UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, DC 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

 

[X] QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2020

 

[  ] 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: 000-55353

 

FaceBank Group, Inc.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)

 

Florida   26-4330545
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation or Organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

 

1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY   10019
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)   (Zip Code)

 

(212) 672-0055

(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)

 

N/A

(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)

 

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

 

Title of each class   Trading Symbol(s)   Name of exchange on which registered
N/A   N/A   N/A

 

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 [X] 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 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit such files). Yes [X] No [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, 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 [  ] Accelerated filer [  ]
Non-accelerated filer [X] Smaller reporting company [X]
Emerging growth company [  ]    

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. [  ]

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes   [  ]  No  [X]

 

As of July 2, 2020, there were 38,684,136 shares of the registrant’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, outstanding.

 

 

 

 
 

 

EXPLANATORY NOTE

 

FaceBank Group, Inc. (the “Company” or “FaceBank”) is filing this quarterly report on Form 10-Q after the May 15, 2020 deadline (the “Original Due Date”) applicable for the filing of a Form 10-Q for the quarter ended March 31, 2020 (the “Quarterly Report”) in reliance on the 45-day extension provided by an order issued by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission” or the “SEC”) under Section 36 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Granting Exemptions From Specified Provisions of the Exchange Act of 1934 and Certain Rules Thereunder dated March 4, 2020 (Release No. 34-88318), as modified and superseded by a new Commission order issued on March 25, 2020 (Release No. 34-88465) (collectively, the “Order”).

 

As disclosed in the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the Commission on May 15, 2020, the Company was unable to file this Quarterly Report within the prescribed time period due to the global COVID-19 pandemic. As a result of the pandemic, management’s full efforts have been focused on operating its business and evaluating available funding. The Company has been following the recommendations of local health authorities in the U.S. and Europe, where one of its operating subsidiaries is located, to minimize exposure risk for its employees, including temporarily closing its offices and requiring its employees to work remotely to the extent possible. As a result, the Company’s books and records were not easily accessible, resulting in delays in preparation and completion of its financial statements. Further, the various governmental mandatory closures of businesses have precluded the Company’s personnel, particularly its senior accounting staff, from obtaining access to its European subsidiaries’ books and records necessary to prepare the Company’s financial statements that, once audited, comprise the essence of the Quarterly Report.

 

These unforeseen circumstances resulted in the Company being unable to file its Quarterly Report during the prescribed period without undue hardship and expense to the Company. As such, the Company is filing this Quarterly Report within 45 days of the Original Due Date in reliance on the Order.

 

 
 

 

FaceBank Group, Inc.

 

INDEX

 

    Page
  PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION  
     
Item 1. Financial Statements 4
     
  Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets as of March 31, 2020 (unaudited) and December 31, 2019 4
     
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited) 5
     
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Changes in Stockholders’ Equity for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited) 6
     
  Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (unaudited) 7
     
  Notes to Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements (unaudited) 8
     
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations 27
     
Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 31
     
Item 4. Controls and Procedures 31
     
  PART II - OTHER INFORMATION  
     
Item 1. Legal Proceedings 31
     
Item 1A. Risk Factors 31
     
Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds 31
     
Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities 32
     
Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures 32
     
Item 5. Other Information 32
     
Item 6. Exhibits 32
     
Signatures 36

 

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FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

 

As used in this Quarterly Report, unless expressly indicated or the context otherwise requires, references to “FaceBank,” “we,” “us,” “our,” “the Company,” and similar references refer to FaceBank Group, Inc. and its consolidated subsidiaries, including fuboTV Inc., or fuboTV.

 

This Quarterly Report includes forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Securities Act of 1933, and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. These forward-looking statements, which are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, generally relate to future events or our future financial or operating performance. In some cases, you can identify these statements by forward-looking words such as “believe,” “may,” “will,” “estimate,” “continue,” “anticipate,” “design,” “intend,” “expect,” “could,” “plan,” “potential,” “predict,” “seek,” “should,” “would,” “target,” “project,” “contemplate,” or the negative version of these words and other comparable terminology that concern our expectations, strategy, plans, intentions, or projections. Forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report include, but are not limited to, statements about:

 

  market conditions and global economic factors beyond our control, including the potential adverse effects of the ongoing global COVID-19 pandemic on our business and results of operations, on live sports and entertainment, and on the global economic environment;
     
  our ability to access debt and equity financing;
     
  our efforts to maintain proper and effective internal controls;
     
  factors relating to our business, operations and financial performance, including:
     
    our ability to effectively compete in the live TV streaming and entertainment industries;
       
    our ability to successfully integrate new operations;
       
    our ability to maintain and expand our content offerings;
       
    our ability to recognize deferred tax assets and tax loss carryforwards;
       
  the impact of management changes and organizational restructuring;
     
  our ability to uplist the combined company to a national stock exchange;
     
  the anticipated effects of the Merger (as hereinafter defined);
     
  changes in applicable laws or regulations;
     
  litigation and our ability to adequately protect our intellectual property rights;
     
  our success in retaining or recruiting officers, key employees or directors; and
     
  the possibility that we may be adversely affected by other economic, business and/or competitive factors.

 

We have based the forward-looking statements contained in this Quarterly Report primarily on our current expectations and projections about future events and trends that we believe may affect our business, financial condition, results of operations, prospects, business strategy and financial needs. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, including those described in the section titled “Risk Factors” in our Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Commission under the Exchange Act. These risks are not exhaustive. Other sections of this Quarterly Report include additional factors that could adversely impact our business and financial performance. Moreover, we operate in a very competitive and rapidly changing environment, and new risks emerge from time to time. It is not possible for our management to predict all risks, nor can we assess the impact of all factors on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in any forward-looking statements we may make. In light of these risks, uncertainties, and assumptions, the forward-looking events and circumstances discussed in this Quarterly Report may not occur and actual results could differ materially and adversely from those anticipated or implied in the forward-looking statements and you should not place undue reliance on our forward-looking statements.

 

In addition, statements that “we believe” and similar statements reflect our beliefs and opinions on the relevant subject. These statements are based upon information available to us as of the date of this Quarterly Report, and while we believe such information forms a reasonable basis for such statements, such information may be limited or incomplete, and our statements should not be read to indicate that we have conducted an exhaustive inquiry into, or review of, all potentially available relevant information. These statements are inherently uncertain and investors are cautioned not to unduly rely upon these statements.

 

The forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report relate only to events as of the date on which the statements are made. The forward-looking statements in this Quarterly Report do not reflect the potential impact of any divestitures, mergers, acquisitions, or other business combinations that had not been completed as of July 6, 2020. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements made in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q to reflect events or circumstances after the date of this Quarterly Report or to reflect new information or the occurrence of unanticipated events, except as required by law. You should read this Quarterly Report in conjunction with the audited consolidated financial statements and the related notes thereto as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019 included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

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PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Financial Statements

FaceBank Group, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(in thousands, except for share and per share information)

 

    March 31     December 31,  
    2020     2019  
    (Unaudited)     *  
ASSETS                
Current assets                
Cash   $ 81     $ 7,624  
Accounts receivable, net     -       8,904  
Notes Receivable - FuboTV     10,000       -  
Inventory     -       49  
Prepaid expenses     130       1,396  
Total current assets     10,211       17,973  
                 
Property and equipment, net     -       335  
Deposits     24       24  
Investment in Nexway at fair value     2,374       -  
Financial assets at fair value     1,965       1,965  
Intangible assets     111,459       116,646  
Goodwill     148,054       148,054  
Right-of-use assets     37       3,519  
Total assets   $ 274,124     $ 288,516  
                 
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY                
Current liabilities                
Accounts payable     3,406     $ 36,373  
Accrued expenses     4,337       20,402  
Due to related parties     305       665  
Notes payable, net of discount     5,207       4,090  
Notes payable - related parties     446       368  
Convertible notes, net of $945 and $456 discount as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively     1,962       1,358  
Shares settled liability for intangible asset     -       1,000  
Shares settled liability for note payable     7,515       -  
Profit share liability     1,971       1,971  
Warrant liability - subsidiary     39       24  
Warrant liability     15,987       -  
Derivative liability     389       376  
Current portion of lease liability     37       815  
Total current liabilities     41,601       67,442  
                 
Deferred income taxes     28,679       30,879  
Other long-term liabilities     1       41  
Lease liability     -       2,705  
Long term borrowings     55,130       43,982  
Total liabilities     125,411       145,049  
                 
COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES (Note 14)                
                 
Series D Convertible Preferred stock, par value $0.0001, 2,000,000 shares authorized, 456,000 and 456,000 shares issued and outstanding as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively; aggregate liquidation preference of $463 and $462 as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively     463       462  
                 
Stockholders’ equity:                
Series AA Preferred stock, par value $0.00001, 35,800,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019     -       -  
Series A Preferred stock, par value $0.0001, 5,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019     -       -  
Series B Convertible Preferred stock, par value $0.0001, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019     -       -  
Series C Convertible Preferred stock, par value $0.0001, 41,000,000 shares authorized, 0 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019     -       -  
Series X Convertible Preferred stock, par value $0.0001, 1,000,000 shares authorized, 0 and 1,000,000 shares issued and outstanding as of December 31, 2019     -       -  
Common stock par value $0.0001: 400,000,000 shares authorized; 32,307,663 and 28,912,500 shares issued and outstanding at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively     3       3  
Additional paid-in capital     270,397       257,002  
Accumulated deficit     (140,134 )     (135,832 )
Non-controlling interest     17,984       22,602  
Accumulated other comprehensive loss     -       (770 )
Total stockholders’ equity     148,250       143,005  
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY AND TEMPORARY EQUITY   $ 274,124     $ 288,516  

 

* Derived from audited information.

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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FaceBank Group, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations

(unaudited; in thousands except for share and per share information)

 

    For the Three Months Ended
March 31,
 
    2020     2019  
Revenues            
Revenues, net   $ 7,295     $ -  
Total revenues     7,295       -  
Operating expenses                
General and administrative     20,203       1,037  
Amortization of intangible assets     5,217       5,153  
Depreciation     3       5  
Total operating expenses     25,423       6,195  
Operating loss     (18,128 )     (6,195 )
                 
Other income (expense)                
Interest expense and financing costs     (2,581 )     (446 )
Gain on deconsolidation of Nexway     39,249       -  
Loss on issuance of notes, bonds and warrants     (24,053 )     -  
Other expense     (436 )     -  
Change in fair value of warrant liability     (366 )     -  
Change in fair value of subsidiary warrant liability     (15 )     2,477  
Change in fair value of shares settled liability     (180 )     -  
Change in fair value of derivative liability     297       128  
Total other income     11,915       2,159  
Loss before income taxes     (6,213 )     (4,036 )
Income tax benefit     (1,038 )     (1,169 )
Net loss     (5,175 )     (2,867 )
Less: net loss attributable to non-controlling interest     873       599  
Net loss attributable to controlling interest   $ (4,302 )   $ (3,466 )
Less: Deemed dividend - beneficial conversion feature on preferred stock     (171 )     -  
Net loss attributable to common stockholders   $ (4,473 )   $ (3,466 )
                 
Net loss per share attributable to common stockholders                
Basic   $ (0.15 )   $ (0.27 )
Diluted   $ (0.15 )   $ (0.27 )
Weighted average shares outstanding:                
Basic     30,338,073       12,883,381  
Diluted     30,338,073       12,883,381  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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FaceBank Group, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(unaudited; in thousands, except for share and per share information)

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2020

 

                            Accumulated              
                Additional           Other           Total  
    Common Stock     Paid-In     Accumulated     Comprehensive     Noncontrolling     Stockholders’  
    Shares     Amount     Capital     Deficit     Loss     Interest     Equity  
Balance at December 31, 2019     28,912,500     $ 3     $ 257,002     $ (135,832 )   $         (770 )   $ 22,602     $ 143,005  
Issuance of common stock for cash     795,593       -       2,297       -       -       -       2,297  
Issuance of common stock - subsidiary share exchange     1,552,070       -       1,150       -       -       (1,150 )     -  
Common stock issued in connection with note payable     7,500       -       67       -       -       -       67  
Stock based compensation     1,040,000       -       10,061       -       -       -       10,061  
Deemed dividend related to immediate accretion of redemption feature of convertible preferred stock     -       -       (171 )     -       -       -       (171 )
Accrued Series D Preferred Stock dividends     -       -       (9 )     -       -       -       (9 )
Deconsolidation of Nexway     -       -       -       -       770       (2,595 )     (1,825 )
Net loss     -       -       -       (4,302 )     -       (873 )     (5,175 )
Balance at March 31, 2020     32,307,663     $ 3     $ 270,397     $ (140,134 )   $ -     $ 17,984     $ 148,250  

 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2019

 

    Series X Convertible                 Additional                 Total  
    Preferred stock     Common Stock     Paid-In     Accumulated     Noncontrolling     Stockholders’  
    Shares     Amount     Shares     Amount     Capital     Deficit     Interest     Equity  
Balance at January 1, 2019     1,000,000     $ -       7,532,776     $ 1     $ 227,570     $ (21,763 )   $ 26,742     $  232,550  
Issuance of common stock for cash     -       -       378,098       -       1,778       -       -       1,778  
Preferred stock converted to common stock     (1,000,000 )     -       15,000,000       1       (1 )     -       -       -  
Common stock issued for lease settlement     -       -       18,935       -       130       -       -       130  
Issuance of subsidiary common stock for cash     -       -       -       -       65       -       -       65  
Additional shares issued for reverse stock split     -       -       1,374       -       -       -       -       -  
Net loss     -       -       -       -       -       (3,466 )     599       (2,867 )
Balance at March 31, 2019     -     $ -       22,931,183     $ 2     $ 229,542     $ (25,229 )   $ 27,341     $ 231,656  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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FaceBank Group, Inc.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(unaudited; in thousands, except for share and per share information)

 

    For the Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2020     2019  
Cash flows from operating activities                
Net loss   $ (5,175 )   $ (2,867 )
                 
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:                
Amortization of intangible assets     5,217       5,153  
Depreciation     3       5  
Stock-based compensation     9,061       -  
Gain on deconsolidation of Nexway, net of cash retained by Nexway     (42,604 )     -  
Common stock issued in connection with note payable     67       -  
Loss on issuance of notes, bonds and warrants     24,053       -  
Amortization of debt discount     1,664       234  
Deferred income tax benefit     (1,038 )     (1,169 )
Change in fair value of derivative liability     (297 )     (128 )
Change in fair value of warrant liability     366       -  
Change in fair value of subsidiary warrant liability     15       (2,477 )
Change in fair value of shares settled liability     180       -  
Amortization of right-of-use assets     13       6  
Accrued interest on note payable     112       144  
Other adjustments     (55 )     -  
Changes in operating assets and liabilities of business, net of acquisitions:                
Accounts receivable     (927 )     -  
Notes Receivable     (179 )     -  
Prepaid expenses     1,102       (23 )
Accounts payable     1,295       172  
Accrued expenses     (277 )     374  
Due from related parties     (60 )     -  
Lease liability     (14 )     (6 )
Net cash used in operating activities     (7,478 )     (582 )
                 
Cash flows from investing activities                
Investment in Panda Productions (HK) Limited     -       (1,000 )
Sale of profits interest in investment in Panda Productions (HK) Limited   -     212  
Advance to fuboTV   $ (2,421 )        
Lease security deposit     -       (13 )
Net cash used in investing activities     (2,421 )     (801 )
                 
Cash flows from financing activities                
Proceeds from issuance of convertible notes     900       -  
Repayments of convertible notes     (550 )     (203 )
Proceeds from the issuance of Series D Preferred Stock     203       -  
Proceeds from sale of common stock and warrants     2,297       1,778  
Proceeds from sale of subsidiary’s common stock     -       65  
Redemption of Series D Preferred Stock     (272 )     -  
Proceeds from related parties notes     78       -  
(Repayments) proceeds from (to) related parities     (300 )     18  
Net cash provided by financing activities     2,356       1,658  
                 
Net (decrease) increase in cash     (7,543 )     275  
Cash at beginning of period     7,624       31  
Cash at end of period     81     $ 306  
                 
Supplemental disclosure of cash flows information:                
Interest paid   $ 170     $ 68  
Income tax paid   $ -     $ -  
                 
Non cash financing and investing activities:                
Reclass of shares settled liability for intangible asset to stock-based compensation   $ 1,000     $ -  
Issuance of common stock - subsidiary share exchange   $ 1,150     $ -  
Lender advanced loan proceeds direct to fuboTV   $ 7,579     $ -  
Accrued Series D Preferred Stock dividends   $ 9     $ -  
Deemed dividend related to immediate accretion of redemption feature of convertible preferred stock   $ 171     $ -  
Common stock issued for lease settlement   $ -     $ 130  
Measurement period adjustment on the Evolution AI Corporation acquisition   $ -     $ 1,920  

 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

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FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 1 – Organization and Nature of Business

 

Incorporation

 

FaceBank Group, Inc. (the “Company” or “FaceBank”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Florida in February 2009 under the name York Entertainment, Inc. On September 30, 2019, the Company’s name was changed to FaceBank Group, Inc.

 

Merger with fuboTV Inc.

 

On April 1, 2020, fuboTV Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and our wholly-owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”) merged with and into fuboTV Inc., a Delaware corporation (“fuboTV”), whereby fuboTV continued as the surviving corporation and became our wholly-owned subsidiary pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of March 19, 2020, by and among us, Merger Sub and fuboTV (the “Merger Agreement” and such transaction, the “Merger”) (See Note 15).

 

In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), all of the capital stock of fuboTV was converted into the right to receive shares of our newly-created class of Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series AA Preferred Stock”) (See Note 12). Each share of Series AA Preferred Stock is entitled to 0.8 votes per share and is convertible into two (2) shares of our common stock, only in connection with a bona fide transfer to a third party pursuant to Rule 144. Until the time we are able to uplist to a national securities exchange, the Series AA Preferred Stock benefits from certain protective provisions that, for example, require us to obtain the approval of a majority of the shares of outstanding Series AA Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class, before undertaking certain matters.

 

As a result of the Merger, fuboTV, a leading live TV streaming platform for sports, news, and entertainment, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Before the Merger, Facebank Group was and continues to be a character-based virtual entertainment company, and a leading developer of digital human likeness for celebrities and consumers, focused on applications in traditional entertainment, sports entertainment, live events, social networking, mixed reality (AR/VR) and artificial intelligence. Following the Merger, we operate our business under the name “fuboTV” and we are in the process of changing the name of FaceBank Group, Inc. to fuboTV, Inc. On May 1, 2020, the Company’s trading symbol was changed to “FUBO”. Unless the context otherwise requires, “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company” refers to FaceBank and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, and fuboTV Pre-Merger refers to fuboTV Inc. prior to the Merger.

 

In connection with the Merger, on March 11, 2020, FaceBank and HLEE Finance S.a r.l. (“HLEE”) entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2020, pursuant to which HLEE provided FaceBank with a $100,000,000 revolving line of credit (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility is secured by substantially all the assets of FaceBank. As of July 6, 2020, there are no amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility, and the Company does not intend to draw down on this Credit Facility. See Note 8 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information about the Credit Facility.

 

On March 19, 2020, FaceBank, Merger Sub, Evolution AI Corporation (“EAI”) and Pulse Evolution Corporation (“PEC” and collectively with EAI, Merger Sub and FaceBank, the “Initial Borrower”) and FB Loan Series I, LLC (“FB Loan”) entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Initial Borrower sold to FB Loan senior secured promissory notes in an aggregate principal amount of $10,050,000 (the “Senior Notes”). The Company received proceeds of $7.4 million, net of an original issue discount of $2.65 million. In connection with the FB Loan, FaceBank, fuboTV and certain of their respective subsidiaries granted a lien on substantially of their assets to secure the obligations under the Senior Notes. See Note 8 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information about the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

Prior to the Merger, fuboTV Pre-Merger and its subsidiaries were party to a Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2018 (the “AMC Agreement”), with AMC Networks Ventures LLC as lender, administrative agent and collateral agent (“AMC Networks Ventures”). fuboTV Pre-Merger previously granted AMC Networks Ventures a lien on substantially all of its assets to secure its obligations thereunder. The AMC Agreement survived the Merger and, as of the Effective Time, there was $24.9 million outstanding under the AMC Agreement, net of debt issuance costs. In connection with the Merger, FaceBank guaranteed the obligations of fuboTV under the AMC Agreement on an unsecured basis. The liens of AMC Networks Ventures on the assets of fuboTV are senior to the liens in favor of FB Loan and FaceBank securing the Senior Notes.

 

Nature of Business

 

The Company is a leading digital entertainment company, combining fuboTV Pre-Merger’s direct-to-consumer live TV streaming, or vMVPD, platform with FaceBank Pre-Merger’s technology-driven IP in sports, movies and live performances. We expect that this business combination will create a content delivery platform for traditional and future-form IP. We plan to leverage FaceBank’ IP sharing relationships with leading celebrities and other digital technologies to enhance its already robust sports and entertainment offerings.

 

Since the Merger, while we continue our previous business operations, we are principally focused on offering consumers a leading live TV streaming platform for sports, news and entertainment through fuboTV. fuboTV revenues are almost entirely derived from the sale of subscription services and advertising in the United States, though fuboTV has started to assess expansion opportunities into international markets, with operations in Canada and the launch in late 2018 of its first ex-North America offering of streaming entertainment, to consumers in Spain.

 

Our subscription-based services are offered to consumers who can sign-up for accounts at https://fubo.tv, through which we provide basic plans with the flexibility for consumers to purchase the add-ons and features best suited for them. Besides the website, consumers can also sign-up via some TV-connected devices. The fuboTV platform provides, what we believe to be, a superior viewer experience, with a broad suite of unique features and personalization tools such as multi-channel viewing capabilities, favorites lists and a dynamic recommendation engine as well as 4K streaming and Cloud DVR offerings.

 

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FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 2 – Liquidity, Going Concern and Management Plans

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the continuity of operations, realization of assets, and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business.

 

The Company had cash of $0.1 million, a working capital deficiency of $31.4 million and an accumulated deficit of $140.1 million at March 31, 2020 and fuboTV had net loss of $173.7 million for the year ended December 31, 2019. The Company expects to continue incurring losses in the foreseeable future and will need to raise additional capital to fund its operations, meet its obligations in the ordinary course of business and execute its longer-term business plan. These obligations include liabilities assumed in acquisition that are in arrears and payable on demand. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year from the date that these financial statements are issued. The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

The Company’s future capital requirements and the adequacy of its available funds will depend on many factors, including its ability to successfully attract and retain subscribers, develop new technologies that can compete in a rapidly changing market with many competitors and the need to enter into collaborations with other companies or acquire other companies or technologies to enhance or complement its product and service offerings.

 

Management believes that the Company has access to capital resources through potential issuances of debt and equity securities. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent on the Company’s ability to execute its strategy and raise additional funds. Management is currently seeking additional funds, primarily through the issuance of equity securities for cash, to operate its business. No assurance can be given that any future financing will be available or, if available, that it will be on terms that are satisfactory to the Company. Even if the Company is able to obtain additional financing, it may contain undue restrictions on our operations, in the case of debt financing, or cause substantial dilution for our stockholders, in the case of an equity financing. In addition to the foregoing, based on the Company’s current assessment, the Company does not expect any material impact on its long-term development timeline and its liquidity due to the worldwide spread of a novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID 19”). However, the Company is continuing to assess the effect on its operations by monitoring the spread of COVID-19 and the actions implemented to combat the virus throughout the world.

 

Note 3 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

Principles of Consolidation

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts, as of March 31, 2020, of the Company and its 99.7%-owned operating subsidiary EAI, which, until the Merger, was the Company’s principal operating subsidiary; inactive subsidiaries York Production LLC and York Production II LLC; wholly-owned subsidiaries Facebank AG, StockAccess Holdings SAS (“SAH”) and FBNK Finance Sarl (“FBNK Finance”); its 70.0% ownership in Highlight Finance Corp. (“HFC”); and its 76% ownership in Pulse Evolution Corporation (“PEC”). All significant inter-company balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) for interim financial information and pursuant to the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 8 of Regulation S-X of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). In the opinion of management, the accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements reflect all adjustments, consisting of normal recurring adjustments (except for the Nexway deconsolidation), considered necessary for a fair presentation of such interim results.

 

The results for the unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations are not necessarily indicative of results to be expected for the year ending December 31, 2020 or for any future interim period. The unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet at December 31, 2019 has been derived from the audited financial statements; however, it does not include all of the information and notes required by U.S. GAAP for complete financial statements. The accompanying unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2019 and notes thereto included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 29, 2020.

 

9
 

 

FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The significant estimates and assumptions include allocating the fair value of purchase consideration issued in business acquisitions, useful lives of intangible assets, analysis of impairments of recorded intangible assets, accruals for potential liabilities, assumptions made in valuing derivative liabilities and assumptions made when estimating the fair value of equity instruments issued in share-based payment arrangements and fair value of equity method investees.

 

Significant Accounting Policies

 

For a detailed discussion about the Company’s significant accounting policies, see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 29, 2020.

 

Loss Per Share

 

Basic loss per share is computed by dividing net loss available to common stockholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period. Diluted net loss per common share excludes the potential impact of the Company’s convertible notes, convertible preferred stock, common stock options and warrants because their effect would be anti-dilutive.

 

The following common share equivalents are excluded from the calculation of weighted average common shares outstanding because their inclusion would have been anti-dilutive:

 

    March 31,     March 31,  
    2020     2019  
Common stock purchase warrants     200,007       200,007  
Series D Preferred Stock shares     456,000       -  
Stock options     16,667       16,667  
Convertible notes variable settlement feature     311,111       577,503  
Total     983,785       794,177  

 

Deferred Tax Liability

 

The following is a rollforward of the Company’s deferred tax liability from January 1, 2020 to March 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

    March 31, 2020  
Beginning balance   $ 30,879  
Income tax benefit (associated with the amortization of intangible assets)     (1,038 )
Deconsolidation of Nexway     (1,162 )
Ending balance   $ 28,679  

 

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FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Recently Issued Accounting Standards

 

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13, “Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820): Disclosure Framework-Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2018-13”). The amendments in ASU 2018-13 modify the disclosure requirements on fair value measurements based on the concepts in the Concepts Statement, including the consideration of costs and benefits. The amendments on changes in unrealized gains and losses, the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements, and the narrative description of measurement uncertainty should be applied prospectively for only the most recent interim or annual period presented in the initial fiscal year of adoption. All other amendments should be applied retrospectively to all periods presented upon their effective date. The amendments are effective for all entities for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted, including adoption in an interim period. The Company is currently evaluating ASU 2018-13 and its impact on its condensed consolidated financial statements.

 

In December 2019, the FASB issued ASU No. 2019-12, “Income Taxes (Topic 740): Simplifying the Accounting for Income Taxes (“ASU 2019-12”), which is intended to simplify various aspects related to accounting for income taxes. ASU 2019-12 removes certain exceptions to the general principles in Topic 740 and also clarifies and amends existing guidance to improve consistent application. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2020, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the impact of this standard on its condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures.

 

Note 4 – Investments

 

Nexway

 

The Company had an equity investment of 62.3% in Nexway AG (“Nexway”), which it acquired on September 16, 2019. The equity investment in Nexway was a controlling financial interest and the Company consolidated its investment in Nexway under ASC 810, Consolidation.

 

On March 31, 2020, the Company relinquished 20% of the total Nexway shareholder votes associated with its investment, which reduced the Company’s voting interest in Nexway to 37.6%. As a result of the Company’s loss of control in Nexway, the Company deconsolidated Nexway as of March 31, 2020 as it no longer has a controlling financial interest.

 

As of March 31, 2020, the fair value of the Nexway shares owned by the Company is approximately $2.4 million, calculated as follows (dollars in thousands, except per share value):

 

Price per share Euros   5.28  
Exchange rate     1.1032  
Price per share USD   $ 5.82  
Nexway shares held by the Company     407,550  
Fair value - investment in Nexway   $ 2,374  

 

11
 

 

FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

The deconsolidation of Nexway resulted in a gain of approximately $39.2 million calculated as follows:

 

Cash   $ 5,776  
Accounts receivable     9,831  
Inventory     50  
Prepaid expenses     164  
Property and equipment, net     380  
Right-of-use assets     3,594  
Total assets   $ 19,795  
Less:        
Accounts payable     34,262  
Accrued expenses     15,788  
Lease liability     3,594  
Deferred income taxes     1,161  
Other liabilities     40  
Total liabilities   $ 54,845  
Non-controlling interest     2,595  
Foreign currency translation adjustment     (770 )
Net deficit     (36,875 )
Less: fair value of shares owned by Facebank     2,374  
Gain on deconsolidation of Nexway   $ 39,249  

 

Panda Interests

 

In March 2019, the Company entered into an agreement to finance and co-produce Broadway Asia’s theatrical production of DreamWorks’ Kung Fu Panda Spectacular Live at the Venetian Theatre in Macau, Hong Kong (“Macau Show”). The Company determined the fair value of the profits interest to be approximately $1.7 million as of the date of this transaction and $2.0 million as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

 

The table below summarizes the Company’s profits interest at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 (in thousands except for unit and per unit information):

 

Panda units granted     26.2  
Fair value per unit on grant date   $ 67,690  
Grant date fair value   $ 1,773  
Change in fair value of Panda interests   $ 198  
Fair value at December 31, 2019   $ 1,971  
Change in fair value of Panda interests     -  
Fair value at March 31, 2020   $ 1,971  

 

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FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 5 – Intangible Assets

 

The table below summarizes the Company’s intangible assets at March 31, 2020 (in thousands):

 

    Useful     Weighted Average     March 31, 2020  
    Lives (Years)     Remaining Life (Years)     Intangible Assets     Accumulated Amortization     Net Balance  
Human animation technologies     7       6     $ 123,436       (29,054 )   $ 94,382  
Trademark and trade names     7       6       7,746       (1,826 )     5,920  
Animation and visual effects technologies     7       6       6,016       (1,418 )     4,598  
Digital asset library     5-7       5.5       7,536       (1,610 )     5,926  
Intellectual Property     7       6       828       (195 )     633  
Total                   $ 145,562     $ (34,103 )   $ 111,459  

 

Amortization expense for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 was $5.2 million in each period, respectively.

 

The estimated future amortization expense associated with intangible assets is as follows (in thousands):

 

    Future Amortization  
2020   $ 15,652  
2021     20,868  
2022     20,868  
2023     20,868  
2024     20,795  
Thereafter     12,408  
Total   $ 111,459  

 

Note 6 – Accounts Payable and Accrued Expenses

 

Accounts payable and accrued expenses as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 consist of the following (in thousands):

 

    March 31,     December 31,  
    2020     2019  
Suppliers   $ -     $ 37,508  
Payroll taxes (in arrears)     1,308       1,308  
Accrued compensation     2,124       3,649  
Legal and professional fees     1,797       3,936  
Accrued litigation loss     524       524  
Taxes     -       5,953  
Other     1,990       3,897  
Total   $ 7,743     $ 56,775  

 

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FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 7 – Related Parties

 

Amounts owed to and due from related parties as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 consist of the following (in thousands):

 

    March 31,     December 31,  
    2020     2019  
Alexander Bafer, former Executive Chairman   $ 20     $ 20  
John Textor, former Chief Executive Officer and affiliated companies     292       592  
Other     (7 )     53  
Total   $ 305     $ 665  

 

Our former Chairman and current Director, Mr. Bafer, advanced an unsecured, non-interest-bearing loan to the Company which is payable on demand. The amounts due to John Textor, former Chief Executive Officer and Executive Chairman and our current Head of Studio and a Director, represents an unpaid compensation liability assumed in the acquisition of EAI. The amounts due to other related parties also represent financing obligations assumed in the acquisition of EAI.

 

Notes Payable – Related Parties

 

On August 8, 2018, the Company assumed a $172,000 note payable due to a relative of the then-Chief Executive Officer, John Textor. The note has three-month roll-over provision and different maturity and repayment amounts if not fully paid by its due date and bears interest at 18% per annum. The Company has accrued default interest for additional liability in excess of the principal amount. The note is currently in default. Accrued interest as of March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 related to this note was $102,000 and $85,000, respectively.

 

Note 8 - Notes Payable

 

Evolution AI Corporation

 

The Company has recorded, through the accounting consolidation of EAI, a $2.7 million note payable bearing interest at the rate of 10% per annum that was due on October 1, 2018. The cumulative accrued interest on the note amounts to $1.5 million. The note is currently in a default condition due to non-payment of principal and interest. The note relates to the acquisition of technology from parties who, as a result of the acquisition of EAI, own 15,000,000 shares of the Company’s common stock (after the conversion of 1,000,0000 shares of Series X Convertible Preferred Stock during the year ended December 31, 2019). Such holders have agreed not to declare the note in default and to forbear from exercising remedies which would otherwise be available in the event of a default, while the note continues to accrue interest. The Company is currently in negotiation with such holders to resolve the matter.

 

FBNK Finance SarL

 

On February 17, 2020, FBNK Finance issued EUR 50,000,000 of bonds (or $55.1 million as of March 31, 2020). There were 5,000 notes with a nominal value EUR 10,000 per note. The bonds were issued at par with 100% redemption price. The maturity date of the bonds is February 15, 2023 and the bonds have a 4.5% annual fixed rate of interest. Interest is payable semi-annually on August 15 and February 15th. The majority of the proceeds was used for the redemption of the bonds issued by SAH, HFC and Nexway SAS. The bonds are unconditional and unsubordinated obligations of the FBNK Finance. As part of this transaction, the Company recorded a $11.1 million loss on extinguishment during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

 

Credit and Security Agreement

 

As described in Note 1, on March 11, 2020, the Company and HLEEF entered into the Credit Agreement, pursuant to which HLEEF extended the Credit Facility to FaceBank. The Credit Facility is secured by substantially all the assets of FaceBank. As of July 6, 2020, there are no amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility, and the Company does not intend to draw down on this Credit Facility.

 

As described in Note 1, in connection with the Credit Agreement, FaceBank and HLEEF entered into the HLEEF Security Agreement, pursuant to which FaceBank granted to HLEEF a security interest in all substantially all assets of FaceBank as security for the prompt and complete payment and performance of all of the obligations under the Credit Agreement and the related promissory note.

 

The Credit Facility contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including restrictions on the ability of FaceBank to incur indebtedness in excess of $50,000,000, subject to certain exceptions, to make loans in excess of $250,000 to directors or officers of FaceBank or to any subsidiary other than fuboTV, and to declare and pay any distributions, subject to certain exceptions. The Credit Facility also contains customary events of default that include, among other things, certain payment defaults, cross defaults to other material indebtedness, covenant defaults, change of control defaults, judgment defaults, and bankruptcy and insolvency defaults. If an event of default exists, the lenders may require the immediate payment of all obligations under the Credit Facility, and may exercise certain other rights and remedies provided for under the Credit Facility, the HLEEF Security Agreement, the other loan documents and applicable law.

 

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FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note Purchase Agreement

 

On March 19, 2020, the Initial Borrower and FB Loan entered into the Note Purchase Agreement, pursuant to which the Initial Borrower sold to FB Loan the Senior Notes. On April 2, 2020, fuboTV and Sports Rights Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SRM”), also joined the Note Purchase Agreement as borrowers (fuboTV, SRM and the Initial Borrower, collectively, the “Borrower”). In connection with the Company’s acquisition of fuboTV, the proceeds of $7.4 million, net of an original issue discount of $2.65 million, were sent directly to fuboTV (see Note 15).

 

Each Borrower’s obligations under the Senior Notes are secured by substantially all of the assets of each such Borrower pursuant to a Security Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2020, by and among Borrower and FB Loan (the “Security Agreement”).

 

The Note Purchase Agreement contains customary affirmative and negative covenants, including covenants limiting the ability of the Borrower and its subsidiaries to, among other things, incur debt, grant liens, make certain restricted payments, make certain loans and other investments, undertake certain fundamental changes, enter into restrictive agreements, dispose of assets, and enter into transactions with affiliates, in each case, subject to limitations and exceptions set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement. The Note Purchase Agreement also contains customary events of default that include, among other things, certain payment defaults, cross defaults to other material obligations, covenant defaults, change of control defaults, judgment defaults, and bankruptcy and insolvency defaults. If an event of default exists, the lenders may require the immediate payment of all obligations under the Note Purchase Agreement, and may exercise certain other rights and remedies provided for under the Note Purchase Agreement, the Security Agreement, the other loan documents and applicable law.

 

Interest on the Senior Notes shall accrue until full and final repayment of the principal amount of the Senior Note at a rate of 17.39% per annum. On the first business day of each calendar month in which the Senior Note is outstanding, beginning on April 1, 2020, Borrower shall pay in arrears in cash to FB Loan accrued interest on the outstanding principal amount of the Senior Note. The maturity date of the Senior Notes is the earlier to occur of (i) July 8, 2020 and (ii) the date the Borrower receives the proceeds of any financing. The Borrower may prepay or redeem the Senior Note in whole or in part without penalty or premium.

 

In connection with the Note Purchase Agreement, the Company issued FB Loan a warrant to purchase 3,269,231 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $5.00 per share (the “FB Loan Warrant”) and 900,000 shares of its common stock. The fair value of the warrant on the Senior Notes issuance date was approximately $15.6 million and is recorded as a warrant liability in the accompanying condensed consolidated balance sheet with subsequent changes in fair value recognized in earnings each reporting period (see Note 9). The fair value of the 900,000 common stock issued was based upon the closing price of the Company’s common stock as of March 19, 2020 (or $8.15 per share or $7.3 million). Since the fair value of the warrants and common stock exceeded the principal balance of the Senior Notes, the Company recorded a loss on issuance of the Senior Notes totaling $12.9 million and is reflected in the accompanying condensed consolidated statement of operations.

 

The 900,000 shares were valued at $8.15 per share at March 19, 2020 and $7.5 million set forth on the balance sheet for shares settled payable for note payable reflects the fair value of 900,000 shares to be issued at $8.35 per share as of March 31, 2020. The Company recorded change in fair value of shares settled payable of $0.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2020.

 

The carrying value of the Senior Notes as of March 31, 2020 is comprised of the following:

 

    March 31, 2020  
Principal value of Senior Note   $ 10,050  
Original issue discount     (2,650 )
Discount resulting from allocation of proceeds to warrant liability     (7,400 )
Amortization of discount     1,005  
Net carrying value of Senior Note   $ 1,005  

 

Pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, the Borrower agreed, among other things that (i) FaceBank shall file a registration statement with the Commission regarding the purchase and sale of 900,000 shares of FaceBank’s common stock issued to FB Loan in connection with the Note Purchase Agreement (the “Shares”) and any shares of capital stock issuable upon exercise of the FB Loan Warrant (the “Warrant Shares)”); and (ii) FaceBank shall have filed an application to list FaceBank’s Common Stock for trading on the NASDAQ exchange, on or before the date that is thirty (30) days following the closing date of the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

As of July 3, 2020, the Company had repaid the Senior Notes in full ($10.05 million) plus accrued interest.

 

Amendments to the Note Purchase Agreement

 

On April 21, 2020, the Company entered into an Amendment to the Note Purchase Agreement to (i) extend the deadline for registration of the resale of the Shares and the Warrant Shares to May 25, 2020 and (ii) provide that in lieu of the obligation under the Note Purchase Agreement to apply to list on NASDAQ within thirty (30) days of March 19, 2020, FaceBank shall have initiated the process to list its capital stock on a national exchange on or before the date that is thirty (30) days following March 19, 2020.

 

Subsequently, on May 28, 2020, the Company and FB Loan entered into a Consent and Second Amendment to the Note Purchase Agreement (the “Second Amendment”), pursuant to which, among other things, FB Loan agreed to extend the deadline for registration for of the Shares and the Warrant Shares for resale to July 1, 2020. In addition:

 

  (i) FB Loan consented to the May 11, 2020 sale by the Company of capital stock for aggregate consideration in the amount of $7,409,045; and
  (ii) the provision requiring that following receipt by any loan party or any subsidiary of proceeds of any financing, the Borrower must prepay the Senior Note in an amount equal to 100% of the cash proceeds of such financing, was removed.

 

Finally, on July 1, 2020, the Company and FB Loan entered into a Third Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement (the “Third Amendment”), pursuant to which (i) the deadline for registration of the Shares and the Warrant Shares for resale was extended to July 8, 2020 and (ii) the deadline for the redemption of the Senior Notes by the Borrower was amended to be the earlier to occur of (y) July 8, 2020 and (z) the date the Borrower receives the proceeds of any financing.

 

Joinder Agreement and Guaranty Agreement

 

On April 30, 2020, fuboTV and SRM entered into a joinder agreement (the “Joinder Agreement”) in favor of FB Loan in connection with the Note Purchase Agreement. The Joinder Agreement is effective as of April 2, 2020.

 

Pursuant to the Joinder Agreement, (a) fuboTV joined the Note Purchase Agreement, became an issuer of notes and a borrower thereunder, assumed all obligations of the Borrower in connection therewith, and granted a lien on substantially all of its assets to secure its obligations under the Note Purchase Agreement and any notes issued pursuant thereto and (b) SRM guaranteed the obligations of the Borrower and fuboTV under the Note Purchase Agreement and any notes issued pursuant thereto and granted a security interest in substantially all of its assets to secure its guaranty obligations.

 

On April 30, 2020, in connection with the Joinder Agreement, SRM entered into a guaranty agreement (the “Guaranty Agreement”) in favor of FB Loan, pursuant to which SRM guaranteed the obligations of Borrower under fuboTV under the Note Purchase Agreement. The Guaranty Agreement is effective as of April 2, 2020.

 

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FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 9 – Fair Value Measurements

 

The Company holds investments in equity securities and limited partnership interests, which are accounted for at fair value and classified within financial assets at fair value on the condensed consolidated balance sheet, with changes in fair value recognized as investment gain/ loss in the condensed consolidated statements of operations. The Company also has an investment in Nexway common stock that is publicly traded on the Frankfurt Exchange. Additionally, the Company’s convertible notes, derivatives and warrants were classified as liabilities and measured at fair value on the issuance date, with changes in fair value recognized as other income/expense in the condensed consolidated statements of operations.

 

    Fair valued measured at March 31, 2020  
    Quoted prices in active markets (Level 1)     Significant other observable inputs (Level 2)     Significant unobservable inputs (Level 3)  
Financial Assets at Fair Value:                        
Investment in Equity/Debt Funds   $ -     $ 1,965     $ -  
Investment in Nexway at fair value     2,374       -       -  
Total Financial Assets at Fair Value   $ 2,374     $ 1,965     $ -  
                         
Financial Liabilities at Fair Value:                        
Derivative liability - convertible notes   $ -     $ -     $ 1,692  
Profits interest sold     -       -       1,971  
Embedded put option     -       -       389  
Warrant liability - Subsidiary     -       -       39  
Warrant liability     -       -       15,987  
Total Financial Liabilities at Fair Value   $ -     $ -     $ 20,078  

 

    Fair Value measured at December 31, 2019  
   

Quoted prices

in active

markets

(Level 1)

   

Significant

other

observable

inputs

(Level 2)

   

Significant unobservable

inputs (Level 3)

 
Derivative liability – convertible notes   $         -     $           -     $ 1,203  
Profits interest     -       -       1,971  
Embedded put option     -       -       376  
Warrant Liability - Subsidiary     -       -       24  
Total Financial Liabilities at Fair Value   $ -     $ -     $ 3,574  

 

Derivative Financial Instruments

 

The following table presents changes in Level 3 liabilities measured at fair value (in thousands) for the year ended December 31, 2019. Unobservable inputs were used to determine the fair value of positions that the Company has classified within the Level 3 category.

 

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FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

    Derivative - Convertible Notes     Warrants (assumed from subsidiary)     Profits Interests Sold     Warrant Liability     Embedded Put Option  
Fair value at December 31, 2019   $ 1,203     $ 24     $ 1,971     $ -     $ 376  
Change in fair value     (200 )     15       -       366       (97 )
Additions     689       -       -       15,621       172  
Redemption     -       -       -       -       (62 )
Fair value at March 31, 2020   $ 1,692     $ 39     $ 1,971     $ 15,987     $ 389  

 

The Company assumed liability for a warrant issued by PEC that expires on January 28, 2023. The fair value of the warrant liability, totaled $39,000 on March 31, 2020 and $24,000 on December 31, 2019, resulting in a change in fair value of $15,000 that is reported as a component of other income/(expense) in the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020.

 

Subsidiary Warrant Liability – The Company used a Monte Carlo simulation model to estimate the fair value of the warrant liability with the following assumptions at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

   

March 31,

2020

    December 31, 2019  
Exercise price   $ 0.75     $ 0.75  
Stock price – subsidiary   $ 0.03     $ 0.02  
Discount applied     0 %     0 %
Fair value of stock price   $ 0.00     $ 0.00  
Risk free rate     0.28 %     1.62 %
Contractual term (years)     2.83       3.08  
Expected dividend yield     0 %     0 %
Expected volatility     83.7 %     83.7 %
Number of subsidiary warrants outstanding     48,904,037       48,904,037  

 

In arriving at the fair value of stock price as of December 31, 2019 and March 31, 2020, no discount was applied to the trading price of the PEC stock, as a result of illiquidity in the volumes being traded on the OTC markets. Risk-free interest rate was based on rates established by the Federal Reserve Bank. The volatility rate was based on stock prices of comparable companies.

 

Profits Interest – The fair value of the profits interest was determined using an expected cash flow analysis.

 

Warrant Liability – In connection with its Note Purchase Agreement (see Note 8), the Company issued the FB Loan Warrant and utilized the Black-Scholes pricing model. Absent the Company’s sequencing policy as disclosed in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 29, 2020, the Company would have recorded these warrants as equity classified. The warrant liability was recorded at the date of grant at fair value with subsequent changes in fair value recognized in earnings each reporting period. The fair value of the warrant liability at grant date totaled $15.6 million, and on March 31, 2020 the fair value of the warrant liability totaled $16.0 million, resulting in a change in fair value of $0.4 million that is reported as a component of other income/(expense) in the condensed consolidated statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020.

 

The significant assumptions used in the valuation are as follows:

 

    March 31, 2020  
Fair value of underlying common shares   $ 4.78 - 4.97  
Exercise price   $ 5.00  
Dividend yield      - %
Historical volatility      52.6% - 52.8 %
Risk free interest rate      0.14% – 0.66 %

 

17
 

 

FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Embedded Put Option – The Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D Preferred Stock”) contains a contingent put option and, accordingly, the Company considered it to be a liability and accounted for it at fair value using Level 3 inputs. The Company determined the fair value of this liability using the Monte Carlo simulation model with the following inputs:

 

    March 31, 2020     December 31, 2019  
Stock price   $ 8.35 – $9.20     $ 8.91 – $9.03  
Fixed conversion price   $ 0.25     $ 0.25  
Risk free rate     0.2 – 0.4 %     1.6 %
Contractual term (years)     1.2 – 1.5       1.2 – 1.5  
Expected dividend yield     8.0 %     8.0 %
Expected volatility     87.2% - 94.8 %     89.2% - 90.4 %

 

Note 10 – Convertible Notes Payable

 

At March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the carrying amounts of the convertible notes including the remaining principal balance plus the fair value of the derivative liabilities associated with the variable share settlement feature and unamortized discounts is as follows (in thousands):

 

    Issuance Date   Stated Interest Rate     Maturity Date   Principal     Unamortized Discount     Variable Share Settlement Feature at Fair Value     Carrying amount  
Convertible notes                                                
JSJ Investments (2)   12/6/2019     10 %   12/6/2020   $ 255     $ (174 )   $ 443     $ 524  
Eagle Equities (3)   12/12/2019     12 %   12/12/2020     210       (147 )     297       360  
BHP Capital (4)   12/20/2019     10 %   12/20/2020     125       (85 )     120       160  
GS Capital Partners (5)   1/17/2020     10 %   1/17/2021     150       (120 )     210       240  
EMA Financial, LLC (6)   2/6/2020     10 %   11/6/2020     125       (100 )     204       229  
Adar Alef, LLC (7)   2/10/2020     12 %   2/10/2021     150       (129 )     220       241  
BHP Capital (8)   3/24/2020     10 %   3/24/2020     100       (95 )     99       104  
Jefferson Street Capital, LLC (9)   3/24/2020     10 %   3/24/2020     100       (95 )     99       104  
Balance at March 31, 2020               $ 1,215     $ (945 )   $ 1,692     $ 1,962  

 

    Issuance
Date
  Stated
Interest
Rate
    Maturity
Date
  Principal     Unamortized
Discount
    Variable
Share
Settlement
Feature at
Fair Value
    Carrying
amount
 
Convertible notes                                                
Adar Bays – Alef (1)   7/30/2019     10 %   7/30/2020     275       (159 )     379       495  
JSJ Investments (2)   12/06/2019     10 %   12/6/2020     255       (238 )     422       439  
Eagle Equities (3)   12/12/2019     12 %   12/12/2020     210       (199 )     285       296  
BHP Capital (4)   12/20/2019     10 %   12/20/2020     125       (114 )     117       128  
                                                 
Balance at December 31, 2019                   $ 865     $ (710 )   $ 1,203     $ 1,358  

 

18
 

 

FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

The derivative liability results from the variable share settlement provision featured within the convertible notes issued by the Company. The fair value of the derivative liabilities was estimated using a Binomial Lattice model on the dates that the notes were issued and were subsequently revalued at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, using the Monte Carlo simulation model with the following weighted average assumptions:

 

    March 31, 2020     December 31, 2019  
             
Stock Price   $ 7.74 – 9.45     $ 8.91 – 10.15  
Risk Free Interest Rate     0.12 – 1.56 %     1.52 - 1.60 %
Expected life (years)     0.33 – 1.00       0.58 – 1.00  
Expected dividend yield     0 %     0 %
Expected volatility     91.3 – 134.0 %     90.0 – 95.3 %
                 
Fair Value – Note Variable Share Settlement Feature (in thousands)   $ 1,692     $ 1,203  

 

(1)

On July 30, 2019, the Company issued a convertible promissory note to Adar Alef, LLC in the amount of $275,000. The note accrues interest at a rate of 12% per annum and matures on July 30, 2020. The note is not convertible until the six month anniversary of the note, at which time if the note has not already been repaid by the Company, the note holder shall be entitled to convert all or part of the note into shares of the Company’s common stock, at a price per share equal to 53% of the lowest trading price of the common stock for the twenty prior trading days upon which the conversion notice is received by the Company.

 

On January 20, 2020, the Company repaid the principal balance of $275,000 and accrued interest of approximately $16,000.

   
(2) On December 6, 2019, the Company issued a convertible promissory note to JSJ Investments with a principal balance of $255,000. The Company received net proceeds of $250,000. The note matures on December 6, 2020 and bears interest at 10% per annum. The Company may prepay this note and unpaid interest on or prior to July 3, 2020. The loan and any accrued interest may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at a rate of 47% multiplied by the lowest trading price during the previous twenty (20) day trading period ending on the latest complete trading day prior to the conversion date.
   
(3) On December 12, 2019, the Company issued a convertible promissory note to Eagle Equities, LLC with a principal balance of $210,000. The Company received net proceeds of $200,000. The note matures on December 12, 2020 and bears interest at 12% per annum. The loan and any accrued interest may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock, at any time after the six month anniversary of the note, at a rate of 53% multiplied by the lowest trading price during the previous twenty (20) day trading period ending on the latest complete trading day prior to the conversion date.
   
(4) On December 20, 2019, the Company issued a convertible promissory note to BHP Capital NY Inc. with a principal balance of $125,000. The Company received net proceeds of $122,500. The note matures on December 20, 2020 and bears interest at 10% per annum. The loan and any accrued interest may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at a rate of 61% multiplied by the lowest trading price during the previous fifteen (15) day trading period ending on the latest complete trading day prior to the conversion date. In connection with the promissory note, the Company issued 5,000 shares of its restricted common stock with a fair value of approximately $47,000. The Company will have the option to buy back the shares 180 days from the issue date, for a one-time payment of $8.00 per share.

 

19
 

 

FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

(5) On January 17, 2020, the Company issued a convertible promissory note to GS Capital Partners, LLC. with a principal balance of $150,000. The note matures on January 17, 2021 and bears interest at 10% per annum. The loan and any accrued interest may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at a rate of 53% multiplied by the lowest trading price during the previous twenty (20) day trading period ending on the latest complete trading day prior to the conversion date.
   
(6) On February 6, 2020, the Company issued a convertible promissory note to EMA Financial, LLC. with a principal balance of $125,000. The note matures on November 6, 2020 and bears interest at 10% per annum. The loan and any accrued interest may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock equal to the lower of (i) the lowest closing price of the common stock during the preceding twenty (20) day trading period ending on the latest trading day prior to the note issuance date or (ii) at a rate of 50% multiplied by the lowest trading price during the previous twenty (20) day trading period ending on the latest complete trading day prior to the conversion date.
   
(7) On February 10, 2020, the Company issued a convertible promissory note to Adar Alef, LLC. with a principal balance of $150,000. The note matures on February 10, 2021 and bears interest at 12% per annum. The loan and any accrued interest may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at a rate of 53% multiplied by the lowest trading price during the previous twenty (20) day trading period ending on the latest complete trading day prior to the conversion date.
   
(8) On March 24, 2020, the Company issued a convertible promissory note to BHP Capital NY Inc. with a principal balance of $100,000. The note matures on demand and bears interest at 10% per annum. The loan and any accrued interest may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at a rate of 61% multiplied by the lowest trading price during the previous fifteen (15) day trading period ending on the latest complete trading day prior to the conversion date.
   
(9)

On March 24, 2020, the Company issued a convertible promissory note to Jefferson Street Capital, LLC. with a principal balance of $100,000. The note matures on demand and bears interest at 10% per annum. The loan and any accrued interest may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at a rate of 61% multiplied by the lowest trading price during the previous fifteen (15) day trading period ending on the latest complete trading day prior to the conversion date.

 

On January 29, 2020, the Company issued a convertible promissory note to Auctus Fund, LLC. with a principal balance of $275,000. The note matures on November 29, 2020 and bears interest at 10% per annum. The loan and any accrued interest may be converted into shares of the Company’s common stock at a rate of 50% multiplied by the lowest trading price during the previous twenty five (25) day trading period ending on the latest complete trading day prior to the conversion date. On March 19, 2020, the Company repaid the principal balance and interest of approximately $4,000.

 

20
 

 

FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 11 – Temporary Equity

 

Series D Convertible Preferred Stock

 

On March 6, 2020, the Company (i) entered into a stock purchase agreement to issue 203,000 shares of its Series D Preferred Stock, for proceeds of $203,000 and (ii) redeemed the 203,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock previously issued on September 6, 2019. As a result, the total number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding as of March 31, 2020 was 456,000 (see Note 16).

 

The following table summarizes the Company’s Series D Preferred Stock activities for the three months ended March 31, 2020 (dollars in thousands):

 

    Series D Preferred Stock  
    Shares     Amount  
Total temporary equity as of December 31, 2019     461,839     $ 462  
Issuance of Series D convertible preferred stock for cash     203,000       203  
Offering cost related to issuance of Series D convertible preferred stock     -       (3 )
Deemed dividends related to immediate accretion of offering cost     -       3  
Accrued Series D preferred stock dividends     8,868       9  
Bifurcated redemption feature of Series D convertible preferred stock     -       (171 )
Deemed dividends related to immediate accretion of bifurcated redemption feature of Series D convertible preferred stock     -       171  
Redemption of Series D preferred stock (including accrued dividends)     (210,831 )     (211 )
Total temporary equity as of March 31, 2020     462,876     $ 463  

 

The redemption of the 203,000 shares of Series D Preferred Stock (previously issued on September 6, 2020) on March 6, 2020 occurred as follows (amounts in thousands except share and per share values):

 

Series D preferred stock issued     203,000  
Per share value   $ 1.00  
    $ 203  
Accrued dividends   $ 8  
    $ 211  
Redemption percentage   $ 1.29  
Total   $ 272  

 

Holders of shares of the Series D Preferred Stock are entitled to receive, cumulative cash dividends at the rate of 8% on $1.00 per share of the Series D Preferred Stock per annum (equivalent to $0.08 per annum per share), subject to adjustment. The dividends are payable solely upon redemption, liquidation or conversion. The Company recorded approximately $9,000 accrued dividend as of March 31, 2020.

 

The Series D Preferred Stock is being classified as temporary equity because it has redemption features that are outside of the Company’s control upon certain triggering events, such as a Market Event. A “Market Event” is defined as any trading day during the period which shares of the Series D Preferred Stock are issued and outstanding, where the trading price for such date is less than $0.35. In the event of a Market Event, the Series D Preferred Stock shall be subject to mandatory redemption and the stated value shall immediately be increased to $1.29 per share of Series D Preferred Stock. The Market Event is considered to be outside the control of the Company, resulting in classification of the Series D Preferred Stock as temporary equity.

 

The initial discounted carrying value resulted in recognition of a bifurcated redemption feature of $171,000, further reducing the initial carrying value of the shares of Series D Preferred Stock. The discount to the aggregate stated value of the shares of Series A Convertible Preferred Stock, resulting from recognition of the bifurcated redemption feature was immediately accreted as a reduction of additional paid-in capital and an increase in the carrying value of the Series D Shares. The accretion is presented in the condensed consolidated statement of operations as a deemed dividend, increasing net loss to arrive at net loss attributable to common stockholders.

 

21
 

 

FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Note 12 – Stockholders’ Equity / (Deficit)

 

Preferred Stock Designations

 

On March 20, 2020, FaceBank amended its Articles of Incorporation to withdraw, cancel and terminate the previously-filed (i) Certificate of Designation of with respect to 5,000,000 shares of its Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, (ii) Certificate of Designation with respect to 1,000,000 shares of its Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, (iii) Certificate of Designation with respect to 41,000,000 shares of its Series C Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share and (iv) Certificate of Designation with respect to 1,000,000 shares of its Series X Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share. Upon the withdrawal, cancelation and termination of such designations, all shares previously designated as Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock and Series X Preferred Stock were returned to the status of authorized but undesignated shares of FaceBank’s Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share.

 

On March 20, 2020, in connection with the Merger, FaceBank filed an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation to designate 35,800,000 of its authorized preferred stock as “Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock” pursuant to a Certificate of Designation of Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series AA Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation”). The Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series AA Preferred Stock”) has no liquidation preference. The Series AA Preferred Stock is entitled to receive dividends and other distributions as and when paid on the Common Stock on an as converted basis. Each share of Series AA Preferred Stock is initially convertible into two shares of Common Stock, subject to adjustment as provided in the Series AA Preferred Stock Certificate of Designation and shall only be convertible immediately following the sale of such shares on an arms’-length basis either pursuant to an exemption from registration under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. Each share of Series AA Preferred Stock shall have 0.8 votes per share (the “Voting Rate”) on any matter submitted to the holders of the Common Stock for a vote and shall vote together with the Common Stock on such matters for as long as the Series AA Preferred Stock is outstanding. The Voting Rate shall be subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, stock combinations, recapitalizations reclassifications, extraordinary distributions and similar events.

 

Common Stock Activity

 

Issuance of Common Stock for Cash

 

The Company raised approximately $2.3 million through issuances of an aggregate of 795,593 shares of its common stock in private placement transactions during the three months ended March 31, 2020 to investors.

 

Issuance of Common Stock Related to PEC Acquisition

 

During the three-months ended March 31, 2020, the Company issued 1,552,070 shares of its common stock in exchange for 3,727,080 shares of its subsidiary PEC. The interests exchange in PEC were previously recorded within noncontrolling interests and the transaction was accounted for as a reduction of $1.1 million of noncontrolling interests for the carrying value of those noncontrolling interests at the date of exchange with an offsetting increase in Additional paid-in capital.

 

22
 

 

FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

Issuance of Common Stock for Services Rendered

 

On January 1, 2020, the Company entered into the first amendment to a joint business development agreement and issued 200,000 shares of its restricted common stock with a fair value of $1.8 million in exchange for business development services.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company issued 275,000 shares of its common stock with a fair value of $2.3 million in exchange for consulting services.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company issued 62,500 shares of its common stock with a fair value of approximately $0.6 million in exchange for services rendered in connection with the Company’s amended Digital Likeness Development Agreement by and among Floyd Mayweather, the Company and FaceBank, Inc., effective as of July 31, 2019, as amended (the “Mayweather Agreement”).

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company issued 2,500 shares of its common stock with a fair value of $26,000 in exchange for consulting services.

 

Issuance of Common Stock for Employee Compensation

 

On February 20, 2020, the Company issued 300,000 shares of its common stock to an officer of the Company at a fair value of $2.7 million, or $9.00 per share.

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company issued 200,000 shares of its common stock with a fair value of $1.6 million as compensation to service providers for services rendered.

 

Issuance of Common Stock in Connection with Convertible Notes

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company issued 7,500 shares of its common stock with a fair value of approximately $0.1 million in connection with the issuance of convertible notes.

 

Equity Compensation Plan Information

 

The Company’s 2014 Equity Incentive Stock Plan (the “2014 Plan”) provides for the issuance of up to 166,667 incentive stock options and nonqualified stock options to the Company’s employees, officers, directors, and certain consultants. The 2014 Plan is administered by the Company’s Board and has a term of 10 years.

 

Contemporaneous with the closing of the Merger, the Company assumed 8,051,098 stock options issued and outstanding under the fuboTV Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”) with a weighted-average exercise price of $1.32 per share. From an after the Effective Time, such options may be exercised for shares of our common stock under the terms of the 2015 Plan.

 

On April 1, 2020, the Company approved the establishment of the FaceBank 2020 Equity Incentive Plan. The Company created an incentive option pool of 12,116,646 shares of FaceBank Common Stock under the Plan.

 

On May 21, 2020, we established our Outside Director Compensation Policy to set forth guidelines for the compensation of our non-employee directors for their service on our Board of Directors.

 

Options

 

The fair value of the Company’s common stock was based upon the publicly quoted price on the date that the final approval of the awards was obtained. The Company does not expect to pay dividends in the foreseeable future so therefore the expected dividend yield is 0%. The expected term for stock options granted with service conditions represents the average period the stock options are expected to remain outstanding and is based on 10 years. The Company obtained the risk-free interest rate from publicly available data published by the Federal Reserve. The Company uses a methodology in estimating its volatility percentage from a computation that was based on a comparison of average volatility rates of similar companies to a computation based on the standard deviation of the Company’s own underlying stock price’s daily logarithmic returns. During the three months ended March 31, 2020, 280,000 options were granted outside of the Plan, and there were no options granted during the three months ended March 31, 2019.

 

23
 

 

FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

The following reflects the stock option activity for the three months ended March 31, 2020:

 

    Number of Shares     Weighted Average
Exercise Price
    Total Intrinsic Value     Weighted Average Remaining Contractual Life
(in years)
 
Outstanding as of December 31, 2019     16,667     $ 28.20     $ -       8.1  
Granted     280,000     $ 7.20     $ 322,000       4.7  
Outstanding as of March 31, 2020     296,667     $ 8.38     $ 322,000       4.9  
                                 
Options vested and exercisable as of March 31, 2020     296,667     $ 8.38     $ 322,000       4.9  

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, in connection with the Mayweather Agreement, the Company granted options to purchase 280,000 shares of the Company’s common stock at an exercise price of $7.20 per share. This option has a fair value of $1,031,000, a five-year term and expires on December 21, 2024.

 

As of March 31, 2020, there was no unrecognized stock-based compensation expense.

 

Warrants

 

A summary of the Company’s outstanding warrants as of March 31, 2020 are presented below:

 

    Number of Warrants     Weighted Average
Exercise Price
    Total Intrinsic Value  
Outstanding as of December 31, 2019     200,007     $ 12.15     $ -  
Issued     3,411,349     $ 5.11     $ 11,038,616  
Expired     (200,000 )   $ -     $ -  
Outstanding as of March 31, 2020     3,411,356     $ 5.16     $ 11,038,616  
Warrants exercisable as of March 31, 2020     3,411,356     $ 5.16     $ 11,038,616  

 

On March 19, 2020, in connection with its Note Purchase Agreement (see Note 8), the Company issued the FB Loan Warrant, a warrant to purchase 3,269,231 shares of its common stock with a fair value of $15.6 million.

 

On March 30, 2020, the Company issued 142,118 warrants in connection with a $1.1 million convertible note. The exercise price is $7.74 with a 5-year term. The Company received the proceeds from the convertible note on April 1, 2020 and will therefore record the balance sheet impact of this warrant and convertible note on April 1, 2020.

 

Note 13 – Leases

 

On February 14, 2019, the Company entered into a lease for offices in Jupiter, Florida. The lease has an initial term of 18 months commencing March 1, 2019 until August 31, 2020 with a base annual rent of $89,437. The Company has an option to extend the lease for another year until August 31, 2021 for an annual rent of $94,884 and a second option for a further annual extension until August 31, 2022 for an annual rent of $97,730. The Company recorded the lease obligations in accordance with ASC 842.

 

As part of the acquisition of Nexway on September 19, 2019, the Company recognized right of use assets of $3.6 million and lease liabilities of $3.6 million associated with operating lease obtained in the acquisition. At March 31, 2020, the Company deconsolidated its investment in Nexway and accordingly, reduced its operating lease liabilities and right of use assets to zero.

 

24
 

 

FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

The following summarizes quantitative information about the Company’s Florida operating lease (amounts in thousands, except lease term and discount rate):

 

    For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2020  
Operating leases        
Operating lease cost   $ 98  
Variable lease cost     73  
Operating lease expense     171  
Short-term lease rent expense     -  
Total rent expense   $ 171  

 

Operating cash flows from operating leases   $ 75  
Right-of-use assets exchanged for operating lease liabilities   $ 125  
Weighted-average remaining lease term – operating leases     0.4  
Weighted-average monthly discount rate – operating leases     0.8 %

 

The Company’s operating lease expires on August 31, 2020 and the remaining liability totals $37,000. The Company has decided not to extend the lease.

 

Note 14 – Commitments and Contingencies

 

Litigation

 

The Company may be involved in certain legal proceedings that arise from time to time in the ordinary course of its business. Legal expenses associated with any contingency are expensed as incurred.

 

In connection with closed litigation on two separate matters that resulted in judgments against PEC, a majority interest of which was subsequently purchased by the Company, we have accrued $524,000 which remains on the balance sheet as a liability at March 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. The Company, on behalf of its subsidiary, is in settlement discussions with the parties.

 

On August 27, 2018 plaintiff, Scott Meide, filed a pro se (unrepresented by counsel) complaint in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division, against PEC, now a subsidiary of the Company, naming its former officers among others as defendants. The Company’s position is that the pro se Complaint is defamatory, without merit in fact or law and represents an extortive attempt to coerce payment under threat of reputational harm. The Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates filed a motion to dismiss on September 25, 2018. On July 24, 2019, all counts of the complaint were dismissed in favor of the Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates. Mr. Meide was afforded the opportunity to file an amended complaint for a portion of his claims, and such amendment was filed on September 24, 2019. On October 6, 2019, Judge Marcia Morales Howard ordered Mr. Meide’s amended complaint stricken, describing the filing as insufficient and having failed to identify facts necessary to support its allegations, and offering Mr. Meide “one final opportunity to properly state his claims” with an amended complaint. Mr. Meide’s third attempt to submit a sufficient complaint was filed on November 1, 2019. The Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates plan to reaffirm their motions to dismiss and the Company believes Mr. Meide’s final amended complaint will also be dismissed. The Company plans to the ask the court for an award of sanctions and attorney fees in connection with Mr. Meide’s filing of a frivolous lawsuit.

 

Note 15 – Acquisition of fuboTV

 

As described in Note 1, on April 1, 2020, we consummated the acquisition of Pre-Merger fuboTV by the merger of Merger Sub into fuboTV, whereby fuboTV continued as the surviving corporation and became a wholly-owned subsidiary of FaceBank pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement.

 

In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, all of the capital stock of fuboTV was converted into the right to receive 34,324,362 shares Series AA Preferred Stock, a newly-created class of stock. Pursuant to the Series AA Certificate of Designation, each share of Series AA Preferred Stock is convertible into two (2) shares of FaceBank’s common stock. In addition, each outstanding option to purchase shares of common stock of fuboTV was assumed by FaceBank and converted into an option to acquire FaceBank’s common stock. In addition, in accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the Effective Time the Company assumed 8,051,098 stock options issued and outstanding under the fuboTV Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2015 Plan”) with a weighted-average exercise price of $1.32 per share. From and after the Effective Time, such options may be exercised for shares of FaceBank’s common stock under the terms of the 2015 Plan.

 

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FaceBank Group, Inc.

Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

 

The preliminary purchase price amounted to $596.1 million which represents the $529.7 market value ($8.20 per share as of April 1, 2020) of 64.6 million common shares plus the $66.4 million value of 8.1 million stock options on an as-converted basis. This preliminary purchase price excludes transaction costs.

 

The Company will account for the Merger as a business combination under the acquisition method of accounting. As such, the purchase price will be allocated to the net assets acquired, inclusive of intangible assets, with any excess fair value recorded to goodwill. Since the closing date of the acquisition occurred subsequent to the end of the reporting period, the allocation of purchase price to the underlying net assets has not yet been completed. The Company will reflect the preliminary purchase price allocation in its consolidated financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2020.

 

Note 16 – Subsequent Events

 

Refer to Note 8 to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for a description of the amendments to the Note Purchase Agreement since March 31, 2020.

 

Redemption of Series D Preferred Stock

 

On June 16, 2020, the Company redeemed 253,000 shares of its Series D Preferred Stock in exchange for $339,174. As of July 2, 2020, the total number of shares of Series D Preferred Stock outstanding was 203,000.

 

Issuance of Securities in Private Placements

 

Certain of the common stock issuances noted below remain issuable as of the date of the filing of this Quarterly Report.

 

Issuance of Common Stock and Warrants for Cash

 

Between May 11, 2020 and June 8, 2020, the Company entered into Purchase Agreements with certain investors (the “Investors”), pursuant to which the Company sold an aggregate of 3,735,922 shares (the “Purchased Shares”) of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $7.00 per share and issued warrants to the Investors covering a total of 3,735,922 shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Warrants”) for an aggregate purchase price of $26,151,454.

 

On July 2, 2020, the Company entered into a Purchase Agreement with Credit Suisse Capital LLC, pursuant to which the Company sold 2,162,163 shares (the “CS Shares” and together with the Purchased Shares, the “Total Shares”) of the Company’s common stock at a purchase price of $9.25 per share for an aggregate purchase price of $20,000,007.75.

 

Since March 31, 2020, the Company raised an additional $403,895.00 through issuances of an aggregate of 111,459 shares of its common stock in private placement transactions to several other investors.

 

Issuance of Common Stock Related to PEC Acquisition

 

Since March 31, 2020, the Company has issued 1,201,749 shares of its common stock in exchange for 14,222,975 shares of its subsidiary PEC.

 

Issuance of Convertible Notes and Related Warrants for Cash

 

Since March 31, 2020, the Company issued convertible notes with a principal balance of approximately $2.1 million. In connection with such notes, the Company issued (i) 55,000 shares of its common stock and (ii) warrants to purchase an aggregate of 55,172 shares of its common stock at an initial exercise price of $9.00 per share.

 

Issuance of Warrant for Services Rendered

 

On May 25, 2020, the Company issued to ARETE Wealth Management a warrant to purchase 275,000 shares of the Company’s common stock with an initial exercise price of $5.00 per share.

 

Stock Option Grants to Executive Officers

 

On June 8, 2020, the Company granted an options to purchase 850,000 shares of its common stock at an exercise price of $10.435 per share in connection with an employment agreement for the Company’s Chief Financial Officer.

 

On June 28, 2020, the Company granted an option to purchase 1,203,297 shares of common stock at an exercise price of $11.15 per share in connection with a Letter Agreement by and between the Company and its Executive Chairman.

 

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

The following discussion and analysis by our management of our financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with our unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements and the accompanying related notes included in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and our audited financial statements and related notes and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations included in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

 

The results of our operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 are not readily comparable against the results of our operations in the comparable prior year three month period ended March 31, 2019 as a result of our acquisition of Facebank AG and our acquisition of and then deconsolidation of Nexway AG and its subsidiaries.

 

In addition, because of the acquisition of fuboTV on April 1, 2020, the results of our operations going forward will be markedly different. We encourage our investors to review the Pro Forma Unaudited Condensed Combined financial statement presentation as of and for the year ended December 31, 2019 that was included as Exhibit 99.2 to the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K/A that was filed with the Commission on June 17, 2020, as well as the Company’s forthcoming Current Report on Form 8-K/A that will include additional Pro Forma Unaudited Condensed Combined financial statements as of and for the period ended March 31, 2020.

 

Incorporation

 

FaceBank Group, Inc. (the “Company” or “FaceBank”) was incorporated under the laws of the State of Florida in February 2009 under the name York Entertainment, Inc. On September 30, 2019, the Company’s name was changed to FaceBank Group, Inc.

 

Merger with fuboTV Inc.

 

On April 1, 2020, fuboTV Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation and our wholly-owned subsidiary (“Merger Sub”) merged with and into fuboTV Inc., a Delaware corporation (“fuboTV”), whereby fuboTV continued as the surviving corporation and became our wholly-owned subsidiary pursuant to the terms of the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of March 19, 2020, by and among us, Merger Sub and fuboTV (the “Merger Agreement” and such transaction, the “Merger”) (See Note 15).

 

In accordance with the terms of the Merger Agreement, at the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), all of the capital stock of fuboTV was converted into the right to receive shares of our newly-created class of Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Series AA Preferred Stock”) (See Note 12). Each share of Series AA Preferred Stock is entitled to 0.8 votes per share and is convertible into two (2) shares of our common stock, only in connection with a bona fide transfer to a third party pursuant to Rule 144. Until the time we are able to uplist to a national securities exchange, the Series AA Preferred Stock benefits from certain protective provisions that, for example, require us to obtain the approval of a majority of the shares of outstanding Series AA Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class, before undertaking certain matters.

 

As a result of the Merger, fuboTV, a leading live TV streaming platform for sports, news, and entertainment, became a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company. Before the Merger, Facebank Group was and continues to be a character-based virtual entertainment company, and a leading developer of digital human likeness for celebrities and consumers, focused on applications in traditional entertainment, sports entertainment, live events, social networking, mixed reality (AR/VR) and artificial intelligence. Following the Merger, we operate our business under the name “fuboTV” and we are in the process of changing the name of FaceBank Group, Inc. to fuboTV, Inc. On May 1, 2020, the Company’s trading symbol was changed to “FUBO”. Unless the context otherwise requires, “we,” “us,” “our,” and the “Company” refers to FaceBank and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, and fuboTV Pre-Merger refers to fuboTV Inc. prior to the Merger.

 

In connection with the Merger, on March 11, 2020, FaceBank and HLEE Finance S.a r.l. (“HLEE”) entered into a Credit Agreement, dated as of March 11, 2020, pursuant to which HLEE provided FaceBank with a $100,000,000 revolving line of credit (the “Credit Facility”). The Credit Facility is secured by substantially all the assets of FaceBank. As of July 6, 2020, there are no amounts outstanding under the Credit Facility, and the Company does not intend to draw down on this Credit Facility. See Note 8 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information about the Credit Facility.

 

On March 19, 2020, FaceBank, Merger Sub, Evolution AI Corporation (“EAI”) and Pulse Evolution Corporation (“PEC” and collectively with EAI, Merger Sub and FaceBank, the “Initial Borrower”) and FB Loan Series I, LLC (“FB Loan”) entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Initial Borrower sold to FB Loan senior secured promissory notes in an aggregate principal amount of $10,050,000 (the “Senior Notes”). The Company received proceeds of $7.4 million, net of an original issue discount of $2.65 million. In connection with the FB Loan, FaceBank, fuboTV and certain of their respective subsidiaries granted a lien on substantially of their assets to secure the obligations under the Senior Notes. See Note 8 of the Notes to the Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements for more information about the Note Purchase Agreement.

 

Prior to the Merger, fuboTV Pre-Merger and its subsidiaries were party to a Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2018 (the “AMC Agreement”), with AMC Networks Ventures LLC as lender, administrative agent and collateral agent (“AMC Networks Ventures”). fuboTV Pre-Merger previously granted AMC Networks Ventures a lien on substantially all of its assets to secure its obligations thereunder. The AMC Agreement survived the Merger and, as of the Effective Time, there was $24.9 million outstanding under the AMC Agreement, net of debt issuance costs. In connection with the Merger, FaceBank guaranteed the obligations of fuboTV under the AMC Agreement on an unsecured basis. The liens of AMC Networks Ventures on the assets of fuboTV are senior to the liens in favor of FB Loan and FaceBank securing the Senior Notes.

 

Nature of Business

 

The Company is a leading digital entertainment company, combining fuboTV Pre-Merger’s direct-to-consumer live TV streaming, or vMVPD, platform with FaceBank Pre-Merger’s technology-driven IP in sports, movies and live performances. We expect that this business combination will create a content delivery platform for traditional and future-form IP. We plan to leverage FaceBank’ IP sharing relationships with leading celebrities and other digital technologies to enhance its already robust sports and entertainment offerings.

 

Since the Merger, while we continue our previous business operations, we are principally focused on offering consumers a leading live TV streaming platform for sports, news and entertainment through fuboTV. fuboTV revenues are almost entirely derived from the sale of subscription services and advertising in the United States, though fuboTV has started to assess expansion opportunities into international markets, with operations in Canada and the launch in late 2018 of its first ex-North America offering of streaming entertainment, to consumers in Spain.

 

Our subscription-based services are offered to consumers who can sign-up for accounts at https://fubo.tv, through which we provide basic plans with the flexibility for consumers to purchase the add-ons and features best suited for them. Besides the website, consumers can also sign-up via some TV-connected devices. The fuboTV platform provides, what we believe to be, a superior viewer experience, with a broad suite of unique features and personalization tools such as multi-channel viewing capabilities, favorites lists and a dynamic recommendation engine as well as 4K streaming and Cloud DVR offerings.

 

Corporate Information

 

Our headquarters are located at 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019, and our telephone number is (212) 672-0055. You can access our websites, including historical financial information pertaining to fuboTV Pre-Merger, at https://fubo.tv, https://ir.fubo.tv, https://facebankgroup.com and https://ir.facebankgroup.com. Information contained on our websites is not part of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and is not incorporated by reference in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

 

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Results of Operations for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2019 (in thousands):

 

    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2020     2019  
             
Revenues                
Revenues   $ 7,295     $ -  
Total Revenues                
                 
Operating Expenses                
General and administrative     20,203      

1,037

 
Amortization of intangible assets     5,217       5,153  
Depreciation     3       5  
Total Operating Expenses     25,423       6,195  
Change in fair value of subsidiary warrant liability     (15 )     2,477
Change in fair value of warrant liability     (366 )     -  
Change in fair value of shares settled liability     (180 )     -  
Change in fair value of derivative liability     297     128
Interest expense     (2,581 )     (446 )
Gain on deconsolidation of Nexway     39,249     -  
Loss on issuance of convertible notes, bonds and warrants     (24,053 )     -  
Other expense     (436 )     -  
Total Other Income     11,915     2,159
Loss before income taxes     (6,213 )     (4,036 )
Income tax benefit     (1,038 )     (1,169 )
Net loss   $ (5,175 )   $ (2,867 )

 

Revenue

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recognized revenues of $7.3 million. The revenues recognized are related to the sale of our software licenses. There were no revenues recognized during the three months ended March 31, 2019.

 

General and Administrative

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, general and administrative expenses totaled $20.2 million, compared to $1.0 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019. The increase of $19.2 million is primarily related to $9.2 million compensation expenses, $3.6 million marketing and advertising and $6.2 million other general and administrative expenses resulting from our 2019 acquisitions of Facebank AG and Nexway.

 

Depreciation and Amortization

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, amortization expenses totaled $5.2 million compared to $5.2 million during the three months ended March 31, 2019.

 

Other Income (Expense)

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recognized $11.9 million of other income, compared to $2.2 million of other income during the three months ended March 31, 2019. The $9.8 million increase to other income is primarily related to $39.2 million of gain on deconsolidation of Nexway, $0.3 million for the change in fair value of our derivative liability related to our convertible notes and preferred stock, offset by debt discount of $2.6 million related to our convertible notes, $0.4 million for the loss in fair value of warrant liability, $0.2 million for the loss in fair value of shares settled liability and $24.1 million of loss on issuance of convertible notes, bonds and warrants.

 

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Income Taxes

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recognized an income tax benefit of $1.0 million. The Company’s deferred tax liability and income tax benefit relates to our amortizable intangible assets. The amortization of intangible assets of $1.0 million caused the deferred tax liability to decrease by $1.0 million, which resulted in the recognition of an income tax benefit.

 

Net Loss

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, we recorded a net loss of $5.2 million, compared to a net loss of $2.9 million for the three months ended March 31, 2019. The increase in net loss of $2.3 million is primarily due to higher stock-based compensation expense of $9.1 million and a gain of $39.2 million on deconsolidation of Nexway, $24.1 million loss on issuance of convertible notes, bonds and warrants, debt discount of $2.6 million related to our convertible notes and net revenue of $7.3 million recognized from the sale of our software licenses.

 

Liquidity and Going Concern

 

The accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern, which contemplates the continuity of operations, realization of assets, and liquidation of liabilities in the normal course of business.

 

The Company had cash of $0.1 million, a working capital deficiency of $31.4 million and an accumulated deficit of $140.1 million at March 31, 2020. The Company incurred a $5.2 million net loss for the three months ended March 31, 2020. The Company expects to continue incurring losses in the foreseeable future and will need to raise additional capital to fund its operations, meet its obligations in the ordinary course of business and execute its longer-term business plan. These factors raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern within one year from the date that those financial statements are issued. The condensed consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments related to the recoverability and classification of recorded asset amounts or the amounts and classification of liabilities that might be necessary should the Company be unable to continue as a going concern.

 

The Company’s future capital requirements and the adequacy of its available funds will depend on many factors, including its ability to successfully attract and retain subscribers, develop new technologies that can compete in a rapidly changing market with many competitors and the need to enter into collaborations with other companies or acquire other companies or technologies to enhance or complement its product and service offerings.

 

Management believes that the Company has access to capital resources through potential issuances of debt and equity securities. The ability of the Company to continue as a going concern is dependent on the Company’s ability to execute its strategy and raise additional funds. Management is currently seeking additional funds, primarily through the issuance of equity securities for cash, to operate its business. No assurance can be given that any future financing will be available or, if available, that it will be on terms that are satisfactory to the Company. Even if the Company is able to obtain additional financing, it may contain undue restrictions on our operations, in the case of debt financing or cause substantial dilution for our stockholders, in the case of an equity financing. In addition to the foregoing, based on the Company’s current assessment, the Company does not expect any material impact on its long-term development timeline and its liquidity due to the worldwide spread of a novel strain of coronavirus (“COVID 19”). However, the Company is continuing to assess the effect on its operations by monitoring the spread of COVID-19 and the actions implemented to combat the virus throughout the world.

 

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Cash Flows (in thousands)

 

    Three Months Ended March 31,  
    2020     2019  
Net Cash Used in Operating Activities   $ (7,478 )   $ (582 )
Net Cash Used in Investing Activities     (2,421 )     (801 )
Net Cash Provided by Financing Activities     2,356       1,658  
Net Change in Cash   $ (7,543 )   $ 275  

 

Operating Activities

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, net cash used in operating activities was $9.9 million, which consisted of our net loss of $5.2 million, adjusted for non-cash expenses of $5.7 million, including $5.2 million of amortization expenses related to our intangible assets, loss on issuance of convertible notes, bonds and warrants of $24.1 million, $9.1 stock-based compensation, $1.7 million of amortization of the debt discount, $0.4 million of change in fair value of warrant liability, $0.2 million of change in fair value of shares settled liability and $0.1 million of interest expense related to our convertible notes payable, offset by $0.3 million related to the change in fair value of our subsidiary warrant liability and our derivative liability, $42.6 million on deconsolidation of Nexway and $1.0 million of income tax benefit. Changes in operating assets and liabilities primarily consisted of increases in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $1.0 million, offset by a decrease in accounts receivable of $0.9 million.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, net cash used in operating activities was $0.6 million, which consisted of our net loss of $2.9 million, adjusted for non-cash expenses of $1.8 million including, $5.2 million of depreciation and amortization expenses, $0.2 million of amortization of the debt discount and $0.1 million of interest expense related to our notes payable, offset by $2.5 million related to the change in fair value of our warrant liability, $1.2 million of income tax benefit, and the increase in accounts payable and accrued expenses of $0.5 million.

 

Investing Activities

 

In March 2020, we advanced $2.4 million to fuboTV in accordance with the Merger Agreement.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, net cash used in investing activities was $0.8 million, which primarily consisted of our $1.0 million payment for our investment in Panda Productions (HK) Limited (“Panda”), offset by $0.2 million received from accredited investors for an interest in Panda.

 

Financing Activities

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2020, net cash provided by financing activities was $2.4 million. The net cash provided is primarily related to $2.3 million of proceeds received from the sale of our common stock, $0.2 million of proceeds received from the issuance of our Series D Preferred Stock, $78,000 received as an advance from a related party, $0.9 million of proceeds received from the issuance of a convertible note, offset by repayments of $0.6 million in connection with our convertible notes, repayments of $0.3 million to related parties and redemption of $0.3 million of Series D Preferred Stock.

 

For the three months ended March 31, 2019, net cash provided by financing activities was $1.7 million. The net cash provided is primarily related to $1.8 million of proceeds received from the sale of our common stock, $65,000 of proceeds received from the issuance of our subsidiary’s common stock, offset by repayments of $0.2 million of our convertible notes.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

As of March 31, 2020, there were no off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

Critical Accounting Policies

 

Our discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations is based upon our condensed consolidated financial statements, which have been prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. The preparation of these condensed consolidated financial statements and related disclosures requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. Those estimates and assumptions include allocating the fair value of purchase consideration issued in business acquisitions, investments, depreciable lives of property and equipment, analysis of impairments of recorded goodwill and other long-term assets, accruals for potential liabilities, assumptions made in valuing derivative liabilities, assumptions made when estimating the fair value of equity instruments issued in share-based payment arrangements and deferred income taxes and related valuation allowance.

 

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Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

See Note 3 in the accompanying condensed consolidated financial statements for a discussion of recent accounting policies.

 

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

Not required for smaller reporting companies.

 

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

 

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

 

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures, which are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the reports we file or submit under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

 

Under the supervision of and with the participation of our management, including the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer , we evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) as of March 31, 2020. Based upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, because of the material weaknesses in our internal control over financial reporting described in our December 31, 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the SEC, our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective.

 

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

 

There have been no changes in our internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the three months ended March 31, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

 

The COVID-19 pandemic could negatively affect our internal controls over financial reporting, including our ongoing process of remediating the material weakness in our disclosure control and procedures, as a portion of our workforce is required to work from home and standard processes are disrupted. New processes, procedures, and controls which may increase the overall inherent risk in the business, may be required to ensure an effective control environment.

 

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

 

We are and may be involved in various legal proceedings arising from the normal course of business activities. Although the results of litigation and claims cannot be predicted with certainty, currently, in our opinion, the likelihood of any material adverse impact on our consolidated results of operations, cash flows or our financial position for any such litigation or claims is deemed to be remote. Regardless of the outcome, litigation can have an adverse impact on us because of defense costs, diversion of management resources and other factors.

 

Except for income tax contingencies (commencing April 1, 2009), the Company records accruals for contingencies to the extent that management concludes that the occurrence is probable and that the related amounts of loss can be reasonably estimated. Legal expenses associated with the contingency are expensed as incurred.

 

On August 27, 2018 plaintiff, Scott Meide, filed a pro se (unrepresented by counsel) complaint in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division, against PEC, now a subsidiary of the Company, naming its former officers among others as defendants. The Company’s position is that the pro se Complaint is defamatory, without merit in fact or law and represents an extortive attempt to coerce payment under threat of reputational harm. The Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates filed a motion to dismiss on September 25, 2018. On July 24, 2019, all counts of the complaint were dismissed in favor of the Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates. Mr. Meide was afforded the opportunity to file an amended complaint for a portion of his claims, and such amendment was filed on September 24, 2019. On October 6, 2019, Judge Marcia Morales Howard ordered Mr. Meide’s amended complaint stricken, describing the filing as insufficient and having failed to identify facts necessary to support its allegations, and offering Mr. Meide “one final opportunity to properly state his claims” with an amended complaint. Mr. Meide’s third attempt to submit a sufficient complaint was filed on November 1, 2019. The Company’s subsidiaries and affiliates plan to reaffirm their motions to dismiss and the Company believes Mr. Meide’s final amended complaint will also be dismissed. The Company plans to the ask the court for an award of sanctions and attorney fees in connection with Mr. Meide’s filing of a frivolous lawsuit.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

 

Not applicable for smaller reporting companies.

 

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

During the three months ended March 31, 2020, the Company issued shares of its common stock consisting of 777,500 shares issued to advisors in connection with the Merger, 262,500 shares in connection with celebrity rights agreements, 795,593 shares in private placement transactions, and 1,552,070 shares in connection with its subsidiary share exchange agreement with PEC.

 

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The securities referenced above were issued solely to “accredited investors” in reliance on the exemption from registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act, as amended.

 

Item 3. Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 5. Other Information

 

Pursuant to the Series AA Certificate of Designation and in accordance with the Merger Agreement, until the earlier of the time that (i) no shares of Series AA Preferred Stock remain issued and outstanding and (ii) the Company’s common stock is listed on Nasdaq or The New York Stock Exchange, the holders of Series AA Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class (the “Series AA Holders”), and with each share of Series AA Preferred Stock having one vote on such matter, has the right to elect any replacement of any of the three directors (of the total of seven directors) designated by fuboTV Inc. and added to the Board of Directors of FaceBank pursuant to the closing of the transactions as contemplated in the Merger Agreement. If the Series AA Holders fail to elect a sufficient number of directors to fill all directorships for which they are entitled to elect directors, then any directorship not so filled shall remain vacant until such time as the Series AA Holders elect a person to fill such directorship, and no such directorship may be filled other than by the Series AA Holders.

 

Item 6. Exhibits

 

Exhibit       Incorporated by Reference

Number

 

Description

 

Form

 

Filing Date

 

Exhibit No.

2.1   Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of March 19, 2020 by and among FaceBank Group, Inc., fuboTV Acquisition Corp. and fuboTV, Inc.   8-K   March 23, 2020   2.1
3.1(a)   Articles of Incorporation dated February 20, 2009.   S-1   August 5, 2011   3.1(i)
3.1(b)   Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated October 5, 2010.   S-1   August 5, 2011   3.1(ii)
3.1(c)   Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated December 31, 2014.   10-K   March 31, 2015   3.1(iii)
3.1(d)   Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated January 11, 2016.   8-K   January 29, 2016   3.1
3.1(e)   Certificate of Designation of Series A Preferred Stock dated June 23, 2016.   8-K   June 28, 2016   4.1
3.1(f)   Certificate of Designation of Series B Preferred Stock dated June 23, 2016.   8-K   June 28, 2016   4.2
3.1(g)   Certificate of Designation of Series C Preferred Stock dated July 21, 2016.   8-K   July 26, 2016   4.1
3.1(h)   Second Amended Certificate of Designation of Series C Preferred Stock dated March 3, 2017.   8-K   March 6, 2017   3.1
3.1(i)   Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated October 17, 2017.   8-K   December 5, 2017   3.1
3.1(j)   Certificate of Designation of Preferences and Rights of Series X Convertible Preferred Stock dated August 3, 2018.   8-K   August 6, 2018   3.1
3.1(k)   Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated September 9, 2019.   8-K   September 11, 2019   3.1
3.1(l)   Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated March 16, 2020.   8-K   March 23, 2020   3.2
3.1(m)   Certificate of Designation of Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock dated March 20, 2020.   8-K   March 23, 2020   3.2
3.1(n)*   Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated September 29, 2016            

 

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3.1(o)*   Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated January 9, 2017            
3.1(p)*   Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated May 11, 2017            
3.1(q)*   Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated February 12, 2018            
3.1(r)*   Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated January 29, 2019            
3.1(s)*   Articles of Amendment to Articles of Incorporation dated July 12, 2019            
3.2(a)   By-Laws of the Company.   S-1   August 5, 2011   3.2
3.2(b)   Amendment to the Bylaws of the Company, dated June 22, 2016.   8-K   June 28, 2016   3.1
3.2(c)   Amendment to the bylaws of the Company, dated July 20, 2016.   8-K   July 26, 2016   3.1
4.1   Warrant dated March 19, 2020 issued by FaceBank Group, Inc. to FB Loan Series I, LLC.   8-K   March 23, 2020   4.1
4.2*   Common Stock Warrant dated May 25, 2020 issued by FaceBank Group, Inc. to ARETE Wealth Management.            
4.3*   Common Stock Warrant dated March 30, 2020 issued by FaceBank Group, Inc. to Auctus Fund, LLC.            
4.4*   Common Stock Warrant dated April 20, 2020 issued by FaceBank Group, Inc. to Platinum Point Capital LLC.            
4.5*  

Form of Common Stock Purchase Warrant in connection with the private placement between May 11, 2020 and June 8, 2020.

           
4.6*   Description of Registrant’s Securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.            
4.7*   Convertible promissory note in favor of GS Capital Partners, LLC for $150,000 dated January 17, 2020.            
4.8*   Convertible promissory note in favor of Auctus Fund, LLC for $275,000 dated January 29, 2020.            
4.9*   Convertible promissory note in favor of EMA Financial, LLC for $125,000 dated February 6, 2020.            
4.10*   Convertible promissory note in favor of Adar Alef, LLC for $150,000 dated February 10, 2020.            
4.11*   Convertible promissory note in favor of Jefferson Street Capital LLC for $100,000 dated March 24, 2020.            
4.12*   Convertible promissory note in favor of BHP Capital NY Inc. for $100,000 dated March 24, 2020.            
4.13*   Convertible promissory note in favor of Auctus Fund, LLC for $1,100,000 dated March 30, 2020.            
4.14*   Convertible promissory note in favor of Eagle Equities LLC for $275,000 dated March 31, 2020.            
4.15*   Convertible promissory note in favor of Platinum Point Capital LLC for $103,000 dated March 31, 2020.            
10.1†   2014 Incentive Stock Plan   10-K   April 16, 2014   4.1
10.2*†   fuboTV Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan.            
10.3*†   Form of Stock Option Agreement under fuboTV Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan.            
10.4*†   FaceBank Group, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan.            
10.5*†   Form of Stock Option Agreement under FaceBank Group, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan.            
10.6   Loan and Security Agreement dated as of March 19, 2020 by and between fuboTV, Inc., as borrower and FaceBank Group, Inc., as lender.   8-K   March 23, 2020   10.1
10.7   Credit Agreement entered into as of March 11, 2020 between FaceBank Group, Inc. and HLEE Finance S.a.r.l.   8-K   March 23, 2020   10.2
10.8   Security Agreement dated March 11, 2020 by and between FaceBank Group, Inc., as Grantor in favor of HLEE Finance S.a.r.l.   8-K   March 23, 2020   10.3
10.9   Note Purchase Agreement dated as of March 19, 2020 by and among FaceBank Group, Inc., fuboTV Acquisition Corp., Evolution AI Corporation and Pulse Evolution Corporation, as Borrower and FB Loan Series I, LLC, as Purchaser.   8-K   March 23, 2020   10.4
10.10   Amendment to the Note Purchase Agreement dated as of March 19, 2020 by and among FaceBank Group, Inc., fuboTV Acquisition Corp., Evolution AI Corporation and Pulse Evolution Corporation.   8-K   April 27, 2020   10.1
10.11   Senior Secured Note dated March 19, 2020 payable to FB Loan Series I, LLC.   8-K   March 23, 2020   10.5

 

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10.12   Consent and Second Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement dated as of May 28, 2020 by and among FaceBank Group, Inc., Evolution AI Corporation, Pulse Evolution Corporation, fuboTV Inc. and Sports Rights Management, LLC and FB Loan Series I, LLC.   10-K   May 29, 2020   10.64
10.13   Security Agreement dated as of March 19, 2020 by and among FaceBank Group, Inc., fuboTV Acquisition Corp., Evolution AI Corporation and Pulse Evolution Corporation, as Grantors and Borrower in favor of FB Loan Series I, LLC, as Purchaser.   8-K   March 23, 2020   10.6
10.14   Collateral Assignment of Loan Agreement dated as of March 19, 2020 by and between FaceBank Group, Inc. and FB Loan Series I, LLC.   8-K   March 23, 2020   10.7
10.15   Collateral Assignment of Merger Agreement dated as of March 19, 2020 by and among FaceBank Group, Inc., fuboTV Acquisition Corp and FB Loan Series I, LLC.   8-K   March 23, 2020   10.8
10.16   Trademark Security Agreement dated as of March 19, 2020 by and among FaceBank Group, Inc., fuboTV Acquisition Corp., Evolution AI Corporation and Pulse Evolution Corporation in favor of FB Loan Series I, LLC.   8-K   March 23, 2020   10.9
10.17   Guaranty Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2020, issued by Sports Rights Management, LLC to FB Loan Series I, LLC.   8-K   May 6, 2020   10.3
10.18   Joinder Agreement dated as of April 30, 2020 and effective April 2, 2020, by and among fuboTV Inc., Sports Rights Management, LLC, and FB Loan Series I, LLC.   8-K   May 6, 2020   10.2
10.19   Counterpart Agreement, dated as of April 30, 2020, by and between FaceBank Group, Inc. and AMC Networks Ventures LLC.   8-K   May 6, 2020   10.1
10.20   Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 19, 2020 by and between FaceBank Group, Inc. and FB Loan Series I, LLC.   8-K   March 23, 2020   10.10
10.21   Form of Indemnification Agreement by and between FaceBank Group, Inc. and its directors and officers.   8-K   April 7, 2020   10.2
10.22†   Employment Agreement dated as of April 1, 2020 by and between FaceBank Group, Inc. and David Gandler.   8-K   April 7, 2020   10.1
10.23†   Letter Agreement by and between FaceBank Group, Inc. and Edgar Bronfman Jr., dated as of April 29, 2020.   8-K   May 5, 2020.   10.1
10.24†   Employment Agreement dated as of May 30, 2020 by and between FaceBank Group, Inc. and Simone Nardi.   8-K   June 12, 2020   10.1
10.25*   Third Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement dated as of July 1, 2020 by and among Facebank Group, Inc., Evolution AI Corporation, Pulse Evolution Corporation, fuboTV Inc. and Sports Rights Management, LLC, as Borrower, and FB Loan Series I, LLC, as Purchaser.            
10.26*°   Lease, dated August 24, 2016, by and between fuboTV Inc. and RXR 1330 Owner LLC.            
10.27*   First Amendment to Lease, dated January 22, 2018, by and between fuboTV Inc. and RXR 1330 Owner LLC.            
10.28*°   Sublease, dated February 20, 2020, by and between fuboTV Inc. and Welltower, Inc.            
10.29*°   Lease and Service Agreement, dated September 1, 2018, by and between Recall, Inc. and Town Center, Inc.            
10.30*   Lease Agreement, dated February 14, 2019, by and between Recall Studies, Inc. and JYC Investors, LLC.            
10.31*   Form of Purchase Agreement, by and between the Company and the Purchaser            
10.32   Amended Digital Likeness Development Agreement.   10-K   May 29, 2020   10.63
31.1*   Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.            
31.2*   Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.            

 

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32.1*   Certification of Principal Executive Officer and Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.            
101.INS*   XBRL INSTANCE DOCUMENT            
101.SCH*   XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION SCHEMA            
101.CAL*   XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION CALCULATION LINKBASE            
101.DEF*   XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION DEFINITION LINKBASE            
101.LAB*   XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION LABEL LINKBASE            
101.PRE*   XBRL TAXONOMY EXTENSION PRESENTATION LINKBASE            

 

* Filed herewith.

† Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

° Redacted.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

  FACEBANK GROUP, INC.
   
Date: July 6, 2020 By: /s/ David Gandler
    David Gandler
    Chief Executive Officer (Principal Executive Officer)

 

  FACEBANK GROUP, INC.
   
Date: July 6, 2020 By: /s/ Simone Nardi
    Simone Nardi
    Chief Financial Officer (Principal Financial Officer))

 

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Exhibit 3.1(n)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1(o)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1(p)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1(q)

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 


 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1r

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1(s)

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.2

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.4

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.5

 

EXHIBIT A

W-[__]

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE WARRANT SHARES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, NOR REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS SO REGISTERED OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM IS AVAILABLE.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

OF FACEBANK GROUP, INC.

 

Date of Issuance: May [●], 2020

 

In consideration for the payment by ___________________________ to Facebank Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), of $[●] in cash, by certified check, or by wire transfer (the “Purchase Price”), the Company agrees to the provisions set forth herein. The Company certifies that ___________________________ and its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, up to [●] fully-paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”) at a purchase price per share equal to the Warrant Price (defined below). The number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided herein. The initial Warrant Price (the “Warrant Price”) per share of Common Stock shall equal $7.00.

 

For the purpose of this Warrant, the term “Common Stock” shall mean (i) the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company as of the Date of Issuance, or (ii) any other class or classes of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such class of stock, and the term “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are required or authorized to be closed.

 

Section 1. Term of Warrant, Exercise of Warrant. (a) Subject to the terms of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right, at its option, which may be exercised in whole or in part, at any time, and from time to time, commencing at the time immediately following the time the Purchase Price has been paid and until the earlier of (x) 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the eighteen-month anniversary of the Date of Issuance and (y) the closing of a Change of Control (as defined below) (the “Warrant Expiration Date”) to purchase from the Company the Warrant Shares. “Change of Control” shall mean the sale, conveyance or disposal of all or substantially all of the Company’s property or business or the Company’s merger with or into or consolidation with any other corporation (other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) or any other transaction or series of related transactions in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the transaction or transactions own less than a majority of the voting power of the surviving corporation following the transaction or transactions.

 

 

 

 

(b) The purchase rights evidenced by this Warrant shall be exercised by the Holder surrendering this Warrant, with the form of subscription at the end hereof duly executed by the Holder, to the Company at its office in New York, New York (or, in the event the Company’s principal office is no longer in New York, New York, its then principal office in the United States (the “Principal Office”)), accompanied by payment, of an amount (the “Exercise Payment”) equal to the Warrant Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares being purchased pursuant to such exercise, payable as follows: (i) by payment to the Company in cash, by certified check, or by wire transfer of the Exercise Payment, (ii) by surrender to the Company for cancellation of securities of the Company having a Market Price (as hereinafter defined) on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Payment; or (iii) by a combination of the methods described in clauses (i) and (ii) above. In lieu of exercising the Warrant as set forth in the foregoing sentence, the Holder may elect to perform a net exercise and receive a payment equal to the difference between (i) the Market Price on the date of exercise multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which the payment is then being elected and (ii) the aggregate Warrant Price with respect to such Warrant Shares, payable by the Company to the Holder only in shares of Common Stock valued at the Market Price on the date of exercise. For purposes hereof, the term “Market Price” shall mean, with respect to any day, the average closing price of a share of Common Stock or other security for the five consecutive trading days preceding such day on the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock or securities are listed or admitted to trading or, if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the average of the reported high and low prices during such five trading day period on the OTCQB Venture Market, if the shares of Common Stock or securities are not publicly traded, the Market Price for such day shall be the fair market value thereof determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(c) Upon any exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall issue and cause to be delivered with all reasonable dispatch, but in any event within five Business Days, to or upon the written order of the Holder and, subject to Section 3, in such name or names as the Holder may designate (provided that such names other than the Holder may include only affiliates of the Holder), written confirmation (including via email) from the Company’s transfer agent that it has issued a book entry position for the number of full Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise together with such other property, including cash (if necessary pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof), which may be deliverable upon such exercise. If fewer than all of the Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant are purchased, a new Warrant of the same tenor as this Warrant, evidencing the Warrant Shares not purchased will be issued and delivered by the Company at the Company’s expense, to the Holder together with the issue of the written confirmation from the Company’s transfer agent that it has issued a book entry position representing the Warrant Shares then being purchased. The Warrant certificate, when surrendered upon exercise of the Warrant, shall be canceled by the Company.

 

(d) The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Shares. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver written confirmation from the Company’s transfer agent that it has issued a book entry position representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant or to credit such shares to the Holder’s DTC account (as the case may be) as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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Section 2. Warrant Register, Registration of Transfers.

 

Section 2.1. Warrant Register. The Company shall keep at its Principal Office, a register (the “Warrant Register”) in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Holder from time to time and all transfers and exchanges of this Warrant. The Company shall give the Holder prior written notice of any change of the address at which such register is kept.

 

Section 2.2. Registration of Transfers, Exchanges or Assignment of the Warrant. The Holder shall be entitled to assign its interest in this Warrant in whole or in part to any affiliate of Holder upon surrender thereof accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in the form of assignment at the end hereof duly executed by the Holder. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, this Warrant may not be assigned by the Holder. This Warrant may also be exchanged or combined with warrants of like tenor at the option of the Holder for another Warrant or Warrants of like tenor and representing in the aggregate the right to purchase a like number of Warrant Shares upon presentation thereof to the Company at its Principal Office together with a written notice signed by the Holder specifying the denominations in which the new Warrant is or the new Warrants are to be issued.

 

Upon surrender for transfer or exchange of this Warrant to the Company at its Principal Office for transfer or exchange, in accordance with this Section 2, the Company shall, without charge (subject to Section 3), execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants of like tenor and of a like aggregate amount of Warrant Shares in the name of the assignee named in such instrument of assignment and, if the Holder’s entire interest is not being assigned, in the name of the Holder with respect to that portion not transferred, and this Warrant shall promptly be canceled.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder acknowledges that this Warrant and the Warrant Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and agrees not to sell, pledge, distribute, offer for sale, transfer or otherwise dispose of this Warrant and Warrant Shares in the absence of (i) registration or qualification of this Warrant and such Warrant Shares under any applicable U.S. federal or state securities law then in effect, or (ii) an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the Company, that such registration and qualification are not required.

 

Section 3. Payment of Taxes. The Company shall pay all documentary stamp taxes, if any, attributable to the initial issuance of any Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of any Warrant or book entry position for Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the Holder as such name is then shown on the books of the Company.

 

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Section 4. Certain Covenants.

 

Section 4.1. Reservation of Warrant Shares. There have been reserved and the Company shall at all times keep reserved, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, free from any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other restrictions (other than pursuant to the Act and applicable state securities laws) a number of shares of Common Stock sufficient to provide for the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by this Warrant.

 

Section 4.2. No Impairment. The Company shall not by any action including, without limitation, amending its Certificate of Incorporation, any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but shall at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action, as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of the Holder against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant at the then Warrant Price therefor.

 

Section 4.3. Notice of Certain Corporate Action. In case the Company shall propose (a) to offer to the holders of its Common Stock rights to subscribe for or to purchase any shares of Common Stock or shares of stock of any class or any other securities, rights or options, or (b) to effect any reclassification of its Common Stock (other than a reclassification involving only the subdivision, or combination, of outstanding shares of Common Stock), or (c) to effect any capital reorganization, or (d) to effect any Change of Control, or (e) to effect the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or (f) to offer to the holders of its Common Stock the right to have their shares of Common Stock repurchased or redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Company, or (g) to take any other action which would require the adjustment of the Warrant Price and/or the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, then in each such case (but without limiting the provisions of Section 5), the Company shall give to the Holder, a notice of such proposed action, which shall specify the date on which a record is to be taken for purposes of such dividend, distribution or offer of rights, or the date on which such reclassification, reorganization, Change of Control, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up is to take place and the date of participation therein by the holders of Common Stock, if any such date is to be fixed and shall also set forth such facts with respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the effect of such action on the Common Stock. Such notice shall be so given at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the record date for determining holders of the Common Stock for purposes of participating in or voting on such action, or at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of the taking of such proposed action or the date of participation therein by the holders of Common Stock, whichever shall be the earlier. Such notice shall specify, in the case of any subscription or repurchase rights, the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled thereto, or the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon any reorganization, reclassification, Change of Control or other action, as the case may be. Such notice shall also state whether the action in question or the record date is subject to the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Act or to a favorable vote of security holders, if either is required, and the adjustment in Warrant Price and/or number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant as a result of such reorganization, reclassification, Change of Control or other action, to the extent then determinable. No such notice shall be given if the Company reasonably determines that the giving of such notice would require disclosure of material information which the Company has a bona fide purpose for preserving as confidential or the disclosure of which would not be in the best interests of the Company.

 

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Section 4.4. Purchase Entirely for Own Account. The Holder acknowledges that this Warrant is given to the Holder in reliance upon the Holder’s representation to the Company, which by its acceptance of this Warrant the Holder hereby confirms, that the Warrant and the Warrant Shares (collectively, the “Securities”) being acquired by the Holder are being acquired for investment for the Holder’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, and that the Holder has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same. By executing this Warrant, the Holder further represents that the Holder does not presently have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person to sell, transfer or grant participations to such person or to any third person, with respect to any of the Securities. The Holder represents that it has full power and authority to enter into this Warrant. The Holder has not been formed for the specific purpose of acquiring any of the Securities.

 

Section 4.5. Disclosure of Information. The Holder has had an opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management, financial affairs and the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities with the Company’s management and has had an opportunity to review the Company’s facilities, and has had an opportunity to read all of the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Section 4.6. Restricted Securities. The Holder understands that the Securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the Act, by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Act which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent and the accuracy of the Holder’s representations as expressed herein. The Holder understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” under applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws and that, pursuant to these laws, the Holder must hold the Securities indefinitely unless they are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and qualified by state authorities, or an exemption from such registration and qualification requirements is available. The Holder further acknowledges that if an exemption from registration or qualification is available, it may be conditioned on various requirements including, but not limited to, the time and manner of sale, the holding period for the Securities, and on requirements relating to the Company which are outside of the Holder’s control, and which the Company is under no obligation and may not be able to satisfy.

 

Section 4.7. Accredited Investor. The Holder is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Act.

 

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Section 5. Adjustment of Warrant Price.

 

Section 5.1. Subdivision or Combination of Stock. In case the Company shall at any time (i) issue a dividend payable in Common Stock or any rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the purchase of, Common Stock or (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares or combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then (x) in the case of a dividend or subdivision, the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such dividend or subdivision shall be proportionately decreased and the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment shall be proportionately increased, and (y) in the case of a combination, the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased and the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment shall be proportionately decreased.

 

Section 5.2. Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale. If any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company or any consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation, other than a Change of Control, shall be effected in such a way that holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock, then, as a condition of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, exercise, merger or sale, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby the Holder shall thereafter have the right to receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant, that number of shares of stock, securities or assets (including cash) as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Common Stock equal to the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant could have been exercised immediately prior to such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger or sale, and in any such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of such Holder to the end that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets (including cash) thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant. The Company will not effect any such consolidation, merger or sale, unless prior to the consummation thereof the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets shall assume, by written instrument executed and mailed or delivered to the Holder at the last address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company, the obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets (including cash) as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Holder may be entitled to receive.

 

Section 5.3. Fractional Shares. The Company shall not issue fractions of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant or scrip in lieu thereof. If any fraction of a share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions of this Section 5.3, be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall in lieu thereof pay to the person entitled thereto an amount in cash equal to the current value of such fraction, calculated to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100) of a share, to be computed on the basis of the Market Price for a share of Common Stock as of the date of exercise.

 

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Section 5.4. Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Warrant Price, and from time to time upon the request of the Holder, the Company shall furnish to the Holder the Warrant Price resulting from such adjustment or otherwise in effect and the number of Warrant Shares then available for purchase under this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.

 

Section 5.5. Certain Events. If any event occurs as to which, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company the other provisions of this Section 5 are not strictly applicable or if strictly applicable would not fairly protect the exercise rights of the Holder in accordance with the essential intent and principles of such provisions, then the Board of Directors of the Company in the good faith, reasonable exercise of its business judgment shall make an adjustment in the application of such provisions, in accordance with such essential intent and principles so as to protect such exercise rights as aforesaid.

 

Section 6. No Rights as a Stockholder; Notice to Holder. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder the right to vote or to consent or to receive notice as a stockholder in respect of any meeting of stockholders for the election of directors of the Company or any other matter, or any rights whatsoever as a stockholder of the Company.

 

Section 7. Replacement of Warrant. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) upon delivery of an indemnity agreement (with, in the case of a Holder which is not a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Act, surety) in an amount reasonably satisfactory to it, or (in the case of mutilation) upon surrender and cancellation thereof, the Company will issue, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.

 

Section 8. Notices. All notices and other written communications provided for hereunder shall be given in writing and delivered in person or sent by overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid), and (i) if to the Holder addressed to it at the address specified for such Holder in the Warrant Register or at such other address as the Holder shall have specified to the Company in writing in accordance with this Section 8, and (ii) if to the Company, addressed to it at 1115 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10010 or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to the Holder in writing in accordance with this Section 8. Notice given in accordance with this Section 8 shall be effective upon the earlier of the date of delivery or the second Business Day at the place of delivery after dispatch.

 

Section 9. Applicable Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws.

 

Section 10. Warrant Share Legend. The Warrant Shares, until such Warrant Shares have been distributed pursuant to a registration statement effective under the Act or sold to the public through a broker, dealer or market maker in compliance with Rule 144 under the Act (or any similar rule then in force) shall bear one or all of the following legends:

 

“THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AND HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. NO SUCH SALE OR DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.”

 

Any legend required by the Blue Sky laws of any state to the extent such laws are applicable to the Warrant Shares.

 

Section 11. Captions. The captions of the Sections and subsections of this Warrant have been inserted for convenience only and shall have no substantive effect.

 

Section 12. Amendment or Waiver. Any term of this Warrant may be amended or waived only by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Holder.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Warrant as of the [●] day of May, 2020.

 

  FACEBANK GROUP, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name: David Gandler
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

  [NAME OF WARRANT HOLDER]
   
  By:             
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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[To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant]

 

TO Facebank Group, Inc.:

 

The undersigned, the holder of the within Warrant (the “Holder”), hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, ______ shares of Common Stock of Facebank Group, Inc. and herewith [makes payment of $______ therefor in full payment of the Exercise Payment][tenders securities having a Market Price of $_____ in full payment of the Exercise Payment] or [elects to receive a payment equal to the difference between (i) the Market Price (as defined in the Warrant) multiplied by ________ (the number of Warrant Shares as to which the payment is being elected) and (ii) ___________, which is the exercise price with respect to such Warrant Shares, in full payment of the Exercise Payment, payable by the Company to the Holder only in shares of Common Stock valued at the Market Price in accordance with the terms of the Warrant], and requests that the book entry position for such shares be issued in the name of ______.

 

Dated:    
     
   
     
   
   

(Signature must conform in all respects to name of

Holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)

     
   
    Address

 

 

 

 

[To be signed only upon transfer of Warrant]

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________ the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase _____ shares of the Common Stock of Facebank Group, Inc. to which the within Warrant relates, and appoints _______ attorney to transfer said right on the books of Facebank Group, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:    
     
     
(Signature must conform in all respects to  
name of Holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)  
     
   
    Address
     
In the presence of:    
     
   

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.6

 

DESCRIPTION OF REGISTRANT’S SECURITIES

REGISTERED PURSUANT TO SECTION 12 OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

DESCRIPTION OF CAPITAL STOCK

 

As of July 6, 2020, FaceBank Group, Inc. had one class of securities registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, our common stock, par value $0.0001 per share. The following summary does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the provisions of our articles of incorporation and bylaws, each as amended, copies of which are filed as exhibits to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q of which this Exhibit 4.6 is a part. References in this exhibit to “FaceBank”, the “Company,” “we,” “us” and “our” refer to FaceBank Group, Inc. and not to any of its subsidiaries.

 

Capital Stock

 

Our authorized capital stock consists of 400,000,000 shares of common stock with a $0.0001 par value per share, and 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock with a $0.0001 par value per share. 35,800,000 shares have been designated as the Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock, and 2,000,000 shares have been designated as the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

Common Stock

 

Each share of our common stock is generally entitled to one vote for each share on all matters submitted to a vote of the shareholders, including the election of directors, but is generally not entitled to vote on any matter for which the vote is reserved to a class of preferred stock pursuant to the designation for that preferred stock.

 

Rights and Preferences

 

Holders of our common stock have no preemptive, conversion or subscription rights, and there are no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to our common stock. The rights, preferences and privileges of the holders of our common stock are subject to, and may be adversely affected by, the rights of the holders of shares of any series of preferred stock currently outstanding or which we may designate and issue in the future.

 

Fully Paid and Nonassessable

 

All of our outstanding shares of common stock are, and the shares of common stock to be issued pursuant to this offering, when paid for, will be fully paid and nonassessable.

 

Preferred Stock

 

Termination of Preferred Stock Designations

 

On March 20, 2020, FaceBank amended its Articles of Incorporation to withdraw, cancel and terminate the previously filed (i) Certificate of Designation with respect to 5,000,000 shares of its Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, (ii) Certificate of Designation with respect to 1,000,000 shares of its Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, (iii) Certificate of Designation with respect to 41,000,000 shares of its Series S Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share and (iv) Certificate of Designation with respect to 1,000,000 shares of its Series X Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share. Upon the withdrawal, cancelation and termination of such designations, all shares previously designated as Series A Preferred Stock, Series B Preferred Stock, Series C Preferred Stock and Series X Preferred Stock were returned to the status of authorized but undesignated shares of Preferred Stock, par value $0.0001 per share of FaceBank. As a result, as of June 30, 2020, the only classes of authorized Preferred Stock are the Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock and the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock.

 

 

 

 

Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock

 

On March 20, 2020, FaceBank filed an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation to designate 35,800,000 of its authorized preferred stock as “Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock” pursuant to Articles of Amendment of Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series AA Certificate of Designation”). The Series AA Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series AA Preferred Stock”) has no liquidation preference and is entitled to receive dividends and other distributions as and when paid on the Common Stock, on an as-converted to Common Stock basis. Each share of Series AA Preferred Stock is initially convertible into two shares of Common Stock, subject to customary adjustments such as stock splits, stock combinations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, extraordinary distributions and similar events, as provided in the Series AA Certificate of Designation. The Series AA Preferred Stock shall be converted into Common Stock immediately following the sale of such shares of Series AA Preferred Stock on an arms’-length basis either pursuant to an exemption from registration under Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act. Each share of Series AA Preferred Stock initially has 0.8 votes per share (the “Voting Rate”) on any matter submitted to the holders of the Common Stock for a vote, and votes together with the Common Stock on such matters for as long as the Series AA Preferred Stock is outstanding. The Voting Rate is subject to adjustment in the event of stock splits, stock combinations, recapitalizations reclassifications, extraordinary distributions and similar events.

 

Protective Provisions. In addition to the voting rights described above, until the earlier of such time as (i) no shares of Series AA Preferred Stock remain issued and outstanding and (ii) the Common Stock is listed on Nasdaq or the New York Stock Exchange, without first obtaining the affirmative vote or written consent of a majority of the Series AA Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class, and with each share of Series AA Preferred Stock having one vote, FaceBank may not:

 

  amend or repeal the Series AA Certificate of Designation,
     
  amend or repeal any provision of, or add any provision to, FaceBank’s Articles of Incorporation,
     
  undertake (x) any Affiliated Transaction (as defined in Section 607.0901(1)(b) of the Florida Business Corporation Act (the “FBCA”)) with any “interested shareholder” (as defined in Section 607.0901(1)(k) of the FBCA, provided that, for purposes of this restriction, the words and number “10 percent” shall be replaced with “50 percent”), or “affiliate” (as defined in Section 607.0901(1)(a) of the FBCA) of such interested shareholder or (y) any Affiliated Transaction (as defined in the FBCA) with any “interested shareholder” (as defined in Section 607.0901(1)(k) of the FBCA) or “affiliate” (as defined in Section 607.0901(1)(a) of the FBCA) of such interested shareholder without the approval of such Affiliated Transaction by a majority of the disinterested and independent members of the Board of Directors of FaceBank,
     
  issue any capital stock or other equity securities of FaceBank or instruments or securities convertible into capital stock or other equity securities of FaceBank, other than (A) the issuance of shares of Common Stock pursuant to the exercise or settlement of stock options that were assumed in connection with the transaction by which the Series AA Preferred Stock was initially issued, (B) the granting of stock options or issuance of shares of Common Stock underlying such stock options, not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the capital stock of FaceBank, on a fully diluted basis, that is outstanding as of the initial issuance date of the Series AA Preferred Stock, and pursuant to a plan, agreement or arrangement approved by the Board of Directors of FaceBank, (C) any issuance of shares of Common Stock on conversion of the Series AA Preferred Stock; and (D) any sale of shares of Common Stock at a price of $10.00 or more per share (subject to equitable adjustments for stock splits, stock combinations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, extraordinary distributions and similar events following the initial issuance date of the Series AA Preferred Stock ); provided, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, no consent shall be required in the case of a sale of shares of Common Stock at price of less than $10.00 per share (a “Permitted Stock Sale”) if, upon the closing of such Permitted Stock Sale, FaceBank issues and distributes to the holders of the then-outstanding holders of its capital stock a number of shares of Common Stock equal to two times the number of shares of Common Stock that are sold in such Permitted Stock Sale (the “Distributed Shares”), with such Distributed Shares to be distributed to the holders of the then-outstanding shares of capital stock on a pro rata basis based on their percentage ownership of the then outstanding shares of capital stock (on an as converted to Common Stock basis),

 

 

 

 

  undertake any liquidation of FaceBank,
     
  undertake any bankruptcy proceeding or other form of voluntary receivership of FaceBank,
     
  undertake any merger or acquisition transaction in which FaceBank is a constituent party or a subsidiary of FaceBank is a constituent party, except any such merger or acquisition involving FaceBank or a subsidiary in which the shares of capital stock of FaceBank outstanding immediately prior to such merger or acquisition continue to represent, or are converted into or exchanged for shares of capital stock that represent, immediately following such merger or acquisition, at least a majority, by voting power, of the capital stock of the surviving or resulting corporation or, if the surviving or resulting corporation is a wholly owned subsidiary of another corporation immediately following such merger or consolidation, the parent corporation of such surviving or resulting corporation, or
     
  increase the number of members of FaceBank’s Board of Directors to more than seven (7) or (viii) any redemption by FaceBank of any shares of Common Stock or preferred stock.

 

In addition, until the earlier of the time that (i) no shares of Series AA Preferred Stock remain issued and outstanding and (ii) the Common Stock is listed on Nasdaq or The New York Stock Exchange, the Series AA Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class, and with each share of Series AA Preferred Stock having one vote on such matter, has the right to elect any replacement of any of the three directors designated by fuboTV Inc. and added to the Board of Directors of FaceBank pursuant to the closing of the transactions as contemplated in the Agreement and Plan of Merger and Reorganization dated as of March 19, 2020, by and among FaceBank, fuboTV Acquisition Corp., and fuboTV Inc.

 

Series D Preferred Stock

 

On July 12, 2019, FaceBank filed an amendment to its Articles of Incorporation to designate 2,000,000 of its authorized shares of preferred stock as the Series D Convertible Preferred Stock (the “Series D Stock”) pursuant to Articles of Amendment (the “Series D Certificate of Designation”). Each share of Series D Stock initially has a stated value of $1.00 (the “Stated Value”), which is subject to adjustment as described below.

 

The Series D Stock, with respect to dividend rights and rights upon liquidation, ranks senior to the Common Stock and junior to all existing and future indebtedness of FaceBank. On any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of FaceBank, whether voluntary or involuntary, or upon any Deemed Liquidation Event (as defined below), after payment or provision for payment of debts and other liabilities of FaceBank, and after payment or provision for any liquidation preference payable to the holders of any Preferred Stock ranking senior upon liquidation to the Series D Stock, if any, but prior to any distribution or payment made to the holders of Common Stock or the holders of any Preferred Stock ranking junior upon liquidation to the Series D Stock by reason of their ownership thereof, the Series D Stock is entitled to be paid out of the assets of FaceBank an amount with respect to each share of Series D Stock equal to (i) the Stated Value plus (ii) any accrued but unpaid dividends, the Default Adjustment (as defined below), if applicable, fees that are payable to the holders of the Series D Stock if FaceBank fails to deliver Common Stock issuable on conversion of the Series D Stock other due to a third party’s actions (which are $2,000 payable to the applicable holder for each day of the failure), if any, and any other fees as set forth in the Series D Certificate of Designations.

 

 

 

 

Holders of shares of the Series D Stock are entitled to receive annual cash dividends at the rate of 8% of the Stated Value, which will be cumulative and compounded daily, and will be paid solely upon redemption, liquidation or conversion. In case of an Event of Default (as defined below), the dividend rate increases to 22%.

 

An “Event of Default” includes, but is not limited to, the following:

 

  Facebank fails to pay the amount due on redemption of the Series D Stock and such breach continues for a period of 3 days after written notice from the holders of a majority of the Series D Stock (the “Majority Holders”).
     
  FaceBank fails to issue shares of Common Stock on conversion of the Series D Stock, fails to transfer or cause its transfer agent to transfer (issue) (electronically or in certificated form) any certificate for shares of Common Stock upon conversion of or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Series D Certificate of Designation, FaceBank directs its transfer agent not to transfer or delays, impairs, and/or hinders its transfer agent in transferring (or issuing) (electronically or in certificated form) any certificate for shares of Common Stock to be issued to upon conversion of the Series D Stock or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Series D Certificate of Designation, or fails to remove (or directs its transfer agent not to remove or impairs, delays, and/or hinders its transfer agent from removing) any restrictive legend (or to withdraw any stop transfer instructions in respect thereof) on any certificate for any shares of Common Stock issued upon conversion of the Series D Stock or otherwise pursuant to the terms of the Series D Certificate of Designation (or makes any written announcement, statement or threat that it does not intend to honor the obligations described in this bullet point) and any such failure continues uncured (or any written announcement, statement or threat not to honor FaceBank’s obligations is not rescinded in writing) for two business days after a holder of the Series D Stock has delivered a notice of conversion. It is an obligation of FaceBank to remain current in its obligations to its transfer agent and it is also an Event of Default if a conversion of the Series D Stock is delayed, hindered or frustrated due to a balance owed by FaceBank to its transfer agent.
     
  FaceBank breaches any material covenant or other material terms or conditions contained in the Series D Certificate of Designations or in any purchase agreement, subscription agreement or other agreement pursuant to which any holder of as acquired any shares of Series D Preferred Stock, and such breach continues for a period of 10 days after written notice thereof.
     
  Any representation or warranty of FaceBank made in the Series D Certificate of Designations or in any agreement, statement or certificate given in writing pursuant thereto or in connection therewith, or in any purchase agreement, subscription agreement or other agreement pursuant to which any holder has acquired any shares of Series D Stock, is false or misleading in any material respect when made and the breach of which has (or with the passage of time will have) a material adverse effect on the rights of the holders with respect to the Series D Stock.
     
  FaceBank or any subsidiary of FaceBank makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors, or applies for or consent to the appointment of a receiver or trustee for it or for a substantial part of its property or business, or such a receiver or trustee is otherwise appointed.
     
  Bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or liquidation proceedings or other proceedings, voluntary or involuntary, for relief under any bankruptcy law or any law for the relief of debtors are instituted by or against FaceBank or any subsidiary of FaceBank.
     
  FaceBank fails to maintain the listing of the Common Stock on at least one of the OTC electronic quotations systems or an equivalent replacement exchange.
     
  FaceBank fails to comply with the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act; and/or FaceBank ceases to be subject to the reporting requirements of the Exchange Act, and with the filing of a Form 15 being an immediate Event of Default.
  Any dissolution, liquidation, or winding up of FaceBank or any substantial portion of its business occurs.

 

 

 

 

  Any cessation of operations by FaceBank occurs, or Facebank admits it is otherwise generally unable to pay its debts as such debts become due.
     
  FaceBank restates any financial statements filed by FaceBank with the SEC at any time after 180 days after the date of issuance of the applicable shares of Series D Stock for any date or period until the Series D Stock is no longer outstanding, if the result of such restatement would, by comparison to the un-restated financial statement, have constituted a material adverse effect on the rights of the holders of the Series D Stock with respect to the terms hereof.
     
  FaceBank proposing to replace its transfer agent and fails to provide, prior to the effective date of such replacement, a fully executed Irrevocable Transfer Agent Instructions in a form as initially delivered with respect to the Series D Stock signed by the successor transfer agent and FaceBank.

 

In addition, in the event of any Event of Default, the Stated Value will automatically be increased to $1.50 per share of Series D Stock during the continuance of the Event of Default, provided, however, that, in the event that the Event of Default is as described in the second bullet point directly above, the Stated Value will automatically be increased to $2.00 per share of Series D Stock during the continuance of that Event of Default. This is termed the “Default Adjustment”.

 

Protective Provisions. The Series D Stock generally has no right to vote on any matters requiring shareholder approval or any mattes on which the shareholders are permitted to vote. However, so long as any shares of Series D Stock are outstanding, FaceBank must first obtain the consent of the holders of a majority of the shares of Series D Stock prior to (i) altering or changing adversely the powers, preferences of the Series D Stock (including amending the Series D Certificate of Designations), (ii) authorizing or creating any class of stock ranking as to distribution of dividends or liquidation preference senior to the Series D Stock, (iii) amending its Articles of Incorporation in breach of the provisions of the Series D Certificate of Designations, (iv) liquidating, dissolving or winding-up the business and affairs of FaceBank or effecting any Deemed Liquidation Event (as defined in the Series D Certificate of Designation), or (v) entering into a binding agreement with respect to the foregoing.

 

Redemption. FaceBank has the option to redeem the outstanding shares of Series D Stock between 0-180 days after issuance at varying rates depending on the time since issuance. Any redemption prior to 60 days following the issuance of the applicable Series D Stock will be at a price of 118% of the Stated Value, any redemption between 61 and 120 days following the issuance of the applicable Series D Stock will be at a price of 125% of the Stated Value, and any redemption between 121 and 180 days following the issuance of the applicable Series D Stock will be at a price of 129% of the Stated Value.

 

FaceBank is mandated to redeem the outstanding shares of Series D Stock on the earlier to occur of (i) 18 months after the issuance, (ii) an Event of Default and (iii) the occurrence of a “Market Event”, which occurs when the closing bid price is below $0.35. If a “Market Event” occurs, the Stated Value is also immediately increased to $1.29 per share of Series D Stock.

 

Conversion. Holders of shares of Series D Stock have the right to convert such shares into common stock anytime beginning six months after issuance, with certain limitations. The price at which a share of Series D Stock converts into common stock is the greater of (i) $0.25 and (ii) 61% of the average of the three lowest closing bid prices over the prior ten days of trading.

 

 

 

 

Registration Rights

 

Obligation to Register FB Loan Warrant and Shares

 

In connection with the Note Purchase Agreement, dated March 19, 2020, by and among FB Loan Series I, LLC (“FB Loan”), the Company, fuboTV Inc., Evolution AI Corporation and Pulse Evolution Corporation (the “Note Purchase Agreement”), we entered into a Securities Purchase Agreement with FB Loan pursuant to which we sold and issued to FB Loan 900,000 shares of our common stock and a warrant to purchase 3,269,231 shares of our common stock at an exercise price of $5.00 per share (the “FB Loan Warrant”).

 

Under the Note Purchase Agreement, as amended, we are obligated to file a registration statement no later than July 8, 2020 to register (i) the resale of the 900,000 shares issued to FB Loan and (ii) the 3,269,231 shares of our capital stock issuable upon the exercise of the FB Loan Warrant.

 

Panda Productions Piggyback Registration Rights

 

On October 22, 2019, pursuant to an Agreement between Panda Productions International, LLC, or Panda Productions, and the Company, the Company granted Panda Production piggyback registration rights with respect to 175,000 shares of common stock that we issued to Panda Productions in satisfaction and in lieu of our obligation to fund the remaining $1,000,000 of $2,000,000 owed by the Company to Panda Productions under an agreement dated March 25, 2019.

 

Listing on OTCQB Venture Market

 

Our shares of common stock are currently quoted on the OTCQB Venture Market, operated by OTC Market Group, under the symbol “FUBO.” We are in the process of applying to list our common stock on the NYSE American LLC under the symbol “FUBO.” There can be no assurance that we will be successful in listing our common stock on the NYSE American LLC.

 

Transfer Agent and Registrar

 

The transfer agent and registrar for our common stock is American Stock Transfer and Trust Company. The transfer agent’s address is 6201 15th Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11219.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.7

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.8

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

Exhibit 4.9

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.10

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.11

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.12

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.13

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.14

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 4.15

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

 

FUBOTV, INC.

 

2015 Equity Incentive Plan

 

Effective Date: June 30, 2015

 

Approved by the Board of Directors on June 30, 2015

 

Approved by the Stockholders on June 30, 2015

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

  Page
ARTICLE I INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 Establishment 1
1.2 Purpose 1
ARTICLE II DEFINITIONS 1
2.1 Definitions 1
2.2 Gender and Number 5
ARTICLE III PLAN ADMINISTRATION 5
3.1 General 5
3.2 Delegation by Committee 6
3.3 Contractual Limitations 6
ARTICLE IV STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN 6
4.1 Number of Shares 6
4.2 Other Shares of Stock 7
4.3 Adjustments for Stock Split, Stock Dividend, Etc 7
4.4 Other Distributions and Changes in the Stock 7
4.5 General Adjustment Rules 8
4.6 Determination by the Committee, Etc 8
ARTICLE V CORPORATE REORGANIZATION; CHANGE IN CONTROL 8
5.1 Default Provisions 8
5.2 Assumption or Substitution of Options 9
5.3 Provisions Applicable at the Discretion of the Committee 9
5.4 Company Actions 11
ARTICLE VI PARTICIPATION 11
ARTICLE VII OPTIONS 11
7.1 Grant of Options 11
7.2 Stock Option Agreements 12
7.3 Restrictions on Incentive Options 16
7.4 Transferability 16
7.5 Stockholder Privileges 16
ARTICLE VIII RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS 17
8.1 Grant of Restricted Stock Awards 17
8.2 Restrictions 17
8.3 Privileges of a Stockholder, Transferability 17
8.4 Enforcement of Restrictions 17
ARTICLE IX OTHER GRANTS 18
ARTICLE X RIGHTS OF PARTICIPANTS 18
10.1 Employment or Service 18
10.2 Nontransferability of Awards 18
10.3 No Plan Funding 18
ARTICLE XI GENERAL RESTRICTIONS 19
11.1 Investment Representations 19
11.2 Compliance with Securities Laws 19
11.3 Changes in Accounting or Tax Rules 19
11.4 Stockholder Agreements 19
ARTICLE XII PLAN AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION 19
ARTICLE XIII WITHHOLDING 20
13.1 Withholding Requirement 20
13.2 Withholding With Stock 20
ARTICLE XIV REQUIREMENTS OF LAW 21
14.1 Requirements of Law 21
14.2 Federal Securities Law Requirements 21
14.3 Section 409A 21
14.4 Governing Law 21
ARTICLE XV DURATION OF THE PLAN 21

 

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FUBOTV INC.

 

2015 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

ARTICLE I

INTRODUCTION

 

1.1 Establishment. fuboTV Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), adopts this 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) effective as of the Effective Date. The Plan is established for selected employees, consultants and advisors and non-employee directors of the Company and its Affiliates. The Plan permits the grant of incentive stock options within the meaning of Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, non-qualified stock options, restricted stock awards, and other stock grants to certain key employees of the Company, to certain consultants to the Company, and certain non-employee directors of the Company.

 

1.2 Purpose. The purpose of the Plan is to provide financial incentives for selected employees, consultants and advisors, and non-employee directors of the Company and its Affiliates, thereby promoting the long-term growth and financial success of the Company by (a) attracting and retaining the most qualified officers, directors, key employees, and other persons, (b) strengthening the capability of the Company and its Affiliates to develop, maintain and direct a competent management team, (c) providing an effective means for selected employees, consultants and advisors and non-employee directors to acquire and maintain a direct proprietary interest in the operations and future success of the Company, (d) motivating employees to achieve long-range performance goals and objectives, and (e) providing incentive compensation opportunities competitive with those of other organizations.

 

ARTICLE II

DEFINITIONS

 

2.1 Definitions. The following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

 

(a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company, (i) any Subsidiary of the Company, and (ii) any other corporation or entity that is affiliated with the Company through stock ownership or otherwise and is designated as an “Affiliate” by the Board, provided, however, that for purposes of Incentive Options granted pursuant to the Plan, an “Affiliate” means any parent or subsidiary of the Company as defined in Section 424 of the Code.

 

(b) “Award” means an Option, a Restricted Stock Award, grants of Stock pursuant to Article IX or other issuances of Stock hereunder.

 

(c) “Award Agreement” means an Option Agreement, Restricted Stock Agreement or a written agreement evidencing any other Award under this Plan.

 

(d) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

 

 

 

(e) “Change in Control” means the following:

 

(i) Merger; Reorganization. Any consolidation or merger of the Company with or into any other corporation or other entity or person, or any other corporate reorganization, in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to such consolidation, merger or reorganization, own less than fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the surviving or successor entity immediately after such consolidation, merger or reorganization, or any transaction or series of related transactions to which the Company is a party in which in excess of fifty percent (50%) of the Company’s voting power is transferred, excluding (A) any consolidation or merger effected exclusively to change the domicile of the Company and (B) any transaction or series of transactions principally for bona fide equity financing purposes (including, but not limited to, the sale of securities pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission) in which cash is received by the Company or any successor or indebtedness of the Company is cancelled or converted or a combination thereof; or

 

(ii) Other Transactions. A sale, lease, exclusive license or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of the Company.

 

(f) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

(g) “Committee” means the Board, or if so delegated by the Board, a committee consisting of not less than two members of the Board who are empowered hereunder to take actions in the administration of the Plan. If applicable, the Committee shall be so constituted at all times as to permit the Plan to comply with Rule 16b-3 or any successor rule promulgated under the Exchange Act. Except as provided in Section 3.2, the Committee shall select Participants from Eligible Employees, Eligible Consultants and Eligible Non-Employee Directors of the Company and its Affiliates and shall determine the Awards to be made pursuant to the Plan and the terms and conditions thereof.

 

(h) “Company” means fuboTV Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

(i) “Disabled” or “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

 

(j) “Domestic Relations Order” means any judgment, decree, or order (including approval of a property settlement agreement) that is made pursuant to a state domestic relations law and that relates to the provision of child support, alimony payments, or marital property rights to a spouse, former spouse, child, or other dependent of a Participant.

 

(k) “Effective Date” means the original effective date of the Plan as noted on the cover page hereto.

 

(l) “Eligible Consultants” means those consultants and advisors to the Company or an Affiliate who are determined, by the Committee, to be individuals (i) whose services are important to the Company or an Affiliate and who are eligible to receive Awards, other than Incentive Options, under the Plan, and (ii) who meet the conditions for eligibility under Rule 701 promulgated under the Securities Act or such other exemptions from registration under the Securities Act as may be applicable.

 

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(m) “Eligible Employees” means those employees (including, without limitation, officers and directors who are also employees) of the Company or any Affiliate, upon whose judgment, initiative and efforts the Company is, or will become, largely dependent for the successful conduct of its business. For purposes of the Plan, an employee is any individual who provides services to the Company or any Affiliate as a common law employee and whose remuneration is subject to the withholding of federal income tax pursuant to Section 3401 of the Code.

 

(n) “Eligible Non-Employee Director” means any person serving on the Board who is not an employee of the Company or any Affiliate.

 

(o) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

(p) “Fair Market Value” means, as of a given date, (i) the closing price of a Share on the principal stock exchange on which the Stock is then trading, if any (or as reported on any composite index that includes such principal exchange) on such date, or if Shares were not traded on such date, then on the next preceding date on which a trade occurred; or (ii) if the Stock is not traded on an exchange but is quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, the mean between the closing representative bid and asked prices for the Stock on such date as reported by NASDAQ or such successor quotation system; or (iii) if the Stock is not publicly traded on an exchange and not quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, the Fair Market Value of a Share shall be determined by the Committee acting in good faith in accordance with the requirements of Code Section 409A.

 

(q) “Forfeiture Restrictions” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 8.2 hereof.

 

(r) “Incentive Option” means an Option designated as such and granted in accordance with Section 422 of the Code.

 

(s) “Involuntary Termination” means, unless explicitly provided otherwise in an Award Agreement, the termination of the Service of any individual which occurs by reason of:

 

(i) such individual’s involuntary dismissal or discharge by the Company or the Successor for reasons other than Misconduct, or

 

(ii) such individual’s voluntary resignation following (A) a change in his or her position with the Company or the Successor that materially reduces his or her duties and responsibilities or the level of management to which he or she reports, (B) (1) a reduction of 10% or more of his or her base salary or (2) a material reduction in his or her level of compensation (including base salary, fringe benefits and target bonus under any corporate-performance based bonus or incentive programs) or (C) a relocation of such individual’s place of employment by more than fifty (50) miles, provided and only if such change, reduction or relocation is effected without the individual’s consent.

 

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(t) “Misconduct” means the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by the Participant, any material unauthorized use or disclosure by such person of confidential information or trade secrets of the Company or the Successor, or any other intentional misconduct by such person adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Company (or the Successor) in a material manner. The foregoing definition shall not in any way preclude or restrict the right of the Company or any Affiliate (or its respective Successor) to discharge or dismiss the Participant from the Service of the Company or any Affiliate (or its respective Successor) for any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes of the Plan, to constitute grounds for termination for Misconduct.

 

(u) “Non-Qualified Option” means any Option other than an Incentive Option.

 

(v) “Option” means a right to purchase Stock at a stated or formula price for a specified period of time. Options granted under the Plan shall be either Incentive Options or Non-Qualified Options.

 

(w) “Option Agreement” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 7.2 hereof.

 

(x) “Option Holder” means a Participant who has been granted one or more Options under the Plan.

 

(y) “Option Period” means the period of time, determined by the Committee, during which an Option may be exercised by the Option Holder.

 

(z) “Option Price” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 7.2(b) hereof.

 

(aa) “Participant” means an Eligible Employee, Eligible Consultant, or Eligible Non-Employee Director designated by the Committee from time to time during the term of the Plan to receive one or more of the Awards available under the Plan.

 

(bb) “Repurchase Rights” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 7.2(c) hereof.

 

(cc) “Restricted Stock Agreement” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 8.1 hereof.

 

(dd) “Restricted Stock Award” means an award of Stock granted to a Participant pursuant to ARTICLE VIII that is subject to certain restrictions imposed by the Committee in accordance with the provisions thereof.

 

(ee) “Section 16” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 13.2(c) hereof

 

(ff) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

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(gg) “Service” means service to the Company or an Affiliate as an employee, a non-employee director or a consultant or advisor, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in an Award Agreement. The Committee determines which leaves of absence count toward Service, and when Service terminates for all purposes under the Plan. Further, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, a Participant’s Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in capacity in which the Participant provides Service to the Company or an Affiliate or a transfer between the Company and its Affiliates; provided there is no interruption or other termination of Service.

 

(hh) “Share” means one whole share of Stock.

 

(ii) “Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

 

(jj) “Subsidiary” means any corporation more than 50% of the outstanding voting securities of which are owned by the Company or any other Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, or a partnership or limited liability company in which the Company or any Subsidiary is a general partner or manager or holds interests entitling it to receive more than 50% of the profits or losses of the partnership or limited liability company.

 

(kk) “Successor” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 5.1(a) hereof.

 

(ll) “Tax Date” shall have the meaning given to that term in Section 13.2 hereof.

 

2.2 Gender and Number. Except when otherwise indicated by the context, the masculine gender shall also include the feminine gender, and the definition of any term herein in the singular shall also include the plural.

 

ARTICLE III

PLAN ADMINISTRATION

 

3.1 General. The Plan shall be administered by the Committee. In accordance with the provisions of the Plan, the Committee shall, in its sole discretion, select the Participants from among the Eligible Employees, Eligible Consultants and Eligible Non-Employee Directors, determine the Awards to be made pursuant to the Plan, or shares of Stock to be issued thereunder and the time at which such Awards are to be made, fix the Option Price, period and manner in which an Option becomes exercisable, establish the duration and nature of Restricted Stock Award restrictions, establish the terms and conditions applicable to, and establish such other terms and requirements of the various compensation incentives under the Plan as the Committee may deem necessary or desirable, and consistent with the terms of the Plan. The Committee shall determine the form or forms of the agreements with Participants that shall evidence the particular provisions, terms, conditions, rights and duties of the Company and the Participants with respect to Awards granted pursuant to the Plan, which provisions need not be identical except as may be provided herein; provided, however, that Eligible Consultants and Eligible Non-Employee Directors shall not be eligible to receive Incentive Options. The Committee may from time to time adopt such rules and regulations for carrying out the purposes of the Plan as it may deem proper and in the best interests of the Company. The Committee may correct any defect, supply any omission or reconcile any inconsistency in the Plan or in any agreement entered into hereunder in the manner and to the extent it shall deem expedient and it shall be the sole and final judge of such expediency. The Committee and each member thereof, and any person acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Committee, shall be entitled, in good faith, to rely or act upon any report or other information furnished by any executive officer, other officer or employee of the Company or its Affiliates or the Company’s auditors, consultants or any other agents assisting in the administration of the Plan. Members of the Committee, any person acting pursuant to authority delegated by the Committee, and any officer or employee of the Company or its Affiliates acting at the direction or on behalf of the Committee shall not be personally liable for any action or determination taken or made in good faith with respect to the Plan, and shall, to the extent permitted by law, be fully indemnified and protected by the Company with respect to any such action or determination. The determinations, interpretations and other actions of the Committee pursuant to the provisions of the Plan shall be binding and conclusive for all purposes and on all persons.

 

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3.2 Delegation by Committee. The Committee may, from time to time, delegate, to specified officers of the Company, the power and authority to grant Awards under the Plan to specified groups of Eligible Employees, Eligible Consultants and Eligible Non-Employee Directors, subject to such restrictions and conditions as the Committee, in its sole discretion, may impose. The delegation shall be as broad or as narrow as the Committee shall determine. To the extent that the Committee has delegated the authority to determine certain terms and conditions of an Award, all references in the Plan to the Committee’s exercise of authority in determining such terms and conditions shall be construed to include the officer or officers to whom the Committee has delegated the power and authority to make such determination. The power and authority to grant Awards to any Eligible Employee, Eligible Consultant or Eligible Non-Employee Director who is covered by Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act shall not be delegated by the Committee.

 

3.3 Contractual Limitations. The Committee shall in exercising its discretion under the Plan comply with all contractual obligations of the Company in effect from time to time, whether contained in the Company’s Certificate of Incorporation, Bylaws or other binding contract.

 

ARTICLE IV

STOCK SUBJECT TO THE PLAN

 

4.1 Number of Shares. The maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be issued under the Plan pursuant to Awards is 1,993,128 Shares. Upon exercise of an option (whether granted under this Plan or otherwise), the Shares issued upon exercise of such option shall no longer be considered to be subject to an outstanding Award or option for purposes of the immediately preceding sentence. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Award granted hereunder shall become void or otherwise be adversely affected solely because of a change in the number of Shares of the Company that are issued and outstanding from time to time, provided that changes to the issued and outstanding Shares may result in adjustments to outstanding Awards in accordance with the provisions of this ARTICLE IV. The maximum number of Shares that may be issued under Incentive Options is 1,993,128 Shares. The Shares may be either authorized and unissued Shares or previously issued Shares acquired by the Company. The maximum numbers may be increased from time to time by approval of the Board and by the stockholders of the Company if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, stockholder approval is required. The Company shall at all times during the term of the Plan and while any Options are outstanding retain as authorized and unissued Stock at least the number of Shares from time to time required under the provisions of the Plan, or otherwise assure itself of its ability to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

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4.2 Other Shares of Stock. Any Shares that are subject to an Option that expires or for any reason is terminated unexercised, any Shares that are subject to an Award (other than an Option) and that are forfeited, and any Shares withheld for the payment of taxes or received by the Company as payment of the exercise price of an Option shall automatically become available for use under the Plan.

 

4.3 Adjustments for Stock Split, Stock Dividend, Etc. If the Company shall at any time increase or decrease the number of its outstanding Shares or change in any way the rights and privileges of such Shares by means of the payment of a stock dividend or any other distribution upon such Shares payable in Stock, or through a stock split, subdivision, consolidation, combination, reclassification or recapitalization involving the Stock, then in relation to the Stock that is affected by one or more of the above events, the numbers, exercise price, rights and privileges of the following shall be increased, decreased or changed in like manner as if they had been issued and outstanding, fully paid and nonassessable at the time of such occurrence: (i) the Shares as to which Awards may be granted under the Plan, (ii) the Shares then included in each outstanding Award granted hereunder, (iii) the maximum number of Shares available for grant pursuant to Incentive Options, and (v) the number of Shares subject to a delegation of authority under Section 3.2 of this Plan.

 

4.4 Other Distributions and Changes in the Stock.

 

(a) If the Company shall at any time distribute with respect to the Stock assets or securities of persons other than the Company (excluding (i) cash or (ii) distributions referred to in Section 4.3), or

 

(b) if the Company shall at any time grant to the holders of its Stock rights to subscribe pro rata for additional shares thereof or for any other securities of the Company, or

 

(c) if there shall be any other change (except as described in Section 4.3) in the number or kind of outstanding Shares or of any stock or other securities into which the Stock shall be changed or for which it shall have been exchanged.

 

If the Committee shall in its discretion determine that the event described in subsection (a), (b) or (c) above equitably requires an adjustment in the number or kind of Shares subject to an Option or other Award, an adjustment in the Option Price or the taking of any other action by the Committee, including without limitation, the setting aside of any property for delivery to the Participant upon the exercise of an Option or the full vesting of an Award, then such adjustments shall be made, or other action shall be taken, by the Committee and shall be effective for all purposes of the Plan and on each outstanding Option or Award that involves the particular type of stock for which a change was effected. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.4, pursuant to Section 8.3 below, a Participant holding Stock received as a Restricted Stock Award shall have the right to receive all amounts, including cash and property of any kind, distributed with respect to the Stock after such Restricted Stock Award was granted upon the Participant’s becoming a holder of record of the Stock.

 

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4.5 General Adjustment Rules. No adjustment or substitution provided for in this ARTICLE IV shall require the Company to sell a fractional Share under any Option, or otherwise issue a fractional Share, and the total substitution or adjustment with respect to each Option and other Award shall be limited by deleting any fractional Share. In the case of any such substitution or adjustment, the aggregate Option Price for the total number of Shares then subject to an Option shall remain unchanged but the Option Price per Share under each such Option shall be equitably adjusted by the Committee to reflect the greater or lesser number of Shares or other securities into which the Stock subject to the Option may have been changed, and appropriate adjustments shall be made to other Awards to reflect any such substitution or adjustment.

 

4.6 Determination by the Committee, Etc. Adjustments under this ARTICLE IV shall be made by the Committee, whose determinations with regard thereto shall be final and binding upon all parties thereto.

 

ARTICLE V

CORPORATE REORGANIZATION; CHANGE IN CONTROL

 

5.1 Default Provisions. Unless explicitly provided otherwise in an Award Agreement and subject to Section 5.3 below:

 

(a) The Shares subject to each Option outstanding under the Plan at the time of a Change in Control shall automatically vest in full so that each such Option shall, immediately prior to the Change in Control, become exercisable for all of the Shares at the time subject to that Option and may be exercised for any or all of those Shares as fully-vested Shares of Stock. However, the Shares subject to an outstanding Option shall not vest in full on such an accelerated basis if and to the extent: (i) such Option is assumed by the successor corporation or other successor entity (or a parent thereof) (the “Successor”) or otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction and any repurchase rights of the Company with respect to the unvested Shares subject to such Option are concurrently assigned to such Successor or otherwise continued in effect, or (ii) such Option is to be replaced with a cash incentive program of the Company or any Successor which preserves the spread between the Option Price and the Fair Market Value of the unvested Shares subject to such Option at the time of the Change in Control and provides for subsequent payout of that spread in accordance with the vesting schedule applicable to those unvested Shares, or (iii) the acceleration of such Option is subject to other limitations imposed by the Committee at the time of the Option grant.

 

(b) All outstanding Repurchase Rights with respect to unvested Shares purchased pursuant to any Option shall also automatically terminate, and the Shares subject to those terminated rights shall immediately vest in full, immediately prior to the Change in Control, except to the extent: (i) any of the Repurchase Rights are assigned to the Successor or otherwise continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction or (ii) such accelerated vesting is precluded by other limitations imposed by the Committee at the time the Repurchase Right is issued.

 

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(c) All outstanding Forfeiture Restrictions with respect to Restricted Stock Awards shall also automatically terminate, and the Shares of Stock subject to those terminated Forfeiture Restrictions shall immediately vest in full, immediately prior to the Change in Control, except to the extent: (i) the Forfeiture Restrictions are maintained by the Successor and continued in full force and effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction, or (ii) such accelerated vesting is precluded by other limitations imposed by the Committee at the time the Restricted Stock Award is issued.

 

(d) Unless explicitly provided otherwise in an Option Agreement and subject to Section 5.1 and Section 5.3, upon the consummation of a Change in Control, all outstanding unvested Options (and to the extent not exercised prior to or in connection with such Change in Control, all outstanding vested Options) that are not assumed by the Successor or otherwise continued in effect pursuant to the terms of the Change in Control transaction shall automatically be forfeited and cease to be outstanding.

 

5.2 Assumption or Substitution of Options. To the extent any Option is assumed in connection with a Change in Control or otherwise continued in effect, such Option shall be appropriately adjusted, immediately after such Change in Control, to apply to the number and class of securities which would have been issuable to the Option Holder in consummation of such Change in Control, had the Option been exercised immediately prior to such Change in Control. Appropriate adjustments shall also be made to (i) the number and class of securities available for issuance under the Option following the consummation of such Change in Control and (ii) the exercise price payable per Share under each outstanding Option, provided the aggregate exercise price payable for such securities shall remain the same. To the extent the actual holders of the Company’s outstanding Stock receive cash consideration for their Stock in consummation of the Change in Control, the Successor may, in connection with the assumption of the outstanding Options under this Plan, substitute one or more shares of its own common stock with a Fair Market Value equivalent to the cash consideration paid per Share of Stock in such Change in Control.

 

5.3 Provisions Applicable at the Discretion of the Committee.

 

(a) The Committee shall have the discretion, exercisable either at the time an Award is granted or issued or at any time while the Award remains outstanding, to structure the Award so that it shall automatically accelerate and vest in full or in part upon the occurrence of a Change in Control (and any Forfeiture Restrictions or Repurchase Rights of the Company with respect to unvested Shares received pursuant to the Award shall immediately terminate), whether or not the Award is to be assumed in the Change in Control or the Forfeiture Restrictions or Repurchase Rights of the Company would otherwise continue in effect pursuant to the Change in Control.

 

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(b) The Committee shall also have full power and authority, exercisable either at the time an Option is granted or at any time while the Option remains outstanding, to structure such Option so that all or a portion of the Shares subject to such Option will automatically vest on an accelerated basis should the Option Holder’s Service terminate by reason of an Involuntary Termination within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months) following any Change in Control in which the Option is assumed or otherwise continued in effect and the Repurchase Rights applicable to the Shares subject to such Option do not otherwise terminate. Any Option so accelerated shall remain exercisable for the fully-vested Shares subject to such Option until the expiration or sooner termination of the Option Period. In addition, the Committee may provide that one or more of the Company’s outstanding Repurchase Rights with respect to Shares held by the Option Holder at the time of such Involuntary Termination shall immediately terminate on an accelerated basis, and the Shares subject to those terminated rights shall accordingly vest at that time.

 

(c) The Committee shall also have full power and authority, exercisable either at the time the Restricted Stock Award is issued or at any time while the Restricted Stock Award remains outstanding, to provide that all or a portion of the Forfeiture Restrictions with respect to such Restricted Stock Award shall automatically terminate on an accelerated basis, and the Shares subject to those terminated Forfeiture Restrictions shall immediately vest, in the event the Participant’s Service should terminate by reason of an Involuntary Termination within a designated period (not to exceed eighteen (18) months) following any Change in Control in which those Forfeiture Restrictions are assigned to the Successor or otherwise continued in full force and effect.

 

(d) The Committee shall also have full power and authority, exercisable at the time an Option is granted or at any time while an Option remains outstanding, to provide that the Option shall be deemed automatically exercised on a net basis immediately prior to a Change in Control if (i) the Option Price is less than the then-current Fair Market Value per Share, and (ii) the Shares subject to the Option are vested (including vesting by reason of the Change in Control). Upon such net exercise, the Option Holder shall be entitled to a number of Shares computed using the following formula:

 

  X = Y (A—B)  
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  Where: X = the number of Shares to be issued to the Option Holder;

 

  Y = the number of Shares purchasable under the Option immediately prior to the Change in Control;
   
  A = the then-current Fair Market Value of one Share of Stock; and
   
  B = the per-Share Option Price of the Option.

 

In no event shall the Committee be required to issue any fractional Shares.

 

(e) The Committee shall also have full power and authority, exercisable at the time an Option is granted or at any time while an Option remains outstanding, to provide that the Option, if outstanding immediately prior to a Change in Control and then having an Option Price less than the current Fair Market Value per Share, shall be automatically cancelled at such time in exchange for a cash payment equal to the product of (i) the number of vested Shares then subject to the Option (including Shares that become vested as a result of the Change in Control) multiplied by (ii) the excess of the (x) Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of the Change in Control over (y) the Option Price.

 

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(f) Notwithstanding any other provision in this ARTICLE V, the Committee shall have full power and authority, exercisable at the time an Award is granted or at any time while the Award remains outstanding, to provide for or take any other Change in Control related action with respect to an Award as the Committee deems appropriate. The Committee need not take the same action with respect to all outstanding Awards or to all outstanding Awards of the same type.

 

5.4 Company Actions. The grant of Awards under the Plan shall in no way affect the right of the Company or any Affiliate to adjust, reclassify, reorganize or otherwise change its capital or business structure or to merge, consolidate, dissolve, liquidate or sell or transfer all or any part of its business or assets.

 

ARTICLE VI

PARTICIPATION

 

Participants in the Plan shall be those (i) Eligible Employees who, in the judgment of the Committee, are performing, or during the term of their incentive arrangement will perform, vital services in the management, operation and development of the Company and its Affiliates, and significantly contribute, or are expected to significantly contribute, to the achievement of long-term economic objectives; (ii) Eligible Consultants selected from those non-employee consultants and advisors to the Company and its Affiliates who have performed or are performing services important to the operation and growth of the Company and its Affiliates; and (iii) Eligible Non-Employee Directors selected by the Board. Participants may be granted from time to time one or more Awards; provided, however, that the grant of each such Award shall be separately approved by the Committee and receipt of one such Award shall not result in automatic receipt of any other Award. Upon determination by the Committee that an Award is to be granted to a Participant, written notice shall be given to such person, specifying the terms, conditions, rights and duties related thereto. Each Participant shall, if required by the Committee, enter into an agreement with the Company, in such form as the Committee shall determine and which is consistent with the provisions of the Plan, specifying such terms, conditions, rights and duties. Awards shall be deemed to be granted as of the date specified in the grant resolution of the Committee, which date shall be the date of any related agreement with the Participant. In the event of any inconsistency between the provisions of the Plan and any such agreement entered into hereunder, the provisions of the Plan shall govern.

 

ARTICLE VII

OPTIONS

 

7.1 Grant of Options. Coincident with or following designation for participation in the Plan, a Participant may be granted one or more Options. The Committee in its sole discretion shall designate whether an Option is an Incentive Option or a Non-Qualified Option; provided, however, that only Non-Qualified Options may be granted to Eligible Consultants and Eligible Non-Employee Directors. The Committee may grant both an Incentive Option and a Non-Qualified Option to an Eligible Employee at the same time or at different times. Incentive Options and Non-Qualified Options, whether granted at the same time or at different times, shall be deemed to have been awarded in separate grants and shall be clearly identified, and in no event shall the exercise of one Option affect the right to exercise any other Option or affect the number of Shares for which any other Option may be exercised. An Option shall be considered as having been granted on the date specified in the grant resolution of the Committee.

 

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7.2 Stock Option Agreements. Each Option granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written stock option agreement (an “Option Agreement’). An Option Agreement shall be issued by the Company in the name of the Participant to whom the Option is granted (the “Option Holder”) and in such form as may be approved by the Committee. The Option Agreement shall incorporate and conform to the conditions set forth in this Section 7.2 as well as such other terms and conditions that are not inconsistent as the Committee may consider appropriate in each case.

 

(a) Number of Shares. Each Option Agreement shall state that it covers a specified number of Shares, as determined by the Committee.

 

(b) Price. The price at which each Share covered by an Option may be purchased (the “Option Price”) shall be determined in each case by the Committee and set forth in the Option Agreement, but in no event shall the price be less than 100 percent of the Fair Market Value of one Share of Stock on the date the Option is granted.

 

(c) Duration of Options; Vesting. Each Option Agreement shall state the Option Period applicable to the Option, which must end, in all cases, not more than ten years from the date the Option is granted. Each Option Holder shall become vested in the Shares underlying the Option in such installments and over such period or periods of time, if any, or upon such events, as are determined by the Committee in its discretion and set forth in the Option Agreement.

 

The Option shall generally become exercisable, in whole or in part, at the same time or times as the Shares underlying the Option vest; provided, however, that the Committee may grant Options that are immediately exercisable in whole or in part. Any unvested Shares received by the Option Holder upon early exercise of the Option in accordance with the preceding sentence shall be subject to the Company’s right of repurchase, as follows.

 

Should the Option Holder cease Service while holding unvested Shares, the Company shall have such right to repurchase any or all of those unvested Shares at a price per share equal to the Option Price (the “Repurchase Rights”). The Company shall be entitled to exercise its right to repurchase such unvested Shares by written notice to the Option Holder sent within ninety (90) days after the time of Option Holder’s cessation of Service, or (if later) during the ninety (90)-day period following the execution date of any written stock purchase agreement executed by the Company and the Option Holder. The notice shall indicate the number of unvested Shares to be repurchased, the repurchase price to be paid per share (which shall be a price per share equal to the Option Price) and the date on which the repurchase is to be effected, such date to be not more than thirty (30) days after the date of such notice.

 

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(d) Termination of Services, Death, Disability, Etc. The Committee may specify the period, if any, during which an Option may be exercised following termination of the Option Holder’s Service. The effect of this subsection 7.2(d) shall be limited to determining the consequences of a termination and nothing in this subsection 7.2(d) shall restrict or otherwise interfere with the Company’s discretion with respect to the termination of any individual’s Service. If the Committee does not otherwise specify, the following shall apply:

 

(i) If the Service of the Option Holder is terminated within the Option Period for Misconduct, the Option shall thereafter be void for all purposes.

 

(ii) Only in the case of an Incentive Option, if the Option Holder becomes Disabled while still in Service of the Company or an Affiliate, the Option may be exercised by the Option Holder within one year following the Option Holder’s termination of Service on account of Disability (provided that such exercise must occur within the Option Period), but not thereafter. In any such case, the Option may be exercised only as to the Shares that had become vested on or before the date of the Option Holder’s termination of Service because of Disability.

 

(iii) Only in the case of an Incentive Option, if the Option Holder dies during the Option Period while still in Service of the Company or an Affiliate or within the one year period referred to in (ii) above or the three-month period referred to in (iv) below, the Option may be exercised by those entitled to do so under the Option Holder’s will or by the laws of descent and distribution within one year following the Option Holder’s death (provided that such exercise must occur within the Option Period), but not thereafter. In any such case, the Option may be exercised only as to the Shares that had become vested on or before the date of the Option Holder’s death.

 

(iv) Only in the case of an Incentive Option, if the Service of the Option Holder is terminated within the Option Period for any reason other than Misconduct, Disability, or death, the Option may be exercised by the Option Holder within three (3) months following the date of such termination (provided that such exercise must occur within the Option Period), but not thereafter. In any such case, the Option may be exercised only as to the Shares that had become vested on or before the date of termination of Service.

 

(e) No Service Right. Nothing in this paragraph shall limit or impair the right of the Company or any Affiliate to terminate the employment of any employee or to terminate the consulting or advisory services of any consultant or advisor.

 

(f) Exercise, Payments, Etc.

 

(i) Manner of Exercise. The method for exercising each Option granted hereunder shall be by delivery to the Company of written notice on any business day specifying the number of Shares with respect to which such Option is exercised. The purchase of such Shares shall take place at the principal offices of the Company within thirty (30) days following delivery of such notice, at which time the Option Price of the Shares shall be paid in full by any of the methods set forth below or a combination thereof. The Option shall be exercised when the Option Price for the number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised is paid to the Company in full. A properly executed certificate or certificates representing the Shares shall be delivered to or at the direction of the Option Holder upon payment therefor. If Options on less than all Shares evidenced by an Option Agreement are exercised, the Company shall deliver a new Option Agreement evidencing the Option on the remaining Shares upon delivery of the Option Agreement for the Option being exercised.

 

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(ii) The exercise price shall be paid by any of the following methods or any combination of the following methods at the election of the Option Holder, or by any other method approved by the Committee:

 

(A) in cash;

 

(B) by certified check, cashier’s check or other check acceptable to the Company, payable to the order of the Company;

 

(C) if expressly permitted by a resolution of the Committee applicable to the Option at the time of exercise (whether such resolution is applicable solely to the Option being exercised or is generally applicable to some or all Options outstanding under the Plan), by delivery to the Company of certificates representing the number of Shares then owned by the Option Holder, the Fair Market Value of which equals the purchase price of the Shares purchased pursuant to the Option, properly endorsed for transfer to the Company; provided however, that no Option may be exercised by delivery to the Company of certificates representing Shares, unless such Shares have been held by the Option Holder for more than six (6) months (or such other period of time as the Committee determines is necessary to avoid adverse financial accounting treatment); for purposes of this Plan, the Fair Market Value of any Shares delivered in payment of the purchase price upon exercise of the Option shall be the Fair Market Value as of the exercise date, and the exercise date shall be the day of delivery of the certificates for the Shares used as payment of the Option Price.

 

(D) if expressly permitted by a resolution of the Committee applicable to the Option at the time of exercise (whether such resolution is applicable solely to the Option or is generally applicable to some or all Options outstanding under the Plan), to the extent such Option Price is in excess of the par value of the Shares, by delivering a full-recourse promissory note bearing interest at a market rate and secured by the Option Shares, and the payment schedule in effect for any such promissory note shall be established by the Committee in its sole discretion;

 

(E) [Reserved].

 

(F) should the Stock be registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act at the time the Option is exercised, then the Exercise Price may also be paid to the extent the Option is exercised for vested Option Shares, through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which Option Holder (or any other person or persons exercising the Option) shall concurrently provide irrevocable written instructions (a) to a Company-designated brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of the purchased Option Shares and remit to the Company, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the purchased Option Shares plus all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment taxes required to be withheld by the Company by reason of such exercise and (b) to the Company to deliver the certificates for the purchased Option Shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale.

 

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(g) Date of Grant. An Option shall be considered as having been granted on the date specified in the grant resolution of the Committee.

 

(h) Withholding.

 

(i) Non-Qualified Options. Upon exercise of an Option, the Option Holder shall make appropriate arrangements with the Company to provide for the amount of additional withholding required by Sections 3102 and 3402 of the Code and applicable state income tax laws, including payment of such taxes through delivery of Shares of Stock or by withholding Shares to be issued under the Option, as provided in ARTICLE XIII.

 

(ii) Incentive Options. If an Option Holder makes a disposition (as defined in Section 424(c) of the Code) of any Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Option prior to the expiration of two years from the date on which the Incentive Option was granted or prior to the expiration of one year from the date on which the Option was exercised, the Option Holder shall send written notice to the Company at the Company’s principal place of business of the date of such disposition, the number of Shares disposed of, the amount of proceeds received from such disposition and any other information relating to such disposition as the Company may reasonably request. The Option Holder shall, in the event of such a disposition, make appropriate arrangements with the Company to provide for the amount of additional withholding, if any, required by Sections 3102 and 3402 of the Code and applicable state income tax laws.

 

(iii) Lock-Up Period. Unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, if requested by the Company or the representative of the underwriters of Stock (or other securities) of the Company, the Participant shall not, without the prior written consent of the underwriter(s) of Stock (or other securities of the Company) and the Company, sell, transfer, make any short sale of, grant any option for the purchase of, or enter into any hedging or similar transaction with the same economic effect as a sale, any Stock (or other securities) of the Company held by the Participant (other than those included in the registration) during (i) the 180-day period following the effective date of the first firm commitment underwritten public offering of the Stock registered under the Securities Act (or such longer period, not to exceed 18 days after the expiration of the 180-day period, as the underwriters or the Company or Affiliate shall request in order to facilitate compliance with FINRA Rule 2711 or NYSE Member Rule 472 or any successor or similar rule or regulation), and (ii) the 90-day period following the effective date of a registration statement of the Company filed under the Securities Act (or such longer period, not to exceed 18 days after the expiration of the 90-day period, as the underwriters or the Company shall request in order to facilitate compliance with FINRA Rule 2711 or NYSE Member Rule 472 or any successor or similar rule or regulation). The obligations described in this paragraph shall not apply to a registration relating solely to employee benefit plans on SEC Form S-1 or Form S-8 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future by the SEC, or a registration relating solely to a transaction on SEC Form S-4 or similar forms that may be promulgated in the future. If requested by the Company or the representative of the underwriters of Stock (or other securities) of the Company, the Participant will enter into an agreement regarding his, her or its compliance with this requirement that will survive the term of the Award Agreement.

 

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7.3 Restrictions on Incentive Options.

 

(a) $100,000 Per Year Limitation. The aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Options are exercisable for the first time by an Option Holder in any calendar year, under the Plan or otherwise, shall not exceed $100,000 (or such higher amount as may at the time of grant be applicable under Section 422(d) (or any successor provision) of the Code). For this purpose, the Fair Market Value of the Shares shall be determined as of the date of grant of the Option and Incentive Options shall be taken into account in the order granted. The portion of any Incentive Option accelerated in connection with a Change in Control shall remain exercisable as an Incentive Option only to the extent the above limitation is not exceeded. To the extent such dollar limitation is exceeded, the accelerated portion of such Incentive Option shall thereafter be exercisable as a Non-Qualified Option.

 

(b) Ten Percent Stockholders. Incentive Options granted to an Option Holder who is the holder of record of 10% or more of the outstanding stock of the Company shall have an Option Price equal to 110% of the Fair Market Value of the Shares on the date of grant of the Option and the Option Period for any such Option shall not exceed five years.

 

7.4 Transferability.

 

(a) General Rule: No Lifetime Transfers. An Option shall not be transferable by the Option Holder except (i) by will or pursuant to the laws of descent and distribution or (ii) or to the Option Holder’s former spouse, to the extent such assignment is of a Non-Qualified Option and is pursuant to a Domestic Relations Order. Except as otherwise provided by the terms of a Domestic Relations Order, an Option shall be exercisable during the Option Holder’s lifetime only by him or her, or in the event of Disability or incapacity, by his or her guardian or legal representative. The Option Holder’s guardian or legal representative shall have all of the rights of the Option Holder under this Plan.

 

(b) No Assignment. No right or interest of any Option Holder in an Option granted pursuant to the Plan shall be assignable or transferable during the lifetime of the Option Holder, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or be subjected to any lien, directly or indirectly, by operation of law, or otherwise, including execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge or bankruptcy, except as set forth above. In the event the Option is assigned or transferred in any manner contrary to terms of this Plan, then all Options transferred or assigned shall immediately terminate.

 

7.5 Stockholder Privileges. No Option Holder shall have any rights as a stockholder with respect to any Shares covered by an Option until the Option Holder becomes the holder of record of such Shares, and no adjustments shall be made for dividends or other distributions or other rights as to which there is a record date preceding the date such Option Holder becomes the holder of record of such Shares, except as provided in ARTICLE IV.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

RESTRICTED STOCK AWARDS

 

8.1 Grant of Restricted Stock Awards. Coincident with or following designation for participation in the Plan, the Committee may grant a Participant one or more Restricted Stock Awards consisting of Shares of Stock. The number of Shares granted as a Restricted Stock Award shall be determined by the Committee. Each Restricted Stock Award granted under the Plan shall be evidenced by a written restricted stock agreement (a “Restricted Stock Agreement”). The Restricted Stock Agreement shall incorporate and conform to the conditions set forth in this ARTICLE VIII as well as such other terms and conditions that are not inconsistent as the Committee may consider appropriate in each case.

 

8.2 Restrictions. A Participant’s right to retain a Restricted Stock Award granted to him or her under Section 8.1 shall be subject to such restrictions, including but not limited to his or her continuous Service for the Company or an Affiliate for a restriction period specified by the Committee or the attainment of specified performance goals and objectives, as may be established by the Committee with respect to such Award (such restrictions as established by the Committee shall be known as the “Forfeiture Restrictions”). The Committee may in its sole discretion provide for different Forfeiture Restrictions or no Forfeiture Restrictions with respect to different Participants, to different Restricted Stock Awards or to separate, designated portions of the Shares constituting a Restricted Stock Award. The Committee may in its sole discretion provide for the earlier lapse of any Forfeiture Restrictions in the event of a Change in Control in accordance with Article V of this Plan. Unless explicitly provided for otherwise in an Award Agreement, if a Participant’s Service terminates for any reason, any Shares as to which the Forfeiture Restrictions have not been satisfied (or waived or accelerated as provided herein) shall be forfeited, and all Shares related thereto shall be immediately returned to the Company.

 

8.3 Privileges of a Stockholder, Transferability. A Participant shall have all voting, dividend, liquidation and other rights with respect to Stock in accordance with its terms received by him or her as a Restricted Stock Award under this ARTICLE VIII upon his or her becoming the holder of record of such Stock; provided, however, that the Participant’s right to sell, encumber, or otherwise transfer such Stock shall be subject to the limitations of Sections 10.2 and 12.1 and ARTICLE XI.

 

8.4 Enforcement of Restrictions. The Committee shall cause a legend to be placed on the Stock certificates issued pursuant to each Restricted Stock Award referring to the restrictions provided by Sections 8.2 and 8.3 and, in addition, may in its sole discretion require one or more of the following methods of enforcing the restrictions referred to in Sections 8.2 and 8.3:

 

(a) Requiring the Participant to keep the Stock certificates, duly endorsed, in the custody of the Company while the restrictions remain in effect; or

 

(b) Requiring that the Stock certificates, duly endorsed, be held in the custody of a third party while the restrictions remain in effect.

 

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ARTICLE IX

OTHER GRANTS

 

From time to time during the duration of this Plan, the Board may, in its sole discretion, adopt one or more incentive compensation arrangements for Participants pursuant to which the Participants may acquire Shares, whether by purchase, outright grant, or otherwise. Any arrangement shall be subject to the general provisions of this Plan and all Shares issued pursuant to such arrangements shall be issued under this Plan.

 

ARTICLE X

RIGHTS OF PARTICIPANTS

 

10.1 Employment or Service. Nothing contained in the Plan or in any Option, or other Award granted under the Plan shall confer upon any Participant any right with respect to the continuation of employment by, or consulting relationship with, or Service with the Company or any Affiliate, or interfere in any way with the right of the Company or any Affiliate, subject to the terms of any separate employment agreement or other contract to the contrary, at any time to terminate such employment, consulting relationship or Service or to increase or decrease the compensation of the Participant from the rate in existence at the time of the grant of an Award. Whether an authorized leave of absence, or absence in military or government service, shall constitute a termination of Service shall be determined by the Committee at that time.

 

10.2 Nontransferability of Awards. Except as provided otherwise at the time of grant or thereafter, or except as otherwise provided in a Domestic Relations Order, no right or interest of any Participant in a Restricted Stock Award (prior to the completion of the restriction period applicable thereto), or other Award (excluding Options) granted pursuant to the Plan, shall be assignable or transferable during the lifetime of the Participant, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or subjected to any lien, directly or indirectly, by operation of law, or otherwise, including execution, levy, garnishment, attachment, pledge or bankruptcy. In the event of a Participant’s death, a Participant’s rights and interests in Options, Restricted Stock Awards, and other Awards, shall, to the extent provided in ARTICLE VII, ARTICLE VIII, and ARTICLE IX be transferable by will or the laws of descent and distribution, and payment of any amounts due under the Plan shall be made to, and exercise of any Options may be made by, the Participant’s legal representatives, heirs or legatees. However, a Participant’s rights and interests in Restricted Stock Awards and other Awards shall be transferable to a former spouse pursuant to a Domestic Relations Order. If in the opinion of the Committee a person entitled to payments or to exercise rights with respect to the Plan is disabled from caring for his affairs because of mental condition, physical condition or age, payment due such person may be made to, and such rights shall be exercised by, such person’s guardian, conservator or other legal personal representative upon furnishing the Committee with evidence satisfactory to the Committee of such status.

 

10.3 No Plan Funding. Obligations to Participants under the Plan will not be funded, trusted, insured or secured in any manner. The Participants under the Plan shall have no security interest in any assets of the Company or any Affiliate, and shall be only general creditors of the Company.

 

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ARTICLE XI

GENERAL RESTRICTIONS

 

11.1 Investment Representations. The Company may require any person to whom an Option, Restricted Stock Award, or other Award, is granted, as a condition of exercising such Option, receiving such Restricted Stock Award, or such other Award to give written assurances in substance and form satisfactory to the Company and its counsel to the effect that such person is acquiring the Stock for his own account for investment and not with any present intention of selling or otherwise distributing the same, and to such other effects as the Company or its counsel deems necessary or appropriate in order to comply with Federal and applicable state securities laws. Legends evidencing such restrictions may be placed on the Stock certificates.

 

11.2 Compliance with Securities Laws. Each Option, Restricted Stock Award grant, or other Award shall be subject to the requirement that, if at any time counsel to the Company shall determine that the listing, registration or qualification of the shares subject to such Option, Restricted Stock Award, or other Award grant upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental or regulatory body, is necessary as a condition of, or in connection with, the issuance or purchase of shares thereunder, such Option, Restricted Stock Award or other Award may not be accepted or exercised in whole or in part unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained on conditions acceptable to the Committee. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Company to apply for or to obtain such listing, registration or qualification.

 

11.3 Changes in Accounting or Tax Rules. Except as provided otherwise at the time an Award is granted, notwithstanding any other provision of the Plan to the contrary, if, during the term of the Plan, any changes in the financial or tax accounting rules applicable to Options, Restricted Stock Awards, or other Awards shall occur which, in the sole judgment of the Committee, may have a material adverse effect on the reported earnings, assets or liabilities of the Company, the Committee shall have the right and power to modify as necessary, any then outstanding and unexercised Options, outstanding Restricted Stock Awards and other outstanding Awards as to which the applicable services or other restrictions have not been satisfied.

 

11.4 Stockholder Agreements. If the Company has one or more stockholder agreements in effect at the time of grant or exercise of an Award under the Plan, then the Committee shall, if the Company is contractually obligated to, and may, in its discretion, condition the grant or exercise (as applicable) of any such Award upon execution by the Participant of such stockholder agreement(s), such that the Participant shall become a party to such stockholder agreements(s) concurrently with such grant or exercise (as applicable) of any such Award.

 

ARTICLE XII

PLAN AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND TERMINATION

 

The Board may at any time or from time to time, with or without prior notice, amend, modify, suspend or terminate the Plan provided, however, that no amendment or modification may become effective without approval of the amendment or modification by the stockholders if stockholder approval is required to enable the Plan to satisfy any applicable statutory or regulatory requirements, or if the Company, on the advice of counsel, determines that stockholder approval is otherwise necessary or desirable. No amendment, modification or termination of the Plan shall in any manner adversely affect any Options, Restricted Stock Awards, or other Award theretofore granted under the Plan, without the consent of the Participant holding such Options, Restricted Stock Awards, or other Awards. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Plan, the Board may amend or modify the terms of the Plan or an Award Agreement, retroactively or prospectively, as permitted under Section 11.3 (Changes in Accounting or Tax Rules) or Section 14.3 (Section 409A) hereof with or without the consent of the Participant.

 

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ARTICLE XIII

WITHHOLDING

 

13.1 Withholding Requirement. The Company or any Affiliate, as the case may be, shall have the right to deduct from payments of any kind otherwise due to a Participant, or to condition the Company’s obligations to deliver Shares upon the exercise of any Option, the vesting of any Restricted Stock Award or lapse of Forfeiture Restrictions or Repurchase Rights, or the grant of Stock upon the payment by the Participant of, any federal, state, local or foreign taxes of any kind required by law with respect to the grant or issuance of, or the vesting of or other lapse of restrictions applicable to, the applicable Award or the Shares subject to, or issuable upon exercise of, such Award. At the time of such grant, issuance, vesting or lapse, the Participant shall pay to the Company or Affiliate, as the case may be, any amount that the Company or Affiliate may reasonably determine to be necessary to satisfy such withholding obligation.

 

13.2 Withholding With Stock. At the time the Committee grants an Option, Restricted Stock Award, other Award, or Stock or at any time thereafter, it may, in its sole discretion, grant the Participant an election to pay all such amounts of tax withholding, or any part thereof, by electing (a) to have the Company withhold from shares otherwise issuable to the Participant, shares of Stock having a value equal to the amount required to be withheld or such lesser amount as may be elected by the Participant; provided however, that the amount of Stock so withheld shall not exceed the minimum amount required to be withheld under the method of withholding that results in the smallest amount of withholding, or (b) to transfer to the Company a number of shares of Stock that were acquired by the Participant more than six months prior to the transfer to the Company and that have a value equal to the amount required to be withheld or such lesser amount as may be elected by the Participant. All elections shall be subject to the approval or disapproval of the Committee. The value of shares of Stock to be withheld shall be based on the Fair Market Value of the Stock on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined (the “Tax Date”). Any such elections by Participants to have shares of Stock withheld for this purpose will be subject to the following restrictions:

 

(a) All elections must be made prior to the Tax Date.

 

(b) All elections shall be irrevocable.

 

(c) If the Participant is an officer or director of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act (“Section 16”), the Participant must satisfy the requirements of such Section 16 and any applicable Rules thereunder with respect to the use of Stock to satisfy such tax withholding obligation.

 

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ARTICLE XIV

REQUIREMENTS OF LAW

 

14.1 Requirements of Law. The issuance of Stock and the payment of cash pursuant to the Plan shall be subject to all applicable laws, rules and regulations.

 

14.2 Federal Securities Law Requirements. If a Participant is an officer or director of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, Awards granted hereunder shall be subject to all conditions required under Rule 16b-3, or any successor rule promulgated under the Exchange Act, to qualify the Award for any exception from the provisions of Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act available under that Rule. Such conditions shall be set forth in the agreement with the Participant which describes the Award or other document evidencing or accompanying the Award.

 

14.3 Section 409A. Notwithstanding anything in this Plan to the contrary, the Plan and Awards made under the Plan are intended to comply with the requirements imposed by Section 409A of the Code. If any Plan provision or Award would result in the imposition of an additional tax under Section 409A of the Code, the Company and the Participant intend that the Plan provision or Award will be reformed to avoid imposition, to the extent possible, of the applicable tax and no action taken to comply with Section 409A of the Code shall be deemed to adversely affect the Participant’s rights to an Award. The Participant further agrees that the Committee, in the exercise of its sole discretion and without the consent of the Participant, may amend or modify an Award in any manner and delay the payment of any amounts payable pursuant to an Award to the minimum extent necessary to meet the requirements of Section 409A of the Code as the Committee deems appropriate or desirable.

 

14.4 Governing Law. The Plan and all agreements hereunder shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware excluding its conflict of laws rules.

 

ARTICLE XV

DURATION OF THE PLAN

 

Unless sooner terminated by the Board, the Plan shall terminate at the close of business on the day immediately following the tenth anniversary of the Effective Date and no Option, Restricted Stock Award, other Award or Stock shall be granted, or offer to sell Stock made, after such termination. Options, Restricted Stock Awards, and other Awards outstanding at the time of the Plan termination may continue to vest, be exercised, or otherwise become free of restrictions, or be paid, in accordance with their terms.

 

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Exhibit 10.3

 

fuboTV Inc.

 

NOTICE OF STOCK OPTION GRANT

 

You are hereby provided this Notice of the following option grant (the “Option”) to purchase shares of the common stock (the “Stock”) of fuboTV Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”).

 

Plan:   fuboTV Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”)
     
Option Holder:   [See eShares]
     
Grant Date:   [See eShares]
     
Vesting Commencement Date:   [See eShares]
     
Option Price:   $[See eShares] per share
     
Number of Option Shares:   [See eShares] shares of Stock
     
Expiration Date:   Ten Year Anniversary of the Grant Date
     
Type of Option*: Of the Number of Option Shares granted above,

 

[See eShares]% are initially designated as Incentive Stock Options, and

 

[See eShares]% are initially designated as Non-Qualified Options.

 

Date Exercisable: The Option shall become exercisable for Option Shares as the Option Shares vest in accordance with the following vesting schedule.

 

Vesting Schedule: You shall acquire a vested interest in the Option Shares as follows:

 

[See eShares].

 

Option Holder understands and agrees that the Option is granted subject to and in accordance with the terms of the Plan. Option Holder further agrees to be bound by the terms of the Plan and the terms of the Option as set forth in the Stock Option Agreement dated as of the date hereof between Option Holder and the Company in the form attached hereto.

 

 

* Please note that for tax purposes, this is only a preliminary indication of the Company’s intent as to the type of option you are being granted. The determination of the type of option you hold is governed by statute and may change depending upon many statutorily required criteria, including but not limited to, how many options are vested in a calendar year.

 

 

 

 

Option Holder understands that any Option Shares purchased under the Option will be subject to the terms set forth in a Stock Purchase Agreement to be executed by Option Holder and the Company upon any exercise of the Option in the form attached hereto.

 

Option Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Company has made available to Option Holder copies of the Plan and the forms of Stock Option Agreement and Stock Purchase Agreement and (b) Option Holder has had the opportunity to review such documents and this Notice and to consult with the Option Holder’s individual tax advisor and legal counsel with respect to the same.

 

REPURCHASE RIGHTS: OPTION HOLDER HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ALL OPTION SHARES ACQUIRED UPON THE EXERCISE OF THE OPTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO CERTAIN REPURCHASE RIGHTS AND RIGHTS OF FIRST REFUSAL EXERCISABLE BY THE COMPANY AND ITS ASSIGNS. THE TERMS OF SUCH RIGHTS ARE SPECIFIED IN THE ATTACHED STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT AND THE COMPANY’S BYLAWS (IF APPLICABLE), AS AMENDED FROM TIME TO TIME.

 

At Will Service: Nothing in this Notice, the Plan or in the attached Stock Option Agreement or Stock Purchase Agreement shall confer upon Option Holder any right to continue in Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Company (or any Affiliate employing or retaining Option Holder) or of Option Holder, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate Option Holder’s Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause.

 

Definitions: All capitalized terms in this Notice shall have the meaning assigned to them in this Notice or in the attached Stock Option Agreement or Stock Purchase Agreement, or, if not defined herein or therein, in the Plan.

 

Effective as of the Grant Date written above.

 

fuboTV Inc.   Option Holder:
         
By:     Signature:  
Name:     Address:  
Title:        
         
      SSN:  

 

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FORM OF STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

(See Attached)

 

     
     

 

FUBOTV INC.

 

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

This STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT is made this [See eShares] day of [See eShares], [See eShares] by and between fuboTV Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and [See eShares], as “Option Holder” under the fuboTV Inc. 2015 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”).

 

RECITALS

 

A. All capitalized terms in this Agreement shall have the meaning assigned to them in this Agreement, or if not defined herein, in the Plan.

 

B. The Board has adopted the Plan for the purpose of retaining the services of selected employees, non-employee members of the Board and consultants and other independent advisors in the service of the Company.

 

C. Option Holder is to render valuable services to the Company, and this Agreement is executed pursuant to, and is intended to carry out the purposes of, the Plan in connection with the Company’s grant of an option to Option Holder.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, it is hereby agreed as follows:

 

AGREEMENT

 

1. Definitions.

 

The following definitions shall be in effect under this Agreement:

 

(a) “Affiliate” means, with respect to the Company, (i) any Subsidiary of the Company, and (ii) any other corporation or entity that is affiliated with the Company through stock ownership or otherwise and is designated as an “Affiliate” by the Board, provided, however, that for purposes of Incentive Options granted pursuant to the Plan, an “Affiliate” means any parent or subsidiary of the Company as defined in Section 424 of the Code.

 

(b) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(c) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.

 

(d) “Committee” means the Board, or if so delegated by the Board, a committee consisting of not less than two members of the Board who are empowered hereunder to take actions in the administration of the Plan. If applicable, the Committee shall be so constituted at all times as to permit the Plan to comply with Rule 16b-3 or any successor rule promulgated under the Exchange Act. The Committee shall select Participants from Eligible Employees, Eligible Consultants and Eligible Non-Employee Directors of the Company and its Affiliates and shall determine the Awards to be made pursuant to the Plan and the terms and conditions thereof.

 

     
     

 

(e) “Disabled” or “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in Section 22(e)(3) of the Code.

 

(f) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

(g) “Exercise Date” means the date on which the Option shall have been exercised in accordance with Section 8 of this Agreement.

 

(h) “Expiration Date” means the date on which the Option expires as specified in the Grant Notice.

 

(i) “Fair Market Value” means, as of a given date, (i) the closing price of a Share on the principal stock exchange on which the Stock is then trading, if any (or as reported on any composite index that includes such principal exchange) on such date, or if Shares were not traded on such date, then on the next preceding date on which a trade occurred; or (ii) if the Stock is not traded on an exchange but is quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, the mean between the closing representative bid and asked prices for the Stock on such date as reported by NASDAQ or such successor quotation system; or (iii) if the Stock is not publicly traded on an exchange and not quoted on NASDAQ or a successor quotation system, the Fair Market Value of a Share shall be determined by the Committee acting in good faith.

 

(j) “Grant Date” means the date of grant of the Option as specified in the Grant Notice.

 

(k) “Grant Notice” means the Notice of Stock Option Grant accompanying this Agreement pursuant to which Option Holder has been informed of the basic terms of the Option evidenced by this Agreement.

 

(l) “Incentive Option” means an Option designated as such and granted in accordance with Section 422 of the Code.

 

(m) “Misconduct” means the commission of any act of fraud, embezzlement or dishonesty by the Option Holder, any material unauthorized use or disclosure by such person of confidential information or trade secrets of the Company or the Successor, or any other intentional misconduct by such person adversely affecting the business or affairs of the Company (or the Successor) in a material manner. The foregoing definition shall not in any way preclude or restrict the right of the Company or any Affiliate (or its respective Successor) to discharge or dismiss the Option Holder from the Service of the Company or any Affiliate (or its respective Successor) for any other acts or omissions, but such other acts or omissions shall not be deemed, for purposes of the Plan, to constitute grounds for termination for Misconduct.

 

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(n) “Option” has the meaning given to that term in Section 2 of this Agreement.

 

(o) “Option Period” has the meaning given to that term in Section 3 of this Agreement.

 

(p) “Option Price” means the exercise price payable per Option Share as specified in the Grant Notice.

 

(q) “Option Shares” means the number of Shares of Stock subject to the Option as specified in the Grant Notice.

 

(r) “Purchase Agreement” means the Stock Purchase Agreement in substantially the form attached to the Grant Notice.

 

(s) “Service” means service to the Company or an Affiliate as an employee, a non-employee director or a consultant or advisor, except to the extent otherwise specifically provided in an Award Agreement. The Committee determines which leaves of absence count toward Service, and when Service terminates for all purposes under the Plan. Further, unless otherwise determined by the Committee, a Participant’s Service shall not be deemed to have terminated merely because of a change in capacity in which the Participant provides Service to the Company or an Affiliate or a transfer between the Company and its Affiliates; provided there is no interruption or other termination of Service.

 

(t) “Share” means one whole share of Stock.

 

(u) “Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

 

(v) “Successor” means a successor in interest to the Company upon a Change in Control.

 

2. Grant of Option. The Company hereby grants to Option Holder, as of the Grant Date, an option (this “Option”) to purchase up to the number of Option Shares specified in the Grant Notice. The Option Shares shall be purchasable from time to time during the Option Period at the Option Price.

 

3. Option Period. The Option shall have a term that expires on the earlier of (i) ten (10) years measured from the Grant Date; and (ii) the close of business on the Expiration Date as specified in the Grant Notice, unless sooner terminated in accordance with Section 5 or 6 or upon a Change in Control as set forth in Section 5 of the Plan (the “Option Period”).

 

4. Dates of Exercise. The Option shall become exercisable for the Option Shares in one or more installments as specified in the Grant Notice. As the Option becomes exercisable for such installments, those installments shall accumulate, and the Option shall remain exercisable for the accumulated installments until the earlier of (i) the Expiration Date, (ii) the Service of the Option Holder is terminated within the Option Period for Misconduct, (iii) the termination of the option term under Section 5, or (iv) the termination of the Option under Section 6 upon a Change in Control as set forth in Section 5 of the Plan; following which time the Option shall thereafter be void for all purposes.

 

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5. Cessation of Service. The Option Period shall terminate (and the Option shall cease to be outstanding) prior to the Expiration Date should any of the following provisions become applicable:

 

(a) If the Service of the Option Holder is terminated within the Option Period for Misconduct, the Option shall thereafter be void for all purposes.

 

(b) If the Option Holder becomes Disabled, the Option may be exercised by the Option Holder within one year following the Option Holder’s termination of Service on account of Disability (provided that such exercise must occur within the Option Period), but not thereafter. In any such case, the Option may be exercised only as to the Option Shares that had become vested on or before the date of the Option Holder’s termination of Service because of Disability.

 

(c) If the Option Holder dies during the Option Period while still in Service of the Company or within the one year period referred to in (b) above or the three-month period referred to in (d) below, the Option may be exercised by those entitled to do so under the Option Holder’s will or by the laws of descent and distribution within one year following the Option Holder’s death (provided that such exercise must occur within the Option Period), but not thereafter. In any such case, the Option may be exercised only as to the Option Shares that had become vested on or before the date of the Option Holder’s death.

 

(d) If the Service of the Option Holder is terminated within the Option Period for any reason other than Misconduct, Disability, or death, the Option may be exercised by the Option Holder within three (3) months following the date of such termination (provided that such exercise must occur within the Option Period), but not thereafter. In any such case, the Option may be exercised only as to the Option Shares that had become vested on or before the date of termination of Service.

 

6. Change in Control Transaction. Upon a Change in Control, the Options shall be subject to the provisions of the Plan regarding Change in Control.

 

7. Shareholder Privileges. The Option Holder shall not have any rights as a shareholder with respect to the Option Shares until the Option Holder becomes the holder of record of such Shares, and no adjustments shall be made for dividends or other distributions or other rights as to which there is a record date preceding the date such Option Holder becomes the holder of record of such Shares, except as provided pursuant to the Change in Control provisions referenced in Section 6.

 

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8. Manner of Exercising Option.

 

(a) To exercise an Option, the Option Holder shall deliver written notice to the Company specifying the number of Option Shares for which the Option is exercised. The purchase of such Option Shares shall take place at the principal offices of the Company within thirty (30) days following delivery of such notice, at which time the Option Price of the Shares shall be paid in full by one or any combination of the methods set forth below and the other conditions to exercise set forth in Section 8(b) shall be satisfied or otherwise waived by the Company.

 

(b) To exercise the Option, Option Holder (or any other person or persons exercising the Option) must:

 

(i) Execute and deliver to the Company the Purchase Agreement.

 

(ii) Pay the aggregate Option Price for the purchased Option Shares in one or more of the following forms (or by any other method approved by the Committee upon the request of the Option Holder):

 

(A) in cash;

 

(B) by certified check, cashier’s check or other check acceptable to the Company, payable to the order of the Company;

 

(C) if expressly permitted by a resolution of the Committee applicable to this Option at the time of exercise (whether such resolution is applicable solely to this Option or is generally applicable to some or all Options outstanding under the Plan), to the extent such Option Price is in excess of the par value of those Shares, by delivering a full-recourse promissory note bearing interest at a market rate and secured by those Option Shares, and the payment schedule in effect for any such promissory note shall be established by the Committee in its sole discretion;

 

(D) if expressly permitted by a resolution of the Committee applicable to this Option at the time of exercise (whether such resolution is applicable solely to this Option or is generally applicable to some or all Options outstanding under the Plan), by delivery to the Company of certificates representing the number of Shares then owned by the Option Holder, the Fair Market Value of which equals the purchase price of the Shares purchased pursuant to the Option, properly endorsed for transfer to the Company; provided however, that the Option may not be exercised by delivery to the Company of certificates representing Shares, unless such Shares have been held by the Option Holder for more than six (6) months (or such other period of time as the Committee determines is necessary to avoid adverse financial accounting treatment to the Company). For purposes of this Plan, the Fair Market Value of any Shares delivered in payment of the purchase price upon exercise of the Option shall be the Fair Market Value as of the Exercise Date.

 

(E) should the Stock be registered under Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act at the time the Option is exercised, then the Exercise Price may also be paid to the extent the Option is exercised for vested Option Shares, through a special sale and remittance procedure pursuant to which Option Holder (or any other person or persons exercising the Option) shall concurrently provide irrevocable written instructions (a) to a Company-designated brokerage firm to effect the immediate sale of the purchased Option Shares and remit to the Company, out of the sale proceeds available on the settlement date, sufficient funds to cover the aggregate Exercise Price payable for the purchased Option Shares plus all applicable Federal, state and local income and employment taxes required to be withheld by the Company by reason of such exercise and (b) to the Company to deliver the certificates for the purchased Option Shares directly to such brokerage firm in order to complete the sale.

 

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(iii) Furnish to the Company appropriate documentation that the person or persons exercising the Option (if other than Option Holder) have the right to exercise the Option.

 

(iv) Execute and deliver to the Company such written representations as may be requested by the Company in order for it to comply with the applicable requirements of applicable securities laws.

 

(v) Make appropriate arrangements with the Company for the satisfaction of all applicable income and employment tax withholding requirements applicable to the option exercise.

 

(c) As soon as practical after the Exercise Date, a properly executed certificate or certificates representing the purchased Option Shares shall be delivered to or at the direction of the Option Holder. If Options on less than all Option Shares evidenced by this Agreement are exercised, the Company shall deliver a new stock option agreement evidencing the Option on the remaining Option Shares upon delivery of this Agreement for the Option being exercised.

 

(d) In no event may the Option be exercised for any fractional shares.

 

9. Transfer Restrictions and Repurchase Rights. Option Holder hereby acknowledges and agrees that (a) the Option is subject to certain limitations on transferability as set forth in the Plan, and (b) all Option Shares shall be subject to certain repurchase rights and rights of first refusal in favor of the Corporation and its assigns, as set forth in the Purchase Agreement and the Plan.

 

10. Compliance with Laws and Regulations. The exercise of the Option and the issuance of the Option Shares upon such exercise shall be subject to compliance by the Company and the Option Holder with all applicable requirements of law relating thereto and with all applicable regulations of any stock exchange (or the NASDAQ National Market, if applicable) on which the Stock may be listed for trading at the time of such exercise and issuance. The Option is subject to the requirement that, if at any time counsel to the Company shall determine that the listing, registration or qualification of the Option Shares upon any securities exchange or under any state or federal law, or the consent or approval of any governmental or regulatory body, is necessary as a condition of, or in connection with, the issuance or purchase of shares thereunder, the Option may not be accepted or exercised in whole or in part unless such listing, registration, qualification, consent or approval shall have been effected or obtained on conditions acceptable to the Committee. Nothing herein shall be deemed to require the Company to apply for or to obtain such listing, registration or qualification.

 

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11. Successors and Assigns. Except to the extent otherwise provided in this Agreement or the Plan, the provisions of this Agreement shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the Company and its successors and assigns and Option Holder, Option Holder’s assigns and the legal representatives, heirs and legatees of Option Holder’s estate.

 

12. Notices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to the Company under the terms of this Agreement shall be in writing and addressed to the Company at its principal corporate offices. Any notice required to be given or delivered to Option Holder shall be in writing and addressed to Option Holder at the address indicated below the Option Holder’s signature line on the Grant Notice. All notices shall be deemed effective upon personal delivery or as of the second day after deposit in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid and properly addressed to the party to be notified.

 

13. Grant Subject to Plan. This Agreement and the Option are made and granted pursuant to the Plan and are in all respects limited by and subject to the terms of the Plan. In the event of any conflict between this Agreement and the Plan, the provisions of the Plan will control. All decisions of the Committee with respect to any question or issue arising under the Plan or this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on all persons having an interest in the Option.

 

14. Construction; Severability. The section headings contained herein are for reference purposes only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision of this Agreement shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any other provision of this Agreement, and each other provision of this Agreement shall be severable and enforceable to the extent permitted by law.

 

15. Governing Law. The interpretation, performance and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without resort to Delaware’s conflict-of-laws rules.

 

16. Shareholder Approval. If the Option Shares covered by this Agreement exceed, as of the Grant Date, the number of Shares of Stock which may be issued under the Plan as last approved by the Company’s shareholders, then the Option shall be void with respect to such excess Shares, unless shareholder approval of an amendment sufficiently increasing the number of Shares of Stock issuable under the Plan is obtained in accordance with the provisions of the Plan.

 

17. Amendment. No amendment or modification of this Option may in any manner adversely affect the Option Holder’s rights hereunder without the Option Holder’s written consent.

 

18. Waiver. Any provision contained in this Agreement may be waived, either generally or in any particular instance, by the Committee, but only to the extent permitted under the Plan.

 

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19. At Will Service. Nothing in this Agreement, the Grant Notice or the Plan shall confer upon Option Holder any right to continue in Service for any period of specific duration or interfere with or otherwise restrict in any way the rights of the Company (or any Affiliate employing or retaining Option Holder) or of Option Holder, which rights are hereby expressly reserved by each, to terminate Option Holder’s Service at any time for any reason, with or without cause. This Agreement is limited solely to governing the rights and obligations of the Option Holder with respect to the Option Shares and the Option.

 

20. Additional Terms Applicable to an Incentive Option.

 

(a) In the event the Option is initially designated as an Incentive Option in the Grant Notice, the Option shall cease to qualify for favorable tax treatment as an Incentive Option if (and to the extent) the Option is exercised for one or more Option Shares: (i) more than three (3) months after the date Option Holder ceases to be an Employee for any reason other than death or Disability or (ii) more than twelve (12) months after the date Option Holder ceases to be an Employee by reason of Disability. Nothing in this Section shall require that the Option Holder be allowed to exercise this Option, in whole or in part, after the expiration of the time periods specified in Section 5 hereof.

 

(b) If Option Holder makes a disposition (as defined in Section 424(c) of the Code) of any Shares acquired pursuant to the exercise of an Incentive Option prior to the expiration of two years from the date on which the Incentive Option was granted or prior to the expiration of one year from the date on which the Option was exercised, the Option Holder shall send written notice to the Company at the Company’s principal place of business of the date of such disposition, the number of Shares disposed of, the amount of proceeds received from such disposition and any other information relating to such disposition as the Company may reasonably request.

 

21. Withholding. The Company’s obligations to deliver shares of Stock upon the exercise of the Option shall be subject to the Option Holder’s satisfaction of all applicable federal, state and local income and other tax withholding requirements. Upon exercise of the Option, the Option Holder shall make appropriate arrangements with the Company to provide for the amount of additional withholding required by Sections 3102 and 3402 of the Code and applicable state income tax laws. If expressly permitted by a resolution of the Committee applicable to this Option at the time of exercise (whether such resolution is applicable solely to this Option or is generally applicable to some or all Options outstanding under the Plan) payment of such taxes may be made through delivery of Shares of Stock or by withholding Shares to be issued under the Option, as provided in Section 13.2 of the Plan.

 

(Signatures on Following Page)

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Stock Option Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  fuboTV Inc.,
  a Delaware corporation
     
  By:    
  Name:  
  Title:  
   
  OPTION HOLDER
   
  Print Name:  

 

Signature Page to fuboTV Inc. Stock Option Agreement

 

 

 

 

FORM OF STOCK PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

(See Attached)

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.4

 

FACEBANK GROUP, INC.

2020 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

1. Purposes of the Plan. The purposes of this Plan are:

 

  to attract and retain the best available personnel for positions of substantial responsibility,
     
  to provide additional incentive to Employees, Directors and Consultants, and
     
  to promote the success of the Company’s business.

 

The Plan permits the grant of Incentive Stock Options, Nonstatutory Stock Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units and Performance Shares.

 

2. Definitions. As used herein, the following definitions will apply:

 

(a) “Administrator” means the Board or any of its Committees as will be administering the Plan, in accordance with Section 4 of the Plan.

 

(b) “Applicable Laws” means the legal and regulatory requirements relating to the administration of equity-based awards, including but not limited to the related issuance of shares of Common Stock, including but not limited to under U.S. federal and state corporate laws, U.S. federal and state securities laws, the Code, any stock exchange or quotation system on which the Common Stock is listed or quoted and the applicable laws of any non-U.S. country or jurisdiction where Awards are, or will be, granted under the Plan.

 

(c) “Award” means, individually or collectively, a grant under the Plan of Options, Stock Appreciation Rights, Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units or Performance Shares.

 

(d) “Award Agreement” means the written or electronic agreement setting forth the terms and provisions applicable to each Award granted under the Plan. The Award Agreement is subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan.

 

(e) “Board” means the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(f) “Change in Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

 

 
 

 

(i) Change in Ownership of the Company. A change in the ownership of the Company which occurs on the date that any one person, or more than one person acting as a group (“Person”), acquires ownership of the stock of the Company that, together with the stock held by such Person, constitutes more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the stock of the Company; provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection, the acquisition of additional stock by any one Person, who is considered to own more than fifty percent (50%) of the total voting power of the stock of the Company will not be considered a Change in Control. Further, if the stockholders of the Company immediately before such change in ownership continue to retain immediately after the change in ownership, in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of shares of the Company’s voting stock immediately prior to the change in ownership, direct or indirect beneficial ownership of fifty percent (50%) or more of the total voting power of the stock of the Company or of the ultimate parent entity of the Company, such event shall not be considered a Change in Control under this subsection (i). For this purpose, indirect beneficial ownership shall include, without limitation, an interest resulting from ownership of the voting securities of one or more corporations or other business entities which own the Company, as the case may be, either directly or through one or more subsidiary corporations or other business entities; or

 

(ii) Change in Effective Control of the Company. A change in the effective control of the Company which occurs on the date that a majority of members of the Board is replaced during any twelve (12) month period by Directors whose appointment or election is not endorsed by a majority of the members of the Board prior to the date of the appointment or election. For purposes of this subsection (ii), if any Person is considered to be in effective control of the Company, the acquisition of additional control of the Company by the same Person will not be considered a Change in Control; or

 

(iii) Change in Ownership of a Substantial Portion of the Company’s Assets. A change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets which occurs on the date that any Person acquires (or has acquired during the twelve (12) month period ending on the date of the most recent acquisition by such person or persons) assets from the Company that have a total gross fair market value equal to or more than fifty percent (50%) of the total gross fair market value of all of the assets of the Company immediately prior to such acquisition or acquisitions; provided, however, that for purposes of this subsection (iii), the following will not constitute a change in the ownership of a substantial portion of the Company’s assets: (A) a transfer to an entity that is controlled by the Company’s stockholders immediately after the transfer, or (B) a transfer of assets by the Company to: (1) a stockholder of the Company (immediately before the asset transfer) in exchange for or with respect to the Company’s stock, (2) an entity, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by the Company, (3) a Person, that owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) or more of the total value or voting power of all the outstanding stock of the Company, or (4) an entity, at least fifty percent (50%) of the total value or voting power of which is owned, directly or indirectly, by a Person described in this subsection (iii)(B)(3). For purposes of this subsection (iii), gross fair market value means the value of the assets of the Company, or the value of the assets being disposed of, determined without regard to any liabilities associated with such assets.

 

For purposes of this Section 2(f), persons will be considered to be acting as a group if they are owners of a corporation that enters into a merger, consolidation, purchase or acquisition of stock, or similar business transaction with the Company.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a transaction will not be deemed a Change in Control unless the transaction qualifies as a change in control event within the meaning of Code Section 409A, as it has been and may be amended from time to time, and any proposed or final Treasury Regulations and Internal Revenue Service guidance that has been promulgated or may be promulgated thereunder from time to time.

 

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Further and for the avoidance of doubt, a transaction will not constitute a Change in Control if: (i) its sole purpose is to change the jurisdiction of the Company’s incorporation, or (ii) its sole purpose is to create a holding company that will be owned in substantially the same proportions by the persons who held the Company’s securities immediately before such transaction.

 

(g) “Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. Reference to a specific section of the Code or regulation thereunder shall include such section or regulation, any valid regulation promulgated under such section, and any comparable provision of any future legislation or regulation amending, supplementing or superseding such section or regulation.

 

(h) “Committee” means a committee of Directors or of other individuals satisfying Applicable Laws appointed by the Board, or by a duly authorized committee of the Board, in accordance with Section 4 hereof.

 

(i) “Common Stock” means the common stock of the Company.

 

(j) “Company” means FaceBank Group, Inc., a Florida corporation, or any successor thereto.

 

(k) “Consultant” means any natural person, including an advisor, engaged by the Company or a Parent or Subsidiary to render bona fide services to such entity, provided the services (i) are not in connection with the offer or sale of securities in a capital-raising transaction, and (ii) do not directly promote or maintain a market for the Company’s securities, in each case, within the meaning of Form S-8 promulgated under the Securities Act, and provided further, that a Consultant will include only those persons to whom the issuance of Shares may be registered under Form S-8 promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

(l) “Director” means a member of the Board.

 

(m) “Disability” means total and permanent disability as defined in Code Section 22(e)(3), provided that in the case of Awards other than Incentive Stock Options, the Administrator in its discretion may determine whether a permanent and total disability exists in accordance with uniform and non-discriminatory standards adopted by the Administrator from time to time.

 

(n) “Employee” means any person, including Officers and Directors, employed by the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary of the Company. Neither service as a Director nor payment of a director’s fee by the Company will be sufficient to constitute “employment” by the Company.

 

(o) “Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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(p) “Exchange Program” means a program under which (i) outstanding Awards are surrendered or cancelled in exchange for awards of the same type (which may have higher or lower exercise prices and different terms), awards of a different type, and/or cash, (ii) Participants would have the opportunity to transfer any outstanding Awards to a financial institution or other person or entity selected by the Administrator, and/or (iii) the exercise price of an outstanding Award is reduced or increased. The Administrator will determine the terms and conditions of any Exchange Program in its sole discretion.

 

(q) “Fair Market Value” means, as of any date, the value of Common Stock determined as follows:

 

(i) If the Common Stock is listed on any established stock exchange or a national market system (other than an over-the counter market, which will not be considered an established stock exchange of national market system for the purposes of this definition), including without limitation the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Global Select Market, the Nasdaq Global Market or the Nasdaq Capital Market of The Nasdaq Stock Market, its Fair Market Value will be the closing sales price for such stock (or, if no closing sales price was reported on that date, as applicable, on the last trading date such closing sales price was reported) as quoted on such exchange or system on the day of determination, as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;

 

(ii) If the Common Stock is regularly quoted by a recognized securities dealer but selling prices are not reported, the Fair Market Value of a Share will be the mean between the high bid and low asked prices for the Common Stock on the day of determination (or, if no bids and asks were reported on that date, as applicable, on the last trading date such bids and asks were reported), as reported in The Wall Street Journal or such other source as the Administrator deems reliable;

 

(iii) In the absence of an established market for the Common Stock, the Fair Market Value will be determined in good faith by the Administrator.

 

(r) Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Company.

 

(s) “Incentive Stock Option” means an Option that by its terms qualifies and is otherwise intended to qualify as an incentive stock option within the meaning of Code Section 422 and the regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(t) “Nonstatutory Stock Option” means an Option that by its terms does not qualify or is not intended to qualify as an Incentive Stock Option.

 

(u) Officermeans a person who is an officer of the Company within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(v) “Option” means a stock option granted pursuant to the Plan.

 

(w) Outside Director” means a Director who is not an Employee.

 

(x) “Parent” means a “parent corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Code Section 424(e).

 

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(y) “Participant” means the holder of an outstanding Award.

 

(z) Performance Share” means an Award denominated in Shares which may be earned in whole or in part upon attainment of performance goals or other vesting criteria as the Administrator may determine pursuant to Section 10.

 

(aa) Performance Unit” means an Award which may be earned in whole or in part upon attainment of performance goals or other vesting criteria as the Administrator may determine and which may be settled for cash, Shares or other securities or a combination of the foregoing pursuant to Section 10.

 

(bb) “Period of Restriction” means the period during which the transfer of Shares of Restricted Stock are subject to restrictions and therefore, the Shares are subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture. Such restrictions may be based on the passage of time, the achievement of target levels of performance, or the occurrence of other events as determined by the Administrator.

 

(cc) “Plan” means this 2020 Equity Incentive Plan.

 

(dd) “Restricted Stock” means Shares issued pursuant to an Award of Restricted Stock under Section 8 of the Plan, or issued pursuant to the early exercise of an Option.

 

(ee) “Restricted Stock Unit” means a bookkeeping entry representing an amount equal to the Fair Market Value of one Share, granted pursuant to Section 9. Each Restricted Stock Unit represents an unfunded and unsecured obligation of the Company.

 

(ff) Rule 16b-3” means Rule 16b-3 of the Exchange Act or any successor to Rule 16b-3, as in effect when discretion is being exercised with respect to the Plan.

 

(gg) “Section 16(b)” means Section 16(b) of the Exchange Act.

 

(hh) “Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

(ii) “Service Provider” means an Employee, Director or Consultant.

 

(jj) “Share” means a share of the Common Stock, as adjusted in accordance with Section 15 of the Plan.

 

(kk) “Stock Appreciation Right” means an Award, granted alone or in connection with an Option, that pursuant to Section 7 is designated as a Stock Appreciation Right.

 

(ll) “Subsidiary” means a “subsidiary corporation,” whether now or hereafter existing, as defined in Code Section 424(f).

 

3. Stock Subject to the Plan.

 

(a) Stock Subject to the Plan. Subject to the provisions of Section 15 of the Plan, the maximum aggregate number of Shares that may be subject to Awards and sold under the Plan is 12,116,646 Shares. The Shares may be authorized but unissued, or reacquired Common Stock.

 

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(b) Lapsed Awards. If an Award expires or becomes unexercisable without having been exercised in full, is surrendered pursuant to an Exchange Program, or, with respect to Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Units or Performance Shares, is forfeited to or repurchased by the Company due to the failure to vest, the unpurchased Shares (or for Awards other than Options or Stock Appreciation Rights the forfeited or repurchased Shares) which were subject thereto will become available for future grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated). With respect to Stock Appreciation Rights, only Shares actually issued pursuant to a Stock Appreciation Right will cease to be available under the Plan; all remaining Shares under Stock Appreciation Rights will remain available for future grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated). Shares that have actually been issued under the Plan under any Award will not be returned to the Plan and will not become available for future distribution under the Plan; provided, however, that if Shares issued pursuant to Awards of Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares or Performance Units are repurchased by the Company or are forfeited to the Company due to the failure to vest, such Shares will become available for future grant under the Plan. Shares used to pay the exercise price of an Award or to satisfy the tax withholdings related to an Award will become available for future grant or sale under the Plan. To the extent an Award under the Plan is paid out in cash rather than Shares, such cash payment will not result in reducing the number of Shares available for issuance under the Plan. Notwithstanding the foregoing and, subject to adjustment as provided in Section 15, the maximum number of Shares that may be issued upon the exercise of Incentive Stock Options will equal the aggregate Share number stated in Section 3(a), plus, to the extent allowable under Code Section 422 and the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, any Shares that become available for issuance under the Plan pursuant to Sections 3(b) and 3(c).

 

(c) Prior Plan Awards. If any award issued pursuant to the Company’s 2014 Incentive Stock Plan or the 2015 Equity Incentive Plan of fuboTV Inc. expires or becomes unexercisable without having been exercised in full, is forfeited to or repurchased by the Company due to the failure to vest, the unpurchased Shares (or for awards other than stock options or stock appreciation rights the forfeited or repurchased Shares) which were subject thereto will become available for future grant or sale under the Plan (unless the Plan has terminated), provided that no more than 11,875,329 Shares may become available under the Plan pursuant to this Section 3(c).

 

(d) Share Reserve. The Company, during the term of this Plan, will at all times reserve and keep available such number of Shares as will be sufficient to satisfy the requirements of the Plan.

 

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4. Administration of the Plan.

 

(a) Procedure.

 

(i) Multiple Administrative Bodies. Different Committees with respect to different groups of Service Providers may administer the Plan.

 

(ii) Rule 16b-3. To the extent desirable to qualify transactions hereunder as exempt under Rule 16b-3, the transactions contemplated hereunder will be structured to satisfy the requirements for exemption under Rule 16b-3.

 

(iii) Other Administration. Other than as provided above, the Plan will be administered by (A) the Board or (B) a Committee, which Committee will be constituted to satisfy Applicable Laws.

 

(b) Powers of the Administrator. Subject to the provisions of the Plan, and in the case of a Committee, subject to the specific duties delegated by the Board to such Committee, the Administrator will have the authority, in its discretion:

 

(i) to determine the Fair Market Value;

 

(ii) to select the Service Providers to whom Awards may be granted hereunder;

 

(iii) to determine the number of Shares to be covered by each Award granted hereunder;

 

(iv) to approve forms of Award Agreements for use under the Plan;

 

(v) to determine the terms and conditions, not inconsistent with the terms of the Plan, of any Award granted hereunder. Such terms and conditions include, but are not limited to, the exercise price, the time or times when Awards may be exercised (which may be based on performance criteria), any vesting acceleration or waiver of forfeiture restrictions, and any restriction or limitation regarding any Award or the Shares relating thereto, based in each case on such factors as the Administrator will determine;

 

(vi) to institute and determine the terms and conditions of an Exchange Program;

 

(vii) to construe and interpret the terms of the Plan and Awards granted pursuant to the Plan;

 

(viii) to prescribe, amend and rescind rules and regulations relating to the Plan, including rules and regulations relating to sub-plans established for the purpose of satisfying applicable non-U.S. laws or for qualifying for favorable tax treatment under applicable non-U.S. laws;

 

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(ix) to modify or amend each Award (subject to Section 20(c) of the Plan), including but not limited to the discretionary authority to extend the post-termination exercisability period of Awards; provided, however, that in no case will an Option or Stock Appreciation Right be extended beyond its original maximum term;

 

(x) to allow Participants to satisfy tax withholding obligations in a manner prescribed in Section 15(d);

 

(xi) to authorize any person to execute on behalf of the Company any instrument required to effect the grant of an Award previously granted by the Administrator;

 

(xii) to allow a Participant to defer the receipt of the payment of cash or the delivery of Shares that otherwise would be due to such Participant under an Award; and

 

(xiii) to make all other determinations deemed necessary or advisable for administering the Plan.

 

(c) Effect of Administrator’s Decision. The Administrator’s decisions, determinations and interpretations will be final and binding on all Participants and any other holders of Awards and will be given the maximum deference permitted by Applicable Laws.

 

5. Eligibility. Restricted Stock, Restricted Stock Units, Performance Shares and Performance Units may be granted to any Service Providers. Nonstatutory Stock Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, to the extent required for exemption under Section 409A, may be granted only to Service Providers rendering services to the Company or a Subsidiary (not a Parent). Incentive Stock Options may be granted only to Employees.

 

6. Stock Options.

 

(a) Grant of Options. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Administrator, at any time and from time to time, may grant Options in such amounts as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine.

 

(b) Option Agreement. Each Award of an Option will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will specify the exercise price, the term of the Option, the number of Shares subject to the Option, the exercise restrictions, if any, applicable to the Option, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine.

 

(c) Limitations. Each Option will be designated in the Award Agreement as either an Incentive Stock Option or a Nonstatutory Stock Option. Notwithstanding such designation, however, to the extent that the aggregate Fair Market Value of the Shares with respect to which Incentive Stock Options are exercisable for the first time by the Participant during any calendar year (under all plans of the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary) exceeds one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), such Options will be treated as Nonstatutory Stock Options. For purposes of this Section 6(c), Incentive Stock Options will be taken into account in the order in which they were granted, the Fair Market Value of the Shares will be determined as of the time the Option with respect to such Shares is granted, and the calculation will be performed in accordance with Code Section 422 and Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

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(d) Term of Option. The term of each Option will be stated in the Award Agreement. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the term will be no more than ten (10) years from the date of grant thereof. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option granted to a Participant who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the total combined voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the term of the Incentive Stock Option will be five (5) years from the date of grant or such shorter term as may be provided in the Award Agreement.

 

(e) Option Exercise Price and Consideration.

 

(i) Exercise Price. The per Share exercise price for the Shares to be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Option will be determined by the Administrator, subject to the following:

 

(1) In the case of an Incentive Stock Option

 

a) granted to an Employee who, at the time the Incentive Stock Option is granted, owns stock representing more than ten percent (10%) of the voting power of all classes of stock of the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary, the per Share exercise price will be no less than one hundred ten percent (110%) of the Fair Market Value per Share (or the fair market value per Share as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iv)(A)) on the date of grant.

 

b) granted to any Employee other than an Employee described in paragraph (A) immediately above, the per Share exercise price will be no less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant.

 

(2) In the case of a Nonstatutory Stock Option, the per Share exercise price will be no less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant (or the fair market value per Share as determined in accordance with Treas. Reg. 1.409A-1(b)(5)(iv)(A)).

 

(3) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6(e), Options may be granted with a per Share exercise price of less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant pursuant to a transaction described in, and in a manner consistent with, Code Section 424(a).

 

(ii) Waiting Period and Exercise Dates. At the time an Option is granted, the Administrator will fix the period within which the Option may be exercised and will determine any conditions that must be satisfied before the Option may be exercised.

 

(iii) Form of Consideration. The Administrator will determine the acceptable form of consideration for exercising an Option, including the method of payment. In the case of an Incentive Stock Option, the Administrator will determine the acceptable form of consideration at the time of grant. Such consideration may consist entirely of: (1) cash; (2) check; (3) promissory note; to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws; (4) other Shares, provided that such Shares have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate exercise price of the Shares as to which such Option will be exercised and provided further that accepting such Shares will not result in any adverse accounting consequences to the Company, as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion; (5) consideration received by the Company under a broker assisted (or other) cashless exercise program (whether through a broker or otherwise) implemented by the Company in connection with the Plan; (6) by net exercise; (7) such other consideration and method of payment for the issuance of Shares to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws; or (8) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment. In making its determination as to the type of consideration to accept, the Administrator will consider if acceptance of such consideration may be reasonably expected to benefit the Company.

 

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(f) Exercise of Option.

 

(i) Procedure for Exercise; Rights as a Stockholder. Any Option granted hereunder will be exercisable according to the terms of the Plan and at such times and under such conditions as determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Award Agreement. An Option may not be exercised for a fraction of a Share.

 

An Option will be deemed exercised when the Company receives: (i) notice of exercise (in such form as the Administrator may specify from time to time) from the person entitled to exercise the Option, and (ii) full payment for the Shares with respect to which the Option is exercised (together with applicable tax withholding). Full payment may consist of any consideration and method of payment authorized by the Administrator and permitted by the Award Agreement and the Plan. Shares issued upon exercise of an Option will be issued in the name of the Participant or, if requested by the Participant, in the name of the Participant and his or her spouse. Until the Shares are issued (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company), no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder will exist with respect to the Shares subject to an Option, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Company will issue (or cause to be issued) such Shares promptly after the Option is exercised. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date the Shares are issued, except as provided in Section 15 of the Plan.

 

Exercising an Option in any manner will decrease the number of Shares thereafter available, both for purposes of the Plan and for sale under the Option, by the number of Shares as to which the Option is exercised.

 

(ii) Termination of Relationship as a Service Provider. If a Participant ceases to be a Service Provider, other than upon the Participant’s termination as the result of the Participant’s death or Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Option within such period of time as is specified in the Award Agreement to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Award Agreement). In the absence of a specified time in the Award Agreement, the Option will remain exercisable for three (3) months following the Participant’s termination. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, if on the date of termination the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option will revert to the Plan. If after termination the Participant does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified by the Administrator, the Option will terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option will revert to the Plan.

 

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(iii) Disability of Participant. If a Participant ceases to be a Service Provider as a result of the Participant’s Disability, the Participant may exercise his or her Option within such period of time as is specified in the Award Agreement to the extent the Option is vested on the date of termination (but in no event later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Award Agreement). In the absence of a specified time in the Award Agreement, the Option will remain exercisable for twelve (12) months following the Participant’s termination. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, if on the date of termination the Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option will revert to the Plan. If after termination the Participant does not exercise his or her Option within the time specified herein, the Option will terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option will revert to the Plan.

 

(iv) Death of Participant. If a Participant dies while a Service Provider, the Option may be exercised following the Participant’s death within such period of time as is specified in the Award Agreement to the extent that the Option is vested on the date of death (but in no event may the option be exercised later than the expiration of the term of such Option as set forth in the Award Agreement), by the Participant’s designated beneficiary, provided such beneficiary has been designated prior to Participant’s death in a form acceptable to the Administrator. If no such beneficiary has been designated by the Participant, then such Option may be exercised by the personal representative of the Participant’s estate or by the person(s) to whom the Option is transferred pursuant to the Participant’s will or in accordance with the laws of descent and distribution. In the absence of a specified time in the Award Agreement, the Option will remain exercisable for twelve (12) months following Participant’s death. Unless otherwise provided by the Administrator, if at the time of death Participant is not vested as to his or her entire Option, the Shares covered by the unvested portion of the Option will immediately revert to the Plan. If the Option is not so exercised within the time specified herein, the Option will terminate, and the Shares covered by such Option will revert to the Plan.

 

7. Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(a) Grant of Stock Appreciation Rights. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan, a Stock Appreciation Right may be granted to Service Providers of the Company or a Subsidiary at any time and from time to time as will be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion.

 

(b) Number of Shares. The Administrator will have complete discretion to determine the number of Shares subject to any Award of Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(c) Exercise Price and Other Terms. The per Share exercise price for the Shares that will determine the amount of the payment to be received upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right as set forth in Section 7(f) will be determined by the Administrator and will be no less than one hundred percent (100%) of the Fair Market Value per Share on the date of grant. Otherwise, the Administrator, subject to the provisions of the Plan, will have complete discretion to determine the terms and conditions of Stock Appreciation Rights granted under the Plan.

 

(d) Stock Appreciation Right Agreement. Each Stock Appreciation Right grant will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will specify the exercise price, the term of the Stock Appreciation Right, the conditions of exercise, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine.

 

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(e) Expiration of Stock Appreciation Rights. A Stock Appreciation Right granted under the Plan will expire upon the date determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion, and set forth in the Award Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the rules of Section 6(d) relating to the maximum term and Section 6(f) relating to exercise also will apply to Stock Appreciation Rights.

 

(f) Payment of Stock Appreciation Right Amount. Upon exercise of a Stock Appreciation Right, a Participant will be entitled to receive payment from the Company in an amount determined by multiplying:

 

(i) The difference between the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of exercise over the exercise price; times

 

(ii) The number of Shares with respect to which the Stock Appreciation Right is exercised.

 

At the discretion of the Administrator, the payment upon Stock Appreciation Right exercise may be in cash, in Shares of equivalent value, or in some combination thereof.

 

8. Restricted Stock.

 

(a) Grant of Restricted Stock. Subject to the terms and provisions of the Plan, the Administrator, at any time and from time to time, may grant Shares of Restricted Stock to Service Providers in such amounts as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine.

 

(b) Restricted Stock Agreement. Each Award of Restricted Stock will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will specify the Period of Restriction, the number of Shares granted, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine. Unless the Administrator determines otherwise, the Company as escrow agent will hold Shares of Restricted Stock until the restrictions on such Shares have lapsed.

 

(c) Transferability. Except as provided in this Section 8 or as the Administrator determines, Shares of Restricted Stock may not be sold, transferred, pledged, assigned, or otherwise alienated or hypothecated until the end of the applicable Period of Restriction.

 

(d) Other Restrictions. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may impose such other restrictions on Shares of Restricted Stock as it may deem advisable or appropriate.

 

(e) Removal of Restrictions. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 8, Shares of Restricted Stock covered by each Restricted Stock grant made under the Plan will be released from escrow as soon as practicable after the last day of the Period of Restriction or at such other time as the Administrator may determine. The Administrator, in its discretion, may accelerate the time at which any restrictions will lapse or be removed.

 

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(f) Voting Rights. During the Period of Restriction, Service Providers holding Shares of Restricted Stock granted hereunder may exercise full voting rights with respect to those Shares, unless the Administrator determines otherwise.

 

(g) Dividends and Other Distributions. During the Period of Restriction, Service Providers holding Shares of Restricted Stock will be entitled to receive all dividends and other distributions paid with respect to such Shares, unless the Administrator provides otherwise. If any such dividends or distributions are paid in Shares, the Shares will be subject to the same restrictions on transferability and forfeitability as the Shares of Restricted Stock with respect to which they were paid.

 

(h) Return of Restricted Stock to Company. On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, the Restricted Stock for which restrictions have not lapsed will revert to the Company and again will become available for grant under the Plan.

 

9. Restricted Stock Units.

 

(a) Grant. Restricted Stock Units may be granted at any time and from time to time as determined by the Administrator. After the Administrator determines that it will grant Restricted Stock Units under the Plan, it will advise the Participant in an Award Agreement of the terms, conditions, and restrictions related to the grant, including the number of Restricted Stock Units.

 

(b) Vesting Criteria and Other Terms. The Administrator will set vesting criteria in its discretion, which, depending on the extent to which the criteria are met, will determine the number of Restricted Stock Units that will be paid out to the Participant. The Administrator may set vesting criteria based upon the achievement of Company-wide, divisional, business unit, or individual goals (including, but not limited to, continued employment or service), applicable federal or state securities laws, or any other basis determined by the Administrator in its discretion.

 

(c) Earning Restricted Stock Units. Upon meeting the applicable vesting criteria, the Participant will be entitled to receive a payout as determined by the Administrator. Notwithstanding the foregoing, at any time after the grant of Restricted Stock Units, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may reduce or waive any vesting criteria that must be met to receive a payout.

 

(d) Form and Timing of Payment. Payment of earned Restricted Stock Units will be made as soon as practicable after the date(s) determined by the Administrator and set forth in the Award Agreement which shall establish exemption or comply with all requirements of Code Section 409A. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may settle earned Restricted Stock Units in cash, Shares, or a combination of both.

 

(e) Cancellation. On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, all unearned Restricted Stock Units will be forfeited to the Company.

 

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10. Performance Units and Performance Shares.

 

(a) Grant of Performance Units/Shares. Performance Units and Performance Shares may be granted to Service Providers at any time and from time to time, as will be determined by the Administrator, in its sole discretion. The Administrator will have complete discretion in determining the number of Performance Units and Performance Shares granted to each Participant.

 

(b) Value of Performance Units/Shares. Each Performance Unit will have an initial value that is established by the Administrator on or before the date of grant. Each Performance Share will have an initial value equal to the Fair Market Value of a Share on the date of grant.

 

(c) Performance Objectives and Other Terms. The Administrator will set performance objectives or other vesting provisions (including, without limitation, continued status as a Service Provider) in its discretion which, depending on the extent to which they are met, will determine the number or value of Performance Units/Shares that will be paid out to the Service Providers. The time period during which the performance objectives or other vesting provisions must be met will be called the “Performance Period.” Each Award of Performance Units/Shares will be evidenced by an Award Agreement that will specify the Performance Period, and such other terms and conditions as the Administrator, in its sole discretion, will determine. The Administrator may set performance objectives based upon the achievement of Company-wide, divisional, business unit or individual goals (including, but not limited to, continued employment or service), applicable federal or state securities laws, or any other basis determined by the Administrator in its discretion.

 

(d) Earning of Performance Units/Shares. After the applicable Performance Period has ended, the holder of Performance Units/Shares will be entitled to receive a payout of the number of Performance Units/Shares earned by the Participant over the Performance Period, to be determined as a function of the extent to which the corresponding performance objectives or other vesting provisions have been achieved. After the grant of a Performance Unit/Share, the Administrator, in its sole discretion, may reduce or waive any performance objectives or other vesting provisions for such Performance Unit/Share.

 

(e) Form and Timing of Payment of Performance Units/Shares. Payment of earned Performance Units/Shares will be made as soon as practicable after the expiration of the applicable Performance Period or at such other time as may be specified in the Award Agreement which shall establish exemption or comply with all requirements of Code Section 409A. The Administrator, in its sole discretion, may pay earned Performance Units/Shares in the form of cash, in Shares (which have an aggregate Fair Market Value equal to the value of the earned Performance Units/Shares at the close of the applicable Performance Period) or in a combination thereof.

 

(f) Cancellation of Performance Units/Shares. On the date set forth in the Award Agreement, all unearned or unvested Performance Units/Shares will be forfeited to the Company, and again will be available for grant under the Plan.

 

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11. Outside Director Limitations. No Outside Director may be granted, in any Fiscal Year, Awards with a grant date fair value (determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles) of more than $750,000, increased to $1,500,000 in connection with his or her initial service. Any Awards granted to an individual while he or she was an Employee, or while he or she was a Consultant but not an Outside Director, will not count for purposes of the limitations under this Section 11.

 

12. Compliance With Code Section 409A. Awards will be designed and operated in such a manner that they are either exempt from the application of, or comply with, the requirements of Code Section 409A such that the grant, payment, settlement or deferral will not be subject to the additional tax or interest applicable under Code Section 409A, except as otherwise determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator. The Plan and each Award Agreement under the Plan is intended to meet the requirements of Code Section 409A and will be construed and interpreted in accordance with such intent, except as otherwise determined in the sole discretion of the Administrator. To the extent that an Award or payment, or the settlement or deferral thereof, is subject to Code Section 409A the Award will be granted, paid, settled or deferred in a manner that will meet the requirements of Code Section 409A, such that the grant, payment, settlement or deferral will not be subject to the additional tax or interest applicable under Code Section 409A. In no event will the Company have any obligation under the terms of this Plan to reimburse a Participant for any taxes or other costs that may be imposed on Participant as a result of Section 409A.

 

13. Leaves of Absence/Transfer Between Locations. Unless the Administrator provides otherwise, vesting of Awards granted hereunder will be suspended during any unpaid leave of absence. A Participant will not cease to be an Employee in the case of (i) any leave of absence approved by the Company or (ii) transfers between locations of the Company or between the Company, its Parent, or any Subsidiary. For purposes of Incentive Stock Options, no such leave may exceed three (3) months, unless reemployment upon expiration of such leave is guaranteed by statute or contract. If reemployment upon expiration of a leave of absence approved by the Company is not so guaranteed, then six (6) months following the first (1st) day of such leave, any Incentive Stock Option held by the Participant will cease to be treated as an Incentive Stock Option and will be treated for tax purposes as a Nonstatutory Stock Option.

 

14. Limited Transferability of Awards.

 

Unless determined otherwise by the Administrator, Awards may not be sold, pledged, assigned, hypothecated, or otherwise transferred in any manner other than by will or by the laws of descent and distribution, and may be exercised, during the lifetime of the Participant, only by the Participant. If the Administrator makes an Award transferable, such Award will contain such additional terms and conditions as the Administrator deems appropriate.

 

15. Adjustments; Dissolution or Liquidation; Merger or Change in Control.

 

(a) Adjustments. In the event that any dividend or other distribution (whether in the form of cash, Shares, other securities, or other property), recapitalization, stock split, reverse stock split, reorganization, merger, consolidation, split-up, spin-off, combination, repurchase, or exchange of Shares or other securities of the Company, or other change in the corporate structure of the Company affecting the Shares occurs, the Administrator, in order to prevent diminution or enlargement of the benefits or potential benefits intended to be made available under the Plan, will adjust the number and class of shares of stock that may be delivered under the Plan and/or the number, class, and price of shares of stock covered by each outstanding Award, and the numerical Share limits of Section 3.

 

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(b) Dissolution or Liquidation. In the event of the proposed dissolution or liquidation of the Company, the Administrator will notify each Participant as soon as practicable prior to the effective date of such proposed transaction. To the extent it has not been previously exercised, an Award will terminate immediately prior to the consummation of such proposed action.

 

(c) Change in Control. In the event of a merger of the Company with or into another corporation or other entity or a Change in Control, each outstanding Award will be treated as the Administrator determines (subject to the provisions of the following paragraph) without a Participant’s consent, including, without limitation, that (i) Awards will be assumed, or substantially equivalent awards will be substituted, by the acquiring or succeeding corporation (or an affiliate thereof) with appropriate adjustments as to the number and kind of shares and prices; (ii) upon written notice to a Participant, that the Participant’s Awards will terminate upon or immediately prior to the consummation of such merger or Change in Control; (iii) outstanding Awards will vest and become exercisable, realizable, or payable, or restrictions applicable to an Award will lapse, in whole or in part prior to or upon consummation of such merger or Change in Control, and, to the extent the Administrator determines, terminate upon or immediately prior to the effectiveness of such merger or Change in Control; (iv) (A) the termination of an Award in exchange for an amount of cash and/or property, if any, equal to the amount that would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights as of the date of the occurrence of the transaction (and, for the avoidance of doubt, if as of the date of the occurrence of the transaction the Administrator determines in good faith that no amount would have been attained upon the exercise of such Award or realization of the Participant’s rights, then such Award may be terminated by the Company without payment), or (B) the replacement of such Award with other rights or property selected by the Administrator in its sole discretion; or (v) any combination of the foregoing. In taking any of the actions permitted under this subsection 15(c), the Administrator will not be obligated to treat all Awards, all Awards held by a Participant, or all Awards of the same type, similarly.

 

In the event that the successor corporation does not assume or substitute for the Award (or portion thereof), the Participant will fully vest in and have the right to exercise all of his or her outstanding Options and Stock Appreciation Rights, including Shares as to which such Awards would not otherwise be vested or exercisable, all restrictions on Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units will lapse, and, with respect to Awards with performance-based vesting, all performance goals or other vesting criteria will be deemed achieved at one hundred percent (100%) of target levels and all other terms and conditions met, in all cases, unless specifically provided otherwise under the applicable Award Agreement or other written agreement between the Participant and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Parents, as applicable. In addition, if an Option or Stock Appreciation Right is not assumed or substituted in the event of a merger or Change in Control, the Administrator will notify the Participant in writing or electronically that the Option or Stock Appreciation Right will be exercisable for a period of time determined by the Administrator in its sole discretion, and the Option or Stock Appreciation Right will terminate upon the expiration of such period.

 

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For the purposes of this subsection 15(c) and subsection 15(d), an Award will be considered assumed if, following the merger or Change in Control, the Award confers the right to purchase or receive, for each Share subject to the Award immediately prior to the merger or Change in Control, the consideration (whether stock, cash, or other securities or property) received in the merger or Change in Control by holders of Common Stock for each Share held on the effective date of the transaction (and if holders were offered a choice of consideration, the type of consideration chosen by the holders of a majority of the outstanding Shares); provided, however, that if such consideration received in the merger or Change in Control is not solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent, the Administrator may, with the consent of the successor corporation, provide for the consideration to be received upon the exercise of an Option or Stock Appreciation Right or upon the payout of a Restricted Stock Unit, Performance Unit, or Performance Share, for each Share subject to such Award, to be solely common stock of the successor corporation or its Parent equal in fair market value to the per share consideration received by holders of Common Stock in the merger or Change in Control.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 15(c) to the contrary, an Award that vests, is earned or paid-out upon the satisfaction of one or more performance goals will not be considered assumed if the Company or its successor modifies any of such performance goals without the Participant’s consent, in all cases, unless specifically provided otherwise under the applicable Award Agreement or other written agreement between the Participant and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Parents, as applicable; provided, however, a modification to such performance goals only to reflect the successor corporation’s post-Change in Control corporate structure will not be deemed to invalidate an otherwise valid Award assumption.

 

Notwithstanding anything in this Section 15(c) to the contrary, and unless otherwise provided in an Award Agreement, if an Award that vests, is earned or paid-out under an Award Agreement is subject to Code Section 409A and if the change in control definition contained in the Award Agreement does not comply with the definition of “change of control” for purposes of a distribution under Code Section 409A, then any payment of an amount that is otherwise accelerated under this Section will be delayed until the earliest time that such payment would be permissible under Code Section 409A without triggering any penalties applicable under Code Section 409A.

 

(d) Outside Director Awards. In the event of a Change in Control, with respect to Awards granted to an Outside Director, the Outside Directors will fully vest in and have the right to exercise Options and/or Stock Appreciation Rights as to all of the Shares underlying such Award, including those Shares which would not otherwise be vested or exercisable, all restrictions on Restricted Stock and Restricted Stock Units will lapse, and, with respect to Awards with performance-based vesting, all performance goals or other vesting criteria will be deemed achieved at one hundred percent (100%) of target levels and all other terms and conditions met, unless specifically provided otherwise under the applicable Award Agreement or other written agreement between the Participant and the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Parents, as applicable.

 

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16. Tax Withholding.

 

(a) Withholding Requirements. Prior to the delivery of any Shares or cash pursuant to an Award (or exercise thereof) or such earlier time as any tax withholding obligation is due, the Company will have the power and the right to deduct or withhold, or require a Participant to remit to the Company, an amount sufficient to satisfy federal, state, local, non-U.S. or other taxes (including the Participant’s FICA obligation) required to be withheld with respect to such Award (or exercise thereof).

 

(b) Withholding Arrangements. The Administrator, in its sole discretion and pursuant to such procedures as it may specify from time to time, may permit a Participant to satisfy such tax withholding obligation, in whole or in part by such methods as the Administrator shall determine, including, without limitation, (i) paying cash, (ii) electing to have the Company withhold otherwise deliverable cash or Shares having a fair market value equal to the minimum statutory amount required to be withheld or such greater amount as the Administrator may determine if such amount would not have adverse accounting consequences, as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion, (iii) delivering to the Company already-owned Shares having a fair market value equal to the minimum statutory amount required to be withheld or such greater amount as the Administrator may determine, in each case, provided the delivery of such Shares will not result in any adverse accounting consequences, as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion, (iv) selling a sufficient number of Shares otherwise deliverable to the Participant through such means as the Administrator may determine in its sole discretion (whether through a broker or otherwise) equal to the amount required to be withheld, or (v) any combination of the foregoing methods of payment. The amount of the withholding requirement will be deemed to include any amount which the Administrator agrees may be withheld at the time the election is made, not to exceed the amount determined by using the maximum federal, state or local marginal income tax rates applicable to the Participant with respect to the Award on the date that the amount of tax to be withheld is to be determined or such greater amount as the Administrator may determine if such amount would not have adverse accounting consequences, as the Administrator determines in its sole discretion. The fair market value of the Shares to be withheld or delivered will be determined as of the date that the taxes are required to be withheld.

 

17. No Effect on Employment or Service. Neither the Plan nor any Award will confer upon a Participant any right with respect to continuing the Participant’s relationship as a Service Provider with the Company or its Subsidiaries or Parents, as applicable, nor will they interfere in any way with the Participant’s right or the right of the Company and its Subsidiaries or Parents, as applicable to terminate such relationship at any time, with or without cause, to the extent permitted by Applicable Laws.

 

18. Date of Grant. The date of grant of an Award will be, for all purposes, the date on which the Administrator makes the determination granting such Award, or such other later date as is determined by the Administrator. Notice of the determination will be provided to each Participant within a reasonable time after the date of such grant.

 

19. Term of Plan. The Plan will become effective upon its adoption by the Board. It will continue in effect for a term of ten (10) years from the date adopted by the Board, unless terminated earlier under Section 20 of the Plan.

 

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20. Amendment and Termination of the Plan.

 

(a) Amendment and Termination. The Administrator may at any time amend, alter, suspend or terminate the Plan.

 

(b) Stockholder Approval. The Company will obtain stockholder approval of any Plan amendment to the extent necessary and desirable to comply with Applicable Laws.

 

(c) Effect of Amendment or Termination. No amendment, alteration, suspension or termination of the Plan will impair the rights of any Participant, unless mutually agreed otherwise between the Participant and the Administrator, which agreement must be in writing and signed by the Participant and the Company. Termination of the Plan will not affect the Administrator’s ability to exercise the powers granted to it hereunder with respect to Awards granted under the Plan prior to the date of such termination.

 

21. Conditions Upon Issuance of Shares.

 

(a) Legal Compliance. Shares will not be issued pursuant to the exercise of an Award unless the exercise of such Award and the issuance and delivery of such Shares will comply with Applicable Laws and will be further subject to the approval of counsel for the Company with respect to such compliance.

 

(b) Investment Representations. As a condition to the exercise of an Award, the Company may require the person exercising such Award to represent and warrant at the time of any such exercise that the Shares are being purchased only for investment and without any present intention to sell or distribute such Shares if, in the opinion of counsel for the Company, such a representation is required.

 

22. Inability to Obtain Authority. The inability of the Company to obtain authority from any regulatory body having jurisdiction or to complete or comply with the requirements of any registration or other qualification of the Shares under any state, federal or non-U.S. law or under the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the stock exchange on which Shares of the same class are then listed, or any other governmental or regulatory body, which authority, registration, qualification or rule compliance is deemed by the Company’s counsel to be necessary or advisable for the issuance and sale of any Shares hereunder, will relieve the Company of any liability in respect of the failure to issue or sell such Shares as to which such requisite authority, registration, qualification or rule compliance will not have been obtained.

 

23. Stockholder Approval. The Plan will be presented for approval by the stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board. Such stockholder approval will be obtained in the manner and to the degree required under Applicable Laws. No Option granted under the Plan may be treated as an Incentive Stock Option is the Plan is not approved by stockholders of the Company within twelve (12) months after the date the Plan is adopted by the Board.

 

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24. Forfeiture Events.

 

(a) All Awards under the Plan will be subject to recoupment under any clawback policy that the Company is required to adopt pursuant to the listing standards of any national securities exchange or association on which the Company’s securities are listed or as is otherwise required by the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act or other Applicable Laws. In addition, the Administrator may impose such other clawback, recovery or recoupment provisions in an Award Agreement as the Administrator determines necessary or appropriate, including but not limited to a reacquisition right regarding previously acquired Shares or other cash or property. Unless this Section 24 is specifically mentioned and waived in an Award Agreement or other document, no recovery of compensation under a clawback policy or otherwise will be an event that triggers or contributes to any right of a Participant to resign for “good reason” or “constructive termination” (or similar term) under any agreement with the Company or a Subsidiary or Parent of the Company.

 

(b) The Administrator may specify in an Award Agreement that the Participant’s rights, payments, and benefits with respect to an Award will be subject to reduction, cancellation, forfeiture, or recoupment upon the occurrence of specified events, in addition to any otherwise applicable vesting or performance conditions of an Award. Such events may include, but will not be limited to, termination of such Participant’s status as Service Provider for cause or any specified action or inaction by a Participant, whether before or after such termination of service, that would constitute cause for termination of such Participant’s status as a Service Provider.

 

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Exhibit 10.5

 

FACEBANK GROUP, INC.

2020 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

STOCK OPTION AGREEMENT

 

NOTICE OF STOCK OPTION GRANT

 

Unless otherwise defined herein, the terms defined in the FaceBank Group, Inc. 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) will have the same defined meanings in this Stock Option Agreement including the Notice of Stock Option Grant (the “Notice of Grant”), the Terms and Conditions of Stock Option Grant, and the exhibits attached thereto (all together, the “Option Agreement”).

 

NOTICE OF STOCK OPTION GRANT

 

Participant Name:

 

Address:

 

The undersigned Participant has been granted an Option to purchase Common Stock of FaceBank Group, Inc. (the “Company”), subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and this Option Agreement, as follows:

 

  Grant Number:      
         
  Date of Grant:      
         
  Vesting Commencement Date:      
         
  Exercise Price per Share: $    
         
  Total Number of Shares Granted:      
         
  Total Exercise Price: $    
         
  Type of Option:   Incentive Stock Option  
         
      Nonstatutory Stock Option  
         
  Term/Expiration Date:      

 

Vesting Schedule:

 

Subject to accelerated vesting as set forth below or in the Plan, this Option will be exercisable, in whole or in part, in accordance with the following schedule:

 

[Twenty-five percent (25%) of the Shares subject to the Option shall vest on the one (1) year anniversary of the Vesting Commencement Date, and one forty-eighth (1/48th) of the Shares subject to the Option shall vest each month thereafter on the same day of the month as the Vesting Commencement Date (and if there is no corresponding day, on the last day of the month), subject to Participant continuing to be a Service Provider through each such date.]

 

 

 

 

Termination Period:

 

This Option will be exercisable for three (3) months after Participant ceases to be a Service Provider, unless such termination is due to Participant’s death or Disability, in which case this Option will be exercisable for twelve (12) months after Participant ceases to be a Service Provider. Notwithstanding the foregoing sentence, in no event may this Option be exercised after the Term/Expiration Date as provided above and may be subject to earlier termination as provided in Section 15 of the Plan.

 

Participant acknowledges receipt of a copy of the Plan and represents that he or she is familiar with the terms and provisions thereof, and hereby accepts this Option Agreement subject to all of the terms and provisions thereof. Participant has reviewed the Plan and this Option Agreement in their entirety, has had an opportunity to obtain the advice of counsel prior to executing this Option Agreement and fully understands all provisions of this Option and the Option Agreement. Participant hereby agrees to accept as binding, conclusive and final all decisions or interpretations of the Administrator upon any questions arising under the Plan or this Option Agreement. Participant further agrees to notify the Company upon any change in the residence address indicated below.

 

PARTICIPANT   FACEBANK GROUP, INC.
     
     
Signature   Signature
     
     
Print Name   Print Name
     
     
    Title
Address:    
     
     
     
     

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF STOCK OPTION GRANT

 

1. Grant of Option. The Company hereby grants to the individual (the “Participant”) named in the Notice of Stock Option Grant of this Option Agreement (the “Notice of Grant”) an option (the “Option”) to purchase the number of Shares as set forth in the Notice of Grant, at the exercise price per Share set forth in the Notice of Grant (the “Exercise Price”), subject to all of the terms and conditions in this Option Agreement and the Plan, which is incorporated herein by reference. Subject to Section 20(c) of the Plan, in the event of a conflict between the terms and conditions of the Plan and the terms and conditions of this Option Agreement, the terms and conditions of the Plan will prevail.

 

The Option will be designated as either an Incentive Stock Option (“ISO”) or a Nonstatutory Stock Option (“NSO”). If designated in the Notice of Grant as an ISO, this Option is intended to qualify as an ISO under Section 422 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”). However, if this Option is intended to be an ISO, to the extent that it exceeds the $100,000 rule of Code Section 422(d) it will be treated as an NSO. Further, if for any reason this Option (or portion thereof) will not qualify as an ISO, then, to the extent of such nonqualification, such Option (or portion thereof) shall be regarded as a NSO granted under the Plan. In no event will the Administrator, the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary or any of their respective employees or directors have any liability to Participant (or any other person) due to the failure of the Option to qualify for any reason as an ISO.

 

2. Vesting Schedule. Except as provided in Section 3, the Option awarded by this Option Agreement will vest in accordance with the vesting provisions set forth in the Notice of Grant. Shares scheduled to vest on a certain date or upon the occurrence of a certain condition will not vest in Participant in accordance with any of the provisions of this Option Agreement, unless Participant will have been continuously a Service Provider from the Date of Grant until the date such vesting occurs.

 

3. Administrator Discretion. The Administrator, in its discretion, may accelerate the vesting of the balance, or some lesser portion of the balance, of the unvested Option at any time, subject to the terms of the Plan. If so accelerated, such Option will be considered as having vested as of the date specified by the Administrator.

 

4. Exercise of Option.

 

(a) Right to Exercise. This Option may be exercised only within the term set out in the Notice of Grant, and may be exercised during such term only in accordance with the Plan and the terms of this Option Agreement.

 

(b) Method of Exercise. This Option is exercisable by delivery of an exercise notice (the “Exercise Notice”) in the form attached as Exhibit A or in a manner and pursuant to such procedures as the Administrator may determine, which will state the election to exercise the Option, the number of Shares in respect of which the Option is being exercised (the “Exercised Shares”), and such other representations and agreements as may be required by the Company pursuant to the provisions of the Plan. The Exercise Notice will be completed by Participant and delivered to the Company. The Exercise Notice will be accompanied by payment of the aggregate Exercise Price as to all Exercised Shares together and of any Tax Obligations (as defined in Section 6(a)). This Option will be deemed to be exercised upon receipt by the Company of such fully executed Exercise Notice accompanied by the aggregate Exercise Price.

 

 

 

 

5. Method of Payment. Payment of the aggregate Exercise Price will be by any of the following, or a combination thereof, at the election of Participant:

 

(a) cash in U.S. dollars;

 

(b) check designated in U.S. dollars;

 

(c) consideration received by the Company under a formal cashless exercise program adopted by the Company in connection with the Plan; or

 

(d) surrender of other Shares which have a Fair Market Value on the date of surrender equal to the aggregate Exercise Price of the Exercised Shares and that are owned free and clear of any liens, claims, encumbrances, or security interests, provided that accepting such Shares, in the sole discretion of the Administrator, will not result in any adverse accounting consequences to the Company.

 

6. Tax Obligations.

 

(a) Participant acknowledges that, regardless of any action taken by the Company or, if different, Participant’s employer (the “Employer”) or Parent or Subsidiary to which Participant is providing services (together, the Company, Employer and/or Parent or Subsidiary to which the Participant is providing services, the “Service Recipient”), the ultimate liability for any tax and/or social insurance liability obligations and requirements in connection with the Option, including, without limitation, (i) all federal, state, and local taxes (including the Participant’s Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) obligation) that are required to be withheld by the Company or the Service Recipient or other payment of tax-related items related to Participant’s participation in the Plan and legally applicable to Participant, (ii) the Participant’s and, to the extent required by the Company (or Service Recipient), the Company’s (or Service Recipient’s) fringe benefit tax liability, if any, associated with the grant, vesting, or exercise of the Option or sale of Shares, and (iii) any other Company (or Service Recipient) taxes the responsibility for which the Participant has, or has agreed to bear, with respect to the Option (or exercise thereof or issuance of Shares thereunder) (collectively, the “Tax Obligations”), is and remains Participant’s responsibility and may exceed the amount actually withheld by the Company or the Service Recipient. Participant further acknowledges that the Company and/or the Service Recipient (A) make no representations or undertakings regarding the treatment of any Tax Obligations in connection with any aspect of the Option, including, but not limited to, the grant, vesting or exercise of the Option, the subsequent sale of Shares acquired pursuant to such exercise and the receipt of any dividends or other distributions, and (B) do not commit to and are under no obligation to structure the terms of the grant or any aspect of the Option to reduce or eliminate Participant’s liability for Tax Obligations or achieve any particular tax result. Further, if Participant is subject to Tax Obligations in more than one jurisdiction between the Date of Grant and the date of any relevant taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, Participant acknowledges that the Company and/or the Service Recipient (or former employer, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for Tax Obligations in more than one jurisdiction. If Participant fails to make satisfactory arrangements for the payment of any required Tax Obligations hereunder at the time of the applicable taxable event, Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Company may refuse to issue or deliver the Shares.

 

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(b) Tax Withholding. When the Option is exercised, Participant generally will recognize immediate U.S. taxable income if Participant is a U.S. taxpayer. If Participant is a non-U.S. taxpayer, Participant will be subject to applicable taxes in his or her jurisdiction. Pursuant to such procedures as the Administrator may specify from time to time, the Company and/or Service Recipient shall withhold the amount required to be withheld for the payment of Tax Obligations. The Administrator, in its sole discretion and pursuant to such procedures as it may specify from time to time, may permit Participant to satisfy such Tax Obligations, in whole or in part (without limitation), if permissible by applicable local law, by (i) paying cash, (ii) electing to have the Company withhold otherwise deliverable Shares having a fair market value equal to the minimum amount that is necessary to meet the withholding requirement for such Tax Obligations (or such greater amount as Participant may elect if permitted by the Administrator, if such greater amount would not result in adverse financial accounting consequences), (iii) withholding the amount of such Tax Obligations from Participant’s wages or other cash compensation paid to Participant by the Company and/or the Service Recipient, (iv) delivering to the Company already vested and owned Shares having a fair market value equal to such Tax Obligations, or (v) selling a sufficient number of such Shares otherwise deliverable to Participant through such means as the Company may determine in its sole discretion (whether through a broker or otherwise) equal to the minimum amount that is necessary to meet the withholding requirement for such Tax Obligations (or such greater amount as Participant may elect if permitted by the Administrator, if such greater amount would not result in adverse financial accounting consequences). To the extent determined appropriate by the Company in its discretion, it will have the right (but not the obligation) to satisfy any Tax Obligations by reducing the number of Shares otherwise deliverable to Participant. Further, if Participant is subject to tax in more than one jurisdiction between the Date of Grant and a date of any relevant taxable or tax withholding event, as applicable, Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Company and/or the Service Recipient (and/or former employer, as applicable) may be required to withhold or account for tax in more than one jurisdiction. If Participant fails to make satisfactory arrangements for the payment of any required Tax Obligations hereunder at the time of the Option exercise, Participant acknowledges and agrees that the Company may refuse to honor the exercise and refuse to deliver the Shares if such amounts are not delivered at the time of exercise.

 

(c) Notice of Disqualifying Disposition of ISO Shares. If the Option granted to Participant herein is an ISO, and if Participant sells or otherwise disposes of any of the Shares acquired pursuant to the ISO on or before the later of (i) the date two (2) years after the Date of Grant, or (ii) the date one (1) year after the date of exercise, Participant will immediately notify the Company in writing of such disposition. Participant agrees that Participant may be subject to income tax withholding by the Company on the compensation income recognized by Participant.

 

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(d) Code Section 409A. Under Code Section 409A, a stock right (such as the Option) that is granted with a per share exercise price that is determined by the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) to be less than the fair market value of an underlying share on the date of grant (a “discount option”) may be considered “deferred compensation.” A stock right that is a “discount option” may result in (i) income recognition by the recipient of the stock right prior to the exercise of the stock right, (ii) an additional twenty percent (20%) federal income tax, and (iii) potential penalty and interest charges. The “discount option” may also result in additional state income, penalty and interest tax to the recipient of the stock right. Participant acknowledges that the Company cannot and has not guaranteed that the IRS will agree that the per Share exercise price of this Option equals or exceeds the fair market value of a Share on the date of grant in a later examination. Participant agrees that if the IRS determines that the Option was granted with a per Share exercise price that was less than the fair market value of a Share on the date of grant, Participant shall be solely responsible for Participant’s costs related to such a determination.

 

7. Rights as Stockholder. Neither Participant nor any person claiming under or through Participant will have any of the rights or privileges of a stockholder of the Company in respect of any Shares deliverable hereunder unless and until certificates representing such Shares (which may be in book entry form) will have been issued, recorded on the records of the Company or its transfer agents or registrars, and delivered to Participant (including through electronic delivery to a brokerage account). After such issuance, recordation and delivery, Participant will have all the rights of a stockholder of the Company with respect to voting such Shares and receipt of dividends and distributions on such Shares.

 

8. No Guarantee of Continued Service. PARTICIPANT ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THE VESTING OF SHARES PURSUANT TO THE VESTING SCHEDULE HEREOF IS EARNED ONLY BY CONTINUING AS A SERVICE PROVIDER, WHICH UNLESS PROVIDED OTHERWISE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW IS AT THE WILL OF THE COMPANY (OR THE SERVICE RECIPIENT) AND NOT THROUGH THE ACT OF BEING HIRED, BEING GRANTED THIS OPTION OR ACQUIRING SHARES HEREUNDER. PARTICIPANT FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT THIS OPTION AGREEMENT, THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREUNDER AND THE VESTING SCHEDULE SET FORTH HEREIN DO NOT CONSTITUTE AN EXPRESS OR IMPLIED PROMISE OF CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT AS A SERVICE PROVIDER FOR THE VESTING PERIOD, FOR ANY PERIOD, OR AT ALL, AND WILL NOT INTERFERE IN ANY WAY WITH PARTICIPANT’S RIGHT OR THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY (OR THE SERVICE RECIPIENT) TO TERMINATE PARTICIPANT’S RELATIONSHIP AS A SERVICE PROVIDER, SUBJECT TO APPLICABLE LAW, WHICH TERMINATION, UNLESS PROVIDED OTHERWISE UNDER APPLICABLE LAW, MAY BE AT ANY TIME, WITH OR WITHOUT CAUSE.

 

9. Nature of Grant. In accepting the Option, Participant acknowledges, understands and agrees that:

 

(a) the grant of the Option is voluntary and occasional and does not create any contractual or other right to receive future grants of options, or benefits in lieu of options, even if options have been granted in the past;

 

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(b) all decisions with respect to future option or other grants, if any, will be at the sole discretion of the Company;

 

(c) Participant is voluntarily participating in the Plan;

 

(d) the Option and any Shares acquired under the Plan are not intended to replace any pension rights or compensation;

 

(e) the Option and Shares acquired under the Plan and the income and value of same, are not part of normal or expected compensation for purposes of calculating any severance, resignation, termination, redundancy, dismissal, end-of-service payments, bonuses, long-service awards, pension or retirement or welfare benefits or similar payments;

 

(f) the future value of the Shares underlying the Option is unknown, indeterminable, and cannot be predicted with certainty;

 

(g) if the underlying Shares do not increase in value, the Option will have no value;

 

(h) if Participant exercises the Option and acquires Shares, the value of such Shares may increase or decrease in value, even below the Exercise Price;

 

(i) for purposes of the Option, Participant’s engagement as a Service Provider will be considered terminated as of the date Participant is no longer actively providing services to the Company or any Parent or Subsidiary (regardless of the reason for such termination and whether or not such termination is later found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where Participant is a Service Provider or the terms of Participant’s employment or service agreement, if any), and unless otherwise expressly provided in this Option Agreement (including by reference in the Notice of Grant to other arrangements or contracts) or determined by the Administrator, (i) Participant’s right to vest in the Option under the Plan, if any, will terminate as of such date and will not be extended by any notice period (e.g., Participant’s period of service would not include any contractual notice period or any period of “garden leave” or similar period mandated under employment laws in the jurisdiction where Participant is a Service Provider or Participant’s employment or service agreement, if any, unless Participant is providing bona fide services during such time); and (ii) the period (if any) during which Participant may exercise the Option after such termination of Participant’s engagement as a Service Provider will commence on the date Participant ceases to actively provide services and will not be extended by any notice period mandated under employment laws in the jurisdiction where Participant is employed or terms of Participant’s engagement agreement, if any; the Administrator shall have the exclusive discretion to determine when Participant is no longer actively providing services for purposes of his or her Option grant (including whether Participant may still be considered to be providing services while on a leave of absence and consistent with local law);

 

(j) unless otherwise provided in the Plan or by the Company in its discretion, the Option and the benefits evidenced by this Option Agreement do not create any entitlement to have the Option or any such benefits transferred to, or assumed by, another company nor to be exchanged, cashed out or substituted for, in connection with any corporate transaction affecting the Shares; and

 

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(k) the following provisions apply only if Participant is providing services outside the United States:

 

  (i) the Option and the Shares subject to the Option are not part of normal or expected compensation or salary for any purpose;
     
  (ii) Participant acknowledges and agrees that none of the Company, the Service Recipient, or any Parent or Subsidiary shall be liable for any foreign exchange rate fluctuation between Participant’s local currency and the United States Dollar that may affect the value of the Option or of any amounts due to Participant pursuant to the exercise of the Option or the subsequent sale of any Shares acquired upon exercise; and
     
  (iii) no claim or entitlement to compensation or damages shall arise from forfeiture of the Option resulting from the termination of Participant’s engagement as a Service Provider (for any reason whatsoever, whether or not later found to be invalid or in breach of employment laws in the jurisdiction where Participant is a Service Provider or the terms of Participant’s employment or service agreement, if any), and in consideration of the grant of the Option to which Participant is otherwise not entitled, Participant irrevocably agrees never to institute any claim against the Company, any Parent, any Subsidiary or the Service Recipient, waives his or her ability, if any, to bring any such claim, and releases the Company, any Parent or Subsidiary and the Service Recipient from any such claim; if, notwithstanding the foregoing, any such claim is allowed by a court of competent jurisdiction, then, by participating in the Plan, Participant shall be deemed irrevocably to have agreed not to pursue such claim and agrees to execute any and all documents necessary to request dismissal or withdrawal of such claim.

 

10. No Advice Regarding Grant. The Company is not providing any tax, legal or financial advice, nor is the Company making any recommendations regarding Participant’s participation in the Plan, or Participant’s acquisition or sale of the underlying Shares. Participant is hereby advised to consult with his or her own personal tax, legal and financial advisors regarding his or her participation in the Plan before taking any action related to the Plan.

 

11. Data Privacy. Participant hereby explicitly and unambiguously consents to the collection, use and transfer, in electronic or other form, of Participant’s personal data as described in this Option Agreement and any other Option grant materials by and among, as applicable, the Employer or other Service Recipient, the Company and any Parent or Subsidiary for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing Participant’s participation in the Plan.

 

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Participant understands that the Company and the Employer may hold certain personal information about Participant, including, but not limited to, Participant’s name, home address and telephone number, date of birth, social insurance number or other identification number, salary, nationality, job title, any Shares or directorships held in the Company, details of all Options or any other entitlement to Shares awarded, canceled, exercised, vested, unvested or outstanding in Participant’s favor (“Data”), for the exclusive purpose of implementing, administering and managing the Plan.

 

Participant understands that Data will be transferred to a stock plan service provider as may be selected by the Company in the future, which is assisting the Company with the implementation, administration and management of the Plan. Participant understands that the recipients of the Data may be located in the United States or elsewhere, and that the recipient’s country of operation (e.g., the United States) may have different data privacy laws and protections than Participant’s country. Participant understands that if he or she resides outside the United States, he or she may request a list with the names and addresses of any potential recipients of the Data by contacting his or her local human resources representative. Participant authorizes the Company and any other possible recipients which may assist the Company (presently or in the future) with implementing, administering and managing the Plan to receive, possess, use, retain and transfer the Data, in electronic or other form, for the sole purposes of implementing, administering and managing Participant’s participation in the Plan. Participant understands that Data will be held only as long as is necessary to implement, administer and manage Participant’s participation in the Plan. Participant understands that if he or she resides outside the United States, he or she may, at any time, view Data, request additional information about the storage and processing of Data, require any necessary amendments to Data or refuse or withdraw the consents herein, in any case without cost, by contacting in writing his or her local human resources representative. Further, Participant understands that he or she is providing the consents herein on a purely voluntary basis. If Participant does not consent, or if Participant later seeks to revoke his or her consent, his or her engagement as a Service Provider and career with the Employer will not be adversely affected; the only adverse consequence of refusing or withdrawing Participant’s consent is that the Company would not be able to grant Participant Options or other equity awards or administer or maintain such awards. Therefore, Participant understands that refusing or withdrawing his or her consent may affect Participant’s ability to participate in the Plan. For more information on the consequences of Participant’s refusal to consent or withdrawal of consent, Participant understands that he or she may contact his or her local human resources representative.

 

12. Address for Notices. Any notice to be given to the Company under the terms of this Option Agreement will be addressed to the Company at FaceBank Group, Inc., 1115 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10010, or at such other address as the Company may hereafter designate in writing.

 

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13. Non-Transferability of Option. This Option may not be transferred in any manner otherwise than by will or by the laws of descent or distribution and may be exercised during the lifetime of Participant only by Participant.

 

14. Successors and Assigns. The Company may assign any of its rights under this Option Agreement to single or multiple assignees, and this Option Agreement shall inure to the benefit of the successors and assigns of the Company. Subject to the restrictions on transfer herein set forth, this Option Agreement shall be binding upon Participant and his or her heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns. The rights and obligations of Participant under this Option Agreement may only be assigned with the prior written consent of the Company.

 

15. Additional Conditions to Issuance of Stock. If at any time the Company will determine, in its discretion, that the listing, registration, qualification or rule compliance of the Shares upon any securities exchange or under any state, federal or non-U.S. law, the tax code and related regulations or under the rulings or regulations of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental regulatory body or the clearance, consent or approval of the United States Securities and Exchange Commission or any other governmental regulatory authority is necessary or desirable as a condition to the purchase by, or issuance of Shares, to Participant (or his or her estate) hereunder, such purchase or issuance will not occur unless and until such listing, registration, qualification, rule compliance, clearance, consent or approval will have been completed, effected or obtained free of any conditions not acceptable to the Company. Subject to the terms of the Option Agreement and the Plan, the Company shall not be required to issue any certificate or certificates for Shares hereunder prior to the lapse of such reasonable period of time following the date of exercise of the Option as the Administrator may establish from time to time for reasons of administrative convenience.

 

16. Language. If Participant has received this Option Agreement or any other document related to the Plan translated into a language other than English and if the meaning of the translated version is different than the English version, the English version will control.

 

17. Interpretation. The Administrator will have the power to interpret the Plan and this Option Agreement and to adopt such rules for the administration, interpretation and application of the Plan as are consistent therewith and to interpret or revoke any such rules (including, but not limited to, the determination of whether or not any Shares subject to the Option have vested). All actions taken and all interpretations and determinations made by the Administrator in good faith will be final and binding upon Participant, the Company and all other interested persons. Neither the Administrator nor any person acting on behalf of the Administrator will be personally liable for any action, determination or interpretation made in good faith with respect to the Plan or this Option Agreement.

 

18. Electronic Delivery and Acceptance. The Company may, in its sole discretion, decide to deliver any documents related to the Option awarded under the Plan or future options that may be awarded under the Plan by electronic means or request Participant’s consent to participate in the Plan by electronic means. Participant hereby consents to receive such documents by electronic delivery and agrees to participate in the Plan through any on-line or electronic system established and maintained by the Company or a third party designated by the Company.

 

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19. Captions. Captions provided herein are for convenience only and are not to serve as a basis for interpretation or construction of this Option Agreement.

 

20. Agreement Severable. In the event that any provision in this Option Agreement will be held invalid or unenforceable, such provision will be severable from, and such invalidity or unenforceability will not be construed to have any effect on, the remaining provisions of this Option Agreement.

 

21. Amendment, Suspension or Termination of the Plan. By accepting this Option, Participant expressly warrants that he or she has received an Option under the Plan, and has received, read and understood a description of the Plan. Participant understands that the Plan is discretionary in nature and may be amended, suspended or terminated by the Company at any time.

 

22. Governing Law and Venue. This Option Agreement will be governed by the laws of New York, without giving effect to the conflict of law principles thereof. For purposes of litigating any dispute that arises under this Option or this Option Agreement, the parties hereby submit to and consent to the jurisdiction of the State of New York, and agree that such litigation will be conducted in the courts of New York, or the federal courts for the United States for the Southern District of New York, and no other courts, where this Option is made and/or to be performed.

 

23. Country Addendum. Notwithstanding any provisions in this Option Agreement, this Option shall be subject to any special terms and conditions set forth in the appendix (if any) to this Option Agreement for Participant’s country (the “Country Addendum”). Moreover, if Participant relocates to one of the countries included in the Country Addendum (if any), the special terms and conditions for such country will apply to Participant, to the extent the Company determines that the application of such terms and conditions is necessary or advisable for legal or administrative reasons. The Country Addendum constitutes part of this Option Agreement.

 

24. Modifications to the Agreement. This Option Agreement constitutes the entire understanding of the parties on the subjects covered. Participant expressly warrants that he or she is not accepting this Option Agreement in reliance on any promises, representations, or inducements other than those contained herein. Modifications to this Option Agreement or the Plan can be made only in an express written contract executed by a duly authorized officer of the Company. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Plan or this Option Agreement, the Company reserves the right to revise this Option Agreement as it deems necessary or advisable, in its sole discretion and without the consent of Participant, to comply with Code Section 409A or to otherwise avoid imposition of any additional tax or income recognition under Section 409A of the Code in connection with the Option.

 

25. No Waiver. Either party’s failure to enforce any provision or provisions of this Option Agreement shall not in any way be construed as a waiver of any such provision or provisions, nor prevent that party from thereafter enforcing each and every other provision of this Option Agreement. The rights granted both parties herein are cumulative and shall not constitute a waiver of either party’s right to assert all other legal remedies available to it under the circumstances.

 

26. Tax Consequences. Participant has reviewed with its own tax advisors the U.S. federal, state, local and non-U.S. tax consequences of this investment and the transactions contemplated by this Option Agreement. With respect to such matters, Participant relies solely on such advisors and not on any statements or representations of the Company or any of its agents, written or oral. Participant understands that Participant (and not the Company) shall be responsible for Participant’s own tax liability that may arise as a result of this investment or the transactions contemplated by this Option Agreement.

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

FACEBANK GROUP, INC.

 

2020 EQUITY INCENTIVE PLAN

 

EXERCISE NOTICE

 

FaceBank Group, Inc.

1115 Broadway, 12th Floor

New York, NY 10010

 

Attention: Stock Administration

 

1. Exercise of Option. Effective as of today, ________________, _____, the undersigned (“Purchaser”) hereby elects to purchase ______________ shares (the “Shares”) of the Common Stock of FaceBank Group, Inc. (the “Company”) under and pursuant to the 2020 Equity Incentive Plan (the “Plan”) and the Stock Option Agreement, dated ________ and including the Notice of Grant, the Terms and Conditions of Stock Option Grant, and exhibits attached thereto (the “Option Agreement”). The purchase price for the Shares will be $_____________, as required by the Option Agreement.

 

2. Delivery of Payment. Purchaser herewith delivers to the Company the full purchase price of the Shares and any Tax Obligations (as defined in Section 6(a) of the Option Agreement) to be paid in connection with the exercise of the Option.

 

3. Representations of Purchaser. Purchaser acknowledges that Purchaser has received, read and understood the Plan and the Option Agreement and agrees to abide by and be bound by their terms and conditions.

 

4. Rights as Stockholder. Until the issuance (as evidenced by the appropriate entry on the books of the Company or of a duly authorized transfer agent of the Company) of the Shares, no right to vote or receive dividends or any other rights as a stockholder will exist with respect to the Shares subject to the Option, notwithstanding the exercise of the Option. The Shares so acquired will be issued to Purchaser as soon as practicable after exercise of the Option. No adjustment will be made for a dividend or other right for which the record date is prior to the date of issuance, except as provided in Section 15 of the Plan.

 

5. Tax Consultation. Purchaser understands that Purchaser may suffer adverse tax consequences as a result of Purchaser’s purchase or disposition of the Shares. Purchaser represents that Purchaser has consulted with any tax consultants Purchaser deems advisable in connection with the purchase or disposition of the Shares and that Purchaser is not relying on the Company for any tax advice.

 

6. Entire Agreement; Governing Law. The Plan and Option Agreement are incorporated herein by reference. This Exercise Notice, the Plan and the Option Agreement constitute the entire agreement of the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede in their entirety all prior undertakings and agreements of the Company and Purchaser with respect to the subject matter hereof, and may not be modified adversely to the Purchaser’s interest except by means of a writing signed by the Company and Purchaser. This Option Agreement is governed by the internal substantive laws, but not the choice of law rules, of New York.

 

 

 

 

Submitted by:   Accepted by:
     
PURCHASER   FACEBANK GROUP, INC.
     
     
Signature   Signature
     
     
Print Name   Print Name
     
Address:    
    Title
     
     
     
     
     
    Date Received

 

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Exhibit 10.25

 

THIRD AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This THIRD AMENDMENT TO NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Amendment”), dated as of July 1, 2020, is entered into by and among FACEBANK GROUP, INC., a Florida corporation (“FaceBank”), Evolution AI Corporation, a Florida corporation (“Evolution”), Pulse Evolution Corporation, a Nevada corporation (“Pulse”), FUBOTV INC., a Delaware corporation (“FuboTV”) and SPORTS RIGHTS MANAGEMENT, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“SRM” and together with FaceBank, Evolution, Pulse and FuboTV, collectively, the “Borrower”) and FB LOAN SERIES I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Purchaser”).

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower and the Purchaser are parties to that certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 19, 2020 (as supplemented by that certain Joinder Agreement, effective as of April 2, 2020, as amended by that certain Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement, dated April 21, 2020, as amended by that certain Waiver and Second Amendment to Note Purchase Agreement, dated May 28, 2020 and as further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which the Purchaser purchased a certain promissory note issued by the Borrower, which promissory note is secured by security interests upon the Collateral;

 

WHEREAS, the Borrower has advised the Purchaser that as of the date hereof, FaceBank’s Capital Stock has not been listed for trading on a national exchange (the “Registration Covenant”); and

 

WHEREAS, the Purchaser desires to extend the time period to satisfy the Registration Covenant, and the parties desire to amend the Purchase Agreement, in each case subject to the terms and conditions as hereinafter set forth.

 

NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual conditions and agreements set forth in the Purchase Agreement and this Amendment, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

Section 1. Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Amendment, unless otherwise defined herein, shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Purchase Agreement.

 

Section 2. Amendments. Subject to the satisfaction of all conditions precedent set forth in Section 3 below, effective as of July 1, 2020, the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended as follows:

 

(a) Section 3.2(a) of the Purchase Agreement is amended by deleting “July 17, 2020”, and inserting “the earlier to occur of (i) July 8, 2020 and (ii) the date any Loan Party receives the proceeds of any financings whether by the issuance of Debt or sale of Capital Stock” in lieu thereof.

 

(b) Section 8.17(c) of the Purchase Agreement is amended (i) by deleting “July 1, 2020”, and inserting “July 8, 2020” in lieu thereof in both instances in which such date appears in such subsection and (ii) by inserting the following sentence at the end of such Section:

 

“The covenants and obligations of FaceBank and the Loan Parties in respect of this Section 8.17(c) shall survive the redemption, payment and/or prepayment of the Notes.”

 

Section 3. Conditions to Effectiveness. The effectiveness of this Amendment is subject to the following condition precedent (unless specifically waived in writing by the Purchaser):

 

(a) The Purchaser shall have received an executed counterpart hereto signed by the Borrower.

 

 
 

 

Section 4. Representations and Warranties of the Loan Parties. Each Loan Party represents and warrants that: (a) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; (b) no Material Adverse Effect has occurred since the Closing Date; (c) the representations and warranties of the Loan Parties set forth in the Purchase Agreement (including any amendment, modification, supplement or extension thereof) and the other Note Documents are true and correct in all material respects as if made on and as of the date hereof; (d) the execution, delivery, and performance of this Amendment and the other Note Documents related hereto are within the Loan Parties’ power and authority, have been duly authorized, do not violate the Loan Parties’ constituent documents, any law or regulation in any material respect, including without limitation, any law or regulation relating to occupational health and safety or protection of the environment, applicable to the Loan Parties, or any indenture, agreement, or undertaking to which any Loan Party is a party or by which any Loan Party or any Loan Party’s property is bound in any material respect; and (e) this Amendment and the other Note Documents related hereto constitute the valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Loan Parties in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, arrangement, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws applicable to creditors’ rights generally or by generally applicable equitable principles affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights.

 

Section 5. Reaffirmation of Obligations. Each Loan Party hereby ratifies and reaffirms the Purchase Agreement and each other Note Document and all of its obligations and liabilities thereunder. The Borrower acknowledges and agrees that all terms and provisions, covenants and conditions of the Purchase Agreement shall be and remain in full force and effect and constitute the legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligations of the Loan Parties in accordance with their respective terms as of the date hereof. The Borrower shall pay to the Purchaser all of the Purchaser’s out-of-pocket costs and expenses actually incurred by the Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the preparation, reproduction, execution, delivery, administration and enforcement of this Amendment, including the reasonable out-of-pocket fees and expenses of the Purchaser’s counsel actually incurred.”

 

Section 6. Ratification. The terms and provisions set forth in this Amendment shall modify and supersede all inconsistent terms and provisions of the Purchase Agreement, and shall not be deemed to be a consent to the modification or waiver of any other term or condition of the Purchase Agreement. Except as expressly modified and superseded by this Amendment, the terms and provisions of the Purchase Agreement are ratified and confirmed and shall continue in full force and effect.

 

Section 7. No Novation, Etc. This Amendment is not intended to be, nor shall it be construed to create, a novation or accord and satisfaction, and the Purchase Agreement, as amended hereby, shall remain in full force and effect. Notwithstanding any prior mutual temporary disregard of any of the terms of any of the Purchase Agreement, the parties agree that the terms of each of the Purchase Agreement shall be strictly adhered to on and after the date hereof, except as expressly modified by this Amendment.

 

Section 8. No Waiver. Nothing contained herein shall be construed as a waiver by the Purchaser of any covenant or provision of the Purchase Agreement, the other Note Documents, this Amendment, or of any other contract or instrument between the Borrower, on the one hand, and the Purchaser, on the other hand, and the failure by the Purchaser at any time or times hereafter to require strict performance by the Borrower of any provision thereof shall not waive, affect or diminish any right of the Purchaser to thereafter demand strict compliance therewith. The Purchaser hereby reserves all rights granted under the Purchase Agreement, the other Note Documents, this Amendment and any other contract or instrument between the Borrower, on the one hand, and any Holder, on the other hand.

 

 
 

 

Section 9. Release of Claims. To induce the Purchaser to enter into this Amendment, each Loan Party hereby releases, acquits and forever discharges the Purchaser, its Affiliates and each of their respective officers, directors, agents, employees, successors and assigns (the “Released Parties”), from all liabilities, claims, demands, actions or causes of action of any kind (if any there be), whether absolute or contingent, due or to become due, disputed or undisputed, liquidated or unliquidated, at law or in equity, or known or unknown, that any one or more of them now have or ever have had against any Released Parties, whether arising under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement or otherwise through the date of this Amendment.

 

Section 10. Relationship of Parties; No Third Party Beneficiaries. Nothing in this Amendment shall be construed to alter the existing debtor-creditor relationship between the Borrower and the Purchaser. This Amendment is not intended, nor shall it be construed, to create a partnership or joint venture relationship between or among any of the parties hereto. No Person other than a party hereto is intended to be a beneficiary hereof and no Person other than a party hereto shall be authorized to rely upon or enforce the contents of this Amendment.

 

Section 11. Incorporation by Reference. Each of Sections 13.5 (Signatures; Counterparts), 13.7 (Governing Law) and 13.8 (Jurisdiction, Jury Trial Waiver, Etc.) of the Purchase Agreement are hereby incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis.

 

Section 12. Severability. Any provision of this Amendment held by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unenforceable shall not impair or invalidate the remainder of this Amendment and the effect thereof shall be confined to the provision so held to be invalid or unenforceable.

 

Section 13. References. Any reference to the Purchase Agreement contained in any document, instrument or agreement executed in connection with the Purchase Agreement, shall be deemed to be a reference to the Purchase Agreement as modified by this Amendment.

 

Section 14. Successors and Assigns. This Amendment shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

 
 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be duly executed under seal and delivered by their respective duly authorized officers on the date first written above.

 

  Borrower:
   
  FACEBANK GROUP, INC.
     
  By: /s/ David Gandler
  Name: David Gandler
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  fubotv inc.
     
  By: /s/ David Gandler
  Name: David Gandler
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  EVOLUTION AI CORPORATION
     
  By: /s/ John C. Textor
  Name: John C. Textor
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
     
  PULSE EVOLUTION CORPORATION
     
  By: /s/ Jordan Fiksenbaum
  Name: Jordan Fiksenbaum
  Title: Chief Executive Officer
     
  SPORTS RIGHTS MANAGEMENT, LLC
     
  By: /s/ David Gandler
  Name: David Gandler
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

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[Third Amentment to Note Purchase Agreement]  
 

 

  Purchaser:
   
  FB LOAN SERIES I, LLC
     
  By: /s/ Gregory Preis
  Name: Gregory Preis
  Title: Authorized Signatory

 

[Third Amentment to Note Purchase Agreement]  

 

Exhibit 10.26

 

Execution Version

 

CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS NOT MATERIAL AND WOULD LIKELY CAUSE COMPETITIVE HARM TO THE REGISTRANT IF PUBLICLY DISCLOSED. [***] INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.

 

RXR 1330 OWNER LLC,

 

Landlord

TO

 

FUBOTV, INC.,

 

Tenant

 

 

 

Lease

 

 

 

Dated as of July __, 2016

 

 

 

 

Execution Version

 

Table of Contents

 

 

Page Number

ARTICLE 1 1
   
ARTICLE 1 Basic Lease Terms; Demise; Use 1
   
  1.01 Basic Lease Terms 1
  1.02 Lease of Premises 3
  1.03 Use. 3
  1.04 Offer Space Option. 4
       
ARTICLE 2 Rent 5
   
  2.01 Fixed Rent 5
  2.02 Tax Payments 6
  2.03 Operating Payments 8
  2.04 Tax and Operating Provisions 12
  2.05 Electric Charges 13
  2.06 Manner of Payment 15
  2.07 Security 15
       
ARTICLE 3 Landlord Covenants 16
   
  3.01 Landlord Services 16
  3.02 General Service Provisions 18
       
ARTICLE 4 Leasehold Improvements; Tenant Covenants 18
   
  4.01 Landlord’s Work 18
  4.02 Alterations 19
  4.03 Landlord’s and Tenant’s Property 21
  4.04 Access and Changes to Building 22
  4.05 Repairs 23
  4.06 Compliance with Laws 23
  4.07 Tenant Advertising 24
  4.08 Right to Perform Tenant Covenants 24
       
ARTICLE 5 Assignment and Subletting 24
       
  5.01 Assignment; Etc 24
  5.02 Landlord’s Right of First Offer 25
  5.03 Assignment and Subletting Procedures 27
  5.04 General Provisions 29
  5.05 Assignment and Sublease Profits 30
       
ARTICLE 6 Subordination; Default; Indemnity 31
       
  6.01 Subordination 31
  6.02 Estoppel Certificate 32
  6.03 Default 33

 

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  6.04 Re-entry by Landlord 34
  6.05 Damages 34
  6.06 Other Remedies 35
  6.07 Right to Injunction 35
  6.08 Certain Waivers 35
  6.09 No Waiver 35
  6.10 Holding Over 36
  6.11 Attorneys’ Fees 36
  6.12 Nonliability and Indemnification 36
       
ARTICLE 7 Insurance; Casualty; Condemnation 37
       
  7.01 Compliance with Insurance Standards 37
  7.02 Tenant’s Insurance 38
  7.03 Subrogation Waiver 38
  7.04 Condemnation 39
  7.05 Casualty 40
  7.06 Landlord’s Insurance 41
       
ARTICLE 8 Miscellaneous Provisions 41
   
  8.01 Notice 41
  8.02 Building Rules 42
  8.03 Severability 42
  8.04 Certain Definitions 42
  8.05 Quiet Enjoyment 43
  8.06 Limitation of Landlord’s Personal Liability 43
  8.07 Counterclaims 43
  8.08 Survival 43
  8.09 Certain Remedies 43
  8.10 No Offer 43
  8.11 Captions; Construction 43
  8.12 Amendments 44
  8.13 Brokers 44
  8.14 Merger 44
  8.15 Successors 44
  8.16 Applicable Law 44
  8.17 No Development Rights 44
  8.18 Condominium 44
  8.19 Embargoed Person 45
  8.20 Counterparts 45
  8.21 REIT 45
  8.22 Signage 46
       
ARTICLE 9 Renewal Right 46
       
  9.01 Renewal Right. 46
  9.02 Renewal Rent and Other Terms. 47

 

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EXHIBITS

 

A Description of Land
B Floor Plan
C Building Rules and Regulations
D Standard Cleaning Specifications
E Landlord’s Work
F HVAC Specifications
G Form of Letter of Credit

 

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INDEX OF DEFINED TERMS

 

Definition   Where Defined
     
AAA   Section 2.03(i)
Acceptance Notice   Section 1.04(c)
Additional Rent   Section 1.01
Adjusted Electric Charge   Section 2.05(a)
Adverse Event   Section 8.21
Affiliate   Section 5.01(c)
Alterations   Section 4.02(a)
Annual Rent   Section 1.04(c)
Arbiter   Section 2.03(i)
Assignment Consideration   Section 5.05(b)
Available   Section 1.04(a)
Base Electric Charge   Section 1.01
Base Electric Rate   Section 2.05(a)
Base Operating Amount   Section 2.03(a)
Base Operating Year   Section 1.01
Base Tax Amount   Section 2.02(a)
Base Tax Year   Section 1.01
Broker   Section 1.01
Building   Recitals
Business Days   Section 3.02(c)
Business Hours   Section 3.02(c)
Casualty   Section 7.05(a)
Code   Section 5.04(g)
Commencement Date   Section 1.01
Consumer Price Index   Section 3.01(f)
Control   Section 5.01(c)
Curing Party   Section 4.08
Declaration   Section 8.18
Door Signage   Section 8.22
Electric Rate   Section 2.05(a)
Embargoed Person   Section 8.19
Existing Adjusted Electric Charge   Section 2.05(c)
Expiration Date   Section 1.01
Fair Market Rent   Section 9.02(b)
Fair Offer Rent   Section 1.04(b)
Final Determination   Section 9.02(d)
Fixed Rent   Section 1.01
Fixtures   Section 4.03(a)
GAAP   Section 2.05(d)

 

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Holidays   Section 3.02(c)
Indemnified Party   Section 6.12(b)
Initial Meeting   Section 9.02(d)
Interest Rate   Section 4.08
KWH Rate   Section 2.05(c)
Land   Recitals
Landlord   Section 8.04(a), Introduction
Landlord Services   Section 3.01
Landlord shall have no liability to Tenant   Section 8.04(b)
Landlord’s Initial Determination   Section 9.02(c)
Landlord’s Initial Fair Offer Rent Determination   Section 1.04(b)
Landlord’s Statement   Section 2.03(b)
Landlord’s Work   Section 4.01(a)
Laws   Section 4.06(a)
LC Date   Section 2.07(a)
Letter of Credit   Section 2.07(a)
Material Alteration   Section 4.02(a)
New Tenant   Section 6.10
Notice   Section 8.01
Offer Notice   Section 1.04(b)
Offer Period   Section 1.04(a)
Offer Space   Section 1.04(a)
Offer Space Inclusion Date   Section 1.04(d)
Offer Space Option   Section 1.04(c)
Operating Expenses   Section 2.03(c)
Operating Payment   Section 2.03(e)
Operating Year   Section 2.03(d)
Other Sublease Considerations   Section 5.05(a)
Permitted Use   Section 1.01
Premises   Section 1.01
Project   Recitals
Records   Section 2.03(i)
Renewal Notice   Section 9.01(b)
Renewal Option   Section 9.01(a)
Renewal Term   Section 9.01(a)
Rent   Section 1.01
Rent Commencement Date   Section 1.01
Rent Notice   Section 9.02(c)
Security Deposit   Section 1.01
Specialty Alteration   Section 4.03(d)
Successor Landlord   Section 6.01(a)
Superior Lease   Section 6.01(a)
Superior Lessor   Section 6.01(a)

 

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Superior Mortgage   Section 6.01(a)
Superior Mortgagee   Section 6.01(a)
Tax Payment   Section 2.02(d)
Tax Year   Section 2.02(c)
Taxes   Section 2.02(b)
Tenant   Introduction
Tenant’s Basic Cost   Section 5.05(a)
Tenant’s Initial Determination   Section 9.02(c)
Tenant’s Initial Fair Offer Rent Determination   Section 1.04(b)
Tenant’s Notice   Section 9.02(c)
Tenant’s Offer Notice   Section 5.02(a)
Tenant’s Operating Share   Section 1.01
Tenant’s Property   Section 4.03(b)
Tenant’s Statement   Section 2.03(i)
Tenant’s Tax Share   Section 1.01
Term   Section 1.01
Transfer Notice   Section 5.03(a)
Unavoidable Delay   Section 8.04(c)

 

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LEASE, dated as of July __, 2016, between RXR 1330 OWNER LLC (“Landlord”), a Delaware limited liability company whose address is 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019 and FUBOTV, INC. (“Tenant”), a Delaware corporation whose address is 304 Park Avenue South, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10010, prior to the commencement of the Term, and thereafter Tenant’s address shall be that of the Building.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, Landlord is willing to lease to Tenant and Tenant is willing to hire from Landlord, on the terms hereinafter set forth, certain space in the office building located at 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York (the “Building”) on the land more particularly described in Exhibit A (the “Land”; the Land and the Building and all plazas, sidewalks and curbs adjacent thereto are collectively called the “Project”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, Landlord and Tenant agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE 1

 

Basic Lease Terms; Demise; Use

 

1.01 Basic Lease Terms.

 

PREMISES   A portion of the 7th floor of the Building, substantially as shown hatched on Exhibit B, which Landlord and Tenant agree is conclusively deemed to contain 10,001 rentable square feet.
     
COMMENCEMENT DATE   The earlier to occur of (a) the date on which Landlord’s Work is deemed to have been substantially completed in accordance with Exhibit E and (b) the date Tenant (or any person claiming by, through or under Tenant) occupies any portion of the Premises for the conduct of business.
     
RENT COMMENCEMENT DATE   The date occurring in the 4th month after the Commencement Date which is the same numerical date in the month as the Commencement Date (except that if no same numerical date shall exist in such 4th month, the Rent Commencement Date shall be the last day of such 4th month).
     
EXPIRATION DATE   The last day of the calendar month in which the day preceding the 10th anniversary of the Rent Commencement Date occurs, as the same may be extended pursuant to Article 9.

 

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TERM   The period commencing on the Commencement Date and ending, unless sooner terminated as herein provided, on the Expiration Date.
     
PERMITTED USE   Executive, administrative and general offices.
     
BASE TAX YEAR   The Tax Year commencing on July 1, 2016 and ending on June 30, 2017.
     
BASE OPERATING YEAR   Calendar year 2016.
     
TENANT’S TAX SHARE   2.1765% (calculated by dividing (i) 10,001 by (ii) 459,500, which Landlord and Tenant agree constitutes the rentable square foot area of the Building for purposes of computing Tenant’s Tax Share).
     
TENANT’S OPERATING SHARE   2.2170% (calculated by dividing (i) 10,001 by (ii) 451,100, which Landlord and Tenant agree constitutes the rentable square foot area of the Building for purposes of computing Tenant’s Operating Share).
     
FIXED RENT   (a) for the period commencing on the Commencement Date and ending on the day immediately preceding the Rent Commencement Date at the rate of $35,003.50 per annum payable in equal monthly installments of $2,916.96;
       
    (b) for the period commencing on the Rent Commencement Date and ending on the day immediately preceding the 2nd anniversary of the Rent Commencement Date at the rate of $745,074.50 per annum payable in equal monthly installments of $62,089.54;
       
    (c) for the period commencing on the 2nd anniversary of the Rent Commencement Date and ending on the day immediately preceding the 5th anniversary of the Rent Commencement Date at the rate of $765,076.50 per annum payable in equal monthly installments of $63,756.38; and
       
    (d) for the period commencing on the 5th anniversary of the Rent Commencement Date and ending on the Expiration Date $805,080.50 per annum, payable in equal monthly installments of $67,090.04.

 

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ADDITIONAL RENT   Tax Payments, Operating Payments and all other sums of money, other than Fixed Rent, at any time payable by Tenant under this Lease, all of which Additional Rent shall be deemed to be rent.
     
BASE ELECTRIC CHARGE   $35,003.50 per annum ($2,916.96 per month), which amount is included in Fixed Rent.
     
RENT   Fixed Rent and Additional Rent, collectively.
     
SECURITY DEPOSIT   $887,588.70.
     
BROKERS   RXR Property Management LLC and Cushman & Wakefield, Inc. (collectively representing Landlord) and CBRE, Inc. (representing Tenant)

 

All capitalized terms used in the text of this Lease without definition are defined in this Section 1.01.

 

1.02 Lease of Premises. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Lease, Landlord hereby leases the Premises to Tenant and Tenant hereby hires the Premises from Landlord, for the Term.

 

1.03 Use. The Premises shall be used and occupied by Tenant (and its permitted subtenants) solely for the Permitted Use (including such ancillary uses in connection therewith as shall be reasonably required by Tenant in the operation of its business and are customarily permitted by landlords, and engaged in by tenants, in first class office buildings in midtown Manhattan); provided, that in no event shall the Premises be used for any of the following: (a) a banking, trust company, or safe deposit business, in each case open for business to the general public, (b) a savings bank, a savings and loan association, or a loan company, in each case open for business to the general public, (c) the sale of travelers’ checks and/or foreign exchange, in each case open for business to the general public, (d) a stock brokerage office whose business involves off-the-street retail sales to the general public, (e) a restaurant, bar or for the sale of food or beverages, (f) photographic reproductions and/or offset printing, (g) an employment or travel agency, (h) a school or classroom, (i) medical or psychiatric offices, (j) conduct of an auction, (k) gambling activities, (l) conduct of obscene, pornographic or similar disreputable activities, (m) offices of an agency, department or bureau of the United States Government, any state or municipality within the United States or any foreign government, or any political subdivision of any of them, (n) offices of any charitable, religious, union or other not-for-profit organization, (o) offices of any tax exempt entity within the meaning of Section 168(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any successor or substitute statute, or rule or regulation applicable thereto, or (p) the operation of a business, the purpose of which is to provide to unrelated third parties for sublease or license a flexible workplace center consisting primarily of executive and general office suites and shared office workplaces. The Premises shall not be used for any purpose which would tend to lower the first-class character of the Building, create unreasonable or excessive elevator or floor loads, impair or interfere with any of the Building operations or the proper and economic heating, ventilation, air-conditioning, cleaning or other servicing of the Building, constitute a public or private nuisance, interfere with, annoy or disturb any other tenant or Landlord, or impair the appearance of the Building.

 

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1.04 Offer Space Option. (a) As used herein:

 

Available” means, as to any space, that such space is vacant and free of any present or future possessory right now or hereafter existing in favor of any third party; provided, that any space that is vacant on the date of this Lease shall not be deemed Available unless and until such space is first leased to another tenant and then again becomes Available. Anything to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding, Tenant’s right of first offer pursuant to this Section 1.04 is subordinate to (x) any right of offer, right of first refusal, expansion right or similar right or option in favor of any third party existing as of the date of this Lease and (y) Landlord’s right to renew or extend the term of any lease to another tenant, whether or not pursuant to an option or right set forth in such other tenant’s lease.

 

Offer Period” means the period commencing on the Commencement Date to and including the date that is 5 years prior to the Expiration Date.

 

Offer Space” means any space on the 6th, 7th or 8th floors of the Building.

 

(b) Provided (i) this Lease shall not have been terminated, (ii) Tenant shall not be in default under this Lease, and (iii) Tenant shall occupy the entire Premises, if at any time during the Offer Period any Offer Space either becomes, or Landlord reasonably anticipates that within the next 12 months (but not later than the last day of the Offer Period) any Offer Space will become, Available, Landlord shall give to Tenant notice (an “Offer Notice”) thereof, specifying (A) Landlord’s determination of the Fair Offer Rent for such Offer Space (“Landlord’s Initial Fair Offer Rent Determination”), (B) the date or estimated date that the Offer Space has or shall become Available and (C) such other matters as Landlord may deem appropriate for such Offer Notice. “Fair Offer Rent” means the fixed annual rent that a willing lessee would pay and a willing lessor would accept for the Offer Space, each party acting prudently and under no compulsion to lease, and taking into account all relevant factors, including, without limitation, market concessions.

 

(c) Provided that on the date that Tenant exercises the Offer Space Option and on the Offer Space Inclusion Date (i) this Lease shall not have been terminated, (ii) Tenant shall not be in default under this Lease, and (iii) Tenant shall occupy the entire Premises, Tenant shall have the option (the “Offer Space Option”), exercisable by notice (an “Acceptance Notice”) given to Landlord on or before the date that is 30 days after the giving of the Offer Notice (time being of the essence) to include the applicable Offer Space in the Premises. If Landlord’s Initial Fair Offer Rent Determination is more than the Fixed Rent, on a per rentable square foot basis, payable by Tenant for the same period in respect of the Premises initially demised under this Lease (the “Annual Rent”), then Tenant shall notify Landlord in the Acceptance Notice whether Tenant accepts or disputes Landlord’s Initial Fair Offer Rent Determination, and if Tenant disputes same, the Acceptance Notice shall set forth Tenant’s determination thereof (“Tenant’s Initial Fair Offer Rent Determination”), which shall in no event be less than the Annual Rent. If Tenant fails timely to object to Landlord’s Initial Fair Offer Rent Determination in the Acceptance Notice and to set forth Tenant’s Initial Fair Offer Rent Determination, then Tenant shall be deemed to have accepted Landlord’s Initial Fair Offer Rent Determination.

 

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(d) If Tenant timely delivers the Acceptance Notice, then, on the date on which Landlord delivers vacant possession of the Offer Space to Tenant (the “Offer Space Inclusion Date”), the Offer Space shall become part of the Premises, upon all of the terms and conditions set forth in this Lease, except (i) Fixed Rent shall be increased by the greater of the Annual Rent or the Fair Offer Rent, (ii) Tenant’s Tax Share, Operating Share and Basic Electric Charge shall be increased by the relevant percentage based upon the rentable square footages for the applicable Offer Space, (iii) Landlord shall deliver the Offer Space in a broom clean condition, but Landlord shall not be required to perform Landlord’s Work or any other work or to render any services to make the Building or the Offer Space ready for Tenant’s use or occupancy or to provide any abatement of Fixed Rent or Additional Rent, and Tenant shall accept the Offer Space in its “as is” condition on the Offer Space Inclusion Date, unless Landlord’s Work or an abatement of Fixed Rent or Additional Rent are included in the Offer Notice and (iv) as may be otherwise set forth in the Offer Notice.

 

(e) If in the Acceptance Notice Tenant disputes Landlord’s determination of Fair Offer Rent, and Landlord and Tenant fail to agree as to the amount thereof within 20 days after the giving of the Acceptance Notice, then the dispute shall be resolved by arbitration in the same manner as disputes regarding Fair Market Rent pursuant to Section 9.02(d); provided, that all references in said Section 9.02(d) to (i) “Fair Market Rent” shall be deemed to refer to “Fair Offer Rent”, (ii) “Landlord’s Initial Determination” shall be deemed to refer to “Landlord’s Initial Fair Offer Rent Determination” and (iii) “Tenant’s Initial Determination” shall be deemed to refer to “Tenant’s Initial Fair Offer Rent Determination.”

 

(f) Anything in this Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of this Section 1.04 granting to Tenant the Offer Space Option shall be null and void and of no force or effect if the original named Tenant under this Lease (i) is no longer the Tenant under this Lease, (ii) at any time fails to occupy the entire Premises or (iii) shall at any time be in default under this Lease beyond any cure period set forth herein.

 

ARTICLE 2

 

Rent

 

2.01 Fixed Rent. Fixed Rent shall be payable by Tenant in advance on the Rent Commencement Date and on the first day of each calendar month thereafter; provided, that Tenant shall pay, upon the execution and delivery of this Lease by Tenant, $62,089.54 to be applied against the first full monthly installment of Fixed Rent; and provided further, that if the Rent Commencement Date is not the first day of a month, then Fixed Rent for the month in which the Rent Commencement Date occurs shall be prorated and paid on the Rent Commencement Date. Anything contained in this Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, Landlord may accelerate the Rent Commencement Date by paying to Tenant, not later than the first day of any calendar month prior to the Rent Commencement Date, an amount equal to the Fixed Rent that will be due and payable for the period commencing on such accelerated Rent Commencement Date to and including the day before the date on which the Rent Commencement Date would have occurred in the absence of such acceleration.

 

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2.02 Tax Payments. (a) “Base Tax Amount” means the Taxes for the Base Tax Year.

 

(b) “Taxes” means (i) the real estate taxes, vault taxes, assessments and special assessments levied, assessed or imposed upon or with respect to the Project by any federal, state, municipal or other government or governmental body or authority, including, without limitation, dues, levies or charges paid to any business improvement district or similar organization or to any entity on behalf of such an organization and (ii) all taxes assessed or imposed with respect to the rentals payable under this Lease other than general income and gross receipts taxes; provided, that any such tax shall exclude Commercial Rent or Occupancy Taxes imposed pursuant to Title 11, Chapter 7 of the New York City Administrative Code so long as such tax is required to be paid by Tenants directly to the taxing authority. If at any time the method of taxation shall be altered so that in lieu of or as an addition to or as a substitute for, the whole or any part of such real estate taxes, assessments and special assessments now imposed on real estate, there shall be levied, assessed or imposed (x) a tax, assessment, levy, imposition, fee or charge wholly or partially as a capital levy or otherwise on the rents received therefrom, or (y) any other such substitute tax, assessment, levy, imposition, fee or charge, including without limitation, business improvement district and transportation taxes, fees and assessments, then all such taxes, assessments, levies, impositions, fees or charges or the part thereof so measured or based shall be included in “Taxes”. If (A) Landlord or a Superior Lessor is an entity exempt from the payment of taxes described in clauses (i) and (ii), but is required to make payments in lieu of Taxes, then there shall be included in Taxes the actual amount of such payments so required to be made and (B) a portion, but not all, of the Real Property is exempt from the payment of taxes described in clauses (i) and (ii) and no payments in lieu of Taxes are required to be paid by Landlord or any Superior Lessor in respect thereof, then there shall be included in “Taxes” the taxes described in clauses (i) and (ii) which would be so levied, assessed or imposed if such partial exemption did not exist and such taxes shall be deemed to have been paid by Landlord on the dates on which such taxes otherwise would have been payable in the absence of such exemption. Except as permitted in this Section 2.02(b), “Taxes” shall not include any franchise, capital stock or transfer tax.

 

(c) “Tax Year” means each period of 12 months, commencing on the first day of July of each such period, in which occurs any part of the Term, or such other period of 12 months occurring during the Term as hereafter may be adopted as the fiscal year for real estate tax purposes of the City of New York.

 

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(d) If Taxes for any Tax Year, including the Tax Year in which the Commencement Date occurs, shall exceed the Base Tax Amount, Tenant shall pay to Landlord (each, a “Tax Payment”) Tenant’s Tax Share of the amount by which Taxes for such Tax Year are greater than the Base Tax Amount. Landlord may furnish to Tenant, prior to the commencement of each Tax Year, a statement setting forth Landlord’s reasonable estimate of the Tax Payment for such Tax Year. Tenant shall pay to Landlord on the first day of each month during such Tax Year, an amount equal to 1/12th of Landlord’s estimate of the Tax Payment for such Tax Year. If Landlord shall not furnish any such estimate for a Tax Year or if Landlord shall furnish any such estimate for a Tax Year subsequent to the commencement thereof, then (i) until the first day of the month following the month in which such estimate is furnished to Tenant, Tenant shall pay to Landlord on the first day of each month an amount equal to the monthly sum payable by Tenant to Landlord under this Section 2.02(d) in respect of the last month of the preceding Tax Year; (ii) after such estimate is furnished to Tenant, Landlord shall notify Tenant whether the installments of the Tax Payment previously made for such Tax Year were greater or less than the installments of the Tax Payment to be made in accordance with such estimate, and (x) if there is a deficiency, Tenant shall pay the amount thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, or (y) if there is an overpayment, Landlord shall refund to Tenant the amount thereof; and (iii) on the first day of the month following the month in which such estimate is furnished to Tenant and monthly thereafter throughout such Tax Year, Tenant shall pay to Landlord an amount equal to 1/12th of the Tax Payment shown on such estimate. Landlord may, during each Tax Year, furnish to Tenant a revised statement of Landlord’s reasonable estimate of the Tax Payment for such Tax Year, and in such case, the Tax Payment for such Tax Year shall be adjusted and paid or refunded as the case may be, substantially in the same manner as provided in the preceding sentence. After the end of each Tax Year Landlord shall furnish to Tenant a statement of Tenant’s Tax Payment for such Tax Year (and shall endeavor to do so within 180 days after the end of each Tax Year). If such statement shall show that the sums paid by Tenant, if any, under this Section 2.02(d) exceeded the Tax Payment to be paid by Tenant for the applicable Tax Year, Landlord shall refund to Tenant the amount of such excess; and if such statement shall show that the sums so paid by Tenant were less than the Tax Payment to be paid by Tenant for such Tax Year, Tenant shall pay the amount of such deficiency within 10 days after demand therefor. If there shall be any increase in the Taxes for any Tax Year, whether during or after such Tax Year, or if there shall be any decrease in the Taxes for any Tax Year, the Tax Payment for such Tax Year shall be appropriately adjusted and paid or refunded, as the case may be, in accordance herewith. In no event, however, shall Taxes be reduced below the Base Tax Amount.

 

(e) If Landlord shall receive a refund of Taxes for any Tax Year in which Taxes exceeded the Base Tax Amount, Landlord shall pay to Tenant Tenant’s Tax Share of the net refund (after deducting from such refund the costs and expenses of obtaining the same, including, without limitation, appraisal, accounting and legal fees); provided, that such payment to Tenant shall in no event exceed Tenant’s Tax Payment paid for such Tax Year. If, with respect to any Tax Year after the Base Tax Year, Landlord shall incur any costs or expenses in a reasonable effort to reduce the Taxes for such Tax Year, and after final determination of such Taxes, Landlord has not recovered such costs and expenses by way of a deduction from a refund as set forth in the first sentence of this paragraph, then Tenant shall pay to Landlord, within 30 days after invoice, Tenant’s proportionate share of the reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses so incurred.

 

(f) If the Taxes comprising the Base Tax Amount are reduced as a result of an appropriate proceeding or otherwise, the Taxes as so reduced shall for all purposes be deemed to be the Base Tax Amount and Landlord shall notify Tenant of the amount by which the Tax Payments previously made were less than the Tax Payments required to be made under this Section 2.02, and Tenant shall pay the deficiency within 10 days after demand therefor.

 

2.03 Operating Payments. (a) “Base Operating Amount” means Operating Expenses for the Base Operating Year.

 

(b) “Landlord’s Statement” means an instrument setting forth the Operating Payment payable by Tenant for a specified Operating Year.

 

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(c) “Operating Expenses” means all expenses paid or incurred by or on behalf of Landlord (and not reimbursed by other tenants, other than by way of operating expense escalation provisions) in respect of the repair, replacement, maintenance, operation and security of the Project, including, without limitation, (i) salaries, wages, medical, surgical, insurance (including, without limitation, group life and disability insurance), union and general welfare benefits, pension payments, severance payments, sick day payments and other fringe benefits of employees of Landlord, Landlord’s Affiliates and their respective contractors engaged in such repair, replacement, maintenance, operation and/or security of the Project; (ii) payroll taxes, worker’s compensation, uniforms and related expenses (whether direct or indirect) for such employees; (iii) the cost of fuel, gas, steam, electricity, heat, ventilation, air-conditioning and chilled or condenser water, water, sewer and other utilities, together with any taxes and surcharges on, and fees paid in connection with the calculation and billing of, such utilities; (iv) the cost of painting and/or decorating all areas of the Project, excluding, however, any space contained therein which is demised to tenants; (v) the cost of casualty, liability, fidelity, rent and all other insurance regarding the Project; (vi) the cost of all supplies, tools, materials and equipment, whether by purchase or rental, used in the repair, replacement, maintenance, operation and/or security of the Project, and any sales and other taxes thereon; (vii) the rental value of Landlord’s Building office and any other premises in the Building utilized by the personnel of either Landlord, Landlord’s Affiliates or Landlord’s contractors, not to exceed 3,500 rentable square feet, in connection with the repair, replacement, maintenance, operation and/or security thereof, and all office expenses, such as telephone, utility, stationery and similar expenses incurred in connection therewith,; (viii) the cost of cleaning, janitorial and security services, including, without limitation, glass cleaning, snow and ice removal and garbage and waste collection and disposal; (ix) the cost of all interior and exterior landscaping and all temporary exhibitions located at or within the Project; (x) the cost of all alterations, repairs, replacements and/or improvements made at any time following the Base Operating Year by or on behalf of Landlord, whether structural or non-structural, ordinary or extraordinary, foreseen or unforeseen, and whether or not required by this Lease, and all tools and equipment related thereto; provided, that if under GAAP, any of the costs referred to in this clause (x) are required to be capitalized, then such costs shall not be included in Operating Expenses unless they (I) are required by any Laws or insurance requirements, (II) have the effect of reducing expenses that would otherwise be included in Operating Expenses, (III) constitute a replacement which in Landlord’s reasonable judgment is prudent to make in lieu of repairs to the replaced item(s) or (IV) are depreciable in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied (“GAAP”) over a period of not more than 10 years, in which event (except in the case of alterations, repairs, replacement, and/or improvements described in clause (III) of this clause (x), the cost of which shall be included in Operating Expenses in the Operating Year in which such costs are incurred) the cost thereof, together with interest thereon at the greater of (A) the Interest Rate in effect on December 31 of the Operating Year in which such costs were incurred or (B) the actual costs incurred by Landlord to finance such alterations, repairs, replacements and/or improvements described in clauses I, II and IV of this clause x, shall be amortized and included in Operating Expenses over the shorter of (AA) the useful life of the item in question, as reasonably determined by Landlord; or (BB) 10 years; (xi) management fees; (xii) all reasonable costs and expenses of legal, bookkeeping, accounting and other professional services; (xiii) fees, paid by Landlord to real estate organizations; (xiv) installation, operation and maintenance of holiday decorations; and (xv) all other fees, costs, charges and expenses properly allocable to the repair, replacement, maintenance, operation and/or security of the Project, in accordance with then prevailing customs and practices of the real estate industry in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York. Notwithstanding the foregoing, “Operating Expenses” shall not include the following:

 

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(A) depreciation and amortization (except with respect to the alterations, repairs, replacements, and/or improvements described in clauses I, II, III and IV of clause (x) of this Section 2.03(c));

 

(B) principal and interest payments and other costs incurred in connection with any financing or refinancing of the Project or any portion thereof (except as provided in clause (x) above);

 

(C) the cost of tenant improvements made for tenant(s) of the Building;

 

(D) brokerage commissions and advertising expenses incurred in procuring tenants for the Building;

 

(E) cost of any work or service performed for any tenant of the Building (including Tenant), whether at the expense of Landlord or such tenant, to the extent that such work or service is in excess of the work or service that Landlord is required to furnish Tenant under this Lease at the expense of Landlord;

 

(F) the cost of any electricity consumed in the Premises or in any other space in the Building demised to tenants;

 

(G) Taxes;

 

(H) legal fees incurred in preparing leases for tenants or in enforcing the terms of any lease; and

 

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(I) any cost to the extent Landlord is reimbursed therefor out of insurance proceeds or otherwise (other than by means of operating expense reimbursement provisions contained in the leases of other Tenants.)

 

(d) “Operating Year” means each calendar year in which occurs any part of the Term.

 

(e) For each Operating Year from and after the first anniversary of the Commencement Date (including the Operating Year in which such first anniversary occurs), Tenant shall pay (each, an “Operating Payment”) Tenant’s Operating Share of the amount, if any, by which Operating Expenses for such Operating Year exceed the Base Operating Amount.

 

(f) If during any relevant period (including, without limitation, the Base Operating Year) (i) any rentable space in the Building above the ground floor shall be unoccupied, and/or (ii) the tenant or occupant of any space in the Building above the ground floor undertook to perform work or services therein in lieu of having Landlord perform the same and the cost thereof would have been included in Operating Expenses, then, in any such event, the Operating Expenses for such period shall be increased to reflect the Operating Expenses that would have been incurred if such space had been occupied or if Landlord had performed such work or services, as the case may be.

 

(g) Landlord may furnish to Tenant, prior to the commencement of each Operating Year, a statement setting forth Landlord’s reasonable estimate of the Operating Payment for such Operating Year. Tenant shall pay to Landlord on the first day of each month during such Operating Year, an amount equal to 1/12th of Landlord’s estimate of the Operating Payment for such Operating Year. If Landlord shall not furnish any such estimate for an Operating Year or if Landlord shall furnish any such estimate for an Operating Year subsequent to the commencement thereof, then (A) until the first day of the month following the month in which such estimate is furnished to Tenant, Tenant shall pay to Landlord on the first day of each month an amount equal to the monthly sum payable by Tenant to Landlord under this Section 2.03 in respect of the last month of the preceding Operating Year; (B) after such estimate is furnished to Tenant, Landlord shall notify Tenant whether the installments of the Operating Payment previously made for such Operating Year were greater or less than the installments of the Operating Payment to be made in accordance with such estimate, and (x) if there is a deficiency, Tenant shall pay the amount thereof within 10 days after demand therefor, or (y) if there is an overpayment, Landlord shall refund to Tenant the amount thereof; and (C) on the first day of the month following the month in which such estimate is furnished to Tenant and monthly thereafter throughout such Operating Year Tenant shall pay to Landlord an amount equal to 1/12th of the Operating Payment shown on such estimate. Landlord may, during each Operating Year, furnish to Tenant a revised statement of Landlord’s reasonable estimate of the Operating Payment for such Operating Year, and in such case, the Operating Payment for such Operating Year shall be adjusted and paid or refunded as the case may be, substantially in the same manner as provided in the preceding sentence.

 

(h) Landlord shall furnish to Tenant a Landlord’s Statement for each Operating Year (and shall endeavor to do so within 180 days after the end of each Operating Year). If Landlord’s Statement shall show that the sums paid by Tenant, if any, under Section 2.03(g) exceeded the Operating Payment to be paid by Tenant for the applicable Operating Year, Landlord shall refund to Tenant the amount of such excess; and if the Landlord’s Statement shall show that the sums so paid by Tenant were less than the Operating Payment to be paid by Tenant for such Operating Year, Tenant shall pay the amount of such deficiency within 10 days after demand therefor.

 

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(i)

 

(A) Tenant, upon notice given within 60 days after Tenant’s receipt of a Landlord’s Statement, may elect to have Tenant’s designated (in such notice) certified public accountant (who may be an employee of Tenant but who may not, in any case, be retained by Tenant on a contingency fee basis or any other fee basis by which such accountant’s compensation is based upon the amount refunded or credited by Landlord to Tenant as a result of such audit) examine such of Landlord’s books and records (collectively, “Records”) as are directly relevant to such Landlord’s Statement, and Landlord shall provide access to the Records upon reasonable prior notice. As a condition to Tenant’s right to review the Records, Tenant shall pay all sums required to be paid in accordance with the Landlord’s Statement in question. If Tenant shall not give such notice within such 60 day period, then such Landlord’s Statement shall be conclusive and binding upon Tenant. Tenant and Tenant’s employees, accountants and agents shall treat all Records as confidential, and, upon request by Landlord, shall confirm such confidentiality obligation in writing.

 

(B) Tenant, within 60 days after the date on which the Records are made available to Tenant, may send a notice (“Tenant’s Statement”) to Landlord that Tenant disagrees with the applicable Landlord’s Statement, specifying in reasonable detail the basis for Tenant’s disagreement and the amount of the Operating Payment Tenant claims is due. If Tenant fails timely to deliver a Tenant’s Statement, then such Landlord’s Statement shall be conclusive and binding on Tenant. Landlord and Tenant shall attempt to adjust such disagreement. If they are unable to do so and provided that the amount of the Operating Payment Tenant claims is due is substantially different from the amount of the Operating Payment Landlord claims is due, Tenant shall notify Landlord, within 90 days after the date on which the Records are made available to Tenant in connection with the disagreement in question, that such disagreement shall be determined by an Arbiter in accordance with this Section 2.03(i), and promptly thereafter Landlord and Tenant shall jointly designate a certified public accountant (the “Arbiter”) whose determination made in accordance with this Section 2.03(i)(B) shall be binding upon the parties; it being understood that if the amount of the Operating Payment Tenant claims is due is not substantially different from the amount of the Operating Payment Landlord claims is due, then Tenant shall have no right to protest such amount and shall pay the amount that Landlord claims is due to the extent not theretofore paid. If Tenant timely delivers a Tenant’s Statement, the disagreement referenced therein is not resolved by the parties and Tenant fails to notify Landlord of Tenant’s desire to have such disagreement determined by an Arbiter within the 90-day period set forth in the preceding sentence, then the Landlord’s Statement to which such disagreement relates shall be conclusive and binding on Tenant. If the determination of the Arbiter shall substantially confirm the determination of Landlord, then Tenant shall pay the cost of the Arbiter. If the Arbiter shall substantially confirm the determination of Tenant, then Landlord shall pay the cost of the Arbiter. In all other events, the cost of the Arbiter shall be borne equally by Landlord and Tenant. The Arbiter shall be a member of an independent certified public accounting firm having at least 3 accounting professionals. If Landlord and Tenant shall be unable to agree upon the designation of the Arbiter within 15 days after receipt of notice from the other party requesting agreement as to the designation of the Arbiter, which notice shall contain the names and addresses of two or more certified public accountants meeting the requirements of this Section 2.03(i)(B) and who are acceptable to the party sending such notice, then either party shall have the right to request the American Arbitration Association (or any organization which is the successor thereto) (the “AAA”) to designate as the Arbiter a certified public accountant meeting the requirements of this Section 2.03(i)(B) whose determination made in accordance with this Section 2.03(i)(B) shall be conclusive and binding upon the parties, and the cost of such certified public accountant shall be borne as provided above in the case of the Arbiter designated by Landlord and Tenant. Any determination made by an Arbiter shall not exceed the amount determined to be due in the first instance by Landlord’s Statement, nor shall such determination be less than the amount claimed to be due by Tenant in Tenant’s Statement, and any determination which does not comply with the foregoing shall be null and void and not binding on the parties. In rendering such determination such Arbiter shall not add to, subtract from or otherwise modify the provisions of this Lease, including the immediately preceding sentence. Pending the resolution of any contest pursuant to this Section 2.03(i)(B), and as a condition to Tenant’s right to prosecute such contest, Tenant shall pay all sums required to be paid in accordance with the Landlord’s Statement in question. If Tenant shall prevail in such contest, an appropriate refund shall be made by Landlord to Tenant. The term “substantially” as used in this Section 2.03(i)(B), shall mean a variance of 5% or more of the Operating Payment in question.

 

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2.04 Tax and Operating Provisions. (a) In any case provided in Section 2.02 or 2.03 in which Tenant is entitled to a refund, Landlord may, in lieu of making such refund, credit against future installments of Rent any amounts to which Tenant shall be entitled. Nothing in this Article 2 shall be construed so as to result in a decrease in the Fixed Rent. If this Lease shall expire before any such credit shall have been fully applied, then (provided Tenant is not in default under this Lease) Landlord shall refund to Tenant the unapplied balance of such credit.

 

(b) Landlord’s failure to render or delay in rendering a Landlord’s Statement with respect to any Operating Year or any component of the Operating Payment shall not prejudice Landlord’s right to thereafter render a Landlord’s Statement with respect to any such Operating Year or any such component, nor shall the rendering of a Landlord’s Statement for any Operating Year prejudice Landlord’s right to thereafter render a corrected Landlord’s Statement for such Operating Year. Landlord’s failure to render or delay in rendering any statement with respect to any Tax Payment or installment thereof shall not prejudice Landlord’s right to thereafter render such a statement, nor shall the rendering of a statement for any Tax Payment or installment thereof prejudice Landlord’s right to thereafter render a corrected statement therefor.

 

(c) Landlord and Tenant confirm that the computations under this Article 2 are intended to constitute a formula for agreed rental escalation and may or may not constitute an actual reimbursement to Landlord for Taxes and other costs and expenses incurred by Landlord with respect to the Project. If the Building shall be condominiumized, then Tenant’s Operating Payments and Tax Payments shall, if necessary, be equitably adjusted such that Tenant shall thereafter continue to pay the same share of the Taxes and Operating Expenses of the Building as Tenant would pay in the absence of such condominiumization.

 

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(d) Each Tax Payment in respect of a Tax Year, and each Operating Payment in respect of an Operating Year, which begins prior to the Commencement Date or ends after the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, and any tax refund pursuant to Section 2.02(e), shall be prorated to correspond to that portion of such Tax Year or Operating Year occurring within the Term.

 

2.05 Electric Charges. (a) For purposes of this Section 2.05:

 

(i) “Electric Rate” means at the time in question 105% of the public utility rate schedule (including all surcharges, taxes, fuel adjustments, taxes regularly passed on to consumers by the public utility, and other sums payable in respect thereof) for the supply of electricity to Landlord for the Building. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the public utility rate schedule (with such inclusions) applicable to Landlord for the purchase of electricity for the Building shall be less than the public utility rate schedule applicable to Landlord if Landlord were to purchase electricity solely for the Premises, then the higher rate schedule shall be used in determining the Electric Rate.

 

(ii) “Base Electric Rate” means the Electric Rate in effect on the date of this Lease.

 

(iii) “Adjusted Electric Charge” means an amount, included as a component of Fixed Rent, equal to the sum of the Base Electric Charge plus all increases thereto pursuant to the provisions of this Section 2.05.

 

(b) Landlord shall furnish electricity to Tenant on a “rent inclusion” basis and there shall be no separate charge to Tenant for such electricity, such charge being included in Fixed Rent. The Base Electric Charge represents the amount initially included in the annual Fixed Rent set forth in Section 1.01 and such Base Electric Charge component of Fixed Rent shall not be subject to reduction, but may be subject to increase as hereinafter provided.

 

(c) At any time, and from time to time, after the Commencement Date, Landlord may survey the electrical fixtures, appliances and equipment in the Premises and Tenant’s consumption of electricity therein to determine whether the then Adjusted Electric Charge included in Fixed Rent is less than the Adjusted Electric Charge computed as a result of said survey and to adjust the Adjusted Electric Charge component of Fixed Rent in accordance with such computation, which computation and adjustment shall be made as follows:

 

(i) In the case of the first such survey, if the product of (A) the Electric Rate in effect on the Commencement Date and (B) the electric consumption shown by the survey on a kilowatt and kilowatt hour basis shall exceed the Adjusted Electric Charge, then the Adjusted Electric Charge shall be increased by the amount of such excess, retroactive to the Commencement Date.

 

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(ii) In the case of each subsequent survey, the computation shall be made by (A) dividing the Adjusted Electric Charge in effect immediately prior to such survey (the “Existing Adjusted Electric Charge”) for which the computation is being made, by the number of kilowatt hours of electricity supplied to the Premises as determined by the last prior survey made by Landlord, thus arriving at an electrical consumption per kilowatt hour rate (“KWH Rate”), and (B) multiplying the number of kilowatt hours of consumption, as determined by the survey for which the computation is being made, by the KWH Rate. If such survey shall show that the Existing Adjusted Electric Charge is different from the Adjusted Electric Charge computed in accordance with such survey, then effective as of the earlier of the date of such survey or the earlier date(s), if any, on which changes in the connected power load or changes in electrical consumption occurred (as determined by Landlord), the Existing Adjusted Electric Charge included as a component of Fixed Rent shall be adjusted by an amount equal to the difference between the Existing Adjusted Electric Charge and the then Adjusted Electric Charge but in no event shall the Adjusted Electric Charge be reduced below the Base Electric Charge.

 

(d) If Tenant disagrees in good faith with any such computation or adjustment made by Landlord, Landlord, at Tenant’s request, shall retain, at Tenant’s expense, an independent electrical consultant reasonably satisfactory to Tenant who shall survey the demand for, and consumption of, electricity by Tenant, and the determination made by such electrical consultant shall be binding on Landlord and Tenant (provided that in no event shall the Adjusted Electric Charge be less than the Base Electric Charge). Pending the determination of such consultant, Tenant shall pay Fixed Rent based on the Adjusted Electric Charge determined by Landlord, and upon such determination by the consultant, appropriate adjustment shall be made retroactive to the date of determination by the consultant.

 

(e) Surveys of Tenant’s electrical consumption shall be based upon the use of electricity during Business Hours on Business Days, and on such other days and hours when electricity is used in the Premises; and if cleaning services are provided by Landlord, such survey shall include Landlord’s normal cleaning hours of 5 hours per day for lighting within the Premises and for electrical equipment normally used for such cleaning.

 

(f) If at any time during the Term the Electric Rate shall exceed the Base Electric Rate or be decreased below the then applicable Electric Rate (as previously increased pursuant to this Section 2.05), then, effective as of the date of each such change in the Electric Rate, the Adjusted Electric Charge included in Fixed Rent shall be increased or decreased in proportion to such change in the Electric Rate (as determined by Landlord; but in no event shall the Adjusted Electric Charge be reduced below the Base Electric Charge).

 

(g) At Landlord’s request, Tenant shall execute and deliver an agreement confirming any change in Fixed Rent under this Section 2.05, but any such change shall be effective even if such agreement is not executed and delivered.

 

(h) At Landlord’s option, Landlord shall furnish and install all replacement lighting, tubes, lamps, bulbs and ballasts required in the Premises, and Tenant shall pay to Landlord or its designated contractor upon demand Landlord’s then established reasonable charges therefor.

 

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2.06 Manner of Payment. Tenant shall pay all Rent as the same shall become due and payable under this Lease (a) in the case of Fixed Rent and recurring Additional Rent, by wire transfer of immediately available federal funds as directed by Landlord, and (b) in the case of all other sums, either by wire transfer as aforesaid or by check (subject to collection) drawn on a bank that clears through The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C., in each case at the times provided herein without notice or demand and without setoff or counterclaim. All Rent shall be paid in lawful money of the United States to Landlord at its office or such other place as Landlord may from time to time designate. If Tenant fails timely to pay any Rent, Tenant shall pay interest thereon from the date when such Rent became due to the date of Landlord’s receipt thereof at the lesser of (i) 1½% per month and (ii) the maximum rate permitted by law. Any Additional Rent for which no due date is specified in this Lease shall be due and payable on the 10th day after the date of invoice. All bills, invoices and statements rendered to Tenant with respect to this Lease shall be binding and conclusive on Tenant unless, within 60 days after receipt of same, Tenant notifies Landlord that it is disputing same.

 

2.07 Security. (a) Tenant has delivered to Landlord, as security for the performance of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease, an unconditional, irrevocable letter of credit in the amount of $887,588.70 in the form annexed hereto as Exhibit G and issued by a bank satisfactory to Landlord (the “Letter of Credit”). The Letter of Credit shall provide that it is assignable by Landlord without charge and shall either (i) expire on the date which is 60 days after the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease (the “LC Date”) or (ii) be automatically self-renewing until the LC Date. If any Letter of Credit is not renewed at least 60 days prior to the expiration thereof or if Tenant holds over in the Premises without the consent of Landlord after the expiration or termination of this Lease, Landlord may draw upon the Letter of Credit and hold the proceeds thereof as security for the performance of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease. Landlord may draw on the Letter of Credit (or the proceeds thereof) to remedy defaults by Tenant in the payment or performance of any of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease. If Landlord shall have so drawn upon the Letter of Credit (or the proceeds thereof), Tenant shall upon demand deposit with Landlord a sum equal to the amount so drawn by Landlord.

 

(b) Provided Tenant is not in default under this Lease and Tenant has surrendered the Premises to Landlord in accordance with all of the terms and conditions of this Lease, on or before the LC Date: (i) Landlord shall return to Tenant the Letter of Credit (or the proceeds thereof) then held by Landlord or (ii) if Landlord shall have drawn upon such Letter of Credit (or the proceeds thereof) to remedy defaults by Tenant in the payment or performance of any of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease, Landlord shall return to Tenant that portion, if any, of the proceeds of the Letter of Credit remaining in Landlord’s possession.

 

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ARTICLE 3

 

Landlord Covenants

 

3.01 Landlord Services. From and after the date that Tenant first occupies the Premises for the conduct of Tenant’s business, Landlord shall furnish Tenant with the following services (collectively, “Landlord Services”):

 

(a) heat, ventilation and air-conditioning to the Premises from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on each Business Day and from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays substantially in accordance with the design specifications set forth in Exhibit F attached hereto, subject to Tenant’s compliance with design conditions, including occupancy and electric load criteria established by Landlord; if Tenant shall require heat, ventilation or air conditioning services at any other times, Landlord shall furnish such service (i) in the case of a Business Day, upon receiving notice from Tenant by noon of such Business Day and (ii) in the case of a day other than a Business Day, upon receiving notice from Tenant by noon of the immediately preceding Business Day, and Tenant shall pay to Landlord upon demand Landlord’s then established charges therefor which, as of the date of this Lease are $450.00 per hour, plus applicable sales tax; provided, that there shall be a minimum charge of 4 hours for any period of additional service that neither immediately precedes nor immediately follows the standard hours first set forth above in this Section 3.01(a);

 

(b) (i) passenger elevator service to each floor of the Premises at all times during Business Hours on Business Days, with at least one passenger elevator subject to call at all other times and (ii) freight elevator and loading dock service to the Premises on a first come-first served basis (i.e., no advance scheduling) on Business Days from 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on a reserved basis at all other times upon the payment of Landlord’s then established charges therefor which, as of the date of this Lease are $250.00 per hour, plus applicable sales tax; provided, that there shall be a minimum charge of 4 hours for any period of additional service that neither immediately precedes nor immediately follows the standard hours first set forth above in this Section 3.01(b)(ii); and provided, further, that Tenant shall be entitled to up to 8 hours (in minimum 4 hour increments) of overtime freight elevator service at no charge to Tenant solely in connection with Tenant’s initial move into the Premises; Tenant’s use of all elevators shall be on a non-exclusive basis;

 

(c) reasonable quantities of hot and cold water to the floor(s) on which the Premises are located for core lavatory and cleaning purposes only; if Tenant requires water for any other purpose, Landlord shall furnish cold water at the Building core riser through a capped outlet located on the floor on which the Premises is located (within the core of the Building), and the cost of heating such water, as well as the cost of piping and supplying such water to the Premises, shall be paid by Tenant; Landlord may install and maintain, at Tenant’s expense, meters to measure Tenant’s consumption of water for such other purposes in which event Tenant shall reimburse Landlord on demand for the quantities of water shown on such meters, at Landlord’s cost therefor (including costs for sewer rents and taxes) plus 5%;

 

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(d) electric energy through presently installed electric facilities for Tenant’s reasonable use of lighting and other electrical fixtures, appliances and equipment at a level of not less than 6 watts connected load per rentable square foot of space (exclusive of the base Building HVAC system); in no event shall Tenant’s consumption of electricity exceed the capacity of existing feeders to the Building or the risers or wiring serving the Premises, nor shall Tenant be entitled to any unallocated power available in the Building unless, in Landlord’s judgment (taking into account the then existing and future needs of other then existing and future tenants, and other needs of the Building), the same is available and necessary for Tenant’s use, and if Landlord shall provide any such additional power, Tenant shall pay Landlord upon demand its then established connection charge for each additional amp of power or portion thereof provided to the Premises and the cost of installing additional risers, meters, switches and related equipment necessary to provide such additional power;

 

(e) cleaning services on Business Days in accordance with Exhibit D attached hereto. Tenant shall pay to Landlord on demand the costs incurred by Landlord for (i) extra cleaning work in the Premises required because of (A) the negligence and/or willful misconduct of Tenant, its subtenants or their respective employees or visitors, (B) interior glass partitions or an unusual quantity of interior glass surfaces, (C) non-standard materials or finishes installed in the Premises and/or (D) the use of the Premises other than during Business Hours on Business Days, and (ii) removal from the Premises and the Building of any refuse of Tenant in excess of that ordinarily accumulated in business office occupancy, including, without limitation, kitchen and pantry refuse, or at times other than Landlord’s standard cleaning times. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Landlord shall not be required to clean any portions of the Premises used for preparation, serving or consumption of food or beverages, training rooms, trading floors, data processing or reproducing operations, private lavatories or toilets or other special purposes requiring greater or more difficult cleaning work than office areas and Tenant shall retain Landlord’s cleaning contractor at Tenant’s expense to perform such cleaning and any other cleaning services in excess of those provided for in Exhibit D. Landlord’s cleaning contractor shall have access to the Premises after 6:00 p.m. and before 8:00 a.m. and shall have the right to use, without charge therefor, all light, power and water in the Premises reasonably required to clean the Premises; and

 

(f) a reasonable amount of condenser water, which shall be requested by Tenant within 15 days after the date of this Lease and approved by Landlord, in Landlord’s sole discretion, for Tenant’s supplemental HVAC system from the common cooling tower unit serving the Building 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Landlord shall perform all necessary work and install all required equipment, at Tenant’s expense, to permit Tenant to tap into Landlord’s condenser water riser on the floor on which the Premises is located. Tenant shall pay to Landlord a fee of $1,500.00 per tap and shall pay for Tenant’s usage of condenser water an amount equal to $1,000.00 per connected ton per annum, which amount shall be adjusted on each anniversary of the Commencement Date to equal the product of (i) such amount multiplied by (ii) the percentage of increase, if any, in the Consumer Price Index for the month prior to the month in which the applicable anniversary occurs over the Consumer Price Index for the month prior to the month in which the Commencement Date occurs), which amount shall be payable within 10 days after rendition of a bill therefor. “Consumer Price Index” means the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the United States Department of Labor, New York, New York-Northeastern New Jersey Area (1982-84=100), or any successor index thereto, appropriately adjusted; provided, that if there shall be no successor index, a substitute index shall be reasonably selected by Landlord. If, on the first anniversary of the Commencement Date, Tenant’s connected load of condenser water is less than the amount initially approved by Landlord, then Landlord shall have no further obligation to reserve for Tenant’s use any condenser water in excess of Tenant’s then connected load.

 

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3.02 General Service Provisions. (a) Landlord may stop or interrupt any Landlord Service, electricity, or other service and may stop or interrupt the use of any Building facilities and systems at such times as may be necessary and for as long as may reasonably be required by reason of accidents, strikes, or the making of repairs, alterations or improvements, or inability to secure a proper supply of fuel, gas, steam, water, electricity, labor or supplies, or by reason of any other cause beyond the reasonable control of Landlord. Landlord may modify the delivery and scope of any Building services if required by reason of any Laws. Landlord shall have no liability to Tenant by reason of any stoppage, interruption or modification of any Landlord Service, electricity or other service or the use of any Building facilities and systems for any reason. Landlord shall use reasonable diligence (which shall not include incurring overtime charges) to make such repairs as may be required to machinery or equipment within Landlord’s control to provide restoration of any Landlord Service and, where the cessation or interruption of such Landlord Service has occurred due to circumstances or conditions beyond Landlord’s control, to cause the same to be restored by diligent application or request to the provider.

 

(b) Without limiting any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies, if Tenant shall be in default beyond any applicable grace period, Landlord shall not be obligated to furnish to the Premises any service outside of Business Hours on Business Days, and Landlord shall have no liability to Tenant by reason of any failure to provide, or discontinuance of, any such service.

 

(c) “Business Hours” means 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. “Business Days” means all days except (a) Saturdays, (b) Sundays and (c) Holidays. “Holidays” means New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King Day, President’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, the day following Thanksgiving, Christmas and any other days which are either (i) observed by both the federal and the state governments as legal holidays or (ii) designated as a holiday by the Building Service Union Employee Service contract.

 

ARTICLE 4

 

Leasehold Improvements; Tenant Covenants

 

4.01 Landlord’s Work. (a) Landlord, at Landlord’s sole expense (except as otherwise set forth in Exhibit E), shall perform or cause to be performed the work described on Exhibit E (“Landlord’s Work”) in accordance with the provisions thereof. On the Commencement Date, Tenant shall accept the Premises in its “as is” condition on such date, subject only to Landlord’s performance of Landlord’s Work. All initial improvements which do not constitute Landlord’s Work shall constitute Alterations and shall be performed by Tenant at Tenant’s expense in accordance with Section 4.02 and any applicable provisions of Exhibit E.

 

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(b) After the occurrence of the Commencement Date, Landlord shall advise Tenant thereof and Landlord and Tenant shall promptly confirm the Commencement Date, the Rent Commencement Date and the Expiration Date by a separate instrument; provided, that the failure to execute and deliver such instrument shall not affect the determination of such dates in accordance with the provisions of this Lease. Pending the resolution of any dispute as to the Commencement Date and/or the Rent Commencement Date, Tenant shall pay Rent based upon Landlord’s determination.

 

(c) If for any reason Landlord shall be unable to deliver possession of the Premises to Tenant on any date specified in this Lease for such delivery, Landlord shall have no liability to Tenant therefor and the validity of this Lease shall not be impaired, nor shall the Term be extended, by reason thereof. This Section 4.01 shall be an express provision to the contrary for purposes of Section 223-a of the New York Real Property Law and any other law of like import now or hereafter in effect.

 

4.02 Alterations. (a) Tenant shall make no improvements, changes or alterations in or to the Premises (“Alterations”) without Landlord’s prior approval. Landlord shall not unreasonably withhold its approval to any Alteration that is not a Material Alteration. “Material Alteration” means an Alteration that (i) is not limited to the interior of the Premises or which affects the exterior (including the appearance) of the Building or any portion thereof, (ii) is structural or affects the strength of the Building or any portion thereof, (iii) affects the usage or the proper functioning of any of the Building systems, (iv) has a cost greater than $50,000.00, (v) requires the consent of any Superior Mortgagee or Superior Lessor or (vi) requires a change to the Building’s certificate of occupancy.

 

(b) Tenant, in connection with any Alteration, shall comply with any rules and regulations as may be from time to time established by Landlord. Tenant shall not proceed with any Alteration unless and until Landlord approves Tenant’s plans and specifications therefor. Any review or approval by Landlord of plans and specifications with respect to any Alteration is solely for Landlord’s benefit, and without any representation or warranty to Tenant with respect to the adequacy, correctness or efficiency thereof, its compliance with Laws or otherwise.

 

(c) Tenant shall pay to Landlord upon demand Landlord’s reasonable costs and expenses (including, without limitation, the fees of any architect or engineer employed by Landlord or any Superior Lessor or Superior Mortgagee for such purpose) for reviewing plans and specifications and inspecting Alterations.

 

(d) Before proceeding with any Alteration that will cost more than $100,000.00 (exclusive of the costs of decorating work and items constituting Tenant’s Property), as estimated by a reputable contractor designated by Landlord, Tenant shall furnish to Landlord one of the following (as selected by Landlord): (i) a cash deposit, (ii) a performance bond and a labor and materials payment bond (issued by a corporate surety licensed to do business in New York reasonably satisfactory to Landlord) or (iii) an irrevocable, unconditional, negotiable letter of credit, issued by a bank and in a form satisfactory to Landlord; each to be equal to 125% of the cost of the Alteration, estimated as set forth above. Any such letter of credit shall be for one year and shall be renewed by Tenant each and every year until the Alteration in question is completed and shall be delivered to Landlord not less than 30 days prior to the expiration of the then current letter of credit, failing which Landlord may present the then current letter of credit for payment. Upon (A) the completion of the Alteration in accordance with the terms of this Section 4.02 and (B) the submission to Landlord of (x) proof evidencing the payment in full for said Alteration, (y) written unconditional lien waivers of mechanics’ liens and other liens on the Project from all contractors performing said Alteration and (z) all other submissions as may be, from time to time required by Landlord, the security deposited with Landlord (or the balance of the proceeds thereof, if Landlord has drawn on the same) shall be returned to Tenant. Upon Tenant’s failure properly to perform, complete and fully pay for any Alteration, as determined by Landlord, Landlord may, upon notice to Tenant, draw on the security deposited under this Section 4.02(d) to the extent Landlord deems necessary in connection with said Alteration, the restoration and/or protection of the Premises or the Project and the payment of any costs, damages or expenses resulting therefrom.

 

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(e) Tenant shall obtain (and furnish copies to Landlord of) all necessary governmental permits and certificates for the commencement and prosecution of Alterations and for final approval thereof upon completion, and shall cause Alterations to be performed in compliance therewith, and in compliance with all Laws and with the plans and specifications approved by Landlord. Alterations shall be diligently performed in a good and workmanlike manner, using new materials and equipment at least equal in quality and class to the then standards for the Building established by Landlord. Alterations shall be performed by architects, engineers and contractors first approved by Landlord (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); provided, that any Alterations in or to the systems of the Building shall be performed only by the contractor(s) designated by Landlord (Landlord shall, from time to time upon Tenant’s request made prior to Tenant’s commencement of each such Alteration, designate at least 3 contractors for each Building system except for the Class E system for which Landlord shall only designate one contractor and Landlord may designate only one approved filing agent/expediter to be used in connection with all Alterations). The performance of any Alteration or any other work in the Project shall not be carried out in a manner which would violate Landlord’s union contracts affecting the Project, or create any work stoppage, picketing, labor disruption, disharmony or dispute or any interference with the business of Landlord or any tenant or occupant of the Building. Tenant shall immediately stop the performance of any work or service by any party if Landlord notifies Tenant that continuing such performance would violate Landlord’s union contracts affecting the Project, or create any work stoppage, picketing, labor disruption, disharmony or dispute or any interference with the business of Landlord or any tenant or occupant of the Building, and Tenant shall not resume the performance of such work or service until such time as the same may be performed in a manner which shall not violate such union contracts or create such work stoppage, picketing, labor disruption, disharmony or dispute or interference.

 

(f) Throughout the performance of Alterations, Tenant shall carry worker’s compensation insurance in statutory limits, “all risk” Builders Risk coverage and general liability insurance, with completed operation endorsement, for any occurrence in or about the Project, under which Landlord and its agent and any Superior Lessor and Superior Mortgagee whose name and address have been furnished to Tenant shall be named as parties insured, in such limits as Landlord may reasonably require, with insurers reasonably satisfactory to Landlord. Tenant shall furnish Landlord with evidence that such insurance is in effect at or before the commencement of Alterations and, on request, at reasonable intervals thereafter during the continuance of Alterations.

 

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(g) Should any mechanics’ or other liens be filed against any portion of the Project by reason of the acts or omissions of, or because of a claim against, Tenant or anyone claiming under or through Tenant, Tenant shall cause the same to be canceled or discharged of record by bond or otherwise within 10 days after notice from Landlord. If Tenant shall fail to cancel or discharge said lien or liens within said 30 day period, Landlord may cancel or discharge the same and, upon Landlord’s demand, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord for all costs incurred in canceling or discharging such liens, together with interest thereon at the Interest Rate from the date incurred by Landlord to the date of payment by Tenant, such reimbursement to be made within 30 days after receipt by Tenant of a written statement from Landlord as to the amount of such costs. Tenant shall indemnify and hold Landlord harmless from and against all costs (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements and costs of suit), losses, liabilities or causes of action arising out of or relating to any Alteration, including, without limitation, any mechanics’ or other liens asserted in connection with such Alteration.

 

(h) Tenant shall deliver to Landlord, within 30 days after the completion of an Alteration, “as-built” drawings thereof using the AutoCAD Computer Assisted Drafting and Design System, Version 12 or later or such other system or medium as Landlord may accept. During the Term, Tenant shall keep records of Alterations costing in excess of $50,000.00 including plans and specifications, copies of contracts, invoices, evidence of payment and all other records customarily maintained in the real estate business relating to Alterations and the cost thereof and shall, within 30 days after demand by Landlord, furnish to Landlord copies of such records.

 

(i) All Alterations to and Fixtures installed by Tenant in the Premises shall be fully paid for by Tenant in cash and shall not be subject to conditional bills of sale, chattel mortgages, or other title retention agreements.

 

4.03 Landlord’s and Tenant’s Property. (a) All fixtures, equipment, improvements and appurtenances attached to or built into the Premises, whether or not at the expense of Tenant (collectively, “Fixtures”), shall be and remain a part of the Premises and shall not be removed by Tenant. All Fixtures shall be the property of Tenant during the Term and, upon expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, shall become the property of Landlord.

 

(b) All movable partitions, business and trade fixtures, machinery and equipment, and all furniture, furnishings and other articles of movable personal property owned by Tenant and located in the Premises (collectively, “Tenant’s Property”) shall be and shall remain the property of Tenant and may be removed by Tenant at any time during the Term; provided, that if any Tenant’s Property is removed, Tenant shall repair any damage to the Premises or to the Building resulting from the installation and/or removal thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any equipment or other property identified in this Lease as having been paid for with any allowance or credit granted by Landlord to Tenant shall not be considered Tenant’s Property and shall be and remain a part of the Premises, shall, upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease, be the property of Landlord and shall not be removed by Tenant.

 

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(c) At or before the Expiration Date, or within 15 days after any earlier termination of this Lease, Tenant, at Tenant’s expense, shall remove Tenant’s Property from the Premises (except such items thereof as Landlord shall have expressly permitted to remain, which shall become the property of Landlord), and Tenant shall repair any damage to the Premises or the Building resulting from any installation and/or removal of Tenant’s Property. Any items of Tenant’s Property which remain in the Premises after the Expiration Date, or more than 15 days after an earlier termination of this Lease, may, at the option of Landlord, be deemed to have been abandoned, and may be retained by Landlord as Landlord’s property or disposed of by Landlord, without accountability, in such manner as Landlord shall determine, at Tenant’s expense.

 

(d) Landlord, by notice given to Tenant at any time prior to the Expiration Date or not later than 30 days after any earlier termination of this Lease, may require Tenant, notwithstanding Section 4.03(a), to remove all or any Fixtures that do not constitute a standard office installation (each, a “Specialty Alteration”), such as, by way of example only, kitchens, vaults, safes, raised flooring, data and telecommunication wires and cables and stairwells. If Landlord shall give such notice, then Tenant, at Tenant’s expense, prior to the Expiration Date, or, in the case of an earlier termination of this Lease, within 15 days after the giving of such notice by Landlord, shall remove the same from the Premises, shall repair and restore the Premises to the condition existing prior to installation thereof and shall repair any damage to the Premises or to the Building due to such removal. Tenant may request, upon submitting to Landlord plans and specifications for any Alteration, that Landlord advise Tenant, together with Landlord’s approval of the plans and specifications in question, whether or not any portion of such Alteration constitutes a Specialty Alteration that must be removed by Tenant at the end of the Term. If Tenant so requests and Landlord shall fail to so advise Tenant together with Landlord’s approval of the plans and specifications in question, then Landlord shall be deemed to have advised Tenant that no portion of such Alteration constitutes a Specialty Alteration that must be removed by Tenant upon the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease.

 

4.04 Access and Changes to Building. (a) Landlord reserves the right, at any time, to make changes in or to the Project as Landlord may deem necessary or desirable, and Landlord shall have no liability to Tenant therefor, provided any such change does not deprive Tenant of access to the Premises and does not affect the first-class nature of the Project. Landlord may install and maintain pipes, fans, ducts, wires and conduits within or through the walls, floors or ceilings of the Premises. In exercising its rights under this Section 4.04, Landlord shall use reasonable efforts to minimize any interference with Tenant’s use of the Premises for the ordinary conduct of Tenant’s business. Tenant shall not have any easement or other right in or to the use of any door or any passage or any concourse or any plaza connecting the Building with any other building or to any public conveniences, and the use of such doors, passages, concourses, plazas and conveniences may, without notice to Tenant, be regulated or discontinued at any time by Landlord.

 

(b) Except for the space within the inside surfaces of all walls, hung ceilings, floors, windows and doors bounding the Premises, all of the Building, including, without limitation, exterior Building walls, core corridor walls and doors and any core corridor entrance, any terraces or roofs adjacent to the Premises, and any space in or adjacent to the Premises used for shafts, stacks, pipes, conduits, fan rooms, ducts, electric or other utilities, sinks or other Building facilities, and the use thereof, as well as access thereto through the Premises, are reserved to Landlord and are not part of the Premises. Landlord reserves the right to name the Project or any portion thereof, and to change the name or address of the Project or any portion thereof, at any time and from time to time.

 

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(c) Landlord shall have no liability to Tenant if at any time any windows of the Premises are either temporarily or permanently darkened or obstructed by reason of any repairs, improvements, construction, maintenance and/or cleaning in or about the Building, or covered by any translucent material for the purpose of energy conservation, or if any part of the Project, other than the Premises, is temporarily or permanently closed or inoperable.

 

(d) Landlord and persons authorized by Landlord shall have the right, upon prior notice to Tenant (except in an emergency), to enter the Premises (together with any necessary materials and/or equipment), to inspect or perform such work as Landlord may reasonably deem necessary or to exhibit the Premises to prospective purchasers or, during the last 24 months of the Term, to prospective tenants, or for any other purpose as Landlord may deem necessary or desirable. Landlord shall have no liability to Tenant by reason of any such entry. Landlord shall not be required to make any improvements or repairs of any kind or character to the Premises during the Term.

 

4.05 Repairs. Tenant shall keep the Premises (including, without limitation, all Fixtures) in good condition and, upon expiration or earlier termination of the Term, shall surrender the same to Landlord in the same condition as when first occupied, reasonable wear and tear excepted. Tenant’s obligation shall include, without limitation, the obligation to repair all damage caused by Tenant, its agents, employees, invitees and licensees to the equipment and other installations in the Premises or anywhere in the Building. Any maintenance, repair or replacement to the windows, the Building systems, the Building’s structural components or any areas outside the Premises and which is Tenant’s obligation to perform shall be performed by Landlord at Tenant’s expense. Tenant shall not commit or allow to be committed any waste or damage to any portion of the Premises or the Project.

 

4.06 Compliance with Laws. Tenant shall comply with all laws, ordinances, rules, orders and regulations (present, future, ordinary, extraordinary, foreseen or unforeseen) of any governmental, public or quasi-public authority and of the New York Board of Fire Underwriters and any other entity performing similar functions, at any time duly in force (collectively “Laws”), attributable to any work, installation, occupancy, use or manner of use by Tenant of the Premises or any part thereof. Nothing contained in this Section 4.06 shall require Tenant to make any changes to the structural components of the Building unless the same are necessitated by reason of Tenant’s performance of any Alterations, Tenant’s manner of use of the Premises or the use by Tenant of the Premises for purposes other than normal and customary ordinary office purposes. Tenant shall procure and maintain all licenses and permits required for its business.

 

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4.07 Tenant Advertising. Tenant shall not use, and shall cause each of its Affiliates not to use, the name or likeness of the Building or the Project in any advertising (by whatever medium) without Landlord’s consent (not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

 

4.08 Right to Perform Tenant Covenants. If Tenant fails to perform any of its obligations under this Lease, Landlord, any Superior Lessor or any Superior Mortgagee (each, a “Curing Party”) may perform the same at the expense of Tenant (a) immediately and without notice in the case of emergency or in case such failure interferes with the use of space by any other tenant in the Building or with the efficient operation of the Building or may result in a violation of any Law or in a cancellation of any insurance policy maintained by Landlord and (b) in any other case if such failure continues beyond any applicable grace period. If a Curing Party performs any of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease, Tenant shall pay to Landlord (as Additional Rent) the costs thereof, together with interest at the Interest Rate from the date incurred by the Curing Party until paid by Tenant, within 10 days after receipt by Tenant of a statement as to the amounts of such costs. If the Curing Party effects such cure by bonding any lien which Tenant is required to bond or otherwise discharge, Tenant shall obtain and substitute a bond for the Curing Party’s bond and shall reimburse the Curing Party for the cost of the Curing Party’s bond. “Interest Rate” means the lesser of (i) the base rate from time to time announced by Citibank, N.A. (or, if Citibank, N.A. shall not exist or shall cease to announce such rate, such other bank in New York, New York, as shall be designated by Landlord in a notice to Tenant) to be in effect at its principal office in New York, New York plus 2% and (ii) the maximum rate permitted by law.

 

ARTICLE 5

 

Assignment and Subletting

 

5.01 Assignment; Etc. (a) Subject to the further provisions of this Article 5, neither this Lease nor the term and estate hereby granted, nor any part hereof or thereof, shall be assigned, mortgaged, pledged, encumbered or otherwise transferred voluntarily, involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, and neither the Premises, nor any part thereof, shall be subleased, be licensed, be used or occupied by any person or entity other than Tenant or be encumbered in any manner by reason of any act or omission on the part of Tenant, and no rents or other sums receivable by Tenant under any sublease of all or any part of the Premises shall be assigned or otherwise encumbered, without the prior consent of Landlord. The dissolution or direct or indirect transfer of control of Tenant (however accomplished including, by way of example, the addition of new partners or members or withdrawal of existing partners or members, or transfers of interests in distributions of profits or losses of Tenant, issuance of additional stock, redemption of stock, stock voting agreement, or change in classes of stock) shall be deemed an assignment of this Lease regardless of whether the transfer is made by one or more transactions, or whether one or more persons or entities hold the controlling interest prior to the transfer or afterwards. An agreement under which another person or entity becomes responsible for all or a portion of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease shall be deemed an assignment of this Lease. No assignment or other transfer of this Lease and the term and estate hereby granted, and no subletting of all or any portion of the Premises shall relieve Tenant of its liability under this Lease or of the obligation to obtain Landlord’s prior consent to any further assignment, other transfer or subletting. Any attempt to assign this Lease or sublet all or any portion of the Premises in violation of this Article 5 shall be null and void.

 

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(b) Notwithstanding Section 5.01(a), without the consent of Landlord, this Lease may be assigned to (i) an entity created by merger, reorganization or recapitalization of or with Tenant or (ii) a purchaser of all or substantially all of Tenant’s assets; provided, in the case of both clause (i) and clause (ii), that (A) Landlord shall have received a notice of such assignment from Tenant, (B) the assignee assumes by written instrument satisfactory to Landlord all of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease, (C) such assignment is for a valid business purpose and not to avoid any obligations under this Lease, and (D) the assignee is a reputable entity of good character and shall have, immediately after giving effect to such assignment, an aggregate net worth (computed in accordance with GAAP) at least equal to the aggregate net worth (as so computed) of Tenant immediately prior to such assignment or on the date of this Lease, whichever is greater. Sections 5.02, 5.03 and 5.05 shall not apply to assignments or transfers made by Tenant pursuant to this Section 5.01(b).

 

(c) Notwithstanding Section 5.01(a), without the consent of Landlord, Tenant may assign this Lease or sublet all or any part of the Premises to an Affiliate of Tenant; provided, that (i) Landlord shall have received a notice of such assignment or sublease from Tenant; and (ii) in the case of any such assignment, (A) the assignment is for a valid business purpose and not to avoid any obligations under this Lease, and (B) the assignee assumes by written instrument satisfactory to Landlord all of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease. “Affiliate” means, as to any designated person or entity, any other person or entity which controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such designated person or entity. “Control” (and with correlative meaning, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) means ownership or voting control, directly or indirectly, of 50% or more of the voting stock, partnership interests or other beneficial ownership interests of the entity in question. Sections 5.02, 5.03 and 5.05 shall not apply to assignments, transfers or subleases made by Tenant pursuant to this Section 5.01(c).

 

5.02 Landlord’s Right of First Offer. (a) If Tenant desires to assign this Lease or sublet all or part of the Premises (other than in accordance with Sections 5.01(b) or (c), Tenant shall give to Landlord notice (“Tenant’s Offer Notice”) thereof, specifying (i) in the case of a proposed subletting, the location of the space to be sublet and the term of the subletting of such space, (ii) (A) in the case of a proposed assignment, Tenant’s good faith offer of the consideration Tenant desires to receive or pay for such assignment or (B) in the case of a proposed subletting, Tenant’s good faith offer of the fixed annual rent which Tenant desires to receive for such proposed subletting (assuming that a subtenant will pay for Taxes, Operating Expenses and electricity in the same manner, and utilizing the same base year or base amount, as Tenant pays for such amounts under this Lease) and (iii) the proposed assignment or sublease commencement date.

 

(b) Tenant’s Offer Notice shall be deemed an offer from Tenant to Landlord whereby Landlord (or Landlord’s designee) may, at Landlord’s option, (i) sublease such space from Tenant (if the proposed transaction is a sublease of all or part of the Premises), (ii) have this Lease assigned to it or terminate this Lease (if the proposed transaction is an assignment or a sublease of all or substantially all of the Premises or a sublease of a portion of the Premises which, when aggregated with other subleases then in effect, covers all or substantially all of the Premises), or (iii) terminate this Lease with respect to the space covered by the proposed sublease (if the proposed transaction is a sublease of part of the Premises). Said option may be exercised by Landlord by notice to Tenant within 60 days after a Tenant’s Offer Notice, together with all information required pursuant to Section 5.02(a), has been given by Tenant to Landlord.

 

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(c) If Landlord exercises its option under Section 5.02(b)(ii) to terminate this Lease, then this Lease shall terminate on the proposed assignment or sublease commencement date specified in the applicable Tenant’s Offer Notice and all Rent shall be paid and apportioned to such date.

 

(d) If Landlord exercises its option under Section 5.02(b)(ii) to have this Lease assigned to it (or its designee), then Tenant shall assign this Lease to Landlord (or Landlord’s designee) by an assignment in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, effective on the date that is the proposed assignment or sublease commencement date specified in the applicable Tenant’s Offer Notice. Tenant shall not be entitled to consideration or payment from Landlord (or Landlord’s designee) in connection with any such assignment. If the Tenant’s Offer Notice provides that Tenant will pay any consideration or grant any concessions in connection with the proposed assignment or sublease, then Tenant shall pay such consideration and/or grant any such concessions to Landlord (or Landlord’s designee) on the date Tenant assigns this Lease to Landlord (or Landlord’s designee).

 

(e) If Landlord exercises its option under Section 5.02(b)(iii) to terminate this Lease with respect to the space covered by a proposed sublease, then (i) this Lease shall terminate with respect to such part of the Premises on the effective date of the proposed sublease; (ii) from and after such date the Rent shall be adjusted, based upon the proportion that the rentable area of the Premises remaining bears to the total rentable area of the Premises and (iii) Tenant shall pay to Landlord, upon demand, the costs incurred by Landlord in demising separately such part of the Premises and in complying with any Laws relating to such demise.

 

(f) If Landlord exercises its option under Section 5.02(b)(i) to sublet the space Tenant desires to sublet, such sublease to Landlord or its designee (as subtenant) shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Landlord at the lower of (i) the rental rate per rentable square foot of Fixed Rent and Additional Rent then payable pursuant to this Lease or (ii) the rental set forth in the applicable Tenant’s Offer Notice with respect to such sublet space, and shall be for the term set forth in the applicable Tenant’s Offer Notice, and:

 

(A) shall be subject to all of the terms and conditions of this Lease except such as are irrelevant or inapplicable, and except as otherwise expressly set forth to the contrary in this Section 5.02(f);

 

(B) shall be upon the same terms and conditions as those contained in the applicable Tenant’s Offer Notice and otherwise on the terms and conditions of this Lease, except such as are irrelevant or inapplicable and except as otherwise expressly set forth to the contrary in this Section 5.02(f);

 

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(C) shall permit the sublessee, without Tenant’s consent, freely to assign such sublease or any interest therein or to sublet all or any part of the space covered by such sublease and to make any and all alterations and improvements in the space covered by such sublease;

 

(D) shall provide that any assignee or further subtenant of Landlord or its designee may, at the election of Landlord, make alterations, decorations and installations in such space or any part thereof, any or all of which may be removed, in whole or in part, by such assignee or subtenant, at its option, prior to or upon the expiration or other termination of such sublease, provided that such assignee or subtenant, at its expense, shall repair any damage caused by such removal; and

 

(E) shall provide that (1) the parties to such sublease expressly negate any intention that any estate created under such sublease be merged with any other estate held by either of said parties, (2) any assignment or subletting by Landlord or its designee (as the subtenant) may be for any purpose or purposes that Landlord shall deem appropriate, (3) Landlord, at Tenant’s expense, may make such alterations as may be required or deemed necessary by Landlord to demise separately the subleased space and to comply with any Laws relating to such demise, and (4) at the expiration of the term of such sublease, Tenant shall accept the space covered by such sublease in its then existing condition, subject to the obligations of the sublessee to make such repairs thereto as may be necessary to preserve such space in good order and condition.

 

(g) In the case of a proposed sublease, Tenant shall not sublet any space to a third party at a rental which is less (on a per rentable square foot basis) than the rental (on a per rentable square foot basis) specified in Tenant’s Offer Notice with respect to such space, without complying once again with all of the provisions of this Section 5.02 and re-offering such space to Landlord at such lower rental. In the case of a proposed assignment, Tenant shall not assign this Lease to a third party where Tenant pays greater consideration or grants a greater concession to such third party for such assignment than the consideration offered to be paid or concession offered to be granted to Landlord in Tenant’s Offer Notice, or receives less consideration from such third party for such assignment than the consideration offered to be paid by Landlord in Tenant’s Offer Notice, in each case without complying once again with all of the provisions of this Section 5.02 and re-offering to assign this Lease to Landlord and pay such consideration or grant such concession to Landlord.

 

5.03 Assignment and Subletting Procedures. (a) If Tenant delivers to Landlord a Tenant’s Offer Notice with respect to any proposed assignment of this Lease or subletting of all or part of the Premises and Landlord does not timely exercise any of its options under Section 5.02, and Tenant thereafter desires to assign this Lease or sublet the space specified in Tenant’s Offer Notice, Tenant shall notify Landlord (a “Transfer Notice”) of such desire, which notice shall be accompanied by (i) a copy of the proposed assignment or sublease and all related agreements, the effective date of which shall be at least 30 days after the giving of the Transfer Notice, (ii) a statement setting forth in reasonable detail the identity of the proposed assignee or subtenant, the nature of its business and its proposed use of the Premises, (iii) current financial information with respect to the proposed assignee or subtenant, including without limitation, its most recent financial statements and (iv) such other information as Landlord may reasonably request and Landlord’s consent to the proposed assignment or sublease shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided that:

 

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(i) Such Transfer Notice shall be delivered to Landlord within 6 months after the delivery to Landlord of the applicable Tenant’s Offer Notice.

 

(ii) Tenant shall not be in default under this Lease beyond applicable notice and grace periods.

 

(iii) In Landlord’s judgment the proposed assignee or subtenant will use the Premises in a manner that (A) is in keeping with the then standards of the Building, (B) is limited to the use expressly permitted under this Lease, and (C) will not violate any negative covenant as to use contained in any other Lease of space in the Building.

 

(iv) The proposed assignee or subtenant is, in Landlord’s judgment, a reputable person or entity of good character and with sufficient financial worth considering the responsibility involved.

 

(v) Neither the proposed assignee or sublessee, nor any Affiliate of such assignee or sublessee, is then an occupant of any part of the Building.

 

(vi) The proposed assignee or sublessee is not a person with whom Landlord is then negotiating or has within the prior 6 months negotiated to lease space in the Building.

 

(vii) The form of the proposed sublease shall be reasonably satisfactory to Landlord and shall comply with the applicable provisions of this Article 5.

 

(viii) There shall not be more than 1 subtenant of the Premises.

 

(ix) The aggregate rent to be paid by the proposed subtenant is not less than the greater of (A) the fair rental value of the sublet space as sublet space or (B) 90% of the fair rental value of the sublet space if such space were being leased directly by Landlord (in each case as reasonably determined by Landlord).

 

(x) Tenant shall reimburse Landlord on demand for any costs incurred by Landlord in connection with said assignment or sublease, including, without limitation, the costs of making investigations as to the acceptability of the proposed assignee or subtenant, and legal costs incurred in connection with the granting of any requested consent.

 

(b) If Landlord consents to a proposed assignment or sublease and Tenant fails to execute and deliver the assignment or sublease to which Landlord consented within 45 days after the giving of such consent, then Tenant shall again comply with this Article 5 before assigning this Lease or subletting all or part of the Premises.

 

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5.04 General Provisions. (a) If this Lease is assigned, whether or not in violation of this Lease, Landlord may collect rent from the assignee. If the Premises or any part thereof are sublet or occupied by anybody other than Tenant, whether or not in violation of this Lease, Landlord may, after default by Tenant, and expiration of Tenant’s time to cure such default, collect rent from the subtenant or occupant. In either event, Landlord may apply the net amount collected against Rent, but no such assignment, subletting, occupancy or collection shall be deemed a waiver of any of the provisions of Section 5.01(a), or the acceptance of the assignee, subtenant or occupant as tenant, or a release of Tenant from the performance of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease.

 

(b) No assignment or transfer shall be effective until the assignee delivers to Landlord (i) evidence that the assignee, as Tenant hereunder, has complied with the requirements of Sections 7.02 and 7.03, and (ii) an agreement in form and substance satisfactory to Landlord whereby the assignee assumes Tenant’s obligations under this Lease.

 

(c) Notwithstanding any assignment or transfer, whether or not in violation of this Lease, and notwithstanding the acceptance of any Rent by Landlord from an assignee, transferee, or any other party, the original named Tenant and each successor Tenant shall remain fully liable for the payment of the Rent and the performance of all of Tenant’s other obligations under this Lease. The joint and several liability of Tenant and any immediate or remote successor in interest of Tenant shall not be discharged, released or impaired in any respect by any agreement made by Landlord extending the time to perform, or otherwise modifying, any of the obligations of Tenant under this Lease, or by any waiver or failure of Landlord to enforce any of the obligations of Tenant under this Lease.

 

(d) Each subletting by Tenant shall be subject to the following:

 

(i) No subletting shall be for a term (including any renewal or extension options contained in the sublease) ending later than one day prior to the Expiration Date.

 

(ii) No sublease shall be valid, and no subtenant shall take possession of the Premises or any part thereof, until there has been delivered to Landlord, both (A) an executed counterpart of such sublease, and (B) a certificate of insurance evidencing that (x) Landlord is an additional insured under the insurance policies required to be maintained by occupants of the Premises pursuant to Section 7.02, and (y) there is in full force and effect, the insurance otherwise required by Section 7.02.

 

(iii) Each sublease shall provide that it is subject and subordinate to this Lease, and that in the event of termination, reentry or dispossess by Landlord under this Lease Landlord may, at its option, take over all of the right, title and interest of Tenant, as sublessor, under such sublease, and such subtenant shall, at Landlord’s option, attorn to Landlord pursuant to the then executory provisions of such sublease, except that Landlord shall not be liable for, subject to or bound by any item of the type that a Successor Landlord is not so liable for, subject to or bound by in the case of an attornment by Tenant to a Successor Landlord under Section 6.01(a).

 

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(e) Each sublease shall provide that the subtenant may not assign its rights thereunder or further sublet the space demised under the sublease, in whole or in part, without Landlord’s consent and without complying with all of the terms and conditions of this Article 5, including, without limitation, Section 5.04, which for purposes of this Section 5.04(e) shall be deemed to be appropriately modified to take into account that the transaction in question is an assignment of the sublease or a further subletting of the space demised under the sublease, as the case may be.

 

(f) Tenant shall not publicly advertise the availability of the Premises or any portion thereof as sublet space or by way of an assignment of this Lease, without first obtaining Landlord’s consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed provided that Tenant shall in no event advertise the rental rate or any description thereof.

 

(g) Neither Tenant nor any direct or indirect subtenant of Tenant shall enter into any lease, sublease, license, concession or other agreement for use, occupancy or utilization of space in the Premises which provides for a rental or payment for such use, occupancy or utilization based in whole or in part on the net income or profits derived by any person from the property leased, occupied or utilized, or which would require the payment of any consideration which would not fall within the definitions of “rents from real property” as that term is defined in Section 856(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”).

 

5.05 Assignment and Sublease Profits. (a) If the aggregate of the amounts payable as fixed rent and as additional rent on account of Taxes, Operating Expenses and electricity by a subtenant under a sublease of any part of the Premises and the amount of any Other Sublease Consideration payable to Tenant by such subtenant, whether received in a lump-sum payment or otherwise shall be in excess of Tenant’s Basic Cost therefor at that time then, promptly after the collection thereof, Tenant shall pay to Landlord in monthly installments as and when collected, as Additional Rent, 50% of such excess. Tenant shall deliver to Landlord within 60 days after the end of each calendar year and within 60 days after the expiration or earlier termination of this Lease a statement specifying each sublease in effect during such calendar year or partial calendar year, the rentable area demised thereby, the term thereof and a computation in reasonable detail showing the calculation of the amounts paid and payable by the subtenant to Tenant, and by Tenant to Landlord, with respect to such sublease for the period covered by such statement. “Tenant’s Basic Cost” for sublet space at any time means the sum of (i) the portion of the Fixed Rent, Tax Payments and Operating Payments which is attributable to the sublet space, plus (ii) the amount payable by Tenant on account of electricity in respect of the sublet space, plus (iii) the amount of any costs reasonably incurred by Tenant in making changes in the layout and finish of the sublet space for the subtenant amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the sublease, plus (iv) the amount of any reasonable brokerage commissions and reasonable legal fees paid by Tenant in connection with the sublease amortized on a straight-line basis over the term of the sublease. “Other Sublease Considerations” means all sums paid for the furnishing of services by Tenant and the sale or rental of Tenant’s fixtures, leasehold improvements, equipment, furniture or other personal property less, in the case of the sale thereof, the then net unamortized or undepreciated cost thereof determined on the basis of Tenant’s federal income tax returns.

 

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(b) Upon any assignment of this Lease, Tenant shall pay to Landlord 50% of the Assignment Consideration received by Tenant for such assignment, after deducting therefrom customary and reasonable closing expenses. “Assignment Consideration” means an amount equal to all sums and other considerations paid to Tenant by the assignee for or by reason of such assignment (including, without limitation, sums paid for the furnishing of services by Tenant and the sale or rental of Tenant’s fixtures, leasehold improvements, equipment, furniture, furnishings or other personal property, less, in the case of a sale thereof, the then net unamortized or undepreciated cost thereof determined on the basis of Tenant’s federal income tax returns).

 

ARTICLE 6

 

Subordination; Default; Indemnity

 

6.01 Subordination. (a) This Lease is subject and subordinate to each mortgage (a “Superior Mortgage”) and each underlying lease (a “Superior Lease”) which may now or hereafter affect all or any portion of the Project or any interest therein. The lessor under a Superior Lease is called a “Superior Lessor” and the mortgagee under a Superior Mortgage is called a “Superior Mortgagee”. Tenant shall execute, acknowledge and deliver any instrument reasonably requested by Landlord, a Superior Lessor or Superior Mortgagee to evidence such subordination, but no such instrument shall be necessary to make such subordination effective. Tenant shall execute any amendment of this Lease requested by a Superior Mortgagee or a Superior Lessor, provided such amendment shall not result in a material increase in Tenant’s obligations under this Lease or a material reduction in the benefits available to Tenant. In the event of the enforcement by a Superior Mortgagee of the remedies provided for by law or by such Superior Mortgage, or in the event of the termination or expiration of a Superior Lease, Tenant, upon request of such Superior Mortgagee, Superior Lessor or any person succeeding to the interest of such mortgagee or lessor (each, a “Successor Landlord”), shall automatically become the tenant of such Successor Landlord without change in the terms or provisions of this Lease (it being understood that Tenant shall, if requested, enter into a new lease on terms identical to those in this Lease); provided, that any Successor Landlord shall not be (i) liable for any act, omission or default of any prior landlord (including, without limitation, Landlord); (ii) liable for the return of any moneys paid to or on deposit with any prior landlord (including, without limitation, Landlord), except to the extent such moneys or deposits are delivered to such Successor Landlord; (iii) subject to any offset, claims or defense that Tenant might have against any prior landlord (including, without limitation, Landlord); (iv) bound by any Rent which Tenant might have paid for more than the current month to any prior landlord (including, without limitation, Landlord) unless actually received by such Successor Landlord; (v) bound by any covenant to perform or complete any construction in connection with the Project or the Premises or to pay any sums to Tenant in connection therewith; or (vi) bound by any waiver or forbearance under, or any amendment, modification, abridgment, cancellation or surrender of, this Lease made without the consent of such Successor Landlord. Upon request by such Successor Landlord, Tenant shall execute and deliver an instrument or instruments, reasonably requested by such Successor Landlord, confirming the attornment provided for herein, but no such instrument shall be necessary to make such attornment effective.

 

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(b) Tenant shall give each Superior Mortgagee and each Superior Lessor a copy of any notice of default served upon Landlord, provided that Tenant has been notified of the address of such mortgagee or lessor. If Landlord fails to cure any default as to which Tenant is obligated to give notice pursuant to the preceding sentence within the time provided for in this Lease, then each such mortgagee or lessor shall have an additional 30 days after receipt of such notice within which to cure such default or if such default cannot be cured within that time, then such additional time as may be necessary if, within such 30 days, any such mortgagee or lessor has commenced and is diligently pursuing the remedies necessary to cure such default (including, without limitation, commencement of foreclosure proceedings or eviction proceedings, if necessary to effect such cure), in which event this Lease shall not be terminated and Tenant shall not exercise any other rights or remedies under this Lease or otherwise while such remedies are being so diligently pursued. Nothing herein shall be deemed to imply that Tenant has any right to terminate this Lease or any other right or remedy, except as may be otherwise expressly provided for in this Lease.

 

6.02 Estoppel Certificate. (a) Within 10 Business Days following request from Landlord, any Superior Mortgagee or any Superior Lessor, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord a statement executed and acknowledged by Tenant, in form reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, (i) stating the Commencement Date, the Rent Commencement Date and the Expiration Date, and that this Lease is then in full force and effect and has not been modified (or if modified, setting forth all modifications), (ii) setting forth the date to which Fixed Rent and any Additional Rent have been paid, together with the amount of monthly Fixed Rent, Tax Payment and Operating Payment then payable, (iii) stating whether or not, to the best of Tenant’s knowledge, Landlord is in default under this Lease, and, if Tenant asserts that Landlord is in default, setting forth the specific nature of any such defaults, (iv) stating whether Landlord has failed to complete any work required to be performed by Landlord under this Lease, (v) stating whether there are any sums payable to Tenant by Landlord under this Lease, (vi) stating the amount of the security deposit, if any, under this Lease, (vii) stating whether there are any subleases affecting the Premises, (viii) stating the address of Tenant to which all notices and communications under this Lease shall be sent, and (ix) responding to any other matters reasonably requested by Landlord, such Superior Mortgagee or such Superior Lessor. Tenant acknowledges that any statement delivered pursuant to this Section 6.02(a) may be relied upon by any purchaser or owner of the Real Property or the Building, or all or any portion of Landlord’s interest in the Real Property or the Building or under any Superior Lease, or by any Superior Mortgagee or assignee thereof, or by any Superior Lessor or assignee thereof.

 

(b) Within 10 Business Days following request from Tenant (but in no event more than once in any twelve month period), Landlord shall deliver to Tenant a statement executed and acknowledged by Landlord, in form reasonably satisfactory to Tenant, (i) stating the Commencement Date, the Rent Commencement Date and the Expiration Date, and that this Lease is then in full force and effect and has not been modified (or if modified, setting forth all modifications), (ii) setting forth the date to which Fixed Rent and any Additional Rent have been paid, together with the amount of monthly Fixed Rent, Tax Payment and Operating Payment then payable and (iii) stating whether or not, to Landlord’s knowledge, Tenant is in default under this Lease, and, if Landlord asserts that Tenant is in default, setting forth in reasonable specificity the nature of any such defaults.

 

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6.03 Default. This Lease and the term and estate hereby granted are subject to the limitation that:

 

(a) if Tenant defaults in the payment of any Rent, and such default continues for 5 days after Landlord gives to Tenant a notice specifying such default, or

 

(b) if Tenant defaults in the keeping, observance or performance of any covenant or agreement (other than a default of the character referred to in Sections 6.03(a), (c), (d), (e), (f) or (g)), and if such default continues and is not cured within 30 days after Landlord gives to Tenant a notice specifying the same, or, in the case of a default which for causes beyond Tenant’s reasonable control cannot with due diligence be cured within such period of 30 days, if Tenant shall not immediately upon the receipt of such notice, (i) advise Landlord of Tenant’s intention duly to institute all steps necessary to cure such default and (ii) institute and thereafter diligently prosecute to completion all steps necessary to cure the same, or

 

(c) if there shall be any direct or indirect assignment (including, without limitation, any direct or indirect transfer of the interests in Tenant which is deemed to constitute an assignment hereunder), subletting or other transfer of this Lease or the term and estate granted hereby or of the right to occupy all or any portion of the Premises, whether voluntary, involuntary, by operation of law or otherwise, except as expressly permitted by Article 5, or

 

(d) if Tenant shall abandon the Premises (and the fact that any of Tenant’s Property remains in the Premises shall not be evidence that Tenant has not abandoned the Premises), or

 

(e) if Tenant or any Affiliate of Tenant defaults under any other lease with Landlord or any Affiliate of Landlord, which default shall continue beyond any applicable grace period provided under such other lease, or

 

(f) if a default of the kind set forth in Section 6.03(a) or (b) shall occur and have been cured, and if a similar default shall occur more than once within the next 365 days, whether or not such similar defaults are cured within the applicable grace period, or

 

(g) if Tenant fails to deliver to Landlord any Letter of Credit within the time period required under Section 2.07,

 

then, in any of such cases, in addition to any other remedies available to Landlord at law or in equity, Landlord shall be entitled to give to Tenant a notice of intention to end the Term at the expiration of 3 days from the date of the giving of such notice, and, in the event such notice is given, this Lease and the term and estate hereby granted shall terminate upon the expiration of such 3 days with the same effect as if the last of such 3 days were the Expiration Date, but Tenant shall remain liable for damages as provided herein or pursuant to law.

 

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6.04 Re-entry by Landlord. If Tenant defaults in the payment of any Rent and such default continues for 3 days, or if this Lease shall terminate as in Section 6.03 provided, Landlord or Landlord’s agents and servants may immediately or at any time thereafter re-enter into or upon the Premises, or any part thereof, either by summary dispossess proceedings or by any suitable action or proceeding at law, without being liable to indictment, prosecution or damages therefor, and may repossess the same, and may remove any persons therefrom, to the end that Landlord may have, hold and enjoy the Premises. The words “re-enter” and “re-entering” as used in this Lease are not restricted to their technical legal meanings. Upon such termination or re-entry, Tenant shall pay to Landlord any Rent then due and owing (in addition to any damages payable under Section 6.05).

 

6.05 Damages. If this Lease is terminated under Section 6.03, or if Landlord re-enters the Premises under Section 6.04, Tenant shall pay to Landlord as damages, at the election of Landlord, either:

 

(a) a sum which, at the time of such termination, represents the then value of the excess, if any, of (1) the aggregate of the Rent which, had this Lease not terminated, would have been payable hereunder by Tenant for the period commencing on the day following the date of such termination or re-entry to and including the Expiration Date over (2) the aggregate fair rental value of the Premises for the same period (for the purposes of this clause (a) the amount of Additional Rent which would have been payable by Tenant under Sections 2.04 and 2.05 shall, for each calendar year ending after such termination or re-entry, be deemed to be an amount equal to the amount of such Additional Rent payable by Tenant for the calendar year immediately preceding the calendar year in which such termination or re-entry shall occur), or

 

(b) sums equal to the Rent that would have been payable by Tenant through and including the Expiration Date had this Lease not terminated or had Landlord not re-entered the Premises, payable upon the due dates therefor specified in this Lease; provided, that if Landlord shall relet all or any part of the Premises for all or any part of the period commencing on the day following the date of such termination or re-entry to and including the Expiration Date, Landlord shall credit Tenant with the net rents received by Landlord from such reletting, such net rents to be determined by first deducting from the gross rents as and when received by Landlord from such reletting the expenses incurred or paid by Landlord in terminating this Lease and of re-entering the Premises and of securing possession thereof, as well as the expenses of reletting, including, without limitation, altering and preparing the Premises for new tenants, brokers’ commissions, and all other expenses properly chargeable against the Premises and the rental therefrom in connection with such reletting, it being understood that any such reletting may be for a period equal to or shorter or longer than said period; provided, further, that (i) in no event shall Tenant be entitled to receive any excess of such net rents over the sums payable by Tenant to Landlord under this Lease, (ii) in no event shall Tenant be entitled, in any suit for the collection of damages pursuant to this Section 6.05(b), to a credit in respect of any net rents from a reletting except to the extent that such net rents are actually received by Landlord on account of any period that is the subject of such suit, (iii) if the Premises or any part thereof should be relet in combination with other space, then proper apportionment on a square foot rentable area basis shall be made of the rent received from such reletting and of the expenses of reletting, and (iv) Landlord shall have no obligation to so relet the Premises and Tenant hereby waives any right Tenant may have, at law or in equity, to require Landlord to so relet the Premises.

 

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Suit or suits for the recovery of any damages payable hereunder by Tenant, or any installments thereof, may be brought by Landlord from time to time at its election, and nothing contained herein shall require Landlord to postpone suit until the date when the Term would have expired but for such termination or re-entry.

 

6.06 Other Remedies. Nothing contained in this Lease shall be construed as limiting or precluding the recovery by Landlord against Tenant of any sums or damages to which, in addition to the damages particularly provided above, Landlord may lawfully be entitled by reason of any default hereunder on the part of Tenant. Anything in this Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, during the continuation of any default by Tenant, Tenant shall not be entitled to exercise any rights or options, or to receive any funds or proceeds being held, under or pursuant to this Lease.

 

6.07 Right to Injunction. In the event of a breach or threatened breach by Tenant of any of its obligations under this Lease, Landlord shall also have the right of injunction. The specified remedies to which Landlord may resort hereunder are cumulative and are not intended to be exclusive of any other remedies or means of redress to which Landlord may lawfully be entitled, and Landlord may invoke any remedy allowed at law or in equity as if specific remedies were not herein provided for.

 

6.08 Certain Waivers. Tenant waives and surrenders all right and privilege that Tenant might have under or by reason of any present or future law to redeem the Premises or to have a continuance of this Lease after Tenant is dispossessed or ejected therefrom by process of law or under the terms of this Lease or after any termination of this Lease. Landlord and Tenant each waive trial by jury in any action in connection with this Lease.

 

6.09 No Waiver. Failure by either party to declare any default immediately upon its occurrence or delay in taking any action in connection with such default shall not waive such default but such party shall have the right to declare any such default at any time thereafter. Any amounts paid by Tenant to Landlord may be applied by Landlord, in Landlord’s discretion, to any items then owing by Tenant to Landlord under this Lease (provided, that amounts paid by Tenant and designated by Tenant as Fixed Rent shall be applied by Landlord to Fixed Rent). Receipt by Landlord of a partial payment shall not be deemed to be an accord and satisfaction (notwithstanding any endorsement or statement on any check or any letter accompanying any check or payment) nor shall such receipt constitute a waiver by Landlord of Tenant’s obligation to make full payment. No act or thing done by Landlord or its agents shall be deemed an acceptance of a surrender of the Premises, and no agreement to accept such surrender shall be valid unless in writing and signed by Landlord and by each Superior Lessor and Superior Mortgagee whose lease or mortgage provides that any such surrender may not be accepted without its consent.

 

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6.10 Holding Over. If Tenant holds over without the consent of Landlord after expiration or termination of this Lease, Tenant shall (a) pay as holdover rental for each month of the holdover tenancy an amount equal to 200% of the greater of (i) the fair market rental value of the Premises for such month (as reasonably determined by Landlord) or (ii) the Rent which Tenant was obligated to pay for the month immediately preceding the end of the Term; and (b) be liable to Landlord for and indemnify Landlord against (i) any payment or rent concession which Landlord may be required to make to any tenant obtained by Landlord for all or any part of the Premises (a “New Tenant”) by reason of the late delivery of space to the New Tenant as a result of Tenant’s holding over or in order to induce such New Tenant not to terminate its lease by reason of the holding over by Tenant, (ii) the loss of the benefit of the bargain if any New Tenant shall terminate its lease by reason of the holding over by Tenant and (iii) any claim for damages by any New Tenant. No holding over by Tenant after the Term shall operate to extend the Term, and the acceptance of any rent paid by Tenant pursuant to this Section 6.10 shall not preclude Landlord from commencing and prosecuting a holdover or summary eviction proceeding.

 

6.11 Attorneys’ Fees.

 

(a) If Landlord places the enforcement of this Lease or any part thereof, or the collection of any Rent due or to become due hereunder, or recovery of the possession of the Premises, in the hands of an attorney, or files suit upon the same (and in the case of any of the foregoing, such matter is resolved in favor of Landlord without litigation or without there being a “prevailing party”), or in the event any bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar proceeding is commenced involving Tenant, Tenant shall, upon demand, reimburse Landlord for Landlord’s attorneys’ fees and disbursements and court costs.

 

(b) Subject to Section 6.11(a), the prevailing party in any action or proceeding between Tenant and Landlord shall be reimbursed by the losing party, within 30 days after demand, for its reasonable, out-of-pocket attorneys’ fees and disbursements and court costs.

 

6.12 Nonliability and Indemnification. (a) Neither Landlord, any Superior Lessor or any Superior Mortgagee, nor any partner, director, officer, shareholder, principal, agent, servant or employee of Landlord, any Superior Lessor or any Superior Mortgagee (whether disclosed or undisclosed), shall be liable to Tenant for (i) any loss, injury or damage to Tenant or to any other person, or to its or their property, irrespective of the cause of such injury, damage or loss, nor shall the aforesaid parties be liable for any loss of or damage to property of Tenant or of others entrusted to employees of Landlord; provided, that, except to the extent of the release of liability and waiver of subrogation provided in Section 7.03 hereof, the foregoing shall not be deemed to relieve Landlord, any Superior Lessor or any Superior Mortgagee of any liability to the extent resulting from the negligence of such party, its agents, servants or employees in the operation or maintenance of the Premises or the Building, (ii) any loss, injury or damage described in clause (i) above caused by other tenants or persons in, upon or about the Building, or caused by operations in construction of any private, public or quasi-public work, or (iii) even if negligent, consequential damages arising out of any loss of use of the Premises or any equipment, facilities or other Tenant’s Property therein or otherwise.

 

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(b) Tenant shall indemnify and hold harmless Landlord, all Superior Lessors and all Superior Mortgagees and each of their respective partners, members, directors, officers, shareholders, principals, agents and employees (each, an “Indemnified Party”), from and against any and all claims arising from or in connection with (i) the conduct or management of the Premises or of any business therein, or any work or thing done, or any condition created, in or about the Premises, (ii) any act, omission or negligence of Tenant or any person claiming through or under Tenant or any of their respective partners, directors, officers, agents, employees or contractors, (iii) any accident, injury or damage occurring in, at or upon the Premises (or outside the Premises if arising from or in connection with Tenant’s installations in, or use of, areas outside the Premises), (iv) any default by Tenant in the performance of Tenant’s obligations under this Lease and (v) any brokerage commission or similar compensation claimed to be due by reason of any proposed subletting or assignment by Tenant (irrespective of the exercise by Landlord of any of the options in Section 5.02(b)); together with all costs, expenses and liabilities incurred in connection with each such claim or action or proceeding brought thereon, including, without limitation, all reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements; provided, that the foregoing indemnity shall not apply to the extent such claim results from the negligence (other than negligence to which the release of liability and waiver of subrogation provided in Section 7.03 applies) or willful misconduct of the Indemnified Party. If any action or proceeding is brought against any Indemnified Party by reason of any such claim, Tenant, upon notice from such Indemnified Party shall resist and defend such action or proceeding (by counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Party).

 

ARTICLE 7

 

Insurance; Casualty; Condemnation

 

7.01 Compliance with Insurance Standards. (a) Tenant shall not violate, or permit the violation of, any condition imposed by any insurance policy then issued in respect of the Project and shall not do, or permit anything to be done, or keep or permit anything to be kept in the Premises, which would subject Landlord, any Superior Lessor or any Superior Mortgagee to any liability or responsibility for personal injury or death or property damage, or which would increase any insurance rate in respect of the Project over the rate which would otherwise then be in effect or which would result in insurance companies of good standing refusing to insure the Project in amounts reasonably satisfactory to Landlord, or which would result in the cancellation of, or the assertion of any defense by the insurer in whole or in part to claims under, any policy of insurance in respect of the Project. Landlord represents that the use of the Premises for office use will not, in and of itself, have an adverse affect on Landlord’s insurance for the Building.

 

(b) If, by reason of any failure of Tenant to comply with this Lease, the premiums paid by Landlord for Landlord’s insurance on the Project shall be higher than they otherwise would be, Tenant shall reimburse Landlord, on demand, for that part of such premiums attributable to such failure on the part of Tenant. A schedule or “make up” of rates for the Project or the Premises, as the case may be, issued by any body making rates for insurance for the Project or the Premises, as the case may be, shall be presumptive evidence of the facts therein stated and of the several items and charges in the insurance rate then applicable to the Project or the Premises, as the case may be.

 

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7.02 Tenant’s Insurance. Tenant shall maintain at all times during the Term (a) “all risk” property insurance covering all present and future Tenant’s Property and Fixtures to a limit of not less than the full replacement cost thereof, with an agreed amount endorsement, and (b) commercial general liability insurance, and, if necessary, commercial umbrella insurance, including a contractual liability coverage, and personal injury liability coverage, in respect of the Premises and the conduct or operation of business therein, with Landlord and its managing agent, if any, and each Superior Lessor and Superior Mortgagee whose name and address shall have been furnished to Tenant, as additional insureds, with limits of not less than $5,000,000 combined single limit for bodily injury and property damage liability in any one occurrence and (c) boiler and machinery, if there is a boiler, supplemental air conditioning unit or pressure object or similar equipment in the Premises, with Landlord and its managing agent, if any, and each Superior Lessor and Superior Mortgagee whose name and address shall have been furnished to Tenant, as loss payees as their interests may appear, with limits of not less than the full replacement cost thereof, with an agreed amount endorsement, and (d) when Alterations are in process, the insurance specified in Section 4.02(f) hereof. The limits of such insurance shall not limit the liability of Tenant. Tenant shall deliver to Landlord and any additional insureds, at least 10 days prior to the Commencement Date, such fully paid-for policies or certificates of insurance, in form reasonably satisfactory to Landlord issued by the insurance company or its authorized agent. Tenant shall procure and pay for renewals of such insurance from time to time before the expiration thereof, and Tenant shall deliver to Landlord and any additional insureds such renewal policy or a certificate thereof before the expiration of any existing policy. All such policies shall be issued by companies of recognized responsibility licensed to do business in New York State and rated by Best’s Insurance Reports or any successor publication of comparable standing as A/VIII or better or the then equivalent of such rating, and, if reasonably available, all such policies shall contain a provision whereby the same cannot be canceled, allowed to lapse or modified unless Landlord and any additional insureds are given at least 30 days prior written notice of such cancellation, lapse or modification. Tenant shall provide Landlord with notice of any cancellation, lapse or modification of the insurance policies described in this Section within 10 days after Tenant’s receipt of notice of such cancellation, lapse or modification. The proceeds of policies providing “all risk” property insurance of Tenant’s Property and Fixtures shall be payable to Landlord, Tenant and each Superior Lessor and Superior Mortgagee as their interests may appear. Tenant shall cooperate with Landlord in connection with the collection of any insurance moneys that may be due in the event of loss and Tenant shall execute and deliver to Landlord such proofs of loss and other instruments which may be required to recover any such insurance moneys. Landlord may from time to time reasonably require that the amount of the insurance to be maintained by Tenant under this Section 7.02 be increased, so that the amount thereof adequately protects Landlord’s interest.

 

7.03 Subrogation Waiver. Landlord and Tenant shall each include in each of its insurance policies (insuring the Building in case of Landlord, and insuring Tenant’s Property and Fixtures in the case of Tenant, against loss, damage or destruction by fire or other casualty) a waiver of the insurer’s right of subrogation against the other party during the Term or, if such waiver should be unobtainable or unenforceable, (a) an express agreement that such policy shall not be invalidated if the assured waives the right of recovery against any party responsible for a casualty covered by the policy before the casualty or (b) any other form of permission for the release of the other party. Each party hereby releases the other party with respect to any claim (including a claim for negligence) which it might otherwise have against the other party for loss, damage or destruction with respect to its property occurring during the Term to the extent to which it is, or is required to be, insured under a policy or policies containing a waiver of subrogation or permission to release liability. Nothing contained in this Section 7.03 shall be deemed to relieve either party of any duty imposed elsewhere in this Lease to repair, restore or rebuild or to nullify any abatement of rents provided for elsewhere in this Lease.

 

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7.04 Condemnation. (a) If there shall be a total taking of the Building in condemnation proceedings or by any right of eminent domain, this Lease and the term and estate hereby granted shall terminate as of the date of taking of possession by the condemning authority and all Rent shall be prorated and paid as of such termination date. If there shall be a taking of any material (in Landlord’s reasonable judgment) portion of the Land or the Building (whether or not the Premises are affected by such taking), then Landlord may terminate this Lease and the term and estate granted hereby by giving notice to Tenant within 60 days after the date of taking of possession by the condemning authority. If there shall be a taking of the Premises of such scope (but in no event less than 20% thereof) that the untaken part of the Premises would in Tenant’s reasonable judgment be uneconomic to operate, then Tenant may terminate this Lease and the term and estate granted hereby by giving notice to Landlord within 60 days after the date of taking of possession by the condemning authority. If either Landlord or Tenant shall give a termination notice as aforesaid, then this Lease and the term and estate granted hereby shall terminate as of the date of such notice and all Rent shall be prorated and paid as of such termination date. In the event of a taking of the Premises which does not result in the termination of this Lease (i) the term and estate hereby granted with respect to the taken part of the Premises shall terminate as of the date of taking of possession by the condemning authority and all Rent shall be appropriately abated for the period from such date to the Expiration Date and (ii) Landlord shall with reasonable diligence restore the remaining portion of the Premises (exclusive of Tenant’s Property) as nearly as practicable to its condition prior to such taking.

 

(b) In the event of any taking of all or a part of the Building, Landlord shall be entitled to receive the entire award in the condemnation proceeding, including, without limitation, any award made for the value of the estate vested by this Lease in Tenant or any value attributable to the unexpired portion of the Term, and Tenant hereby assigns to Landlord any and all right, title and interest of Tenant now or hereafter arising in or to any such award or any part thereof, and Tenant shall be entitled to receive no part of such award; provided, that nothing shall preclude Tenant from intervening in any such condemnation proceeding to claim or receive from the condemning authority any compensation to which Tenant may otherwise lawfully be entitled in such case in respect of Tenant’s Property or moving expenses, provided the same do not include any value of the estate vested by this Lease in Tenant or of the unexpired portion of the Term and do not reduce the amount available to Landlord or materially delay the payment thereof.

 

(c) If all or any part of the Premises shall be taken for a limited period, Tenant shall be entitled, except as hereinafter set forth, to that portion of the award for such taking which represents compensation for the use and occupancy of the Premises, for the taking of Tenant’s Property and for moving expenses, and Landlord shall be entitled to that portion which represents reimbursement for the cost of restoration of the Premises. This Lease shall remain unaffected by such taking and Tenant shall continue responsible for all of its obligations under this Lease to the extent such obligations are not affected by such taking and shall continue to pay in full all Rent when due. If the period of temporary use or occupancy shall extend beyond the Expiration Date, that part of the award which represents compensation for the use and occupancy of the Premises shall be apportioned between Landlord and Tenant as of the Expiration Date. Any award for temporary use and occupancy for a period beyond the date to which the Rent has been paid shall be paid to, held and applied by Landlord as a trust fund for payment of the Rent thereafter becoming due.

 

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(d) In the event of any taking which does not result in termination of this Lease, (i) Landlord, whether or not any award shall be sufficient therefor, shall proceed with reasonable diligence to repair the remaining parts of the Building and the Premises (other than those parts of the Premises which constitute Tenant’s Property) to substantially their former condition to the extent that the same may be feasible (subject to reasonable changes which Landlord deems desirable) and so as to constitute a complete and rentable Building and Premises and (ii) Tenant, whether or not any award shall be sufficient therefor, shall proceed with reasonable diligence to repair the remaining parts of the Premises which constitute Tenant’s Property, to substantially their former condition to the extent that the same may be feasible, subject to reasonable changes which shall be deemed Alterations.

 

7.05 Casualty. (a) If the Building or the Premises shall be partially or totally damaged or destroyed by fire or other casualty (each, a “Casualty”) and if this Lease is not terminated as provided below, then (i) Landlord shall repair and restore the Building and the Premises (excluding all Fixtures and Tenant’s Property) with reasonable dispatch (but Landlord shall not be required to perform the same on an overtime or premium pay basis) after notice to Landlord of the Casualty and the collection of the insurance proceeds attributable to such Casualty and (ii) Tenant shall repair and restore in accordance with Section 4.02 all Fixtures and Tenant’s Property with reasonable dispatch after the Casualty.

 

(b) If all or part of the Premises shall be rendered untenantable by reason of a Casualty, the Fixed Rent and the Additional Rent under Sections 2.04 and 2.05 shall be abated in the proportion that the untenantable area of the Premises bears to the total area of the Premises, for the period from the date of the Casualty to the earlier of (i) the date the Premises is made tenantable (provided, that if the Premises would have been tenantable at an earlier date but for Tenant having failed diligently to prosecute repairs or restoration, then the Premises shall be deemed to have been made tenantable on such earlier date and the abatement shall cease) or (ii) the date Tenant or any subtenant reoccupies a portion of the Premises for the ordinary conduct of business (in which case the Fixed Rent and the Additional Rent allocable to such reoccupied portion shall be payable by Tenant from the date of such occupancy). Landlord’s reasonable determination of the date the Premises is tenantable shall be controlling unless Tenant disputes same by notice to Landlord within 10 days after such determination by Landlord, and pending resolution of such dispute, Tenant shall pay Rent in accordance with Landlord’s determination. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if by reason of any act or omission by Tenant, any subtenant or any of their respective partners, directors, officers, servants, employees, agents or contractors, Landlord, any Superior Lessor or any Superior Mortgagee shall be unable to collect all of the insurance proceeds (including, without limitation, rent insurance proceeds) applicable to the Casualty, then, without prejudice to any other remedies which may be available against Tenant, there shall be no abatement of Rent.

 

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(c) If by reason of a Casualty (i) the Building shall be totally damaged or destroyed, (ii) the Building shall be so damaged or destroyed (whether or not the Premises are damaged or destroyed) that Landlord’s repair or restoration shall require more than 270 days or the expenditure of more than 20% percent of the full insurable value of the Building (which, for purposes of this Section 7.05(c), shall mean replacement cost less the cost of footings, foundations and other structures below the street and first floors of the Building) immediately prior to the Casualty or (iii) more than 30% of the Premises shall be damaged or destroyed (as estimated in any such case by a reputable contractor, architect or engineer designated by Landlord), then in any such case Landlord may terminate this Lease by notice given to Tenant within 180 days after the Casualty.

 

(d) Landlord shall not carry any insurance on any Tenant’s Property or Fixtures and shall not be obligated to repair or replace Tenant’s Property or Fixtures. Tenant shall look solely to Tenant’s insurance for recovery of any damage to or loss of Tenant’s Property or Fixtures. Tenant shall notify Landlord promptly of any Casualty in the Premises.

 

(e) This Section 7.05 shall be deemed an express agreement governing any damage or destruction of the Premises by fire or other casualty, and Section 227 of the New York Real Property Law providing for such a contingency in the absence of an express agreement, and any other law of like import now or hereafter in force, shall have no application.

 

7.06 Landlord’s Insurance. Landlord shall maintain property insurance and commercial general liability insurance, in both cases, as and to the extent required by any Superior Lessor or Superior Mortgagee or, in the absence of any such requirement, to the extent customarily carried by similarly situated landlords in midtown Manhattan.

 

ARTICLE 8

 

Miscellaneous Provisions

 

8.01 Notice. All notices, demands, consents, approvals, advices, waivers or other communications which may or are required to be given by either party to the other under this Lease (each, “Notice”) shall be in writing and shall be delivered by (a) personal delivery, (b) the United States mail, certified or registered, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or (c) a nationally recognized overnight courier, in each case addressed to the party to be notified at the address for such party specified in the first paragraph of this Lease (in the case of each Notice to Landlord to the attention of Building Management, with a copy to (i) RXR Realty, 625 RXR Plaza, Uniondale, New York 11556, Attention: Jason Barnett, Esq., Office of General Counsel and (ii) RXR Realty, 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019, Attention: William Elder) or to such other place as the party to be notified may from time to time designate by at least 5 days’ notice to the notifying party. Notices from Landlord may be given by Landlord’s managing agent, if any, or by Landlord’s attorney. Each Notice shall be deemed to have been given on the date such Notice is actually received as evidenced by a written receipt therefor, and in the event of failure to deliver by reason of changed address of which no Notice was given or refusal to accept delivery, as of the date of such failure.

 

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8.02 Building Rules. Tenant shall comply with, and Tenant shall cause its licensees, employees, contractors, agents and invitees to comply with, the rules of the Building set forth in Exhibit C, as the same may be reasonably modified or supplemented by Landlord from time to time for the safety, care and cleanliness of the Premises and the Building and for preservation of good order therein. Landlord shall not be obligated to enforce the rules of the Building against Tenant or any other tenant of the Building or any other party, and Landlord shall have no liability to Tenant by reason of the violation by any tenant or other party of the rules of the Building; provided, that Landlord shall not enforce the rules of the Building in a manner which discriminates against Tenant. If any rule of the Building shall conflict with any provision of this Lease, such provision of this Lease shall govern.

 

8.03 Severability. If any term or provision of this Lease, or the application thereof to any person or circumstances shall to any extent be invalid or unenforceable, the remainder of this Lease, or the application of such provision to persons or circumstances other than those as to which it is invalid or unenforceable, shall not be affected, and each provision of this Lease shall be valid and shall be enforceable to the extent permitted by law.

 

8.04 Certain Definitions. (a) “Landlord” means only the owner, at the time in question, of the Building or that portion of the Building of which the Premises are a part, or of a lease of the Building or that portion of the Building of which the Premises are a part, so that in the event of any transfer or transfers of title to the Building or of Landlord’s interest in a lease of the Building or such portion of the Building, the transferor shall be and hereby is relieved and freed of all obligations of Landlord under this Lease accruing after such transfer, and it shall be deemed, without further agreement, that such transferee has assumed all obligations of Landlord during the period it is the holder of Landlord’s interest under this Lease.

 

(b) “Landlord shall have no liability to Tenant” or words of similar import mean that Tenant is not entitled to terminate this Lease, or to claim actual or constructive eviction, partial, or total, or to receive any abatement or diminution of Rent, or to be relieved in any manner of any of its other obligations under this Lease, or to be compensated for loss or injury suffered or to enforce any other right or kind of liability whatsoever against Landlord under or with respect to this Lease or with respect to Tenant’s use or occupancy of the Premises.

 

(c) “Unavoidable Delay” means Landlord’s inability to fulfill or delay in fulfilling any of its obligations under this Lease expressly or impliedly to be performed by Landlord (including, without limitation, Landlord’s inability to make or delay in making any repairs, additions, alterations, improvements or decorations, or Landlord’s inability to supply or delay in supplying any equipment or fixtures), if Landlord’s inability or delay is due to or arises by reason of strikes, labor troubles or by accident, or by any cause whatsoever beyond Landlord’s reasonable control, including, without limitation, Laws, other governmental actions, shortages or unavailability of labor, fuel, steam, water, electricity or materials, Tenant Delay, delays caused by other tenants or other occupants of the Building, acts of God, enemy or terrorist action, civil commotion, fire or other casualty.

 

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8.05 Quiet Enjoyment. Tenant shall and may peaceably and quietly have, hold and enjoy the Premises, subject to the other terms of this Lease and to Superior Leases and Superior Mortgages, provided that Tenant pays the Fixed Rent and Additional Rent to be paid by Tenant and performs all of Tenant’s covenants and agreements contained in this Lease.

 

8.06 Limitation of Landlord’s Personal Liability. Tenant shall look solely to Landlord’s interest in the Project for the recovery of any judgment against Landlord, and no other property or assets of Landlord or Landlord’s partners, officers, directors, shareholders or principals, direct or indirect, disclosed or undisclosed, shall be subject to levy, execution or other enforcement procedure for the satisfaction of Tenant’s remedies under or with respect to this Lease.

 

8.07 Counterclaims. If Landlord commences any summary proceeding or action for nonpayment of Rent or to recover possession of the Premises, Tenant shall not interpose any counterclaim of any nature or description in any such proceeding or action, unless Tenant’s failure to interpose such counterclaim in such proceeding or action would result in the waiver of Tenant’s right to bring such claim in a separate proceeding under applicable law.

 

8.08 Survival. All obligations and liabilities of Landlord or Tenant to the other which accrued before the expiration or other termination of this Lease and all such obligations and liabilities which by their nature or under the circumstances can only be, or by the provisions of this Lease may be, performed after such expiration or other termination, shall survive the expiration or other termination of this Lease. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the rights and obligations of the parties with respect to any indemnity under this Lease, and with respect to Tax Payments, Operating Payments and any other amounts payable under this Lease, shall survive the expiration or other termination of this Lease.

 

8.09 Certain Remedies. If Tenant requests Landlord’s consent and Landlord fails or refuses to give such consent, Tenant shall not be entitled to any damages for any withholding by Landlord of its consent, it being intended that Tenant’s sole remedy shall be an action for specific performance or injunction, and that such remedy shall be available only in those cases where this Lease provides that Landlord shall not unreasonably withhold its consent. No dispute relating to this Lease or the relationship of Landlord and Tenant under this Lease shall be resolved by arbitration unless this Lease expressly provides for such dispute to be resolved by arbitration.

 

8.10 No Offer. The submission by Landlord of this Lease in draft form shall be solely for Tenant’s consideration and not for acceptance and execution. Such submission shall have no binding force or effect and shall confer no rights nor impose any obligations, including brokerage obligations, on either party unless and until both Landlord and Tenant shall have executed a lease and duplicate originals thereof shall have been delivered to the respective parties.

 

8.11 Captions; Construction. The table of contents, captions, headings and titles in this Lease are solely for convenience of reference and shall not affect its interpretation. This Lease shall be construed without regard to any presumption or other rule requiring construction against the party causing this Lease to be drafted. Each covenant, agreement, obligation or other provision of this Lease on Tenant’s part to be performed, shall be deemed and construed as a separate and independent covenant of Tenant, not dependent on any other provision of this Lease.

 

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8.12 Amendments. This Lease may not be altered, changed or amended, except by an instrument in writing signed by the party to be charged.

 

8.13 Brokers. Each party represents to the other that such party has dealt with no broker other than the Brokers in connection with this Lease or the Building, and each party shall indemnify and hold the other harmless from and against all loss, cost, liability and expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) arising out of any claim for a commission or other compensation by any broker other than the Brokers who alleges that it has dealt with the indemnifying party in connection with this Lease or the Building. Landlord shall enter into a separate agreement with the Brokers which provides that, if this Lease is executed and delivered by both Landlord and Tenant, Landlord shall pay to the Brokers a commission to be agreed upon between Landlord and the Brokers, subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of such agreement.

 

8.14 Merger. Tenant acknowledges that Landlord has not made and is not making, and Tenant, in executing and delivering this Lease, is not relying upon, any warranties, representations, promises or statements, except to the extent that the same are expressly set forth in this Lease. This Lease embodies the entire understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof, and all prior agreements, understanding and statements, oral or written, with respect thereto are merged in this Lease.

 

8.15 Successors. This Lease shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Landlord, its successors and assigns, and shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of Tenant, its successors, and to the extent that an assignment may be approved by Landlord, Tenant’s assigns.

 

8.16 Applicable Law. This Lease shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to any principles of conflicts of laws.

 

8.17 No Development Rights. Tenant acknowledges that it has no rights to any development rights, air rights or comparable rights appurtenant to the Project, and consents, without further consideration, to any utilization of such rights by Landlord. Tenant shall promptly execute and deliver any instruments which may be requested by Landlord, including instruments merging zoning lots, evidencing such acknowledgment and consent. The provisions of this Section 8.17 shall be construed as an express waiver by Tenant of any interest Tenant may have as a “party in interest” (as such term is defined in Section 12-10 Zoning Lot of the Zoning Resolution of the City of New York) in the Project.

 

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8.18 Condominium. This Lease and all rights of Tenant hereunder are and shall be subject and subordinate in all respects to any condominium declaration and any other documents (collectively, the “Declaration”) which are or shall be recorded in order to convert the Land and the improvements erected thereon to a condominium form of ownership in accordance with the provisions of Article 9-B of the Real Property Law, or any successor thereto, provided the Declaration does not include other terms which increase Tenant’s obligations (in any material respect) or decrease Tenant’s rights (in any material respect). If any such Declaration is to be recorded, Tenant, upon the request of Landlord, shall enter into an amendment of this Lease confirming such subordination and modifying the Lease in such respects as shall be necessary to conform to such condominiumization, including, without limitation, appropriate adjustments to Tenant’s Tax Share and Tenant’s Operating Share and appropriate reductions in the Operating Expenses for the Base Operating Year and the Base Tax Amount; provided, that, such amendment shall not reduce Tenant’s rights or increase Tenant’s obligations under this Lease (in either case in any material respect) or increase Tenant’s monetary obligations under the Lease.

 

8.19 Embargoed Person. Tenant represents that as of the date of this Lease, and Tenant covenants that throughout the term of this Lease: (a) Tenant is not, and shall not be, an Embargoed Person, (b) none of the funds or other assets of Tenant are or shall constitute property of, or are or shall be beneficially owned, directly or indirectly, by any Embargoed Person; (c) no Embargoed Person shall have any interest of any nature whatsoever in Tenant, with the result that the investment in Tenant (whether directly or indirectly) is or would be blocked or prohibited by law or that this Lease and performance of the obligations hereunder are or would be blocked or in violation of law and (d) none of the funds of Tenant are, or shall be derived from, any activity with the result that the investment in Tenant (whether directly or indirectly) is or would be blocked or in violation of law or that this Lease and performance of the obligations hereunder are or would be in violation of law. “Embargoed Person” means a person, entity or government (i) identified on the Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List maintained by the United States Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control and/or any similar list maintained pursuant to any authorizing statute, executive order or regulation and/or (ii) subject to trade restrictions under United States law, including, without limitation, the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, 50 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq., The Trading with the Enemy Act, 50 U.S.C. App. 1 et seq., and any Executive Orders or regulations promulgated under any such laws, with the result that the investment in Tenant (whether directly or indirectly), is or would be prohibited by law or this Lease is or would be in violation of law and/or (iii) subject to blocking, sanction or reporting under the USA Patriot Act, as amended; Executive Order 13224, as amended; Title 31, Parts 595, 596 and 597 of the U.S. Code of Federal Regulations, as they exist from time to time; and any other law or Executive Order or regulation through which the U.S. Department of the Treasury has or may come to have sanction authority. If any representation made by Tenant pursuant to this Section 8.19 shall become untrue Tenant shall within 10 days give written notice thereof to Landlord, which notice shall set forth in reasonable detail the reason(s) why such representation has become untrue and shall be accompanied by any relevant notices from, or correspondence with, the applicable governmental agency or agencies.

 

8.20 Counterparts. This Lease may be executed in counterparts each of which shall be an original and all of which counterparts taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.

 

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8.21 REIT. Tenant acknowledges that Landlord and/or certain beneficial owners of Landlord may from time to time qualify as real estate investment trusts pursuant to Sections 856 et seq. of the Code or as entities described in Section 511(a)(2) of the Code, and that avoiding (i) the loss of such status, (ii) the receipt of any income derived under any provision of this Lease that does not constitute “rents from real property” (in the case of real estate investment trusts) or that constitutes “unrelated business taxable income” (in the case of entities described in Section 511(a)(2) of the Code), and (iii) the imposition of penalty or similar taxes (each, an “Adverse Event”) is of material concern to Landlord and such beneficial owners and Tenant’s agreement herein contained regarding the avoidance of an Adverse Event is a material inducement to Landlord entering into this Lease. If this Lease or any provision thereof could, in the opinion of counsel to Landlord, result in or cause an Adverse Event, Tenant shall cooperate with Landlord in amending or modifying this Lease and shall at the request of Landlord execute and deliver such documents reasonably required to effect such amendment or modification. Any amendment or modification pursuant to this Section 8.21 shall be structured so that the economic results to Landlord and Tenant shall be substantially similar to those set forth in this Lease without regard to such amendment or modification. Without limiting any of Landlord’s other rights under this Section 8.21, Landlord may waive the receipt of any amount payable to Landlord under this Lease, and such waiver shall constitute an amendment or modification of this Lease with respect to such payment.

 

8.22 Signage.

 

(a) Subject to applicable Laws and the further provisions of this Section 8.22, Tenant shall have the right to install Tenant’s corporate logo and/or identification signage on the entry doors of the Premises (the “Door Signage”); provided, that (i) the Door Signage shall be subject to Landlord’s reasonable approval (including, without limitation, as to size, color and materials) and (ii) Tenant, at Tenant’s expense, shall be responsible for supplying, installing, maintaining, repairing and replacing the Door Signage.

 

(b) Upon the expiration or earlier termination of the Term, the Door Signage shall be removed by Tenant in accordance with Section 4.03.

 

ARTICLE 9

 

Renewal Right

 

9.01 Renewal Right.

 

(a) Provided that on the date Tenant exercises the Renewal Option and at the commencement of the Renewal Term (i) this Lease shall not have been terminated, (ii) Tenant shall not be in default under this Lease, (iii) Tenant shall occupy the entire Premises and (iv) Tenant shall not have assigned this Lease during the initial Term, Tenant shall have the option (the “Renewal Option”) to extend the term of this Lease for an additional 5 year period (the “Renewal Term”), to commence at the expiration of the initial Term.

 

(b) The Renewal Option shall be exercised with respect to the entire Premises only and shall be exercisable by Tenant giving notice to Landlord (the “Renewal Notice”) at least 18 months before the last day of the initial Term. Time is of the essence with respect to the giving of the Renewal Notice.

 

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(c) Anything in this Lease to the contrary notwithstanding, the provisions of this Section 9.01 granting to Tenant the Renewal Option shall be null and void and of no force or effect if the original named Tenant hereunder is no longer the Tenant under this Lease.

 

9.02 Renewal Rent and Other Terms.  

 

(a) The Renewal Term shall be upon all of the terms and conditions set forth in this Lease, except that (i) the Fixed Rent shall be as determined pursuant to the further provisions of this Section 9.02; (ii) Tenant shall accept the Premises in its “as is” condition at the commencement of the Renewal Term, and Landlord shall not be required to perform Landlord’s Work or any other work, to pay any work allowance or other amount or to render any services to make the Premises ready for Tenant’s use and occupancy or to provide any abatement of Fixed Rent or Additional Rent, in each case with respect to the Renewal Term; (iii) Tenant shall have no option to renew this Lease beyond the expiration of the Renewal Term; and (iv) the Base Tax Amount shall be the Taxes for the Tax Year ending immediately before the commencement of the Renewal Term and the Base Operating Year shall be the Operating Year ending immediately before the commencement of the Renewal Term.

 

(b) The annual Fixed Rent for the Premises for the Renewal Term shall be Fair Market Rent. “Fair Market Rent” means the fixed annual rent that a willing lessee would pay and a willing lessor would accept for the Premises during the Renewal Term, each party acting prudently and under no compulsion to lease, and taking into account all relevant factors, including, without limitation, market concessions.

 

(c) If Tenant timely exercises the Renewal Option, Landlord shall notify Tenant (the “Rent Notice”) at least 120 days before the last day of the initial Term of Landlord’s determination of the Fair Market Rent (“Landlord’s Initial Determination”). Tenant shall notify Landlord (“Tenant’s Notice”), within 20 days after Tenant’s receipt of the Rent Notice, whether Tenant accepts or disputes Landlord’s Initial Determination, and if Tenant disputes Landlord’s Initial Determination, Tenant’s Notice shall set forth Tenant’s determination of the Fair Market Rent, (“Tenant’s Initial Determination”). If Tenant fails to give Tenant’s Notice within such 20 day period, or if Tenant gives Tenant’s Notice within such 20 day period but fails to set forth therein Tenant’s Initial Determination, then Tenant shall be deemed to have accepted Landlord’s Initial Determination.

 

(d)

 

(i) If Tenant timely disputes Landlord’s Initial Determination and Landlord and Tenant fail to agree as to the Fair Market Rent within 20 days after the giving of Tenant’s Notice, then the Fair Market Rent shall be determined by arbitration in the City of New York, as set forth in this Section 9.02(d). Tenant shall initiate the arbitration process by giving notice to that effect to Landlord within 40 days after the giving of Tenant’s Notice, which notice shall include the name and address of Tenant’s designated arbitrator. If Tenant fails to give such notice within such 40 day period, then Tenant shall be deemed to have accepted Landlord’s Initial Determination. Within 30 days after the designation of Tenant’s arbitrator, Landlord shall give notice to Tenant of the name and address of Landlord’s designated arbitrator. If Landlord shall fail timely to appoint an arbitrator, then Tenant may request the AAA to appoint an arbitrator on Landlord’s behalf. Such two arbitrators shall have 30 days to appoint a third arbitrator who shall be impartial. If such arbitrators fail to do so, then either Landlord or Tenant may request the AAA to appoint an arbitrator who shall be impartial within 30 days after such request and both parties shall be bound by any appointment so made within such 30 day period. If no such third arbitrator shall have been appointed within such 30 day period, either Landlord or Tenant may apply to the Supreme Court, New York County to make such appointment. The third arbitrator only shall subscribe and swear to an oath fairly and impartially to determine such dispute.

 

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(ii) Within 7 days after the appointment of the third arbitrator, the three arbitrators will meet (the “Initial Meeting”) and set a hearing date for the arbitration. The hearing shall not exceed two days and shall be scheduled to be held within 60 days after the Initial Meeting. At the Initial Meeting, Landlord and Tenant may each submit a revised Fair Market Rent determination (each, a “Final Determination”); provided, that Landlord’s Final Determination may not be greater than Landlord’s Initial Determination, and Tenant’s Final Determination may not be lower than Tenant’s Initial Determination. If either party shall fail so to submit a Final Determination, then Landlord’s Initial Determination or Tenant’s Initial Determination, as applicable, shall constitute such party’s Final Determination.

 

(iii) There shall be no discovery in the arbitration. However, on reasonable notice to the other party, Tenant may inspect any portion of the Building relevant to its claims, and Landlord may inspect any portion of the space occupied by Tenant on the floors in issue. Thirty days prior to the scheduled hearing, the parties shall exchange opening written expert reports and opening written pre-hearing statements. Opening written pre-hearing statements shall not exceed 20 pages in length. Two weeks prior to the hearing, the parties may exchange rebuttal written expert reports and rebuttal written pre-hearing statements. Rebuttal written pre-hearing statements shall not exceed 10 pages in length. Ten days prior to the hearing, the parties shall exchange written witness lists, including a brief statement as to the subject matter to be covered in the witnesses’ testimony. One week prior to the hearing, the parties shall exchange all documents which they intend to offer at the hearing. Other than rebuttal witnesses, only the witnesses listed on the witness lists shall be allowed to testify at the hearings. Closing arguments shall be heard immediately following conclusion of all testimony. The proceedings shall be recorded by stenographic means. Each party may present live witnesses and offer exhibits, and all witnesses shall be subject to cross-examination. The arbitrators shall conduct the two day hearing so as to provide each party with sufficient time to present its case, both on direct and on rebuttal, and permit each party appropriate time for cross examination; provided, that the arbitrators shall not extend the hearing beyond two days. Each party may, during its direct case, present evidence in support of its position and in opposition to the position of the opposing party.

 

(iv) The third arbitrator shall make a determination of the Fair Market Rent by selecting either the amount set forth in Landlord’s Final Determination or the amount set forth in Tenant’s Final Determination, whichever the third arbitrator determines is closest to Fair Market Rent for the Premises. The third arbitrator may not select any other amount as the Fair Market Rent. The fees and expenses of any arbitration pursuant to this Section 9.02(d) shall be borne by the parties equally, but each party shall bear the expense of its own arbitrator, attorneys and experts and the additional expenses of presenting its own proof. The arbitrators shall not have the power to add to, modify or change any of the provisions of this Lease. Each arbitrator shall be a licensed real estate broker having at least 15 years of experience in leasing of first class office buildings in Manhattan. After a determination has been made of the Fair Market Rent, the parties shall execute and deliver an instrument setting forth the Fair Market Rent, but the failure to so execute and deliver any such instrument shall not effect the determination of Fair Market Rent.

 

(e) If Tenant disputes Landlord’s Initial Determination and if the final determination of Fair Market Rent shall not be made on or before the first day of the Renewal Term, then, pending such final determination, Tenant shall pay, as Fixed Rent for the Renewal Term, an amount equal to Landlord’s Final Determination. If, based upon the final determination of the Fair Market Rent, the Fixed Rent payments made by Tenant for such portion of the Renewal Term were greater than the Fair Market Rent payable for the Renewal Term, Landlord shall credit the amount of such excess against future installments of Fixed Rent and/or Additional Rent payable by Tenant.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have executed this Lease as of the day and year first written above.

 

  Landlord: RXR 1330 OWNER LLC
     
    By:      
    Name:  
    Title:  

 

  Tenant: FUBOTV, INC.
       
    By:                 
    Name: David Gandler
    Title: CEO
       
Tenant’s Federal Tax I.D. No.:   [***]

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

DESCRIPTION OF LAND

 

ALL that certain plot, piece or parcel of land, situate, lying and being in the Borough of Manhattan, County, City and State of New York, bounded and described as follows:

 

BEGINNING at the corner formed by the intersection of the northerly side of 53rd street with the easterly side of Avenue of the Americas;

 

RUNNING THENCE easterly along said northerly side of 53rd Street, 97 feet 8 inches to a point at or opposite the center of a certain party wall standing partly on the land herein described and partly on the land adjoining on the east;

 

THENCE northerly through said party wall and parallel with Avenue of the Americas, 100 feet 5 inches to the center line of the block;

 

THENCE easterly along said center line of the block, 19 feet 10 inches;

 

THENCE northerly again parallel with Avenue of the Americas 100 feet 5 inches to the southerly side of 54th Street;

 

THENCE westerly long the southerly side of 54th Street, 117 feet 6 inches to the easterly side of Avenue of the Americas;

 

THENCE southerly along the easterly side of Avenue of the Americas, 200 feet 10 inches to the northerly side of 53rd Street, to the point or place of BEGINNING.

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

FLOOR PLAN

 

This floor plan is annexed to and made a part of this Lease solely to indicate the Premises by outlining and diagonal marking. All areas, conditions, dimensions and locations are approximate.

 

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

RULES AND REGULATIONS

 

1. The rights of each tenant in the entrances, corridors, elevators and escalators servicing the Building are limited to ingress and egress from such tenant’s premises for the tenant and its employees, licensees and invitees, and no tenant shall use, or permit the use of, the entrances, corridors, escalators or elevators for any other purpose. No tenant shall invite to the tenant’s premises, or permit the visit of, persons in such numbers or under such conditions as to interfere with the use and enjoyment of any of the plazas, entrances, corridors, escalators, elevators and other facilities of the Building by any other tenants. Fire exits and stairways are for emergency use only, and they shall not be used for any other purpose by the tenants, their employees, licensees or invitees. No tenant shall encumber or obstruct, or permit the encumbrance or obstruction of, any of the sidewalks, plazas, entrances, corridors, escalators, elevators, fire exits or stairways of the Building. Landlord reserves the right to control and operate the public portions of the Building and the public facilities, as well as facilities furnished for the common use of the tenants, in such manner as it in its reasonable judgment deems best for the benefit of the tenants generally.

 

2. Landlord may refuse admission to the Building outside of Business Hours on Business Days to any person not known to the watchman in charge or not having a pass issued by Landlord or the tenant whose premises are to be entered or not otherwise properly identified, and Landlord may require all persons admitted to or leaving the Building to provide appropriate identification. Tenant shall be responsible for all persons for whom it issues any such pass and shall be liable to Landlord for all acts or omissions of such persons. Any person whose presence in the Building at any time shall, in the judgment of Landlord, be prejudicial to the safety, character or reputation of the Building or of its tenants may be ejected therefrom. During any invasion, riot, public excitement or other commotion, Landlord may prevent all access to the Building by closing the doors or otherwise for the safety of the tenants and protection of property in the Building.

 

3. Only Landlord or persons approved by Landlord shall be permitted to furnish to the Premises ice, drinking water, food, beverage, linen, towel, barbering, bootblacking, floor polishing, cleaning or other similar services.

 

4. No awnings or other projections shall be attached to the outside walls of the Building. No curtains, blinds, shades or screens which are different from the standards adopted by Landlord for the Building shall be attached to or hung in, or used in connection with, any exterior window or door of the premises of any tenant, without the prior written consent of Landlord. Such curtains, blinds, shades or screens must be of a quality, type, design and color, and attached in the manner approved by Landlord, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld.

 

5. No lettering, sign, advertisement, notice or object shall be displayed in or on the exterior windows or doors, or on the outside of any tenant’s premises, or at any point inside any tenant’s premises where the same might be visible outside of such premises, without the prior written consent of Landlord. In the event of the violation of the foregoing by any tenant, Landlord may remove the same without any liability, and may charge the expense incurred in such removal to the tenant violating this rule. Interior signs, elevator cab designations and lettering on doors and the Building directory shall, if and when approved by Landlord, be inscribed, painted or affixed for each tenant by Landlord at the expense of such tenant, and shall be of a size, color and style reasonably acceptable to Landlord.

 

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6. The sashes, sash doors, skylights, windows and doors that reflect or admit light and air into the halls, passageways or other public places in the Building shall not be covered or obstructed by any tenant, nor shall any bottles, parcels or other articles be placed on the window sills or on the peripheral air conditioning enclosures, if any.

 

7. No showcases or other articles shall be put in front of or affixed to any part of the exterior of the Building, nor placed in the halls, corridors or vestibules.

 

8. No vehicles (other than bicycles in accordance with Landlord’s rules therefor), animals, fish or birds of any kind (other than service animals permitted in accordance with applicable Laws) shall be brought into or kept in or about the premises of any tenant or the Building.

 

9. No noise, including, without limitation, music or the playing of musical instruments, recordings, radios or television, which, in the reasonable judgment of Landlord, might disturb other tenants in the Building, shall be made or permitted by any tenant. Nothing shall be done or permitted in the premises of any tenant which would impair or interfere with the use or enjoyment by any other tenant of any space in the Building.

 

10. No tenant, nor any tenant’s contractors, employees, agents, visitors or licensees, shall at any time bring into or keep upon the premises or the Building any inflammable, combustible, explosive, or otherwise hazardous or dangerous fluid, chemical, substance or material.

 

11. Additional locks or bolts of any kind which shall not be operable by the Grand Master Key for the Building shall not be placed upon any of the doors or windows by any tenant, nor shall any changes be made in locks or the mechanism thereof which shall make such locks inoperable by said Grand Master Key. Additional keys for a tenant’s premises and toilet rooms shall be procured only from Landlord who may make a reasonable charge therefor. Each tenant shall, upon the termination of its tenancy, turn over to Landlord all keys of stores, offices and toilet rooms, either furnished to, or otherwise procured by, such tenant, and in the event of the loss of any keys furnished by Landlord, such tenant shall pay to Landlord the cost thereof.

 

12. All removals, or the carrying in or out of any safes, freight, furniture, packages, boxes, crates or any other object or matter of any description must take place during such hours and in such elevators, and in such manner as Landlord or its agent may reasonably determine from time to time. The persons employed to move safes and other heavy objects shall be reasonably acceptable to Landlord and, if so required by law, shall hold a Master Rigger’s license. Arrangements will be made by Landlord with any tenant for moving large quantities of furniture and equipment into or out of the Building. All labor and engineering costs incurred by Landlord in connection with any moving specified in this rule, including a reasonable charge for overhead shall be paid by tenant to Landlord, on demand.

 

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13. Landlord reserves the right to inspect all objects and matter to be brought into the Building and to exclude from the Building all objects and matter which violate any of these Rules and Regulations or the lease of which this Exhibit is a part. Landlord may require any person leaving the Building with any package or other object or matter to submit a pass, listing such package or object or matter, from the tenant from whose premises the package or object or matter is being removed, but the establishment and enlargement of such requirement shall not impose any responsibility on Landlord for the protection of any tenant against the removal of property from the premises of such tenant. Landlord shall in no way be liable to any tenant for damages or loss arising from the admission, exclusion or ejection of any person to or from the premises or the Building under the provisions of this Rule or of Rule 2 hereof.

 

14. No tenant shall occupy or permit any portion of its premises to be occupied as an office for a public stenographer or public typist, or for the possession, storage, manufacture, or sale of liquor, narcotics, dope, tobacco in any form, or as a barber, beauty or manicure shop, or as a school. No tenant shall use, or permit its premises or any part thereof to be used, for manufacturing, or the sale at retail or auction of merchandise, goods or property of any kind.

 

15. Landlord shall have the right to prohibit any advertising or identifying sign by any tenant which, in Landlord’s reasonable judgment, tends to impair the reputation of the Building or its desirability as a building for others, and upon written notice from Landlord, such tenant shall refrain from and discontinue such advertising or identifying sign.

 

16. Landlord shall have the right to prescribe the weight and position of safes and other objects of excessive weight, and no safe or other object whose weight exceeds the lawful load for the area upon which it would stand shall be brought into or kept upon any tenant’s premises. If, in the reasonable judgment of Landlord, it is necessary to distribute the concentrated weight of any heavy object, the work involved in such distribution shall be done at the expense of the tenant and in such manner as Landlord shall determine.

 

17. No machinery or mechanical equipment other than ordinary portable business machines may be installed or operated in any tenant’s premises without Landlord’s prior written consent which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, and in no case (even where the same are of a type so excepted or as so consented to by Landlord) shall any machines or mechanical equipment be so placed or operated as to disturb other tenants; but machines and mechanical equipment which may be permitted to be installed and used in a tenant’s premises shall be so equipped, installed and maintained by such tenant as to prevent any disturbing noise, vibration or electrical or other interference from being transmitted from such premises to any other area of the Building.

 

18. Landlord, its contractors, and their respective employees shall have the right to use, without charge therefor, all light, power and water in the premises of any tenant while cleaning or making repairs or alterations in the premises of such tenant.

 

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19. No premises of any tenant shall be used for lodging of sleeping or for any immoral or illegal purpose.

 

20. The requirements of tenants will be attended to only upon application at the office of the Building. Employees of Landlord shall not perform any work or do anything outside of their regular duties, unless under special instructions from Landlord.

 

21. Canvassing, soliciting and peddling in the Building are prohibited and each tenant shall cooperate to prevent the same.

 

22. Tenant shall not cause or permit any unusual or objectionable fumes, vapors or odors to emanate from the Premises which would annoy other tenants or create a public or private nuisance. No cooking shall be done in the Premises except as is expressly permitted in the Lease.

 

23. Nothing shall be done or permitted in any tenant’s premises, and nothing shall be brought into or kept in any tenant’s premises, which would impair or interfere with any of the Building’s services or the proper and economic heating, ventilating, air conditioning, cleaning or other servicing of the Building or the premises, or the use or enjoyment by any other tenant of any other premises, nor shall there be installed by any tenant any ventilating, air conditioning, electrical or other equipment of any kind which, in the reasonable judgment of Landlord, might cause any such impairment or interference.

 

24. No acids, vapors or other materials shall be discharged or permitted to be discharged into the waste lines, vents or flues of the Building which may damage them. The water and wash closets and other plumbing fixtures in or serving any tenant’s premises shall not be used for any purpose other than the purposes of which they were designed or constructed, and no sweepings, rubbish, rags, acids or other foreign substances shall be deposited therein. All damages resulting from any misuse of the fixtures shall be borne by the tenant who, or whose servants, employees, agents, visitors or licensees shall have, caused the same. Any cuspidors or containers or receptacles used as such in the premises of any tenant, or for garbage or similar refuse, shall be emptied, cared for and cleaned by and at the expense of such tenant.

 

25. All entrance doors in each tenant’s premises shall be left locked and all windows shall be left closed by the tenant when the tenant’s premises are not in use. Entrance doors shall not be left open at any time. Each tenant, before closing and leaving its premises at any time, shall turn out all lights.

 

26. Hand trucks not equipped with rubber tires and side guards shall not be used within the Building.

 

27. All windows in each tenant’s premises shall be kept closed, and all blinds therein above the ground floor shall be lowered as reasonably required because of the position of the sun, during the operation of the Building air-conditioning system to cool or ventilate the tenant’s premises. If Landlord shall elect to install any energy saving film on the windows of the Premises or to install energy saving windows in place of the present windows, tenant shall cooperate with the reasonable requirements of Landlord in connection with such installation and thereafter the maintenance and replacement of the film and/or windows and permit Landlord to have access to the tenant’s premises at reasonable times during Business Hours to perform such work.

 

28. If the Premises be or become infested with vermin as a result of the use or any misuse or neglect of the Premises by Tenant, its agents, employees, visitors or licensees, Tenant shall at Tenant’s expense cause the same to be exterminated from time to time to the reasonable satisfaction of Landlord and shall employ such exterminators and such exterminating company or companies as shall be designated by Landlord, or if none is so designated as reasonably approved by Landlord.

 

29. To the extent there is a conflict between the provisions contained in the Lease or this Exhibit C annexed thereto, the provisions of the Lease shall govern and control.

 

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EXHIBIT D

 

STANDARD CLEANING SPECIFICATIONS

 

OFFICES AND OTHER TENANT AREAS

 

Cleaning and additional cleaning operations shall be scheduled so that an absolute minimum number of lights are to be left on at all times. Upon completion of the cleaning, all lights must be turned off. All doors shall be closed and locked if applicable.

 

Nightly

 

Litter shall be removed from all floor surfaces. All carpeting and rugs are to be vacuum-cleaned using an approved rotary-type vacuum cleaner one time per week.
   
Dust all furniture nightly.
   
Remove regular office trash from office areas and bring to the central collection point.
   
Damp-wipe all telephones as necessary with approved cleaner/disinfectant.
   
Keep slop sink clean and polished. Janitorial rooms are to be kept in a neat and orderly condition at all times.
   
Clean all water fountains and coolers. Remove all fingerprints from all painted surfaces near light switches and entrance doors.

 

Weekly

 

Dust all baseboards, accessible convector covers/sills and chair rails.

 

Monthly

 

All stone, ceramic tiles, marble, terrazzo and other un-waxed flooring to be swept, dusted and washed once a month.
   
All linoleum, vinyl, rubber VCT tile and other similar types of flooring to be swept monthly using approved dust-down preparation.

 

Quarterly

 

Dust all picture frames, charts and similar hangings that are not reached in nightly cleaning.
   
Dust all air conditioning louvers, grills, etc. not reached in nightly cleaning.

 

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BASE BUILDING LAVATORIES

 

Nightly

 

Scour, wash and disinfect all toilet seats (both sides) basins, bowls and urinals throughout.
   
Sweep and wash all lavatory floors using proper cleaner/disinfectants.
   
Wash all mirrors, powder shelves, bright work and enameled surfaces in all lavatories.
   
Hand dust, washing where necessary, all partitions, dispensers, and receptacles in all lavatories and rest rooms.
   
Empty waste, wipe clean and polish all receptacles and remove paper to designated areas.
   
Fill soap dispensers systems.
   
Supply and service all disposable paper product dispensers.
   
Empty and clean sanitary disposal receptacles.
   
Clean and wash all receptacles and dispensers with a cleaning/disinfectant solution
   
Remove fingerprint marks from painted surfaces.

 

Weekly

 

Machine scrub floors once a month.
   
Hand-dust, clean, and wash all tile walls.
   
High dusting, which will include lights, walls and grilles.

 

WINDOW CLEANING

 

Wash all interior and exterior building glass three times per year.

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

LANDLORD’S WORK

 

SECTION A - PLANS, ETC.

 

1. Tenant shall prepare and deliver to Landlord (i) the schematic floor plan for Landlord’s Work and (ii) the specifications for Landlord’s Work which set forth, among other things, the material, manufacture, design, capacity, finish and color for Landlord’s Work (collectively, the “Preliminary Plans”) within 10 days after the date of this Lease, which shall be reasonably approved by Landlord. Landlord shall prepare or cause to be prepared architectural and engineering drawings for Landlord’s Work based on the Preliminary Plans (the “Final Plans”), and shall deliver a copy of the Final Plans to Tenant. Tenant shall review the Final Plans for consistency with the Preliminary Plans and shall notify Landlord of any respect in which the Final Plans are inconsistent with the Preliminary Plans within 3 Business Days after delivery of the Final Plans. If Tenant fails to respond within such 3 Business Day period, Tenant shall be deemed to have approved the Final Plans as submitted. Except to the extent any such inconsistency was the result of complying with a Law, Landlord shall make any revisions or additions to the Final Plans based on Tenant’s comments thereto to the extent necessary to cure any inconsistency with the Preliminary Plans.

 

2. Tenant shall provide Landlord (and its contractors and designees) with unobstructed access to all portions of the Premises at all times to facilitate the performance and completion of Landlord’s Work.

 

SECTION B - Performance of Landlord’s Work and Costs.

 

1. Landlord shall perform or cause to be performed Landlord’s Work as depicted on the Final Plans, as revised (if applicable) pursuant to Section A(1) of this Exhibit E. Landlord does not represent, warrant or guaranty that Landlord shall achieve Substantial Completion of Landlord’s Work by any specific date, and the failure by Landlord, for any reason whatsoever, to achieve Substantial Completion of Landlord’s Work by any specific date, shall not (i) give rise to any liability or obligation of Landlord to Tenant, (ii) entitle Tenant to any compensation, abatement or diminution of Rent, and (iii) except as expressly set forth in this Lease, relieve Tenant from any of its obligations under this Lease or otherwise give rise to any rights of Tenant as against Landlord or with respect to this Lease.

 

2. (a) Landlord shall bear the hard and soft costs related to Landlord’s Work up to a maximum amount of $1,500,150.00 (the “Maximum Cost”). Tenant shall pay to Landlord (i) in the manner hereinafter set forth, any and all costs and expenses of performing Landlord’s Work in excess of the Maximum Cost, including, without limitation, by reason of Change Orders and (ii) within 20 days after invoice from Landlord, any actual out-of-pocket additional cost to Landlord in completing Landlord’s Work resulting from any Tenant Delay.

 

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(b) Promptly after the contractors and subcontractors for the performance of Landlord’s Work have been selected, Landlord shall (i) advise Tenant of the amount by which the anticipated cost of Landlord’s Work exceeds the Maximum Cost (such excess, the “Preliminary Excess Cost”) and provide Tenant with reasonable evidence of such excess cost and (ii) provide to Tenant an estimated schedule for the performance of Landlord’s Work. Tenant shall pay to Landlord, on the first day of each full calendar month during the construction schedule, the quotient obtained by dividing the Preliminary Excess Cost by the number of full calendar months in the construction schedule until substantial completion of Landlord’s Work.

 

(c) Promptly following the substantial completion of Landlord’s Work, Landlord shall notify Tenant of the actual amount, if any, by which the cost of Landlord’s Work exceeded the Maximum Cost (the “Final Excess Cost”) and (i) if the Final Excess Cost exceeds the Preliminary Excess Cost, Tenant shall pay to Landlord such excess within 20 days after invoice from Landlord and (ii) if the Final Excess Cost is less than the Preliminary Excess Cost, Landlord shall pay such difference to Tenant within 20 days after such notice (less any amount that Tenant may owe to Landlord under clause 2(a)(ii) above).

 

(d) All amounts payable by Tenant under this Exhibit E shall constitute Additional Rent whether or not the Commencement Date has occurred, and, if Tenant defaults in the payment thereof, Landlord (in addition to all other rights and remedies) shall have no obligation to continue the performance of Landlord’s Work until Tenant shall have cured such default, and any delay resulting therefrom shall constitute Tenant Delay.

 

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, to the extent that any costs incurred by Landlord in connection with any errors, changes, repairs or delays in the performance of Landlord’s Work result from Landlord’s negligence and/or willful misconduct, such costs shall not be applied against the Maximum Cost and shall be borne solely by Landlord.

 

SECTION C - General Conditions of Landlord’s Work.

 

1. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Lease or this Exhibit E, Landlord shall not be required to perform, and Tenant shall not request any work unless such work (i) is reasonable and compatible with the status of the Building as a first-class office building, (ii) is non-structural and does not affect the Building systems (except to the extent that such work may be specifically provided for in the Final Plans), (iii) affects only the Premises and are not visible from outside of the Premises or the Building, (iv) is consistent with the design, construction and equipment of the Building, (v) does not adversely affect any service furnished by Landlord in connection with the operation of the Building, (vi) complies with all applicable Laws, (vii) does not call for use of any asbestos-containing or other hazardous materials, (viii) will not adversely affect the appearance or value of the Building, and (ix) is compatible with the certificate of occupancy for the Building (the requirements set forth in the preceding clauses (i) through (ix), collectively, the “Landlord’s Work Requirements”). Landlord shall give written notice to Tenant of any and all changes in the Final Plans required by any federal, state, municipal or other government or any governmental, public or quasi-public body or authority promptly after Landlord receives written notice thereof.

 

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2. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Lease or in this Exhibit E, neither the recommendation, designation, selection, engagement or approval by Landlord of any contractor, architects or engineers, nor the review, consent to or approval by Landlord of the Final Plans (or any other plans) shall constitute a representation or warranty by Landlord that the Final Plans are complete or suitable for their intended purpose.

 

3. Tenant shall not make any changes in the Final Plans without Landlord’s prior written approval, which shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided that Landlord may, in the exercise of its sole and absolute discretion, disapprove any proposed changes which are inconsistent with or violative of the Landlord’s Work Requirements.

 

SECTION D - Tenant Delays.

 

1. If Landlord shall be delayed in Substantially Completing Landlord’s Work as a result of any act (other than acts expressly allowed by this Lease), neglect, failure or omission of Tenant, its agents, employees, contractors or sub-contractors, including, without limitation, any of the following, such delay shall be deemed a “Tenant Delay”:

 

(i) Tenant’s failure to reasonably cooperate with Landlord, Landlord’s agent, the contractor, architect and all other parties involved in Landlord’s Work, or Tenant’s failure to make Tenant’s Agent available at all reasonable times to facilitate the completion of the Final Plans and Landlord’s Work, in each case any such delay will not accrue until after notice of such failure has been given by Landlord to Tenant;

 

(ii) Tenant’s request for any change, addition or modification in connection with the Final Plans;

 

(iii) Tenant’s failure to pay to Landlord any monies required to be paid pursuant to Section B of this Exhibit E within the time period set forth therein;

 

(iv) Change Orders (including, but not limited to, the implementation, processing, review, analysis and approval thereof) requested by Tenant;

 

(v) Tenant’s request for materials, finishes or installations that are not readily available at the time Landlord is ready to install same, unless within two (2) Business Days of being requested by Landlord to agree to substitute a material, finish or installation that is comparable in quality and not substantially greater in cost, Tenant agrees to such substitution;

 

(vi) The performance of work by a person, firm or corporation employed by Tenant and delays in the completion of the said work by said person, firm or corporation;

 

(vii) Any delay which results from any act or omission of Tenant or Tenant’s employees, agents or contractors, including delays due to changes in or additions to, or interference with, any work to be done by Landlord, or delays by Tenant in submission of information beyond the timeframes set forth in this Exhibit E, or selecting construction materials to be installed by Landlord as part of the Landlord’s Work, if any, (e.g., color of paint and carpet), or approving working drawings or estimates or giving authorizations or approvals, in each case any such delay will not accrue until after notice of such act or omission has been given by Landlord to Tenant; and/or

 

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(viii) Any other failure by Tenant to comply with its obligations under the Lease, provided, that any such delay will not accrue until after notice of such failure has been given by Landlord to Tenant.

 

2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Exhibit E and/or the Lease, if the Substantial Completion Date shall be delayed by reason of a Tenant Delay or Unavoidable Delay, the Premises shall be deemed Substantially Completed as of the date that the Premises would have been substantially completed but for any such Tenant Delay or Unavoidable Delay and there shall not be any postponement of the Rent Commencement Date or any other rent abatement or monetary concession whatsoever on account of such Tenant Delay or Unavoidable Delay.

 

SECTION E - Entry by Tenant and Its Agents; Designation of Tenant’s Agent.

 

1. Except as hereinafter provided, neither Tenant nor its agents, employees, invitees or independent contractors shall enter the Premises during the performance of the Landlord’s Work. Tenant hereby designates David Gandler as its authorized agent (“Tenant’s Agent”) for the purpose of submitting to Landlord and authorizing any Change Orders to the Final Plans and for the purpose of consulting with Landlord as to any and all aspects of the Landlord’s Work. Tenant’s Agent shall have the right to inspect the Premises during the course of the Landlord’s Work provided Tenant’s Agent shall make a prior appointment with Landlord and/or its contractor at a mutually convenient time.

 

2. If Tenant shall enter upon the Premises or any other part of the Building, as may be above permitted by Landlord, Tenant shall indemnify and save Landlord harmless from and against any and all costs (including, without limitation, attorney’s fees and disbursements and costs of suit) arising from or claimed to arise as a result of any act, neglect or failure to act of Tenant or anyone entering the Premises or Building with Tenant’s permission.

 

3. Landlord hereby agrees to endeavor to grant Tenant and Tenant’s contractor access to the Premises during the performance of Landlord’s Work but in no event later than 15 days prior to the anticipated completion of Landlord’s Work, solely to commence the performance of Tenant’s installation of telecommunication and/or data wires and cables until the Commencement Date (the “Early Access Work”); provided that (A) the Early Access Work does not interfere (by more than a de minimis extent) with the performance of Landlord’s Work, (B) Tenant shall be accompanied by a representative of Landlord during any such access, and Landlord shall make a representative available at reasonable times for reasonable durations on reasonable notice for such purpose upon the prior request of Tenant, (C) Tenant agrees to cease promptly upon request by Landlord any activity which interferes (by more than a de minimis extent) with the performance of Landlord’s Work and (D) Tenant shall comply and cause Tenant’s contractor to comply, with all procedures and regulations reasonably and uniformly prescribed and enforced by Landlord from time to time for coordinating Landlord’s Work and the Early Access Work each with the other and with any other activity or work in the Project, including, without limitation, the use of compatible union labor (the conditions set forth in clauses (A) through (D), collectively, the “Early Access Conditions”).

 

(i) Such access by Tenant shall be deemed to be subject to and upon all of the applicable provisions of the Lease, including, without limitation, the provisions set forth therein governing insurance to be carried by Landlord and Tenant, Landlord’s indemnification of Tenant and Tenant’s indemnification of Landlord; provided, that there shall be no obligation on the part of Tenant solely because of such access to pay any items of Rent (other than any such items relating to or resulting from Tenant’s insurance and indemnification obligations, as aforesaid) for any period prior to the time Fixed Rent or any other Rent shall commence to be payable pursuant to the provisions of the Lease, and Tenant shall not be deemed thereby to have taken or accepted possession of the Premises or any portion thereof.

 

(ii) If Tenant fails or refuses to comply or cause Tenant’s contractor to comply with any of the obligations described or referred to in this Section E.3, then, without limiting any of Landlord’s other rights and remedies, Landlord shall require Tenant promptly to cease the performance of any Early Access Work until such failure or refusal is cured.

 

(iii) Without limiting the generality of any other provision of this Lease, (i) any actual delay in completing Landlord’s Work by reason of Tenant’s violation of the provisions of this Section E.3 shall, subject to the satisfaction of the conditions for Tenant Delay pursuant to the provisions of Section D, constitute Tenant Delay and (ii) any incremental out-of-pocket costs incurred by Landlord by reason of Tenant’s early access pursuant to this Section E.3 shall be borne by Tenant to the extent provided above.

 

SECTION F - Change Orders.

 

1. (a) Tenant shall have the right to make reasonable changes from time to time in the Final Plans by submitting to Landlord revised plans and specifications (collectively, “Change Orders”). All Change Orders shall be subject to Landlord’s prior written approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, provided that Landlord may, in the exercise of its sole and absolute discretion, disapprove any proposed changes which are inconsistent with or violative of the Landlord’s Work Requirements. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, no Change Order will be approved unless (i) all changes to and modifications of Tenant’s Final Plans are circled or highlighted as per standard industry practices, and (ii) such Change Order conforms with the requirements of this Lease (including without limitation this Exhibit E, and including, without limitation, Landlord’s Work Requirements). Landlord shall notify Tenant of any amount required to be paid by Tenant and any Tenant Delay that the performance of any such Change Order may entail. If Tenant does not respond affirmatively within 5 Business Days of the giving of such notice, Landlord shall not make the proposed Change Order. Upon receipt and approval of any Change Order, Landlord shall submit the Change Order to the contractor or subcontractors performing the trade or trades involved in the Change Orders and, if applicable and so requested by Tenant, obtain and deliver to Tenant a work order in connection therewith. In no event shall Landlord be required to perform any Change Order unless and until Tenant has paid Landlord the entire amount of any amount required to be paid by Tenant to Landlord pursuant to the Lease (including, without limitation, this Exhibit E ) in connection therewith, if any.

 

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(b) If Tenant shall submit to Landlord (i) a Change Order which complies in all respects with the requirements of the foregoing Paragraph (a) of this Section F (or revisions or supplements to a previously submitted and rejected Change Order), for approval by Landlord, together with (ii) written notice from Tenant expressly claiming same as a Change Order and requesting Landlord’s approval thereof, and which notice must be headed by the legend, in bold, capital letters stating that “LANDLORD MUST RESPOND WITHIN 5 BUSINESS DAYS AFTER RECEIPT OF THIS NOTICE,” then Landlord, within five (5) Business Days after actual receipt by Landlord of such Change Order (or such revisions or supplement thereto) and notice, shall give notice to Tenant either approving or disapproving same. If Landlord shall fail or omit to give such notice to Tenant approving or disapproving same by the expiration of such 5 Business Day period, then, as the sole remedy of Tenant, each day after the expiration of such 5 Business Day period that Landlord shall fail or omit to give such notice, until the date that Landlord shall give such notice of approval or disapproval, shall not constitute a day of Tenant Delay.

 

2. Any costs required in connection with a Change Order shall be collectible in the same manner as Additional Rent whether or not the Rent Commencement Date has occurred, and, if Tenant defaults in the payment thereof, Landlord shall (in addition to all other remedies) have the same rights as it would have upon a default by Tenant in the payment of Rent under this Lease, and Landlord shall have no obligation to continue the performance of the Landlord’s Work until Tenant shall have cured such default.

 

3. Landlord shall, within a reasonable period of time following the unconditional execution and delivery of this Lease by Landlord and Tenant, supply Tenant with sample wall paint color and flooring, and the selection of such items by Tenant, within 10 Business Days after receipt thereof, shall not constitute a Tenant Delay or a Change Order.

 

SECTION G - Substantial Completion.

 

1. The date that Landlord Substantially Completes Landlord’s Work shall be deemed the “Substantial Completion Date.” For the purposes of this Lease and this Exhibit E, the terms “Substantial Completion”, “Substantially Completed” and “Substantially Complete” shall mean that, with the exception of (i) minor details of construction, mechanical adjustments or decoration which do not materially interfere with Tenant’s use of the Premises and (ii) items of work which, in accordance with good construction practice, should be completed after the completion of other work to be performed by Tenant in the Premises (collectively, “Punch List Items”), Landlord’s Work shall have been completed in accordance with the Final Plans and all mechanical systems serving or affecting the Premises shall then be in good working order and condition. Landlord and Tenant shall thereupon set a mutually convenient time for Tenant’s Agent, Landlord and Landlord’s contractor to inspect the Premises and the Landlord’s Work, and, within 5 Business Days thereafter, Tenant’s Agent shall prepare and submit to Landlord a list of the Punch-List Items to be completed. Upon completion of the inspection, Tenant’s Agent shall acknowledge in writing that Substantial Completion of the Landlord’s Work has occurred, subject to any Punch-List Items to be completed. Landlord shall complete the Punch-List Items within a reasonable period thereafter.

 

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EXHIBIT F

 

HVAC SPECIFICATIONS

 

Landlord shall provide base Building HVAC capable of meeting the following temperatures in the Premises except with special use areas (for example, telephone rooms, computer rooms, kitchens, etc.) for distribution by Tenant: provided that the sources of heat within the Premises do not exceed one person per 100 square feet of usable area and 4 watts of electric consumption per usable square foot:

 

  Summer: Outdoor - 89º F Dry Bulb, 73º F Wet Bulb.
    Indoor - 78º F Dry Bulb.
  Winter: Outdoor - 13º F Dry Bulb
    Indoor - 70º F Dry Bulb (no humidity control)

 

Outdoor air for ventilation shall be provided consistent with ASHRAE Standard.

 

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EXHIBIT G

 

Form of Letter of Credit

 

[See attached]

 

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Exhibit 10.27

 

Execution Version

 

FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEASE

 

This FIRST AMENDMENT TO LEASE (this “Amendment”) is dated as of January ___, 2018 (the “Effective Date”), and made by and between RXR 1330 OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, having an address at c/o RXR Realty, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 1400, New York, New York 10019 (“Landlord”), and FUBOTV INC., a Delaware corporation, having an address at 1330 Avenue of the Americas, 7th Floor, New York, New York 10019 (“Tenant”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to that certain Lease dated as of August 24, 2016, by and between Landlord and Tenant (as amended from time to time, the “Lease”), Tenant currently leases from Landlord a portion of the 7th floor of that certain office building located at 1330 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10019 (the “Building”), as more particularly described in the Lease (the “Premises”);

 

WHEREAS, Tenant desires to lease from Landlord, and Landlord desires to lease to Tenant, additional space in the Building, which such additional space constitutes a portion of the 8th floor of the Building, as more particularly described on Exhibit A attached hereto and made a part hereof (the “8th Floor Space”); and

 

WHEREAS, Landlord and Tenant desire to amend the Lease to include Tenant’s leasing of the 8th Floor Space on the terms and conditions hereinafter set forth.

 

AGREEMENT:

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of sufficiency of which hereby are acknowledged, Landlord and Tenant hereby agree as follows:

 

1. Defined Terms. All capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Lease.

 

2. The 8th Floor Space. Landlord hereby leases to Tenant and Tenant hereby leases from Landlord the 8th Floor Space. The 8th Floor Space is conclusively deemed to contain 6,595 rentable square feet. Effective as of the 8th Floor Space Commencement Date (as defined below) and until the 8th Floor Space Expiration Date (as defined below), the term “Premises” in the Lease shall include the 8th Floor Space. Accordingly, Tenant’s leasing of the 8th Floor Space shall be governed by and subject to all of the terms and conditions of the Lease, except that:

 

(i) The term of Tenant’s leasing of the 8th Floor Space (the “8th Floor Space Term”) shall commence on February 15, 2018 (the “8th Floor Space Commencement Date”) and shall end, unless sooner terminated in accordance with the terms of the Lease or pursuant to law, on the last day of the calendar month in which the day preceding the 3rd anniversary of the 8th Floor Space Rent Commencement Date (as defined below) occurs (the “8th Floor Space Expiration Date”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Amendment shall be effective as of the Effective Date as a binding, enforceable agreement between Landlord and Tenant.

 

 

 

 

(ii) Fixed Rent for the 8th Floor Space shall be as follows:

 

(A) for the period commencing on the 8th Floor Space Commencement Date and ending on the day immediately preceding the 8th Floor Space Rent Commencement Date at the rate of $23,082.50 per annum payable in equal monthly installments of $1,923.54; and

 

(B) for the period commencing on the 8th Floor Space Rent Commencement Date and ending on the 8th Floor Space Expiration Date at the rate of $517,707.50 per annum (which amount is inclusive of the Base Electric Charge) payable in equal monthly installments of $43,142.29.

 

Fixed Rent shall be payable by Tenant in advance on the 8th Floor Space Rent Commencement Date and on the 1st day of each calendar month thereafter during the 8th Floor Space Term; provided, however, that, if the 8th Floor Space Rent Commencement Date is not the 1st day of a month, then Fixed Rent for the month in which the 8th Floor Space Rent Commencement Date occurs shall be prorated and paid on the 8th Floor Space Rent Commencement Date. As used herein, “8th Floor Space Rent Commencement Date” means the date occurring in the 1st month after the 8th Floor Space Commencement Date that is the same numerical date in the month as the 8th Floor Space Commencement Date (except that if no same numerical date shall exist in such 1st month, the 8th Floor Space Rent Commencement Date shall be the last day of such 1st month).

 

(iii) From and after the 8th Floor Space Commencement Date, Tenant shall pay increases in Taxes in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.02 of the Lease; provided, however, that, with respect to the 8th Floor Space only, (x) “Tenant’s Tax Share” shall mean 1.4353%, and (y) “Base Tax Year” shall mean the Tax Year commencing on July 1, 2017, and ending on June 30, 2018.

 

(iv) From and after the 8th Floor Space Commencement Date, Tenant shall pay increases in Operating Expenses in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.03 of the Lease; provided, however, that, with respect to the 8th Floor Space only, (x) “Tenant’s Operating Share” shall mean 1.4620%, and (y) “Base Operating Year” shall mean calendar year 2018.

 

(v) Landlord shall not be required to perform any work, to pay any amount, to install any fixtures or equipment or to render any services to make the 8th Floor Space ready or suitable for Tenant’s use or occupancy, and Tenant hereby accepts the 8th Floor Space in its “as-is” condition; provided, however, that Landlord hereby covenants to deliver the 8th Floor Space in vacant and broom clean condition.

 

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(vi) Effective as of the 8th Floor Space Commencement Date, the required amount of the Letter of Credit, which serves as security for the performance of Tenant’s obligations under the Lease, shall be increased by $288,531.00, from $887,588.70 to $1,176,985.70 (the “Required Amount”). On or prior to the 8th Floor Space Commencement Date, Tenant shall deliver to Landlord an amendment to the Letter of Credit (in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Landlord) increasing the amount of the Letter of Credit to the Required Amount. Provided that Tenant is not then in default under the Lease and that Tenant has surrendered the 8th Floor Space to Landlord on the 8th Floor Space Expiration Date in accordance with all of the terms and conditions of the Lease, on the 8th Floor Space Expiration Date, the required amount of the Letter of Credit shall be reduced by an amount equal to (x) $288,531.00 minus (y) the aggregate amount, if any, that Landlord has drawn upon the Letter of Credit to remedy defaults of Tenant in the payment or performance of any of Tenant’s obligations under the Lease to the extent such drawn amount has not been deposited by Tenant with Landlord pursuant to Section 2.07(a) of the Lease.

 

(vii) Landlord shall furnish electricity to Tenant for the 8th Floor Space on a “rent inclusion” basis and there shall be no separate charge to Tenant for such electricity, such charge being included in Fixed Rent for the 8th Floor Space; provided, however, that, with respect to the 8th Floor Space only, the “Base Electric Charge” shall mean $23,082.50 per annum ($1,923.54 per month), which amount is included in Fixed Rent as provided above, and such Base Electric Charge component of Fixed Rent shall not be subject to reduction, but may be subject to increase in accordance with Section 2.05 of the Lease.

 

3. Brokers. Each party hereto hereby represents to the other party hereto that such party has dealt with no broker other than RXR Property Management LLC and Cushman & Wakefield, Inc., both of which represented Landlord (collectively, the “Broker”), in connection with this Amendment or the Building, and each party hereto shall indemnify and hold the other party hereto harmless from and against all loss, cost, liability and expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) arising out of any claim for a commission or other compensation by any broker who alleges that it has dealt with the indemnifying party in connection with this Amendment or the Building. Landlord shall enter into a separate agreement with Broker that provides that, if this Amendment is executed and delivered by both Landlord and Tenant, Landlord shall pay to Broker a commission to be agreed upon between Landlord and Broker, subject to, and in accordance with, the terms and conditions of such agreement. Tenant shall have no liability for, and Landlord shall indemnify and hold Tenant harmless from and against, all loss, cost, liability and expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and disbursements) arising out of any claim for a commission or other compensation by Broker pertaining to this Amendment. The provisions of this Section 3 shall survive the expiration or earlier termination of the Lease.

 

4. No Other Changes. Except as expressly set forth in this Amendment, the Lease shall remain unmodified and in full force and effect, and the Lease as modified herein hereby is ratified and confirmed. All references in the Lease to “this Lease” shall hereafter be deemed to refer to the Lease as amended by this Amendment.

 

5. Miscellaneous. This Amendment contains the entire agreement of the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and all prior negotiations, understandings or agreements between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof are merged herein. This Amendment may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. This Amendment shall be governed by the laws of the state of New York.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Landlord and Tenant have duly executed this Amendment as of the day and year first above written.

 

  LANDLORD:
   
 

RXR 1330 OWNER LLC, a Delaware limited

liability company

     
  By:                 
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

  TENANT:
   
  FUBOTV INC., a Delaware corporation
     
  By:               
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.28

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     
     

 

 

     

 

 

Exhibit 10.29

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.30

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

 

     

 

 

 

     

 

 

Exhibit 10.31

 

PURCHASE

 

AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of [___]

 

by and between

 

FACEBANK GROUP, INC.

 

and

 

[PURCHASER]

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

Page

ARTICLE I Purchase and Sale of Common Stock
     
  Section 1.1 Purchase and Sale of Common Stock 1
  Section 1.2 Purchase Price and Closing 1
  Section 1.3 Delivery 1
  Section 1.4 Reservation of Warrant Shares 2
       
ARTICLE II Representations and Warranties 2
     
  Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company 2
  Section 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser 4
       
ARTICLE III Covenants 5
     
  Section 3.1 Public Disclosure 5
  Section 3.2 Further Assurances 5
  Section 3.3 Additional Listing Application 6
       
ARTICLE IV Conditions 6
     
  Section 4.1 Condition Precedent to the Obligations of each Party to Close and Purchase or Sell the Shares 6
  Section 4.2 Condition Precedent to the Obligation of the Purchaser to Close and to Purchase the Shares 6
  Section 4.3 Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Company to Close and to Sell the Shares 6
       
ARTICLE V Legend 6
     
  Section 5.1 Legend 6
       
ARTICLE VI Termination 7
     
  Section 6.1 Termination 7
  Section 6.2 Effect of Termination 7
       
ARTICLE VII Miscellaneous 7
     
  Section 7.1 Governing Law; Jurisdiction 7
  Section 7.2 Entire Agreement; Amendment 7
  Section 7.3 Notices 8
  Section 7.4 Delays or Omissions 8
  Section 7.5 Titles; Subtitles 9
  Section 7.6 Successors and Assigns 9
  Section 7.7 No Third Party Beneficiaries 9
  Section 7.8 Survival 9
  Section 7.9 Counterparts 9
  Section 7.10 Severability 9
  Section 7.11 SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE 9
  Section 7.12 Consents 9
  Section 7.13 Construction of Agreement 9

 

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PURCHASE AGREEMENT

 

This PURCHASE AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of [___], 2020, by and between Facebank Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), and [___] (the “Purchaser”).

 

WHEREAS, the Company desires to issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser desires to purchase from the Company, [•] shares of the Company’s common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Common Stock”), and the Company desires to issue to the Purchaser a warrant to purchase [•] shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant”) (the “Transaction”).

 

WHEREAS, the Common Stock and the Warrant are being offered and, as applicable, sold and issued to the Purchaser, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, without registration under the Securities Act (as defined below), in reliance on an exemption from the registration requirements under the Securities Act.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, mutual covenants and agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

 

Purchase and Sale of Common Stock

 

Section 1.1 Purchase and Sale of Common Stock. Upon the following terms and conditions, the Company shall (a) issue and sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase from the Company, [•] shares of Common Stock (the “Shares”), at a price per Share equal to $7.00, and for an aggregate purchase price of $[•] (the “Share Purchase Price”); and (b) issue to the Purchaser the Warrant to purchase [•] shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”) with an exercise price of $7.00 per share. The Company and the Purchaser are executing and delivering this Agreement in accordance with and in reliance upon the exemption from securities registration afforded by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including Regulation D (“Regulation D”), and/or upon such other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act as may be available with respect to any or all of the investments to be made hereunder.

 

Section 1.2 Purchase Price and Closing. The Company agrees to issue and sell to the Purchaser and, in consideration of and in express reliance upon the representations, warranties, covenants, terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Purchaser agrees to purchase the Shares. The closing of the purchase and sale of the Shares (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of the Company located at 1115 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10010, as soon as practicable following the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article IV, or at such other time and place or on such date as the Purchaser and the Company may agree upon (such date is hereinafter referred to as the “Closing Date”). At the Closing, the entire Share Purchase Price shall be paid by the Purchaser in cash, by wire transfer of immediately available funds, to an account designated in writing by the Company against the issuance by the Company of the Shares and the Warrant.

 

Section 1.3 Delivery. At the Closing or as promptly thereafter as is practicable (but in no event more than five (5) Business Days after the Closing Date or two (2) Business Days after the Closing Date in the case of the Warrant), the Company shall deliver to the Purchaser (a) written confirmation (including via email) from the Company’s transfer agent that it has issued a book entry position in the Shares, and (b) a warrant in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A to acquire [•] shares of Common Stock. For purposes hereof, the term “Business Day” shall mean a day other than Saturday, Sunday or a federal holiday in which the OTCQB Venture Market is closed for trading.

 

 

 

 

Section 1.4 Reservation of Warrant Shares. The Company has authorized and has reserved and covenants to continue to reserve a number of its authorized but unissued shares of Common Stock equal to the number of shares of Common Stock necessary to permit the exercise of the Warrant, so long as the Warrant is outstanding. Any shares of Common Stock issuable upon exercise of the Warrant (and such shares when issued) are herein referred to as the “Warrant Shares”. The Shares, the Warrant and the Warrant Shares are sometimes collectively, individually, or in some combination thereof, referred to herein as the “Securities”.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Representations and Warranties

 

Section 2.1 Representations and Warranties of the Company. The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Purchaser as follows:

 

(a) Organization; Standing and Power. The Company and each of its Subsidiaries (i) is a corporation or other organization duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (ii) has the requisite power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted and (iii) is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature of its business or the ownership or leasing of its properties makes such qualification or licensing necessary, other than in such jurisdictions where the failure to so qualify or to be in good standing, individually or in the aggregate, would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change to the Company. For purposes of this Agreement, “Subsidiary,” when used with respect to any party, shall mean any corporation or other organization, whether incorporated or unincorporated, at least a majority of the securities or other interests of which having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the Board of Directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization is directly or indirectly owned or controlled by such party or by any one or more of its Subsidiaries, or by such party and one or more of its Subsidiaries. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Material Adverse Change” when used in connection with an entity, means any change, event, violation, inaccuracy, circumstance or effect (any such item, an “Effect”), individually or when taken together with all other Effects that have occurred prior to the date of determination of the occurrence of the Material Adverse Change, that (i) is or is reasonably likely to be materially adverse to the business, assets (including intangible assets), capitalization, financial condition or results of operations of such entity taken as a whole with its subsidiaries or (ii) will or is reasonably likely to materially impede the ability of such entity to timely consummate the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents in accordance with the terms thereof and applicable legal requirements.

 

(b) Issuance and Delivery of Shares. The issuance and delivery of the Shares has been duly authorized and, when issued and paid for in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (a) shall be free and clear of any and all liens, security interests, options, claims, encumbrances or restrictions (collectively, “Liens”), except for such restrictions on transfer or ownership as set forth in this Agreement or otherwise imposed by applicable federal or state securities laws or by the Purchaser, (b) shall have been duly authorized and validly issued, (c) shall be fully paid and nonassessable and (d) shall have been issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws. The issuance and delivery of the Shares are not subject to any preemptive or similar rights. The Warrant Shares have been duly authorized by the Company and reserved and, when issued upon exercise of the Warrant in accordance with the terms of the Warrant, (a) shall be free and clear of any and all Liens, except for such restrictions on transfer or ownership as set forth in this Agreement or otherwise imposed by applicable federal or state securities laws or by the Purchaser, (b) shall have been duly authorized and validly issued, (c) shall be fully paid and nonassessable and (d) shall have been issued in compliance with all applicable federal and state securities laws.

 

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(c) Charter Documents. The Company is not in violation of any of the provisions of the Company Charter Documents, and each Significant Subsidiary of the Company is not in violation of its respective Subsidiary Charter Documents. For purposes of this Agreement, the term: (i) “Company Charter Documents” shall mean (A) a true and correct copy of the Certificate of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Company, each as amended to date; (ii) “Significant Subsidiary” shall have the meaning provided by Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X of the Commission; (iii) “Subsidiary Charter Documents” shall mean the certificate of incorporation and bylaws, or like organizational documents of a Subsidiary; and (iv) “Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

(d) Subsidiaries. All the outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, each Significant Subsidiary have been validly issued and are fully paid and nonassessable and are owned by the Company, a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, or the Company and another wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Company, free and clear of all Liens, including any restriction on the right to vote, sell or otherwise dispose of such capital stock or other ownership interests, except for restrictions imposed by (i) applicable securities laws; (ii) that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated March 17, 2020, by and between fuboTV Inc. and the Company; (iii) that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated March 17, 2020, by and among FB Loan Series I, LLC, fuboTV Inc., the Company, Evolution AI Corporation, and Pulse Evolution Corporation; (iv) that certain Credit Agreement dated March 11, 2020, by and between the Company and HLEE Finance S.a.r.l.; and (v) that certain Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of April 6, 2018, by and among fuboTV Inc., certain subsidiaries of fuboTV Inc., as guarantors, and AMC Networks Ventures LLC; except as would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Change to the Company or a Material Adverse Change to such Subsidiary. Other than the Subsidiaries of the Company, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries owns any capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests of any nature in, or any interest convertible, exchangeable or exercisable for, capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests of any nature in, any other person. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Lien” shall mean pledges, claims, liens, charges, encumbrances, options and security interests of any kind or nature whatsoever.

 

(e) Capital Stock. The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of: (i) 400,000,000 shares of Common Stock and (ii) 50,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Preferred Stock”). At the close of business on [___]: (i) [___] shares of Common Stock were issued and outstanding and (ii) [___] shares of Preferred Stock were issued and outstanding. No shares of Common Stock are owned or held by any Subsidiary of the Company. Each share of capital stock of the Company which may be issued as contemplated or permitted by the Transaction Documents will be, when issued, duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable and not subject to any preemptive rights, free and clear of all Liens.

 

(f) Authority. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into this Agreement, the Warrant and the other agreements and documents contemplated hereby and thereby which are executed by the Company or to which the Company is a party (all of the foregoing agreements and documents, including this Agreement, are collectively referred to herein as the “Transaction Documents”). The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action on the part of the Company and no other corporate or other proceeding on the part of the Company is necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents or to consummate the transactions contemplated thereby, subject only to such registrations, declarations and filings as may be required under applicable federal, foreign and state securities (or related) laws and the rules and regulations of the OTCQB Venture Market (the “Necessary Consents”). The Transaction Documents have been, or will be upon the Closing, duly executed and delivered by the Company (other than the Warrant, which will be delivered within two (2) Business Days of the Closing) and, assuming due execution and delivery by the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be subject to the 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.

 

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(g) Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents by the Company does not, and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Company and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby will not: (i) conflict with or violate the Company Charter Documents or any Subsidiary Charter Documents of any Subsidiary of the Company or (ii) result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or materially impair the Company’s rights or alter the rights or obligations of any third party under, or give to others any rights of termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien on any of the properties or assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to, any material Contract of the Company.

 

(h) Necessary Consents. No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or registration, declaration or filing with any Governmental Entity or any other person is required to be obtained or made by the Company in connection with the execution and delivery of the Transaction Documents or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, except for (i) certain of the Necessary Consents and (ii) such other consents, authorizations, filings, approvals and registrations which if not obtained or made would not be material to the Company or materially adversely affect the ability of the parties hereto to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. “Governmental Entity” shall mean any supranational, national, state, municipal, local or foreign government, any instrumentality, subdivision, court, administrative agency or commission or other governmental authority or instrumentality, or any quasi-governmental or private body exercising any regulatory, taxing, importing or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority.

 

Section 2.2 Representations and Warranties of the Purchaser. The Purchaser hereby makes the following representations and warranties to the Company:

 

(a) Organization and Standing of the Purchaser. If the Purchaser is an entity, the Purchaser is a corporation, limited liability company or partnership duly incorporated or organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization.

 

(b) Authorization and Power. The Purchaser has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform the Transaction Documents and to purchase the Shares being sold to it hereunder. The execution, delivery and performance of the Transaction Documents by the Purchaser and the consummation by it of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action, and no further consent or authorization of the Purchaser or its Board of Directors, stockholders, or partners, as the case may be, is required. The Transaction Documents constitute, or shall constitute when executed and delivered by the Company and the Purchaser, valid and binding obligations of the Purchaser enforceable against the Purchaser in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium, liquidation, conservatorship, receivership or similar laws relating to, or affecting generally the enforcement of creditor’s rights and remedies or by other equitable principles of general application.

 

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(c) Acquisition for Investment. The Purchaser is acquiring the Securities solely for its own account and not with a view to or for sale in connection with the distribution thereof. The Purchaser does not have a present intention to sell any of the Securities, nor a present arrangement (whether or not legally binding) or intention to effect any distribution of any of the Securities to or through any person or entity. The Purchaser acknowledges that it (i) has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters such that the Purchaser is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Company, (ii) is able to bear the financial risks associated with an investment in the Securities, and (iii) has been given full access to such records of the Company and the Subsidiaries and to the officers of the Company as it has deemed necessary or appropriate to conduct its due diligence investigation.

 

(d) Restricted Securities. The Purchaser understands that the Securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the Securities Act, by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Securities Act which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent and the accuracy of the Purchaser’s representations as expressed herein. The Purchaser understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” under applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws and that, pursuant to these laws, the Purchaser must hold the Securities indefinitely unless they are registered with the Commission and qualified by state authorities, or an exemption from such registration and qualification requirements is available. The Purchaser further acknowledges that if an exemption from registration or qualification is available, it may be conditioned on various requirements including, but not limited to, the time and manner of sale, the holding period for the Securities, and on requirements which are outside of the Purchaser’s control. The Purchaser understands that no United States federal or state agency or any government or governmental agency has passed upon or made any recommendation or endorsement of the Securities.

 

(e) No General Solicitation. The Purchaser acknowledges that the Securities were not offered to the Purchaser by means of any form of general or public solicitation or general advertising, or publicly disseminated advertisements or sales literature, including (i) any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine, or similar media, or broadcast over television or radio, or (ii) any seminar or meeting to which the Purchaser was invited by any of the foregoing means of communications.

 

(f) Accredited Investor. The Purchaser is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Securities Act.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Covenants

 

Section 3.1 Public Disclosure. The parties shall consult with each other, and to the extent practicable, agree, before issuing any press release or Form 8-K or otherwise making any public statement with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents other than as may be required by the Commission or the OTCQB Venture Market, as advised by counsel to the Company.

 

Section 3.2 Further Assurances. From and after the date of this Agreement, upon the request of the Purchaser or the Company, the Company and the Purchaser shall execute and deliver such instruments, documents and other writings as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to confirm and carry out and to effectuate fully the intent and purposes of this Agreement. The Company agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to take or cause to be taken all action and to do or cause to be done all things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable laws and regulations to consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, subject to the terms and conditions hereof and thereof, including all actions and things necessary to cause all conditions set forth in Article IV to be satisfied.

 

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Section 3.3 Additional Listing Application. To the extent required by the rules of the OTCQB Venture Market, the Company will file a notification form for the listing of additional shares in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Conditions

 

Section 4.1 Condition Precedent to the Obligations of each Party to Close and Purchase or Sell the Shares. The respective obligations of each party to this Agreement to proceed with the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of the following condition:

 

(a) No Injunction. No statute, rule, regulation, executive order, decree, ruling or injunction shall have been enacted, entered, or promulgated by any court or governmental authority of competent jurisdiction which prohibits the consummation of any of the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.

 

Section 4.2 Condition Precedent to the Obligation of the Purchaser to Close and to Purchase the Shares. The obligation of the Purchaser to purchase the Shares from the Company at the Closing shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of the following condition, which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by the Purchaser:

 

(a) Delivery of Transaction Documents. The other Transaction Documents to which the Company is a party (other than the Warrant, which will be delivered within two (2) Business Days of the Closing Date) shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Company to the Purchaser.

 

Section 4.3 Conditions Precedent to the Obligation of the Company to Close and to Sell the Shares

. The obligation of the Company to sell the Shares to the Purchaser shall be subject to the satisfaction at or prior to the Closing Date of the following condition, which may be waived, in writing, exclusively by the Company:

 

(a) Delivery of Transaction Documents. The other Transaction Documents to which the Purchaser is party shall have been duly executed and delivered by the Purchaser to the Company.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Legend

 

Section 5.1 Legend.

 

(a) The Purchaser agrees to the imprinting of a legend on any of the Securities substantially in the following form until such legend may be removed as provided in subsection (b) below:

 

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“THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK REPRESENTED HEREBY HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, OR IF APPLICABLE, STATE SECURITIES LAWS. THESE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK MAY NOT BE SOLD, OFFERED FOR SALE, PLEDGED OR HYPOTHECATED IN THE ABSENCE OF AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT AS TO THE SHARES OF COMMON STOCK UNDER SAID ACT AND APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL REASONABLY SATISFACTORY TO FACEBANK GROUP, INC. THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED.”

 

(b) Securities shall not contain any legend (including the legend set forth in Section 5.1(a) hereof): (i) while a registration statement covering the resale of such security is effective under the Securities Act, (ii) following any sale of such Securities pursuant to Rule 144, or (iii) if such legend is not required under applicable requirements of the Securities Act (including judicial interpretations and pronouncements issued by the staff of the Commission). The Company shall cause its counsel to promptly issue a legal opinion to the Company’s transfer agent if required by the Company’s transfer agent to effect the removal of the legend hereunder.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Termination

 

Section 6.1 Termination. This Agreement may be terminated at any time prior to the Closing Date by the mutual written consent of the Company and the Purchaser; provided, however, that the right to terminate pursuant to this Section 6.1 shall not be available to any party whose action or failure to act has been a principal cause of or resulted in the failure of the Closing to occur on or before such date, and such action or failure to act constitutes a breach of this Agreement.

 

Section 6.2 Effect of Termination. In the event of a termination by the Company or the Purchaser, written notice thereof shall forthwith be given to the other party and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement shall be terminated without further action by any party. If this Agreement is terminated as provided in Section 6.1 herein, this Agreement shall become void and of no further force or effect, except for this Section 6.2 and Article VII herein, which shall survive the termination of this Agreement. Nothing in this Section 6.2 shall be deemed to release the Company or the Purchaser from any liability for any breach of this Agreement, or to impair the rights of the Company or the Purchaser to compel specific performance by the other of its obligations under this Agreement. 

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Miscellaneous

 

Section 7.1 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the internal laws of the State of New York without giving effect to the principles of conflicts of laws. Any legal action or other legal proceeding relating to this Agreement or the enforcement of any provision of this Agreement may be brought or otherwise commenced in any state or federal court located in the State of New York. Each party hereto agrees to the entry of an order to enforce any resolution, settlement, order or award made pursuant to this Section 7.1 by the state and federal courts located in the State of New York and in connection therewith hereby waives, and agrees not to assert by way of motion, as a defense, or otherwise, any claim that such resolution, settlement, order or award is inconsistent with or violative of the laws or public policy of the laws of the State of New York or any other jurisdiction.

 

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Section 7.2 Entire Agreement; Amendment. This Agreement and the other Transaction Documents constitute the full and entire understanding and agreement between the parties with regard to the subjects hereof and thereof. Any previous agreements among the parties relative to the specific subject matter hereof are superseded by this Agreement. Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be amended, changed, waived, discharged or terminated other than by a written instrument signed by the party against whom enforcement of any such amendment, change, waiver, discharge or termination is sought.

 

Section 7.3 Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be effective upon receipt and shall be in writing and may be delivered in person, by telecopy, electronic mail, express delivery service or U.S. mail, in which event it may be mailed by first-class, certified or registered, postage prepaid, addressed, to the party to be notified, at the respective addresses set forth below, or at such other address which may hereinafter be designated in writing:

 

  (a) If to the Purchaser, to:
     
    [PURCHASER]
    [INSERT ADDRESS LINE 1]
    [INSERT ADDRESS LINE 2]
    Attention: [•]
    Email: [•]
     
     
  (b) If to the Company, to:
     
    FaceBank Group, Inc.
    1115 Broadway, 12th Floor
    New York, NY 10010
    Attention: Chief Executive Officer
    Email: dgandler@fubo.tv
     
    with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
     
    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corporation
    650 Page Mill Road
    Palo Alto, California 94304-1050
    Attention: Robert G. Day
    Email: rday@wsgr.com
     
    and with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:
     
    Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati Professional Corporation
    1301 Avenue of the Americas, 40th Floor
    New York, NY 10019-6022
    Attention: Megan J. Baier
    Email: mbaier@wsgr.com

 

Section 7.4 Delays or Omissions. It is agreed that no delay or omission to exercise any right, power or remedy accruing to any party upon any breach or default of any other party under this Agreement shall impair any such right, power or remedy, nor shall it be construed to be a waiver of any such breach or default, or any acquiescence therein, or of any similar breach or default thereafter occurring; nor shall any waiver of any single breach or default be deemed a waiver of any other breach or default theretofore or thereafter occurring. It is further agreed that any waiver, permit, consent or approval of any kind or character of any breach or default under this Agreement, or any waiver of any provisions or conditions of this Agreement must be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in writing, and that all remedies, either under this Agreement, by law or otherwise, shall be cumulative and not alternative.

 

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Section 7.5 Titles; Subtitles. The titles of the Articles and Sections of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and in no way define, limit, extend, or describe the scope of this Agreement or the intent of any of its provisions.

 

Section 7.6 Successors and Assigns. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, the provisions hereof shall inure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the successors and assigns of the parties hereto.

 

Section 7.7 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is intended for the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns and is not for the benefit of, nor may any provision hereof be enforced by, any other person.

 

Section 7.8 Survival. The representations and warranties of the Company and the Purchaser contained herein shall not survive the Closing.

 

Section 7.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which together shall constitute one instrument.

 

Section 7.10 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement shall be judicially determined to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

Section 7.11 SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE. THE PARTIES HERETO AGREE THAT IRREPARABLE DAMAGE WOULD OCCUR IN THE EVENT THAT ANY OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT WERE NOT PERFORMED IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS SPECIFIC INTENT OR WERE OTHERWISE BREACHED. IT IS ACCORDINGLY AGREED THAT THE PARTIES SHALL BE ENTITLED TO AN INJUNCTION OR INJUNCTIONS, WITHOUT BOND, TO PREVENT OR CURE BREACHES OF THE PROVISIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT AND TO ENFORCE SPECIFICALLY THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS HEREOF, THIS BEING IN ADDITION TO ANY OTHER REMEDY TO WHICH THEY MAY BE ENTITLED BY LAW OR EQUITY, AND ANY PARTY SUED FOR BREACH OF THIS AGREEMENT EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY DEFENSE THAT A REMEDY IN DAMAGES WOULD BE ADEQUATE.

 

Section 7.12 Consents

. Any permission, consent, or approval of any kind or character under this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be effective only to the extent specifically set forth in such writing.

 

Section 7.13 Construction of Agreement

. No provision of this Agreement shall be construed against either party as the drafter thereof.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the date first above written.

 

  FACEBANK GROUP, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name: David Gandler
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

  [PURCHASER]
   
  By:                  
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

FORM OF WARRANT

 

W-[__]

 

THIS WARRANT AND THE WARRANT SHARES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED, NOR REGISTERED OR QUALIFIED UNDER ANY STATE SECURITIES LAWS, AND MAY NOT BE PLEDGED, HYPOTHECATED, SOLD, TRANSFERRED OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF UNLESS SO REGISTERED OR AN EXEMPTION THEREFROM IS AVAILABLE.

 

WARRANT TO PURCHASE COMMON STOCK

OF FACEBANK GROUP, INC.

 

Date of Issuance: [●], 2020

 

In consideration for the payment by ___________________________ to Facebank Group, Inc., a Florida corporation (the “Company”), of $[●] in cash, by certified check, or by wire transfer (the “Purchase Price”), the Company agrees to the provisions set forth herein. The Company certifies that ___________________________ and its permitted assigns (the “Holder”), is entitled, subject to the terms set forth below, to purchase from the Company, up to [●] fully-paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock (the “Warrant Shares”) at a purchase price per share equal to the Warrant Price (defined below). The number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon exercise of this Warrant and the Warrant Price shall be subject to adjustment from time to time as provided herein. The initial Warrant Price (the “Warrant Price”) per share of Common Stock shall equal $7.00.

 

For the purpose of this Warrant, the term “Common Stock” shall mean (i) the Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Company as of the Date of Issuance, or (ii) any other class or classes of stock resulting from successive changes or reclassifications of such class of stock, and the term “Business Day” shall mean any day other than a Saturday or Sunday or a day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are required or authorized to be closed.

 

Section 1. Term of Warrant, Exercise of Warrant. (a) Subject to the terms of this Warrant, the Holder shall have the right, at its option, which may be exercised in whole or in part, at any time, and from time to time, commencing at the time immediately following the time the Purchase Price has been paid and until the earlier of (x) 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the eighteen-month anniversary of the Date of Issuance and (y) the closing of a Change of Control (as defined below) (the “Warrant Expiration Date”) to purchase from the Company the Warrant Shares. “Change of Control” shall mean the sale, conveyance or disposal of all or substantially all of the Company’s property or business or the Company’s merger with or into or consolidation with any other corporation (other than a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company) or any other transaction or series of related transactions in which the stockholders of the Company immediately prior to the transaction or transactions own less than a majority of the voting power of the surviving corporation following the transaction or transactions.

 

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(b) The purchase rights evidenced by this Warrant shall be exercised by the Holder surrendering this Warrant, with the form of subscription at the end hereof duly executed by the Holder, to the Company at its office in New York, New York (or, in the event the Company’s principal office is no longer in New York, New York, its then principal office in the United States (the “Principal Office”)), accompanied by payment, of an amount (the “Exercise Payment”) equal to the Warrant Price multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares being purchased pursuant to such exercise, payable as follows: (i) by payment to the Company in cash, by certified check, or by wire transfer of the Exercise Payment, (ii) by surrender to the Company for cancellation of securities of the Company having a Market Price (as hereinafter defined) on the date of exercise equal to the Exercise Payment; or (iii) by a combination of the methods described in clauses (i) and (ii) above. In lieu of exercising the Warrant as set forth in the foregoing sentence, the Holder may elect to perform a net exercise and receive a payment equal to the difference between (i) the Market Price on the date of exercise multiplied by the number of Warrant Shares as to which the payment is then being elected and (ii) the aggregate Warrant Price with respect to such Warrant Shares, payable by the Company to the Holder only in shares of Common Stock valued at the Market Price on the date of exercise. For purposes hereof, the term “Market Price” shall mean, with respect to any day, the average closing price of a share of Common Stock or other security for the five consecutive trading days preceding such day on the principal national securities exchange on which the shares of Common Stock or securities are listed or admitted to trading or, if not listed or admitted to trading on any national securities exchange, the average of the reported high and low prices during such five trading day period on the OTCQB Venture Market, if the shares of Common Stock or securities are not publicly traded, the Market Price for such day shall be the fair market value thereof determined in good faith by the Board of Directors of the Company.

 

(c) Upon any exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall issue and cause to be delivered with all reasonable dispatch, but in any event within five Business Days, to or upon the written order of the Holder and, subject to Section 3, in such name or names as the Holder may designate (provided that such names other than the Holder may include only affiliates of the Holder), written confirmation (including via email) from the Company’s transfer agent that it has issued a book entry position for the number of full Warrant Shares issuable upon such exercise together with such other property, including cash (if necessary pursuant to Section 5.3 hereof), which may be deliverable upon such exercise. If fewer than all of the Warrant Shares represented by this Warrant are purchased, a new Warrant of the same tenor as this Warrant, evidencing the Warrant Shares not purchased will be issued and delivered by the Company at the Company’s expense, to the Holder together with the issue of the written confirmation from the Company’s transfer agent that it has issued a book entry position representing the Warrant Shares then being purchased. The Warrant certificate, when surrendered upon exercise of the Warrant, shall be canceled by the Company.

 

(d) The Company’s obligations to issue and deliver Warrant Shares in accordance with the terms hereof are absolute and unconditional, irrespective of any action or inaction by the Holder to enforce the same, any waiver or consent with respect to any provision hereof, the recovery of any judgment against any person or any action to enforce the same, or any setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, limitation or termination, or any breach or alleged breach by the Holder or any other Person of any obligation to the Company or any violation or alleged violation of law by the Holder or any other person, and irrespective of any other circumstance which might otherwise limit such obligation of the Company to the Holder in connection with the issuance of Warrant Shares. Nothing herein shall limit a Holder’s right to pursue any other remedies available to it hereunder, at law or in equity including, without limitation, a decree of specific performance and/or injunctive relief with respect to the Company’s failure to timely deliver written confirmation from the Company’s transfer agent that it has issued a book entry position representing shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant or to credit such shares to the Holder’s DTC account (as the case may be) as required pursuant to the terms hereof.

 

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Section 2. Warrant Register, Registration of Transfers.

 

Section 2.1. Warrant Register. The Company shall keep at its Principal Office, a register (the “Warrant Register”) in which the Company shall record the name and address of the Holder from time to time and all transfers and exchanges of this Warrant. The Company shall give the Holder prior written notice of any change of the address at which such register is kept.

 

Section 2.2. Registration of Transfers, Exchanges or Assignment of the Warrant. The Holder shall be entitled to assign its interest in this Warrant in whole or in part to any affiliate of Holder upon surrender thereof accompanied by a written instrument or instruments of transfer in the form of assignment at the end hereof duly executed by the Holder. Except as set forth in the preceding sentence, this Warrant may not be assigned by the Holder. This Warrant may also be exchanged or combined with warrants of like tenor at the option of the Holder for another Warrant or Warrants of like tenor and representing in the aggregate the right to purchase a like number of Warrant Shares upon presentation thereof to the Company at its Principal Office together with a written notice signed by the Holder specifying the denominations in which the new Warrant is or the new Warrants are to be issued.

 

Upon surrender for transfer or exchange of this Warrant to the Company at its Principal Office for transfer or exchange, in accordance with this Section 2, the Company shall, without charge (subject to Section 3), execute and deliver a new Warrant or Warrants of like tenor and of a like aggregate amount of Warrant Shares in the name of the assignee named in such instrument of assignment and, if the Holder’s entire interest is not being assigned, in the name of the Holder with respect to that portion not transferred, and this Warrant shall promptly be canceled.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Holder acknowledges that this Warrant and the Warrant Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Act”), and agrees not to sell, pledge, distribute, offer for sale, transfer or otherwise dispose of this Warrant and Warrant Shares in the absence of (i) registration or qualification of this Warrant and such Warrant Shares under any applicable U.S. federal or state securities law then in effect, or (ii) an opinion of counsel, satisfactory to the Company, that such registration and qualification are not required.

 

Section 3. Payment of Taxes. The Company shall pay all documentary stamp taxes, if any, attributable to the initial issuance of any Warrant Shares upon the exercise of this Warrant; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to pay any tax or taxes which may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issue or delivery of any Warrant or book entry position for Warrant Shares in a name other than that of the Holder as such name is then shown on the books of the Company.

 

Section 4. Certain Covenants.

 

Section 4.1. Reservation of Warrant Shares. There have been reserved and the Company shall at all times keep reserved, out of its authorized but unissued Common Stock, free from any preemptive rights, rights of first refusal or other restrictions (other than pursuant to the Act and applicable state securities laws) a number of shares of Common Stock sufficient to provide for the exercise of the rights of purchase represented by this Warrant.

 

Section 4.2. No Impairment. The Company shall not by any action including, without limitation, amending its Certificate of Incorporation, any reorganization, transfer of assets, consolidation, merger, dissolution, issue or sale of securities or any other voluntary action, avoid or seek to avoid the observance or performance of any of the terms of this Warrant, but shall at all times in good faith assist in the carrying out of all such terms and in the taking of all such action, as may be necessary or appropriate to protect the rights of the Holder against impairment. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall take all such action as may be necessary or appropriate in order that the Company may validly issue fully paid and nonassessable shares of Common Stock upon the exercise of this Warrant at the then Warrant Price therefor.

 

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Section 4.3. Notice of Certain Corporate Action. In case the Company shall propose (a) to offer to the holders of its Common Stock rights to subscribe for or to purchase any shares of Common Stock or shares of stock of any class or any other securities, rights or options, or (b) to effect any reclassification of its Common Stock (other than a reclassification involving only the subdivision, or combination, of outstanding shares of Common Stock), or (c) to effect any capital reorganization, or (d) to effect any Change of Control, or (e) to effect the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company or (f) to offer to the holders of its Common Stock the right to have their shares of Common Stock repurchased or redeemed or otherwise acquired by the Company, or (g) to take any other action which would require the adjustment of the Warrant Price and/or the number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, then in each such case (but without limiting the provisions of Section 5), the Company shall give to the Holder, a notice of such proposed action, which shall specify the date on which a record is to be taken for purposes of such dividend, distribution or offer of rights, or the date on which such reclassification, reorganization, Change of Control, liquidation, dissolution, or winding up is to take place and the date of participation therein by the holders of Common Stock, if any such date is to be fixed and shall also set forth such facts with respect thereto as shall be reasonably necessary to indicate the effect of such action on the Common Stock. Such notice shall be so given at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the record date for determining holders of the Common Stock for purposes of participating in or voting on such action, or at least ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of the taking of such proposed action or the date of participation therein by the holders of Common Stock, whichever shall be the earlier. Such notice shall specify, in the case of any subscription or repurchase rights, the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled thereto, or the date on which the holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to exchange their Common Stock for securities or other property deliverable upon any reorganization, reclassification, Change of Control or other action, as the case may be. Such notice shall also state whether the action in question or the record date is subject to the effectiveness of a registration statement under the Act or to a favorable vote of security holders, if either is required, and the adjustment in Warrant Price and/or number of Warrant Shares issuable upon exercise of this Warrant as a result of such reorganization, reclassification, Change of Control or other action, to the extent then determinable. No such notice shall be given if the Company reasonably determines that the giving of such notice would require disclosure of material information which the Company has a bona fide purpose for preserving as confidential or the disclosure of which would not be in the best interests of the Company.

 

Section 4.4. Purchase Entirely for Own Account. The Holder acknowledges that this Warrant is given to the Holder in reliance upon the Holder’s representation to the Company, which by its acceptance of this Warrant the Holder hereby confirms, that the Warrant and the Warrant Shares (collectively, the “Securities”) being acquired by the Holder are being acquired for investment for the Holder’s own account, not as a nominee or agent, and not with a view to the resale or distribution of any part thereof, and that the Holder has no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the same. By executing this Warrant, the Holder further represents that the Holder does not presently have any contract, undertaking, agreement or arrangement with any person to sell, transfer or grant participations to such person or to any third person, with respect to any of the Securities. The Holder represents that it has full power and authority to enter into this Warrant. The Holder has not been formed for the specific purpose of acquiring any of the Securities.

 

Section 4.5. Disclosure of Information. The Holder has had an opportunity to discuss the Company’s business, management, financial affairs and the terms and conditions of the offering of the Securities with the Company’s management and has had an opportunity to review the Company’s facilities, and has had an opportunity to read all of the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

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Section 4.6. Restricted Securities. The Holder understands that the Securities have not been, and will not be, registered under the Act, by reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the Act which depends upon, among other things, the bona fide nature of the investment intent and the accuracy of the Holder’s representations as expressed herein. The Holder understands that the Securities are “restricted securities” under applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws and that, pursuant to these laws, the Holder must hold the Securities indefinitely unless they are registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and qualified by state authorities, or an exemption from such registration and qualification requirements is available. The Holder further acknowledges that if an exemption from registration or qualification is available, it may be conditioned on various requirements including, but not limited to, the time and manner of sale, the holding period for the Securities, and on requirements relating to the Company which are outside of the Holder’s control, and which the Company is under no obligation and may not be able to satisfy.

 

Section 4.7. Accredited Investor. The Holder is an accredited investor as defined in Rule 501(a) of Regulation D promulgated under the Act.

 

Section 5. Adjustment of Warrant Price.

 

Section 5.1. Subdivision or Combination of Stock. In case the Company shall at any time (i) issue a dividend payable in Common Stock or any rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options for the purchase of, Common Stock or (ii) subdivide its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a greater number of shares or combine its outstanding shares of Common Stock into a smaller number of shares, then (x) in the case of a dividend or subdivision, the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such dividend or subdivision shall be proportionately decreased and the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment shall be proportionately increased, and (y) in the case of a combination, the Warrant Price in effect immediately prior to such combination shall be proportionately increased and the number of shares of Common Stock purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrant immediately prior to such adjustment shall be proportionately decreased.

 

Section 5.2. Reorganization, Reclassification, Consolidation, Merger or Sale. If any capital reorganization or reclassification of the capital stock of the Company or any consolidation or merger of the Company with another corporation, other than a Change of Control, shall be effected in such a way that holders of Common Stock shall be entitled to receive stock, securities or assets with respect to or in exchange for Common Stock, then, as a condition of such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, exercise, merger or sale, lawful and adequate provision shall be made whereby the Holder shall thereafter have the right to receive upon the basis and upon the terms and conditions specified herein and in lieu of the shares of Common Stock immediately theretofore receivable upon the exercise of this Warrant, that number of shares of stock, securities or assets (including cash) as may be issued or payable with respect to or in exchange for a number of outstanding shares of such Common Stock equal to the number of Warrant Shares for which this Warrant could have been exercised immediately prior to such reorganization, reclassification, consolidation, merger or sale, and in any such case appropriate provision shall be made with respect to the rights and interests of such Holder to the end that the provisions hereof shall thereafter be applicable, as nearly as may be, in relation to any shares of stock, securities or assets (including cash) thereafter deliverable upon the exercise of this Warrant. The Company will not effect any such consolidation, merger or sale, unless prior to the consummation thereof the successor corporation (if other than the Company) resulting from such consolidation or merger or the corporation purchasing such assets shall assume, by written instrument executed and mailed or delivered to the Holder at the last address of such Holder appearing on the books of the Company, the obligation to deliver to such Holder such shares of stock, securities or assets (including cash) as, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the Holder may be entitled to receive.

 

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Section 5.3. Fractional Shares. The Company shall not issue fractions of shares of Common Stock upon exercise of this Warrant or scrip in lieu thereof. If any fraction of a share of Common Stock would, except for the provisions of this Section 5.3, be issuable upon exercise of this Warrant, the Company shall in lieu thereof pay to the person entitled thereto an amount in cash equal to the current value of such fraction, calculated to the nearest one-hundredth (1/100) of a share, to be computed on the basis of the Market Price for a share of Common Stock as of the date of exercise.

 

Section 5.4. Notice of Adjustment. Upon any adjustment of the Warrant Price, and from time to time upon the request of the Holder, the Company shall furnish to the Holder the Warrant Price resulting from such adjustment or otherwise in effect and the number of Warrant Shares then available for purchase under this Warrant, setting forth in reasonable detail the method of calculation and the facts upon which such calculation is based.

 

Section 5.5. Certain Events. If any event occurs as to which, in the good faith judgment of the Board of Directors of the Company the other provisions of this Section 5 are not strictly applicable or if strictly applicable would not fairly protect the exercise rights of the Holder in accordance with the essential intent and principles of such provisions, then the Board of Directors of the Company in the good faith, reasonable exercise of its business judgment shall make an adjustment in the application of such provisions, in accordance with such essential intent and principles so as to protect such exercise rights as aforesaid.

 

Section 6. No Rights as a Stockholder; Notice to Holder. Nothing contained in this Warrant shall be construed as conferring upon the Holder the right to vote or to consent or to receive notice as a stockholder in respect of any meeting of stockholders for the election of directors of the Company or any other matter, or any rights whatsoever as a stockholder of the Company.

 

Section 7. Replacement of Warrant. Upon receipt of evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Company of the loss, theft, destruction or mutilation of this Warrant and (in the case of loss, theft or destruction) upon delivery of an indemnity agreement (with, in the case of a Holder which is not a qualified institutional buyer within the meaning of Rule 144A under the Act, surety) in an amount reasonably satisfactory to it, or (in the case of mutilation) upon surrender and cancellation thereof, the Company will issue, in lieu thereof, a new Warrant of like tenor.

 

Section 8. Notices. All notices and other written communications provided for hereunder shall be given in writing and delivered in person or sent by overnight delivery service (with charges prepaid), and (i) if to the Holder addressed to it at the address specified for such Holder in the Warrant Register or at such other address as the Holder shall have specified to the Company in writing in accordance with this Section 8, and (ii) if to the Company, addressed to it at 1115 Broadway, 12th Floor, New York, NY 10010 or at such other address as the Company shall have specified to the Holder in writing in accordance with this Section 8. Notice given in accordance with this Section 8 shall be effective upon the earlier of the date of delivery or the second Business Day at the place of delivery after dispatch.

 

Section 9. Applicable Law. This Warrant shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without giving effect to principles of conflict of laws.

 

Section 10. Warrant Share Legend. The Warrant Shares, until such Warrant Shares have been distributed pursuant to a registration statement effective under the Act or sold to the public through a broker, dealer or market maker in compliance with Rule 144 under the Act (or any similar rule then in force) shall bear one or all of the following legends:

 

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“THE SECURITIES HAVE NOT BEEN REGISTERED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AND HAVE BEEN ACQUIRED FOR INVESTMENT AND NOT WITH A VIEW TO, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THE SALE OR DISTRIBUTION THEREOF. NO SUCH SALE OR DISPOSITION MAY BE EFFECTED WITHOUT AN EFFECTIVE REGISTRATION STATEMENT RELATED THERETO OR AN OPINION OF COUNSEL IN A FORM SATISFACTORY TO THE COMPANY THAT SUCH REGISTRATION IS NOT REQUIRED UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933.”

 

Any legend required by the Blue Sky laws of any state to the extent such laws are applicable to the Warrant Shares.

 

Section 11. Captions. The captions of the Sections and subsections of this Warrant have been inserted for convenience only and shall have no substantive effect.

 

Section 12. Amendment or Waiver. Any term of this Warrant may be amended or waived only by an instrument in writing signed by the Company and the Holder.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have executed this Warrant as of the [●] day of [●], 2020.

 

  FACEBANK GROUP, INC.
   
  By:  
  Name: David Gandler
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

  [NAME OF WARRANT HOLDER]
   
  By:             
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

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[To be signed only upon exercise of Warrant]

 

TO Facebank Group, Inc.:

 

The undersigned, the holder of the within Warrant (the “Holder”), hereby irrevocably elects to exercise the purchase right represented by such Warrant for, and to purchase thereunder, ______ shares of Common Stock of Facebank Group, Inc. and herewith [makes payment of $______ therefor in full payment of the Exercise Payment][tenders securities having a Market Price of $_____ in full payment of the Exercise Payment] or [elects to receive a payment equal to the difference between (i) the Market Price (as defined in the Warrant) multiplied by ________ (the number of Warrant Shares as to which the payment is being elected) and (ii) ___________, which is the exercise price with respect to such Warrant Shares, in full payment of the Exercise Payment, payable by the Company to the Holder only in shares of Common Stock valued at the Market Price in accordance with the terms of the Warrant], and requests that the book entry position for such shares be issued in the name of ______.

 

Dated:    
     
   
     
     
   

(Signature must conform in all respects to name of

Holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)

     
     
    Address

 

 

 

 

[To be signed only upon transfer of Warrant]

 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers unto _____________ the right represented by the within Warrant to purchase _____ shares of the Common Stock of Facebank Group, Inc. to which the within Warrant relates, and appoints _______ attorney to transfer said right on the books of Facebank Group, Inc. with full power of substitution in the premises.

 

Dated:    
     
     
(Signature must conform in all respects to    
name of Holder as specified on the face of the Warrant)    
     
   
     
    Address
     
In the presence of:    
     
   

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATIONS

I, David Gandler, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020 of FaceBank Group, 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 controls.

 

July 6, 2020 /s/ David Gandler
  David Gandler
  Chief Executive Officer
  (principal executive officer)

 

 

 

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATIONS

I, Simone Nardi, certify that:

 

1. I have reviewed this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020 of FaceBank Group, 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 controls.

 

July 6, 2020 /s/ Simone Nardi
  Simone Nardi
  Chief Financial Officer
  (principal financial officer)

 

 

 

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 Facebank Group, Inc. (the “Company”) for the fiscal quarter ended March 31, 2020 as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Report”), we, David Gandler, Chief Executive Officer, and Simone Nardi, Chief Financial Officer of the Company, certify, 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 my knowledge:

 

1. The Report fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

2. The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Company.

 

July 6, 2020 /s/ David Gandler
  David Gandler
  Chief Executive Officer
  (principal executive officer)

 

July 6, 2020 /s/ Simone Nardi
  Simone Nardi
  Chief Financial Officer
  (principal financial officer)

 

This certification accompanies this Annual Report on Form 10-K pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall not, except to the extent required by such Act, be deemed filed by the Company for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Such certification will not be deemed to be incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except to the extent that the Company specifically incorporates it by reference.