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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

 

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

August 5, 2021 (July 30, 2021)

Date of Report (date of earliest event reported)

 

ROVER GROUP, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware

 

001-39774

 

85-3147201

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(I.R.S. Employer
Identification Number)

 

720 Olive Way, 19th Floor, Seattle, WA

 

98101

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip Code))

 

(888) 453-7889

 

 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

 

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

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

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

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

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

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

 

Title of each class

 

Trading

Symbol(s)

 

Name of each

exchange on which registered

Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share

 

ROVR

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

Redeemable warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A common stock at an exercise price of $11.50

 

ROVRW

 

The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC

 

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§ 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§ 240.12b-2).

Emerging growth company  

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

 

 

 


 

INTRODUCTORY NOTE

On July 30, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), Rover Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), f/k/a Nebula Caravel Acquisition Corp. (“Caravel”), consummated the previously announced merger pursuant to that certain Business Combination Agreement dated February 10, 2021 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among Caravel, Fetch Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and A Place for Rover, Inc. (d/b/a Rover), a Delaware Corporation (“Legacy Rover”) following the approval at a special meeting of the stockholders of Caravel held on July 28, 2021 (the “Special Meeting”).

Pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, a business combination between Caravel and Legacy Rover was effected through the merger of Merger Sub with and into Legacy Rover, with Legacy Rover surviving as the surviving company and as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caravel (together with the other transactions described in the Business Combination Agreement, the “Merger”). On the Closing Date, the registrant changed its name from Nebula Caravel Acquisition Corp. to “Rover Group, Inc.”

At the effective time of the Merger (the “Effective Time”), and subject to the terms and conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, each share of Legacy Rover preferred stock, par value $0.00001 per share, that was convertible into a share of Legacy Rover common stock was canceled and converted into the right to receive a number of shares of the Company’s Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Common Stock”) equal to 1.0379 (the “Exchange Ratio”), such that each converted share of Legacy Rover preferred stock was no longer outstanding and ceased to exist, and each holder of Legacy Rover preferred stock thereafter ceased to have any rights with respect to such shares.

At the Effective Time, each share of Legacy Rover common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, was canceled and converted into the right to receive a number of shares of Class A Common Stock equal to the Exchange Ratio.

No fractional shares of Class A Common Stock were issued upon the exchange of Legacy Rover preferred stock or Legacy Rover common stock. Any fractional shares were rounded down to the nearest whole share of Class A Common Stock, and cash paid in lieu of fractional shares.

At the Effective Time, each option to purchase shares of Legacy Rover common stock (a “Legacy Rover Option”) that was outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, was automatically converted into an option to purchase shares of Class A Common Stock with the same terms except for the number of shares exercisable and the exercise price, using the exchange ratio of 1.2006.

Upon completion of the Merger, and in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, 32,434,987 shares of Legacy Rover common stock and 87,496,938 shares of Legacy Rover preferred stock were also cancelled and converted into the right to receive a pro rata portion of up to 22,500,000 shares of Class A Common Stock in the aggregate that will be issued at a future date should the Class A Common Stock achieve certain tiered trading price thresholds during the seven year period immediately following the Closing Date (the “Earnout Shares”). The amount of Earnout Shares reserved for potential issuance to Legacy Rover stockholders was calculated based upon a formula set forth in the Business Combination Agreement based on a portion of the value of such Earnout Shares deemed to be earned upon the exercise of Legacy Rover Options and Legacy Rover warrants assumed by the Company in the Merger.

As of the open of trading on August 2, 2021, the Class A Common Stock and warrants of the Company (the “Warrants”), formerly those of Caravel, began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbols “ROVR” and “ROVRW”, respectively.

As used in this Current Report on Form 8-K, unless otherwise stated or the context clearly indicates otherwise, the terms “Company,” “Registrant,” “we,” “us,” and “our” refer to the parent entity formerly named Nebula Caravel Acquisition Corp., after giving effect to the Merger, and as renamed Rover Group, Inc.

 


 

A description of the Merger and the terms of the Business Combination Agreement are included in the definitive proxy statement/prospectus filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 9, 2021 (the “Proxy Statement”) in the sections entitled “Proposal No.1—The Business Combinationand “The Business Combination Agreement.”

On July 30, 2021, a number of accredited investor purchasers (each, a “PIPE Investor”) purchased from the Company an aggregate of 5,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock (the “PIPE Investment”), for a purchase price of $10.00 per share and an aggregate purchase price of $50.0 million (the “PIPE Shares”), each pursuant to separate subscription agreement (each, a “PIPE Subscription Agreement”), entered into effective as of February 10, 2021. Pursuant to the PIPE Subscription Agreements, the Company gave certain registration rights to the PIPE Investors with respect to the PIPE Shares. The sale of PIPE Shares was consummated concurrently with the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”).

A description of the PIPE Subscription Agreements is included in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Certain Agreements Related to the Business Combination” in the subsection entitled “PIPE Subscription Agreements” beginning on page 152 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

On July 30, 2021, True Wind Capital II, L.P. and True Wind Capital II-A, L.P. (together, the “TWC Funds”) purchased from the Company an aggregate of 8,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, for a purchase price of $10.00 per share and an aggregate purchase price of $80 million (the “Backstop Shares”), pursuant to that certain backstop subscription agreement entered into as of February 10, 2021 (the “Sponsor Backstop Subscription Agreement”). Pursuant to the Sponsor Backstop Subscription Agreement, the TWC Funds agreed to purchase shares of the Company’s Class A Common Stock in an aggregate amount of up to $50.0 million (or such greater amount at the election of the TWC Fund) to the extent of the amount of any redemption of shares of Class A Common Stock and an additional amount of up to $50.0 million if mutually agreed with Legacy Rover. The sale of Backstop Shares was consummated concurrently with the Closing of the Merger. On July 30, 2021, BBCM Master Fund Ltd., a Delaware limited partnership (“Broad Bay”) purchased from the Company an aggregate of 1,000,000 shares of Class A Common Stock, for a purchase price of $10.00 per share and an aggregate purchase price of $10.0 million pursuant to an assignment and assumption agreement entered into between Broad Bay, TWC Funds, and Caravel on July 26, 2021 (the “Assignment Agreement”).

A description of the Sponsor Backstop Subscription Agreement is included in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Certain Agreements Related to the Business Combination” in the subsection entitled “Sponsor Backstop Subscription Agreement” beginning on page 151 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

The foregoing descriptions of the Business Combination Agreement, the PIPE Subscription Agreement, the Sponsor Backstop Subscription Agreement, and the Assignment Agreement are summaries only and are qualified in their entirety by the full text of (i) the Business Combination Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 2.1 and incorporated herein by reference, (ii) the PIPE Subscription Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.5 and incorporated herein by reference, (iii) the Sponsor Backstop Subscription Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.2 and incorporated herein by reference, and (iv) the Assignment Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.3 and incorporated herein by reference.

As of July 30, 2021, there were 157,199,138 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding.

Item 1.01Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Stockholder Lock-Up Agreement

In connection with the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the “Transactions”), on the Closing Date, Caravel, Nebula Caravel Holdings, LLC (the “Sponsor”), certain affiliates of the Sponsor, and certain Legacy Rover stockholders entered into a lock-up agreement (the “Lock-Up Agreement”), pursuant to which they

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agreed, subject to enumerated customary exceptions, not to transfer shares of Class A Common Stock for a period of 6 months after the Closing Date, provided that, if during such six-month period the volume weighted average price of Class A Common Stock is greater than or equal to $16.00 over any twenty trading days within any thirty trading day period (“Triggering Event III”), 50% of each applicable holder’s shares shall be released from such lock-up on the later of (i) Triggering Event III and (ii) the date that is 90 days after the Closing Date. In addition, Legacy Rover equityholders will be subject to substantially similar lock-up terms pursuant to the Company’s Amended and Restated Bylaws effective as of the Closing Date.

The foregoing descriptions of the Lock-Up Agreement and Amended and Restated Bylaws do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the full text of the form of Lock-Up Agreement and Amended and Restated Bylaws, copies of which are attached hereto as Exhibits 10.7 and 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Indemnification Agreements

In connection with the Transactions, on the Closing Date, the Company entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers. These indemnification agreements provide the directors and executive officers with contractual rights to indemnification and advancement for certain expenses, including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines and settlement amounts incurred by a director or executive officer in any action or proceeding arising out of their services as one of the Company’s directors or executive officers or as a director or executive officer of any other company or enterprise to which the person provides services at the Company’s request.

The foregoing description of the indemnification agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Form of Indemnification Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.17 and incorporated herein by reference.

Investor Rights Agreement

In connection with the Transactions, on the Closing Date, the Company, the Sponsor, certain affiliates of the Sponsor and certain Legacy Rover stockholders entered into an investor rights agreement (the “Investor Rights Agreement”). The Investor Rights Agreement provided that (i) the Company would register for resale, pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, certain shares of Class A Common Stock and other equity securities of the Company that are held by the parties thereto from time to time, (ii) in the event that the Company sold Backstop Shares (as defined in the Sponsor Backup Subscription Agreement) with an aggregate purchase price of at least $15 million, the Company would include one individual designated by the Sponsor in the slate of nominees recommended by the Company’s board of directors (the “Board”) (or duly constituted committee thereof) for election as directors at each annual meeting of stockholders at which such nominee’s term expires, subject to the Sponsor and its Affiliates (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) beneficially owning a certain minimum number of shares of Class A Common Stock and (iii) the Company would waive the corporate opportunities doctrine with respect to the Sponsor, its affiliates (including portfolio companies), their respective investors and the director nominees of the foregoing.

The foregoing description of the Investor Rights Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the form of Investor Rights Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.6 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 1.02 Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.

Subordinated Credit Facility

On July 27, 2021, the Company executed a payoff letter to repay in full all amounts due and owing, and terminate all commitments and obligations under, that Mezzanine Loan and Security Agreement, dated August 5, 2019, by and among Silicon Valley Bank and WestRiver Innovation Lending Fund VIII, L.P. (the “Lenders”) and the Company (the “Loan Agreement”). Pursuant to the payoff letter, the Company has agreed to pay to the Lenders

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approximately $31.1 million, which includes pay-off amounts for principal, interest, fees, reimbursement of expenses and other items. The material terms of the Loan Agreement are described in Note 9 to Legacy Rover’s Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in the Proxy Statement beginning on page F-26, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

The foregoing summary of the Loan Agreement does not purport to be complete and is subject to and qualified in its entirety by reference to the Loan Agreement, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.12 and incorporated herein by reference.

PPP Loan

On July 27, 2021, the Company executed a payoff letter to repay in full all amounts due and owing, and terminate all commitments and obligations under, the unsecured loan it was granted in April 2020 in accordance with the Paycheck Protection Program, established pursuant to the recently enacted Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and administered by the U.S. Small Business Administration.

The unsecured loan (the “PPP Loan”) is evidenced by a promissory note of the Company in the principal amount of $8.1 million (the “Note”) with Silicon Valley Bank (the “Lender”). Pursuant to the payoff letter, the Company has agreed to pay to the Lender approximately $8.2 million, which includes pay-off amounts for principal, interest, fees, reimbursement of expenses and other items.

The material terms and conditions of the Loan Agreement and the PPP Loan are described in Note 9 to Legacy Rover’s Notes To Consolidated Financial Statements in the Proxy Statement beginning on page F-26, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.01Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.

The disclosure set forth in the “Introductory Note” above is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 2.01.

As previously reported, at the Special Meeting, the Company’s stockholders approved the Merger. On July 30, 2021, the parties to the Business Combination Agreement completed the Merger.

Holders of 14,677,808 shares of Caravel common stock exercised their right to redeem such shares for cash at a price of approximately $10.00 per share for aggregate payments of approximately $146.8 million.

At the Closing, an aggregate of 32,434,987 shares of Legacy Rover common stock and 87,496,938 shares of Legacy Rover preferred stock were exchanged for an aggregate of 124,477,819 shares of Class A Common Stock.

Immediately after giving effect to the completion of the Merger and the issuance of the PIPE Shares, there were outstanding:

 

157,199,138 shares of Class A Common Stock; and

 

8,074,164 Warrants, comprised of 5,500,000 public warrants and 2,574,164 private placement warrants, each exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share.

The material terms and conditions of the Business Combination Agreement are described in the Proxy Statement in the sections entitled “Proposal No. 1—The Business Combination Proposal” and “The Business Combination Agreement”, which are incorporated herein by reference.

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FORM 10 INFORMATION

Item 2.01(f) of Form 8-K states that if the predecessor registrant was a shell company, as Caravel was immediately before the Merger, then the registrant must disclose the information that would be required if the registrant were filing a general form for registration of securities on Form 10. Accordingly, the Company, as the successor registrant to Caravel, is providing the information below that would be included in a Form 10 if it were to file a Form 10. Please note that the information provided below relates to the combined company after the consummation of the Merger unless otherwise specifically indicated or the context otherwise requires.

Forward-Looking Statements

 

This Current Report on Form 8-K and some of the information incorporated herein by reference contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. Accordingly, such forward-looking statements can be identified by the fact that they do not relate strictly to historical or current facts, including, without limitation, statements regarding the financial position, business strategy and the plans and objectives of management for future operations. These statements constitute projections, forecasts, and forward-looking statements, and are not guarantees of future performance.

 

Forward-looking statements generally relate to future events or future financial or operating performance. Although the Company believes its expectations, strategy, plans or intentions reflected in or suggested by these forward-looking statements are reasonable, there cannot be assurance that the Company will achieve or realize these expectations, strategy, plans or intentions. Forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. In some cases, you can identify forward-looking statements because such statements are preceded by, followed by or contain words such as “anticipate,” “might,” “possible,” “strive,” “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “plan,” “anticipate,” “could,” “intend,” “target,” “contemplate,” “believe,” “estimate,” “predict,” “potential”, “project” or “continue” or the negative of these words or other similar terms or expressions that concern the Company’s expectations, strategy, plans or intentions. Not all forward-looking statements contain such identifying words and the absence of such identifying words does not mean that a statement is not forward-looking.

 

These forward-looking statements are based on the beliefs of, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to, the Company’s management. Accordingly, forward-looking statements in this Current Report on Form 8-K and in any document incorporated herein by reference should not be relied upon as representing the Company’s view as of any subsequent date. The Company undertakes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except as may be required under applicable securities laws. Forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K and in any document incorporated by reference in this Report may include, but are not limited to, statements about:

 

the Company’s ability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the Merger;

 

the Company’s financial performance following the Merger;

 

the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the Company’s business;

 

the Company’s ability to retain existing or attract new pet parents and pet care providers;

 

the strength of the Company’s network, effectiveness of its technology, and quality of the offerings provided through its platform;

 

the Company’s ability to match pet parents with high quality and well-priced offerings;

 

changes in the Company’s strategy, future operations, financial position, estimated revenues and losses, projected costs, prospects, and plans;

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the Company’s assessment of and strategies to compete with its competitors;

 

the Company’s ability to maintain and protect its brand reputation;

 

the Company’s assessment of its trust and safety record;

 

the Company’s ability to attract and retain talent and the effectiveness of its compensation strategies and leadership;

 

changes in applicable laws or regulations;

 

technological disruptions, privacy or data breaches, the loss of data or cyberattacks;

 

expansion plans and opportunities;

 

the outcome of any known and unknown litigation and regulatory proceedings; and

 

other factors detailed in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 36 of the Proxy Statement and incorporated herein by reference.

 

The foregoing list does not contain all of the forward-looking statements made in this Current Report on Form 8-K and in any document incorporated by reference in this Report. The forward-looking statements contained in this Current Report on Form 8-K and in any document incorporated herein by reference are based on current expectations and beliefs concerning future developments and their potential effects on the Company. There can be no assurance that future developments affecting the Company will be those that the Company has anticipated. These forward-looking statements involve a number of risks, uncertainties (some of which are beyond the Company’s control) or other assumptions that may cause actual results or performance to be materially different from those expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to, those factors described in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Risk Factors”, and that information is incorporated herein by reference. The risks described in the section entitled “Risk Factors” are not exhaustive. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should any of our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results may vary in material respects from those projected in these forward-looking statements.

Business

The business of the Company prior to the Merger is described in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Information About Rover” beginning on page 181 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

The Company’s investor relations website is located at https://investors.rover.com/ . The Company uses its investor relations website to post important information for investors, including news releases, analyst presentations, and supplemental financial information, and as a means of disclosing material non-public information and for complying with its disclosure obligations under Regulation FD. Accordingly, investors should monitor the Company’s investor relations website, in addition to following press releases, SEC filings and public conference calls and webcasts. The Company also makes available, free of charge, on its investor relations website under https://investors.rover.com/financial-information/sec-filings , its Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, Current Reports on Form 8-K and amendments to these reports as soon as reasonably practicable after electronically filing or furnishing those reports to the SEC.

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Risk Factors

The risks associated with the Company’s business are described in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Risk Factors” beginning on page 36 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Selected Historical Financial Information

The selected historical consolidated financial data of Legacy Rover for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018 and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020, and its selected historical consolidated balance sheet information as of December 31, 2020 and 2019 and March 31, 2021 are included in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Selected Historical Consolidated Financial Data of Rover” beginning on page 28 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

The unaudited consolidated financial statements of Legacy Rover as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and 2020 have been prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles and pursuant to the regulations of the SEC and are included in the Proxy Statement beginning on Page F-42 of the Proxy Statement, which are incorporated herein by reference.

These unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the historical audited financial statements of Legacy Rover as of and for the years ended December 31, 2020, 2019, and 2018, and the related notes included in the Proxy Statement beginning on page F-2 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Company as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and for year ended December 31, 2020 is set forth on Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

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

Reference is made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Rover Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations”, beginning on page 207 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Reference is made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Rover Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in the subsection entitled “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” beginning on page 238 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Properties

Reference is made to the disclosure contained in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Information About Rover” in the subsection entitled “Facilities” beginning on page 195 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management

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The following table sets forth information known to the Company regarding the beneficial ownership of the Company’s Class A Common Stock as of the Closing Date by:

 

each person known to the Company to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of outstanding Class A Common Stock;

 

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

 

all of the executive officers and directors of the Company as a group.

Beneficial ownership is determined according to the rules of the SEC, which generally provide that person has beneficial ownership of a security if he, she or it possesses sole or shared voting or investment power over that security, including options and warrants that are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days. Company stock issuable upon exercise of options and warrants currently exercisable within 60 days are deemed outstanding solely for purposes of calculating the percentage of total voting power of the beneficial owner thereof.

The beneficial ownership of Class A Common Stock is based on 157,199,138 shares of Class A Common Stock outstanding as of the Closing Date.

Unless otherwise indicated, the Company believes that each beneficial owner named in the table below has the sole voting and investment power with respect to all shares of Class A Common Stock beneficially owned by such beneficial owner.

 

Name of Beneficial Owner(1)

 

 

 

 

Number of

Common Shares

Beneficially

Owned

 

 

Percentage of

Common Shares

Beneficially

Owned

 

Greater than Five Percent Holders

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nebula Caravel Holdings, LLC(2)

 

 

 

 

 

13,799,126

 

 

 

8.8%

 

Funds affiliated with Foundry Ventures(3)

 

 

 

 

 

17,765,163

 

 

 

11.3%

 

Funds affiliated with Madrona Ventures(4)

 

 

 

 

 

24,016,697

 

 

 

15.3%

 

Funds affiliated with Menlo Ventures(5)

 

 

 

 

 

15,340,706

 

 

 

9.8%

 

Funds affiliated with TCV(6)

 

 

 

 

 

8,062,197

 

 

 

5.1%

 

Named Executive Officers and Directors

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adam H. Clammer(7)

 

 

 

 

 

13,799,126

 

 

 

8.8%

 

Kristina Leslie

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aaron Easterly(8)

 

 

 

 

 

7,039,565

 

 

 

4.4%

 

Tracy Knox(9)

 

 

 

 

 

1,145,495

 

 

 

*

 

Brent Turner(10)

 

 

 

 

 

2,615,718

 

 

 

1.6%

 

Greg Gottesman(11)

 

 

 

 

 

49,850

 

 

 

*

 

Susan Athey(12)

 

 

 

 

 

277,825

 

 

 

*

 

Megan Siegler(13)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Venky Ganesan(14)

 

 

 

 

 

15,340,706

 

 

 

9.8%

 

Scott Jacobson(15)

 

 

 

 

 

24,016,697

 

 

 

15.3%

 

All Directors and Executive Officers of Rover After the Merger (10 Individuals)

 

 

 

 

 

64,284,982

 

 

 

38.9%

 

 

*Less than 1%

(1)Unless otherwise noted, the business address of each of these shareholders is c/o Rover Group, Inc. 720 Olive Way, 19th Floor, Seattle, WA 98101.

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(2)Nebula Caravel Holdings, LLC is the record holder of the shares reported herein. True Wind Capital II is the managing member of Nebula Caravel Holdings, LLC. Mr. Clammer is a managing member of True Wind Capital GP II, LLC, the General Partner of True Wind Capital II. As such, he may be deemed to have or share beneficial ownership of the Class A Common Stock held directly by Nebula Caravel Holdings, LLC. Mr. Clammer disclaims any beneficial ownership of the reported shares other than to the extent of any pecuniary interest they may have therein, directly or indirectly.

(3)Consists of (a) 11,595,833 shares of Class A Common Stock, which are held of record by Foundry Venture Capital 2013, L.P. and (b) 6,169,330 shares of Class A Common Stock, which are held of record by Foundry Group Next, L.P. (collectively referred to as “Foundry Group”). The business address of Foundry Group is 1050 Walnut Street, Suite 210, Boulder, CO 80302.

(4)Consists of (a) 23,420,754 shares of Class A Common Stock, which are held of record by Madrona Venture Fund IV, LP and (b) 595,945 shares of Class A Common Stock, which are held of record by Madrona Venture Fund IV-A, LP (collectively referred to as “Madrona Ventures”). The business address of Madrona Ventures is 999 Third Ave., 34th Floor, Seattle, Washington 98104.

(5)Consists of (a) 9,968,036 shares of Class A Common Stock, which are held of record by Menlo Ventures XI, LP, (b) 4,905,263 shares of Class A Common Stock, which are held of record by Menlo Special Opportunity Fund, L.P., (c) 387,647 shares of Class A Common Stock, which are held of record by MMEF XI, LP and (d) 79,761 shares of Class A Common Stock, which are held of record by MMSOP, L.P. (collectively referred to as “Menlo Ventures”). The business address of Menlo Ventures is 2884 Sand Hill Road, Suite 100, Menlo Park, CA  94025.

(6)Consists of (a) 5,736,615 shares of Class A Common Stock, which are held of record by TCV VIII, L.P. (b) 1,546,981 shares of Class A Common Stock, which are held of record by TCV VIII (A), L.P., (c) 422,310 shares of Class A Common Stock, which are held of record by TCV Member Fund, L.P and (d) 356,290 shares of Class A Common Stock, which are held of record by TCV VIII (B), L.P. (collectively referred to as “TCV”). The business address of TCV is 250 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, CA 94025.

(7)Consists of the shares described in footnote (2) above (Nebula Caravel Holdings, LLC).

(8)Consists of (a) 2,785,800 shares of Class A Common Stock and (b) consists of options to purchase 5,632,346 shares subject to options held by Mr. Easterly, 4,253,765 shares of which will be exercisable and vested within 60 days of July 30, 2021.

(9)Consists of 1,518,484 shares of Class A Common Stock subject to options held by Ms. Knox, 1,145,495 shares of which will be exercisable and vested within 60 days of July 30, 2021.

(10)Consists of (a) 311,372 shares of Class A Common Stock and (b) 2,740,661 shares subject to options held by Mr. Turner, 2,615,718 shares of which will be exercisable and vested within 60 days of July 30, 2021.

(11)Consists of 49,850 shares of Class A Common Stock held of record by Mr. Gottesman. Mr. Gottesman is also a minority investor and former general partner in funds affiliated with Madrona Ventures which beneficially own 15.3% of Rover. Mr. Gottesman does not have voting or dispositive control over such funds.

(12)Consists of options to purchase 277,825 shares of Class A Common Stock held by Ms. Athey, all of which are exercisable within 60 days of July 30, 2021.

(13)Ms. Siegler is a minority investor in entities affiliated with Spark Capital Growth Fund, L.P. / Spark Capital Growth Founders Fund, L.P., which beneficially own less than 5% of Rover. Ms. Siegler does not have voting or dispositive control over such funds.

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(14)Consists of the shares described in footnote (5) above (funds affiliated with Menlo Ventures).

(15)Consists of the shares described in footnote (4) above (funds affiliated with Madrona Ventures).

Directors and Executive Officers

Information with respect to the Company’s directors and executive officers following the Closing of the Merger is set forth in the Proxy Statement section entitled “Management of New Rover After the Business Combination” beginning on page 264 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Independence of Directors

Information with respect to the independence of the directors of the Company following the Closing of the Merger is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Management of New Rover After the Business Combination” in the subsection entitled “Director Independence” beginning on page 267 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Committees of the Board of Directors

Information with respect to the composition of the committees of the board of directors of the Company immediately after the Closing of the Merger is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Management of New Rover After the Business Combination” in the subsections entitled “Audit Committee” beginning on page 267 of the Proxy Statement, “Compensation Committee” beginning on page 268 of the Proxy Statement, and “Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee” beginning on page 269 of the Proxy Statement, and such information is incorporated herein by reference.

Executive Compensation

Information with respect to the compensation of the named executive officers of the Company is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Rover’s Executive Compensation” beginning on page 199 of the Proxy Statement and Item 5.02 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, and that information is incorporated herein by reference

Director Compensation

A description of the compensation of the board of directors of Caravel before the consummation of the Merger is set forth in the Proxy Statement section entitled “Information About Caravel” in the subsection entitled “Executive Officer and Director Compensation” beginning on page 252 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Following the Closing of the Merger, the board of directors of the Company adopted a new compensation policy for non-employee directors. The form of the Outside Director Compensation Policy is filed as Exhibit 10.16 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and incorporated herein by reference.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

Certain relationships and related party transactions of the Company are described in the Proxy Statement in the sections entitled “Certain Rover Relationships and Related Person Transactions”, “Proposal No. 1—The Business Combination Proposalin the subsections entitled Interests of Rover’s Directors and Officers in the Business Combination” and “Interests of Caravel’s Directors and Officers in the Merger”, each of which begins on page 127 of the Proxy Statement and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Legal Proceedings

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Reference is made to the disclosure regarding legal proceedings concerning the Company set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Information About Rover” in the subsection entitled “Legal Proceedingsbeginning on page 198 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

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

The information set forth in the section of the Proxy Statement entitled “Price Range of Securities and Dividends” is incorporated herein by reference. Additional information regarding holders of the Company’s securities is set forth below in the section of this Current Report on Form 8-K entitled “Description of the Company’s Securities.”

On August 2, 2021, the Company’s Class A Common Stock and Warrants began trading on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the new trading symbols “ROVR and “ROVRW”, respectively.

As of the Closing Date, the Company had 157,199,138 shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding and 8,074,164 warrants, each exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock, at a price of $11.50 per share.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

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

Description of the Company’s Securities

The description of the Company’s securities is set forth in the section of the Proxy Statement entitled “Description of New Rover’s Securities” beginning on page 273, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Immediately following the Closing, the Company’s authorized capital stock consisted of 1,000,000,000 shares of capital stock, $0.0001 par value per share, consisting of 990,000,000 shares of common stock and 10,000,000 shares of preferred stock. No shares of preferred stock were issued and outstanding immediately after the Merger.

Indemnification of Directors and Officers

As noted above in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K, the Company entered into indemnification agreements with each of its directors and executive officers as of the Closing Date. Each indemnification agreement provides for indemnification and advancements by the Company of certain expenses and costs relating to claims, suits or proceedings arising from his or her service to the Company or, at our request, service to other entities, as officers or directors to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law.

The foregoing description of the indemnification agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the indemnification agreements, the form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.17 and is incorporated herein by reference. The disclosure set forth in Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K under the section entitled “Indemnification Agreements” is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 2.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits

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

Changes in Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

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

Item 3.01

Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing

On the Closing Date, all of Caravel’s outstanding units separated into their component parts of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-fifth of one warrant to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share, and Caravel’s units ceased trading on the Nasdaq Capital Market.

Item 3.02 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The information with respect to the PIPE Investment set forth in the “Introductory Note” is incorporated herein by reference into this Item 3.02. The PIPE Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933 in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act.

Item 3.03Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.

On the Closing Date, in connection with the consummation of the Merger, Caravel changed its name to Rover Group, Inc. and adopted the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws effective as of the Closing Date. Reference is made to the disclosure described in the Proxy Statement in the sections entitled “Description of New Rover’s Securities” and “Comparison of Stockholder Rights”, which are incorporated herein by reference.

The Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company contain material modifications to the Company’s authorized capital stock, shareholder voting rights, composition of the board of directors, and nomination, liability, indemnification, and removal of directors.

The foregoing descriptions of the modifications to the rights of security holders pursuant to the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws do not purport to be complete and are qualified in their entirety by the full text of the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation and Amended and Restated Bylaws, which are attached hereto as Exhibits 3.1 and 3.2, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 4.01Changes in Registrant’s Certifying Accountant

On August 3, 2021, following a meeting of the Audit Committee of the Board, WithumSmith+Brown, PC (“Withum”), who served as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm prior to the Merger, was informed that it would be dismissed as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm following its review of the Company’s quarter ended June 30, 2021, which consists only of the accounts of the pre-Transactions special purpose acquisition company. Subsequently, on August 3, 2021, the Audit Committee of the Board approved the engagement of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (“PwC”) as the Company’s independent registered public accounting firm to audit the Company’s consolidated financial statements for the year ending December 31, 2021. PwC previously served as the independent registered public accounting firm for Legacy Rover, which was acquired by the Company on July 30, 2021.

The report of Withum on Caravel’s financial statements as of December 31, 2020 and for the period from September 18, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainties, audit scope or accounting principles.

During the period from September 18, 2020 (Caravel’s inception) to December 31, 2020 and the subsequent interim period through August 3, 2021, there were no “disagreements” (as such term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K and the related instructions) with Withum on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Withum,

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would have caused Withum to make reference thereto in its report on Caravel’s pre-Merger financial statements as of December 31, 2020 and for the period from September 18, 2020 (the Company’s inception) to December 31, 2020. During the period from September 18, 2020 (the Company’s inception) to December 31, 2020 and the subsequent interim period through August 3, 2021, there have been no “reportable events” (as such term is defined in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K), except for a material weakness in Caravel’s pre-Merger internal control over financial reporting related to the accounting for a significant and unusual transaction related to the warrants Caravel issued in connection with its initial public offering in December 2020.

Caravel provided Withum with a copy of the disclosures made pursuant to this Item 4.01 prior to the filing of this Current Report on Form 8-K and requested that Withum furnish a letter addressed to the Securities and Exchange Commission, as required by Item 304(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 16.1, stating whether it agrees with such disclosures, and if not, stating the respects in which it does not agree.

During the period from September 18, 2020 (Caravel’s inception) through August 3, 2021, neither Caravel nor anyone on its behalf consulted PwC regarding either: (i) the application of accounting principles to a specified transaction, either completed or proposed; or the type of audit opinion that might be rendered on Caravel’s financial statements, and neither a written report was provided to Caravel or oral advice was provided that PwC concluded was an important factor considered by Caravel in reaching a decision as to the accounting, auditing, or financial reporting issue; or (ii) any matter that was the subject of a disagreement (as described in Item 304(a)(1)(iv) of Regulation S-K) or a “reportable event,” as described in Item 304(a)(1)(v) of Regulation S-K.

Item 5.01Changes in Control of the Registrant.

The information set forth in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K in the sections entitled “Introductory Note” and “Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management” is incorporated herein by reference. Reference is made to the disclosure in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “The Business Combination Agreement” beginning on page 112 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.02Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

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

2021 Equity Incentive Plan

As previously disclosed at the Special Meeting, the stockholders of the Company considered and approved the 2021 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2021 Plan”). The 2021 Plan was approved, subject to stockholder approval, by the Board on July 29, 2021. The 2021 Plan became effective immediately upon the Closing.

A description of the 2021 Plan is included in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Proposal No. 5—The Incentive Plan Proposal” beginning on page 167 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the 2021 Plan is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the 2021 Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.15 and incorporated herein by reference.

2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan

As previously disclosed at the Special Meeting, the stockholders of the Company considered and approved the 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan (the “2021 ESPP”). The 2021 ESPP was approved, subject to stockholder approval, by the Board on July 29, 2021. The 2021 ESPP became effective immediately upon the Closing.

A description of the 2021 ESPP is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Proposal No. 6—The Employee Stock Purchase Plan Proposal” beginning on page 174 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is

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incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the 2021 ESPP is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the 2021 ESPP, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.14 and incorporated herein by reference.

Outside Director Compensation Policy

Following the Closing of the Merger, on July 30, 2021, the board of directors of the Company considered and approved the Outside Director Compensation Policy for non-employee directors. The Outside Director Compensation Policy became effective on July 30, 2021.

A description of the Outside Director Compensation Policy is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Management of New Rover After the Business Combination” in the subsection entitled “Outside Director Compensation Policy” beginning on page 270 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Outside Director Compensation Policy is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Outside Director Compensation Policy, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.16 and incorporated herein by reference.

Master Bonus Plan

Following the Closing of the Merger, on July 30, 2021, the board of directors of the Company considered and adopted the Employee Incentive Compensation Plan (the “Master Bonus Plan”), which was approved by Legacy Rover’s board of directors prior to Closing. The Master Bonus Plan allows the administrator to provide performance-based awards to employees selected to participate. Eligible employees may include the Company’s named executive officers. The Master Bonus Plan became effective on May 18, 2021.

A description of the Master Bonus Plan is set forth in the Proxy Statement in the section entitled “Management of New Rover After the Business Combination” in the subsection entitled “Rover Group Employee Incentive Compensation Plan” beginning on page 204 of the Proxy Statement, and that information is incorporated herein by reference. The foregoing description of the Master Bonus Plan is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Master Bonus Plan, which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.13 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5.03Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.

The disclosure set forth in Item 3.03 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated in this Item 5.03 by reference.

Item 5.05Amendments to the Registrant’s Code of Ethics, or Waiver of a Provision of the Code of Ethics.

Following the Closing of the Merger, on July 30, 2021, the Board considered and adopted a new Code of Business Conduct and Ethics (the “Code of Ethics”). The Code of Ethics applies to all of the Company’s directors, officers and employees. The foregoing description of the Code of Ethics is qualified in its entirety by the full text of the Code of Ethics, which is available on the investor relations page of the Company’s website.

Item 5.06Change in Shell Company Status.

As a result of the Merger, the Company ceased to be a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) as of the Closing. A description of the Merger and the terms of the Business Combination Agreement are included in the Proxy Statement in the sections entitled “Proposal No. 1The Business Combination Proposal” and “The Business Combination Agreement” and in the information set forth under Item 2.01 in this Current Report on Form 8-K, which are incorporated herein by reference.

Item 7.01.Regulation FD Disclosure.

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Rover Group, Inc. announces material information to the public through a variety of means, including filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, press releases, public conference calls, and the Company’s website (www.rover.com), and investor relations webpage https://investors.rover.com/. The Company uses these channels, as well as social media, including its Twitter account (@RoverDotCom), LinkedIn account https://www.linkedin.com/company/roverdotcom/, and YouTube page https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAPW_dKc5hmvDEl8oYnJfdA, to communicate with investors and the public news and developments about the Company and other matters. Therefore, the Company encourages investors, the media, and others interested in the Company to review the information it makes public in these locations, as such information could be deemed to be material information.

Item 9.01Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(a)Financial Statements of Businesses Acquired.

The audited financial statements of Legacy Rover as of December 31, 2019 and 2020 and for the years ended December 31, 2018, 2019 and 2020 and the related notes are included in the Proxy Statement beginning on page F-2 and are incorporated herein by reference. The condensed consolidated financial statements of Legacy Rover as of March 31, 2021 and for the three months ended March 31, 2020 and 2021 and the related notes are included in the Proxy Statement beginning on page F-42 and are incorporated herein by reference.

(b)Pro Forma Financial Information.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information of the Company as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020 is set forth on Exhibit 99.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

(d)Exhibits.

See the Exhibit index below, which is incorporated herein by reference.

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EXHIBIT INDEX

 

 

 

Incorporated by reference

 

Exhibit

No.

Description

Form

File No.

Exhibit

No.

Filing

Date

Filed or

Furnished

Herewith

2.1

Business Combination Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2021, by and among Caravel, Merger Sub, Rover, and Shareholder Representative Services, LLC, as the Securityholder Representative.

S-4

333-253110

2.1

February 16, 2021

 

3.1

Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company.

 

 

 

 

X

3.2

Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Company.

 

 

 

 

X

4.1

Specimen Class A Common Stock Certificate of the Company.

 

 

 

 

X

4.2

Specimen Warrant Certificate of the Company.

S-1/A

333-250804

4.3

December 1, 2020

 

4.3

Form of Warrant Agreement between Caravel and American Stock Transfer and Trust Company.

S-1/A

333-250804

4.4

December 1, 2020

 

10.1

Sponsor Support Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2021, by and among Caravel, Legacy Rover, the Company, and the holders of the Founder Shares.

8-K

001-39774

10.1

February 11, 2021

 

10.2

Sponsor Backup Subscription Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2021, between Sponsor and Caravel.

8-K

001-39774

10.2

February 11, 2021

 

10.3

Assignment and Assumption Agreement, dated as of July 26, 2021 between Caravel, TWC Funds and Broad Bay.

 

 

 

 

X

10.4

Form of Rover Holders Support Agreement.

8-K

001-39774

10.3

February 11, 2021

 

10.5

Form of PIPE Subscription Agreement.

8-K

001-39774

10.4

February 11, 2021

 

10.6

Form of Investor Rights Agreement.

8-K

001-39774

10.5

February 11, 2021

 

10.7

Form of Lock-Up Agreement.

8-K

001-39774

10.6

February 11, 2021

 

10.8#

Offer Letter from Rover to Aaron Easterly, dated September 2011, as amended March 2012.

S-4/A

333-253110

10.7

May 20, 2021

 

10.9#

Offer Letter from Rover to Tracy Knox, dated September 2017

S-4/A

333-253110

10.8

May 20, 2021

 

10.10#

Offer Letter from Rover to Brent Turner, dated January 2014

S-4/A

333-253110

10.9

May 20, 2021

 

10.11

Loan and Security Agreement, dated May 23, 2018, by and between Silicon Valley Bank and Rover, as amended.

S-4/A

333-253110

10.10

May 20, 2021

 

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10.12

Mezzanine Loan and Security Agreement, dated August 5, 2019, by and among Silicon Valley Bank, WestRiver Innovation Lending Fund VIII, L.P. and Rover, as amended.

S-4/A

333-253110

10.11

May 20, 2021

 

10.13#

Rover Group, Inc. Employee Incentive Compensation Plan.

S-4/A

333-253110

10.12

May 20, 2021

 

10.14#

Rover Group, Inc. 2021 Employee Stock Purchase Plan.

S-4/A

333-253110

Annex E

March 29, 2021

 

10.15#

Rover Group, Inc. 2021 Equity Incentive Plan

S-4/A

333-253110

Annex D

March 29, 2021

 

10.16#

Rover Group, Inc. Form of Outside Director Compensation Policy

 

 

 

 

X

10.17#

Rover Group, Inc. Form of Indemnification Agreement

 

 

 

 

X

16.1

Letter from WithumSmith+Brown, PC as to the change in certifying accountant, dated as of August 5, 2021

 

 

 

 

X

99.1

Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Consolidated Combined Financial Statements of the Company as of March 31, 2021 and for the year ended December 31, 2020.

 

 

 

 

X

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

#

Indicates management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement.

 

 

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SIGNATURE

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

Dated: August 5, 2021

 

 

ROVER GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Tracy Knox

 

 

Name: Tracy Knox

 

 

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 3.1

Delaware

Page 1

The First State

 

 

I, JEFFREY W. BULLOCK, SECRETARY OF STATE OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THE ATTACHED IS A TRUE AND CORRECT COPY OF THE RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF “NEBULA CARAVEL ACQUISITION CORP.”, CHANGING ITS NAME FROM “NEBULA CARAVEL ACQUISITION CORP.” TO “ROVER GROUP, INC.”, FILED IN THIS OFFICE ON THE THIRTIETH DAY OF JULY, A.D. 2021, AT 9:33 O’CLOCK A.M.    

 

 

 

 

 

 

Authentication: 203803075

3699941   8100

SR# 20212845733

Date: 07-30-21

You may verify this certificate online at corp.delaware.gov/authver.shtml

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

State of Delaware

Secretary of State

Division of Corporations

Delivered

09:33 AM 07/30/2021

FILED

09:33 AM 07/30/2021

SR 20212845733 – File Number 3699941

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION OF
NEBULA CARAVEL ACQUISITION CORP.
a Delaware corporation

Nebula Caravel Acquisition Corp., a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Company”), does hereby certify as follows:

A.The original Certificate of Incorporation of the Company was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 18,2020.

B.This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation was duly adopted in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”) by the Board of Directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”) and has been duly approved by the written consent of the stockholders of the Company in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.

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

ARTICLE I

The name of the Company is Rover Group, Inc.

ARTICLE II

The address of the Company's registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is National Registered Agents, Inc.

ARTICLE III

The nature of the business or purposes to be conducted or promoted by the Company is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the DGCL

ARTICLE IV

Section 1.    This Company is authorized to issue two classes of stock, to be designated, respectively, Class A Common Stock (“Common Stock”) and Preferred Stock. The total number of shares of stock that the Company shall have authority to issue is 1,000,000,000 shares, of which 990,000,000 shares are Common Stock, $0.0001 par value per share, and 10,000,000 shares are Preferred Stock, $0.0001 par value per share.

Section 2.    Each share of Common Stock outstanding as of the applicable record date shall entitle the holder thereof to one (1) vote on any matter submitted to a vote at a meeting of stockholders.

Section 3.    The Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series pursuant to a resolution or resolutions providing for such issue duly adopted by the Board of Directors (authority to do so being hereby expressly vested in the Board of Directors). The Board of Directors is further authorized, subject to limitations prescribed by law, to fix by resolution or resolutions the designations, powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, of any series of Preferred Stock, including, without limitation, authority to fix by resolution or resolutions the dividend rights, dividend rate, conversion rights, voting rights, rights and terms of redemption (including sinking fund provisions), redemption price or prices, and liquidation preferences of

 


 

any such series, and the number of shares constituting any such series and the designation thereof, or any of the foregoing. The Board of Directors is further authorized to increase (but not above the total number of authorized shares of the class) or decrease (but not below the number of shares of any such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any series, subject to the powers, preferences and rights, and the qualifications, limitations and restrictions thereof stated in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the resolution of the Board of Directors originally fixing the number of shares of such series. Except as may be otherwise specified by the terms of any series of Preferred Stock, if the number of shares of any series of Preferred Stock is so decreased, then the Company shall take all such steps as are necessary to cause the shares constituting such decrease to resume the status which they had prior to the adoption of the resolution originally fixing the number of shares of such series.

Section 4.    Except as otherwise required by law or provided in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, holders of Common Stock shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation filed with respect to any series of Preferred Stock) that relates solely to the terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together as a class with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon by law or pursuant to this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (including any certificate of designation filed with respect to any series of Preferred Stock).

Section 5.    The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock or Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company entitled to vote thereon, without a separate vote of the holders of the class or classes the number of authorized shares of which are being increased or decreased, unless a vote of any holders of one or more series of Preferred   Stock is required pursuant to the terms of any certificate of designation relating to any series of Preferred Stock, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.

ARTICLEV

Section 1.    Subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock, the number of directors that constitutes the entire Board of Directors of the Company shall be fixed only by resolution of the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board. For the purposes of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the term “Whole Board” shall mean the total number of authorized directorships whether or not there exist any vacancies or other unfilled seats in previously authorized directorships. At each annual meeting of stockholders, directors of the Company shall be elected to hold office until the expiration of the term for which they are elected and until their successors have been duly elected and qualified or until their earlier resignation or removal; except that if any such meeting shall not be so held, such election shall take place at a stockholders' meeting called and held in accordance with the DGCL.

Section 2.    From and after the effectiveness of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the directors of the Company (other than any who may be elected by holders of Preferred Stock under specified circumstances) shall be divided into three classes as nearly equal in size as is practicable, hereby designated Class I, Class II and Class III. Directors already in office shall be assigned to each class at the time such classification becomes effective in accordance with a resolution or resolutions adopted by the Board of Directors. At the first annual meeting of stockholders following the date hereof, the term of office of the Class I directors shall expire and Class I directors shall be elected for a full term of three years. At the second annual meeting of stockholders following the date hereof, the term of office of the Class II directors shall expire and Class II directors shall be elected for a full term of three years. At the third annual meeting of stockholders following the date hereof, the term of office of the Class III directors shall expire and Class III directors shall be elected for a full term of three years. At each succeeding annual meeting of stockholders, directors shall be elected for a full term of three years to succeed the directors of the class whose terms expire at such annual meeting. If the number of directors is changed, any newly created directorships or decrease in directorships shall be so apportioned hereafter among the classes as to make all classes as nearly equal in number as is practicable, provided that no decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

ARTICLE VI

Section 1.    From and after the effectiveness of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, only for so long as the Board of Directors is classified and subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock, any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause, and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the voting power of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company entitled to vote in the election of directors.

Section 2.    Except as otherwise provided for or fixed by or pursuant to the provisions of ARTICLE IV hereof in relation to the rights of the holders of Preferred Stock to elect directors under specified circumstances or except as otherwise provided by resolution of a majority of the Whole Board, newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors, created in

 

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accordance with the Bylaws of the Company, and any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, removal or other cause shall be filled only by the affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining directors then in office, even though less than a quorum of the Board of Directors, or by a sole remaining director, and not by the stockholders. A person so elected by the Board of Directors to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified, or until such director's earlier death, resignation or removal. No decrease in the number of directors constituting the Board of Directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director.

ARTICLE VII

Section 1.    The Company is to have perpetual existence.

Section 2.    The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors. In addition to the powers and authority expressly conferred upon them by statute or by this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Company, the directors are hereby empowered to exercise all such powers and do all such acts and things as may be exercised or done by the Company.

Section 3.    In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, alter, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Company. The affirmative vote of at least a majority of the Whole Board shall be required in order for the Board of Directors to adopt, amend, alter or repeal the Company's Bylaws. The Company's Bylaws may also be adopted, amended, altered or repealed by the stockholders of the Company. Notwithstanding the above or any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws of the Company may not be amended, altered or repealed except in accordance with the provisions of the Bylaws relating to amendments to the Bylaws. No Bylaw hereafter legally adopted, amended, altered or repealed shall invalidate any prior act of the directors or officers of the Company that would have been valid if such Bylaw had not been adopted, amended, altered or repealed.

Section 4.    The election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the Bylaws of the Company shall so provide.

Section 5.    No stockholder will be permitted to cumulate votes at any election of directors.  

ARTICLE VIII

Section 1.    From and after the consummation of the business combination contemplated by that registration statement filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Form S-4 (File No. 333- ) and subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Company must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.

Section 2.    Subject to the terms of any series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of stockholders of the Company may be called only by the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer, the President or the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board, but a special meeting may not be called by any other person or persons and any power of stockholders to call a special meeting of stockholders is specifically denied. Only such business shall be considered at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been stated in the notice for such meeting.

Section 3.    Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of business to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the Company shall be given in the manner and to the extent provided in the Bylaws of the Company.

ARTICLE IX

Section 1.    To the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as the same exists or as may hereafter be amended from time to time, a director of the Company shall not be personally liable to the Company or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director. If the DGCL is amended to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Company shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as so amended.

Section 2.    The Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any director of the   Company who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint

 

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venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liabilities, losses, expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding. The Company shall be required to indemnify a person in connection with a Proceeding (or part thereof) initiated by such person only if the Proceeding (or part thereof) was authorized or consented to by the Board of Directors.

Section 3.    The Company shall have the power to indemnity, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any officer, employee or agent of the Company (together with directors of the Company, “Covered Persons”) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any Proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against expenses (including attorneys' fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding.

Section 4.    The rights to indemnification and to the advancement of expenses conferred in this ARTICLE IX shall not be exclusive of any other right which any Covered Person may have or hereafter acquire under this Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws of the Company, any statute, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise. Neither any amendment, repeal nor elimination of any Section of this ARTICLE IX, nor the adoption of any provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or the Bylaws of the Company inconsistent with this ARTICLE IX, shall eliminate or reduce the effect of this ARTICLE IX in respect of any matter occurring, or any Proceeding accruing or arising or that, but for this ARTICLE IX, would accrue or arise, prior to such amendment, repeal, elimination or adoption of an inconsistent provision.

ARTICLE X

Meetings of stockholders may be held within or outside of the State of Delaware, as the Bylaws may provide. The books of the Company may be kept (subject to any provision of applicable law) outside of the State of Delaware at such place or places or in such manner or manners as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors or in the Bylaws of the Company.

ARTICLE XI

The Company reserves the right to amend or repeal any provision contained in this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation in the manner prescribed by the laws of the   State of Delaware and all rights conferred upon stockholders are granted subject to this reservation; provided, however, that notwithstanding any other provision of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation or any provision of law that might otherwise permit a lesser vote, , the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board and the affirmative vote of 66 2/3% of the voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Company, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the amendment, repeal or modification of the provisions of Section 3 of ARTICLE IV, Section 2 of ARTICLE V, Section 1 of ARTICLE VI, Section 2 of ARTICLE VI, Section 5 of ARTICLE VII, Section 1 of ARTICLE VIII, Section 2 of ARTICLE VIII, Section 3 of ARTICLE VIII or this ARTICLE XI of this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation.

 

 

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Nebula Caravel Acquisition Corp. has caused this Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation to be signed by the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Company on this 30th day of July 2021.

 

By:

 

/s/ Adam H. Clammer

 

 

Adam H. Clammer

 

 

President and Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

[Signature page to Nebula Caravel Acquisition Corp. Amended Certificate of Incorporation]

Exhibit 3.2

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED BYLAWS OF

NEBULA CARAVEL ACQUISITION CORP.

(effective as of July 30, 2021)

 

 

 


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE I - CORPORATE OFFICES

 

1

1.1

 

REGISTERED OFFICE

 

1

1.2

 

OTHER OFFICES

 

1

ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

 

1

2.1

 

PLACE OF MEETINGS

 

1

2.2

 

ANNUAL MEETING

 

1

2.3

 

SPECIAL MEETING

 

1

2.4

 

ADVANCE NOTICE PROCEDURES

 

2

2.5

 

NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

7

2.6

 

QUORUM

 

7

2.7

 

ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE

 

8

2.8

 

CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

 

8

2.9

 

VOTING

 

8

2.10

 

STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING

 

9

2.11

 

RECORD DATES

 

9

2.12

 

PROXIES

 

9

2.13

 

LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE

 

10

2.14

 

INSPECTORS OF ELECTION

 

10

ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS

 

11

3.1

 

POWERS

 

11

3.2

 

NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

 

11

3.3

 

ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS .

 

11

3.4

 

RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES

 

11

3.5

 

PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE

 

12

3.6

 

REGULAR MEETINGS

 

12

3.7

 

SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE

 

12

3.8

 

QUORUM; VOTING

 

12

3.9

 

BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING

 

13

3.10

 

FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

 

13

3.11

 

REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

 

13

ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES

 

13

4.1

 

COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

 

13

4.2

 

COMMITTEE MINUTES

 

14

4.3

 

MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES

 

14

4.4

 

SUBCOMMITTEES

 

14

ARTICLE V - OFFICERS

 

15

5.1

 

OFFICERS

 

15

5.2

 

APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS

 

15

5.3

 

SUBORDINATE OFFICERS

 

15

5.4

 

REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS

 

15

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

(continued)

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

 

 

 

 

5.5

 

VACANCIES IN OFFICES

 

15

5.6

 

REPRESENTATION OF SECURITIES OF OTHER ENTITIES

 

15

5.7

 

AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS

 

16

ARTICLE VI - STOCK

 

16

6.1

 

STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES

 

16

6.2

 

SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES

 

16

6.3

 

LOST CERTIFICATES

 

17

6.4

 

DIVIDENDS

 

17

6.5

 

TRANSFER OF STOCK

 

17

6.6

 

STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS

 

17

6.7

 

REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS

 

17

6.8

 

LOCK-UP

 

17

ARTICLE VII - MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE AND WAIVER

 

20

7.1

 

NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

 

20

7.2

 

NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS SHARING AN ADDRESS

 

20

7.3

 

NOTICE TO PERSON WITH WHOM COMMUNICATION IS UNLAWFUL

 

20

7.4

 

WAIVER OF NOTICE

 

20

ARTICLE VIII - INDEMNIFICATION

 

21

8.1

 

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN THIRD PARTY PROCEEDINGS

 

21

8.2

 

INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN ACTIONS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY

 

21

8.3

 

SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE

 

21

8.4

 

INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS

 

22

8.5

 

ADVANCED PAYMENT OF EXPENSES

 

22

8.6

 

LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATION

 

23

8.7

 

DETERMINATION; CLAIM

 

23

8.8

 

NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS

 

24

8.9

 

INSURANCE

 

24

8.10

 

SURVIVAL

 

24

8.11

 

EFFECT OF REPEAL OR MODIFICATION

 

24

8.12

 

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

24

ARTICLE IX - GENERAL MATTERS

 

25

9.1

 

EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS

 

25

9.2

 

FISCAL YEAR

 

25

9.3

 

SEAL

 

25

9.4

 

CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS

 

25

9.5

 

FORUM SELECTION

 

25

ARTICLE X - AMENDMENTS

 

26

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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BYLAWS OF NEBULA CARAVEL ACQUISITION CORP.

 

 

ARTICLE I - CORPORATE OFFICES

1.1 REGISTERED OFFICE

The registered office of Nebula Caravel Acquisition Corp. (the “Company”) shall be fixed in the Company’s certificate of incorporation, as the same may be amended from time to time.

1.2 OTHER OFFICES

The Company may at any time establish other offices.

ARTICLE II - MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS

2.1 PLACE OF MEETINGS

Meetings of stockholders shall be held at a place, if any, within or outside the State of Delaware, determined by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board of Directors”). The Board of Directors may, in its sole discretion, determine that a meeting of stockholders shall not be held at any place, but may instead be held solely by means of remote communication as authorized by Section 211(a)(2) of the Delaware General Corporation Law (the “DGCL”). In the absence of any such designation or determination, stockholders’ meetings shall be held at the Company’s principal executive office.

2.2 ANNUAL MEETING

The annual meeting of stockholders shall be held each year. The Board of Directors shall designate the date and time of the annual meeting. At the annual meeting, directors shall be elected and any other proper business, brought in accordance with Section 2.4 of these bylaws, may be transacted. The Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board may cancel, postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled annual meeting at any time, before or after the notice for such meeting has been sent to the stockholders. For the purposes of these bylaws, the term “Whole Board” shall mean the total number of authorized directorships whether or not there exist any vacancies or other unfilled seats in previously authorized directorships.

2.3 SPECIAL MEETING

A special meeting of the stockholders, other than as required by statute, may be called at any time by (i) the Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board, (ii) the chairperson of the Board of Directors, (iii) the chief executive officer or (iv) the president, but a special meeting may not be called by any other person or persons and any power of stockholders to call a special meeting of stockholders is specifically denied. The Board of Directors acting pursuant to a resolution adopted by a majority of the Whole Board may cancel, postpone or reschedule any previously scheduled special meeting at any time, before or after the notice for such meeting has been sent to the stockholders.

The notice of a special meeting shall include the purpose for which the meeting is called. Only such business shall be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting by or at the direction of a majority of the Whole Board, the chairperson of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer or the president. Nothing contained in this Section 2.3(b) shall be construed as limiting, fixing or affecting the time when a meeting of stockholders called by action of the Board of Directors may be held.

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2.4 ADVANCE NOTICE PROCEDURES

Annual Meetings of Stockholders.

(i)Nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors or the proposal of other business to be transacted by the stockholders at an annual meeting of stockholders may be made only (1) pursuant to the Company’s notice of meeting (or any supplement thereto); (2) by or at the direction of the Board of Directors; (3) as may be provided in the certificate of designations for any class or series of preferred stock; ; or (4) otherwise by any stockholder of the Company who (A) is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of the notice contemplated by Section 2.4(a)(ii); (B) is a stockholder of record on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the annual meeting; (C) is a stockholder of record on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the annual meeting; (D) is a stockholder of record at the time of the annual meeting; and (E) complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4(a).

(ii)For nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting of stockholders by a stockholder pursuant to clause  (4) of Section 2.4(a)(i), the stockholder must have given timely notice in writing to the secretary and any such nomination or proposed business must constitute a proper matter for stockholder action. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company no earlier than 8:00 a.m., local time, on the 120th day and no later than 5:00 p.m., local time, on the 90th day prior to the day of the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting of stockholders. However, if no annual meeting of stockholders was held in the preceding year, or if the date of the applicable annual meeting has been changed by more than 25 days from the first anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting, then to be timely such notice must be received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company no earlier than 8:00 a.m., local time, on the 120th day prior to the day of the annual meeting and no later than 5:00 p.m., local time, on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the annual meeting was first made by the Company. In no event will the adjournment, rescheduling or postponement of any annual meeting, or any announcement thereof, commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above. If the number of directors to be elected to the Board of Directors is increased and there is no public announcement naming all of the nominees for director or specifying the size of the increased Board of Directors at least 10 days before the last day that a stockholder may deliver a notice of nomination pursuant to the foregoing provisions, then a stockholder’s notice required by this Section 2.4(a)(ii) will also be considered timely, but only with respect to nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it is received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company no later than 5:00 p.m., local time, on the 10th day following the day on which such public announcement is first made. “Public announcement” means disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Company with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (as amended and inclusive of rules and regulations thereunder, the “1934 Act”).

(iii)A stockholder’s notice to the secretary must set forth:

(1)as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for election as a director:

(A)such person’s name, age, business address, residence address and principal occupation or employment; the class and number of shares of the Company that are held of record or are beneficially owned by such person and a description of any Derivative Instruments (defined below) held or beneficially owned thereby or of any other agreement, arrangement or understanding (including any short position or any borrowing or lending of shares), the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, or

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to manage the risk or benefit of share price changes for, or to increase or decrease the voting power of such person; and all information relating to such person that is required to be disclosed in solicitations of proxies for the contested election of directors, or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to the Section 14 of the 1934 Act;

(B)such person’s written consent to being named in such stockholder’s proxy statement as a nominee of such stockholder and to serving as a director of the Company if elected;

(C)a reasonably detailed description of any direct or indirect compensatory, payment, indemnification or other financial agreement, arrangement or understanding that such person has, or has had within the past three years, with any person or entity other than the Company (including the amount of any payment or payments received or receivable thereunder), in each case in connection with candidacy or service as a director of the Company (a “Third-Party Compensation Arrangement”); and

(D)a description of any other material relationships between such person and such person’s respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert with them, on the one hand, and such stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination is made, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert with them, on the other hand;

(2)as to any other business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting:

(A)a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting;

(B)the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and, if applicable, the text of any proposed amendment to these bylaws);

(C)the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting;

(D)any material interest in such business of such stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, and their respective affiliates and associates, or others acting in concert with them; and

(E)a description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings between such stockholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made, and their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, and any other person or persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder; and

(3)as to the stockholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made:

(A)the name and address of such stockholder (as they appear on the Company’s books), of such beneficial owner and of their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them;

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(B)for each class or series, the number of shares of stock of the Company that are, directly or indirectly, held of record or are beneficially owned by such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them;

(C)a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding between such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, and any other person or persons (including, in each case, their names) in connection with the proposal of such nomination or other business;

(D)a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (including, regardless of the form of settlement, any derivative, long or short positions, profit interests, forwards, futures, swaps, options, warrants, convertible securities, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions and borrowed or loaned shares) that has been entered into by or on behalf of such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, with respect to the Company’s securities (any of the foregoing, a “Derivative Instrument”), or any other agreement, arrangement or understanding that has been made the effect or intent of which is to create or mitigate loss to, manage risk or benefit of share price changes for or increase or decrease the voting power of such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, with respect to the Company’s securities;

(E)any rights to dividends on the Company’s securities owned beneficially by such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, that are separated or separable from the underlying security;

(F)any proportionate interest in the Company’s securities or Derivative Instruments held, directly or indirectly, by a general or limited partnership in which such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, is a general partner or, directly or indirectly, beneficially owns an interest in a general partner of such general or limited partnership;

(G)any performance-related fees (other than an asset-based fee) that such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with, them is entitled to based on any increase or decrease in the value of the Company’s securities or Derivative Instruments, including, without limitation, any such interests held by members of the immediate family of such persons sharing the same household;

(H)any significant equity interests or any Derivative Instruments in any principal competitor of the Company that are held by such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them;

(I)any direct or indirect interest of such stockholder, such beneficial owner or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, in any contract with the Company, any affiliate of the Company or any principal competitor of the Company (in each case, including any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement);

(J)a representation and undertaking that the stockholder is a holder of record of stock of the Company as of the date of submission of the stockholder’s notice and intends to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to bring such nomination or other business before the meeting;

(K)a representation and undertaking that such stockholder or any such beneficial owner intends, or is part of a group that intends, to (x) deliver a proxy statement or form of proxy

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to holders of at least the percentage of the voting power of the Company’s then-outstanding stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or to elect each such nominee; or (y) otherwise solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal or nomination;

(L)any other information relating to such stockholder, such beneficial owner, or their respective affiliates or associates or others acting in concert with them, or director nominee or proposed business that, in each case, would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies in support of such nominee (in a contested election of directors) or proposal pursuant to Section 14 of the 1934 Act; and

(M)such other information relating to any proposed item of business as the Company may reasonably require to determine whether such proposed item of business is a proper matter for stockholder action.

(iv)In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.4, to be timely, a stockholder’s notice (and any additional information submitted to the Company in connection therewith) must further be updated and supplemented (1) if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice is true and correct as of the record date(s) for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the meeting and as of the date that is 10 business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment, rescheduling or postponement thereof and (2) to provide any additional information that the Company may reasonably request. Such update and supplement or additional information, if applicable, must be received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company, in the case of a request for additional information, promptly following a request therefor, which response must be delivered not later than such reasonable time as is specified in any such request from the Company or, in the case of any other update or supplement of any information, not later than five business days after the record date(s) for the meeting (in the case of any update and supplement required to be made as of the record date(s)), and not later than eight business days prior to the date for the meeting or any adjournment, rescheduling or postponement thereof (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of 10 business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment, rescheduling or postponement thereof). The failure to timely provide such update, supplement or additional information shall result in the nomination or proposal no longer being eligible for consideration at the meeting.

Special Meetings of Stockholders. Except to the extent required by the DGCL, and subject to Section 2.3(a), special meetings of stockholders may be called only in accordance with the Company’s certificate of incorporation and these bylaws. Only such business will be conducted at a special meeting of stockholders as has been brought before the special meeting pursuant to the Company’s notice of meeting. If the election of directors is included as business to be brought before a special meeting in the Company’s notice of meeting, then nominations of persons for election to the Board of Directors at such special meeting may be made by any stockholder who (i) is a stockholder of record at the time of giving of the notice contemplated by this Section 2.4(b); (ii) is a stockholder of record on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of the special meeting; (iii) is a stockholder of record on the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the special meeting; (iv) is a stockholder of record at the time of the special meeting; and (v) complies with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4(b). For nominations to be properly brought by a stockholder before a special meeting pursuant to this Section 2.4(b), the stockholder’s notice must be received by the secretary at the principal executive offices of the Company no earlier than 8:00 a.m., local time, on the 120th day prior to the day of the special meeting and no later than 5:00 p.m., local time, on the 10th day following the day on which public announcement of the date of the special meeting was first made. In no event will any adjournment, rescheduling or postponement of a special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of a stockholder’s notice. A stockholder’s notice to the Secretary must comply with the applicable notice requirements of Section 2.4(a)(iii).

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Other Requirements.

(i)To be eligible to be a nominee by any stockholder for election as a director of the Company, the proposed nominee must provide to the secretary, in accordance with the applicable time periods prescribed for delivery of notice under Section 2.4(a)(ii) or Section 2.4(b):

(1)a signed and completed written questionnaire (in the form provided by the secretary at the written request of the nominating stockholder, which form will be provided by the secretary within 10 days of receiving such request) containing information regarding such nominee’s background and qualifications and such other information as may reasonably be required by the Company to determine the eligibility of such nominee to serve as a director of the Company or to serve as an independent director of the Company;

(2)a written representation and undertaking that, unless previously disclosed to the Company, such nominee is not, and will not become, a party to any voting agreement, arrangement, commitment, assurance or understanding with any person or entity as to how such nominee, if elected as a director, will vote on any issue;

(3)a written representation and undertaking that, unless previously disclosed to the Company, such nominee is not, and will not become, a party to any Third-Party Compensation Arrangement;

(4)a written representation and undertaking that, if elected as a director, such nominee would be in compliance, and will continue to comply, with the Company’s corporate governance guidelines as disclosed on the Company’s website, as amended from time to time; and

(5)a written representation and undertaking that such nominee, if elected, intends to serve a full term on the Board of Directors.

(ii)At the request of the Board of Directors, any person nominated by the Board of Directors for election as a director must furnish to the secretary the information that is required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice of nomination that pertains to such nominee.

(iii)No person will be eligible to be nominated by a stockholder for election as a director of the Company unless nominated in accordance with the procedures set forth in this Section 2.4 . No business proposed by a stockholder will be conducted at a stockholder meeting except in accordance with this Section 2.4.

(iv)The chairperson of the applicable meeting of stockholders will, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a nomination was not made in accordance with the procedures prescribed by these bylaws or that business was not properly brought before the meeting. If the chairperson of the meeting should so determine, then the chairperson of the meeting will so declare to the meeting and the defective nomination will be disregarded or such business will not be transacted, as the case may be.

(v)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.4, unless otherwise required by law, if the stockholder (or a qualified representative of the stockholder) does not appear in person at the meeting to present a nomination or other proposed business, such nomination will be disregarded or such proposed business will not be transacted, as the case may be, notwithstanding that proxies in respect of such nomination or business may have been received by the Company and counted for purposes of determining a quorum. For purposes of this Section 2.4, to be considered a qualified

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representative of the stockholder, a person must be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or must be authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting, and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting.

(vi)Without limiting this Section 2.4, a stockholder must also comply with all applicable requirements of the 1934 Act with respect to the matters set forth in this Section 2.4, it being understood that (1) any references in these bylaws to the 1934 Act are not intended to, and will not, limit any requirements applicable to nominations or proposals as to any other business to be considered pursuant to this Section 2.4; and (2) compliance with clause (4) of Section 2.4(a)(i) and with Section 2.4(b) are the exclusive means for a stockholder to make nominations or submit other business (other than as provided in Section 2.4(c)(vii)).

(vii)Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 2.4, the notice requirements set forth in these bylaws with respect to the proposal of any business pursuant to this Section 2.4 will be deemed to be satisfied by a stockholder if (1) such stockholder has submitted a proposal to the Company in compliance with Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act; and (2) such stockholder’s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Company to solicit proxies for the meeting of stockholders. Subject to Rule 14a-8 and other applicable rules and regulations under the 1934 Act, nothing in these bylaws will be construed to permit any stockholder, or give any stockholder the right, to include or have disseminated or described in the Company’s proxy statement any nomination of a director or any other business proposal.  

2.5NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

Whenever stockholders are required or permitted to take any action at a meeting, a notice of the meeting shall be given which shall state the place, if any, date and hour of the meeting, the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, if such date is different from the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called. Except as otherwise provided in the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given not less than 10 nor more than 60 days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting as of the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to notice of the meeting.

2.6QUORUM

The holders of a majority of the voting power of the capital stock of the Company issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the stockholders. Where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, a majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series, present in person or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum entitled to take action with respect to that vote on that matter, except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.

If, however, such quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then either (a) the chairperson of the meeting, or (b) the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person or represented by proxy, shall have power to adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present or represented. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the original meeting.

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2.7ADJOURNED MEETING; NOTICE

When a meeting is adjourned to another time or place, unless these bylaws otherwise require, notice need not be given of the adjourned meeting if the time, place, if any, thereof, and the means of remote communications, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such adjourned meeting are announced at the meeting at which the adjournment is taken. At the adjourned meeting, the Company may transact any business which might have been transacted at the original meeting. If the adjournment is for more than 30 days, a notice of the adjourned meeting shall be given to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at the meeting. If after the adjournment a new record date for stockholders entitled to vote is fixed for the adjourned meeting, the Board of Directors shall fix a new record date for notice of such adjourned meeting in accordance with Section 213(a) of the DGCL and Section 2.11 of these bylaws, and shall give notice of the adjourned meeting to each stockholder of record entitled to vote at such adjourned meeting as of the record date fixed for notice of such adjourned meeting.

2.8CONDUCT OF BUSINESS

The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall determine the order of business and the procedure at the meeting, including such regulation of the manner of voting and the conduct of business and discussion as seem to the chairperson in order. The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall be designated by the Board of Directors; in the absence of such designation, the chairperson of the Board of Directors, if any, or the chief executive officer (in the absence of the chairperson of the Board of Directors) or the president (in the absence of the chairperson of the Board of Directors and the chief executive officer), or in their absence any other executive officer of the Company, shall serve as chairperson of the stockholder meeting. The chairperson of any meeting of stockholders shall have the power to adjourn the meeting to another place, if any, date or time, whether or not a quorum is present.

2.9VOTING

The stockholders entitled to vote at any meeting of stockholders shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.11 of these bylaws, subject to Section 217 (relating to voting rights of fiduciaries, pledgors and joint owners of stock) and Section 218 (relating to voting trusts and other voting agreements) of the DGCL.

Except as may be otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, each stockholder shall be entitled to one vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder.

Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the rules of the stock exchange on which the Company’s securities are listed, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of a majority of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of the stockholders. Except as otherwise required by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, directors shall be elected by a plurality of the voting power of the shares present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the election of directors. Where a separate vote by a class or series or classes or series is required, in all matters other than the election of directors, the affirmative vote of the majority of the voting power of the outstanding shares of such class or series or classes or series present in person or represented by proxy at the meeting and entitled to vote on the subject matter shall be the act of such class or series or classes or series, except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the rules of the stock exchange on which the securities of the Company are listed.

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2.10 STOCKHOLDER ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING

Subject to the rights of holders of preferred stock of the Company, any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Company must be effected at a duly called annual or special meeting of stockholders of the Company and may not be effected by any consent in writing by such stockholders.

2.11 RECORD DATES

In order that the Company may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board of Directors may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board of Directors and which record date shall not be more than 60 nor less than 10 days before the date of such meeting. If the Board of Directors so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board of Directors determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination.

If no record date is fixed by the Board of Directors, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which notice is given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held.

A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board of Directors may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting, and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance with the provisions of Section 213 of the DGCL and this Section 2.11 at the adjourned meeting.

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

2.12 PROXIES

Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders, or such stockholder’s authorized officer, director, employee or agent, may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy authorized by a document or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance with the procedure established for the meeting, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. The authorization of a person to act as a proxy may be documented, signed and delivered in accordance with Section 116 of the DGCL, provided that such authorization shall set forth, or be delivered with information enabling the Company to determine, the identity of the stockholder granting such authorization. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212 of the DGCL.

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2.13 LIST OF STOCKHOLDERS ENTITLED TO VOTE

The Company shall prepare, at least 10 days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting; provided, however, if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than 10 days before the meeting date, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date, arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The Company shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least 10 days prior to the meeting: (a) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (b) during ordinary business hours, at the Company’s principal place of business. In the event that the Company determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Company may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Company. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then a list of stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be examined by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then such list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting.

2.14 INSPECTORS OF ELECTION

Before any meeting of stockholders, the Company shall appoint an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or its adjournment. The Company may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act.

Such inspectors shall:

ascertain the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each;

determine the shares represented at the meeting and the validity of proxies and ballots;

count all votes and ballots;

determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspectors; and

certify their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting, and their count of all votes and ballots.

The inspectors of election shall perform their duties impartially, in good faith, to the best of their ability and as expeditiously as is practical. If there are multiple inspectors of election, the decision, act or certificate of a majority is effective in all respects as the decision, act or certificate of all. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

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ARTICLE III - DIRECTORS

3.1 POWERS

The business and affairs of the Company shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise provided in the DGCL or the certificate of incorporation.

3.2 NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors shall consist of one or more members, each of whom shall be a natural person. Subject to the certificate of incorporation, the number of directors shall be determined from time to time by resolution of a majority of the Whole Board. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires.

3.3 ELECTION, QUALIFICATION AND TERM OF OFFICE OF DIRECTORS

Except as provided in Section 3.4 of these bylaws, each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy, shall hold office until the expiration of the term for which elected and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation or removal. Directors need not be stockholders unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws. The certificate of incorporation or these bylaws may prescribe other qualifications for directors.

If so provided in the certificate of incorporation, the directors of the Company shall be divided into three classes.

3.4 RESIGNATION AND VACANCIES

Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Company. A resignation is effective when the resignation is delivered unless the resignation specifies a later effective date or an effective date determined upon the happening of an event or events. A resignation which is conditioned upon the director failing to receive a specified vote for reelection as a director may provide that it is irrevocable. Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or  the Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of July 30, 2021, by and among the Company, A Place for Rover, Inc. and the parties listed as Investors on Schedule 1 thereto and any other parties thereto from time to time (as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Investor Rights Agreement”), when one or more directors resign from the Board of Directors, effective at a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective.

Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the Investor Rights Agreement or permitted in the specific case by resolution of the Board of Directors, and subject to the rights of holders of Preferred Stock, vacancies and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors elected by all of the stockholders having the right to vote as a single class may be filled by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director, and not by stockholders. If the directors are divided into classes, a person so chosen to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship shall hold office until the next election of the class for which such director shall have been chosen and until his or her successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

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3.5 PLACE OF MEETINGS; MEETINGS BY TELEPHONE

The Board of Directors may hold meetings, both regular and special, either within or outside the State of Delaware.

Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, members of the Board of Directors may participate in a meeting of the Board of Directors by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

3.6 REGULAR MEETINGS

Regular meetings of the Board of Directors may be held without notice at such time and at such place as shall from time to time be determined by the Board of Directors.

3.7 SPECIAL MEETINGS; NOTICE

Special meetings of the Board of Directors for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the chairperson of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the president, the secretary or a majority of the Whole Board.

Notice of the time and place of special meetings shall be:

a.delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone;

b.sent by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid;

c.sent by facsimile;

d.sent by electronic mail; or

e.otherwise given by electronic transmission (as defined in Section 232 of the DGCL),

directed to each director at that director’s address, telephone number, facsimile number, electronic mail address or other contact for notice by electronic transmission, as the case may be, as shown on the Company’s records.

If the notice is (i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone, (ii) sent by facsimile, (iii) sent by electronic mail or (iv) otherwise given by electronic transmission, it shall be delivered, sent or otherwise directed to each director, as applicable, at least 24 hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by United States mail, it shall be deposited in the United States mail at least four days before the time of the holding of the meeting. Any oral notice may be communicated to the director. The notice need not specify the place of the meeting (if the meeting is to be held at the Company’s principal executive office) nor the purpose of the meeting, unless required by statute.

3.8 QUORUM; VOTING

At all meetings of the Board of Directors, a majority of the Whole Board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board of Directors, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

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The affirmative vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board of Directors, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.

If the certificate of incorporation provides that one or more directors shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter, except as may otherwise be expressly provided herein or therein and denoted with the phrase “notwithstanding the final paragraph of Section 3.8 of the bylaws” or language to similar effect, every reference in these bylaws to a majority or other proportion of the directors shall refer to a majority or other proportion of the votes of the directors.

3.9 BOARD ACTION BY WRITTEN CONSENT WITHOUT A MEETING

Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, (i) any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board of Directors, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board of Directors or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission; and (ii) a consent may be documented, signed and delivered in any manner permitted by Section 116 of the DGCL. Any person (whether or not then a director) may provide, whether through instruction to an agent or otherwise, that a consent to action will be effective at a future time (including a time determined upon the happening of an event), no later than 60 days after such instruction is given or such provision is made and such consent shall be deemed to have been given for purposes of this Section 3.9 at such effective time so long as such person is then a director and did not revoke the consent prior to such time. Any such consent shall be revocable prior to its becoming effective.  After an action is taken, the consent or consents relating thereto shall be filed with the minutes of proceedings of the Board of Directors, or the committee or subcommittee thereof, in the same paper or electronic form as the minutes are maintained.

3.10 FEES AND COMPENSATION OF DIRECTORS

Unless otherwise restricted by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the Board of Directors shall have the authority to fix the compensation of directors.

3.11 REMOVAL OF DIRECTORS

Any director or the entire Board of Directors may be removed from office by stockholders of the Company in the manner specified in the certificate of incorporation and applicable law. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director prior to the expiration of such director’s term of office.

ARTICLE IV - COMMITTEES

4.1 COMMITTEES OF DIRECTORS

The Board of Directors may, by resolution passed by a majority of the Whole Board, designate one or more committees, each committee to consist of one or more of the directors of the Company. The Board of Directors may designate one or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board of Directors to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board of Directors or in these bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board of Directors in the management of the business and affairs of the Company, and may authorize the seal of the Company to be

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affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority to (a) approve or adopt, or recommend to the stockholders, any action or matter (other than the election or removal of directors) expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, or (b) adopt, amend or repeal any bylaw of the Company.

4.2 COMMITTEE MINUTES

Each committee and subcommittee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings.

4.3 MEETINGS AND ACTION OF COMMITTEES

Meetings and actions of committees and subcommittees shall be governed by, and held and taken in accordance with, the provisions of:

Section 3.5 (place of meetings and meetings by telephone);

Section 3.6 (regular meetings);

Section 3.7 (special meetings and notice);

Section 3.8 (quorum; voting);

Section 3.9 (action without a meeting); and

Section 7.4 (waiver of notice)

with such changes in the context of those bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee or subcommittee and its members for the Board of Directors and its members. However, (i) the time and place of regular meetings of committees or subcommittees may be determined either by resolution of the Board of Directors or by resolution of the committee or subcommittee; (ii) special meetings of committees or subcommittees may also be called by resolution of the Board of Directors or the committee or the subcommittee; and (iii) notice of special meetings of committees and subcommittees shall also be given to all alternate members who shall have the right to attend all meetings of the committee or subcommittee. The Board of Directors, or in the absence of any such action by the Board of Directors, the applicable committee or subcommittee, may adopt rules for the government of any committee or subcommittee not inconsistent with the provisions of these bylaws.

Any provision in the certificate of incorporation providing that one or more directors shall have more or less than one vote per director on any matter shall apply to voting in any committee or subcommittee, unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.

4.4 SUBCOMMITTEES

Unless otherwise provided in the certificate of incorporation, these bylaws or the resolutions of the Board of Directors designating the committee, a committee may create one or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one or more members of the committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee.

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ARTICLE V - OFFICERS

5.1 OFFICERS

The officers of the Company shall be a president and a secretary. The Company may also have, at the discretion of the Board of Directors, a chairperson of the Board of Directors, a vice chairperson of the Board of Directors, a chief executive officer, a chief financial officer or treasurer, one or more vice presidents, one or more assistant vice presidents, one or more assistant treasurers, one or more assistant secretaries and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of these bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by the same person.

5.2 APPOINTMENT OF OFFICERS

The Board of Directors shall appoint the officers of the Company, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 of these bylaws, subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment.

5.3 SUBORDINATE OFFICERS

The Board of Directors may appoint, or empower the chief executive officer or, in the absence of a chief executive officer, the president, to appoint, such other officers as the business of the Company may require. Each of such officers shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these bylaws or as the Board of Directors may from time to time determine.

5.4 REMOVAL AND RESIGNATION OF OFFICERS

Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board of Directors or, for the avoidance of doubt, any duly authorized committee or subcommittee thereof or by any officer who has been conferred such power of removal.

Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice, in writing or by electronic transmission, to the Company. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Company under any contract to which the officer is a party.

5.5 VACANCIES IN OFFICES

Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Company shall be filled by the Board of Directors or as provided in Section 5.3.

5.6 REPRESENTATION OF SECURITIES OF OTHER ENTITIES

The chairperson of the Board of Directors, the chief executive officer, the president, any vice president, the treasurer, the secretary or assistant secretary of this Company or any other person authorized by the Board of Directors or the chief executive officer, the president or a vice president, is authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of this Company all rights incident to any and all shares or other securities of any other entity or entities, and all rights incident to any management authority conferred on the Company in accordance with the governing documents of any entity or entities, standing in the name of this Company, including the right to act by written consent. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.

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5.7 AUTHORITY AND DUTIES OF OFFICERS

All officers of the Company shall respectively have such authority and perform such duties in the management of the business of the Company as may be designated from time to time by the Board of Directors and, to the extent not so provided, as generally pertain to their respective offices, subject to the control of the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VI - STOCK

6.1 STOCK CERTIFICATES; PARTLY PAID SHARES

The shares of the Company shall be represented by certificates, provided that the Board of Directors may provide by resolution or resolutions that some or all of any or all classes or series of its stock shall be uncertificated shares. Any such resolution shall not apply to shares represented by a certificate until such certificate is surrendered to the Company. Unless otherwise provided by resolution of the Board of Directors, every holder of stock represented by certificates shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of, the Company by any two officers of the Company representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Company with the same effect as if such person were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue. The Company shall not have power to issue a certificate in bearer form.

The Company may issue the whole or any part of its shares as partly paid and subject to call for the remainder of the consideration to be paid therefor. Upon the face or back of each stock certificate issued to represent any such partly-paid shares, or upon the books and records of the Company in the case of uncertificated partly-paid shares, the total amount of the consideration to be paid therefor and the amount paid thereon shall be stated. Upon the declaration of any dividend on fully-paid shares, the Company shall declare a dividend upon partly-paid shares of the same class, but only upon the basis of the percentage of the consideration actually paid thereon.

6.2 SPECIAL DESIGNATION ON CERTIFICATES

If the Company is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or back of the certificate that the Company shall issue to represent such class or series of stock; provided, however, that, except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the DGCL, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face or back of the certificate that the Company shall issue to represent such class or series of stock, a statement that the Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Within a reasonable time after the issuance or transfer of uncertificated stock, the registered owner thereof shall be given a notice, in writing or by electronic transmission, containing the information required to be set forth or stated on certificates pursuant to this Section 6.2 or Sections 156, 202(a), 218(a) or 364 of the DGCL or with respect to this Section 6.2 a statement that the Company will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights. Except as otherwise expressly provided by law, the rights and obligations of the holders of uncertificated stock and the rights and obligations of the holders of certificates representing stock of the same class and series shall be identical.

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6.3 LOST CERTIFICATES

Except as provided in this Section 6.3, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the Company and cancelled at the same time. The Company may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Company may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Company a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

6.4 DIVIDENDS

The Board of Directors, subject to any restrictions contained in the certificate of incorporation or applicable law, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of the Company’s capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property, or in shares of the Company’s capital stock, subject to the provisions of the certificate of incorporation. The Board of Directors may set apart out of any of the funds of the Company available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve.

6.5 TRANSFER OF STOCK

Transfers of record of shares of stock of the Company shall be made only upon its books by the holders thereof, in person or by an attorney duly authorized, and, if such stock is certificated, upon the surrender of a certificate or certificates for a like number of shares, properly endorsed or accompanied by proper evidence of succession, assignation or authority to transfer.

6.6 STOCK TRANSFER AGREEMENTS

The Company shall have power to enter into and perform any agreement with any number of stockholders of any one or more classes of stock of the Company to restrict the transfer of shares of stock of the Company of any one or more classes owned by such stockholders in any manner not prohibited by the DGCL.

6.7 REGISTERED STOCKHOLDERS

The Company:

shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books

as the owner of shares to receive dividends and notices and to vote as such owner; and

shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such

share or shares on the part of another person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of Delaware.

6.8 LOCK-UP

Subject to Section 6.8(b), the holders (the “Lock-up Holders”) of common stock of the Company issued (i) as consideration pursuant to the merger of Fetch Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation, with and into A Place for Rover, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Business Combination

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Transaction”), (ii) upon the exercise of warrants outstanding as of immediately following the closing of the Business Combination Transaction in respect of warrants of A Place for Rover, Inc. outstanding immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination Transaction or (iii) to directors, officers and employees of the Company or its subsidiaries upon the settlement or exercise of stock options, restricted stock units, or other equity awards outstanding as of immediately following the closing of the Business Combination Transaction in respect of awards of A Place for Rover, Inc. outstanding immediately prior to the closing of the Business Combination Transaction (such shares referred to in this Section 6.8(a)(iii), the “Existing Equity Award Shares” and, together with the shares referred to in Sections 6.8(a)(i) and (ii), the “Lock-up Shares”), may not Transfer any Lock-up Shares until the end of the Lock-up Period (the “Lock-up”).  For the avoidance of doubt, no shares of common stock of the Company held by the Sponsor Parties (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) or any purchaser of Backstop Shares (as defined in the Investor Rights Agreement) shall be deemed to be Lock-Up Shares or subject to the Lock-up.

Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 6.8(a), the Lock-up Holders or their respective Permitted Transferees may Transfer the Lock-up Shares during the Lock-up Period (i) as a bona fide gift or charitable contribution; (ii) to a trust, or other entity formed for estate planning purposes for the primary benefit of the spouse, domestic partner, parent, sibling, child or grandchild of such Lockup Holder or any other natural person with whom such Lock-up Holder has a relationship by blood, marriage or adoption not more remote than first cousin; (iii) by will or intestate succession upon the death of the Lock-up Holder; (iv) pursuant to a qualified domestic order, court order or in connection with a divorce settlement; (v) if such Lock-up Holder is a corporation, partnership (whether general, limited or otherwise), limited liability company, trust or other business entity, (A) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control or management with the Lock-up Holder, or (B) to partners, limited liability company members or stockholders of the Lock-up Holder, including, for the avoidance of doubt, where the Lock-up Holder is a partnership, to its general partner or a successor partnership or fund, or any other funds managed by such partnership; (vi) if such Lock-up Holder is a trust, to a trustor or beneficiary of the trust or to the estate of a beneficiary of such trust; (vii) to the Company’s officers, directors or their affiliates; (viii) to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under subsections (i) through (vii) of this Section 6.8(b); (ix) as a pledge or other grant of a security interest in Lock-up Shares to one or more financial or lending institutions as collateral or security in connection with any bona fide loans, advances or extensions of credit or debt transaction (or enforcement thereunder) entered into by the Lock-up Holder or any of its affiliates, or any refinancings thereof, and any transfers of such Lock-up Shares upon foreclosure thereof, so long as the applicable transferee agrees in writing to be bound by the restrictions set forth herein; (x) pursuant to a bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, stock sale, recapitalization, consolidation or other transaction involving a change in control of the Company; provided, however, that if such tender offer, merger, recapitalization, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Lock-up Shares shall remain subject to the Lock-up; (xi) the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the 1934 Act; provided, however, that such plan does not provide for the Transfer of Lock-up Shares during the Lock-up Period; (xii) to the Company in connection with the repurchase of such Lock-up Holder’s shares in connection with the termination of the Lock-up Holder’s employment with the Company pursuant to contractual agreements with the Company; (xiii) to satisfy tax withholding obligations in connection with the exercise of options to purchase shares of common stock of the Company or the vesting of Company stock-based awards; (xiv) in payment on a “net exercise” or “cashless” basis of the exercise or purchase price with respect to the exercise of options to purchase shares of common stock of the Company; or (xv) if Triggering Event III occurs, at any time or from time to time on or after the ninetieth (90th) day following the closing date of the Business Combination Transaction, provided that no more than fifty percent (50%) of the Lock-up Shares issued to each Lock-up Holder (which number of shares shall be equitably adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares or other

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like change or transaction with respect to Company common stock occurring on or after the closing of the Business Combination Transaction) may be transferred pursuant to this clause (xv).

Notwithstanding the other provisions set forth in this Section 6.8, subject to the Investor Rights Agreement, the Board (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a duly authorized committee thereof) may, in its sole discretion, determine to waive, amend, or repeal the Lock-up obligations set forth herein.

For purpose of this Section 6.8:

(i)the term “Lock-up Period” means the period beginning on the closing date of the Business Combination Transaction and ending on the date that is 180 days thereafter;

(ii)the term “Permitted Transferees” means, prior to the expiration of the Lock-up Period, any person or entity to whom such Lock-up Holder is permitted to transfer such shares of common stock prior to the expiration of the Lock-up Period pursuant to Section 6.8(b);  

(iii)the term “Trading Day” means any day on which shares of Company

common stock are actually traded on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which shares of Company common stock are then traded;  

(iv)the term “Transfer” means the (A) sale, exchange or transfer  or assignment of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the 1934 Act with respect to, any security, or any right or interest therein  (B) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (C) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (A) or (B); and the term “Triggering Event III” means that the VWAP of Company common stock is at any time greater than or equal to $16.00 over any twenty (20) Trading Days within any thirty (30) Trading Day period (which shall be equitably adjusted for stock splits, reverse stock splits, stock dividends, reorganizations, recapitalizations, reclassifications, combination, exchange of shares or other like change or transaction with respect to Company common stock).

(v)The term “VWAP” means, for any security as of any day or multi-day period, the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time on such day or the first day of such multi-day period (as applicable), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time on such day or the last day of such multi-day period (as applicable), as reported by Bloomberg through its “HP” function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time on such day or the first day of such multi-day period (as applicable), and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time on such day or the last day of such multi-day period (as applicable), as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc. during such day or multi-day period (as applicable).  If the VWAP cannot be calculated for such security for such day or multi-day period (as applicable) on any of the

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foregoing bases, the VWAP of such security shall be the fair market value per share at the end of such day or multi-day period (as applicable) as reasonably determined by the Board of Directors.

ARTICLE VII - MANNER OF GIVING NOTICE AND WAIVER

7.1 NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS’ MEETINGS

Notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be given in the manner set forth in the DGCL.

7.2 NOTICE TO STOCKHOLDERS SHARING AN ADDRESS

Except as otherwise prohibited under the DGCL, without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Company under the provisions of the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws shall be effective if given by a single written notice to stockholders who share an address if consented to by the stockholders at that address to whom such notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice to the Company. Any stockholder who fails to object in writing to the Company, within 60 days of having been given written notice by the Company of its intention to send the single notice, shall be deemed to have consented to receiving such single written notice. This Section 7.2 shall not apply to Sections 164, 296, 311, 312 or 324 of the DGCL.

7.3 NOTICE TO PERSON WITH WHOM COMMUNICATION IS UNLAWFUL

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

7.4 WAIVER OF NOTICE

Whenever notice is required to be given under any provision of the DGCL, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, a written waiver, signed by the person entitled to notice, or a waiver by electronic transmission by the person entitled to notice, whether before or after the time of the event for which notice is to be given, shall be deemed equivalent to notice. Attendance of a person at a meeting shall constitute a waiver of notice of such meeting, except when the person attends a meeting for the express purpose of objecting at the beginning of the meeting, to the transaction of any business because the meeting is not lawfully called or convened. Neither the business to be transacted at, nor the purpose of, any regular or special meeting of the stockholders need be specified in any written waiver of notice or any waiver by electronic transmission unless so required by the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws.

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ARTICLE VIII - INDEMNIFICATION

8.1 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN THIRD PARTY PROCEEDINGS

Subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII and subject to any provisions in the certificate of incorporation related to indemnification of or advancement of expenses to directors of the Company, the Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as now or hereinafter in effect, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”) (other than an action by or in the right of the Company) by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was a director or officer of the Company serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with such Proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe such person’s conduct was unlawful. The termination of any Proceeding by judgment, order, settlement, conviction, or upon a plea of nolo contendere or its equivalent, shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the person did not act in good faith and in a manner which such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company, and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had reasonable cause to believe that such person’s conduct was unlawful. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 8.1 shall limit in any way the obligation of the Company to indemnify directors of the Company pursuant to the certificate of incorporation.

8.2 INDEMNIFICATION OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS IN ACTIONS BY OR IN THE RIGHT OF THE COMPANY

Subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII and subject to any provisions in the certificate of incorporation related to indemnification of or advancement of expenses to directors of the Company, the Company shall indemnify, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL, as now or hereinafter in effect, any person who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to any threatened, pending or completed Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Company, or is or was a director or officer of the Company serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with the defense or settlement of such Proceeding if such person acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company; except that no indemnification shall be made in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which such person shall have been adjudged to be liable to the Company unless and only to the extent that the Court of Chancery or the court in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, such person is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which the Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 8.2 shall limit in any way the obligation of the Company to indemnify directors of the Company pursuant to the certificate of incorporation.

8.3 SUCCESSFUL DEFENSE

To the extent that a present or former director or officer (for purposes of this Section 8.3 only, as such term is defined in Section 145(c)(1) of the DGCL) of the Company has been successful on the merits

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or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding described in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, such person shall be indemnified against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection therewith. The Company may indemnify any other person who is not a present or former director or officer of the Company against expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by such person to the extent he or she has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any suit or proceeding described in Section 8.1 or Section 8.2, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein.

8.4 INDEMNIFICATION OF OTHERS

Subject to the other provisions of this Article VIII and subject to any provisions in the certificate of incorporation related to indemnification of or advancement of expenses to directors of the Company, the Company shall have power to indemnify its employees and agents, or any other persons, to the extent not prohibited by the DGCL or other applicable law. The Board of Directors shall have the power to delegate to any person or persons identified in subsections (1) through (4) of Section 145(d) of the DGCL the determination of whether employees or agents shall be indemnified.

8.5 ADVANCED PAYMENT OF EXPENSES

Expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by an officer or director of the Company in defending any Proceeding shall be paid by the Company in advance of the final disposition of such Proceeding upon receipt of a written request therefor (together with documentation reasonably evidencing such expenses) and an undertaking by or on behalf of the person to repay such amounts if it shall ultimately be determined that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article VIII or the DGCL. Such expenses (including attorneys’ fees) actually and reasonably incurred by former directors and officers or other employees and agents of the Company or by persons serving at the request of the Company as directors, officers, employees or agents of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise may be so paid upon such terms and conditions, if any, as the Company deems appropriate. The right to advancement of expenses shall not apply to any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) for which indemnity is excluded pursuant to these bylaws, but shall apply to any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) referenced in Section 8.6(b) or 8.6(c) prior to a determination that the person is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless otherwise determined pursuant to Section 8.8, no advance shall be made by the Company to an officer of the Company (except by reason of the fact that such officer is or was a director of the Company, in which event this paragraph shall not apply) in any Proceeding if a determination is reasonably and promptly made (a) by a vote of the directors who are not parties to such Proceeding, even though less than a quorum, or (b) by a committee of such directors designated by the vote of the majority of such directors, even though less than a quorum, or (c) if there are no such directors, or if such directors so direct, by independent legal counsel in a written opinion, that facts known to the decisionmaking party at the time such determination is made demonstrate clearly and convincingly that such person acted in bad faith or in a manner that such person did not believe to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company.

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 8.5 shall limit in any way the obligation of the Company to make advanced payment of expenses to directors of the Company pursuant to the certificate of incorporation.

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8.6 LIMITATION ON INDEMNIFICATION

Subject to the requirements in Section 8.3 and the DGCL and subject to any provisions in the certificate of incorporation related to indemnification of or advancement of expenses to directors of the Company, the Company shall not be obligated to indemnify any person pursuant to this Article VIII in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding):

for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of such person under

any statute, insurance policy, indemnity provision, vote or otherwise, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid;

for an accounting or disgorgement of profits pursuant to Section 16(b) of the 1934 Act, or similar provisions of federal, state or local statutory law or common law, if such person is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);

for any reimbursement of the Company by such person of any bonus or other

incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by such person from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the 1934 Act (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by such person of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), if such person is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);

initiated by such person, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding)

initiated by such person against the Company or its directors, officers, employees, agents or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Board of Directors authorized the Proceeding (or the relevant part of the

Proceeding) prior to its initiation, (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law, (iii) otherwise required to be made under Section 8.7 or (iv) otherwise required by applicable law; or

if prohibited by applicable law.

For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 8.6 shall limit in any way the obligation of the Company to indemnify directors of the Company pursuant to the certificate of incorporation.  

8.7 DETERMINATION; CLAIM

If a claim for indemnification or advancement of expenses under this Article VIII is not paid in full within 90 days after receipt by the Company of the written request therefor, the claimant shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of expenses. The Company shall indemnify such person against any and all expenses that are actually and reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any action for indemnification or advancement of expenses from the Company under this Article VIII, to the extent such person is successful in such action, and to the extent not prohibited by law. In any such suit, the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proving that the claimant is not entitled to the requested indemnification or advancement of expenses.

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8.8 NON-EXCLUSIVITY OF RIGHTS

The indemnification and advancement of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article VIII shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which those seeking indemnification or advancement of expenses may be entitled under the certificate of incorporation or any statute, bylaw, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise, both as to action in such person’s official capacity and as to action in another capacity while holding such office. The Company is specifically authorized to enter into individual contracts with any or all of its directors, officers, employees or agents respecting indemnification and advancement of expenses, to the fullest extent not prohibited by the DGCL or other applicable law. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Article VIII and any provisions in the certificate of incorporation related to indemnification of or advancement of expenses to directors of the Company, the provisions in the certificate of incorporation related to indemnification of and advancement of expenses to directors of the Company shall prevail.

8.9 INSURANCE

The Company may purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company, or is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any liability asserted against such person and incurred by such person in any such capacity, or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Company would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under the provisions of the DGCL.

8.10 SURVIVAL

The rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses conferred by this Article VIII shall continue as to a person who has ceased to be a director, officer, employee or agent and shall inure to the benefit of the heirs, executors and administrators of such a person.

8.11 EFFECT OF REPEAL OR MODIFICATION

A right to indemnification or to advancement of expenses arising under a provision of the certificate of incorporation or a bylaw shall not be eliminated or impaired by an amendment to or repeal or elimination of the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws after the occurrence of the act or omission that is the subject of the civil, criminal, administrative or investigative action, suit or proceeding for which indemnification or advancement of expenses is sought, unless the provision in effect at the time of such act or omission explicitly authorizes such elimination or impairment after such action or omission has occurred.

8.12 CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

For purposes of this Article VIII, references to the “Company” shall include, in addition to the resulting company, any constituent company (including any constituent of a constituent) absorbed in a consolidation or merger which, if its separate existence had continued, would have had power and authority to indemnify its directors, officers, employees or agents, so that any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of such constituent company, or is or was serving at the request of such constituent company as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall stand in the same position under the provisions of this Article VIII with respect to the resulting or surviving company as such person would have with respect to such constituent company if its separate existence had continued. For purposes of this Article VIII, references to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to an employee benefit plan; and references to “serving at the request of the

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Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner such person reasonably believed to be in the interest of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Article VIII.

ARTICLE IX - GENERAL MATTERS

9.1 EXECUTION OF CORPORATE CONTRACTS AND INSTRUMENTS

Except as otherwise provided by law, the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws, the Board of Directors may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any document or instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Company; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances. Unless so authorized or ratified by the Board of Directors or within the agency power of an officer, no officer, agent or employee shall have any power or authority to bind the Company by any contract or engagement or to pledge its credit or to render it liable for any purpose or for any amount.

9.2 FISCAL YEAR

The fiscal year of the Company shall be fixed by resolution of the Board of Directors and may be changed by the Board of Directors.

9.3 SEAL

The Company may adopt a corporate seal, which shall be adopted and which may be altered by the Board of Directors. The Company may use the corporate seal by causing it or a facsimile thereof to be impressed or affixed or in any other manner reproduced.

9.4 CONSTRUCTION; DEFINITIONS

Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction, and definitions in the DGCL shall govern the construction of these bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural, the plural number includes the singular, and the term “person” includes a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, and a natural person. Any reference in these bylaws to a section of the DGCL shall be deemed to refer to such section as amended from time to time and any successor provisions thereto.

9.5 FORUM SELECTION

Unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, if the Court of Chancery does not have jurisdiction, another State court in Delaware or the federal district court for the District of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (a) any derivative action or proceeding brought on behalf of the Company, (b) any action asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any director, stockholder, officer or other employee of the Company to the Company or the Company’s stockholders, (c) any action arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the certificate of incorporation or these bylaws (as either may be amended from time to time) or (d) any action asserting a claim governed by the internal affairs doctrine, except for, as to each of (a) through (d) above, any claim as to which such court determines that there is an indispensable party not subject to the jurisdiction of such court (and the indispensable party

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does not consent to the personal jurisdiction of such court within 10 days following such determination), which is vested in the exclusive jurisdiction of a court or forum other than such court or for which such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction.

Unless the Company consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the sole and exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in any security of the Company shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to the provisions of this Section 9.5. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Section 9.5 shall apply to any action brought to enforce a duty or liability created by the 1934 Act or any successor thereto.

ARTICLE X - AMENDMENTS

Subject to the certificate of incorporation and this Article X, these bylaws may be adopted, amended or repealed by the stockholders entitled to vote; provided, however, that, subject to the certificate of incorporation, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the total voting power of outstanding voting securities, voting together as a single class, shall be required for the stockholders of the Company to alter, amend or repeal, or adopt any bylaw inconsistent with, the following provisions of these bylaws:

Article II, Section 3.1, Section 3.2, Section 3.4, Section 3.11, Article VIII, Section 9.5 or this Article X (including, without limitation, any such Article or Section as renumbered as a result of any amendment, alteration, change, repeal, or adoption of any other bylaw). Subject to the certificate of incorporation and this Article X, the Board of Directors shall also have the power to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws; provided, however, that a bylaw amendment adopted by stockholders which specifies the votes that shall be necessary for the election of directors shall not be further amended or repealed by the Board of Directors.

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Exhibit 4.1

 

 

Number CA-«Cert_No»*«Numerical_Shares»* Shares Class A Common Stock   THIS CERTIFIES THAT *«Name»* is the record holder of («Written_Shares») *«Numerical_Shares»* shares of Class A Common Stock of  ROVER GROUP INC. a Delaware corporation transferable only on the records of the corporation upon surrender of this certificate, properly endorsed or assigned.  This certificate and the shares it represents are subject to the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation and the Bylaws of the corporation, and any amendments thereto, as well as the restrictive legends on the back of this certificate. The corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests a statement describing the powers, designations, preferences and relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.  The corporation has caused this certificate to be signed by its duly authorized officers as of «Date», 20 .    SecretaryPresident


 

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, I HEREBY SELL, ASSIGN AND TRANSFER _ SHARES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE TO AND HEREBY IRREVOCABLY APPOINT AS ATTORNEY TO TRANSFER THESE SHARES ON THE SHARE REGISTER OF THE CORPORATION.  DATED (Stockholder)   (Witness)(Stockholder)  NOTICE: THE SIGNATURE ON THIS ASSIGNMENT MUST CORRESPOND EXACTLY WITH THE NAME AS WRITTEN ON THE FACE OF THIS CERTIFICATE.  [INSERT THE LEGENDS FROM THE DOCUMENT(S) PERTAINING TO THE ISSUANCE OF THESE SHARES, INCLUDING WITH RESPECT TO ANY APPLICABLE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS IN THE COMPANY’S BYLAWS]

Exhibit 10.3

 

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT

THIS ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 26, 2021, is entered into by and among True Wind Capital II, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, True Wind Capital II-A, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (together, the “Assignors”),  BBCM Master Fund Ltd., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Assignee”) and, solely as to Section 2, Section 4 and Section 5 of this Agreement, Nebula Caravel Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in that certain Backstop Subscription Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2021 (as amended, modified and/or supplemented from time to time, the “Subscription Agreement”), by and among the Company and the Assignors.

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Assignors have irrevocably subscribed for and agreed to purchase the Backstop Shares, subject to the terms, conditions and limitations therein;

WHEREAS, the Subscription Agreement provides that each Assignor may assign any of its rights, interests or obligations under the Subscription Agreement, solely to the extent the funds to satisfy the Assignor’s obligations under the Subscription Agreement are paid to the Company on or before the Closing; provided, however, that any such assignment shall not relieve the Assignors of its obligations under the Subscription Agreement; provided, further, that such assignment does not in any material respect increase conditionality, reduce or impair the rights of the Company under the Subscription Agreement or impede or delay the consummation of the Merger;

WHEREAS, the Assignors desire to transfer and assign (i) all of their rights and obligations under the Subscription Agreement with respect to the subscription for, and agreement to purchase, the first Backstop Shares required to be subscribed for and purchased pursuant to Section 1(a) of the Subscription Agreement at a purchase price equal to $10.00 per share capped at such number of Backstop Shares with an aggregate purchase price of $10,000,000 (the “Assigned Backstop Shares”) and (ii) all of their rights and obligations under the Subscription Agreement with respect to the Assigned Backstop Shares ((i) and (ii) together, the “Assigned Rights and Obligations”), and the Assignee desires to accept and assume the Assigned Rights and Obligations and agrees to be bound to and comply with the provisions of the Subscription Agreement applicable to each of the Assignors in the same manner as if the Assignee were an original Subscriber under the Subscription Agreement with respect to the Assigned Backstop Shares, subject to the terms, conditions and limitations set forth herein; and

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and sufficient consideration, the parties agree as follows:

1.Assignment and Acceptance.  Subject to the terms of the Subscription Agreement, the Assignors hereby irrevocably, unconditionally and absolutely transfer and assign to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally accepts and assumes from the Assignors, the Assigned Rights and Obligations.  For the avoidance of doubt, the assignment effected hereby shall not relieve the Assignors of their obligations under the Subscription Agreement, which shall continue to be enforceable against the Assignors by the Company in accordance with the terms of the Subscription Agreement, including to the extent the funds necessary to satisfy the Assignor’s obligations under the Subscription Agreement are not paid to the Company on or before the Closing or if such assignment in any material respect increases conditionality, reduces or impairs the rights of the Company under the Subscription Agreement or impedes or delays the consummation of the Merger.  

2.Joinder.  The Assignee hereby adopts and approves the Subscription Agreement and agrees, effective commencing on the date hereof, to become party to, and to be bound by and comply with the provisions of, the Subscription Agreement applicable to the Assignors with respect to the Assigned Rights and Obligations in the same manner as if the Assignee were an original Subscriber under the

 


 

Subscription Agreement with respect to the Assigned Backstop Shares. In furtherance of the foregoing, (i) Assignee hereby makes the representations, warranties and covenants to the Company set forth in Section 4 of the Subscription Agreement except as set forth in the immediately following sentence and (ii) the Company hereby makes the representations, warranties and covenants to Assignee set forth in Section 5 of the Subscription Agreement and as set forth on Annex A hereto. The Assignee further represents and warrants that it is (i) an “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act) or (ii) an institutional “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501 of Regulation D under the Securities Act, and such Assignee has executed the Investor Questionnaire attached hereto as Annex B (the “Investor Questionnaire”) and shall provide to the Company an updated Investor Questionnaire for any change in circumstances at any time on or prior to the Closing

3.Notification of Changes.  The Assignee agrees and covenants to notify the Assignors immediately upon the occurrence of any event prior to Closing that would cause any representation, warranty, covenant or other statement contained in the Subscription Agreement applicable to the Assignee, in its capacity as a Subscriber under the Subscription Agreement with respect to the Assigned Backstop Shares, to be false or incorrect or of any change in any such statement made therein occurring prior to the Closing.

4.Registration Rights.  The Company and the Assignee agree that, effective as of the Closing and the Assignee’s purchase of the Assigned Backstop Shares, the Assignee shall have the registration rights set for on Annex C hereto.

5.Miscellaneous. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that Sections 7, 8 and 11, the last sentence of Section 10, and Sections 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20 and 21 of the Subscription Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis, it being understood that all notices to the Assignee hereunder shall be delivered to the address set forth on its signature page hereto.  The Assignee may not assign either this Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder.

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2


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

ASSIGNOR 1:

 

 

 

TRUE WIND CAPITAL II-A, L.P.

 

 

 

By:

 

True Wind Capital GP II, LLC, its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Adam H. Clammer

 

 

Name: Adam H. Clammer

 

 

Title:   Managing Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

ASSIGNOR 2:

 

 

 

TRUE WIND CAPITAL II-A, L.P.

 

 

 

By:

 

True Wind Capital GP II, LLC, its general partner

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Adam H. Clammer

 

 

Name: Adam H. Clammer

 

 

Title:   Managing Member

 

 

[Signature Page to Assignment and Assumption Agreement]


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above

 

ASSIGNEE:

 

BBCM Master Fund Ltd.

 

By:

 

Broad Bay Capital Management, LP, its investment manager

 

 

 

By:

 

Broad Bay Capital Management, GP, LLC, its general partner

 

 

 

 

 

DocuSigned By:

By:

 

/s/ R. Scott Greeder

 

 

Name: R. Scott Greeder

 

 

Title:   Managing Member

 

Address:

 

1330 Avenue of Americas, 7th Floor

 

 

 

 

New York, NY 10019

Attention:

 

R. Scott Greeder

Email:

 

SGreeder@broadbaycapital.com

 

 

[Signature Page to Assignment and Assumption Agreement]


 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, have duly executed this Agreement as of the date first written above, solely as to Section 2, Section 4 and Section 5 of this Agreement.

 

NEBULA CARAVEL ACQUISITION CORP.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Adam H. Clammer

 

 

Name: Adam H. Clammer

 

 

Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

Address:

 

Four Embarcadero Center, Suite 2100

 

 

 

 

San Francisco, California 94111

Attention:

 

Rufina Adams

Email:

 

rufina@truewindcapital.com

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Assignment and Assumption Agreement]


 

Annex A  

Representations, Warranties and Covenants of the Company.

a.

The Company is in compliance with all applicable laws, except where such non-compliance would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. The Company has not received any written communication since December 31, 2020, from a governmental entity that alleges that the Company is not in compliance with or is in default or violation of any applicable law, except where such non-compliance, default or violation, would not individually or in the aggregate, be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect.

b.

The Company has made available to the undersigned (including via the SEC’s EDGAR system) a true, correct and complete copy of each form, report, statement, schedule, prospectus, proxy, registration statement and other documents filed by the Company with the SEC since its initial registration of the Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Existing Class A Shares”), and prior to the date of this Agreement (the “SEC Documents”). None of the SEC Documents filed under the Exchange Act contained, when filed or, if amended prior to the date of this Agreement, as of the date of such amendment with respect to those disclosures that are amended, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The Company has timely filed each report, statement, schedule, prospectus, and registration statement that the Company was required to file with the SEC since its inception. As of the date hereof, there are no material outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from the SEC staff with respect to any of the SEC Documents.

 

 

 


 

Annex B

Investor Questionnaire.

[Insert Investor Questionnaire]

 


 

Investor Questionnaire

ELIGIBILITY REPRESENTATIONS OF THE ASSIGNEE

A. QUALIFIED INSTITUTIONAL BUYER STATUS

 

We are a "qualified institutional buyer" (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act).

**OR**

B.  

INSTITUTIONAL ACCREDITED INVESTOR STATUS

(Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

1.          

We are an “accredited investor” within the meaning of rule 501(a) under the Securities Act for one or more of the following reasons (Please check the applicable subparagraphs):

 

We are a bank, as defined in Section 3(a)(2) of the Securities Act or any savings and loan association or other institution as defined in Section 3(a)(5)(A) of the Securities Act, whether acting in an individual or a fiduciary capacity.

 

We are a broker or dealer registered under Section 15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

We are an insurance company, as defined in Section 2(13) of the Securities Act.

 

We are an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 or a business development company, as defined in Section 2(a)(48) of that act.

 

We are a Small Business Investment Company licensed by the U.S. Small Business Administration under Section 301(c) or (d) of the Small Business Investment Act of 1958.

 

We are a plan established and maintained by a state, its political subdivisions or any agency or instrumentality of a state or its political subdivisions for the benefit of its employees, if the plan has total assets in excess of $5 million.

 

We are an employee benefit plan within the meaning of Title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, if the investment decision is being made by a plan fiduciary, as defined in Section 3(21) of such act, and the plan fiduciary is either a bank, an insurance company, or a registered investment adviser, or if the employee benefit plan has total assets in excess of $5 million.

 

We are a private business development company, as defined in Section 202(a)(22) of the Investment Advisers Act of 1940.

 

We are a corporation, Massachusetts or similar business trust, or partnership, or an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, that was not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Subject Shares, and that has total assets in excess of $5 million.

B-1


 

 

We are a trust with total assets in excess of $5 million not formed for the specific purpose of acquiring the Subject Shares, whose purchase is directed by a sophisticated person as described in Rule 506(b)(2)(ii) under the Securities Act.

 

We are an entity in which all of the equity owners are accredited investors.

C.

AFFILIATE STATUS

(Please check the applicable box)

THE ASSIGNEE:

 

is:

 

is not:

an “affiliate” (as defined in Rule 144 under the Securities Act) of the Company or acting on behalf of an affiliate of the Company.

This page should be completed by the Assignee and constitutes a part of the Agreement.

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B-2


 

The undersigned is informed of the significance to the Company of the foregoing representations and answers contained in this Investor Questionnaire and such answers have been provided under the assumption that the Company will rely on them.

Date: 7/21/2021

 

BBCM Master Fund Ltd.

 

By:

 

Broad Bay Capital Management, LP, its investment manager

 

 

 

By:

 

Broad Bay Capital Management GP, LLC, its general partner

 

 

 

By:

 

 

 

 

Name: R. Scott Greeder

 

 

Title:   Managing Member

 

 

 

 


 

Annex C

Registration Rights.  

a.

If the offer and sale of the Assigned Backstop Shares are not registered in connection with the Closing, the Company agrees that, within forty-five (45) calendar days after the consummation of the Transaction (the “Filing Date”), the Company will file with the Securities Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) (at the Company’s sole cost and expense) a registration statement (the “Registration  Statement”) registering the resale of the Assigned Backstop Shares, and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have the Registration Statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (i) the 90th calendar day (or 120th calendar day if the Commission notifies the Company that it will “review” the Registration Statement) following the Closing and (ii) the 10th business day after the date the Company is notified (orally or in writing, whichever is earlier) by the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review (such earlier date, the “Effectiveness Date”); provided, that the Company’s obligations to include the Assigned Backstop Shares in the Registration Statement are contingent upon the Assignee furnishing in writing to the Company such information regarding the Assignee, the securities of the Company held by the Assignee and the intended method of disposition of the Assigned Backstop Shares as shall be reasonably requested by the Company to effect the registration of the Assigned Backstop Shares, and shall execute such documents in connection with such registration as the Company may reasonably request that are customary of a selling stockholder in similar situations; provided, further, that the Assignee shall not in connection with the foregoing be required to execute any lock-up or similar agreement or, except as set forth herein, otherwise be subject to any contractual restriction on the ability to transfer the Assigned Backstop Shares. The Company will use its commercially reasonable efforts to provide a draft of the Registration Statement to the Assignee for review at least five (5) business days in advance of filing the Registration Statement. For purposes of clarification, any failure by the Company to file the Registration Statement by the Filing Date or to effect such Registration Statement by the Effectiveness Date shall not otherwise relieve the Company of its obligations to file or effect the Registration Statement as set forth above in this Annex C.

b.

In the case of the registration, qualification, exemption or compliance effected by the Company pursuant to this Annex C, the Company shall, upon reasonable request, inform the Assignee as to the status of such registration, qualification, exemption and compliance. At its expense the Company shall:

 

i.

except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend the use of the prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep such registration, and any qualification, exemption or compliance under state securities laws which the Company determines to obtain, continuously effective with respect to the Assignee, and to keep the applicable Registration Statement or any subsequent shelf registration statement free of any material misstatements or omissions, until the earlier of the following: (i) the Assignee ceases to hold any Assigned Backstop Shares, (ii) the date all Assigned Backstop Shares held by the Assignee may be sold without restriction under Rule 144, including without limitation, any volume and manner of sale restrictions which may be applicable to affiliates under Rule 144 and without the requirement for the Company to be in compliance with the current public information required under Rule 144(c)(1) (or Rule 144(i)(2), if applicable), and (iii) three years from the Effective Date of the Registration Statement;

 

ii.

advise the Assignee within five (5) business days: (1) when a Registration Statement or any amendment thereto has been filed with the Commission and when such Registration Statement or any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective; (2) of any request by the Commission

 


 

 

for amendments or supplements to any Registration Statement or the prospectus included therein or for additional information; (3) of the issuance by the Commission of any stop order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement or the initiation of any proceedings for such purpose; (4) of the receipt by the Company of any notification with respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Assigned Backstop Shares included therein for sale in any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose; and (5) subject to the provisions in this Annex C of the occurrence of any event that requires the making of any changes in any Registration Statement or prospectus so that, as of such date, the statements therein are not misleading and do not omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of a prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, the Company shall not, when so advising the Assignee of such events, provide the Assignee with any material, nonpublic information regarding the Company other than to the extent that providing notice to the Assignee of the occurrence of the events listed in (1) through (5) above constitutes material, nonpublic information regarding the Company;

 

iii.

use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of any Registration Statement as soon as reasonably practicable;

 

iv.

upon the occurrence of any event contemplated above, except for such times as the Company is permitted hereunder to suspend, and has suspended, the use of a prospectus forming part of a Registration Statement, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as soon as reasonably practicable prepare a post-effective amendment to such Registration Statement or a supplement to the related prospectus, or file any other required document so that, as thereafter delivered to purchasers of the Assigned Backstop Shares included therein, such prospectus will not include any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;

 

v.

use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause all Assigned Backstop Shares to be listed on each securities exchange or market, if any, on which the shares of  the Company’s existing Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share,  have been listed;

 

vi.

use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all other steps necessary to effect the registration of the Assigned Backstop Shares contemplated hereby and to enable the Assignee to sell the Assigned Backstop Shares under Rule 144; and

 

vii.

cause the Company’s transfer agent to remove the restrictive legend on the Assigned Backstop Shares, at the Assignee’s request, when the Assigned Backstop Shares are sold pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act or the Registration Statement. In connection therewith, if required by the Company’s transfer agent, the Company will promptly cause an opinion of counsel to be delivered to and maintained with its transfer agent, together with any other authorizations, certificates and directions required by the transfer agent that authorize and direct the transfer agent to issue such Assigned Backstop Shares without any such legend.

c.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Annex C, the Company shall be entitled to delay or postpone the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, and from time to time to require the Assignee not to sell under the Registration Statement or to suspend the effectiveness thereof, if the negotiation or consummation of a transaction by the Company or its subsidiaries is pending or an event has

 


 

occurred, which negotiation, consummation or event the Company’s board of directors reasonably believes, upon the advice of legal counsel, would require additional disclosure by the Company in the Registration Statement of material information that the Company has a bona fide business purpose for keeping confidential and the non-disclosure of which in the Registration Statement would be expected, in the reasonable determination of the Company’s board of directors, upon the advice of legal counsel, to cause the Registration Statement to fail to comply with applicable disclosure requirements (each such circumstance, a “Suspension Event”); provided, however, that the Company may not delay or suspend the Registration Statement on more than three occasions or for more than ninety (90) consecutive calendar days, or more than one hundred and eighty (180) total calendar days, in each case during any twelve-month period. Upon receipt of any written notice from the Company of the happening of any Suspension Event during the period that the Registration Statement is effective or if as a result of a Suspension Event the Registration Statement or related prospectus contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made (in the case of the prospectus) not misleading, the Assignee agrees that (i) it will immediately discontinue offers and sales of the Assigned Backstop Shares under the Registration Statement (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, sales conducted pursuant to Rule 144) until the Assignee receives copies of a supplemental or amended prospectus (which the Company agrees to promptly prepare) that corrects the misstatement(s) or omission(s) referred to above and receives notice that any post-effective amendment has become effective or unless otherwise notified by the Company that it may resume such offers and sales, and (ii) it will maintain the confidentiality of any information included in such written notice delivered by the Company unless otherwise required by law or subpoena. If so directed by the Company, the Assignee will deliver to the Company or, in the Assignee’s sole discretion destroy, all copies of the prospectus covering the Assigned Backstop Shares in the Assignee’s possession; provided, however, that this obligation to deliver or destroy all copies of the prospectus covering the Assigned Backstop Shares shall not apply (i) to the extent the Assignee is required to retain a copy of such prospectus (a) in order to comply with applicable legal, regulatory, self-regulatory or professional requirements or (b) in accordance with a bona fide pre-existing document retention policy or (ii) to copies stored electronically on archival servers as a result of automatic data back-up.

d.

The Assignee may deliver written notice (including via email in accordance with this Annex C) (an “Opt-Out Notice”) to the Company requesting that the Assignee not receive notices from the Company otherwise required by this Annex C; provided, however, that the Assignee may later revoke any such Opt-Out Notice in writing. Following receipt of an Opt-Out Notice from the Assignee (unless subsequently revoked), the Company shall not deliver any such notices to the Assignee and the Assignee shall no longer be entitled to the rights contemplated by this Annex C. e. Indemnification.

 

i.

The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law the Assignee, its directors and officers and agents and each person who controls the Assignee, if any, (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including attorneys’ fees) caused by any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement or prospectus included in any Registration Statement or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information furnished in writing to the Company by the Assignee expressly for use therein.

 

ii.

In connection with any Registration Statement in which the Assignee is participating, the Assignee shall furnish to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or prospectus and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its directors and officers and agents and each

 


 

 

person who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against any losses, claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses (including without limitation reasonable attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue statement of material fact contained in the Registration Statement, prospectus, or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by the Assignee expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the liability of the Assignee shall be several and not joint and shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received from the sale of Assigned Backstop Shares pursuant to such Registration Statement.

 

iii.

Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (1) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (2) permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who elects not to assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one (1) counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

 

iv.

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

Each party participating in an offering also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution to such party in the event such party’s indemnification is unavailable for any reason.

 

v.

If the indemnification provided under this part(e) of Annex C from the indemnifying party is unavailable to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by, or relates to information supplied by, such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in parts(e)(i), (ii) and (iii) above, any legal or

 


 

 

other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to indemnification pursuant to this part 7(e) of Annex C from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

 

Exhibit 10.16

ROVER GROUP, INC.

OUTSIDE DIRECTOR COMPENSATION POLICY

Adopted and approved July 30, 2021 (the “Effective Date”)

Rover Group, Inc. (the “Company”) believes that providing cash and equity compensation to members of its Board of Directors (the “Board,” and members of the Board, the “Directors”) represents an effective tool to attract, retain and reward Directors who are not employees of the Company (the “Outside Directors”).  This Outside Director Compensation Policy (the “Policy”) is intended to formalize the Company’s policy regarding cash compensation and grants of equity awards to its Outside Directors.  Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Policy will have the meaning given such term in the Company’s 2021 Equity Incentive Plan, as amended from time to time (or if such plan no longer is in use at the time of the grant of an equity award, the meaning given such term or any similar term in the equity plan then in place under which such equity award is granted) (such applicable plan, the “Plan”).  Each Outside Director will be solely responsible for any tax obligations incurred by such Outside Director as a result of the equity awards and cash and other compensation such Outside Director receives under this Policy.  

For purposes of this Policy, “Excluded Directors” means any Outside Director who is a current employee, general partner, or other representative of an Institutional Investor; provided that if an entity ceases to be an Institutional Investor by ceasing to hold at least 2% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company calculated on a fully diluted basis, each Outside Director who would otherwise be an Excluded Director if such entity remained an Institutional Investor  may (i) offer to resign, in which case, if the Board rejects such resignation, such Outside Director will no longer constitute an Excluded Director from the date of such rejection, or (ii) not offer to resign, in which case such Outside Director will only cease to constitute an Excluded Director if and when such Outside Director is re-elected as a Director by the Company’s stockholders.  

For purposes of this Policy, “Institutional Investor” means any entity that is an institutional investor that holds at least 2% of the outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company calculated on a fully diluted basis.

For the avoidance of doubt, Excluded Directors are not eligible to receive cash retainers or fees, Initial Awards or Annual Awards under this Policy.

Subject to Section 8 of this Policy, this Policy will be effective as of the Effective Date.

 

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CASH COMPENSATION  

a.Annual Cash Retainers for Service as Outside Director.  Each Outside Director, other than the Excluded Directors, will be paid a cash retainer of $35,000 per year.  There are no per-meeting attendance fees for attending Board meetings or meetings of any committee of the Board.

 

 


 

b.Additional Annual Cash Retainers for Service as Non-Executive Chair, Lead Independent Director, Committee Chair and Committee Member

i. As of the Effective Date, each Outside Director, other than the Excluded Directors, who serves as the Non-Executive Chair, Lead Independent Director, or chair or a member of a committee of the Board will be eligible to earn additional annual fees as follows:  

 

Non-Executive Chair:  

$20,000  

Lead Independent Director:  

$15,000

Audit Committee Chair:  

$20,000

Member of Audit Committee:

$10,000

Compensation Committee Chair:  

$12,000

Member of Compensation Committee:  

$6,000

Nominating and Governance Committee Chair:  

$8,000

Member of Nominating and Governance Committee:

$4,000

 

For clarity, each Outside Director, other than the Excluded Directors, who serves as the chair of a committee will receive only the additional annual fee as the chair of the committee and not the additional annual fee as a member of such committee while serving as such chair, provided that the Outside Director who serves as the Non-Executive Chair or Lead Independent Director will receive the annual fee as an Outside Director and the additional annual fee as the Non-Executive Chair or Lead Independent Director, as applicable.  

c. Payments.  Each annual cash retainer under this Policy will be paid quarterly in arrears on a prorated basis to each Outside Director, other than the Excluded Directors, who has served in the relevant capacity at any point during the immediately preceding fiscal quarter of the Company (“Fiscal Quarter”), and such payment will be made no later than 30 days following the end of such immediately preceding Fiscal Quarter.  For purposes of clarity, an Outside Director who has served as an Outside Director, including as a member of an applicable committee (or chair thereof) during only a portion of the relevant Fiscal Quarter will receive a prorated payment of the quarterly payment of the applicable annual cash retainer(s), calculated based on the number of days during such Fiscal Quarter such Outside Director has served in the relevant capacities.  For purposes of clarity, an Outside Director who has served as an Outside Director, including as a member of an applicable committee (or chair thereof), as applicable, from the Effective Date through the end of the Fiscal Quarter containing the Effective Date (the “Initial Period”) will receive a prorated payment of the quarterly payment of the applicable annual cash retainer(s), calculated based on the number of days during the Initial Period that such Outside Director has served in the relevant capacities.

 

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EQUITY COMPENSATION

Outside Directors will be eligible to receive all types of Awards (except Incentive Stock Options) under the Plan, including discretionary Awards not covered under this Policy.  All grants of Awards to Outside Directors pursuant to Section 2 of this Policy will be automatic and nondiscretionary, except as otherwise provided herein, and will be made in accordance with the following provisions:

 

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a.No Discretion.  No person will have any discretion to select which Outside Directors will be granted any Awards under this Policy or to determine the number of Shares to be covered by such Awards, except as provided in Sections 2(d)(vi) and 8 below.

b.Initial Awards.  Each individual who first becomes an Outside Director following the Effective Date, other than the Excluded Directors, will be granted an award of Restricted Stock Units (an “Initial Award”) covering a number of Shares having a Value (as defined below) of $300,000, with any resulting fraction rounded down to the nearest whole Share.  The Initial Award will be granted automatically on the first Trading Day on or after the date on which such individual first becomes an Outside Director (the first date as an Outside Director, the “Initial Start Date”), whether through election by the Company’s stockholders or appointment by the Board to fill a vacancy.  If an individual was a member of the Board and also an employee, becoming an Outside Director due to termination of employment will not entitle the Outside Director to an Initial Award.  If an individual was an Outside Director and an Excluded Director, ceasing to be an Excluded Director will not entitle the Outside Director to an Initial Award.  Each Initial Award will be scheduled to vest as follows:  One third (1/3rd) of the Shares subject to the Initial Award will be scheduled to vest each year following the Initial Start Date on the same day of the month as the Initial Start Date (or, if there is no corresponding day in a particular month, then the last day of that month), in each case subject to the Outside Director continuing to be an Outside Director through the applicable vesting date.

c.Annual Award.  On the first Trading Day immediately following each Annual Meeting of the Company’s stockholders (an “Annual Meeting”) that occurs after the Effective Date, each Outside Director, other than the Excluded Directors, automatically will be granted an award of Restricted Stock Units (an “Annual Award”) covering a number of Shares having a Value of $150,000; provided that the first Annual Award granted to an individual who first becomes an Outside Director following the Effective Date will have a Value equal to the product of (A) $150,000 multiplied by (B) a fraction, (i) the numerator of which is the number of fully completed days between the applicable Initial Start Date and the date of the first Annual Meeting to occur after such individual first becomes an Outside Director, and (ii) the denominator of which is 365; and provided further that any resulting fraction shall be rounded down to the nearest whole Share.  Each Annual Award will be scheduled to vest in full on the earlier of (i) the one-year anniversary of the grant date or (ii) the date of the next Annual Meeting following the grant date, in each case subject to the Outside Director continuing to be an Outside Director through the applicable vesting date.  

d.Additional Terms of Initial Awards and Annual Awards.  The terms and conditions of each Initial Award and Annual Award will be as follows:

i.Each Initial Award and Annual Award will be granted under and subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan and the applicable form of Award Agreement previously approved by the Board or its Compensation Committee, as applicable, for use thereunder.

ii.For purposes of this Policy, “Value” means the grant date fair value as determined in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles, or such other methodology the Board or any committee of the Board designed by the Board with appropriate

 

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authority (the “Designated Committee”), as applicable, may determine prior to the grant of the applicable Award becoming effective.

iii.Revisions.  The Board or the Designated Committee, as applicable and in its discretion, may change and otherwise revise the terms of Initial Awards and Annual Awards granted under this Policy, including, without limitation, the number of Shares subject thereto and type of Award.

 

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OTHER COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

Outside Directors also may be eligible to receive other compensation and benefits, as may be determined by the Board or its Designated Committee, as applicable, from time to time.

 

4.

CHANGE IN CONTROL

In the event of a Change in Control, each Outside Director will fully vest in his or her outstanding Company equity awards as of immediately prior to a Change in Control, including any Initial Awards and Annual Awards, provided that the Outside Director continues to be an Outside Director through the date of the Change in Control.

 

5.

ANNUAL COMPENSATION LIMIT

No Outside Director may be granted Awards with Values, and be provided cash retainers or fees, with amounts that, in any Fiscal Year, in the aggregate, exceed $750,000, provided that, in the Fiscal Year containing an Outside Director’s Initial Start Date, such limit will be increased to $1,000,000.  Any Awards or other compensation provided to an individual (a) for his or her services as an Employee, or for his or her services as a Consultant other than as an Outside Director, or (b) prior to the Effective Date, will be excluded for purposes of the foregoing limit.

 

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TRAVEL EXPENSES

Each Outside Director’s reasonable, customary, and properly documented, out-of-pocket travel expenses to meetings of the Board and any of its committees, as applicable, will be reimbursed by the Company.

 

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CODE SECTION 409A

In no event will cash compensation or expense reimbursement payments under this Policy be paid after the later of (a) the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) month following the end of the Company’s taxable year in which the compensation is earned or expenses are incurred, as applicable, or (b) the fifteenth (15th) day of the third (3rd) month following the end of the calendar year in which the compensation is earned or expenses are incurred, as applicable, in compliance with the “short-term deferral” exception under Code Section 409A.  It is the intent of this Policy that this Policy and all payments hereunder be exempt or excepted from or otherwise comply with the requirements of Code Section 409A so that none of the compensation to be provided hereunder will be subject to the additional tax imposed under Code Section 409A, and any ambiguities or ambiguous terms herein will be interpreted to be so exempt or comply.  In no event will the Company Group have any responsibility, liability or obligation to reimburse, indemnify, or hold harmless an Outside Director or any other person for any taxes imposed, or other costs incurred, as a result of Code Section 409A.

 

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REVISIONS

The Board may amend, alter, suspend or terminate this Policy at any time and for any reason.  No amendment, alteration, suspension or termination of this Policy will materially impair the rights of an Outside Director with respect to compensation that already has been paid or awarded, unless otherwise mutually agreed in writing between the Outside Director and the Company.  Termination of this Policy will not affect the Board’s or the Designated Committee’s ability to exercise the powers granted to it with respect to Awards granted pursuant to this Policy prior to the date of such termination, including without limitation such applicable powers set forth in the Plan.  

 

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Exhibit 10.17

 

ROVER GROUP, INC.

FORM OF INDEMNIFICATION AGREEMENT

This Indemnification Agreement (this “Agreement”) is dated as of July 30, 2021, and is between Rover Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation (f/k/a Nebula Caravel Acquisition Corp., the “Company”), and [Indemnitee Party] (“Indemnitee”).

RECITALS

A.Indemnitee’s service to the Company substantially benefits the Company.

B.Individuals are reluctant to serve as directors or officers of corporations or in certain other capacities unless they are provided with adequate protection through insurance or indemnification against the risks of claims and actions against them arising out of such service.

C.Indemnitee does not regard the protection currently provided by applicable law, the Company’s governing documents and any insurance as adequate under the present circumstances, and Indemnitee may not be willing to serve as a director or officer without additional protection.

D.In order to induce Indemnitee to continue to provide services to the Company, it is reasonable, prudent and necessary for the Company to contractually obligate itself to indemnify, and to advance expenses on behalf of, Indemnitee as permitted by applicable law.

E.This Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the indemnification provided in the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws, and any resolutions adopted pursuant thereto, and this Agreement shall not be deemed a substitute therefor, nor shall this Agreement be deemed to limit, diminish or abrogate any rights of Indemnitee thereunder.

The parties therefore agree as follows:

1. Definitions.

(a)A “Change in Control” shall be deemed to occur upon the earliest to occur after the date of this Agreement of any of the following events (provided that, the business combination contemplated by the definitive proxy statement/prospectus filed on July 9, 2021 (File No. 333-253110) shall in no event be deemed a Change in Control):

(i)Acquisition of Stock by Third Party. Any Person (as defined below) becomes the Beneficial Owner (as defined below), directly or indirectly, of securities of the Company representing fifteen percent (15%) or more of the combined voting power of the Company’s then outstanding securities;

(ii)Change in Board Composition. During any period of two consecutive years (not including any period prior to the execution of this Agreement), individuals who at the beginning of such period constitute the Company’s board of directors, and any new directors (other than a director designated by a person who has entered into an agreement with the Company to effect a transaction described in Sections 1(a)(i), 1(a)(iii) or 1(a)(iv)) whose election by the board of directors or nomination for election by the Company’s stockholders was approved by a vote of at least two-thirds of the directors then still in office who either were directors at the beginning of the period or whose election or nomination 4823-4340-1433.7 for election was previously so approved, cease for any reason to constitute at least a majority of the members of the Company’s board of directors;

 


 

(iii)Corporate Transactions. The effective date of a merger or consolidation of the Company with any other entity, other than a merger or consolidation which would result in the voting securities of the Company outstanding immediately prior to such merger or consolidation continuing to represent (either by remaining outstanding or by being converted into voting securities of the surviving entity) more than 50% of the combined voting power of the voting securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such merger or consolidation and with the power to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or other governing body of such surviving entity;

(iv)Liquidation. The approval by the stockholders of the Company of a complete liquidation of the Company or an agreement for the sale or disposition by the Company of all or substantially all of the Company’s assets; and

(v)Other Events. Any other event of a nature that would be required to be reported in response to Item 6(e) of Schedule 14A of Regulation 14A (or in response to any similar item on any similar schedule or form) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, whether or not the Company is then subject to such reporting requirement.

For purposes of this Section 1(a), the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1)Person” shall have the meaning as set forth in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided, however, that “Person” shall exclude (i) the Company, (ii) any trustee or other fiduciary holding securities under an employee benefit plan of the Company, and (iii) any corporation owned, directly or indirectly, by the stockholders of the Company in substantially the same proportions as their ownership of stock of the Company.

(2)Beneficial Owner” shall have the meaning given to such term in Rule 13d-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended; provided, however, that “Beneficial Owner” shall exclude any Person otherwise becoming a Beneficial Owner by reason of (i) the stockholders of the Company approving a merger of the Company with another entity or (ii) the Company’s board of directors approving a sale of securities by the Company to such Person.

(b)Corporate Status” describes the status of a person who is or was a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or any other Enterprise.

(c)DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

(d)Disinterested Director” means a director of the Company who is not and was not a party to the Proceeding in respect of which indemnification is sought by Indemnitee.

(e)Enterprise” means the Company and any other corporation, partnership, limited liability company, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise of which Indemnitee is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary.

(f)Expenses” include all reasonable and actually incurred attorneys’ fees, retainers, court costs, transcript costs, fees and costs of experts, witness fees, travel expenses, duplicating costs, printing and binding costs, telephone charges, postage, delivery service fees, and all other disbursements or expenses of the types customarily incurred in connection with prosecuting, defending, preparing to prosecute or defend, investigating, being or preparing to be a witness in, or otherwise participating in, a Proceeding. Expenses also include (i) Expenses incurred in connection with any appeal resulting from any Proceeding, including without limitation the premium, security for, and other costs relating to any cost

 

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bond, supersedeas bond or other appeal bond or their equivalent, and (ii) for purposes of Section 12(d), Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with the interpretation, enforcement or defense of Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement or under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company. Expenses, however, shall not include amounts paid in settlement by Indemnitee or the amount of judgments or fines against Indemnitee.

(g)Independent Counsel” means a law firm, or a partner or member of a law firm, that is experienced in matters of corporation law and neither presently is, nor in the past five years has been, retained to represent (i) the Company or Indemnitee in any matter material to either such party (other than as Independent Counsel with respect to matters concerning Indemnitee under this Agreement, or other indemnitees under similar indemnification agreements), or (ii) any other party to the Proceeding giving rise to a claim for indemnification hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the term “Independent Counsel” shall not include any person who, under the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing, would have a conflict of interest in representing either the Company or Indemnitee in an action to determine Indemnitee’s rights under this Agreement.

(h)Proceeding” means any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, arbitration, mediation, alternate dispute resolution mechanism, investigation, inquiry, administrative hearing or proceeding, whether brought in the right of the Company or otherwise and whether of a civil, criminal, administrative or investigative nature, including any appeal therefrom and including without limitation any such Proceeding pending as of the date of this Agreement, in which Indemnitee was, is or will be involved as a party, a potential party, a non-party witness or otherwise by reason of (i) the fact that Indemnitee is or was a director or officer of the Company, (ii) any action taken by Indemnitee or any action or inaction on Indemnitee’s part while acting as a director or officer of the Company, or (iii) the fact that he or she is or was serving at the request of the Company as a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of the Company or any other Enterprise, in each case whether or not serving in such capacity at the time any liability or Expense is incurred for which indemnification or advancement of expenses can be provided under this Agreement.

(i)Reference to “other enterprises” shall include employee benefit plans; references to “fines” shall include any excise taxes assessed on a person with respect to any employee benefit plan; references to “serving at the request of the Company” shall include any service as a director, officer, employee or agent of the Company which imposes duties on, or involves services by, such director, officer, employee or agent with respect to an employee benefit plan, its participants or beneficiaries; and a person who acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the participants and beneficiaries of an employee benefit plan shall be deemed to have acted in a manner “not opposed to the best interests of the Company” as referred to in this Agreement.

2.Indemnity in Third-Party Proceedings. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 2 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding, other than a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 2, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company and, with respect to any criminal action or proceeding, had no reasonable cause to believe that his or her conduct was unlawful.

3.Indemnity in Proceedings by or in the Right of the Company. The Company shall indemnify Indemnitee in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3 if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor. Pursuant to this Section 3, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the fullest extent

 

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permitted by applicable law against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection with such Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, if Indemnitee acted in good faith and in a manner he or she reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Company. No indemnification for Expenses shall be made under this Section 3 in respect of any claim, issue or matter as to which Indemnitee shall have been adjudged by a court of competent jurisdiction to be liable to the Company, unless and only to the extent that the Delaware Court of Chancery or any court in which the Proceeding was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all the circumstances of the case, Indemnitee is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnification for such expenses as the Delaware Court of Chancery or such other court shall deem proper.

4.Indemnification for Expenses of a Party Who is Wholly or Partly Successful. To the extent that Indemnitee is a party to or a participant in and is successful (on the merits or otherwise) in defense of any Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith. For purposes of this section, the termination of any claim, issue or matter in such a Proceeding by dismissal, with or without prejudice, shall be deemed to be a successful result as to such claim, issue or matter.

5.Indemnification for Expenses of a Witness. To the extent that Indemnitee is, by reason of his or her Corporate Status, a witness in any Proceeding to which Indemnitee is not a party, Indemnitee shall be indemnified to the extent permitted by applicable law against all Expenses actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on Indemnitee’s behalf in connection therewith.

6.Additional Indemnification.

(a)Notwithstanding any limitation in Sections 2, 3 or 4, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law if Indemnitee is, or is threatened to be made, a party to or a participant in any Proceeding (including a Proceeding by or in the right of the Company to procure a judgment in its favor) against all Expenses, judgments, fines and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee or on his or her behalf in connection with the Proceeding or any claim, issue or matter therein.

(b)For purposes of Section 6(a), the meaning of the phrase “to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law” shall include, but not be limited to:

(i)the fullest extent permitted by the provision of the DGCL that authorizes or contemplates additional indemnification by agreement, or the corresponding provision of any amendment to or replacement of the DGCL; and

(ii)the fullest extent authorized or permitted by any amendments to or replacements of the DGCL adopted after the date of this Agreement that increase the extent to which a corporation may indemnify its officers and directors.

7.Exclusions. Notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement, the Company shall not be obligated under this Agreement to make any indemnity in connection with any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding):

(a)for which payment has actually been made to or on behalf of Indemnitee under any statute, insurance policy, indemnity provision, vote or otherwise, except with respect to any excess beyond the amount paid;

 

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(b)for an accounting or disgorgement of profits pursuant to Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or similar provisions of federal, state or local statutory law or common law, if Indemnitee is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);

(c)for any reimbursement of the Company by Indemnitee of any bonus or other incentive-based or equity-based compensation or of any profits realized by Indemnitee from the sale of securities of the Company, as required in each case under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (including any such reimbursements that arise from an accounting restatement of the Company pursuant to Section 304 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Sarbanes-Oxley Act”), or the payment to the Company of profits arising from the purchase and sale by Indemnitee of securities in violation of Section 306 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act), if Indemnitee is held liable therefor (including pursuant to any settlement arrangements);

(d)initiated by Indemnitee, including any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) initiated by Indemnitee against the Company or its directors, officers, employees, agents or other indemnitees, unless (i) the Company’s board of directors authorized the Proceeding (or the relevant part of the Proceeding) prior to its initiation, (ii) the Company provides the indemnification, in its sole discretion, pursuant to the powers vested in the Company under applicable law, (iii) otherwise authorized in Section 12(d) or (iv) otherwise required by applicable law; or

(e)if prohibited by applicable law.

8.Advances of Expenses. The Company shall advance the Expenses incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any Proceeding prior to its final disposition, and such advancement shall be made as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event no later than 90 days, after the receipt by the Company of a written statement or statements requesting such advances from time to time (which shall include invoices received by Indemnitee in connection with such Expenses but, in the case of invoices in connection with legal services, any references to legal work performed or to expenditure made that would cause Indemnitee to waive any privilege accorded by applicable law shall not be included with the invoice). Advances shall be unsecured and interest free and made without regard to Indemnitee’s ability to repay such advances. Indemnitee hereby undertakes to repay any advance to the extent that it is ultimately determined that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company. This Section 8 shall not apply to the extent advancement is prohibited by law and shall not apply to any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) for which indemnity is not permitted under this Agreement, but shall apply to any Proceeding (or any part of any Proceeding) referenced in Section 7(b) or 7(c) prior to a determination that Indemnitee is not entitled to be indemnified by the Company.

9.Procedures for Notification and Defense of Claim.

(a)Indemnitee shall notify the Company in writing of any matter with respect to which Indemnitee intends to seek indemnification or advancement of Expenses as soon as reasonably practicable following the receipt by Indemnitee of notice thereof. The written notification to the Company shall include, in reasonable detail, a description of the nature of the Proceeding and the facts underlying the Proceeding. The failure by Indemnitee to notify the Company will not relieve the Company from any liability which it may have to Indemnitee hereunder or otherwise than under this Agreement, and any delay in so notifying the Company shall not constitute a waiver by Indemnitee of any rights, except to the extent that such failure or delay materially prejudices the Company.

(b)If, at the time of the receipt of a notice of a Proceeding pursuant to the terms hereof, the Company has directors’ and officers’ liability insurance in effect that may be applicable to the Proceeding, the Company shall give prompt notice of the commencement of the Proceeding to the insurers in accordance with the procedures set forth in the applicable policies. The Company shall thereafter take all

 

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commercially-reasonable action to cause such insurers to pay, on behalf of Indemnitee, all amounts payable as a result of such Proceeding in accordance with the terms of such policies.

(c)In the event the Company may be obligated to make any indemnity in connection with a Proceeding, the Company shall be entitled to assume the defense of such Proceeding with counsel approved by Indemnitee, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, upon the delivery to Indemnitee of written notice of its election to do so. After delivery of such notice, approval of such counsel by Indemnitee and the retention of such counsel by the Company, the Company will not be liable to Indemnitee for any fees or expenses of counsel subsequently incurred by Indemnitee with respect to the same Proceeding. Notwithstanding the Company’s assumption of the defense of any such Proceeding, the Company shall be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of Indemnitee’s separate counsel to the extent (i) the employment of separate counsel by Indemnitee is authorized by the Company, (ii) counsel for the Company or Indemnitee shall have reasonably concluded that there is a conflict of interest between the Company and Indemnitee in the conduct of any such defense such that Indemnitee needs to be separately represented, (iii) the Company is not financially or legally able to perform its indemnification obligations or (iv) the Company shall not have retained, or shall not continue to retain, counsel to defend such Proceeding. The Company shall have the right to conduct such defense as it sees fit in its sole discretion. Regardless of any provision in this Agreement, Indemnitee shall have the right to employ counsel in any Proceeding at Indemnitee’s personal expense. The Company shall not be entitled, without the consent of Indemnitee, to assume the defense of any claim brought by or in the right of the Company.

(d)Indemnitee shall give the Company such information and cooperation in connection with the Proceeding as may be reasonably appropriate.

(e)The Company shall not be liable to indemnify Indemnitee for any settlement of any Proceeding (or any part thereof) without the Company’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

(f)The Company shall not settle any Proceeding (or any part thereof) in a manner that imposes any penalty or liability on Indemnitee without Indemnitee’s prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.

10.Procedures upon Application for Indemnification.

(a)To obtain indemnification, Indemnitee shall submit to the Company a written request, including therein or therewith such documentation and information as is reasonably available to Indemnitee and as is reasonably necessary to determine whether and to what extent Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification following the final disposition of the Proceeding. Any delay in providing the request will not relieve the Company from its obligations under this Agreement, except to the extent such failure is prejudicial.

(b)Upon written request by Indemnitee for indemnification pursuant to Section 10(a), a determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement thereto shall be made in the specific case (i) if a Change in Control shall have occurred, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Company’s board of directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee or (ii) if a Change in Control shall not have occurred, (A) by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Company’s board of directors, (B) by a committee of Disinterested Directors designated by a majority vote of the Disinterested Directors, even though less than a quorum of the Company’s board of directors, (C) if there are no such Disinterested Directors or, if such Disinterested Directors so direct, by Independent Counsel in a written opinion to the Company’s board of directors, a copy of which shall be delivered to Indemnitee or (D) if so directed by the Company’s board of directors, by the stockholders of the Company. If it is determined that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, payment to Indemnitee shall be made

 

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within ten days after such determination. Indemnitee shall cooperate with the person, persons or entity making the determination with respect to Indemnitee’s entitlement to indemnification, including providing to such person, persons or entity upon reasonable advance request any documentation or information that is not privileged or otherwise protected from disclosure and that is reasonably available to Indemnitee and reasonably necessary to such determination. Any costs or expenses (including attorneys’ fees and disbursements) actually and reasonably incurred by Indemnitee in so cooperating with the person, persons or entity making such determination shall be borne by the Company, to the extent permitted by applicable law.

(c)In the event the determination of entitlement to indemnification is to be made by Independent Counsel pursuant to Section 10(b), the Independent Counsel shall be selected as provided in this Section 10(c). If a Change in Control shall not have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by the Company’s board of directors, and the Company shall give written notice to Indemnitee advising him or her of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. If a Change in Control shall have occurred, the Independent Counsel shall be selected by Indemnitee (unless Indemnitee shall request that such selection be made by the Company’s board of directors, in which event the preceding sentence shall apply), and Indemnitee shall give written notice to the Company advising it of the identity of the Independent Counsel so selected. In either event, Indemnitee or the Company, as the case may be, may, within ten days after such written notice of selection shall have been given, deliver to the Company or to Indemnitee, as the case may be, a written objection to such selection; provided, however, that such objection may be asserted only on the ground that the Independent Counsel so selected does not meet the requirements of “Independent Counsel” as defined in Section 1 of this Agreement, and the objection shall set forth with particularity the factual basis of such assertion. Absent a proper and timely objection, the person so selected shall act as Independent Counsel. If such written objection is so made and substantiated, the Independent Counsel so selected may not serve as Independent Counsel unless and until such objection is withdrawn or a court has determined that such objection is without merit. If, within 20 days after the later of (i) submission by Indemnitee of a written request for indemnification pursuant to Section 10(a) hereof and (ii) the final disposition of the Proceeding, the parties have not agreed upon an Independent Counsel, either the Company or Indemnitee may petition a court of competent jurisdiction for resolution of any objection which shall have been made by the Company or Indemnitee to the other’s selection of Independent Counsel and for the appointment as Independent Counsel of a person selected by the court or by such other person as the court shall designate, and the person with respect to whom all objections are so resolved or the person so appointed shall act as Independent Counsel under Section 10(b) hereof. Upon the due commencement of any judicial proceeding or arbitration pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement, the Independent Counsel shall be discharged and relieved of any further responsibility in such capacity (subject to the applicable standards of professional conduct then prevailing).

(d)The Company agrees to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of any Independent Counsel.

11.Presumptions and Effect of Certain Proceedings.

(a)In making a determination with respect to entitlement to indemnification hereunder, the person, persons or 0 be imputed to Indemnitee for purposes of determining the right to indemnification under this Agreement.

12.Remedies of Indemnitee.

(a)Subject to Section 12(e), in the event that (i) a determination is made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification under this Agreement, (ii) advancement of Expenses is not timely made pursuant to Section 8 or 12(d) of this Agreement, (iii) no determination of entitlement to indemnification shall have been made pursuant to Section 10 of this

 

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Agreement within 90 days after the later of the receipt by the Company of the request for indemnification or the final disposition of the Proceeding, (iv) payment of indemnification pursuant to this Agreement is not made (A) within ten days after a determination has been made that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification or (B) with respect to indemnification pursuant to Sections 4, 5 and 12(d) of this Agreement, within 30 days after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor, or (v) the Company or any other person or entity takes or threatens to take any action to declare this Agreement void or unenforceable, or institutes any litigation or other action or proceeding designed to deny, or to recover from, Indemnitee the benefits provided or intended to be provided to Indemnitee hereunder, Indemnitee shall be entitled to an adjudication by a court of competent jurisdiction of his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses. Alternatively, Indemnitee, at his or her option, may seek an award in arbitration with respect to his or her entitlement to such indemnification or advancement of Expenses, to be conducted by a single arbitrator pursuant to the Commercial Arbitration Rules of the American Arbitration Association. Indemnitee shall commence such proceeding seeking an adjudication or an award in arbitration within 180 days following the date on which Indemnitee first has the right to commence such proceeding pursuant to this Section 12(a); provided, however, that the foregoing clause shall not apply in respect of a proceeding brought by Indemnitee to enforce his or her rights under Section 4 of this Agreement. The Company shall not oppose Indemnitee’s right to seek any such adjudication or award in arbitration in accordance with this Agreement.

(b)Neither (i) the failure of the Company, its board of directors, any committee or subgroup of the board of directors, Independent Counsel or stockholders to have made a determination that indemnification of Indemnitee is proper in the circumstances because Indemnitee has met the applicable standard of conduct, nor (ii) an actual determination by the Company, its board of directors, any committee or subgroup of the board of directors, Independent Counsel or stockholders that Indemnitee has not met the applicable standard of conduct, shall create a presumption that Indemnitee has or has not met the applicable standard of conduct. In the event that a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification, any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 shall be conducted in all respects as a de novo trial, or arbitration, on the merits, and Indemnitee shall not be prejudiced by reason of that adverse determination. In any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12, the Company shall, to the fullest extent not prohibited by law, have the burden of proving Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification or advancement of Expenses, as the case may be.

(c)To the fullest extent not prohibited by law, the Company shall be precluded from asserting in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12 that the procedures and presumptions of this Agreement are not valid, binding and enforceable and shall stipulate in any such court or before any such arbitrator that the Company is bound by all the provisions of this Agreement. If a determination shall have been made pursuant to Section 10 of this Agreement that Indemnitee is entitled to indemnification, the Company shall be bound by such determination in any judicial proceeding or arbitration commenced pursuant to this Section 12, absent (i) a misstatement by Indemnitee of a material fact, or an omission of a material fact necessary to make Indemnitee’s statements not materially misleading, in connection with the request for indemnification, or (ii) a prohibition of such indemnification under applicable law.

(d)To the extent not prohibited by law, the Company shall indemnify Indemnitee against all Expenses that are incurred by Indemnitee in connection with any action for indemnification or advancement of Expenses from the Company under this Agreement or under any directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies maintained by the Company to the extent Indemnitee is successful in such action, and, if requested by Indemnitee, shall (as soon as reasonably practicable, but in any event no later than 90 days, after receipt by the Company of a written request therefor) advance such Expenses to Indemnitee, subject to the provisions of Section 8.

 

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(e)Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no determination as to entitlement to indemnification shall be required to be made prior to the final disposition of the Proceeding.

13.Contribution. To the fullest extent permissible under applicable law, if the indemnification provided for in this Agreement is unavailable to Indemnitee, the Company, in lieu of indemnifying Indemnitee, shall contribute to the amounts incurred by Indemnitee, whether for Expenses, judgments, fines or amounts paid or to be paid in settlement, in connection with any claim relating to an indemnifiable event under this Agreement, in such proportion as is deemed fair and reasonable in light of all of the circumstances of such Proceeding in order to reflect (i) the relative benefits received by the Company and Indemnitee as a result of the events and transactions giving rise to such Proceeding; and (ii) the relative fault of Indemnitee and the Company (and its other directors, officers, employees and agents) in connection with such events and transactions.

14.Non-exclusivity. The rights of indemnification and to receive advancement of Expenses as provided by this Agreement shall not be deemed exclusive of any other rights to which Indemnitee may at any time be entitled under applicable law, the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, any agreement, a vote of stockholders or a resolution of directors, or otherwise. To the extent that a change in Delaware law, whether by statute or judicial decision, permits greater indemnification or advancement of Expenses than would be afforded currently under the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws and this Agreement, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Indemnitee shall enjoy by this Agreement the greater benefits so afforded by such change, subject to the restrictions expressly set forth herein or therein. Except as expressly set forth herein, no right or remedy herein conferred is intended to be exclusive of any other right or remedy, and every other right and remedy shall be cumulative and in addition to every other right and remedy given hereunder or now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or otherwise. Except as expressly set forth herein, the assertion or employment of any right or remedy hereunder, or otherwise, shall not prevent the concurrent assertion or employment of any other right or remedy.

15.[Primary Responsibility

(a)The Company acknowledges that Indemnitee has certain rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses in respect of jointly indemnifiable claims. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary or in the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws, the Company agrees that, as between the Company and the Indemnitee Related Entities, the Company is fully and primarily responsible for amounts required to be indemnified or advanced in respect of jointly indemnifiable claims and any obligation of the Indemnitee Related Entities to provide indemnification or advancement in respect of jointly indemnifiable claims is secondary to those Company obligations. The Company waives any right of contribution or subrogation against the Indemnitee Related Entities with respect to the liabilities for which the Company is primarily responsible under this Section 15. In the event of any payment by the Indemnitee Related Entities of amounts otherwise required to be indemnified or advanced by the Company in respect of any jointly indemnifiable claim, the Indemnitee Related Entities shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee for indemnification or advancement of expenses in respect of such jointly indemnifiable claim or, to the extent such subrogation is unavailable and contribution is found to be the applicable remedy, shall have a right of contribution with respect to the amounts paid. The Indemnitee Related Entities are express third-party beneficiaries of the terms of this Section 15.

(b)For purposes of this Section 15, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(i)The term “Indemnitee Related Entities” means any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise (other than the Company or any other corporation, limited liability company, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee

 

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benefit plan or other enterprise Indemnitee has agreed, on behalf of the Company or at the Company’s request, to serve as a director, officer, employee or agent and which service is covered by the indemnity described in this Agreement) from whom an Indemnitee may be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses with respect to which, in whole or in part, the Company may also have an indemnification or advancement obligation (other than as a result of obligations under an insurance policy).

(ii)The term “jointly indemnifiable claims” shall be broadly construed and shall include, without limitation, any action, suit or proceeding for which Indemnitee shall be entitled to indemnification or advancement of expenses from both the Company and any Indemnitee Related Entity pursuant to the DGCL, any agreement (including this Agreement) or the certificate of incorporation, bylaws, partnership agreement, operating agreement, certificate of formation, certificate of limited partnership or comparable organizational documents of the Company or Indemnitee Related Entities, as applicable.]

16.No Duplication of Payments. The Company shall not be liable under this Agreement to make any payment of amounts otherwise indemnifiable hereunder (or for which advancement is provided hereunder) if and to the extent that Indemnitee has otherwise actually received payment for such amounts under any insurance policy, contract, agreement or otherwise.

17.Insurance. To the extent that the Company maintains an insurance policy or policies providing liability insurance for directors, trustees, general partners, managing members, officers, employees, agents or fiduciaries of the Company or any other Enterprise, Indemnitee shall be covered by such policy or policies to the same extent as the most favorably-insured persons under such policy or policies in a comparable position.

18.Subrogation. In the event of any payment under this Agreement, the Company shall be subrogated to the extent of such payment to all of the rights of recovery of Indemnitee, who shall execute all papers required and take all action necessary to secure such rights, including execution of such documents as are necessary to enable the Company to bring suit to enforce such rights.

19.Services to the Company. Indemnitee agrees to serve as a director or officer of the Company or, at the request of the Company, as a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of another Enterprise, for so long as Indemnitee is duly elected or appointed or until Indemnitee tenders his or her resignation or is removed from such position. Indemnitee may at any time and for any reason resign from such position (subject to any other contractual obligation or any obligation imposed by operation of law), in which event the Company shall have no obligation under this Agreement to continue Indemnitee in such position. This Agreement shall not be deemed an employment contract between the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise) and Indemnitee. Indemnitee specifically acknowledges that any employment with the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise) is at will, and Indemnitee may be discharged at any time for any reason, with or without cause, with or without notice, except as may be otherwise expressly provided in any executed, written employment contract between Indemnitee and the Company (or any of its subsidiaries or any Enterprise), any existing formal severance policies adopted by the Company’s board of directors or, with respect to service as a director or officer of the Company, the Company’s certificate of incorporation or bylaws or the DGCL. No such document shall be subject to any oral modification thereof.  

20.Duration. This Agreement shall continue until and terminate upon the later of (a) ten years after the date that Indemnitee shall have ceased to serve as a director or officer of the Company or as a director, trustee, general partner, managing member, officer, employee, agent or fiduciary of any other Enterprise, as applicable; or (b) one year after the final termination of any Proceeding, including any appeal, then pending in respect of which Indemnitee is granted rights of indemnification or advancement of

 

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Expenses hereunder and of any proceeding commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement relating thereto.

21.Successors. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Company and its successors and assigns, including any direct or indirect successor, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise, to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company, and shall inure to the benefit of Indemnitee and Indemnitee’s heirs, executors and administrators. The Company shall require and cause any successor (whether direct or indirect by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) to all or substantially all of the business or assets of the Company, by written agreement, expressly to assume and agree to perform this Agreement in the same manner and to the same extent that the Company would be required to perform if no such succession had taken place.

22.Severability. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to require or shall be construed as requiring the Company to do or fail to do any act in violation of applicable law. The Company’s inability, pursuant to court order or other applicable law, to perform its obligations under this Agreement shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement. If any provision or provisions of this Agreement shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement (including without limitation, each portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall remain enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by law; (ii) such provision or provisions shall be deemed reformed to the extent necessary to conform to applicable law and to give the maximum effect to the intent of the parties hereto; and (iii) to the fullest extent possible, the provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, each portion of any section of this Agreement containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, that is not itself invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to give effect to the intent manifested thereby.

23.Enforcement. The Company expressly confirms and agrees that it has entered into this Agreement and assumed the obligations imposed on it hereby in order to induce Indemnitee to serve as a director or officer of the Company, and the Company acknowledges that Indemnitee is relying upon this Agreement in serving as a director or officer of the Company.

24.Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings, oral, written and implied, between the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof; provided, however, that this Agreement is a supplement to and in furtherance of the Company’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws and applicable law.

25.Modification and Waiver. No supplement, modification or amendment to this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the parties hereto. No amendment, alteration or repeal of this Agreement shall adversely affect any right of Indemnitee under this Agreement in respect of any action taken or omitted by such Indemnitee in his or her Corporate Status prior to such amendment, alteration or repeal. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall constitute or be deemed a waiver of any other provision of this Agreement nor shall any waiver constitute a continuing waiver.  

26.Notices. All notices and other communications required or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be mailed by registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, sent by facsimile or electronic mail or otherwise delivered by hand, messenger or courier service addressed:

(a)if to Indemnitee, to Indemnitee’s address, facsimile number or electronic mail address as shown on the signature page of this Agreement or in the Company’s records, as may be updated in accordance with the provisions hereof; or

 

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(b)if to the Company, to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of the Company at 720 Olive Way, Suite 1900, Seattle, WA, 98101, or at such other current address as the Company shall have furnished to Indemnitee, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to Michael Nordtvedt, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, P.C., 701 Fifth Avenue, Suite 5100, Seattle, WA 98104-7036.

Each such notice or other communication shall for all purposes of this Agreement be treated as effective or having been given (i) if delivered by hand, messenger or courier service, when delivered (or if sent via a nationally-recognized overnight courier service, freight prepaid, specifying next-business-day delivery, one business day after deposit with the courier), (ii) if sent via mail, at the earlier of its receipt or five days after the same has been deposited in a regularly-maintained receptacle for the deposit of the United States mail, addressed and mailed as aforesaid, or (iii) if sent via facsimile, upon confirmation of facsimile transfer or, if sent via electronic mail, upon confirmation of delivery when directed to the relevant electronic mail address, if sent during normal business hours of the recipient, or if not sent during normal business hours of the recipient, then on the recipient’s next business day.

27.Applicable Law and Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement and the legal relations among the parties shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to its conflict of laws rules. Except with respect to any arbitration commenced by Indemnitee pursuant to Section 12(a) of this Agreement, the Company and Indemnitee hereby irrevocably and unconditionally (i) agree that any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement shall be brought only in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and not in any other state or federal court in the United States of America or any court in any other country, (ii) consent to submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Delaware Court of Chancery for purposes of any action or proceeding arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, (iii) appoint, to the extent such party is not otherwise subject to service of process in the State of Delaware, The Corporation Trust Company, 1209 Orange Street, in the City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801, as its agent in the State of Delaware as such party’s agent for acceptance of legal process in connection with any such action or proceeding against such party with the same legal force and validity as if served upon such party personally within the State of Delaware, (iv) waive any objection to the laying of venue of any such action or proceeding in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and (v) waive, and agree not to plead or to make, any claim that any such action or proceeding brought in the Delaware Court of Chancery has been brought in an improper or inconvenient forum.

28.Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. This Agreement may also be executed and delivered by facsimile signature and in counterparts, each of which shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same Agreement. Only one such counterpart signed by the party against whom enforceability is sought needs to be produced to evidence the existence of this Agreement.

29.Captions. The headings of the paragraphs of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not be deemed to constitute part of this Agreement or to affect the construction thereof. (signature page follows)

 

 

 

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The parties are signing this Indemnification Agreement as of the date stated in the introductory sentence.

 

ROVER GROUP, INC.

 

 

 

(Signature)

 

 

 

(Print name)

 

 

 

(Title)

 

 

 

[INDEMNITEE PARTY]

 

 

 

(Signature)

 

 

 

(Print name)

 

 

 

(Street address)

 

 

 

(City, State and ZIP)

 

 

 

 

Exhibit 16.1

August 5, 2021

Office of the Chief Accountant

Securities and Exchange Commission

100 F Street, NE

Washington, D.C. 20549

Ladies and Gentlemen:

We have read Rover Group, Inc. statements (formally known as Nebula Caravel Acquisition Corp.) included under Item 4.01 of its Form 8-K dated August 5, 2021. We agree with the statements concerning our Firm under Item 4.01, in which we were informed of our dismissal on August 3, 2021. We are not in a position to agree or disagree with other statements contained therein.

 

Very truly yours,

 

/s/ WithumSmith+Brown, PC

 

New York, New York

 

Exhibit 99.1

 

UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Unless otherwise indicated or the context otherwise requires, references to: (a) “Rover Group, Inc.” or “New Rover” refers to Caravel and its consolidated subsidiaries after giving effect to the Merger, (b) “Legacy Rover” refers to A Place for Rover, Inc., a Delaware corporation, prior to the Closing and (c) “Caravel” refers to Nebula Caravel Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation, prior to the Closing. Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Exhibit 99.1 shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Current Report on Form 8-K (the “Form 8-K”) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on August 5, 2021 and, if not defined in the Form 8-K, the definitive proxy statement/prospectus/information statement filed by Caravel with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on July 9, 2021 (the “Proxy Statement”).

Rover Group, Inc. is providing the following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information to aid in the analysis of the financial aspects of the Merger and other events contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement. The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information presents the combination of the financial information of Caravel and Legacy Rover, adjusted to give effect to the Merger and other events contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement. The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X as amended by the final rule, Release 33-10786 “Amendments to Financial Disclosures about Acquired and Disposed Businesses.”

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 combines the historical unaudited condensed balance sheet of Caravel with the historical unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet of Legacy Rover on a pro forma basis as if the Merger and the other events contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, summarized below, had been consummated on March 31, 2021. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 combines the historical unaudited condensed statement of operations of Caravel for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and the historical unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations of Legacy Rover for the three months ended March 31, 2021, giving effect to the transaction as if the Merger and other events contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement had been consummated on January 1, 2020. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 combines the historical audited statement of operations of Caravel for the period from September 18, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, as restated, with the historical audited consolidated statement of operations of Legacy Rover for the year ended December 31, 2020, giving effect to the transaction as if the Merger and other events contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement had been consummated on January 1, 2020. In addition, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020 give effect to the repayment of Legacy Rover’s PPP Loan and Subordinated Credit Facility which occurred in connection with the Merger.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information was derived from and should be read in conjunction with the following historical financial statements and the accompanying notes:

the (a) historical audited financial statements of Caravel as of December 31, 2020 and for the period from September 18, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, as restated, included in Caravel’s amended Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 7, 2021 and incorporated by reference and (b) historical unaudited condensed financial statements of Caravel as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 included in Caravel’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 17, 2021 and incorporated by reference;

the (a) historical audited consolidated financial statements of Legacy Rover as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 included in the Proxy Statement beginning on page F-2 and (b) historical unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Legacy Rover as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 included in the Proxy Statement beginning on page F-42 and are incorporated by reference.

other information relating to Caravel and Legacy Rover included in the Proxy Statement, including the Business Combination Agreement and the description of certain terms thereof set forth under the section titled “Proposal No. 1—The Business Combination Agreement” beginning on page 112 of the Proxy Statement and incorporated herein by reference.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information should also be read together with “Caravel Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” beginning on page 254


of the Proxy Statement, and “Rover Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations, beginning on page 207 of the Proxy Statement, and other financial information included in the Proxy Statement and incorporated herein by reference.

 

Description of the Merger

Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, Merger Sub merged with and into Legacy Rover, with Legacy Rover surviving the Merger. Legacy Rover became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Caravel and Caravel was renamed “Rover Group, Inc.” (hereafter referred to as New Rover). Upon the consummation of the Merger, each share of Legacy Rover common stock and Legacy Rover preferred stock converted into shares of New Rover Class A Common Stock and a contingent non-assignable right to receive additional shares of New Rover Class A Common Stock. Each share of Legacy Rover common stock and Legacy Rover preferred stock received a deemed value of $10.379 per share after giving effect to the exchange ratio of 1.0379 based on the terms of the Business Combination Agreement. Upon the consummation of the Merger, no cash consideration was paid out to Legacy Rover stockholders as there was insufficient cash after Caravel common stockholders exercised their right to redeem shares for cash. Upon the consummation of the Merger, all outstanding Legacy Rover Warrants were net exercised. Accordingly, 124,477,819 shares of New Rover Class A Common Stock were issued and outstanding, and 20,412,603 shares were reserved for the potential future issuance of New Rover Class A Common Stock upon the exercise of New Rover stock options. The Merger resulted in the following transactions as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement:

the conversion of all outstanding shares of Legacy Rover redeemable convertible preferred stock into shares of Legacy Rover common stock at the then-effective conversion rate as calculated pursuant to Legacy Rover’s certificate of incorporation;

the cancellation of each issued and outstanding share of Legacy Rover common stock (including shares of Legacy Rover common stock resulting from the conversion of Legacy Rover redeemable convertible preferred stock) and the conversion into a number of shares of New Rover Common Stock equal to the exchange ratio of 1.0379; and

the conversion of all outstanding vested and unvested Legacy Rover Options into New Rover Options exercisable for shares of New Rover Common Stock with the same terms except for the number of shares exercisable and the exercise price, each of which was adjusted using the exchange ratio of 1.2006 for Legacy Rover Options.

Other Related Events in Connection with the Merger

Other events that took place in connection with the Merger are summarized below:

Issuance and sale of 5,000,000 New Rover Class A Common Stock at a purchase price of $10.00 per share pursuant to the PIPE Investment.

 

Issuance and sale of 8,000,000 New Rover Class A Common Stock at a purchase price of $10.00 per share pursuant to the Sponsor Backstop Subscription Agreement and the issuance and sale of 1,000,000 New Rover Class A Common Stock at a purchase price of $10.00 per share pursuant to an assignment and assumption agreement entered into between Broad Bay, TWC Funds, and Caravel on July 26, 2021 (the “Assignment Agreement”).

 

Immediately before the Merger, the Legacy Rover chief executive officer (the “CEO”) net exercised 1.8 million outstanding Legacy Rover Options. 0.7 million shares were withheld to cover the tax withholding and remittance obligations of Legacy Rover of $6.8 million. The net exercise of outstanding Legacy Rover Options by the CEO was contingent on the Merger closing.

Repayment of $8.1 million and $30.0 million to settle amounts outstanding under Legacy Rover’s PPP Loan and Subordinated Credit Facility, respectively, following the Closing.

Payment of direct and incremental transaction fees of $35.2 million for underwriting/banking, legal, accounting and other fees.

Earnout Shares

Legacy Rover stockholders (including Legacy Rover Option holders) are entitled to receive up to an additional 22,500,000 shares of New Rover Class A Common Stock. The 22,500,000 shares are comprised of 19,734,183 shares to be issued to the Legacy Rover common stockholders (“Earnout Shares”) that are released upon certain triggering


events and 2,765,817 shares (“Additional Earnout Shares”) that are included in the option exchange ratio and are not subject to triggering events after the closing of the Merger. The triggering events that will result in the issuance of the Earnout Shares during the Earnout Period are the following:

 

8,770,748 shares will be earned if the volume weighted average price of New Rover Class A Common Stock is greater than or equal to $12.00 over any twenty trading days within any thirty trading day period during the Earnout Period.

 

8,770,748 shares will be earned if the volume weighted average price of New Rover Class A Common Stock is greater than or equal to $14.00 over any twenty trading days within any thirty trading day period during the Earnout Period.

 

2,192,687 shares will be earned if the volume weighted average price of New Rover Class A Common Stock is greater than or equal to $16.00 over any twenty trading days within any thirty trading day period during the Earnout Period.

 

If, during the Earnout Period, there is a change of control transaction, then all remaining triggering events that have not previously occurred shall be deemed to have occurred and a total of 19,734,183 shares will be issued to Legacy Rover equity holders to participate in the change of control transaction.

Founder Shares held by Sponsor

During September 2020, the Sponsor subscribed to purchase 7,906,250 shares of Caravel Class B Common Stock for an aggregate price of $25,000. 718,750 shares of Caravel Class B Common Stock were cancelled during November 2020 and 312,500 were cancelled during December 2020 due to the Caravel IPO underwriters partially exercising the over-allotment option, resulting in an aggregate of 6,875,000 Founder Shares outstanding prior to the closing of the Merger. As a result of the Merger, the Founder Shares were modified and 3,437,500 Founder Shares vested as part of the Sponsor Backstop Subscription Agreement and 975,873 Founder Shares were forfeited. The remaining unvested Founder Shares of 2,461,627 will remain restricted until vesting upon the occurrence of certain triggering events through the Earnout Period. The remaining unvested Founder Shares will vest based on the following events:

 

984,651 shares will vest if the volume weighted average price of New Rover Class A Common Stock is greater than or equal to $12.00 over any twenty trading days within any thirty trading day period during the Earnout Period.

 

984,651 shares will vest if the volume weighted average price of New Rover Class A Common Stock is greater than or equal to $14.00 over any twenty trading days within any thirty trading day period during the Earnout Period.

 

492,325 shares will vest if the volume weighted average price of New Rover Class A Common Stock is greater than or equal to $16.00 over any twenty trading days within any thirty trading day period during the Earnout Period.

 

If during the Earnout Period, there is a change of control transaction, then immediately prior to the consummation of the change of control transaction the following will occur: (i) any triggering event that has not previously occurred shall be deemed to have occurred and (ii) all unvested Founder Shares will vest and be eligible to participate in the change of control transaction.  

Expected Accounting Treatment for the Merger

The Merger will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization under GAAP because Legacy Rover has been determined to be the accounting acquirer under Financial Accounting Standards Board’s Accounting Standards Codification Topic 805, Business Combinations (“ASC 805”). Under this method of accounting, Caravel will be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, the consolidated assets, liabilities and results of operations of Legacy Rover will become the historical financial statements of New Rover, and Caravel’s assets, liabilities and results of operations will be consolidated with Legacy Rover’s beginning on the acquisition date. For accounting purposes, the financial statements of New Rover will represent a continuation of the financial statements of Legacy Rover with the Merger being treated as the equivalent of Legacy Rover issuing stock for the net assets of Caravel, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Caravel will be stated at historical costs and no


goodwill or other intangible assets will be recorded. Operations prior to the Merger will be presented as those of Legacy Rover in future reports of New Rover.

 

Legacy Rover was determined to be the accounting acquirer based on evaluation of the following facts and circumstances:

 

Legacy Rover stockholders comprising a relative majority of the voting power of New Rover;

 

Legacy Rover will have the ability to nominate a majority of the members of the board of directors of New Rover;

 

Legacy Rover’s operations prior to the acquisition comprising the only ongoing operations of New Rover;

 

Legacy Rover’s senior management comprising a majority of the senior management of New Rover; and

 

New Rover assuming the Rover name.

 

Legacy Rover is in process of assessing the accounting related to the Merger and the treatment related to the Earnout Shares and Founder Shares. Legacy Rover is assessing whether the Earnout Shares and Founder Shares should be accounted for as liability classified equity instruments that are earned upon achieving the triggering events, which include events that are not indexed to the common stock of New Rover, and if the arrangements should be recorded as long term. If the Earnout Shares and Founder Shares are accounted for as a liability, then the liability will be recognized at fair value upon the Merger closing and remeasured in future reporting periods through the statement of operations. The Earnout Shares and Founder Shares have been treated as a liability in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements and the preliminary fair values have been determined using the most reliable information available.

 

Legacy Rover is in process of assessing the accounting related to the Merger and the treatment related to the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants. Legacy Rover is assessing whether the Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants should be accounted for as equity or liability classified equity instruments after the closing of the Merger. The Public Warrants and Private Placement Warrants have continued to be treated as liability classified in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements.

 

Legacy Rover is in process of assessing the accounting related to the allocation of direct and incremental transaction costs between Caravel Common Stock, Public Warrants, Private Placement Warrants, and Earnout Shares. The transaction costs have been recorded within equity in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements. If direct and incremental transaction costs are allocated to liability classified equity instruments, then expense allocated to the liability classified equity instruments will be recognized upon the Merger closing.

 

Legacy Rover is in process of assessing the accounting related to the New Rover Options and whether the incremental 0.1645 exchange ratio (as compared to the exchange ratio to the New Rover Common stock) provided to Legacy Rover Option holders should be accounted for as a modification under ASC 718, Stock-Based Compensation. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial statements do not reflect any incremental expense related to the New Rover Options.

 

The final accounting related to the Merger, including the Earnout Shares, Founder Shares, Public Warrants, Private Placement Warrants, transaction costs, and stock option modifications will be finalized by New Rover and reported on in the first reporting period following the consummation of the Merger.


Basis of Pro Forma Presentation

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation S-X and reflects the adoption of Release No. 33-10786. The adjustments in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information have been identified and presented to provide relevant information necessary for an illustrative understanding of New Rover upon consummation of the Merger in accordance with GAAP. Assumptions and estimates underlying the unaudited pro forma adjustments set forth in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information are described in the accompanying notes.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been presented for illustrative purposes only and is not necessarily indicative of the operating results and financial position that would have been achieved had the Merger occurred on the dates indicated, and do not reflect adjustments for any anticipated synergies, operating efficiencies, tax savings or cost savings. The proceeds remaining after the payment of Caravel underwriter fees and payment of transaction costs related to the Merger are expected to be used for general corporate purposes. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information does not purport to project the future operating results or financial position of New Rover following the completion of the Merger. The unaudited pro forma adjustments represent management’s estimates based on information available as of the date of these unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information and are subject to change as additional information becomes available and analyses are performed. Caravel and Legacy Rover have not had any historical relationship prior to the transactions. Accordingly, no pro forma adjustments were required to eliminate activities between the companies.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information contained herein reflects Caravel stockholders’ approval of the Merger on July 28, 2021, and that Caravel public stockholders holding 14,677,808 shares elected to redeem their shares prior to the Closing.

The following summarizes the New Rover Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately after the Merger:

 

 

 

Shares

 

 

%

 

Former Caravel stockholders (6)

 

 

12,822,192

 

 

 

8.2

 

Sponsor and related parties (1)(2)(7)

 

 

13,899,127

 

 

 

8.8

 

Former Legacy Rover stockholders (3)(4)

 

 

124,477,819

 

 

 

79.2

 

Third party investors in PIPE Investment and Assignment Agreement (5)

 

 

6,000,000

 

 

 

3.8

 

Total shares of New Rover Common Stock outstanding at closing

   of the Merger

 

 

157,199,138

 

 

 

100.0

 

 

(1)

Amount includes 8,000,000 shares of New Rover Common Stock the Sponsor purchased as part of the Sponsor Backstop Subscription Agreement for $80.0 million.

 

(2)

The Sponsor and related parties hold 2,461,627 Founder Shares that vest upon certain triggering events and are included in the outstanding total shares at the Merger closing. Upon the Merger closing, 3,437,500 Founder Shares vested and 975,873 Founder Shares were forfeited.

 

(3)

Amount excludes Legacy Rover Options converted to equivalent New Rover Options that are exercisable for 20,412,603 shares of New Rover Common Stock.

 

(4)

Following the closing of the Merger, the eligible Legacy Rover stockholders (including holders of Legacy Rover common stock and Legacy Rover preferred stock) have the right to receive up to 19,734,183 Earnout Shares in tranches upon the occurrence of the triggering events during the Earnout Period. Because the Earnout Shares are contingently issuable based upon the triggering events that have not yet been achieved, the New Rover Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately after the Merger excludes the 19,734,183 Earnout Shares.

 

(5)

Amount includes 5,000,000 shares of New Rover Common Stock subscribed for by PIPE Investors and 1,000,000 shares of New Rover Common Stock purchased as part of the Assignment Agreement for $10.0 million.

 

(6)

Amount excludes 5,500,000 outstanding Public Warrants issued in connection with the Caravel IPO as such securities are not exercisable until the later of (i) the date that is thirty (30) days after the first date on which the Company completes a merger, share exchange, asset acquisitions, share purchase, reorganization or similar transaction, involving the Company and one or more businesses and (ii) the date that is twelve (12) months from the date of the closing of the Caravel IPO.

 


(7)

Amount excludes 2,574,164 Private Placement Warrants held by the Sponsor. Prior to the Merger closing, there were 5,166,667 Private Placement Warrants issued and outstanding and 2,592,503 were forfeited upon the Merger closing.

 

The following unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 are based on the historical financial statements of Caravel and Legacy Rover. The unaudited pro forma adjustments are based on information currently available, and assumptions and estimates underlying the unaudited pro forma adjustments are described in the accompanying notes. If the actual facts are different than these assumptions, then the amounts and shares outstanding in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information will be different and those changes could be material.


Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

As of March 31, 2021

(in thousands)

 

 

 

March 31, 2021

 

 

Transaction

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caravel

(Historical)

 

 

Legacy Rover

(Historical)

 

 

Accounting

Adjustments

(Note 2)

 

 

 

Pro Forma

Combined

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

243

 

 

$

81,833

 

 

 

275,012

 

A

 

$

277,114

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

50,000

 

B

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9,625

)

C

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(25,169

)

D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(146,778

)

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

90,000

 

G

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(38,402

)

O

 

 

 

 

Accounts receivable, net

 

 

 

 

 

6,878

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,878

 

Prepaid expenses and other current assets

 

 

698

 

 

 

2,668

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,366

 

Total current assets

 

 

941

 

 

 

91,379

 

 

 

195,038

 

 

 

 

287,358

 

Investments held in trust account

 

 

275,012

 

 

 

 

 

 

(275,012

)

A

 

 

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

 

 

 

23,835

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

23,835

 

Operating lease right-of-use assets

 

 

 

 

 

22,363

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,363

 

Intangible assets, net

 

 

 

 

 

7,064

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,064

 

Goodwill

 

 

 

 

 

33,159

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,159

 

Deferred tax asset, net

 

 

 

 

 

1,228

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,228

 

Other noncurrent assets

 

 

 

 

 

3,402

 

 

 

(3,305

)

D

 

 

97

 

Total assets

 

$

275,953

 

 

$

182,430

 

 

 

(83,279

)

 

 

$

375,104

 

LIABILITIES, REDEEMABLE CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCK

   AND STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY (DEFICIT)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable

 

$

42

 

 

$

1,633

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,675

 

Accrued compensation and related expenses

 

 

 

 

 

4,039

 

 

 

6,757

 

P

 

 

10,796

 

Accrued expenses and other current liabilities

 

 

3,142

 

 

 

5,397

 

 

 

(2,887

)

D

 

 

5,373

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(279

)

O

 

 

 

 

Deferred revenue

 

 

 

 

 

3,378

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,378

 

Pet parent deposits

 

 

 

 

 

14,754

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,754

 

Pet service provider liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

6,435

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,435

 

Debt, current portion

 

 

 

 

 

6,840

 

 

 

(6,840

)

O

 

 

 

Operating lease liabilities, current portion

 

 

 

 

 

2,236

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,236

 

Total current liabilities

 

 

3,184

 

 

 

44,712

 

 

 

(3,249

)

 

 

 

44,647

 

Debt, net of current portion

 

 

 

 

 

30,781

 

 

 

(30,781

)

O

 

 

 

Operating lease liabilities, net of current portion

 

 

 

 

 

26,802

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

26,802

 

Earnout liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

202,889

 

H

 

 

228,081

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,192

 

J

 

 

 

 

Other noncurrent liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

723

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

723

 

Deferred underwriting commissions in connection with the

   initial public offering

 

 

9,625

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9,625

)

C

 

 

 

Derivative warrant liabilities

 

 

16,213

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,026

 

N

 

 

25,239

 

Total liabilities

 

 

29,022

 

 

 

103,018

 

 

 

193,452

 

 

 

 

325,492

 

Redeemable convertible preferred stock

 

 

 

 

 

290,427

 

 

 

(290,427

)

L

 

 

 

Caravel Class A Common Stock subject to redemption

 

 

241,931

 

 

 

 

 

 

(241,931

)

E

 

 

 

Stockholders' equity (deficit):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Legacy Rover common stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caravel preferred stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

New Rover Class A Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

B

 

 

15

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

 

G

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

 

M

 

 

 

 

Caravel Class A Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caravel Class B Common Stock

 

 

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

I

 

 

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

9,852

 

 

 

55,579

 

 

 

49,999

 

B

 

 

316,693

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(25,587

)

D

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

241,929

 

E

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(146,777

)

F

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

89,999

 

G

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(202,889

)

H

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(37,777

)

I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

37,778

 

I

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(25,192

)

J

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4,853

)

K

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

290,418

 

L

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3

)

M

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6,757

)

P

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(9,026

)

N

 

 

 

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

274

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

274

 

Accumulated deficit

 

 

(4,853

)

 

 

(266,868

)

 

 

4,853

 

K

 

 

(267,370

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(502

)

O

 

 

 

 

Total stockholders’ equity (deficit)

 

 

5,000

 

 

 

(211,015

)

 

 

255,627

 

 

 

 

49,612

 

Total liabilities, redeemable convertible preferred stock and stockholders’

   equity (deficit)

 

$

275,953

 

 

$

182,430

 

 

 

(83,279

)

 

 

$

375,104

 


Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2020

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

As Restated

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For the

period from

September

18, 2020

(inception)

 

 

For the

year ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

through

December

31, 2020

Caravel

(Historical)

 

 

December

31, 2020

Legacy

Rover

(Historical)

 

 

Transaction

Accounting

Adjustments

(Note 2)

 

 

 

Pro Forma

Combined

 

Revenue

 

$

 

 

$

48,800

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

48,800

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and

   amortization shown separately below)

 

 

 

 

 

19,823

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,823

 

Operations and support

 

 

 

 

 

12,371

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,371

 

Marketing

 

 

 

 

 

16,332

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,332

 

Product development

 

 

 

 

 

22,567

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

22,567

 

General and administrative

 

 

114

 

 

 

21,813

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,927

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

8,899

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,899

 

Total costs and expenses

 

 

114

 

 

 

101,805

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

101,919

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(114

)

 

 

(53,005

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(53,119

)

Other income (expense), net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

488

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

488

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

(3,154

)

 

 

2,203

 

R

 

 

(951

)

Loss from impairment of DogHero investment

 

 

 

 

 

(2,080

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,080

)

Other income (expense), net

 

 

 

 

 

172

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

172

 

Financing cost- derivative warrant liabilities

 

 

(476

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(476

)

Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities

 

 

(1,122

)

 

 

 

 

 

260

 

Q

 

 

(862

)

Total other income (expense), net

 

 

(1,598

)

 

 

(4,574

)

 

 

2,463

 

 

 

 

(3,709

)

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(1,712

)

 

 

(57,579

)

 

 

2,463

 

 

 

 

(56,828

)

Income tax benefit

 

 

 

 

 

94

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

94

 

Net loss

 

$

(1,712

)

 

$

(57,485

)

 

$

2,463

 

 

 

$

(56,734

)

Weighted average shares outstanding of New Rover

   Class A Common Stock - basic and diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

S

 

 

150,968

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share - New Rover

   Class A Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(0.38

)

Weighted average shares outstanding of Legacy Rover

   common stock - basic and diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,804

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share - Legacy Rover

 

 

 

 

 

$

(2.00

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding of Caravel

   Class A Common Stock - basic and diluted

 

 

27,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share - Caravel

   Class A Common Stock

 

$

(0.00

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding of Caravel

   Class B Common Stock - basic and diluted

 

 

6,375

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share - Caravel Class

   B Common Stock

 

$

(0.27

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statement of Operations

For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2021

(in thousands, except per share data)

 

 

 

For the

three months

 

 

For the

three months ended

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ended

March

31, 2021

Caravel

(Historical)

 

 

March

31, 2021

Legacy Rover

(Historical)

 

 

Transaction

Accounting

Adjustments

(Note 2)

 

 

 

Pro Forma

Combined

 

Revenue

 

$

 

 

$

12,196

 

 

$

 

 

 

$

12,196

 

Costs and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cost of revenue (exclusive of depreciation and

   amortization shown separately below)

 

 

 

 

 

4,176

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,176

 

Operations and support

 

 

 

 

 

2,233

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,233

 

Marketing

 

 

 

 

 

2,666

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,666

 

Product development

 

 

 

 

 

4,468

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,468

 

General and administrative

 

 

3,844

 

 

 

6,636

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10,480

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

 

 

 

1,850

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,850

 

Total costs and expenses

 

 

3,844

 

 

 

22,029

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,873

 

Loss from operations

 

 

(3,844

)

 

 

(9,833

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(13,677

)

Other income (expense), net:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Interest income

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

 

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

(697

)

 

 

697

 

V

 

 

 

Other expense, net

 

 

 

 

 

(51

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(51

)

Interest earned on investments held in Trust Account

 

 

12

 

 

 

 

 

 

(12

)

U

 

 

 

Change in fair value of derivative warrant liabilities

 

 

692

 

 

 

 

 

 

(180

)

T

 

 

512

 

Total other income (expense), net

 

 

704

 

 

 

(744

)

 

 

505

 

 

 

 

465

 

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(3,140

)

 

 

(10,577

)

 

 

505

 

 

 

 

(13,212

)

Income tax expense

 

 

 

 

 

(14

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

(14

)

Net loss

 

$

(3,140

)

 

$

(10,591

)

 

$

505

 

 

 

$

(13,226

)

Weighted average shares outstanding of New Rover

   Class A Common Stock - basic and diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

W

 

 

151,875

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share - New Rover

   Class A Common Stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

(0.09

)

Weighted average shares outstanding of Legacy Rover

   common stock - basic and diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

29,482

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share - Legacy Rover

 

 

 

 

 

$

(0.36

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding of Caravel

   Class A Common Stock - basic and diluted

 

 

27,500

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share - Caravel

   Class A Common Stock

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding of Caravel

   Class B Common Stock - basic and diluted

 

 

6,875

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic and diluted net loss per share - Caravel Class

   B Common Stock

 

$

(0.46

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


NOTES TO UNAUDITED PRO FORMA CONDENSED COMBINED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

1.

Basis of Presentation

The Merger will be accounted for as a reverse recapitalization in accordance with GAAP. Under this method of accounting, Caravel will be treated as the “acquired” company for financial reporting purposes. Accordingly, for accounting purposes, the financial statements of New Rover will represent a continuation of the financial statements of Legacy Rover with the Merger treated as the equivalent of Legacy Rover issuing stock for the net assets of Caravel, accompanied by a recapitalization. The net assets of Caravel will be stated at historical cost, with no goodwill or other intangible assets recorded. Operations prior to the Merger will be presented as those of Legacy Rover in future reports of New Rover.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 combines the historical unaudited condensed balance sheet for Caravel as of March 31, 2021 with the historical unaudited condensed consolidated balance sheet of Legacy Rover as of March 31, 2021, giving effect to the transaction as if the Merger and other events contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement had been consummated on March 31, 2021. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 combines the historical unaudited condensed statement of operations of Caravel for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and the historical unaudited condensed consolidated statement of operations of Legacy Rover for the three months ended March 31, 2021, giving effect to the transaction as if the Merger and other events contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement had been consummated on January 1, 2020. The unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 combines the historical audited statement of operations of Caravel for the period from September 18, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, as restated, with the historical audited consolidated statement of operations of Legacy Rover for the year ended December 31, 2020, giving effect to the transaction as if the Merger and other events contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement had been consummated on January 1, 2020. In addition, the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 and the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statements of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 and the year ended December 31, 2020 give effect to the repayment of Legacy Rover’s PPP Loan and Subordinated Credit Facility which occurred in connection with the Merger.

The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information was derived from and should be read in conjunction with the following historical financial statements and the accompanying notes:

the (a) historical audited financial statements of Caravel as of December 31, 2020 and for the period from September 18, 2020 (inception) through December 31, 2020, as restated, included in Caravel’s amended Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on May 7, 2021 and incorporated by reference and (b) historical unaudited condensed financial statements of Caravel as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 included in Caravel’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC on May 17, 2021 and incorporated by reference;

the (a) historical audited consolidated financial statements of Legacy Rover as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020 included in the Proxy Statement beginning on page F-2 and (b) historical unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements of Legacy Rover as of and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 included in the Proxy Statement beginning on page F-42 and are incorporated by reference.

other information relating to Caravel and Legacy Rover included in the Proxy Statement, including the Business Combination Agreement and the description of certain terms thereof set forth under the section titled “Proposal No. 1—The Business Combination Agreement” beginning on page 112 of the Proxy Statement and incorporated herein by reference.

Management has made significant estimates and assumptions in its determination of the pro forma adjustments based on information available as of the date of filing this Form 8-K. As the unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on these preliminary estimates, the final amounts recorded may differ materially from the information presented as additional information becomes available. Management considers this basis of presentation to be reasonable under the circumstances.

One-time direct and incremental transaction costs anticipated to be incurred prior to, or concurrent with, the Closing are reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as a direct reduction to New Rover’s additional paid-in capital and are assumed to be cash settled.

 


 

2.

Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Financial Information

Transaction Accounting Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Balance Sheet

The Transaction Accounting Adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as of March 31, 2021 are as follows:

(A)

Reflects the liquidation and reclassification of $275.0 million of investments held in the Trust Account to cash and cash equivalents that becomes available for general use by New Rover following the Merger, prior to redemptions. See adjustment note (F) for actual redemptions in connection with the Merger closing.

(B)

Reflects the gross proceeds of $50.0 million from the issuance and sale of 5,000,000 shares of New Rover Class A Common Stock at $10.00 per share pursuant to the PIPE Investment entered into with PIPE Investors.

(C)

Reflects the cash payment of $9.6 million of deferred underwriters’ fees incurred during the Caravel IPO due upon completion of the Merger.

(D)

Represents the preliminary estimated direct and incremental transaction costs incurred by Caravel and Legacy Rover related to the Merger of approximately $25.6 million for underwriting/banking, legal, accounting and other fees reflected in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet as a direct reduction to New Rover’s additional paid-in capital and are assumed to be cash settled. As of March 31, 2021, Legacy Rover had deferred transaction costs incurred of $3.3 million, of which $2.9 million was unpaid.

(E)

Reflects the reclassification of Caravel Class A Common Stock subject to possible redemption to permanent equity immediately prior to the Merger closing.

(F)

Represents the cash disbursed to redeem 14,677,808 shares of Caravel common stock for $146.8 million allocated to New Rover Class A Common Stock and additional paid-in capital using par value of $0.0001 per share at a redemption price of $10.00 per share.

(G)

Reflects the issuance of 8,000,000 shares of New Rover Class A Common Stock at $10.00 per share for proceeds of $80.0 million pursuant to the Sponsor Backstop Subscription Agreement and the issuance of 1,000,000 shares of New Rover Class A Common Stock at $10.00 per share for proceeds of $10.0 million pursuant to the Assignment Agreement.

(H)

Reflects the preliminary estimated fair value of the Earnout Shares contingently issuable to the Legacy Rover equity holders as of the Merger closing. The preliminary estimated fair values were determined using the most reliable information available. The actual fair values could change materially once the final valuation is determined at the Merger closing. Refer to Note 4 for more information.

(I)

Reflects the vesting of 3,437,500 Founder Shares upon the Merger closing and forfeiture of 975,873 Founder Shares as of the Merger closing. The fair value of the New Rover Class A Common Stock is $10.99 per share as of the Merger closing.

(J)

Reflect the preliminary estimated fair value of the Founder Shares contingently recallable from the Sponsor as of the Merger closing. The preliminary estimated fair values were determined using the most reliable information available. The actual fair values could change materially once the final valuation is determined at the Merger closing. Refer to Note 4 for more information.

(K)

Reflects the elimination of Caravel’s historical retained earnings with a corresponding adjustment to additional paid-in capital for New Rover in connection with the reverse recapitalization upon closing of the Merger.

(L)

Reflects the conversion of Legacy Rover redeemable convertible preferred stock into New Rover Class A Common Stock upon closing of the Merger.

(M)

Reflects the difference in par value between Legacy Rover of $0.00001 per share and Caravel of $0.0001 per share.


(N)

Reflects the preliminary estimated fair value of the Private Placement Warrants and Public Warrants after the forfeiture of 2,592,503 Private Placement Warrants upon the Merger closing.

(O)

Reflects the repayment of the Subordinated Credit Facility of $30.0 million in principal and $0.2 million of accrued interest, derecognition of the unamortized discount of $0.5 million related to the Subordinated Credit Facility, and the repayment of the PPP Loan of $8.1 million in principal and $0.1 million of accrued interest following the closing of the Merger.

(P)

Reflects the fair value of the New Rover Common Stock shares withheld by the Company upon the net exercise of outstanding stock options by the Legacy Rover CEO to cover the tax withholding and remittance obligations of the Company of $6.8 million. The net exercise of Legacy Rover Options by the CEO immediately before the Merger closing was contingent on the Merger closing.

Transaction Accounting Adjustments to Unaudited Pro Forma Condensed Combined Statements of Operations

The Transaction Accounting Adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the year ended December 31, 2020 are as follows:

(Q)

Reflects the elimination of the change in fair value of the derivative warrant liability of 2,592,503 Private Placement Warrants due to their forfeiture upon closing of the Merger.

(R)

Reflects an adjustment to eliminate interest expense, amortization of discount and debt issuance cost on the Subordinated Credit Facility and the PPP Loan as a result of repayment and settlement of all amounts outstanding under the Subordinated Credit Facility and PPP Loan following the closing of the Merger.

(S)

The calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share assumes that Caravel’s IPO occurred as of January 1, 2020. The Merger is being reflected as if it had occurred on this date and the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share assumes that the shares have been outstanding for the entire period (for the year ending December 31, 2020). This calculation is retroactively adjusted to eliminate the number of shares redeemed in the Merger for the entire period for the Maximum Redemption Scenario.

The Transaction Accounting Adjustments included in the unaudited pro forma condensed combined statement of operations for the three months ended March 31, 2021 are as follows:

(T)

Reflects the elimination of the change in fair value of the derivative warrant liability of 2,592,503 Private Placement Warrants due to their forfeiture upon closing of the Merger.

(U)

Reflects the elimination of investment income related to the investments held in the Caravel Trust Account.

(V)

Reflects an adjustment to eliminate interest expense, amortization of discount and debt issuance costs for the Subordinated Credit Facility and the PPP Loan as a result of repayment and settlement of all amounts outstanding under the Subordinated Credit Facility and PPP Loan following the closing of the Merger.

(W)

The calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share assumes that Caravel’s IPO occurred as of January 1, 2020. The Merger is being reflected as if it had occurred on this date and the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share assumes that the shares have been outstanding for the entire period (for the three months ending March 31, 2021). This calculation is retroactively adjusted to eliminate the number of shares redeemed in the Merger for the entire period for the Maximum Redemption Scenario.

3.

Net Loss per Share

Represents the net loss per share calculated using the historical basic and dilutive weighted average shares outstanding, and the issuance of additional shares in connection with the Merger and other related events, assuming such additional shares were outstanding since January 1, 2020. As the Merger is being reflected as if it had occurred on January 1, 2020, the calculation of weighted average shares outstanding for basic and diluted net loss per share assumes that the shares issued in connection with the Merger have been outstanding for the entire periods presented.


The unaudited pro forma condensed combined financial information has been prepared based on the following information for the year ended December 31, 2020 and for the three months ended March 31, 2021 (in thousands, except share and per share data):

 

 

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2020

 

 

Three Months Ended

March 31, 2021

 

Pro forma net loss

 

$

(56,734

)

 

$

(13,226

)

Weighted average shares outstanding, basic and diluted

 

 

150,968,185

 

 

 

151,875,192

 

Pro forma net loss per share, basic and diluted – common stock

 

$

(0.38

)

 

$

(0.09

)

Weighted average shares calculation, basic and diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Caravel Stockholders

 

 

12,822,192

 

 

 

12,822,192

 

Sponsor and related parties (1)(2)

 

 

11,437,500

 

 

 

11,437,500

 

Legacy Rover equity holders

 

 

120,708,493

 

 

 

121,615,500

 

Third party investors in PIPE Investment and Assignment

   Agreement (3)

 

 

6,000,000

 

 

 

6,000,000

 

 

 

 

150,968,185

 

 

 

151,875,192

 

(1)

The pro forma basic and diluted shares include 8,000,000 shares of common stock the Sponsor purchased as part of the Sponsor Backstop Subscription Agreement.

(2)

The pro forma basis and diluted shares include 3,437,500 Founder Shares that vested and exclude 975,873 Founder Shares that were forfeited upon Merger closing. The remaining unvested Founder Shares of 2,461,627 are excluded from the pro forma basic and diluted shares outstanding.

(3)

The pro forma basic and diluted shares include 1,000,000 shares of common stock purchased as part of the Assignment Agreement.

Upon the Merger closing, the following outstanding shares of New Rover Class A Common Stock equivalents were excluded from the computation of pro forma diluted net loss per share for the scenarios presented because including them would have had an anti-dilutive effect:

 

 

 

Year Ended

December 31, 2020

 

 

Three Months Ended

March 31, 2021

 

Private Placement Warrants (2)

 

 

2,574,164

 

 

 

2,574,164

 

Public Warrants

 

 

5,500,000

 

 

 

5,500,000

 

Legacy Rover Options

 

 

20,412,603

 

 

 

20,412,603

 

Founder Shares (1)

 

 

2,461,627

 

 

 

2,461,627

 

 

 

 

30,948,394

 

 

 

30,948,394

 

(1)

The Sponsor and related parties hold 6,875,000 Founder Shares that vest upon certain triggering events. Upon the Merger closing, 3,437,500 Founder Shares were vested, 975,873 were forfeited, and 2,461,627 Founder Shares remain outstanding and unvested.

(2)

Prior to the Merger closing, there were 5,166,667 Private Placement Warrants issued and outstanding. Upon the Merger closing, 2,592,503 Private Placement Warrants were forfeited and 2,574,164 Private Placement Warrants remain outstanding.

Following the Merger closing, Earnout Shares of 19,734,183 are excluded from the pro forma net loss per share anti-dilutive table for all the periods and scenarios presented as such shares are contingently issuable until the triggering events have been achieved.

4.

Earnout Shares and Founder Shares

The Earnout Shares and Founder Shares are expected to be accounted for as liability classified equity instruments that are earned upon achieving the triggering events, which include events that are not indexed to the New Rover Common Stock. The preliminary estimated fair value of the Earnout Shares is $202.9 million. The preliminary estimated fair value of the Founder Shares is $25.2 million.

The estimated fair values of the Earnout Shares and Founder Shares were determined by using a Monte Carlo simulation valuation model using a distribution of potential outcomes on a monthly basis over the seven-year Earnout


Period. The preliminary estimated fair values of Earnout Shares and Founder Shares were determined using the most reliable information available. Assumptions used in the preliminary valuation were as follows:

Current stock price: the current Caravel stock price as of July 30, 2021 was set at the deemed value of $10.99 per share for New Rover Common Stock.

Expected volatility: the volatility rate was determined by using an average of historical volatilities of selected industry peers deemed to be comparable to our business corresponding to the 7 year expected term of the awards.

Risk-free interest rate: The risk-free interest rate is based on the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of issuance for zero-coupon U.S. Treasury notes with maturities corresponding to the expected seven year term of the Earnout Period.

Expected term: The expected term is the seven year term of the Earnout Period.

Expected dividend yield: The expected dividend yield is zero as New Rover has never declared or paid cash dividends and have no current plans to do so during the expected term.

The actual fair values of Earnout Shares and Founder Shares are subject to change as additional information becomes available and additional analyses are performed and such changes could be material once the final valuation is determined at the Merger closing.