors (collectively referred to as “Agreed Guarantee Principles”), in each case as determined by the Company in its sole discretion.
Section 4.25. After-Acquired Property. From and after the Issue Date, and subject to the applicable limitations and exceptions set forth in the Collateral Documents and this Indenture (including with respect to Excluded Assets), if the Company or any Note Guarantor acquires any After-Acquired Property or if any new Subsidiary becomes a Note Guarantor, the Company or such Note Guarantor shall promptly (but so long as this Indenture is outstanding in no circumstance sooner than required with respect to this Indenture) (i) grant a first-priority perfected security interest (subject to Permitted Encumbrances) upon any such property, as security for the Notes Obligations and (ii) execute and deliver such mortgages, deeds of trust, security instruments, financing statements and certificates as shall be necessary to vest in the Notes Collateral Agent a perfected security interest, subject only to Permitted Encumbrances, in such After-Acquired Property or in the Collateral of such Note Guarantor and to have such After-Acquired Property or such Collateral (but subject to the limitations set forth in the Collateral Documents) added to the Collateral, and thereupon all provisions of this Indenture relating to the Collateral shall be deemed to relate to such After-Acquired Property or Collateral to the same extent and with the same force and effect, and deliver certificates and Opinions of Counsel consistent with the ones delivered in the applicable jurisdiction in connection with other Collateral Documents or in the case of any jurisdiction where no Liens were previously granted, such certificates and Opinions of Counsel as are customary in such jurisdiction; provided, however, that if granting such security interest in such After-Acquired Property or Collateral requires the consent of a third party, the Company will use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain such consent with respect to the security interest for the benefit of the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent on behalf of the Holders of the Notes; provided further, however, that if such third party does not consent to the granting of such security interest after the use of such commercially reasonable efforts, the Company or such Note Guarantor, as the case may be, will not be required to provide such security interest.
Section 4.26. No Impairment of the Security Interests. Except as otherwise permitted under this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, none of the Company nor any of the Note Guarantors shall be permitted to take any action, or knowingly omit to take any action, which action or omission would have the result of materially impairing the security interest with respect to the Collateral for the benefit of the Trustee, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Holders of the Notes.
ARTICLE 5
Section 5.01. Lists of Holders. The Company covenants and agrees that it will furnish or cause to be furnished to the Trustee, semi-annually, not more than 15 days after each June 30 and December 31 in each year beginning with December 31, 2024, and at such other times as the Trustee may request in writing, within 30 days after receipt by the Company of any such request (or such lesser time as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to enable it to timely provide any notice or payment to be provided by it hereunder), a list in such form as the Trustee may reasonably require of the (i) names, (ii) postal addresses, (iii) email addresses, and (iv) account details and wiring instructions for payment hereunder, of the Holders as of a date not more than 15 days (or such other date as the Trustee may reasonably request in order to so provide any such notices or payment) prior to the time such information is furnished, except that no such list need be furnished so long as the Trustee is acting as Note Registrar.
Section 5.02. Preservation and Disclosure of Lists. The Trustee shall preserve, in as current a form as is reasonably practicable, all information as to the names and addresses of the Holders contained in the most recent list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 or maintained by the Trustee in its capacity as Note Registrar, if so acting. The Trustee may dispose of any list furnished to it as provided in Section 5.01 upon receipt of a new list so furnished.
ARTICLE 6
Section 6.01. Events of Default. Each of the following events shall be an “Event of Default” with respect to the Notes:
(a) default in any payment of interest on any Note when due and payable, and the default continues for a period of 30 days;
(b) default in the payment of principal of any Note when due and payable on the Maturity Date, upon any required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise;
(c) [reserved]
(d) [reserved]
(e) failure by the Company to comply with its obligations under Article 11;
(f) failure by the Company for 60 days after written notice from the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in principal amount of the Notes then outstanding has been received by the Company to comply with any of its other agreements contained in the Notes or this Indenture;
(g) any Note Guarantee by a Significant Subsidiary ceases to be in full force and effect in all material respects or any Note Guarantor that is a Significant Subsidiary denies or disaffirms such Note Guarantor’s obligations under this Indenture or any Note Guarantee;
(h) any Lien purported to be created under any Collateral Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Note Party in writing not to be, a valid and perfected Lien on any material portion of the Collateral, except (i) as a result of the sale or other disposition of the applicable Collateral to a Person that is not a Note Party in a transaction permitted under the Collateral Documents, (ii) as a result of the Collateral Agent’s failure to maintain possession of any stock certificates, promissory notes or other instruments delivered to it under the Collateral Documents, (iii) as a result of the Collateral Agent’s failure to file Uniform Commercial Code continuation statements or (iv) as to Collateral consisting of real property, to the extent that such losses are covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied coverage;
(i) default by the Company or any Significant Subsidiary of the Company with respect to any mortgage, agreement or other instrument under which there may be outstanding, or by which there may be secured or evidenced, any indebtedness for money borrowed in excess of $1,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) in the aggregate of the Company and/or any such Subsidiary, whether such indebtedness now exists or shall hereafter be created (i) resulting in such indebtedness becoming or being declared due and payable or (ii) constituting a failure to pay the principal or interest of any such debt when due and payable at its stated maturity, upon required repurchase, upon declaration of acceleration or otherwise, in each case, if such default is not cured or waived, or such acceleration is not rescinded, within 30 days after written notice is delivered to the Company by the Trustee or is delivered to the Company and the Trustee by Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, in accordance with this Indenture;
(j) a final judgment or judgments for the payment of $1,000,000 (or its foreign currency equivalent) or more (excluding any amounts covered by insurance) in the aggregate is rendered against the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, which judgment is not discharged, paid, bonded, waived or stayed within 30 days after (i) the date on which the right to appeal thereof has expired if no such appeal has commenced, or (ii) the date on which all rights to appeal have been extinguished;
(k) the Company or any Significant Subsidiary shall commence a voluntary case or other proceeding seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, interim receiver, manager, monitor, liquidator, custodian, voluntary administrator or other similar official of the Company or any such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of its property, or shall consent to any such relief or to the appointment of or taking possession by any such official in an involuntary case or other proceeding commenced against it, or shall make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or shall fail generally to pay its debts as they become due; or
(l) an involuntary case or other proceeding shall be commenced against the Company or any Significant Subsidiary seeking liquidation, reorganization or other relief with respect to the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or its debts under any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in effect or seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver, interim receiver, manager, monitor, liquidator, custodian, voluntary administrator or other similar official of the Company or such Significant Subsidiary or any substantial part of its property, and such involuntary case or other proceeding shall remain undismissed and unstayed for a period of 30 consecutive days.
Section 6.02. Acceleration; Rescission and Annulment. If one or more Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing (whatever the reason for such Event of Default and whether it shall be voluntary or involuntary or be effected by operation of law or pursuant to any judgment, decree or order of any court or any order, rule or regulation of any administrative or governmental body), then, and in each and every such case (other than an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(k) or Section 6.01(l) with respect to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries), unless the principal of all of the Notes shall have already become due and payable, either the Trustee or the Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04, by notice in writing to the Company (and to the Trustee if given by Holders), may declare 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest on, all the Notes to be due and payable immediately, and upon any such declaration the same shall become and shall automatically be immediately due and payable, anything contained in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary notwithstanding. If an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(k) or Section 6.01(l) with respect to the Company or any of its Significant Subsidiaries occurs and is continuing, 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all Notes shall become and shall automatically be immediately due and payable.
The immediately preceding paragraph, however, is subject to the conditions that if, at any time after the principal of the Notes shall have been so declared due and payable, and before any judgment or decree for the payment of the monies due shall have been obtained or entered as hereinafter provided, the Company shall pay or shall irrevocably deposit with the Trustee a sum sufficient to pay installments of accrued and unpaid interest upon all Notes and the principal of any and all Notes that shall have become due otherwise than by acceleration (with interest on overdue installments of accrued and unpaid interest to the extent that payment of such interest is enforceable under applicable law, and on such principal at the rate borne by the Notes) and amounts due to the Trustee pursuant to Section 7.06, and if (1) rescission would not conflict with any judgment or decree of a court of competent jurisdiction and (2) any and all existing Events of Default under this Indenture, other than the nonpayment of the principal of and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on Notes that shall have become due solely by such acceleration, shall have been cured or waived pursuant to Section 6.09, then and in every such case (except as provided in the immediately succeeding sentence) the Holder Representatives or the Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, by written notice to the Company and to the Trustee, may waive all existing and past Defaults or Events of Default with respect to the Notes and rescind and annul such declaration and its consequences and such Default shall cease to exist, and any Event of Default arising therefrom shall be deemed to have been cured for every purpose of this Indenture; but no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any subsequent Default or Event of Default, or shall impair any right consequent thereon. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no such waiver or rescission and annulment shall extend to or shall affect any Default or Event of Default resulting from the nonpayment of the principal of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, any Notes.
Section 6.03. Additional Interest.
(a) If an Event of Default with respect to the Notes occurs and is continuing, Additional Interest shall accrue on the Notes at a rate equal to 2.00% per annum of the principal amount of Notes outstanding from the date of occurrence of such Event of Default, except that if any cure period applies with respect to such Event of Default, from the date immediately after the expiration of such cure period. Such Additional Interest payable pursuant to this Section 6.03(a) shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, any regular interest payable on such Notes. Additional Interest will be payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date following accrual in the same manner as regular interest on the Notes.
(b) Notwithstanding anything in this Indenture or in the Notes to the contrary, to the extent the Company elects, the sole remedy for an Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b) shall (i) for the first 90 days after the occurrence of such an Event of Default (beginning on, and including the date on which such an Event of Default first occurs), consist exclusively of the right to receive Additional Interest on the Notes at a rate equal to 0.25% per annum of the principal amount of the Notes outstanding for each day during such 90-day period on which such Event of Default is continuing and (ii) for the period from, and including, the 91st day after the occurrence of such an Event of Default to, and including, the 180th day after the occurrence of such an Event of Default, consist exclusively of the right to receive Additional Interest on the Notes at a rate equal to 0.50% per annum of the principal amount of Notes outstanding for each day during such additional 90- day period on which such an Event of Default is continuing, subject to the second immediately succeeding paragraph. Additional Interest payable pursuant to this Section 6.03(b) shall be in addition to, not in lieu of, any Additional Interest payable pursuant to Section 4.06(d) or Section 4.06(e). If the Company so elects, such Additional Interest shall be payable in the same manner and on the same dates as the stated interest payable on the Notes. On the 181st day after such Event of Default (if the Event of Default relating to the Company’s failure to file is not cured or waived prior to such 181st day), the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02. The provisions of this paragraph will not affect the rights of Holders of Notes in the event of the occurrence of any Event of Default other than the Company’s failure to comply with its obligations as set forth in Section 4.06(b). In the event the Company does not elect to pay Additional Interest following an Event of Default in accordance with this Section 6.03(b) or the Company elected to make such payment but does not pay the Additional Interest when due, the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02.
In order to elect to pay Additional Interest as the sole remedy during the first 180 days after the occurrence of any Event of Default described in the immediately preceding paragraph, the Company must notify all Holders of the Notes, the Trustee and the Paying Agent in writing of such election prior to the beginning of such 180-day period. Upon the failure to timely give such notice, the Notes shall be immediately subject to acceleration as provided in Section 6.02.
In no event will the rate of any such Additional Interest payable pursuant to this Section 6.03(b), when taken together with any Additional Interest that may accrue as a result of the Company’s failure to timely file any document or report that the Company is required to file with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, as applicable (after giving effect to all applicable grace periods thereunder and other than reports on Form 8-K), as described under Section 4.06(d), accrue at a rate in excess of 0.50% per annum, regardless of the number of events or circumstances giving rise to the requirement to pay such Additional Interest.
Section 6.04. Payments of Notes on Default; Suit Therefor. If an Event of Default described in clause (a) or (b) of Section 6.01 shall have occurred and be continuing, the Company shall, upon demand of the Trustee, pay to the Trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of the Notes, the whole amount then due and payable on the Notes for principal and interest, if any, with interest on any overdue principal and interest, if any, at the rate borne by the Notes at such time, and, in addition thereto, such further amount as shall be sufficient to cover any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06. If the Company shall fail to pay such amounts forthwith upon such demand, the Trustee, in its own name and as Trustee of an express trust, may institute a judicial proceeding for the collection of the sums so due and unpaid, may prosecute such proceeding to judgment or final decree and may enforce the same against the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes and collect the moneys adjudged or decreed to be payable in the manner provided by law out of the property of the Company or any other obligor upon the Notes, wherever situated.
In the event there shall be pending proceedings for the bankruptcy or for the reorganization of the Company or any other Significant Subsidiary on the Notes under Title 11 of the United States Code, or any other applicable law, or in case a receiver, interim receiver, manager, monitor, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, sequestrator or similar official shall have been appointed for or taken possession of the Company or such other Significant Subsidiary, the property of the Company or such other Significant Subsidiary, or in the event of any other judicial proceedings relative to the Company or such other Significant Subsidiary upon the Notes, or to the creditors or property of the Company or such other Significant Subsidiary, the Trustee, irrespective of whether the principal of the Notes shall then be due and payable as therein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Trustee shall have made any demand pursuant to the provisions of this Section 6.04, shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceedings or otherwise, to file and prove a claim or claims for the whole amount of principal and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, in respect of the Notes, and, in case of any judicial proceedings, to file such proofs of claim and other papers or documents and to take such other actions as it may deem necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Trustee (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel) and of the Holders allowed in such judicial proceedings relative to the Company or any other obligor on the Notes, its or their creditors, or its or their property, and to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims, and to distribute the same after the deduction of any amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06; and any receiver, interim receiver, manager, monitor, assignee or trustee in bankruptcy or reorganization, liquidator, custodian or similar official is hereby authorized by each of the Holders to make such payments to the Trustee, as administrative expenses, and, in the event that such payments shall be made directly to the Holders, to pay to the Trustee any amount due it for reasonable compensation, expenses, advances and disbursements, including agents and counsel fees, and including any other amounts due to the Trustee under Section 7.06, incurred by it up to the date of such distribution.
Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to authorize the Trustee to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Holder any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting such Holder or the rights of any Holder thereof, or to authorize the Trustee to vote in respect of the claim of any Holder in any such proceeding.
All rights of action and of asserting claims under this Indenture, or under any of the Notes, may be enforced by the Trustee without the possession of any of the Notes, or the production thereof at any trial or other proceeding relative thereto, and any such suit or proceeding instituted by the Trustee shall be brought in its own name as Trustee of an express trust, and any recovery of judgment shall, after provision for the payment of the reasonable compensation, costs, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Trustee, its agents and counsel, be for the ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes.
In any proceedings brought by the Trustee (and in any proceedings involving the interpretation of any provision of this Indenture to which the Trustee shall be a party) the Trustee shall be held to represent all the Holders of the Notes, and it shall not be necessary to make any Holders of the Notes parties to any such proceedings.
In case the Trustee shall have proceeded to enforce any right under this Indenture and such proceedings shall have been discontinued or abandoned because of any waiver pursuant to Section
6.09 or any rescission and annulment pursuant to Section 6.02 or for any other reason or shall have been determined adversely to the Trustee, then and in every such case the Company, the Holders and the Trustee shall, subject to any determination in such proceeding, be restored respectively to their several positions and rights hereunder, and all rights, remedies and powers of the Company, the Holders and the Trustee shall continue as though no such proceeding had been instituted.
Section 6.05. Application of Monies Collected by Trustee. Any monies collected by the Trustee pursuant to this Article 6 with respect to the Notes and any money or other property distributable in respect of any grantor’s Notes Obligations under this Indenture after an Event of Default shall be applied in the following order, at the date or dates fixed by the Trustee for the distribution of such monies or other property, upon presentation of the several Notes, and stamping thereon the payment, if only partially paid, and upon surrender thereof, if fully paid:
First, to the payment of all amounts due to the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee, in all of its capacities, under this Indenture, and their respective agents and attorneys for all amounts due under the Notes Documents, including payment of all compensation, expenses and liabilities incurred, and all advances made, by the Trustee, in all of its capacities under this Indenture, the Notes Collateral Agent and their respective agents and attorneys and the costs and expenses of collection;
Second, in case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall not have become due and be unpaid, to the payment of interest on the Notes in default in the order of the date due of the payments of such interest, with interest (to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee) upon such overdue payments at the rate borne by the Notes at such time, such payments to be made ratably to the Persons entitled thereto;
Third, in case the principal of the outstanding Notes shall have become due, by declaration or otherwise, and be unpaid to the payment of the whole amount then owing and unpaid upon the Notes for principal and interest, if any, with interest on the overdue principal and, to the extent that such interest has been collected by the Trustee, upon overdue installments of interest at the rate borne by the Notes at such time, and in case such monies shall be insufficient to pay in full the whole amounts so due and unpaid upon the Notes, then to the payment of such principal and interest without preference or priority of principal over interest, or of interest over principal or of any installment of interest over any other installment of interest, or of any Note over any other Note, ratably to the aggregate of such principal and accrued and unpaid interest; and
Fourth, to the payment of the remainder, if any, to the Company.
Section 6.06. Proceedings by Holders. Except to enforce the right to receive payment of principal or interest when due, no Holder of any Note shall have any right by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to institute any suit, action or proceeding in equity or at law upon or under or with respect to this Indenture, or for the appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, manager, monitor, trustee, liquidator, custodian or other similar official, or for any other remedy hereunder, unless:
(a) such Holder previously shall have given to the Trustee written notice of an Event of Default and of the continuance thereof, as herein provided;
(b) Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding shall have made written request upon the Trustee to institute such action, suit or proceeding in its own name as Trustee hereunder;
(c) such Holders shall have offered to the Trustee such security, prefunding and/or indemnity reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, liability, claim, cost, damage or expense to be incurred therein or thereby;
(d) the Trustee for 60 days after its receipt of such notice, request and offer of such security, prefunding and/or indemnity, shall have neglected or refused to institute any such action, suit or proceeding; and
(e) no direction that, in the opinion of the Trustee, is inconsistent with such written request shall have been given to the Trustee by the Holder Representatives or the Holders of 60% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding within such 60-day period pursuant to Section 6.09, it being understood and intended, and being expressly covenanted by the taker and Holder of every Note with every other taker and Holder and the Trustee that no one or more Holders shall have any right in any manner whatever by virtue of or by availing of any provision of this Indenture to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights of any other Holder (it being understood that the Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility to determine whether any such action is prejudicial to the Holders), or to obtain or seek to obtain priority over or preference to any other such Holder, or to enforce any right under this Indenture, except in the manner herein provided and for the equal, ratable and common benefit of all Holders (except as otherwise provided herein). For the protection and enforcement of this Section 6.06, each and every Holder and the Trustee shall be entitled to such relief as can be given either at law or in equity.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Indenture and any provision of any Note, the right of any Holder to receive payment or delivery, as the case may be, of (x) the principal of and
(y) accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, such Note, on or after the respective due dates expressed or provided for in such Note or in this Indenture, or to institute suit for the enforcement of any such payment or delivery, as the case may be, on or after such respective dates against the Company shall not be impaired or affected without the consent of such Holder.
Section 6.07. Proceedings by Trustee. In case of an Event of Default, the Trustee may proceed to protect and enforce the rights vested in it by this Indenture by such appropriate judicial proceedings as are necessary to protect and enforce any of such rights, either by suit in equity or by action at law or by proceeding in bankruptcy or otherwise, whether for the specific enforcement of any covenant or agreement contained in this Indenture or in aid of the exercise of any power granted in this Indenture, or to enforce any other legal or equitable right vested in the Trustee by this Indenture or by law.
Section 6.08. Remedies Cumulative and Continuing. Except as provided in the last paragraph of Section 2.06, all powers and remedies given by this Article 6 to the Trustee or to the Holders shall, to the extent permitted by law, be deemed cumulative and not exclusive of any thereof or of any other powers and remedies available to the Trustee or the Holders of the Notes, by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to enforce the performance or observance of the covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture, and no delay or omission of the Trustee or of any Holder of any of the Notes to exercise any right or power accruing during the continuance of any Default or Event of Default shall impair any such right or power, or shall be construed to be a waiver of any such Default or Event of Default or any acquiescence therein; and, subject to the provisions of Section 6.06, every power and remedy given by this Article 6 or by law to the Trustee or to the Holders may be exercised from time to time, and as often as shall be deemed expedient, by the Trustee or by the Holders.
Section 6.09. Direction of Proceedings and Waiver of Defaults by the Holder Representatives or the Holders of at least 60% of the Aggregate Principal Amount of the Notes. The Holder Representatives or the Holders of at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04 shall have the right to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee or exercising any trust or power conferred on the Trustee with respect to the Notes; provided, however, that (a) such direction shall not be in conflict with any rule of law or with this Indenture, and (b) the Trustee may take any other action deemed proper by the Trustee that is not inconsistent with such direction. The Trustee may refuse to follow any direction that it determines is unduly prejudicial to the rights of any other Holder or that would involve the Trustee in personal liability, it being expressly understood that the Trustee shall not have an affirmative duty to ascertain whether such action is prejudicial. The Holder Representatives or the Holders of at least 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04 may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any existing or past Default or Event of Default hereunder and its consequences except (i) a default in the payment of accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, or the principal of, the Notes when due that has not been cured pursuant to the provisions of Section 6.01, or (ii) a default in respect of a covenant or provision hereof which under Article 10 cannot be modified or amended without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected. Upon any such waiver the Company, the Trustee and the Holders of the Notes shall be restored to their former positions and rights hereunder; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon. Whenever any Default or Event of Default hereunder shall have been waived as permitted by this Section 6.09, said Default or Event of Default shall for all purposes of the Notes and this Indenture be deemed to have been cured and to be not continuing; but no such waiver shall extend to any subsequent or other Default or Event of Default or impair any right consequent thereon.
Section 6.10. Notice of Defaults. The Trustee shall, within 90 days after the occurrence and continuance of a Default of which a Responsible Officer has actual knowledge, deliver to all Holders notice of all Defaults actually known to a Responsible Officer, unless such Defaults shall have been cured or waived before the giving of such notice; provided that, except in the case of a Default in the payment of the principal of, or accrued and unpaid interest on, any of the Notes, the Trustee shall be protected in withholding such notice if and so long as the Trustee in good faith determines that the withholding of such notice is in the interests of the Holders.
Section 6.11. Undertaking to Pay Costs. All parties to this Indenture agree, and each Holder of any Note by its acceptance thereof shall be deemed to have agreed, that any court may, in its discretion, require, in any suit for the enforcement of any right or remedy under this Indenture, or in any suit against the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it as Trustee, the filing by any party litigant in such suit of an undertaking to pay the costs of such suit and that such court may in its discretion assess reasonable costs, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses, against any party litigant in such suit, having due regard to the merits and good faith of the claims or defenses made by such party litigant; provided that the provisions of this Section 6.11 (to the extent permitted by law) shall not apply to any suit instituted by the Trustee, to any suit instituted by any Holder, or group of Holders, holding in the aggregate more than 10% in principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined in accordance with Section 8.04, or to any suit instituted by any Holder for the enforcement of the payment of the principal of or accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on any Note on or after the due date expressed or provided for in such Note.
ARTICLE 7
Section 7.01. Duties and Responsibilities of Trustee. The Trustee, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiver of all Events of Default that may have occurred, undertakes to perform such duties and only such duties as are specifically set forth in this Indenture. In the event an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing of which a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge, the Trustee shall exercise such of the rights and powers vested in it by this Indenture, and use the same degree of care and skill in its exercise, as a prudent person would exercise or use under the circumstances in the conduct of such person’s own affairs; provided that if an Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Trustee will be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers under this Indenture at the written request or direction of any of the Holders unless such Holders have offered to the Trustee indemnity and/or security (including by way of prefunding) reasonably satisfactory to it against any loss, claim, liability cost, damage or expense that might be incurred by it in compliance with such request or direction.
No provision of this Indenture shall be construed to relieve the Trustee from liability for its own grossly negligent action, its own grossly negligent failure to act or its own willful misconduct, except that:
(a) prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default and after the curing or waiving of all Events of Default that may have occurred:
(i) the duties and obligations of the Trustee shall be determined solely by the express provisions of this Indenture, and the Trustee shall not be liable except for the performance of such duties and obligations as are specifically set forth in this Indenture and no implied covenants or obligations shall be read into this Indenture against the Trustee; and
(ii) in the absence of gross negligence and willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely, as to the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions expressed therein, upon any certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Indenture; but, in the case of any such certificates or opinions that by any provisions hereof are specifically required to be furnished to the Trustee, the Trustee shall be under a duty to examine the same to determine whether or not they conform to the requirements of this Indenture (but need not confirm or investigate the accuracy of any mathematical calculations or other facts stated therein);
(b) the Trustee shall not be liable for any error of judgment made in good faith by a Responsible Officer or Officers of the Trustee, unless it shall be proved that the Trustee was grossly negligent in ascertaining the pertinent facts;
(c) the Trustee shall not be liable with respect to any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in accordance with the direction of the Holder Representatives or the Holders of not less than 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding determined as provided in Section 8.04 relating to the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any remedy available to the Trustee, or exercising any trust or power conferred upon the Trustee, under this Indenture;
(d) whether or not therein provided, every provision of this Indenture relating to the conduct or affecting the liability of, or affording protection to, the Trustee shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 7.01;
(e) the Trustee shall not be liable in respect of any payment (as to the correctness of amount, entitlement to receive or any other matters relating to payment) or notice effected by the Company or any Paying Agent or any records maintained by any co-Note Registrar with respect to the Notes;
(f) if any party fails to deliver a notice relating to an event the fact of which, pursuant to this Indenture, requires notice to be sent to the Trustee, the Trustee may conclusively rely on its failure to receive such notice as reason to act as if no such event occurred, unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee had actual knowledge of such event;
(g) in the absence of written investment direction from the Company, all cash received by the Trustee shall be placed in a non-interest bearing trust account, and in no event shall the Trustee be liable for the selection of investments or for investment losses, fees, taxes or other charges incurred thereon or for losses incurred as a result of the liquidation of any such investment prior to its maturity date or the failure of the party directing such investments prior to its maturity date to provide timely written investment direction, and the Trustee shall have no obligation to invest or reinvest any amounts held hereunder in the absence of such written investment direction from the Company;
(h) the Trustee shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Trustee may agree in writing with the Company; and
(i) in the event that the Trustee is also acting as Custodian, Note Registrar, Paying Agent or transfer agent hereunder, the rights and protections afforded to the Trustee pursuant to this Article 7 shall also be afforded to such Custodian, Note Registrar, Paying Agent or transfer agent.
None of the provisions contained in this Indenture shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur personal financial liability in the performance of any of its duties or in the exercise of any of its rights or powers if there are reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured to it. Under no circumstances will the Trustee be liable in its individual capacity for the obligations evidenced by the Notes.
Section 7.02. Reliance on Documents, Opinions, Etc. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01:
(a) before the Trustee acts or refrains from acting, it may require an Officer’s Certificate or an Opinion of Counsel or both. The Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel;
(b) the Trustee may conclusively rely and shall be fully protected in acting or refraining from acting upon any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, consent, order, bond, note, coupon or other paper or document believed by it in good faith to be genuine and to have been signed or presented by the proper party or parties and the Trustee need not investigate any fact or matter stated in any such document;
(c) any request, direction, order or demand of the Company mentioned herein shall be in writing and sufficiently evidenced by an Officer’s Certificate (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed); and, if requested by the Trustee, an Opinion of Counsel (except as set forth in Section 17.05); and any Board Resolution may be evidenced to the Trustee by a copy thereof certified by the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Company;
(d) the Trustee will not be liable for any action it takes, suffers or omits to take in good faith that it believes to be authorized or within the discretion or rights or powers conferred upon it by this Indenture;
(e) the Trustee may consult with counsel of its selection and require an Opinion of Counsel and any advice of such counsel or Opinion of Counsel shall be full and complete authorization and protection in respect of any action taken or omitted by it hereunder in good faith and in accordance with such advice or Opinion of Counsel;
(f) the Trustee shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture or other paper or document, but the Trustee may make such further inquiry or investigation into such facts or matters as it may see fit, and, if the Trustee shall determine to make such further inquiry or investigation, it shall be entitled to examine the books, records and premises of the Company, personally or by agent or attorney at the expense of the Company and shall incur no liability of any kind by reason of such inquiry or investigation;
(g) the Trustee may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents, custodians, nominees or attorneys and the Trustee shall not be responsible for any act, omissions, misconduct or negligence on the part of any agent, custodian, nominee or attorney appointed by it with due care hereunder;
(h) (i) in the event the Trustee receives inconsistent or conflicting requests and indemnity from the Holder Representatives and any group or groups of Holders, regardless of the percentage in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding owned by such group or groups of Holders, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee shall follow the instructions of, and accept the indemnity from, the Holder Representatives; and
(ii) in the event the Trustee receives inconsistent or conflicting requests and indemnity from two or more groups of Holders, each representing less than 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee, in its sole discretion, may determine what action, if any, will be taken and the Trustee shall be entitled not to take any action until such instructions have been resolved or clarified to its satisfaction and the Trustee shall not be or become liable in any way or person for any failure to comply with any conflicting, unclear or equivocal instructions;
(i) the permissive rights of the Trustee enumerated herein shall not be construed as duties;
(j) the Trustee shall not be deemed to have notice of any Default or Event of Default unless a Responsible Officer of the Trustee has actual knowledge thereof or unless written notice of any event which is in fact such a default is received by the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of the Trustee, and such notice references the Notes and this Indenture;
(k) the rights, privileges, protections, indemnities, immunities and benefits given to the Trustee, including, without limitation, its right to be indemnified and/or secured (including by way of prefunding) to its satisfaction, are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee in each of its capacities hereunder, and each agent, custodian and other Person employed to act hereunder;
(l) the Trustee shall not be required to give any bond or surety in respect of the performance of its powers and duties hereunder;
(m) unless this Indenture specifically provides otherwise, any demand, request, direction or notice from the Company will be sufficient if signed by an Officer of the Company;
(n) the Trustee may request that the Company deliver a certificate setting forth the names of individuals and/or titles of officers authorized at such time to take specified actions pursuant to this Indenture;
(o) the Trustee may refrain from taking any action in any jurisdiction if the taking of such action in that jurisdiction would, in its reasonable opinion, based upon legal advice in the relevant jurisdiction, be contrary to any law, regulation or directive of that jurisdiction or, to the extent applicable, the State of New York or any directive, sanction or regulation of any agency of any such state or jurisdiction and may without liability do anything which is, in its reasonable opinion based upon legal advice, necessary to comply with any such law, directive or regulation;
(p) the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Indenture at the request, order or direction of any of the Holders pursuant to the provisions of this Indenture, unless such Holders shall have offered and, if requested, provided to the Trustee, indemnity and/or other security (including by way of prefunding) reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by it in compliance with such request, order or direction;
(q) the Trustee shall not have any obligation or duty to monitor, determine or inquire as to compliance, and shall not be responsible or liable for compliance with restrictions on transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase or repurchase, as applicable, of minimum denominations imposed under this Indenture or under applicable law or regulation with respect to any transfer, exchange, redemption, purchase or repurchase, as applicable, of any interest in any Notes;
(r) the Trustee shall have no duty (A) to see any recording, filing, or depositing of this Indenture or any Collateral Document, or any financing statement or continuation statement evidencing a security interest, or to see to the maintenance of such recording or filing or depositing, or to any re-recording, refiling, or redepositing of any thereof, or otherwise monitoring the perfection, continuation of perfection, or the sufficiency or validity of any security interest in or related to any Collateral or (B) to see to the payment or discharge of any tax, assessment, or other governmental charge or any lien or encumbrance of any kind owing with respect to, assessed or levied against, any part of the Collateral;
(s) the Trustee may assume without inquiry in the absence of actual knowledge that the Company and each Note Guarantor is duly complying with their obligations contained in any Note Document required to be performed and observed by them, and that no Default or Event of Default or other event which would require repayment of the Notes has occurred;
(t) the Trustee shall have no obligation whatsoever to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by any grantor or is cared for, protected, insured or has been encumbered, or that any Liens on the Collateral have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether the property constituting collateral intending to be subject to the interest and the interest of the Collateral Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto;
(u) the Trustee shall have no duty to monitor the performance or actions of the Notes Collateral Agent. The Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for the actions or omissions of the Notes Collateral Agent. In each case that the Trustee is requested hereunder or under any of the Collateral Documents to give direction or provide any consent or approval to the Collateral Trustee, the Issuer or to any other party, the Trustee may seek direction from the Holder Representatives or the Holders of at least 60% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. If the Trustee requests direction from the Holder Representatives or the Holders of at least 60% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes with respect to giving any direction to the Notes Collateral Agent, the Trustee shall be entitled to refrain from giving such direction unless and until the Trustee shall have received direction from the Holder Representatives or the Holders of at least 60% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, and the Trustee shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining;
(v) At any time that the security granted pursuant to the Collateral Documents has become enforceable and the Holder Representatives or the Holders of at least 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes have given a direction to the Trustee to enforce such security, the Trustee is not required to give any direction to the Notes Collateral Agent with respect thereto unless it has been indemnified in accordance with Section 7.01 and Section 7.02(p) of this Indenture. In any event, in connection with any enforcement of such security, the Trustee is not responsible for:
(i) any failure of the Notes Collateral Agent to enforce such security within a reasonable time or at all;
(ii) any failure of the Notes Collateral Agent to pay over the proceeds of enforcement of the Collateral;
(iii) any failure of the Notes Collateral Agent to realize such security for the best price obtainable;
(iv) monitoring the activities of the Notes Collateral Agent in relation to such enforcement;
(v) taking any enforcement action itself in relation to such security;
(vi) agreeing to any proposed course of action by the Notes Collateral Agent which could result in the Trustee incurring any liability for its own account; or
(vii) paying any fees, costs or expenses of the Notes Collateral Agent;
(w) No provision of this Indenture or of the Notes Documents shall require the Trustee to indemnify the Notes Collateral Agent, and the Notes Collateral Agent shall be required to waive any claim it may otherwise have by operation of law in any jurisdiction to be indemnified by the Trustee acting as principal vis-à-vis its agent, the Notes Collateral Agent (but this shall not prejudice the Notes Collateral Agent's rights to bring any claim or suit against the Trustee (including for damages in the case of gross negligence or willful default of the Trustee)) and
(x) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to effect or maintain insurance or to renew any policies of insurance or to inquire as to the sufficiency of any policies of insurance carried by the Company or Notes Guarantor, or to report, or make or file claims or proof of loss for, any loss or damage insured against it that may occur, or to keep itself informed or advised as to the payment of any taxes or assessments, or to require any such payment be made.
(y) In no event shall the Trustee be liable for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential loss or damage of any kind whatsoever (including but not limited to lost profits), even if the Trustee has been advised of the likelihood of such loss or damage and regardless of the form of action. The Trustee shall not be charged with knowledge of any Default or Event of Default with respect to the Notes, unless either (1) a Responsible Officer shall have actual knowledge of such Default or Event of Default or (2) written notice of such Default or Event of Default shall have been given to the Trustee by the Company or by any Holder of the Notes.
Section 7.03. No Responsibility for Recitals, Etc. The recitals contained herein and in the Notes (except in the Trustee’s certificate of authentication) shall be taken as the statements of the Company, and the Trustee assumes no responsibility for the correctness of the same. The Trustee makes no representations as to the validity or sufficiency of this Indenture or of the Notes. The Trustee shall not be accountable for the use or application by the Company of any Notes or the proceeds of any Notes authenticated and delivered by the Trustee in conformity with the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 7.04. Trustee, Paying Agents or Note Registrar May Own Notes. The Trustee, any Paying Agent or Note Registrar, in its individual or any other capacity, may become the owner or pledgee of Notes with the same rights it would have if it were not the Trustee, Paying Agent or Note Registrar.
Section 7.05. Monies and Common Shares to Be Held in Trust. All monies and shares of Common Stock received by the Trustee shall, until used or applied as herein provided, be held in trust for the purposes for which they were received. Money and shares of Common Stock held by the Trustee in trust hereunder need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law. The Trustee shall be under no liability for interest on any money or shares of Common Stock received by it hereunder except as may be agreed from time to time by the Company and the Trustee.
Section 7.06. Compensation and Expenses of Trustee. The Company and the Note Guarantors, jointly and severally, covenant and agree to pay to the Trustee from time to time, and the Trustee shall receive, such compensation for all services rendered by it hereunder in any capacity (which shall not be limited by any provision of law in regard to the compensation of a trustee of an express trust) as mutually agreed to in writing between the Trustee and the Company, and the Company will pay or reimburse the Trustee upon its request for all reasonable expenses, costs, disbursements and advances reasonably incurred or made by the Trustee in accordance with any of the provisions of this Indenture in any capacity thereunder (including the reasonable compensation and the costs, expenses and disbursements of its agents and counsel and of all Persons not regularly in its employ) except any such expense, disbursement or advance as shall have been caused by its gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a final order of a court of competent jurisdiction). In the event of the occurrence of an Event of Default or the Trustee considering it expedient or necessary or being requested by the Company to undertake duties which the Trustee reasonably determines to be of an exceptional nature or otherwise outside the scope of the normal duties of the Trustee, the Company shall pay to the Trustee promptly upon request for all such additional remuneration for such duties. Such expenses include the reasonable compensation, disbursements, expenses and advances of the Trustee’s agents, counsel, accountants and experts. The Company and the Note Guarantors, jointly and severally, also covenant to indemnify the Trustee in any capacity under this Indenture and any other document or transaction entered into in connection herewith and its agents and any authenticating agent for, and to hold them harmless against, any loss, claim (whether asserted by the Company, a Holder or any other Person), damage, liability or expense incurred without gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, its officers, directors, agents or employees, or such agent or authenticating agent, as the case may be, and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of this Indenture or in any other capacity hereunder, including the costs and expenses of defending themselves against any claim of liability in the premises, and the enforcement of this Indenture, including this Section 7.06. The obligations of the Company under this Section 7.06 to compensate or indemnify the Trustee and to pay or reimburse the Trustee for expenses, disbursements and advances shall be secured by a senior claim (or lien) to which the Notes are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, except, subject to the effect of Section 6.05, funds held in trust herewith for the benefit of the Holders of particular Notes. The Trustee’s right to receive payment of any amounts due under this Section 7.06 shall not be subordinate to any other liability or indebtedness of the Company. The obligation of the Company under this Section 7.06 shall survive the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture and the earlier resignation or removal or the Trustee. The Company need not pay for any settlement made without its consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. The indemnification provided in this Section 7.06 shall extend to the officers, directors, agents and employees of the Trustee.
To secure the Company’s payment obligations in this Section 7.06, the Trustee shall have a Lien prior to the Notes on all money or property held or collected by the Trustee, in its capacity as Trustee, except money or property held in trust to pay principal of, premium, if any, and interest on particular Notes. Such Lien shall survive the resignation or removal of the Trustee or the satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, with respect to any Notes, the complete satisfaction and discharge of this Indenture, any termination of this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture, including any termination or rejection of this Indenture or any Supplemental Indenture in any insolvency or similar proceeding, and the repayment of all the Notes.
Without prejudice to any other rights available to the Trustee under applicable law, when the Trustee and its agents and any authenticating agent incur expenses or render services after an Event of Default specified in Section 6.01(k) or Section 6.01(l) occurs, the expenses and the compensation for the services are intended to constitute expenses of administration under any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws.
Section 7.07. Officer’s Certificate as Evidence. Except as otherwise provided in Section 7.01, whenever in the administration of the provisions of this Indenture the Trustee shall deem it necessary or desirable that a matter be proved or established prior to taking or omitting any action hereunder, such matter (unless other evidence in respect thereof be herein specifically prescribed) may, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, be deemed to be conclusively proved and established by an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the Trustee, and such Officer’s Certificate, in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of the Trustee, shall be full warrant to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted by it under the provisions of this Indenture upon the faith thereof.
Section 7.08. Eligibility of Trustee. There shall at all times be a Trustee hereunder that is a corporation or other legal entity organized and doing business under the laws of the United States of America or any state thereof, that is authorized under such laws to exercise corporate trustee power that is subject to supervision or examination by the U.S. federal and state authorities and that has a combined capital and surplus of at least the minimum amount required by the Trust Indenture Act. If such Person publishes reports of condition at least annually, pursuant to law or to the requirements of any supervising or examining authority, then for the purposes of this Section 7.08, the combined capital and surplus of such Person shall be deemed to be its combined capital and surplus as set forth in its most recent report of condition so published. If at any time the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of this Section 7.08, it shall resign promptly in the manner and with the effect hereinafter specified in this Article.
Section 7.09. Resignation or Removal of Trustee. (a) The Trustee may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to the Company and by delivering notice thereof to the Holders. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, the Company shall promptly appoint a successor Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the resigning Trustee and one copy to the successor Trustee. If no successor Trustee shall have been so appointed and have accepted appointment within 45 days after the giving of such notice of resignation to the Holders, the resigning Trustee may, upon ten Business Days’ notice to the Company and the Holders, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the appointment of a successor Trustee (at the Company’s expense), or any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months (or since the date of this Indenture) may, subject to the provisions of Section 6.11, on behalf of himself or herself and all others similarly situated, petition any such court for the appointment of a successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, appoint a successor Trustee.
(b) In case at any time any of the following shall occur:
(i) the Trustee shall cease to be eligible in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.08 and shall fail to resign after written request therefor by the Company or by any such Holder, or
(ii) the Trustee shall become incapable of acting, or shall be adjudged bankrupt or insolvent, or a receiver, interim receiver, manager or monitor of the Trustee or of its property shall be appointed, or any public officer shall take charge or control of the Trustee or of its property or affairs for the purpose of rehabilitation, conservation or liquidation,
then, in either case, the Company may by a Board Resolution remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee by written instrument, in duplicate, executed by order of the Board of Directors, one copy of which instrument shall be delivered to the Trustee so removed and one copy to the successor Trustee, or, subject to the provisions of Section 6.11, any Holder who has been a bona fide holder of a Note or Notes for at least six months (or since the date of this Indenture) may, on behalf of himself or herself and all others similarly situated, petition any court of competent jurisdiction for the removal of the Trustee and the appointment of a successor Trustee. Such court may thereupon, after such notice, if any, as it may deem proper and prescribe, remove the Trustee and appoint a successor Trustee.
(c) The Holder Representatives or the Holders of at least 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, as determined in accordance with Section 8.04, may at any time remove the Trustee and nominate a successor Trustee that shall be deemed appointed as successor Trustee by giving written notice of such removal and appointment to the Company and by delivering notice thereof to the remaining Holders (if any).
(d) Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee pursuant to any of the provisions of this Section 7.09 shall become effective upon acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee as provided in Section 7.10; provided that all sums owing to the Trustee under the Notes Documents shall have been paid and suejct to the Lien provided for in Section 7.06.
(e) The retiring Trustee shall have no responsibility or liability for any action or inaction of a successor Trustee.
Section 7.10. Acceptance by Successor Trustee. Any successor Trustee appointed as provided in Section 7.09 shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to the Company and to its predecessor Trustee an instrument accepting such appointment hereunder, and thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor Trustee shall become effective and such successor Trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor hereunder, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee herein; but, nevertheless, on the written request of the Company or of the successor Trustee, the Trustee ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor Trustee all the rights and powers of the Trustee so ceasing to act. Upon request of any such successor Trustee, the Company shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor Trustee all such rights and powers. Any Trustee ceasing to act shall, nevertheless, retain a senior claim to which the Notes are hereby made subordinate on all money or property held or collected by such Trustee as such, except for funds held in trust for the benefit of Holders of particular Notes, to secure any amounts then due it pursuant to the provisions of Section 7.06. No successor Trustee shall accept appointment as provided in this Section 7.10 unless at the time of such acceptance such successor Trustee shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.08.
Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee as provided in this Section 7.10, each of the Company and the successor Trustee, at the written direction and at the expense of the Company shall send or cause to be sent a notice of the succession of such Trustee hereunder to the Holders at their addresses as they shall appear on the Note Register. If the Company fails to send such notice within ten days after acceptance of appointment by the successor Trustee, the successor Trustee shall cause such notice to be sent at the expense of the Company.
Section 7.11. Succession by Merger, Etc. Any corporation or other entity into which the Trustee may be merged, amalgamated, or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or other entity resulting from any merger, amalgamation, conversion or consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee (including the administration of this Indenture), shall be the successor to the Trustee hereunder without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of any of the parties hereto; provided that in the case of any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Trustee such corporation or other entity shall be eligible under the provisions of Section 7.08.
In case at the time such successor to the Trustee shall succeed to the trusts created by this Indenture, any of the Notes shall have been authenticated but not delivered, any such successor to the Trustee may adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or authenticating agent appointed by such predecessor Trustee, and deliver such Notes so authenticated; and in case at that time any of the Notes shall not have been authenticated, any successor to the Trustee or an authenticating agent appointed by such successor Trustee may authenticate such Notes either in the name of any predecessor Trustee hereunder or in the name of the successor Trustee; and in all such cases such certificates shall have the full force which is provided anywhere in the Notes or in this Indenture that the certificates of the Trustee shall have; provided, however, that the right to adopt the certificate of authentication of any predecessor Trustee or to authenticate Notes in the name of any predecessor Trustee shall apply only to its successor or successors by merger, amalgamation, conversion or consolidation.
Section 7.12. Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the Company. Any application by the Trustee for written instructions from the Company (other than with regard to any action proposed to be taken or omitted to be taken by the Trustee that affects the rights of the Holders of the Notes under this Indenture) may, at the option of the Trustee, set forth in writing any action proposed to be taken or omitted by the Trustee under this Indenture and the date on and/or after which such action shall be taken or such omission shall be effective. The Trustee shall not be liable to the Company for any action taken by, or omission of, the Trustee in accordance with a proposal included in such application on or after the date specified in such application (which date shall not be less than three Business Days after the date any Officer that the Company has indicated to the Trustee should receive such application actually receives such application, unless any such Officer shall have consented in writing to any earlier date), unless, prior to taking any such action (or the effective date in the case of any omission), the Trustee shall have received written instructions in accordance with this Indenture in response to such application specifying the action to be taken or omitted.
Section 7.13. Collateral Documents. By their acceptance of the Notes, the Holders hereby authorize and direct the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent, as the case may be, to execute and deliver each of the Collateral Documents to which the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, is to be a party, including any Collateral Documents executed on or after the Issue Date and any amendments, joinders or supplements to any Collateral Document permitted by this Indenture. It is hereby expressly acknowledged and agreed that, in doing so, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent are not responsible for the terms or contents of such agreements, or for the validity or enforceability thereof, or the sufficiency thereof for any purpose. Whether or not so expressly stated therein, in entering into, or taking (or forbearing from) any action under, any Collateral Document, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent each shall have all of the rights, privileges, benefits, immunities, indemnities and other protections granted to them under this Indenture (in addition to those that may be granted to it under the terms of such other agreement or agreements).
Section 8.01. Action by Holders. Whenever in this Indenture it is provided that the Holders of a specified percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes may take any action (including the making of any demand or request, the giving of any notice, consent or waiver or the taking of any other action), the fact that at the time of taking any such action, the Holders of such specified percentage have joined therein may be evidenced (a) by any instrument or any number of instruments of similar tenor executed by Holders in person or by agent or proxy appointed in writing, or (b) by the record of the Holders voting in favor thereof at any meeting of Holders duly called and held in accordance with the provisions of Article 9, or (c) by a combination of such instrument or instruments and any such record of such a meeting of Holders. Whenever the Company or the Trustee solicits the taking of any action by the Holders of the Notes, the Company or the Trustee may, but shall not be required to, fix in advance of such solicitation, a date as the record date for determining Holders entitled to take such action. The record date if one is selected shall be not more than fifteen days prior to the date of commencement of solicitation of such action.
Section 8.02. Proof of Execution by Holders. Subject to the provisions of Section 7.01, Section 7.02 and Section 9.05, proof of the execution of any instrument by a Holder or its agent or proxy shall be sufficient if made in accordance with such reasonable rules and regulations of the Trustee as shall then be customary and standard. The holding of Notes shall be proved by the Note Register or by a certificate of the Note Registrar. The record of any Holders’ meeting shall be proved in the manner provided in Section 9.06.
Section 8.03. Who Are Deemed Absolute Owners. The Company, the Trustee, any authenticating agent, any Paying Agent and any Note Registrar may deem the Person in whose name a Note shall be registered upon the Note Register to be, and may treat it as, the absolute owner of such Note (whether or not such Note shall be overdue and notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing thereon made by any Person other than the Company or any Note Registrar) for the purpose of receiving payment of, or on account of, the principal of, and (subject to Section 2.03) accrued and unpaid interest on, such Note and for all other purposes; and neither the Company nor the Trustee nor any Paying Agent nor any Note Registrar shall be affected or incur any liability by any notice to the contrary. All such payments or deliveries so made to any Holder for the time being, or upon its order, shall be valid, and, to the extent of the sums or shares of Common Stock so paid or delivered, effectual to satisfy and discharge the liability for monies payable or shares deliverable upon any such Note.
Section 8.04. Company-Owned Notes Disregarded. In determining whether the Holders of the requisite aggregate principal amount of Notes have concurred in any direction, consent, waiver or other action under this Indenture, Notes that are owned by the Company, by any Subsidiary thereof or by any Affiliate of the Company or any Subsidiary thereof shall be disregarded and deemed not to be outstanding for the purpose of any such determination; provided that for the purposes of determining whether the Trustee shall be protected in relying on any such direction, consent, waiver or other action only Notes that a Responsible Officer actually knows are so owned shall be so disregarded. Notes so owned that have been pledged in good faith may be regarded as outstanding for the purposes of this Section 8.04 if the pledgee shall establish to the satisfaction of the Trustee the pledgee’s right to so act with respect to such Notes and that the pledgee is not the Company, a Subsidiary thereof or an Affiliate of the Company or a Subsidiary thereof. In the case of a dispute as to such right, any decision by the Trustee taken upon the advice of counsel shall be full protection to the Trustee. Upon request of the Trustee, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee promptly an Officer’s Certificate listing and identifying all Notes, if any, known by the Company to be owned or held by or for the account of any of the above described Persons; and, subject to Section 7.01, the Trustee shall be entitled to accept such Officer’s Certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts therein set forth and of the fact that all Notes not listed therein are outstanding for the purpose of any such determination.
Section 8.05. Revocation of Consents; Future Holders Bound. At any time prior to (but not after) the evidencing to the Trustee, as provided in Section 8.01, of the taking of any action by the Holders of the percentage of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes specified in this Indenture in connection with such action, any Holder of a Note that is shown by the evidence to be included in the Notes the Holders of which have consented to such action may, by filing written notice with the Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office and upon proof of holding as provided in Section 8.02 revoke such action so far as concerns such Note. Except as aforesaid, any such action taken by the Holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding upon such Holder and upon all future Holders and owners of such Note and of any Notes issued in exchange or substitution therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof, irrespective of whether any notation in regard thereto is made upon such Note or any Note issued in exchange or substitution therefor or upon registration of transfer thereof.
Section 9.01. Purpose of Meetings. A meeting of Holders may be called at any time and from time to time pursuant to the provisions of this Article 9 for any of the following purposes:
(a) to give any notice to the Company or to the Trustee or to give any directions to the Trustee permitted under this Indenture, or to consent to the waiving of any Default or Eventof Default hereunder (in each case, as permitted under this Indenture) and its consequences, or to take any other action authorized to be taken by Holders pursuant to any of the provisions of Article 6;
(b) to remove the Trustee and nominate a successor Trustee pursuant to the provisions of Article 7;
(c) to consent to the execution of an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto pursuant to the provisions of Section 10.02; or
(d) to take any other action authorized to be taken by or on behalf of the Holders of any specified aggregate principal amount of the Notes under any other provision of this Indenture or under applicable law.
Section 9.02. Call of Meetings by Trustee. The Trustee may at any time call a meeting of Holders to take any action specified in Section 9.01, to be held at such time and at such place as the Trustee shall determine. Notice of every meeting of the Holders, setting forth the time and the place of such meeting and in general terms the action proposed to be taken at such meeting and the establishment of any record date pursuant to Section 8.01, shall be delivered to Holders of such Notes. Such notice shall also be delivered to the Company. Such notices shall be delivered not less than 20 nor more than 90 days prior to the date fixed for the meeting.
Any meeting of Holders shall be valid without notice if the Holders of all Notes then outstanding are present in person or by proxy or if notice is waived before or after the meeting by the Holders of all Notes then outstanding, and if the Company and the Trustee are either present by duly authorized representatives or have, before or after the meeting, waived notice.
Section 9.03. Call of Meetings by Company, the Holder Representatives or Holders. In case at any time the Company, pursuant to a Board Resolution, the Holder Representatives or the Holders of at least 10% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, shall have requested the Trustee to call a meeting of Holders, by written request setting forth in reasonable detail the action proposed to be taken at the meeting, and the Trustee shall not have delivered the notice of such meeting within 20 days after receipt of such request, then the Company, the Holder Representatives or such Holders may determine the time and the place for such meeting and may call such meeting to take any action authorized in Section 9.01, by delivering notice thereof as provided in Section 9.02.
Section 9.04. Qualifications for Voting. To be entitled to vote at any meeting of Holders a Person shall (a) be a Holder of one or more Notes on the record date pertaining to such meeting or (b) be a Person appointed by an instrument in writing as proxy by a Holder of one or more Notes on the record date pertaining to such meeting. The only Persons who shall be entitled to be present or to speak at any meeting of Holders shall be the Persons entitled to vote at such meeting and their counsel and any representatives of the Trustee and its counsel and any representatives of the Company and its counsel.
Section 9.05. Regulations. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee may make such reasonable regulations as it may deem advisable for any meeting of Holders, in regard to proof of the holding of Notes and of the appointment of proxies, and in regard to the appointment and duties of inspectors of votes, the submission and examination of proxies, certificates and other evidence of the right to vote, and such other matters concerning the conduct of the meeting as it shall think fit.
The Trustee shall, by an instrument in writing, appoint a temporary chairman of the meeting, unless the meeting shall have been called by the Company, the Holder Representatives or by Holders as provided in Section 9.03 in which case the Company, the Holder Representatives or the Holders calling the meeting, as the case may be, shall in like manner appoint a temporary chairman. A permanent chairman and a permanent secretary of the meeting shall be elected by vote of the Holder Representatives or the Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes represented at the meeting and entitled to vote at the meeting.
Subject to the provisions of Section 8.04, at any meeting of Holders each Holder or proxyholder shall be entitled to one vote for each $1,000 principal amount of Notes held or represented by him or her; provided, however, that no vote shall be cast or counted at any meeting in respect of any Note challenged as not outstanding and ruled by the chairman of the meeting to be not outstanding. The chairman of the meeting shall have no right to vote other than by virtue of Notes held by it or instruments in writing as aforesaid duly designating it as the proxy to vote on behalf of other Holders. Any meeting of Holders duly called pursuant to the provisions of Section 9.02 or Section 9.03 may be adjourned from time to time by the Holder Representatives or the Holders of 60% of the aggregate principal amount of Notes represented at the meeting, whether or not constituting a quorum, and the meeting may be held as so adjourned without further notice.
Section 9.06. Voting. The vote upon any resolution submitted to any meeting of Holders shall be by written ballot on which shall be subscribed the signatures of the Holders or of their representatives by proxy and the outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Notes held or represented by them. The permanent chairman of the meeting shall appoint two inspectors of votes who shall count all votes cast at the meeting for or against any resolution and who shall make and file with the secretary of the meeting their verified written reports in duplicate of all votes cast at the meeting. A record in duplicate of the proceedings of each meeting of Holders shall be prepared by the secretary of the meeting and there shall be attached to said record the original reports of the inspectors of votes on any vote by ballot taken thereat and affidavits by one or more Persons having knowledge of the facts setting forth a copy of the notice of the meeting and showing that said notice was delivered as provided in Section 9.02. The record shall show the aggregate principal amount of the Notes voting in favor of or against any resolution. The record shall be signed and verified by the affidavits of the permanent chairman and secretary of the meeting and one of the duplicates shall be delivered to the Company and the other to the Trustee to be preserved by the Trustee, the latter to have attached thereto the ballots voted at the meeting.
Any record so signed and verified shall be conclusive evidence of the matters therein stated.
Section 9.07. No Delay of Rights by Meeting. Nothing contained in this Article 9 shall be deemed or construed to authorize or permit, by reason of any call of a meeting of Holders or any rights expressly or impliedly conferred hereunder to make such call, any hindrance or delay in the exercise of any right or rights conferred upon or reserved to the Trustee or to the Holders under any of the provisions of this Indenture or of the Notes.
Section 10.01. Supplemental Indentures Without Consent of Holders. The Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors and the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for one or more of the following purposes:
(a) to cure any ambiguity, omission, mistake, defect, error or inconsistency;
(b) to provide for the assumption of the Company’s or any Note Guarantor’s obligations to Holders of the Notes in the case of a consolidation, amalgamation, or merger or sale of all or substantially all of the Company’s or a Note Guarantor’s assets pursuant to the terms of this Indenture;
(c) to add additional Note Guarantees with respect to the Notes or to confirm and evidence the release, termination or discharge of any Note Guarantee with respect to such Notes when such release, termination or discharge is permitted under this Indenture;
(d) to secure the Notes or the related Note Guarantees or to add additional assets as Collateral;
(e) to add to the covenants or Events of Default of the Company for the benefit of the Holders or surrender any right or power conferred upon the Company;
(f) to make any change that does not adversely affect the rights of any Holder;
(g) [reserved]
(h) to provide for the acceptance of appointment by a successor Trustee or facilitate the administration of the trusts under this Indenture by more than one Trustee; or
(i) to comply with any requirement of the Securities and Exchange Commission in connection with the qualification of this Indenture under the Trust Indenture Act.
Upon the written request of the Company, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, are hereby authorized to join with the Company and the Note Guarantors, if applicable, in the execution of any amended or supplemental indenture or amendment or supplement to the other Notes Documents authorized or permitted by the terms of this Indenture and to make any further appropriate agreements and stipulations that may be therein contained, but the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, shall not be obligated to enter into such amended or supplemental indenture or amendment or supplement to the other Notes Documents that affects its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may in its discretion, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with the addition of a Note Guarantor under this Indenture upon (i) execution and delivery by such Note Guarantor and the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent of a supplemental indenture to this Indenture, the form of which is attached as Exhibit B hereto, and (ii) delivery of an Officer’s Certificate complying with the provisions of Section 17.05 hereof.
Any supplemental indenture authorized by the provisions of this Section 10.01 may be executed by the Company, the Note Guarantors, if applicable, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, without the consent of the Holders of any of the Notes at the time outstanding, notwithstanding any of the provisions of Section 10.02.
Section 10.02. Supplemental Indentures with Consent of Holders. With the consent (evidenced as provided in Article 8) of either (A) the Holder Representatives or (B) the Holders of at least 60% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding (determined in accordance with Article 8 and including, without limitation, consents obtained in connection with a repurchase of, or tender or exchange offer for, Notes), the Company, when authorized by the resolutions of the Board of Directors and the Trustee, at the Company’s expense, may from time to time and at any time enter into an indenture or indentures supplemental hereto for the purpose of adding any provisions to or changing in any manner or eliminating any of the provisions of this Indenture or any supplemental indenture or of modifying in any manner the rights of the Holders; provided, however, that, without the consent of each Holder of an outstanding Note affected, no such supplemental indenture shall:
(a) reduce the amount of Notes whose Holders must consent to an amendment;
(b) reduce the rate of or extend the stated time for payment of interest on any Note;
(c) reduce the principal amount of or extend the Maturity Date of any Note;
(d) change the definition of “Holder Representatives”;
(e) reduce the Redemption Price of, or Change of Control Payment on, any Note or amend or modify in any manner adverse to the Holders the Company’s obligation to make such payments, whether through an amendment or waiver of provisions in the covenants, definitions or otherwise;
(f) make any Note payable in a currency other than that stated in the Note;
(g) change the ranking of the Notes;
(h) release, or have the effect of releasing, all or substantially all of the value of the Note Guarantees; or
(i) make any change in this Article 10 that requires each Holder’s consent or in the waiver provisions in Section 6.02 or Section 6.09.
In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing in this Section 10.02, without the consent of either (A) the Holder Representatives or (B) the Holders of at least 86% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, no amendment or waiver may (A) make any change in any Collateral Document or the provisions in this Indenture dealing with Collateral or application of trust proceeds of the Collateral with the effect of releasing the Liens on all or substantially all of the Collateral which secure the Notes Obligations or (B) change or alter the priority of Liens securing the Notes Obligations in any material portion of the Collateral in any way materially adverse, taken as a whole, to the Holders of such Notes, other than, in each case, as provided under the terms of this Indenture or the Collateral Documents. Without the consent of either (A) the Holder Representatives or (B) the Holders of at least 86% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, no amendment to, or waiver of the terms of, this paragraph shall be made.
Upon the written request of the Company, and upon the filing with the Trustee of evidence of the consent of Holders as aforesaid and subject to Section 10.05, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent, if applicable, shall join with the Company and the Note Guarantors, if applicable, in the execution of such supplemental indenture or amendment or supplement to the other Notes Documents unless such supplemental indenture or amendment or supplement to the other Notes Documents affects the its own rights, duties or immunities under this Indenture or otherwise, in which case the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent, as applicable, may, but shall not be obligated to, enter into such supplemental indenture.
Holders do not need under this Section 10.02 to approve the particular form of any proposed supplemental indenture. It shall be sufficient if such Holders approve the substance thereof. After any such supplemental indenture becomes effective, the Company shall deliver to the Holders a notice briefly describing such supplemental indenture. However, the failure to give such notice to all the Holders, or any defect in the notice, will not impair or affect the validity of the supplemental indenture.
Section 10.03. Effect of Supplemental Indentures. Upon the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10, this Indenture shall be and be deemed to be modified and amended in accordance therewith and the respective rights, limitation of rights, obligations, duties and immunities under this Indenture of the Trustee, the Company, the Note Guarantors and the Holders shall thereafter be determined, exercised and enforced hereunder subject in all respects to such modifications and amendments and all the terms and conditions of any such supplemental indenture shall be and be deemed to be part of the terms and conditions of this Indenture for any and all purposes.
Section 10.04. Notation on Notes. Notes authenticated and delivered after the execution of any supplemental indenture pursuant to the provisions of this Article 10 may, at the Company’s expense, bear a notation in form approved by the Trustee as to any matter provided for in such supplemental indenture. If the Company or the Trustee shall so determine, new Notes so modified as to conform, in the opinion of the Trustee and the Board of Directors, to any modification of this Indenture contained in any such supplemental indenture may, at the Company’s expense, be prepared and executed by the Company, authenticated by the Trustee (or an authenticating agent duly appointed by the Trustee pursuant to Section 17.10) and delivered in exchange for the Notes then outstanding, upon surrender of such Notes then outstanding, and in each case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 2.04.
Section 10.05. Evidence of Compliance of Supplemental Indenture to Be Furnished to Trustee. In addition to the documents required by Section 17.05, the Trustee shall receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any supplemental indenture executed pursuant hereto complies with the requirements of this Article 10 and is permitted or authorized by this Indenture and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms. The Trustee shall be fully protected in conclusively relying on such Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel.
ARTICLE 11
Section 11.01. Company May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms. The Company shall not consolidate with, amalgamate, merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to another Person, except in compliance with Article 4 and unless:
(a) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing under this Indenture;
(b) the Company shall have delivered or caused to be delivered to the Trustee an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, each stating that such merger, consolidation, amalgamation, sale, assignment, transfer, lease, conveyance or disposition and supplemental indentures, if any, comply with this Indenture; and
(c) to the extent any assets of the Person who is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the Company are assets of the type that would constitute Collateral under the Collateral Documents, the Company will take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Collateral Documents in the manner and to the extent required in the Indenture or the applicable Collateral Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the applicable Collateral Documents.
For purposes of this Section 11.01, the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of one or more Subsidiaries of the Company to another Person, which properties and assets, if held by the Company instead of such Subsidiaries, would constitute all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company on a consolidated basis, shall be deemed to be the sale, conveyance, transfer or lease of all or substantially all of the properties and assets of the Company to another Person.
Section 11.02. [Reserved]
Section 11.03. Note Guarantors May Consolidate, Etc. on Certain Terms. The Company will not permit any Note Guarantor to, directly or indirectly, consolidate with, merge with or into, or sell, convey, transfer or lease all or substantially all of its properties and assets to another Person, except in compliance with Article 4 and unless:
(a) except in the case of a Note Guarantor (x) that has disposed of all or substantially all of its assets, whether through a merger, amalgamation, consolidation or sale of Capital Stock or assets or (y) that, as a result of the disposition of all or a portion of its Capital Stock, ceases to be a Subsidiary of the Company, in both cases in compliance with Section 4.14, the resulting, surviving or transferee Person (if not such Note Guarantor) shall expressly assume, by a guarantee agreement and applicable Collateral Documents, all the obligations of such Note Guarantor under its Note Guarantee;
(b) to the extent any assets of the Person who is merged, consolidated or amalgamated with or into the successor Note Guarantor are assets of the type that would constitute Collateral under the Collateral Documents, the successor Note Guarantor will take such action as may be reasonably necessary to cause such property and assets to be made subject to the Lien of the applicable Collateral Documents in the manner and to the extent required in this Indenture or the applicable Collateral Documents and shall take all reasonably necessary action so that such Lien is perfected to the extent required by the applicable Collateral Documents; and
(c) immediately after giving effect to such transaction, no Default or Event of Default exists.
Section 11.04. Opinion of Counsel to Be Given to Trustee. No such consolidation, merger, amalgamation, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease shall be effective unless the Trustee shall receive an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel as conclusive evidence that any such consolidation, merger, amalgamation, sale, conveyance, transfer or lease and any such assumption and, if a supplemental indenture is required in connection with such transaction, such supplemental indenture, complies with the provisions of this Article 11.
ARTICLE 12
Section 12.01. Indenture and Notes Solely Corporate Obligations. No recourse for the payment of the principal of or accrued and unpaid interest on any Note, nor for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect thereof, and no recourse under or upon any obligation, covenant or agreement of the Company in this Indenture or in any supplemental indenture or in any Note, nor because of the creation of any indebtedness represented thereby, shall be had against any incorporator, shareholder, employee, agent, Officer or director or Subsidiary, as such, past, present or future, of the Company or of any successor corporation, either directly or through the Company or any successor corporation, whether by virtue of any constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly understood that all such liability is hereby expressly waived and released as a condition of, and as a consideration for, the execution of this Indenture and the issue of the Notes.
Section 13.01. Note Guarantees.
(a) Each of the Note Guarantors, jointly and severally, hereby unconditionally Guarantees (and subject in each case to the Agreed Guarantee Principles set forth in any notation of Note Guarantee, supplemental indenture, or as contemplated by Section 4.24(d)) to each Holder of a Note authenticated and delivered by the Trustee and to the Trustee and its successors and assigns, irrespective of the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company hereunder or thereunder that: (i) the due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the Notes shall be promptly paid in full when due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, (ii) the due and punctual payment of interest, if any, on the overdue principal of and interest on the Notes, to the extent lawful, and the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of the Company to the Holders or the Trustee under this Indenture or any Note shall be promptly paid in full or performed, all in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, and (iii) in case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any Notes or any of such other obligations, that same shall be promptly paid in full when due or performed in accordance with the terms of the extension or renewal, whether at stated maturity, by acceleration pursuant to Section 6.02 or otherwise. Failing payment when due of any amount so guaranteed or any performance so guaranteed for whatever reason, the Note Guarantors shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay the same immediately. Each Note Guarantor shall agree that this is a Guarantee of payment and not a Guarantee of collection. If acceleration of the time for payment of any Notes Obligation by the Company is stayed by reason of the insolvency or receivership of the Company or otherwise, all Notes Obligations otherwise subject to acceleration under the terms of any Notes Document shall nonetheless be payable by the Note Guarantors hereunder forthwith on demand by the Trustee.
(b) Each of the Note Guarantors hereby agrees that its obligations with regard to its Guarantee shall be joint and several, unconditional, irrespective of the validity or enforceability of the Notes or the obligations of the Company under this Indenture, the absence of any action to enforce the same, the recovery of any judgment against the Company or any other obligor with respect to this Indenture, the Notes or the obligations of the Company under this Indenture or the Notes, any action to enforce the same or any other circumstances (other than complete performance) which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a Note Guarantor. Each Note Guarantor further, to the extent permitted by law, hereby waives and relinquishes all claims, rights and remedies accorded by applicable law to guarantors and agrees not to assert or take advantage of any such claims, rights or remedies, including but not limited to: (i) any right to require any of the Trustee, the Holders or the Company (each a “Benefited Party”), as a condition of payment or performance by such Note Guarantor, to (A) proceed against the Company, any other guarantor (including any other Note Guarantor) of the obligations under the Note Guarantees or any other person, (B) proceed against or exhaust any security held from the Company, any such other guarantor or any other person, (C) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of any Benefited Party in favor of the Company or any other person, or (D) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Benefited Party whatsoever; (ii) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other defense of the Company including any defense based on or arising out of the lack of validity or the unenforceability of the obligations under the Note Guarantees or any agreement or instrument relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of the Company from any cause other than payment in full of the obligations under the Note Guarantees; (iii) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than that of the principal; (iv) any defense based upon any Benefited Party’s errors or omissions in the administration of the obligations under the Note Guarantees, except behavior which amounts to bad faith; (v) (A) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms of the Note Guarantees and any legal or equitable discharge of such Note Guarantor’s obligations hereunder and under its Note Guarantee, (B) the benefit of any statute of limitations affecting such Note Guarantor’s liability hereunder and under its Note Guarantee or the enforcement hereof and thereof, (C) any rights to set-offs, recoupments and counterclaims and (D) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any Benefited Party protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any property subject thereto; (vi) notices, demands, presentations, protests, notices of protest, notices of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance of the Note Guarantees, notices of default under the Notes or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the obligations under the Note Guarantees or any agreement related thereto, and notices of any extension of credit to the Company and any right to consent to any thereof; (vii) to the extent permitted under applicable law, the benefits of any “One Action” rule; and (viii) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms of the Note Guarantees. Except as set forth in Section 13.05, each Note Guarantor covenants that its Note Guarantee shall not be discharged except by complete performance of the obligations contained in its Note Guarantee and this Indenture.
(c) If any Holder or the Trustee is required by any court or otherwise to return to the Company, the Note Guarantors or any custodian, trustee, liquidator or other similar official acting in relation to either the Company or the Note Guarantors, any amount paid to either the Trustee or such Holder, any Guarantee, to the extent theretofore discharged, shall be reinstated in full force and effect.
(d) Each Note Guarantor agrees that it shall not be entitled to any right of subrogation in relation to the Holders in respect of any obligations guaranteed hereby until payment in full of all obligations guaranteed hereby. Each Note Guarantor shall further agree that, as between the Note Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Holders and the Trustee, on the other hand, (i) the maturity of the obligations guaranteed hereby may be accelerated as provided in Section 6.02 for the purposes of any Guarantee, notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such acceleration in respect of the obligations guaranteed hereby and (ii) in the event of any declaration of acceleration of such obligations as provided in Section 6.02, such obligations (whether or not due and payable) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Note Guarantors for the purpose of any such Guarantee. The Note Guarantors shall have the right to seek contribution from any non-paying Note Guarantor so long as the exercise of such right does not impair the rights of the Holders under the applicable Guarantee.
Section 13.02. Execution and Delivery of Note Guarantees. The execution by each Note Guarantor of this Indenture (or a supplemental indenture in the form of Exhibit B or a supplemental indenture entered into pursuant to Section 4.24) evidences the Guarantee of such Note Guarantor, whether or not the person signing as an officer of the Note Guarantor still holds that office at the time of authentication of any Note. The delivery of any Note by the Trustee after authentication constitutes due delivery of the Guarantee set forth in this Indenture on behalf of each Note Guarantor.
Section 13.03. Limitation on Note Guarantor Liability.
(a) General. Each Note Guarantor confirms, and by its acceptance of Notes, each Holder hereby confirms, that it is the intention of all such parties that any Guarantee of such Note Guarantor not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar applicable law to the extent applicable to any Note Guarantee. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Trustee and the Holders irrevocably agree, and the Note Guarantors irrevocably agree, that the obligations of such Note Guarantor under this Article 13 shall be limited to the maximum amount as will, after giving effect to such maximum amount and all other contingent and fixed liabilities of such Note Guarantor that are relevant under such laws, and after giving effect to any collections from, rights to receive contribution from or payments made by or on behalf of any other Note Guarantor in respect of the obligations of such other Note Guarantor under this Article 13, result in the obligations of such Note Guarantor under its Note Guarantee not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.
Section 13.04. Merger and Consolidation of Note Guarantors.
(a) In case of any sale or other disposition, consolidation, amalgamation, merger, sale or conveyance and upon the assumption by the successor person, by supplemental indenture, executed and delivered to the Trustee and satisfactory in form to the Trustee, of the Note Guarantee endorsed upon the Notes and the due and punctual performance of all of the covenants and conditions of this Indenture to be performed by the Note Guarantor, such successor person shall succeed to and be substituted for the Note Guarantor with the same effect as if it had been named herein as a Note Guarantor. Such successor person thereupon may cause to be signed any or all of the Note Guarantees to be endorsed upon all of the Notes available hereunder which theretofore shall not have been signed by the Company and delivered to the Trustee. All the Note Guarantees so issued shall in all respects have the same legal rank and benefit under this Indenture as the Note Guarantees theretofore and thereafter issued in accordance with the terms of this Indenture as though all of such Note Guarantees had been issued at the date of the execution hereof.
(b) Except as set forth in Article 4 and Article 11, and notwithstanding clause
(a) of this Section 13.04, nothing contained in this Indenture or in any of the Notes shall prevent any consolidation, amalgamation or merger of a Note Guarantor with or into another Person, or shall prevent any sale or conveyance of the property of a Note Guarantor as an entirety or substantially as an entirety.
Section 13.05. Release.
(a) In the event (i) of a sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Note Guarantor, by way of merger, amalgamation, consolidation or otherwise, or a sale, exchange, transfer or other disposition of all the Equity Interests of any Note Guarantor, then held by the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries to a Person that is not (either before or after giving effect to such transactions) a Subsidiary of the
Company, in each case so long as such sale or other disposition is permitted by this Indenture, (ii) the Company discharges the Notes and its Obligations under this Indenture under Article 3 with respect to the Notes, (iii) upon the merger, amalgamation or consolidation of any Note Guarantor with and into the Company or another Note Guarantor or upon the liquidation of such Note Guarantor, in each case, in compliance with the applicable provisions of this Indenture or (iv) as described under Article 10, such Note Guarantor shall be released and relieved of any obligations under its Note Guarantee without any further action being required by the Trustee or any Holder.
(b) Upon delivery by the Company to the Trustee of an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel to the effect that such sale or other disposition was made by the Company in accordance with the provisions of this Indenture, the Trustee shall execute any documents reasonably required in order to evidence the release of any Note Guarantor from its obligations under its Guarantee.
(c) Any Note Guarantor not released from its obligations under its Note Guarantee shall remain liable for the full amount of principal of and interest on the Notes and for the other obligations of any Note Guarantor under this Indenture as provided in this Article 13.
Section 15.01. Optional Redemption. The Notes shall not be redeemable by the Company prior to May 9, 2024. On or after May 9, 2024, the Company may redeem (an “Optional Redemption”) for cash all or any portion of the Notes, at the Redemption Price.
Section 15.02. Notice of Optional Redemption; Selection of Notes. (a) In case the Company exercises its Optional Redemption right to redeem all or, as the case may be, any part of the Notes pursuant to Section 15.01, it shall fix a date for redemption (each, a “Redemption Date”) and it or, at its written request received by the Trustee not less than five Business Days prior to the date such Redemption Notice is to be sent (or such shorter period of time as may be acceptable to the Trustee), the Trustee, in the name of and at the expense of the Company, shall deliver or cause to be delivered a notice of such Optional Redemption (a “Redemption Notice”) not less than 10 nor more than 60 calendar days prior to the Redemption Date to each Holder of Notes so to be redeemed as a whole or in part; provided, however, that, if the Company shall give such notice, it shall also give written notice of the Redemption Date to the Trustee. The Redemption Date must be a Business Day.
(b) The Redemption Notice, if delivered in the manner herein provided, shall be conclusively presumed to have been duly given, whether or not the Holder receives such notice. In any case, failure to give such Redemption Notice by mail or any defect in the Redemption Notice to the Holder of any Note designated for redemption as a whole or in part shall not affect the validity of the proceedings for the redemption of any other Note.
(c) Each redemption notice shall specify:
(i) the Redemption Date,
(ii) the Redemption Price,
(iii) that on the Redemption Date, the Redemption Price will become due and payable upon each Note to be redeemed, and that interest thereon, if any, shall cease to accrue on and after the Redemption Date;
(iv) the place or places where such Notes are to be surrendered for payment of the Redemption Price;
(v) the CUSIP, ISIN or other similar numbers, if any, assigned to such Notes;
(vi) in case any Note is to be redeemed in part only, the portion of the principal amount thereof to be redeemed and on and after the Redemption Date, upon surrender of such Note, a new Note in principal amount equal to the unredeemed portion thereof shall be issued; and
(vii) any conditions precedent described in Section 15.03.
(d) If fewer than all of the outstanding Notes are to be redeemed, the Trustee shall select the Notes or portions thereof to be redeemed (in principal amounts of $2,000 or multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) by lot, on a pro rata basis or by another method the Trustee considers to be fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall not be liable to any party for any selections made in respect of partial redemptions, provided the Trustee acts without gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
Section 15.03. Payment of Notes Called for Redemption. (a) Any redemption or notice may, at the Company’s discretion, be subject to one or more conditions precedent and, at the Company’s discretion, the Redemption Date may be delayed until such time as any or all such conditions precedent included at the Company’s discretion shall be satisfied (or waived by the Company) or the Redemption Date may not occur and such notice may be rescinded if all such conditions precedent included at the Company’s discretion shall not have been satisfied (or waived by the Company). Following the satisfaction or waiver of all conditions precedent, if any, Notes called for redemption shall be due and payable on the applicable Redemption Date at the place or places stated in the Redemption Notice and at the applicable Redemption Price. On presentation and surrender of the Notes at the place or places stated in the Redemption Notice, the Notes shall be paid and redeemed by the Company at the applicable Redemption Price.
(b) Prior to the open of business on the Redemption Date, the Company shall irrevocably deposit with the Paying Agent or, if the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company is acting as the Paying Agent, shall segregate and hold in trust as provided in Section 7.05 an amount of cash (in immediately available funds if deposited on the Redemption Date), sufficient to pay the Redemption Price of all of the Notes to be redeemed on such Redemption Date. Subject to receipt of funds by the Paying Agent, payment for the Notes to be redeemed shall be made on the Redemption Date for such Notes. The Paying Agent shall, promptly after such payment and upon written demand by the Company, return to the Company any funds in excess of the Redemption Price.
Section 16.01. Mandatory Repurchase Offers.
(a) No later than sixty (60) days following the date of receipt by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Net Cash Proceeds in respect of any Non-Ordinary Course IP Sale, which Net Cash Proceeds, together with the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds previously received from such Non-Ordinary Course IP Sales (i) during the most recent twelve month period do not exceed $5.0 million (the “IP Sales Twelve Month Threshold Amount”) and (ii) since the Issue Date of the Notes do not exceed $7.5 million (the “IP Sales Cumulative Threshold Amount”), the Company shall make an offer (an “IP Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer”) to all Holders of Notes to purchase the maximum outstanding principal amount of Notes (the “IP Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer Amount”) that may be purchased utilizing 33% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such Non-Ordinary Course IP Sale (the “IP Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer Proceeds”). In the event that:
(i) (A) the Net Cash Proceeds in respect of any Non-Ordinary Course IP Sale, together with the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds previously received from such Non-Ordinary Course IP Sales during the most recent twelve month period, exceeds the IP Sales Twelve Month Threshold Amount (the “IP Sales Twelve Month Excess Proceeds”) and (B) the Net Cash Proceeds in respect of any Non-Ordinary Course IP Sale, together with the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds previously received from such Non-Ordinary Course IP Sales since the Issue Date of the Notes does not exceed the IP Sales Cumulative Threshold Amount, the IP Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer Amount shall be 33% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such Non-Ordinary Course IP Sale until the IP Sales Twelve Month Threshold Amount has been reached, plus 100% of the IP Sales Twelve Month Excess Proceeds; and
(ii) the Net Cash Proceeds in respect of any Non-Ordinary Course IP Sale, together with the aggregate amount of Net Cash Proceeds previously received from such Non-Ordinary Course IP Sales since the Issue Date of the Notes, exceeds the IP Sales Cumulative Threshold Amount (the “IP Sales Cumulative Excess Proceeds”), the IP Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer Amount shall be 33% of the Net Cash Proceeds from such Non-Ordinary Course IP Sale until the IP Sales Cumulative Threshold Amount has been reached, plus 100% of the IP Sales Cumulative Excess Proceeds.
(b) No later than sixty (60) days following the date of receipt by the Company or any Restricted Subsidiary of any Net Cash Proceeds in respect of any Non-Ordinary Course Spectrum Sale, the Company shall make an offer (a “Spectrum Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer”) to all Holders of Notes to purchase the maximum outstanding principal amount of Notes (the “Spectrum Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer Amount”) that may be purchased utilizing such Net Cash Proceeds (the “Spectrum Sales Mandatory Repurchase Offer Proceeds”).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent that any of the foregoing obligations to effect a Mandatory Repurchase Offer arises as a result of Net Cash Proceeds generated by a Foreign Subsidiary (or a direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of a Foreign Subsidiary) and the Company determines in good faith that actions reasonably required to use such Net Cash Proceeds to effect any such Mandatory Repurchase Offer would result in material and adverse tax consequences to the Company or its Affiliates (taking into account any foreign tax credit or other net benefit actually realized in connection with such repatriation that would not otherwise be realized), then the relevant amounts shall be entitled to be retained by the Company or the applicable Affiliate and such amounts shall not be required to be used to effect a Mandatory Repurchase Offer pursuant to either clause (a) or clause (b) above.
Section 16.02. Mandatory Repurchase Offer Notices; Selection of Notes. (a) The Mandatory Repurchase Offer shall remain open for a period of 20 Business Days following its commencement and no longer, except to the extent that a longer period is required by applicable law (the “Mandatory Repurchase Offer Period”). Promptly after the expiration of the Mandatory Repurchase Offer Period (the “Mandatory Repurchase Date”), the Company shall apply all of the Applicable Mandatory Repurchase Offer Proceeds to repurchase all of the Notes tendered in the Mandatory Repurchase Offer at a repurchase price equal to 100% of the principal amount being repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest thereon (if any) to, but excluding the Mandatory Repurchase Date (the “Mandatory Offer Repurchase Price”); provided that if the aggregate Mandatory Offer Repurchase Price for all Notes tendered in such Mandatory Repurchase Offer exceeds the total amount of Applicable Mandatory Repurchase Offer Proceeds, then the tendered Notes shall be repurchased pro rata up to the maximum amount of Notes that can be repurchased with such Applicable Mandatory Repurchase Offer Proceeds. If the Mandatory Repurchase Date is on or after a Regular Record Date and on or before the related Interest Payment Date, any accrued and unpaid interest up to but excluding the Mandatory Repurchase Date, shall be paid to the Person in whose name a note is registered at the close of business on such Regular Record Date, and no additional interest shall be payable to Holders of the Notes who tender Notes pursuant to the Mandatory Repurchase Offer.
(b) Subject to clause (a) above, the Company will mail or send electronically a notice of Mandatory Repurchase Offer (a “Mandatory Repurchase Offer Notice”) to all Holders of Notes (copying the Trustee) no later than sixty (60) days after the receipt of Net Cash Proceeds from a Non-Ordinary Course IP Sale or Non-Ordinary Course Spectrum Sale. The Mandatory Repurchase Offer Notice shall contain all instructions and materials necessary to enable such holder to tender notes pursuant to the Mandatory Repurchase Offer and will comply with the procedures required by this Indenture.
(c) Each Mandatory Repurchase Offer Notice shall specify:
(i) that the Mandatory Repurchase Offer is being made pursuant to Section 16.01(a) or (b) of this Indenture;
(ii) the Mandatory Offer Repurchase Price and the Mandatory Repurchase Date, which shall be no earlier than 10 calendar days nor later than 60 calendar days after the date the Mandatory Repurchase Offer Notice is mailed (the “Mandatory Repurchase Payment Date”);
(iii) that any Notes not tendered will continue to accrue interest in accordance with the terms of this Indenture;
(iv) that, unless the Company defaults in the payment of the Mandatory Repurchase Offer Amount, all Notes accepted for payment pursuant to the Mandatory Repurchase Offer shall cease to accrue interest after the Mandatory Repurchase Payment Date;
(v) that Holders will be entitled to withdraw their election by notice in writing to the Paying Agent delivered not later than the close of business on the second Business Day preceding the Mandatory Repurchase Payment Date;
(vi) that Holders whose Notes are being purchased only in part will be issued new Notes equal in principal amount to the unpurchased portion of the Notes surrendered, which unpurchased portion must be equal to $2,000 in principal amount or an integral multiple of $1,000 in excess thereof; and
(vii) any other information material to such Holder’s decision to tender Notes.
(d) If fewer than all of the outstanding Notes are to be repurchased, the Trustee shall select the Notes or portions thereof to be repurchased (in principal amounts of $2,000 or multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) by lot, on a pro rata basis or by another method the Trustee considers to be fair and appropriate. The Trustee shall not be liable to any party for any selections made in accordance with this Section 16.02(d), provided the Trustee acts without gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
(e) To the extent that the aggregate principal amount of Notes validly tendered or otherwise surrendered in connection with a Mandatory Repurchase Offer is less than the Applicable Mandatory Repurchase Offer Proceeds, the Company may, after purchasing all such Notes validly tendered and not withdrawn, use the remaining Applicable Mandatory Repurchase Offer Proceeds for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by this Indenture. If the aggregate principal amount of the Notes validly tendered pursuant to any Mandatory Repurchase Offer exceeds the amount that can be repurchased with the Applicable Mandatory Repurchase Offer Proceeds, the Company will allocate the Applicable Mandatory Repurchase Offer Proceeds to purchase Notes on a pro rata basis on the basis of the aggregate principal amount of tendered Notes; provided that no Notes will be selected and purchased in an unauthorized denomination. Upon completion of any repurchase of Notes in a Mandatory Repurchase Offer, the amount of Applicable Mandatory Repurchase Offer Proceeds shall be reset at zero.
(f) The Company will comply with the requirements of Rule 14e-1 under the Exchange Act and any other securities laws and regulations thereunder to the extent those laws and regulations are applicable. To the extent that the provisions of any such securities laws or regulations conflict with the provisions of this Indenture, the Company will comply with those
securities laws and regulations and will not be deemed to have breached its obligations described in this Indenture by virtue of compliance therewith.
Section 17.01. Provisions Binding on Company’s Successors. All the covenants, stipulations, promises and agreements of the Company contained in this Indenture shall bind its successors and assigns whether so expressed or not.
Section 17.02. Official Acts by Successor Corporation. Any act or proceeding by any provision of this Indenture authorized or required to be done or performed by any board, committee or Officer of the Company shall and may be done and performed with like force and effect by the like board, committee or officer of any corporation or other entity that shall at the time be the lawful sole successor of the Company.
Section 17.03. Addresses for Notices, Etc. Any notice or demand that by any provision of this Indenture is required or permitted to be given or served by the Trustee or by the Holders on the Company shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes if given or served by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box addressed (until another address is filed by the Company with the Trustee) to NextNav Inc., 1775 Tysons Blvd., 5th Floor, McLean, VA 22102, Attention: Chief Financial Officer. Any notice, direction, request or demand hereunder to or upon the Trustee shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or served by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box addressed to the Corporate Trust Office. Any notice, direction, request or demand hereunder to or upon the Notes Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given or made, for all purposes, if given or served by being deposited postage prepaid by registered or certified mail in a post office letter box addressed to GLAS Trust Company LLC Limited, 3 Second Street, Suite 206, Jersey City, New Jersey 07311, United States of America, email:
The Trustee, by notice to the Company, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications. The Notes Collateral Agent, by notice to the Company, may designate additional or different addresses for subsequent notices or communications.
The Trustee agrees to accept and act upon instructions or directions pursuant to this Indenture sent by unsecured e-mail (PDF only), facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods; provided, however, that (a) the party providing such electronic instructions or directions, subsequent to the transmission thereof, shall provide the originally executed instructions or directions to the Trustee in a timely manner and (b) such originally executed instructions or directions shall be signed by an authorized representative of the party providing such instructions or directions. The Trustee shall not be liable for any losses, costs or expenses arising directly or indirectly from the Trustee’s reliance upon and compliance with such instructions or directions notwithstanding such instructions or directions conflict or are inconsistent with a subsequent written instruction or direction or if the subsequent written instruction or direction is never received. The party providing instructions or directions by unsecured e-mail (PDF only), facsimile transmission or other similar unsecured electronic methods, as aforesaid, agrees to assume all risks arising out of the use of such electronic methods to submit instructions and directions to the Trustee, including without limitation the risk of the Trustee acting on unauthorized instructions, and the risk of interception and misuse by third parties. Nothing in this Section 17.03 shall require the Trustee to act upon instructions or directions sent by e-mail transmissions.
Any notice or communication delivered or to be delivered to a Holder of Notes shall be mailed to it by first class mail, postage prepaid, at its address as it appears on the Note Register or e-mailed at the email address of the Holder as it appears on the Note Register and shall be sufficiently given to it if so mailed or electronically delivered within the time prescribed.
Failure to mail or deliver a notice or communication to a Holder or any defect in it shall not affect its sufficiency with respect to other Holders. If a notice or communication is mailed or delivered, as the case may be, in the manner provided above, it is duly given, whether or not the addressee receives it.
In case by reason of the suspension of regular mail service or by reason of any other cause it shall be impracticable to give such notice to Holders by mail, then such notification as shall be made with the approval of the Trustee shall constitute a sufficient notification for every purpose hereunder.
Section 17.04. Governing Law; Jurisdiction. THIS INDENTURE, EACH NOTE, EACH NOTE GUARANTEE AND ANY CLAIM, CONTROVERSY OR DISPUTE ARISING UNDER OR RELATED TO THIS INDENTURE OR ANY NOTE OR NOTE GUARANTEE, SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICTS OF LAWS PROVISIONS THEREOF).
The Company and each Note Guarantor irrevocably consents and agrees, for the benefit of the Holders from time to time of the Notes and the Trustee, that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it with respect to obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in connection with this Indenture, the Notes or the Note Guarantees may be brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and, until amounts due and to become due in respect of the Notes have been paid, hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in personam, generally and unconditionally with respect to any action, suit or proceeding for itself in respect of its properties, assets and revenues.
The Company and each Note Guarantor irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any of the aforesaid actions, suits or proceedings arising out of or in connection with this Indenture brought in the courts of the State of New York or the courts of the United States located in the Borough of Manhattan, New York City, New York and hereby further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such action, suit or proceeding brought in any such court has been brought in an inconvenient forum.
Section 17.05. Evidence of Compliance with Conditions Precedent; Certificates and Opinions of Counsel to Trustee. Upon any application or demand by the Company to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent to take any action under any of the provisions of this Indenture, the Company shall furnish to the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel stating that such action is permitted by the terms of this Indenture; provided, however, that no Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with a request by the Company that the Trustee deliver a notice to Holders under this Indenture where the Trustee receives an Officer’s Certificate with respect to such notice.
Each Officer’s Certificate provided for, by or on behalf of the Company in this Indenture and delivered to the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent with respect to compliance with this Indenture (other than the Officer’s Certificates provided for in Section 4.08) shall include (a) a statement that the person signing such certificate is familiar with the requested action and this Indenture; (b) a brief statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which the statement contained in such certificate is based; (c) a statement that, in the judgment of such person, he or she has made such examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her to express an informed judgment as to whether or not such action is permitted by this Indenture; (d) a statement as to whether or not, in the judgment of such person, such action is permitted by this Indenture; and (e) a statement as to whether or not, in the judgment of such person, all conditions precedent and covenants, if any, provided for in this Indenture related to the proposed action have been complied with.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 17.05, if any provision in this Indenture specifically provides that the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent shall or may receive an Opinion of Counsel in connection with any action to be taken by the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent or the Company hereunder, the Trustee or Notes Collateral Agent shall receive such Opinion of Counsel.
Section 17.06. Legal Holidays. In any case where any Interest Payment Date, any Redemption Date, Change of Control Payment Date or Maturity Date is not a Business Day, then any action to be taken on such date need not be taken on such date, but may be taken on the next succeeding Business Day with the same force and effect as if taken on such date, and no interest shall accrue in respect of the delay.
Section 17.07. Agent for Service of Process. By the execution and delivery of this Indenture, each Note Guarantor that is not a Domestic Subsidiary does, and with respect to any entity that becomes a Note Guarantor after the date hereof and is not a Domestic Subsidiary, within 10 days of becoming a Note Guarantor, as applicable, will, (a) acknowledge that they will designate and appoint NextNav Inc., 1775 Tysons Blvd., 5th Floor, McLean, VA 22102, or another Person satisfactory to the Trustee (the “Authorized Agent”), as their authorized agent upon whom process may be served in any suit or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Indenture or the Note Guarantees that may be instituted in any federal or state court in the State of New York or brought under federal or state securities laws, and acknowledge that the Authorized Agent has accepted such designation, (b) submit to the jurisdiction of any such court in any such suit or proceeding, and (c) agree that service of process upon the Authorized Agent and written notice of said service to the Note Guarantor that is not a Domestic Subsidiary in accordance with this Section 17.07 shall be deemed effective service of process in any such suit or proceeding. Each Note Guarantor that is not a Domestic Subsidiary further agrees to take any reasonable action, including the execution and filing of any and all such documents and instruments, as may be necessary to continue such designation and appointment of the Authorized Agent in full force and effect so long as any of the Notes shall be outstanding; provided, however, that each Note Guarantor that is not a Domestic Subsidiary may, by written notice to the Trustee, designate such additional or alternative agent for service of process under this Section 17.07 that (i) maintains an office located in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, in the State of New York, (ii) is either (x) counsel for the Note Guarantor or (y) a corporate service company which acts as agent for service of process for other persons in the ordinary course of its business and (iii) agrees to act as agent for service of process in accordance with this Section 17.07. Such written notice shall identify the name of such agent for process and the address of the office of such agent for process in the Borough of Manhattan, The City of New York, State of New York. Upon the written request of any Holder, the Trustee shall deliver a copy of such notice to such Holder.
Section 17.08. Benefits of Indenture. Nothing in this Indenture or in the Notes, expressed or implied, shall give to any Person, other than the Holders, the parties hereto, any Paying Agent, any authenticating agent, any Note Registrar and their successors hereunder, any benefit or any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under this Indenture.
Section 17.09. Table of Contents, Headings, Etc. The table of contents and the titles and headings of the articles and sections of this Indenture have been inserted for convenience of reference only, are not to be considered a part hereof, and shall in no way modify or restrict any of the terms or provisions hereof.
Section 17.10. Authenticating Agent. The Trustee may appoint an authenticating agent that shall be authorized to act on its behalf and subject to its reasonable judgment in the authentication and delivery of Notes in connection with the original issuance thereof and transfers and exchanges of Notes hereunder, including under Section 2.04, Section 2.05, Section 2.06, Section 2.07, Section 10.04 and Section 15.03 as fully to all intents and purposes as though the authenticating agent had been expressly authorized by this Indenture and those Sections to authenticate and deliver Notes. For all purposes of this Indenture, the authentication and delivery of Notes by the authenticating agent shall be deemed to be authentication and delivery of such Notes “by the Trustee” and a certificate of authentication executed on behalf of the Trustee by an authenticating agent shall be deemed to satisfy any requirement hereunder or in the Notes for the Trustee’s certificate of authentication. Such authenticating agent shall at all times be a Person eligible to serve as Trustee hereunder pursuant to Section 7.08.
Any corporation or other entity into which any authenticating agent may be merged, amalgamated or converted or with which it may be consolidated, or any corporation or other entity resulting from any merger, amalgamation, consolidation or conversion to which any authenticating agent shall be a party, or any corporation or other entity succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of any authenticating agent, shall be the successor of the authenticating agent hereunder, if such successor corporation or other entity is otherwise eligible under this Section 17.10, without the execution or filing of any paper or any further act on the part of the parties hereto or the authenticating agent or such successor corporation or other entity.
Any authenticating agent may at any time resign by giving written notice of resignation to the Trustee and to the Company. The Trustee may at any time terminate the agency of any authenticating agent by giving written notice of termination to such authenticating agent and to the Company. Upon receiving such a notice of resignation or upon such a termination, or in case at any time any authenticating agent shall cease to be eligible under this Section 17.10, the Trustee may appoint a successor authenticating agent (which may be the Trustee), shall give written notice of such appointment to the Company and shall deliver notice of such appointment to all Holders.
The Company agrees to pay to the authenticating agent from time to time reasonable compensation for its services although the Company may terminate the authenticating agent, if it determines such agent’s fees to be unreasonable.
The provisions of Section 7.02, Section 7.03, Section 7.04, Section 8.03 and this Section
17.10 shall be applicable to any authenticating agent.
If an authenticating agent is appointed pursuant to this Section 17.10, the Notes may have endorsed thereon, in addition to the Trustee’s certificate of authentication, an alternative certificate of authentication in the following form:
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as Authenticating Agent, certifies that this is one of the Notes described in the within-named Indenture.
By: Authorized Officer |
Section 17.11. Execution in Counterparts. This Indenture may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which so executed shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Indenture. One signed copy is sufficient to prove this Indenture. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Indenture by facsimile or any other rapid transmission device designed to produce a written record of the communication transmitted shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart thereof. The words “execution,” “executed,” “signed,” signature” and words of like import in this Indenture or in any other certificate, agreement or document related to this Indenture shall include images of manually executed signatures transmitted by facsimile, email or other electronic format (including, without limitation, “pdf,” “tif” or “jpg”) and other electronic signatures (including, without limitation, DocuSign and AdobeSign). The use of electronic signatures and electronic records (including, without limitation, any contract or other record created, generated, sent, communicated, received, or stored by electronic means) shall be of the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act and any other applicable law, including, without limitation, any state law based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act or the Uniform Commercial Code.
Section 17.12. Severability. In the event any provision of this Indenture, in the Notes or in any Note Guarantee shall be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, then (to the extent permitted by law) the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired.
Section 17.13. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH OF THE COMPANY, EACH OF THE NOTE GUARANTORS AND THE TRUSTEE HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS INDENTURE, THE NOTES OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.
Section 17.14. Force Majeure. In no event shall the Trustee be responsible or liable for any failure or delay in the performance of its obligations hereunder arising out of or caused by, directly or indirectly, forces beyond its control, including, without limitation, strikes, work stoppages, accidents, acts of war or terrorism, civil or military disturbances, nuclear or natural catastrophes or acts of God, and interruptions, pandemics, epidemics, recognized public emergencies, quarantine restrictions, loss or malfunctions of utilities, communications or computer (software and hardware) services, hacking, cyber-attacks, or other use or infiltration of the Trustee’s technological infrastructure exceeding authorized access; it being understood that the Trustee shall use reasonable efforts that are consistent with accepted practices in the banking industry to resume performance as soon as practicable under the circumstances.
Section 17.15. Calculations. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Company shall be responsible for making all calculations called for under the Notes. These calculations include, but are not limited to, determinations of accrued interest payable on the Notes and Additional Interest. The Company shall make all these calculations in good faith and, absent manifest error, the Company’s calculations shall be final and binding on Holders of Notes. The Company shall provide a schedule of its calculations to the Trustee, and the Trustee is entitled to rely conclusively upon the accuracy of the Company’s calculations without independent verification. The Trustee will forward the Company’s calculations to any Holder of Notes upon the request of that Holder at the sole cost and expense of the Company.
Section 17.16. U.S.A. Patriot Act. The parties hereto acknowledge that in accordance with Section 326 of the U.S.A. Patriot Act, the Trustee, like all financial institutions and in order to help fight the funding of terrorism and money laundering, is required to obtain, verify, and record information that identifies each person or legal entity that establishes a relationship or opens an account with the Trustee. The parties to this Indenture agree that they will provide the Trustee with such information as it may request in order for the Trustee to satisfy the requirements of the
U.S.A. PATRIOT Act.
Section 17.17. Withholding Taxes. All parties to this Indenture shall provide an executed IRS Form W-9 or appropriate IRS Form W-8 (or, in each case, any successor form) to the Trustee prior to the Issue Date, and shall promptly update any such form to the extent such form expires or becomes inaccurate in any respect because of a change in circumstances. The Trustee shall have the right to request from any party to this Indenture, or any other Person entitled to payment hereunder, any additional forms, documentation or other information as may be reasonably necessary for the Trustee to satisfy its reporting and withholding obligations under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). To the extent any such forms to be delivered under this paragraph are not provided prior to the time the related payment is required to be made or are reasonably determined by the Trustee to be incomplete and/or inaccurate in any material respect, the Trustee shall be entitled to withhold on any such payments hereunder to the extent withholding is required under Chapters 3, 4, or 61 of the Code, and shall have no obligation to gross up any such payments. In addition, the Company and the Note Guarantors, jointly and severally, agree to indemnify the Trustee in relation to all Taxes paid by the Trustee, or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to any Person entitled to payment hereunder, and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto.
Section 17.18. [Reserved]
Section 17.19. [Reserved]
Section 18.01. Collateral Documents.
(a) The due and punctual payment of the principal of, premium and interest on the Notes when and as the same shall be due and payable, whether on an Interest Payment Date, at maturity, by acceleration, repurchase, redemption or otherwise, and interest on the overdue principal of, premium and interest on the Notes and performance of all other obligations of the Company and the Note Guarantors to the Holders, the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent under this Indenture, the Notes, the Guarantees and the Collateral Documents, according to the terms hereunder or thereunder, shall be secured as provided in the Collateral Documents, which define the terms of the Liens that secure Notes Obligations. The Trustee, the Company and the Note Guarantors hereby acknowledge and agree that the Notes Collateral Agent holds the Collateral in trust (or, as the case may be, as direct representative) for the benefit of the Holders, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent and pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents. Each Holder, by accepting a Note, consents and agrees to the terms of the Collateral Documents (including the provisions providing for the possession, use, release and foreclosure of Collateral), each as may be in effect or may be amended from time to time in accordance with its terms and this Indenture, and authorizes and directs the Notes Collateral Agent to enter into the Collateral Documents on the Issue Date, and the Collateral Documents at any time after the Issue Date, if applicable, and to perform its obligations and exercise its rights thereunder in accordance therewith. The Company shall deliver to the Notes Collateral Agent copies of all documents required to be filed pursuant to the Collateral Documents, and will do or cause to be done all such acts and things as may be reasonably required by the next sentence of this Section 18.01, to assure and confirm to the Notes Collateral Agent the security interest in the Collateral contemplated hereby, by the Collateral Documents or any part thereof, as from time to time constituted, so as to render the same available for the security and benefit of this Indenture and of the Notes secured hereby, according to the intent and purposes herein expressed. On or following the Issue Date, the Company and the Note Guarantors shall, at their sole expense, execute any and all further documents, financing statements (including continuation statements and amendments to financing statements), agreements and instruments, and take all further action that may be required under applicable law, or that the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may reasonably request (it being understood that neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent is under any obligation or duty to make such request), in order to grant, preserve, maintain, protect and perfect (or continue the perfection of) the validity and priority of the Liens and security interests created or intended to be created by the Collateral Documents in the Collateral, in each case, to the extent required pursuant to the Collateral Documents. Such security interest and Liens will be created under the Collateral Documents and other security agreements and other instruments and documents.
Section 18.02. Release of Collateral.
(a) Collateral may be released from the Lien and security interest created by the Collateral Documents at any time and from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the Collateral Documents and this Indenture. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Collateral Documents and this Indenture, the Company and the Note Guarantors will be entitled to the release of property and other assets constituting Collateral from the Liens securing the Notes and the Notes Obligations under any one or more of the following circumstances:
(i) in the case of a Note Guarantor that is released from its Guarantee with respect to the Notes pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, the release of the property and assets of such Guarantor; and
(ii) with respect to any Collateral (x) that is or becomes an “Excluded Asset,” upon it becoming an Excluded Asset or (y) is sold pursuant to a disposition permitted hereunder, upon the consummation of the sale.
(b) The Liens on the Collateral securing the Notes and the Note Guarantees also will be released:
(i) upon payment in full of the principal of, together with accrued and unpaid interest on, the Notes and all other Notes Obligations under this Indenture, the Note Guarantees and the Collateral Documents that are due and payable at or prior to the time such principal, together with accrued and unpaid interest, are paid, or
(ii) upon a discharge of this Indenture as described under Article 3 hereof.
(c) With respect to any release of Collateral, upon receipt of an Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel stating that all conditions precedent under this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, as applicable, to such release have been met and that it is permitted for the Trustee and/or Notes Collateral Agent to execute and deliver the documents requested by the Company in connection with such release and any necessary or proper instruments of termination, satisfaction or release prepared by the Company, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall, execute, deliver or acknowledge (at the Company’s expense) such instruments or releases to evidence the release of any Collateral permitted to be released pursuant to this Indenture or the Collateral Documents and shall do or cause to be done (at the Company’s expense) all acts reasonably requested of them to release such Lien as soon as is reasonably practicable. Neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall be liable for any such release undertaken in reliance upon any such Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, and notwithstanding any term hereof or in any Collateral Document to the contrary, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be under any obligation to release any such Lien and security interest, or execute and deliver any such instrument of release, satisfaction or termination, unless and until it receives such Officer’s Certificate and Opinion of Counsel, upon which it shall be entitled to conclusively rely without independent verification or investigation as to the statements made therein.
Section 18.03. Suits to Protect the Collateral. Subject to the provisions of Article 7 and the Collateral Documents, the Trustee may or may direct the Notes Collateral Agent to take all actions it determines in order to:
(a) enforce any of the terms of the Collateral Documents; and
(b) collect and receive any and all amounts payable in respect of the Notes Obligations hereunder.
Subject to the provisions of the Collateral Documents, the Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent shall have the power to institute and to maintain such suits and proceedings as the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may determine to prevent any impairment of the Collateral by any acts which may be unlawful or in violation of any of the Collateral Documents or this Indenture, and such suits and proceedings as the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent may determine to preserve or protect its interests and the interests of the Holders in the Collateral. Nothing in this Section 18.03 shall be considered to impose any such duty or obligation to act on the part of the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent.
Section 18.04. Authorization of Receipt of Funds by the Trustee Under the Collateral Documents. The Trustee is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of the Holders distributed under the Collateral Documents, and to make further distributions of such funds to the Holders according to the provisions of this Indenture.
Section 18.05. Purchaser Protected. In no event shall any purchaser in good faith of any property purported to be released hereunder be bound to ascertain the authority of the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to execute the applicable release or to inquire as to the satisfaction of any conditions required by the provisions hereof for the exercise of such authority or to see to the application of any consideration given by such purchaser or other transferee; nor shall any purchaser or other transferee of any property or rights permitted by this Article 18 to be sold be under any obligation to ascertain or inquire into the authority of the Company or the applicable Note Guarantor to make any such sale or other transfer.
Section 18.06. Powers Exercisable by Receiver or Trustee. In case the Collateral shall be in the possession of a receiver, interim receiver, manager, monitor or trustee, lawfully appointed, the powers conferred in this Article 18 upon the Company or a Note Guarantor with respect to the release, sale or other disposition of such property may be exercised by such receiver, interim receiver, manager, monitor or trustee, and an instrument signed by such receiver, interim receiver, manager, monitor or trustee shall be deemed the equivalent of any similar instrument of the Company or a Guarantor or of any Officer or Officers thereof required by the provisions of this Article 18; and if the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent shall be in the possession of the Collateral under any provision of this Indenture, then such powers may be exercised by the Trustee or the Notes Collateral Agent.
Section 18.07. Notes Collateral Agent.
(a) The Company and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby designates and appoints the Notes Collateral Agent as its agent under this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, and the Company and each of the Holders by acceptance of the Notes hereby irrevocably authorizes the Notes Collateral Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Indenture and the Collateral Documents and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to the Notes Collateral Agent by the terms of this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, and consents and agrees to the terms of each Collateral Document, as the same may be in effect or may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with their respective terms. The Notes Collateral Agent agrees to act as such on the express conditions contained in this Section 18.07. Each Holder agrees that any action taken by the Notes Collateral Agent in accordance with the provision of this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, and the exercise by the Notes Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies set forth herein and therein shall be authorized and binding upon all Holders. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere in this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, the duties of the Notes Collateral Agent shall be ministerial and administrative in nature, and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not have any duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein and in the Collateral Documents to which the Notes Collateral Agent is a party, nor shall the Notes Collateral Agent have or be deemed to have any trust or other fiduciary relationship with the Trustee, any Holder, the Company or any Note Guarantor, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Indenture and the Collateral Documents or otherwise exist against the Notes Collateral Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” in this Indenture with reference to the Notes Collateral Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.
(b) The Notes Collateral Agent may perform any of its duties under this Indenture, the Collateral Documents by or through receivers, interim receivers, managers, monitors, agents, employees, attorneys-in-fact or with respect to any specified Person, such Person’s Affiliates, and the respective officers, directors, employees, agents, advisors and attorneys-in-fact of such Person and its Affiliates (a “Related Person”), and shall be entitled to advice of counsel concerning all matters pertaining to such duties, and shall be entitled to act upon, and shall be fully protected in taking action in reliance upon any advice or opinion given by legal counsel. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any receiver, interim receiver, manager, monitor, agent, employee, attorney-in-fact or Related Person that it selects as long as such selection was made in good faith and with due care.
(c) None of the Notes Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall (i) be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Indenture or the Transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct) or under or in connection with any Collateral Document or the Transactions contemplated thereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct), or (ii) be responsible in any manner to any of the Trustee or any Holder for any recital, statement, representation, warranty, covenant or agreement made by the Company or any other Note Party or Affiliate of any Note Party, or any Officer or Related Person thereof, contained in this Indenture or the Collateral Documents, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Notes Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture or the Collateral Documents, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Indenture or the Collateral Documents, or for any failure of any Note Party or any other party to this Indenture, the Collateral Documents to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. None of the Notes Collateral Agent or any of its respective Related Persons shall be under any obligation to the Trustee or any Holder to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Indenture or the Collateral Documents or to inspect the properties, books, or records of any Note Party or any Note Party’s Affiliates.
(d) The Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, resolution, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, certification, telephone message, statement, or other communication, document or conversation (including those by telephone or e-mail) believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent, or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including, without limitation, counsel to the Company or any other Note Party), independent accountants and other experts and advisors selected by the Notes Collateral Agent. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be bound to make any investigation into the facts or matters stated in any resolution, certificate, statement, instrument, opinion, report, notice, request, direction, consent, order, bond, debenture, or other paper or document. The Notes Collateral Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under this Indenture, the Collateral Documents unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Trustee, the Holder Representatives or the Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes as it determines and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its reasonable satisfaction by the Holder Representatives or the Holders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. The Notes Collateral Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Indenture or the Collateral Documents in accordance with a request, direction, instruction or consent of the Trustee, the Holder Representatives or the Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the Holders.
(e) The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, unless a Responsible Officer of the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received written notice from the Trustee or the Company referring to this Indenture, describing such Default or Event of Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default.” The Notes Collateral Agent shall take such action with respect to such Default or Event of Default as may be requested by the Trustee in accordance with Article 6, the Holder Representatives or the Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes (subject to this Section 18.07).
(f) The Notes Collateral Agent may resign at any time by notice to the Trustee and the Company, such resignation to be effective upon the acceptance of a successor agent to its appointment as Notes Collateral Agent. If the Notes Collateral Agent resigns under this Indenture, the Company shall appoint a successor collateral agent. If no successor collateral agent is appointed prior to the intended effective date of the resignation of the Notes Collateral Agent (as stated in the notice of resignation), the Trustee, at the direction of the Holder Representatives or the Holders of 60% of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, may appoint a successor collateral agent, subject to the consent of the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld and which shall not be required during a continuing Event of Default). If no successor collateral agent is appointed and consented to by the Company pursuant to the preceding sentence within thirty (30) days after the intended effective date of resignation (as stated in the notice of resignation) the Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to petition a court of competent jurisdiction to appoint a successor. The Holder Representatives or the Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may at any time remove the Notes Collateral Agent and nominate a successor collateral agent that shall be deemed appointed as successor collateral agent by giving written notice of such removal and appointment to the Company and by delivering notice thereof to the remaining Holders (if any). Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor collateral agent hereunder, such successor collateral agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring or removed Notes Collateral Agent, and the term “Notes Collateral Agent” shall mean such successor collateral agent, and the retiring or removed Notes Collateral Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Notes Collateral Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Notes Collateral Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder, the provisions of this Section 18.07 shall continue to inure to its benefit and the retiring or removed Notes Collateral Agent shall not by reason of such resignation or removal be deemed to be released from liability as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Notes Collateral Agent under this Indenture.
(g) GLAS Trust Company LLC shall initially act as Notes Collateral Agent and shall be authorized to appoint co-Notes Collateral Agents as necessary in its sole discretion. Except as otherwise explicitly provided herein or in the Collateral Documents, neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its respective officers, directors, employees or agents or other Related Persons shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any other Person or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Collateral or any part thereof. The Notes Collateral Agent shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor any of its officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct.
(h) The Notes Collateral Agent is authorized and directed to (i) enter into the Collateral Documents to which it is party, whether executed on or after the Issue Date, (ii) make the representations of the Holders set forth in the Collateral Documents, (iii) bind the Holders on the terms as set forth in the Collateral Documents and (iv) perform and observe its obligations under the Collateral Documents.
(i) If at any time or times the Trustee shall receive (i) by payment, foreclosure, set-off or otherwise, any proceeds of Collateral or any payments with respect to the Notes Obligations arising under, or relating to, this Indenture, except for any such proceeds or payments received by the Trustee from the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture, or (ii) payments from the Notes Collateral Agent in excess of the amount required to be paid to the Trustee pursuant to Article 6, the Trustee shall promptly turn the same over to the Notes Collateral Agent, in kind, and with such endorsements as may be required to negotiate the same to the Notes Collateral Agent such proceeds to be applied by the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of this Indenture and the Collateral Documents.
(j) The Notes Collateral Agent is each Holder’s agent for the purpose of perfecting the Holders’ security interest in assets which, in accordance with Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code can be perfected only by possession. Should the Trustee obtain possession of any such Collateral, upon request from the Company, the Trustee shall notify the Notes Collateral Agent thereof and promptly shall deliver such Collateral to the Notes Collateral Agent or otherwise deal with such Collateral in accordance with the Notes Collateral Agent’s instructions.
(k) The Notes Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Trustee or any of the Holders to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by any Note Party or is cared for, protected, or insured or has been encumbered, or that the Notes Collateral Agent’s Liens have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected, maintained or enforced or are entitled to any particular priority, or to determine whether all of the Note Party’s property constituting Collateral intended to be subject to the Lien and security interest of the Collateral Documents has been properly and completely listed or delivered, as the case may be, or the genuineness, validity, marketability or sufficiency thereof or title thereto, or to exercise at all or in any particular manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity, or to continue exercising, any of the rights, authorities, and powers granted or available to the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to this Indenture or any Collateral Document other than pursuant to the instructions of the Trustee, the Holder Representatives or the Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes or as otherwise provided in the Collateral Documents.
(l) [Reserved]
(m) [Reserved]
(n) No provision of this Indenture or any Collateral Document shall require the Notes Collateral Agent (or the Trustee) to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its duties hereunder or thereunder or to take or omit to take any action hereunder or thereunder or take any action at the request or direction of Holders (or the Trustee in the case of the Notes Collateral Agent) unless it shall have received indemnity, prefunding and/or security satisfactory to the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee against potential costs and liabilities incurred by the Notes Collateral Agent relating thereto. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Indenture or the Collateral Documents, in the event the Notes Collateral Agent is entitled or required to commence an action to foreclose or otherwise exercise its remedies to acquire control or possession of the Collateral, the Notes
Collateral Agent shall not be required to commence any such action or exercise any remedy or to inspect or conduct any studies of any property under the mortgages or take any such other action if the Notes Collateral Agent has determined that the Notes Collateral Agent may incur personal liability as a result of the presence at, or release on or from, the Collateral or such property, of any hazardous substances. The Notes Collateral Agent shall at any time be entitled to cease taking any action described in this clause if it no longer reasonably deems any indemnity, prefunding and/or security or undertaking from the Company or the Holders to be sufficient.
(o) The Notes Collateral Agent (i) shall not be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in connection with this Indenture and the Collateral Documents or instrument referred to herein or therein, except to the extent that any of the foregoing are found by a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, (ii) shall not be liable for interest on any money received by it except as the Notes Collateral Agent may agree in writing with the Company (and money held in trust by the Notes Collateral Agent need not be segregated from other funds except to the extent required by law) and (iii) may consult with counsel of its selection and the advice or opinion of such counsel as to matters of law shall be full and complete authorization and protection from liability in respect of any action taken, omitted or suffered by it in good faith and in accordance with the advice or opinion of such counsel. The grant of permissive rights or powers to the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be construed to impose duties to act.
(p) Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for delays or failures in performance resulting from acts beyond its control. Such acts shall include but not be limited to acts of God, strikes, lockouts, riots, acts of war, epidemics, governmental regulations superimposed after the fact, fire, communication line failures, computer viruses, power failures, earthquakes or other disasters. Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable for any indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages (included but not limited to lost profits) whatsoever, even if it has been informed of the likelihood thereof and regardless of the form of action.
(q) The Notes Collateral Agent does not assume any responsibility for any failure or delay in performance or any breach by the Company or any other Grantor under this Indenture and the Collateral Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be responsible to the Holders or any other Person for any recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties contained in this Indenture, the Collateral Documents or in any certificate, report, statement, or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Notes Collateral Agent under or in connection with, this Indenture or any Collateral Document; the execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability of any Collateral Documents of any other party thereto; the genuineness, enforceability, collectability, value, sufficiency, location or existence of any Collateral, or the validity, effectiveness, enforceability, sufficiency, extent, perfection or priority of any Lien therein; the validity, enforceability or collectability of any Notes Obligations; the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any obligor; or for any failure of any obligor to perform its Notes Obligations under this Indenture and the Collateral Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to any Holder or any other Person to ascertain or inquire into the existence of any Default or Event of Default, the observance or performance by any obligor of any terms of this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, or the satisfaction of any conditions precedent contained in this Indenture and any Collateral Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be required to initiate or conduct any litigation or collection or other proceeding under this Indenture and the Collateral Documents unless expressly set forth hereunder or thereunder. The Notes Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time to seek instructions from the Holders with respect to the administration of this Indenture and the Collateral Documents.
(r) The parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall assume, be responsible for or otherwise be obligated for any liabilities, claims, causes of action, suits, losses, allegations, requests, demands, penalties, fines, settlements, damages (including foreseeable and unforeseeable), judgments, expenses and costs (including but not limited to, any remediation, corrective action, response, removal or remedial action, or investigation, operations and maintenance or monitoring costs, for personal injury or property damages, real or personal) of any kind whatsoever, pursuant to any environmental law as a result of this Indenture, the Collateral Documents or any actions taken pursuant hereto or thereto. Further, the parties hereto and the Holders hereby agree and acknowledge that in the exercise of its rights under this Indenture and the Collateral Documents, the Notes Collateral Agent may hold or obtain indicia of ownership primarily to protect the security interest of the Notes Collateral Agent in the Collateral and that any such actions taken by the Notes Collateral Agent shall not be construed as or otherwise constitute any participation in the management of such Collateral. In the event that the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee is required to acquire title to an asset for any reason, or take any managerial action of any kind in regard thereto, in order to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation for the benefit of another, which in either of the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee’s sole discretion may cause the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee, as applicable, to be considered an “owner or operator” under the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), 42 U.S.C. §9601, et seq., or otherwise cause the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to incur liability under CERCLA or any other federal, state or local law, each of the Notes Collateral Agent and the Trustee reserves the right, instead of taking such action, to either resign as the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee or arrange for the transfer of the title or control of the asset to a court-appointed receiver. Neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee shall be liable to the Company, the Note Guarantors or any other Person for any environmental claims or contribution actions under any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of either of the Notes Collateral Agent’s or the Trustee’s actions and conduct as authorized, empowered and directed hereunder or relating to the discharge, release or threatened release of hazardous materials into the environment. If at any time it is necessary or advisable for property to be possessed, owned, operated or managed by any Person (including the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee) other than the Company or the Note Guarantors, the Holder Representatives or Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes shall direct the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee to appoint an appropriately qualified Person (excluding the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee) who they shall designate to possess, own, operate or manage, as the case may be, the property.
(s) Upon the receipt by the Notes Collateral Agent of a written request of the Company signed by an Officer (a “Collateral Document Order”), the Notes Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to execute and enter into, and shall execute and enter into, without the further consent of any Holder or the Trustee, any Collateral Document to be executed after the Issue Date. Such Collateral Document Order shall (i) state that it is being delivered to the Notes Collateral Agent pursuant to, and is a Collateral Document Order referred to in, this Section 18.07(s), and (ii) instruct the Notes Collateral Agent to execute and enter into such Collateral Document. Any such execution of a Collateral Document shall be at the direction and expense of the Company, upon delivery to the Notes Collateral Agent of an Officer’s Certificate stating that all conditions precedent to the execution and delivery of the Collateral Document have been satisfied. The Holders, by their acceptance of the Notes, hereby authorize and direct the Notes Collateral Agent to execute such Collateral Documents.
(t) Subject to the provisions of the applicable Collateral Documents, each Holder, by acceptance of the Notes, agrees that the Notes Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver the Collateral Documents to which it is a party and all agreements, documents and instruments incidental thereto, and act in accordance with the terms thereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the Notes Collateral Agent shall have no discretion under this Indenture or the Collateral Documents and shall not be required to make or give any determination, consent, approval, request or direction without the written direction of the Holder Representatives, the Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes or the Trustee, as applicable.
(u) After the occurrence and continuance of an Event of Default, the Trustee, acting at the direction of the Holder Representatives or Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes then outstanding, may direct the Notes Collateral Agent in connection with any action required or permitted by this Indenture, the Collateral Documents.
(v) The Notes Collateral Agent is authorized to receive any funds for the benefit of itself, the Trustee and the Holders distributed under the Collateral Documents, for turnover to the Trustee to make further distributions of such funds to itself, the Trustee and the Holders in accordance with the provisions of Section 6.05 and the other provisions of this Indenture.
(w) In each case that the Notes Collateral Agent may or is required hereunder or under any Collateral Document to take any action (an “Action”), including without limitation to make any determination, to give consents, to exercise rights, powers or remedies, to release or sell Collateral or otherwise to act hereunder or under any Collateral Document, the Notes Collateral Agent may seek direction from the Holder Representatives or Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be liable with respect to any Action taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the direction from the Holder Representatives or Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes. If the Notes Collateral Agent shall request direction from the Holder Representatives or Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes with respect to any Action, the Notes Collateral Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such Action unless and until the Notes Collateral Agent shall have received direction from the Holder Representatives or Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the then outstanding Notes, and the Notes Collateral Agent shall not incur liability to any Person by reason of so refraining.
(x) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Indenture or in any Collateral Document, in no event shall the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee be responsible for, or have any duty or obligation with respect to, the recording, filing, registering, perfection, protection or maintenance of the security interests or Liens intended to be created by this Indenture or the Collateral Documents (including without limitation the filing or continuation of any UCC financing or continuation statements or similar documents or instruments), nor shall the Notes Collateral Agent or the Trustee be responsible for, and neither the Notes Collateral Agent nor the Trustee makes any representation regarding, the validity, effectiveness or priority of any of the Collateral Documents or the security interests or Liens intended to be created thereby.
(y) Before the Notes Collateral Agent acts or refrains from acting in each case at the request or direction of the Company or the Note Guarantors, it may require an Officer’s Certificate and an Opinion of Counsel, which shall conform to the provisions of this Section 18.07 and Section 17.05; provided that no Officer’s Certificate or Opinion of Counsel shall be required in connection with the Collateral Documents to be entered by the Notes Collateral Agent on the Issue Date. The Notes Collateral Agent shall not be liable for any action it takes or omits to take in good faith in reliance on such certificate.
(z) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the Notes Collateral Agent shall act pursuant to the instructions of the Holders and the Trustee with respect to the Collateral Documents and the Collateral.
(aa) The rights, privileges, benefits, immunities, indemnities and other protections given to the Trustee are extended to, and shall be enforceable by, the Notes Collateral Agent as if the Notes Collateral Agent were named as the Trustee herein and the Collateral Documents were named as this Indenture herein.
(bb) [Reserved]
(cc) Section 7.02 and Section 7.06 of this Indenture shall apply mutatis mutandis to the Notes Collateral Agent in its capacity as such.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Indenture to be duly executed as of the date first written above.
NEXTNAV INC., as issuer |
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By: |
/s/ Chris Gates | ||
Name: Chris Gates | |||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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NEXTNAV HOLDINGS, LLC, as guarantor |
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By: | /s/ Chris Gates | ||
Name: Chris Gates | |||
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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NEXTNAV INTERMEDIATE HOLDCO, LLC, as guarantor |
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By: | /s/ Chris Gates | ||
Name: Chris Gates | |||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | |||
NEXTNAV INC., as issuer |
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By: | /s/ Chris Gates | ||
Name: Chris Gates | |||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | |||
PROGENY LMS, LLC, as guarantor |
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By: | /s/ Chris Gates | ||
Name: Chris Gates | |||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | |||
COMMLABS, INC., as guarantor |
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By: | /s/ Chris Gates | ||
Name: Chris Gates | |||
Title: Chief Financial Officer | |||
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC, as Trustee |
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By: | /s/ Jeffrey Schoenfeld | ||
Name: Jeffrey Schoenfeld | |||
Title: Vice President | |||
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC, as Notes Collateral Agent |
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By: | /s/ Jeffrey Schoenfeld | ||
Name: Jeffrey Schoenfeld | |||
Title: Vice President |
[FORM OF FACE OF NOTE]
[INCLUDE FOLLOWING LEGEND IF A RESTRICTED SECURITY]
[THIS SECURITY HAS NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), AND MAY NOT BE OFFERED, SOLD, PLEDGED OR OTHERWISE TRANSFERRED EXCEPT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOLLOWING SENTENCE. BY ITS ACQUISITION HEREOF OR OF A BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, THE ACQUIRER:
AGREES FOR THE BENEFIT OF NEXTNAV INC. (THE “COMPANY”) THAT IT WILL NOT OFFER, SELL, PLEDGE OR OTHERWISE TRANSFER THIS SECURITY OR ANY BENEFICIAL INTEREST HEREIN, EXCEPT:
(A) TO THE COMPANY OR ANY SUBSIDIARY THEREOF, OR
(B) PURSUANT TO A REGISTRATION STATEMENT WHICH HAS BECOME EFFECTIVE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT, OR
(C) PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION PROVIDED BY RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OR ANY OTHER AVAILABLE EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.
PRIOR TO THE REGISTRATION OF ANY TRANSFER IN ACCORDANCE WITH CLAUSE (2)(C) ABOVE, THE COMPANY AND THE TRUSTEE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO REQUIRE THE DELIVERY OF SUCH LEGAL OPINIONS, CERTIFICATIONS OR OTHER EVIDENCE AS MAY REASONABLY BE REQUIRED IN ORDER TO DETERMINE THAT THE PROPOSED TRANSFER IS BEING MADE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THE SECURITIES ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS. NO REPRESENTATION IS MADE AS TO THE AVAILABILITY OF ANY EXEMPTION FROM THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT.]
[INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING LEGEND IF THE NOTES ARE ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT]
[THIS SECURITY REPRESENTED BY THIS INSTRUMENT IS ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT FOR PURPOSES OF SECTION 1271 ET SEQ. OF THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE OF 1986, AS AMENDED. A HOLDER MAY OBTAIN THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY FOR SUCH NOTE BY SUBMITTING A REQUEST FOR SUCH INFORMATION TO THE COMPANY AT THE FOLLOWING ADDRESS: NEXTNAV INC., 1775 TYSONS BLVD., 5th FLOOR, MCLEAN, VA 22102, ATTENTION: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER.]
NextNav Inc.
10% Senior Secured Note due 2026
No. [ ] | $[ ] |
CUSIP No. [_______]
NextNav Inc., a corporation duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company,” which term includes any successor corporation or other entity under the Indenture referred to on the reverse hereof), for value received hereby promises to pay to [•], or registered assigns, the principal sum of $[________], which amount, taken together with the principal amounts of all other outstanding Notes, shall not, unless permitted by the Indenture, exceed $80,000,000 in aggregate at any time, on December 1, 2026, and interest thereon as set forth below.
This Note shall bear interest at the rate of 10% per year from May 9, 2023, or from the most recent date to which interest had been paid or provided for to, but excluding, the next scheduled Interest Payment Date until December 1, 2026. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears on each June 1 and December 1, commencing on December 1, 2023, to Holders of record at the close of business on the preceding May 15 and November 15 (whether or not such day is a Business Day), respectively. Additional Interest will be payable as set forth in Section 4.06(d), Section 4.06(e) and Section 6.03 of the within-mentioned Indenture, and any reference to interest on, or in respect of, any Note therein shall be deemed to include Additional Interest if, in such context, Additional Interest is, was or would be payable pursuant to any of such Section 4.06(d), Section 4.06(e) or Section 6.03, and any express mention of the payment of Additional Interest in any provision therein shall not be construed as excluding Additional Interest in those provisions thereof where such express mention is not made.
Any Defaulted Amounts shall accrue interest per annum at the rate borne by the Notes, plus an amount of Additional Interest as set forth in Section 6.03(a) of the Indenture, subject to the enforceability thereof under applicable law, from, and including, the relevant payment date to, but excluding, the date on which such Defaulted Amounts shall have been paid by the Company, at its election, in accordance with Section 2.03(c) of the Indenture.
The Company shall pay or cause the Paying Agent to pay the principal of and interest on this Note in immediately available funds to the the registered Holder of such Note. As provided in and subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company shall pay or cause the Paying Agent to pay the principal of any Notes at the office or agency designated by the Company for that purpose. The Company has initially designated the Trustee as its Paying Agent and Note Registrar in respect of the Notes and the Corporate Trust Office as a place where Notes may be presented for payment or for registration of transfer and exchange.
Reference is made to the further provisions of this Note set forth on the reverse hereof, including, without limitation, provisions giving the Company the right to pay a portion of the interest on this Note in shares of Common Stock on the terms and subject to the limitations set forth in the Indenture. Such further provisions shall for all purposes have the same effect as though fully set forth at this place.
This Note, and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Note, shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York (without regard to the conflicts of laws provisions thereof).
In the case of any conflict between this Note and the Indenture, the provisions of the Indenture shall control and govern.
This Note shall not be valid or become obligatory for any purpose until the certificate of authentication hereon shall have been signed manually by the Trustee or a duly authorized authenticating agent under the Indenture.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Note to be duly executed.
NEXTNAV INC.
By: | ||
Name: Title: | ||
Name: Title: |
Dated:
TRUSTEE’S CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICATION
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC
as Trustee, certifies that this is one of the Notes described
in the within-named Indenture.
By: | ||
Authorized Signatory |
[FORM OF REVERSE OF NOTE]
NextNav Inc.
10% Senior Secured Note due 2026
This Note is one of a duly authorized issue of Notes of the Company, designated as its 10% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”), limited to the aggregate principal amount of $80,000,000, all issued or to be issued under and pursuant to an Indenture dated as of May [ ], 2023 (the “Indenture”), by and among the Company, the Note Guarantors and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and notes collateral agent (the “Notes Collateral Agent”) to which Indenture and all indentures supplemental thereto reference is hereby made for a description of the rights, limitations of rights, obligations, duties and immunities thereunder of the Trustee, the Company and the Holders of the Notes. Capitalized terms used in this Note and not defined in this Note shall have the respective meanings set forth in the Indenture.
In case certain Events of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the principal of, and interest on, all Notes may be declared, by either the Trustee or Holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of Notes then outstanding, and upon said declaration shall become, due and payable, in the manner, with the effect and subject to the conditions and certain exceptions set forth in the Indenture.
Subject to the terms and conditions of the Indenture, the Company will make all payments and deliveries in respect of the Redemption Price on the Redemption Date, in respect of the Mandatory Redemption Price on the Mandatory Redemption Date, in respect of the Change of Control Payment on the Change of Control Payment Date and the principal amount on the Maturity Date, as the case may be, to the Holder who surrenders a Note to a Paying Agent to collect such payments in respect of the Note. The Company will pay cash amounts in money of the United States that at the time of payment is legal tender for payment of public and private debts.
The Indenture contains provisions permitting the Company and the Trustee in certain circumstances, without the consent of the Holders of the Notes, and in certain other circumstances, with the consent of either (A) the Holder Representatives or (B) the Holders of not less than 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding, evidenced as in the Indenture provided, to execute supplemental indentures modifying the terms of the Indenture and the Notes as described therein. It is also provided in the Indenture that, subject to certain exceptions, either (A) the Holder Representatives or (B) the Holders of 60% in aggregate principal amount of the Notes at the time outstanding may on behalf of the Holders of all of the Notes waive any past Default or Event of Default under the Indenture and its consequences.
No reference herein to the Indenture and no provision of this Note or of the Indenture shall alter or impair the obligation of the Company, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay or deliver, as the case may be, the principal of, accrued and unpaid interest on, and the consideration due upon conversion of, this Note at the place, at the respective times, at the rate and in the lawful money herein prescribed.
The Notes are issuable in registered form without coupons in denominations of $2,000 principal amount and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof. At the office or agency of the Company referred to on the face hereof, and in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Indenture, Notes may be exchanged for a like aggregate principal amount of Notes of other authorized denominations, without payment of any service charge but, if required by the Company or Trustee, with payment of a sum sufficient to cover any transfer or similar tax that is imposed in connection therewith as a result of the name of the Holder of the new Notes issued upon such exchange of Notes being different from the name of the Holder of the old Notes surrendered for such exchange.
Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Holder has the right, at such Holder’s option and subject to the limitations set forth in the Indenture, to require the Company to repurchase for cash all of such Holder’s Notes or any portion thereof (in principal amounts of $2,000 or integral multiples of $1,000 in excess thereof) on the Change of Control Payment Date at a price equal to the Change of Control Payment.
Subject to the provisions of the Indenture, the Company has the right, at its option, to pay a portion of the interest payable on the Notes in shares of Common Stock, as provided in the Indenture.
This Note is guaranteed, as set forth in the Indenture, and is secured by Liens on certain Collateral as specified in the Indenture and the Collateral Documents.
ABBREVIATIONS
The following abbreviations, when used in the inscription of the face of this Note, shall be construed as though they were written out in full according to applicable laws or regulations:
TEN COM = as tenants in common
UNIF GIFT MIN ACT = Uniform Gifts to Minors Act CUST = Custodian
TEN ENT = as tenants by the entireties
JT TEN = joint tenants with right of survivorship and not as tenants in common Additional abbreviations may also be used though not in the above list.
ATTACHMENT 1
[FORM OF ASSIGNMENT AND TRANSFER]
For value received_________hereby sell(s), assign(s) and transfer(s) unto_________(Please insert social security or Taxpayer Identification Number of assignee) the within Note, and hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints _________attorney to transfer the said Note on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
In connection with any transfer of the within Note occurring prior to the Resale Restriction Termination Date, as defined in the Indenture governing such Note, the undersigned confirms that such Note is being transferred:
□ To NextNav Inc. or a subsidiary thereof; or
□ Pursuant to a registration statement that has become or been declared effective under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended; or
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Dated: | ||
Signature(s) |
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Signature Guarantee
Signature(s) must be guaranteed by an
eligible Guarantor Institution (banks, stock
brokers, savings and loan associations and
credit unions) with membership in an approved
signature guarantee medallion program pursuant
to Securities and Exchange Commission
Rule 17Ad-15 if Notes are to be delivered, other
than to and in the name of the registered holder.
NOTICE: The signature on the assignment must correspond with the name as written upon the face of the Note in every particular without alteration or enlargement or any change whatever.
EXHIBIT B
[FORM OF SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE
TO BE DELIVERED BY SUBSEQUENT NOTE GUARANTORS]
[_________] Supplemental Indenture (this “Supplemental Indenture”), dated as of _________, [between][among]_________(the “Guaranteeing Subsidiary”), a subsidiary of NextNav Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as trustee (the “Trustee”) and notes collateral agent (the “Notes Collateral Agent”).
WITNESSETH
WHEREAS, each of the Company and the Note Guarantors has heretofore executed and delivered to the Trustee and Notes Collateral Agent an indenture, dated as of May 9, 2023 (the “Indenture”), providing for the issuance of up to $80,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 10% Senior Secured Notes due 2026 (the “Notes”);
WHEREAS, the Indenture provides that under certain circumstances the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall execute and deliver to the Trustee a supplemental indenture pursuant to which the Guaranteeing Subsidiary shall unconditionally and absolutely guarantee all of the Company’s Obligations under the Notes and the Indenture on the terms and conditions set forth herein and under the Indenture (the “Guarantee”); and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 10.01 of the Indenture, the Trustee is authorized to execute and deliver this Supplemental Indenture without the consent of Holders.
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties mutually covenant and agree for the equal and ratable benefit of the Holders of the Notes as follows:
(1) Capitalized Terms. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Indenture.
(2) Agreement to Guarantee. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary hereby agrees to be a Note Guarantor under the Indenture and to be bound by the terms of the Indenture applicable to a Note Guarantor, including, but not limited to, Article 13 thereof.
(3) Execution and Delivery. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary agrees that the Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the absence of the endorsement of any notation of such Guarantee on the Notes.
(4) Governing Law. THIS SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURE WILL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(5) Counterparts. The parties may sign any number of copies of this Supplemental Indenture. Each signed copy shall be an original, but all of them together represent one and the same agreement. The exchange of copies of this Supplemental Indenture and of signature pages by facsimile, PDF or other electronic transmission shall constitute effective execution and delivery of this Supplemental Indenture as to the parties hereto and may be used in lieu of the original Supplemental Indenture and signature pages for all purposes. Any signature (including, without limitation, (x) any electronic symbol or process attached to, or associated with, a contract or other record and adopted by a person with the intent to sign, authenticate or accept such contract or record and (y) any facsimile, E-pencil or .pdf signature) hereto or to any other certificate, agreement or document related to this Supplemental Indenture, and any contract formation or record-keeping, in each case, through electronic means, shall have the same legal validity and enforceability as a manually executed signature or use of a paper-based record-keeping system to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law. For the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing also applies to any amendment, extension or renewal of this Supplemental Indenture. Each of the parties to this Supplemental Indenture represents and warrants to the other parties that it has the corporate capacity and authority to execute this Supplemental Indenture through electronic means and there are no restrictions for doing so in that party’s constitutive documents.
(6) Effect of Headings. The Section headings herein are for convenience only and shall not affect the construction hereof.
(7) The Trustee and the Notes Collateral Agent. Neither the Trustee nor the Notes Collateral Agent shall be responsible in any manner whatsoever for or in respect of the validity or sufficiency of this Supplemental Indenture or for or in respect of the recitals contained herein, all of which recitals are made solely by the Guaranteeing Subsidiary.
(8) Benefits Acknowledged. The Guaranteeing Subsidiary acknowledges that it will receive direct and indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Indenture and this Supplemental Indenture and that the guarantee and waivers made by it pursuant to this Guarantee are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Supplemental Indenture to be duly executed, all as of the date first above written.
[GUARANTEEING SUBSIDIARY] | |||
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: |
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GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC, | |||
By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: | |||
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC, as Notes Collateral Agent |
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By: | |||
Name: | |||
Title: |
B-2 |
Exhibit 31.2
Certification of Chief Financial Officer
Pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
I, Christian D. Gates, certify that:
1. | I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of NextNav Inc.; |
2. | Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report; |
3. | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report; |
4. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for the registrant and have: |
a) | Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared; |
b) | Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles; |
c) | Evaluated the effectiveness of the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and |
d) | Disclosed in this report any change in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the registrant’s fourth fiscal quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and |
5. | The registrant’s other certifying officer(s) and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of the registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions): |
a) | All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and |
b) | Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. |
/s/ Christian D. Gates | |
Name: Christian D. Gates | |
Title: Chief Financial Officer |
Date: August 9, 2023
Exhibit 32.1
Certification Pursuant to
18 U.S.C. Section 1350,
As Adopted Pursuant to
Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
In connection with the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of NextNav Inc. (the “Company”) for the period ended June 30, 2023, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Report”), the undersigned each hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that to the best of his knowledge, on the date hereof:
(1) | the Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; and |
(2) | the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company. |
Dated: August 9, 2023 | ||
/s/ Ganesh Pattabiraman | ||
Name: | Ganesh Pattabiraman | |
Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
(Principal Executive Officer) | ||
Dated: August 9, 2023 | ||
/s/ Christian D. Gates | ||
Name: | Christian D. Gates | |
Title: | Chief Financial Officer | |
(Principal Financial Officer) |