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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

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FORM 8-K

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CURRENT REPORT

 

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event Reported): September 14, 2021

 

MOSYS, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

 

000-32929

(Commission File Number)

 

Delaware

77-0291941

(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification Number)

 

2309 Bering Dr.

San Jose, California 95131

(Address of principal executive offices, with zip code)

 

(408) 418-7500

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

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

Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share

MOSY

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 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §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.

 


 


 

 

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

On September 14, 2021, MoSys, Inc. (the “Company”) and its newly formed subsidiaries, 2864552 Ontario Inc. (“Callco”) and 2864555 Ontario Inc. (“Canco”), both corporations existing under the laws of the province of Ontario, entered into an Arrangement Agreement (the “Agreement”) with Peraso Technologies Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the province of Ontario (“Peraso”). Under the Agreement, the Company, indirectly through Canco, is to acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Peraso (“Peraso Shares”), including those Peraso Shares to be issued in connection with the conversion or exchange of secured convertible debentures of Peraso and common share purchase warrants of Peraso, as applicable, by way of a statutory plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “OBCA”), on and subject to the terms and conditions of the Agreement.

Exchange of Securities

The Agreement provides that the Peraso stockholders may elect to receive either shares of the Company’s common stock (the “Common Stock”) or shares of the capital stock of Canco (the “Exchangeable Shares”) in exchange for such holder’s Peraso Shares, in each case based on an exchange ratio (the “Exchange Ratio”) to be determined based on the number of Peraso Shares and shares of Common Stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the effective time of the Arrangement (the “Effective Time”). Pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, at the Effective Time, the Company shall hold an aggregate of 1,815,445 Exchangeable Shares and Common Stock (collectively, the “Earnout Shares”).  Such Earnout Shares shall be escrowed pursuant to the terms of an escrow agreement on a pro rata basis from the aggregate consideration to be received by the Peraso stockholders, subject to the offset by the Company for any losses in accordance with the Agreement.  Such Earnout Shares shall be released, subject to any offset claim, upon the satisfaction of the earlier of: (a) any date following the first anniversary of the Effective Time and prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Time where the volume weighted average price of the Common Stock for any 20 trading days within a period of 30 consecutive trading days is at least $8.57 per share, subject to adjustment for stock splits or other similar transaction; (b) the date of any sale of all or substantially all of the assets or shares of the Company; or (c) the date of any bankruptcy, insolvency, restructuring, receivership, administration, wind-up, liquidation, dissolution, or similar event involving the Company.

Following the Effective Time, each Exchangeable Share will be exchangeable by the holder for one share of Common Stock (subject to customary adjustments for stock splits or other reorganizations). In addition, the Company may require all outstanding Exchangeable Shares to be exchanged upon the occurrence of certain events and at any time following the seventh anniversary of the closing of the Arrangement. While outstanding, holders of Exchangeable Shares will be entitled to cast votes on matters for which holders of Common Stock are entitled to vote and will be entitled to receive dividends economically equivalent to the dividends declared by the Company with respect to the Common Stock. Eligibility to receive Exchangeable Shares will be subject to certain Canadian residency restrictions and tax statuses.

The Agreement also provides that Peraso stock options, which are exercisable for Peraso Shares, will be replaced with an option to acquire Common Stock to be issued by the Company in consideration for cancellation of the Peraso options and exercisable for shares of Common Stock after the Effective Time, in each case with adjustments based on the Exchange Ratio. The exact number of shares of Common Stock that will be issued pursuant to the Arrangement will be determined at the Effective Time in accordance with the Exchange Ratio.

Immediately following the Effective Time, based on the Exchange Ratio, the former stockholders of Peraso are anticipated to own approximately 61% of the economic and voting interest of the combined company with the Company’s current stockholders holding the remaining 39% economic and voting interest, as calculated on a fully-diluted basis and including the Earnout Shares.

Post-Closing Governance

At the Effective Time, all members of the Company’s board of directors other than Daniel Lewis and Robert Newell will resign and the combined company’s board of directors (the “New Board”) will be comprised of five directors, consisting of Ronald Glibbery, Daniel Lewis, Robert Newell, and two Peraso director nominees that will be considered independent directors under the Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) listing rules.  

 


 

Additionally, at the Effective Time, the executive officers of the combined company will consist of: Ronald Glibbery, as Chief Executive Officer; Daniel Lewis, as President; James Sullivan, as Chief Financial Officer; Brad Lynch as Chief Operating Officer; and Alexander Tomkins as Chief Technology Officer.

In connection with the Arrangement, the Company will prepare and file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) a proxy statement, and will seek the approval of the Company’s stockholders with respect to certain actions, including, but not limited to, the following (the “Approval Matters”):

 

(i)

the issuance of Common Stock to the Peraso stockholders pursuant to the Agreement and the change of control of the Company resulting from the Arrangement pursuant to pertinent Nasdaq listing rules;

 

(ii)

the amendment of the Company’s certificate of incorporation to effect a reverse split of all outstanding shares of the Common Stock at a reverse stock split ratio of up to one-to-three if determined by the Company’s board of directors; and

 

(iii)

the amendment of the MoSys, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of Common Stock reserved for awards to 15% of the number of shares of Common Stock of the combined company outstanding immediately after the Effective Time on a fully-diluted basis.

Voting Agreements

The transaction has been unanimously approved by the board of directors of Peraso, and each director, senior officer and 10% stockholder of Peraso (determined on a fully-diluted basis) has executed a voting agreement (each such agreement – a “Peraso Voting Agreement”) and agreed to vote for approval of the Arrangement at the meeting of Peraso stockholders. Analogously, all of the senior officers and directors of the Company have executed a voting agreement (each such agreement – a “MoSys Voting Agreement”) and agreed to vote for approval of the Approval Matters. The foregoing description of the Peraso Voting Agreements and MoSys Voting Agreements does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the Peraso Voting Agreement and MoSys Voting Agreement, the forms of which are filed, respectively, as Exhibits 10.1 and 10.2 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.

Closing Conditions

The consummation of the Arrangement is subject to certain closing conditions precedent, including both the Company’s and Peraso’s stockholders approval of the Agreement and transactions contemplated therein; the order of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) granted pursuant to Section 182(5) of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario); all regulatory approvals; the continuing listing of the Common Stock on Nasdaq; and other customary closing conditions.

Mechanics of Transaction

The transaction is expected to close in the fourth calendar quarter of 2021 and to be implemented by way of an arrangement under the OBCA. The Agreement provides for customary representations, warranties and covenants, including covenants of each party to (i) subject to certain exceptions, carry on its business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice during the period between the execution of the Agreement and the Effective Time and (ii) not solicit any alternate transactions or, subject to certain exceptions, to engage in any discussions or negotiations with respect thereto. Subject to certain terms and conditions, the Agreement may be terminated if the Effective Time doesn’t occur on or before November 30, 2021, subject to certain automatic extensions. The Agreement may also be terminated by either party, if the respective stockholders’ approval is not obtained, in the event of material adverse effect, or a superior proposal in connection with an alternative acquisition. The Agreement subjects the parties to certain termination payment obligations. If the Agreement is terminated because of the failure to obtain stockholders’ approval, the party that failed to obtain such approval will be obligated to pay a fee of $750,000 to the other party. If the Agreement is terminated by either party as a result of obtaining a superior proposal from a third party, breach of non-solicitation covenants of the Agreement, or because either party’s board of directors fails to

 


 

unanimously recommend to proceed with the Arrangement or withdraws its recommendation, the breaching party will be required to pay a termination fee of $3,500,000.

The foregoing description of the Agreement does not purport to be complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the terms of the Agreement, a copy of which is filed as Exhibit 2.1 hereto and is incorporated herein by reference.

The Agreement has been included to provide investors and security holders with information regarding its terms. It is not intended to provide any other factual information about the Company, Peraso or their respective subsidiaries and affiliates. The Agreement contains representations and warranties by the Company and Peraso made solely for the benefit of the parties as of the specific date therein. The assertions embodied in those representations and warranties are subject to qualifications and limitations agreed to by the respective parties in negotiating the terms of the Agreement, including information in confidential disclosure letters delivered by each party in connection with the signing of the Agreement. Moreover, certain representations and warranties in the Agreement were made as of a specified date, may be subject to a contractual standard of materiality different from what might be viewed as material to investors, or may have been used for the purpose of allocating risk between the Company and Peraso, rather than establishing matters as facts. Accordingly, the representations and warranties in the Agreement should not be relied on by any persons as characterizations of the actual state of facts about the Company or Peraso at the time they were made or otherwise. In addition, information concerning the subject matter of the representations and warranties may change after the date of the Agreement, which subsequent information may or may not be fully reflected in the Company’s public disclosures.

Item 3.02. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities.

The disclosure under Item 1.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K relating to the Agreement and the issuance of the shares of Common Stock and the Exchangeable Shares is incorporated herein by reference.

The securities to be issued under the Agreement will be issued in reliance upon Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), which exempts from the registration requirements under the Securities Act any securities that are issued in exchange for one or more bona fide outstanding securities where the terms and conditions of such issuance and exchange are approved, after a hearing upon the fairness of such terms and conditions at which all persons to whom it is proposed to issue securities in such exchange shall have the right to appear, by any court expressly authorized by law to grant such approval.

Forward-Looking Statements

This current report contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are intended to be covered by the “safe harbor” created by those sections. All statements in this current report that are not based on historical fact are “forward looking statements.” These statements may be identified by words such as “estimates,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “plans,” “strategy,” “goal,” or “planned,” “seeks,” “may,” “might,” “will,” “expects,” “intends,” “believes,” “should,” and similar expressions, or the negative versions thereof, and which also may be identified by their context. All statements that address operating performance, development of the events, objectives or goals, refinement of strategy, and anticipation of certain behavior of stockholders in connection with the Company, Peraso, or the Agreement, the expected synergies, and other financial benefits from the Arrangement, that are not otherwise historical facts, are forward-looking statements. While management has based any forward-looking statements included in this current report on its current expectations, the information on which such expectations were based may change. Forward-looking statements involve inherent risks and uncertainties which could cause actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors, including, but not limited to, the following: the ability of the Company and Peraso to obtain stockholder approval for the Arrangement and related transactions; the ability of Peraso to obtain court approval for the plan of arrangement implementing the Arrangement; the ability of the combined company to successfully maintain a Nasdaq Capital Market listing; the ability of the combined company to successfully integrate the operations of the Company and Peraso; conditions to the closing of the Arrangement may not be satisfied or that the Arrangement may involve unexpected costs, liabilities, or delays; the occurrence of any other risks to consummation of the Arrangement, including the risk that the Arrangement will not be consummated within the expected time period or any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Agreement; risks that the Arrangement disrupts

 


 

current the Company’s plans and operations or that the business or stock price of the Company may suffer as a result of uncertainty surrounding the Arrangement; risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including public health requirements in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 and the impact on the Company’s business and operations; and the Company or Peraso may be adversely affected by other economic, business, or competitive factors.. Furthermore, general economic factors, competition in the industry and other factors that could cause actual results to be materially different from those described herein as anticipated, believed, estimated, or expected. Additional risks and uncertainties are described in or implied by the Risk Factors and Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations sections of the Company’s 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 18, 2021 and other reports filed from time to time with the SEC. The Company urges you to consider those risks and uncertainties in evaluating its forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned to not place undue reliance upon any such forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date made. Except as otherwise required by the federal securities laws, the Company disclaims any obligation or undertaking to publicly release any updates or revisions to any forward-looking statement contained herein (or elsewhere) to reflect any change in its expectations with regard thereto, or any change in events, conditions, or circumstances on which any such statement is based.

Additional Information and Where to Find It

The Company will prepare a proxy statement for the Company’s stockholders to be filed with the SEC. The proxy statement will be mailed to the Company’s stockholders. The Company urges investors, stockholders and other interested persons to read, when available, the proxy statement, as well as other documents filed with the SEC, because these documents will contain important information about the proposed business combination transaction. Such persons can also read the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, for a description of the security holdings of its officers and directors and their respective interests as security holders in the consummation of the transactions described herein. The Company’s definitive proxy statement will be mailed to stockholders of the Company as of a record date to be established for voting on the transactions described in this Current Report on Form 8-K. The Company’s stockholders will also be able to obtain a copy of such documents, without charge, by directing a request to the Chief Financial Officer of the Company at 2309 Bering Drive, San Jose, California 95131; e-mail: priv_IR@mosys.com. These documents, once available, can also be obtained, without charge, at the SEC’s web site (http://www.sec.gov).

Participants in Solicitation

The Company, Peraso and their respective directors, executive officers and other members of their management and employees, under SEC rules, may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies of the Company stockholders in connection with the proposed business combination. Investors and security holders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names, affiliations, and interests of the Company’s directors in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, which was filed with the SEC on March 18, 2021. Information regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies to the Company’s stockholders in connection with the proposed business combination will be set forth in the proxy statement for the proposed business combination when available. Information concerning the interests of the Company’s and Peraso’s participants in the solicitation, which may, in some cases, be different than those of the Company’s and Peraso’s equity holders generally, will be set forth in the proxy statement relating to the proposed business combination when it becomes available.

BEFORE MAKING ANY VOTING DECISION, THE COMPANY’S STOCKHOLDERS ARE URGED TO READ THE PROXY STATEMENT, INCLUDING ALL THE ANNEXES THERETO, AND OTHER RELEVANT DOCUMENTS FILED OR TO BE FILED WITH THE SEC IN CONNECTION WITH THE ARRANGEMENT OR INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE IN THE PROXY STATEMENT (IF ANY) CAREFULLY AND IN THEIR ENTIRETY WHEN THEY BECOME AVAILABLE BECAUSE THEY WILL CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION ABOUT THE ARRANGEMENT AND THE RESPECTIVE PARTIES TO THE ARRANGEMENT.

 


 

 

Item 7.01 Regulation FD Disclosure.

 

On September 15, 2021, the Company and Peraso issued a joint press release announcing the execution of the Agreement. A copy of the press release is attached as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K and is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Also on September 15, 2021, the Company released an investor presentation made by representatives of Peraso and the Company (the “Investor Presentation”) in connection with the announcement of the Agreement. The Investor Presentation provides information on both the Company and Peraso and an overview of the strategic rationale for the Arrangement. A copy of the Investor Presentation and related transcript are attached hereto as Exhibits 99.2 and 99.3, respectively, and are incorporated herein by reference.

 

The information furnished with this Item 7.01, including Exhibits 99.1, 99.2 and 99.3, shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any other filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

 

 

 

2.1*

 

Arrangement Agreement with Peraso Technologies Inc.

10.1

 

Form of Peraso Technologies Inc. Voting Agreement

10.2

 

Form of MoSys, Inc. Voting Agreement

99.1

 

Press Release by MoSys, Inc. and Peraso Technologies Inc. dated September 15, 2021

99.2

 

Investor Presentation

99.3

 

Investor Presentation Transcript

104

 

The cover page of this Current Report on Form 8-K, formatted in Inline XBRL

 

*

Certain schedules, exhibits and similar attachments have been omitted pursuant to Item 601(a)(5) of Regulation S-K. The Company hereby undertakes to furnish copies of such omitted materials supplementally upon request by the SEC.


 


 

 

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.

 

 

 

 

MOSYS, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Date: September 15, 2021

 

By:

/s/ James W. Sullivan

 

 

 

James W. Sullivan

 

 

 

Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

Execution Version

 

Exhibit 2.1

MOSYS, INC.

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2864552 ONTARIO INC.

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2864555 ONTARIO INC.

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PERASO TECHNOLOGIES INC.

 

ARRANGEMENT AGREEMENT

 

 

September 14, 2021

 

 


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION

Section 1.1

Definitions2

Section 1.2

Interpretation19

Section 1.3

Number, Gender and Persons19

Section 1.4

Date for Any Action19

Section 1.5

Currency20

Section 1.6

Accounting Matters20

Section 1.7

Knowledge20

Section 1.8

Schedules20

ARTICLE 2
THE ARRANGEMENT

Section 2.1

Arrangement20

Section 2.2

Obligations of Peraso20

Section 2.3

Interim Order21

Section 2.4

Peraso Meeting22

Section 2.5

Peraso Circular23

Section 2.6

Final Order24

Section 2.7

Court Proceedings24

Section 2.8

Articles of Arrangement and Effective Date25

Section 2.9

Payment of Consideration25

Section 2.10

Indemnification26

Section 2.11

RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement28

Section 2.12

RTO Acquiror Meeting30

Section 2.13

Obligations Regarding Exchangeable Shares31

Section 2.14

RTO Acquiror Post-Closing Governance32

Section 2.15

Announcements and Consultations32

Section 2.16

Reverse Split33

Section 2.17

Withholding Taxes33

Section 2.18

Holders of Peraso Options, Peraso Warrants and Peraso Convertible Debentures33

Section 2.19

U.S. Securities Law Matters34

ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PERASO

Section 3.1

Representations and Warranties of Peraso35

Section 3.2

Survival of Representations and Warranties35

ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF RTO ACQUIROR, CANCO AND CALLCO

Section 4.1

Representations and Warranties of RTO Acquiror35

Section 4.2

Survival of Representations and Warranties36

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ARTICLE 5
COVENANTS

Section 5.1

Covenants of Peraso Relating to the Arrangement36

Section 5.2

Covenants of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco Relating to the Arrangement37

Section 5.3

Covenants of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco Relating to the Conduct of RTO Acquiror Business39

Section 5.4

Covenants of Peraso Relating to the Conduct of Peraso Business43

Section 5.5

Capital Raising by Peraso46

Section 5.6

Covenant of Peraso and RTO Acquiror Relating to D&O Tail Policy46

ARTICLE 6
CONDITIONS

Section 6.1

Mutual Conditions Precedent47

Section 6.2

Additional Conditions Precedent in Favour of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco48

Section 6.3

Additional Conditions Precedent in Favour of Peraso49

Section 6.4

Notice and Cure Provisions51

Section 6.5

Satisfaction of Conditions52

ARTICLE 7
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

Section 7.1

Covenant Regarding Non-Solicitation52

Section 7.2

Covenant Regarding Acquisition Proposals52

Section 7.3

Responding to an Acquisition Proposal54

Section 7.4

Superior Proposals; Right to Match55

Section 7.5

Access to Information; Confidentiality; Transition57

Section 7.6

Other Deliveries57

ARTICLE 8
TERM, TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

Section 8.1

Term57

Section 8.2

Termination57

Section 8.3

Termination Payments59

Section 8.4

Amendment60

Section 8.5

Waiver61

ARTICLE 9
GENERAL PROVISIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS

Section 9.1

Privacy61

Section 9.2

Notices62

Section 9.3

Governing Law63

Section 9.4

Injunctive Relief63

Section 9.5

Time of Essence63

Section 9.6

Entire Agreement, Binding Effect and Assignment63

Section 9.7

No Liability64

Section 9.8

Severability64

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Section 9.9

Counterparts, Execution64

ADDENDA

Schedule “A“ PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT

Schedule “B“ PERASO ARRANGEMENT RESOLUTION

Schedule “C“ REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PERASO

Schedule “D“ REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF RTO ACQUIROR

Schedule “E“ KEY REGULATORY APPROVALS

Schedule “F“ FORM OF SUPPORT AGREEMENT

Schedule “G“ FORM OF VOTING AND EXCHANGE AGENCY AGREEMENT

Schedule “H“ RTO ACQUIROR CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION

Schedule “I“ FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

Schedule “J“ FORM OF ESCROW AGREEMENT

 

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ARRANGEMENT AGREEMENT

THIS ARRANGEMENT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is dated September 14, 2021 among MOSYS, INC., a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “RTO Acquiror”), 2864555 ONTARIO INC., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario (“Canco”), 2864552 ONTARIO INC., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario (“Callco”) and PERASO TECHNOLOGIES INC., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario (“Peraso”).

WHEREAS:

A.

RTO Acquiror, Canco, Callco and Peraso wish to complete a transaction pursuant to which, among other things, RTO Acquiror will, indirectly through Canco, acquire all of the Peraso Shares in exchange for the Consideration, by way of a statutory plan of arrangement, which is to be completed under the provisions of the OBCA on and subject to the terms and conditions contained herein;

B.

the Peraso Board has determined, after having considered financial and legal advice, that it would be advisable and in the best interests of Peraso and the Peraso Shareholders for Peraso to enter into this Agreement and for the Peraso Board to unanimously recommend that Peraso Shareholders vote in favour of the Peraso Arrangement Resolution at the Peraso Meeting;

C.

RTO Acquiror has entered into the Peraso Voting Agreements with the Peraso Supporting Shareholders, pursuant to which, among other things, such Peraso Supporting Shareholders agree, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, to vote the Peraso Shares and any securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into Peraso Shares held by them in favour of the Arrangement;

D.

the RTO Acquiror Board has determined, after having considered financial and legal advice, that it would be advisable and in the best interests of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Shareholders for the RTO Acquiror to enter into this Agreement and for the RTO Acquiror Board to unanimously recommend that RTO Acquiror Shareholders vote in favour of the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters at the RTO Acquiror Meeting;

E.

Peraso has entered into the RTO Acquiror Voting Agreements with the RTO Acquiror Supporting Shareholders, pursuant to which, among other things, such RTO Acquiror Supporting Shareholders agree, subject to the terms and conditions thereof, to vote the RTO Acquiror Shares and any securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into RTO Acquiror Shares held by them in favour of the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters;

F.

the Parties intend that the plan of arrangement provide certain Peraso Shareholders with the opportunity to exchange Peraso Shares for Exchangeable Shares on a tax-deferred basis for Canadian Tax purposes;

G.

the Parties have entered into this Agreement to provide for the matters referred to in the foregoing recitals and for other matters relating to the Arrangement; and

H.

Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in these recitals have the meanings ascribed to such terms in Section 1.1.

 


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NOW THEREFORE in consideration of the covenants and agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), the Parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION

Section 1.1

Definitions

In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires:

Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.3(1)(d);

Acquisition Proposal means, with respect to Peraso, a Peraso Acquisition Proposal, and, with respect to RTO Acquiror, an RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal;

affiliate” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Securities Act;

Agreement” means this arrangement agreement, including all schedules annexed hereto, together with the Peraso Disclosure Letter and the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof;

Alternative Acquisition Agreement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.2(1)(d);

Arrangement” means the arrangement of Peraso under Section 182 of the OBCA on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in the Plan of Arrangement, subject to any amendments or variations to the Plan of Arrangement made in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or Article 6 of the Plan of Arrangement or made at the direction of the Court in the Final Order with the consent of the Parties, each acting reasonably;

Articles of Arrangement” means the articles of arrangement of Peraso in respect of the Arrangement required by the OBCA to be sent to the Director after the Final Order is made, which shall be in a form and content satisfactory to the Parties, each acting reasonably;

Authorization” means any authorization, Order, Permit, approval, grant, licence, registration, consent, right, notification, condition, franchise, privilege, certificate, Judgment, writ, injunction, award, determination, direction, decision, decree, bylaw, rule or regulation, whether or not having the force of Law, and includes any environmental Permit;

Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which commercial banking institutions in Toronto, Ontario or San Jose, California are authorized or required by applicable Law to be closed;

Callco” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals above;

Canco” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals above;

 


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Certificate of Arrangement means the certificate of arrangement to be issued by the Director pursuant to subsection 183(2) of the OBCA in respect of the Articles of Arrangement;

Change in Recommendation” means, with respect to Peraso, a Peraso Change in Recommendation and, with respect to RTO Acquiror, an RTO Acquiror Change in Recommendation;

Claim” means (i) any suit, action, proceeding, dispute, investigation, claim, arbitration, Order, summons, citation, directive, ticket, charge, demand or prosecution, whether legal or administrative; or (ii) any appeal or application for review; whether at law or in equity or by any Governmental Entity;

Confidentiality Agreement” means the confidentiality agreement dated as of November 16, 2020 between Peraso and the RTO Acquiror, as it may be amended from time to time;

Consideration” means, collectively: (i) the consideration to be received by Peraso Shareholders pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement in respect of each Peraso Share that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, being either the RTO Acquiror Share Consideration or the Exchangeable Share Consideration as elected in accordance with the Plan of Arrangement by a Peraso Shareholder in respect of each Peraso Share held; and (ii) the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options;

Contract” means any contract, agreement, license, franchise, lease, arrangement, commitment, joint venture, partnership or other right or obligation (written or, to the extent enforceable, oral) to which a Party or any of its subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any of its subsidiaries is bound or to which any of their respective properties or assets is subject;

Court” means the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List);

COVID-19” shall mean the novel coronavirus, SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 (and all related strains and sequences), including any intensification, resurgence or any evolutions or mutations thereof, and/or related or associated epidemics, pandemics, disease outbreaks or public health emergencies;

Depositary” means Kingsdale Partners LP, or such other person appointed by Peraso and RTO Acquiror (each acting reasonably), for the purpose of, among other things, exchanging certificates representing Peraso Shares for the Consideration;

DGCL” means the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and the regulations made thereunder, as now in effect and as they may be promulgated or amended from time to time;

Director” means the Director appointed pursuant to Section 278 of the OBCA;

Dissent Rights” means the rights of dissent exercisable by the Peraso Shareholders under Section 185 of the OBCA or as otherwise determined by the Court in the Interim Order in respect of the Peraso Arrangement Resolution;

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Effective Date means the date shown on the Certificate of Arrangement giving effect to the Arrangement, which shall be no later than the Outside Date;

Effective Time” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plan of Arrangement;

Employee Plans” means all benefit or compensation plans, programs, policies, practices, contracts, agreements or other arrangements, covering current or former employees, directors or consultants of a Party, including without limitation employment, consulting, deferred compensation, equity, benefit, bonus, incentive, pension, retirement, savings, stock purchase, profit sharing, stock option, stock appreciation, phantom stock, termination, change of control, life insurance, medical, health, welfare, hospital, dental, vision care, drug, sick leave, disability, and similar plans, programmes, arrangements or practices, whether or not in writing and whether or not funded, in each case, which is sponsored, maintained or contributed to by a Party or any of its affiliates, or to which a Party or any of its affiliates is obligated to contribute, or with respect to which a Party or any of its affiliates has any liability, direct or indirect, contingent or otherwise, other than benefit plans established pursuant to statute;

Encumbrance” means any Claim, encumbrance, lien, charge, hypothec, pledge, mortgage, title retention agreement, security interest of any nature, adverse claim, exception, reservation, easement, right of occupation, option, right of pre-emption, privilege or any matter capable of registration against title or any Contract to create any of the foregoing;

Environmental Laws” means all Laws aimed at, or relating to, the reclamation or restoration of properties, occupational health and safety, protection of the environment, abatement of pollution, protection of wildlife, ensuring public safety from environmental hazards and all other Laws relating to (i) the management processing, use, treatment, storage, disposal, discharge, transport or handling of any hazardous substances; (ii) plant and animal life, (iii) lands; or (iv) other natural resources;

Escrow Agent” means Kingsdale Partners LP, in its capacity as escrow agent under the Escrow Agreement;

Escrow Agreement” means the escrow agreement among the Escrow Agent, RTO Acquiror, Peraso and Canco, substantially in the form attached as Schedule “J” hereto;

Escrow Consideration” means an aggregate of 1,815,445 Exchangeable Shares and RTO Acquiror Shares, collectively, which shall be issued at the Effective Time, subject to escrow pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement and which Exchangeable Shares and RTO Acquiror Shares shall be escrowed on a pro rata basis from the Consideration to be received by the Peraso Shareholders (not including the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options);

Escrow Consideration Value” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.10(8);

Escrow Release Condition” means the earlier of: (a) any date following the first anniversary of the Effective Time and prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Time where the volume weighted average price of the RTO Acquiror Shares for any twenty (20) Trading Days within a period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days is at least $8.57 per share, subject to adjustment to reflect fully the effect of any stock split, reverse split or stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into RTO Acquiror Shares, other than stock dividends paid in

 


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lieu of ordinary course dividends), reorganization, recapitalization or other similar change with respect to RTO Acquiror Shares occurring after the date of this Agreement; (b) the date of any sale of all or substantially all of the assets or shares of the RTO Acquiror; and (c) the date of any bankruptcy, insolvency, restructuring, receivership, administration, wind-up, liquidation, dissolution or similar event involving the RTO Acquiror;

Exchangeable Share Consideration” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plan of Arrangement;

Exchange Ratio” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plan of Arrangement;

Exchangeable Shares” means the exchangeable shares in the capital of Canco as more particularly described in Appendix I to the Plan of Arrangement;

Exchange Time” has the meaning set out in the Plan of Arrangement;

Final Order” means an order of the Court granted pursuant to Section 182(5) of the OBCA, in form and substance acceptable to each of the Parties, each acting reasonably, approving the Arrangement after a hearing upon the procedural and substantive fairness of the terms and conditions of the Arrangement, as such order may be affirmed, amended, modified, supplemented or varied by the Court (with the consent of the Parties, each acting reasonably) at any time prior to the Effective Date or, if appealed, as affirmed or amended (provided, however, that any such amendment is acceptable to the Parties, each acting reasonably) on appeal, unless such appeal is withdrawn, abandoned or denied;

Fully-Diluted” means that all options, warrants or other convertible securities or instruments or other rights to acquire common stock or any other existing or future classes of capital stock, whether or not vested, have been exercised or converted, as applicable, in full;

Governmental Entity” means (i) any multinational or supranational body or organization, nation, government, state, province, country, territory, municipality, administrative, judicial or regulatory authority, agency, board, body, bureau, commission, instrumentality, court or tribunal or any political subdivision thereof, or any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any taxing authority, any ministry or department or agency of any of the foregoing, (ii) any self-regulatory organization or securities exchange, including the NASDAQ, (iii) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government; and (iv) any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of such entities or other bodies pursuant to the foregoing;

including” means including without limitation, and “include” and “includes” have a corresponding meaning;

Intellectual Property” means domestic and foreign intellectual property rights, whether or not registrable, patentable or otherwise formally protectable, including: (i) inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), patents, applications for patents and reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part of patents or patent applications; (ii) works, copyrights, copyright registrations and applications for copyright registration, including all moral rights or similar rights of authorship or attribution; (iii) designs, design registrations, design registration applications and integrated circuit topographies;

 


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(iv) trade names, business names, corporate names, domain names, website names and world wide web addresses, common law trade-marks, trade-mark registrations, trade-mark applications, trade dress and logos, and all goodwill related thereto; (v) know-how, trade secrets, proprietary information, algorithms, formulae, recipes, systems, compositions, manufacturing and production processes, methods and techniques and related documentation, clinical and testing data, customer and supplier information, and market and survey information (collectively, Trade Secrets); and (vi) telephone numbers, domain names and social media identities, and the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing;

Interim Order” means an order of the Court in form and substance acceptable to each of the Parties, acting reasonably, providing for, among other things, the calling and holding of the Peraso Meeting, as the same may be amended by the Court with the consent of the Parties, each acting reasonably;

ITA” means the Income Tax Act (Canada);

Judgment” means any judgment, Order, decree, award, ruling, decision, verdict, subpoena, injunction or settlement entered, issued, made or rendered by any Governmental Entity (in each case whether temporary, preliminary or permanent);

Key Regulatory Approvals” means those rulings, consents, orders, exemptions, Permits, Authorizations and other approvals of Governmental Entities, necessary to proceed with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement, as listed in Schedule “E”;

Law” means, with respect to any Person, any and all applicable law (statutory, common, civil or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, Order, injunction, Judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement, whether domestic or foreign, enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a Governmental Entity that is binding upon or applicable to such Person or its business, property or securities, and to the extent that they have the force of law, policies, guidelines, notices and protocols of any Governmental Entity, as amended;

Liability” means, in respect of any Person, any debt, liability or obligation of any kind or nature whatsoever, including (i) any right against such Person to payment, whether or not such right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, (ii) any right against such Person to an equitable remedy for breach of performance, whether or not such right to any equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured, and (iii) any obligation of such Person for the performance of any covenant or agreement (whether for the payment of money or otherwise);

Lock-Up Agreements” means the lock-up agreements to be made effective as of the Effective Time among RTO Acquiror and each of the Locked-Up Persons and substantially in the form of Schedule “I”;

Locked-Up Persons means: (a) each of the executive officers and directors of RTO Acquiror; and (b) any other shareholders of RTO Acquiror owning 5.0% or more of the RTO Acquiror Shares (calculated on a Fully-Diluted basis), in each case, at the Effective Time;

 


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Losses” means any loss, liability, damage, out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including, interest, penalties and reasonable accountants and attorneys fees), but shall not include exemplary or punitive damages;

Matching Party” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.4(1);

material change”, “material fact” and “misrepresentation” have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Securities Act;

Material Contract” means any of the following for a Party:

 

(a)

any material management, employment, severance, retention, transaction bonus, change in control, consulting, relocation, repatriation or expatriation agreement or other similar Contract;

 

(b)

any Contract with any distributor, reseller or sales representative with an annual value in excess of $100,000;

 

(c)

any Contract with any manufacturer, vendor, or other Person for the supply of materials or performance of services by such third party to the Party in relation to the manufacture of the Party’s products or product candidates with an annual value in excess of $100,000;

 

(d)

any agreement or plan, including, without limitation, any stock option plan, stock appreciation right plan or stock purchase plan, any of the benefits of which will be increased, or the vesting of benefits of which will be accelerated, by the occurrence of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(e)

any Contract incorporating or relating to any guaranty, any sharing of liabilities or any indemnity not entered into in the ordinary course of business, including any indemnification agreements between a Party and any of its officers or directors;

 

(f)

any Contract imposing any restriction on the right or ability of the Party or that would by the terms of the Contract would impose any restriction on the right or ability of the Party: (A) to compete with any other Person; (B) to acquire any product or other asset or any services from any other Person; (C) to solicit, hire or retain any Person as a director, an officer or other employee, a consultant or an independent contractor; (D) to develop, sell, supply, distribute, offer, support or service any product or any technology or other asset to or for any other Person; (E) to perform services for any other Person; or (F) to transact business with any other Person;

 

(g)

any Contract currently in force relating to the disposition or acquisition of assets not in the ordinary course of business or any ownership interest in any corporation, partnership, joint venture or other business enterprise;

 

(h)

any mortgages, indentures, loans or credit agreements, security agreements or other agreements or instruments relating to the borrowing of money or extension of credit;

 

(i)

any joint marketing or development agreement;

 


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(j)

any Contract that provides for: (A) any right of first refusal, right of first negotiation, right of first notification or similar right with respect to any securities or assets of the Party; (B) any “no shop” provision or similar exclusivity provision with respect to any securities or assets of the Party; or (C) contains most favored nation pricing provisions with any third party or any requirements or minimum purchase obligations of the Party;

 

(k)

any Contract that contemplates or involves the payment or delivery of cash or other consideration in an amount or having a value in excess of $100,000 or more in the aggregate, or contemplates or involves the performance of services having a value in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate other than any arrangement or agreement expressly contemplated or provided for under this Agreement;

 

(l)

any Contract that does not allow the Party to terminate the Contract for convenience with no more than ninety (90) days prior notice to the other party and without the payment of any rebate, chargeback, penalty or other amount to such third party in connection with any such termination in an amount or having a value in excess of $100,000 in the aggregate; or

 

(m)

that is a “material contract” (with respect to RTO Acquiror, as such term is defined in Item 601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K of the SEC);

NASDAQ” means the Nasdaq Capital Market;

Ninth A&R USA” means the ninth amended and restated unanimous shareholders’ agreement of Peraso dated as of March 13, 2020 between Peraso and its securityholders, as amended from time to time;

OBCA” means the Business Corporations Act (Ontario);

Order” means an order, injunction, Judgment, administrative complaint, decree, ruling, award, assessment, direction, instruction, penalty or sanction issued, filed or imposed by any Governmental Entity;

ordinary course of business”, “ordinary course of business consistent with past practice”, or any similar reference, means, with respect to an action taken by a Person, that such action is consistent with the past practices (in terms of nature, scope and magnitude) of such Person and is taken in the ordinary course of the normal day-to-day business and operations of such Person;

Other Party” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.3(1)(e);

Outside Date” means November 30, 2021, or such later date as may be agreed to in writing by the Parties;

Parties” means, collectively, Peraso, RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco and “Party” means any one of them;

Peraso” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals above;

 


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Peraso Acquisition Proposal means, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any offer, proposal or inquiry from any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or in concert, whether or not in writing and whether or not delivered to Peraso, after the date hereof relating to: (i) any acquisition or purchase, direct or indirect, of: (A) the assets of Peraso and/or one or more of its subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, constitute twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated assets of Peraso and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or which contribute twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated revenue of Peraso and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (or any lease, long-term supply, hedging arrangement, joint venture, strategic alliance, partnership or other transaction having the same economic effect as a sale of such assets), or (B) beneficial ownership of twenty percent (20%) or more of the issued and outstanding voting or equity securities of Peraso or any one or more of its subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, contribute twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated revenues or constitute twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated assets of Peraso and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) any take-over bid, tender offer or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in such Person or group of Persons beneficially owning twenty percent (20%) or more of the issued and outstanding voting or equity securities of any class of voting or equity securities of Peraso or any of its subsidiaries; (iii) any plan of arrangement, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction involving Peraso or any of its subsidiaries; in all cases, whether in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions; or (iv) any direct or indirect sale of assets (or any alliance, joint venture, earn-in right, option to acquire, lease, licence or other arrangement having a similar economic effect as a sale) by Peraso and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, which assets represent twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated assets of Peraso and its subsidiaries measured by fair market value, or contribute twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated revenue or operating income of Peraso; or (v) any other transaction, the consummation of which prevents, or materially delays, impedes or interferes with, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

Peraso Arrangement Resolution” means the special resolution of the Peraso Shareholders approving the Plan of Arrangement, which is to be considered at the Peraso Meeting in the form of Schedule “B” hereto (unless RTO Acquiror agrees in writing to any changes to such form);

Peraso Board” means the board of directors of Peraso as the same is constituted from time to time;

Peraso Board Recommendation” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.5(2);

Peraso Business” means the business and affairs of Peraso, being a fabless semiconductor company specializing in the development of mmwave semiconductor systems, primarily in the 60 GHz spectrum band for 802.11ad/ay compliant devices and in the 28/39 GHz spectrum bands for 5G compliant devices;

Peraso Change in Recommendation” occurs or is made when, (i) the Peraso Board or any committee of the Peraso Board fails to unanimously recommend or withdraws, amends, modifies or qualifies, publicly proposes or states its intention to do so, or fails to publicly reaffirm (without qualification) within five (5) Business Days (and in any case prior to the Peraso Meeting) after having been requested in writing by the RTO Acquiror to do so, the Peraso Board Recommendation, or (ii) the Peraso Board or any committee of the Peraso Board takes no position or a neutral position with respect to a Peraso Acquisition Proposal for more than five (5) Business

 


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Days after a Peraso Acquisition Proposal is made or publicly announced, or (iii) the Peraso Board or any committee of the Peraso Board resolves or publicly proposes to take any of the foregoing actions;

Peraso Circular” means the notice of the Peraso Meeting and accompanying management information circular, including all schedules, appendices and exhibits thereto and enclosures therewith, to be sent to the Peraso Shareholders, as required by the Court in the Interim Order, in connection with the Peraso Meeting, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement;

Peraso Convertible Debentureholders” means the holders of Peraso Convertible Debentures;

Peraso Convertible Debentures” means the secured convertible debentures of Peraso in the aggregate principal amount of $14,082,343.40 which are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time;

Peraso Convertible Securities” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plan of Arrangement;

Peraso Disclosure Letter” means the disclosure letter executed by Peraso and delivered to RTO Acquiror prior to or concurrently with the execution of this Agreement;

Peraso Fairness Opinions” means, collectively: (a) the opinion from the Peraso Financial Advisor, addressed to the Peraso Board, stating that, as at the date of such opinion, the Consideration to be received pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement is fair, from a financial point of view, to the Peraso Shareholders; and (b) the opinion from the Peraso Financial Advisor, addressed to the Peraso Board, stating that, as at the date of such opinion, the methodology used to calculate the conversion of the Peraso Warrants into Peraso Shares is fair and reasonable to the Peraso Warrantholders and the Peraso Shareholders;

Peraso Financial Advisor” means Evans & Evans, Inc.;

Peraso Financial Statements” means: (a) the audited consolidated financial statements of Peraso for the years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, including the auditor’s report thereon and the notes thereto; and (b) the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of Peraso for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020;

Peraso Material Adverse Effect” means any effect, fact, change, event, occurrence or circumstance that is, or would reasonably be expected to be, material and adverse to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets (tangible or intangible), liabilities (whether absolute, accrued, conditional or otherwise), capital, operations or results of operations of Peraso and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any effect arising from, relating to or resulting from, as applicable: (i) the global economy, political conditions (including the outbreak of war or any acts of terrorism), international trade or securities, financial or credit markets in general, natural disasters or other acts of God; (ii) the semi-conductor industry in general, (iii) any generally applicable change in applicable Law (other than orders, Judgments, claims or decrees against Peraso or any of its subsidiaries), or accounting standards or the enforcement or interpretation thereof; (iv) the announcement of this Agreement, including the impact thereof on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, on Peraso or its subsidiaries with customers, suppliers, business partners, regulators, vendors, Governmental Entities or other third Persons; (v) any action

 


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taken or refrained from being taken by Peraso or its subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement, to the extent RTO Acquiror has expressly consented to, approved or requested such action in writing following the date of this Agreement and (vii) any disease outbreaks, pandemics or epidemics or other related condition including COVID-19; provided, however, that (x) in the event that Peraso and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are materially and disproportionately affected by an effect described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (vi) above relative to other participants in the industries in which Peraso and its subsidiaries operate, the extent (and only the extent) of such effect, relative to such other participants, on Peraso or any of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, may be taken into account in determining whether there has been a Peraso Material Adverse Effect; and (y) references in certain sections of this Agreement to dollar amounts are not intended to be, and shall not be deemed to be, illustrative or interpretive for the purposes of determining whether a “Peraso Material Adverse Effect has occurred;

Peraso Meeting” means the special meeting of Peraso Shareholders, including any adjournment or postponement thereof, to be called and held in accordance with the Interim Order to consider the Peraso Arrangement Resolution, and for any other purpose as may be set out in the Peraso Circular;

Peraso Optionholders” means the holders at the relevant time of Peraso Options;

Peraso Option Plan” means the stock option plan of Peraso dated January 9, 2009, as amended on January 1, 2019 and as further amended from time to time;

Peraso Options” means, at any time, options exercisable to acquire Peraso Shares granted under the Peraso Option Plan which are, at such time, outstanding, whether or not vested;

Peraso Securityholders” means Peraso Shareholders, Peraso Optionholders, Peraso Warrantholders and Peraso Convertible Debentureholders;

Peraso Securities” means Peraso Shares, Peraso Options, Peraso Warrants and Peraso Convertible Debentures;

Peraso Shareholder Approval” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.3(c);

Peraso Shareholder Approval Termination Event” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.3(2);

Peraso Shareholder Approval Termination Payment” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.3(2);

Peraso Shareholders” means the holders of Peraso Shares;

Peraso Shares” means issued and outstanding common shares in the capital of Peraso;

Peraso Superior Proposal” means any unsolicited bona fide written Peraso Acquisition Proposal from a Person who is an arm’s length third party to acquire not less than all of the outstanding Peraso Shares or all or substantially all of the assets of Peraso on a consolidated basis that: (i) complies with Securities Laws and did not result from or involve a breach of Article 7; (ii) is capable of being completed without undue delay, taking into account, all financial, legal, regulatory and

 


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other aspects of such proposal and the Person making such proposal; (iii) is not subject, either by the terms of such Peraso Acquisition Proposal or by virtue of any applicable Law, or rule or requirement of any stock exchange, to any requirement that the approval of the shareholders of the Person making the Peraso Acquisition Proposal be obtained; (iv) if any consideration is cash, is not subject to any financing contingency or condition; (v) is not subject to any due diligence or access condition; (vi) is not subject, either by the terms of such Peraso Acquisition Proposal or by virtue of any applicable Law, to any Authorization of a Governmental Entity; (vii) does not provide for the payment of any break, termination or other fees or expenses to the other party in the event that Peraso completes the Arrangement or any similar other transaction with RTO Acquiror or any of its affiliates agreed prior to any termination of this Agreement and (viii) that the Peraso Board determines, in its good faith judgment, after receiving the advice of its outside legal and financial advisors and after taking into account all the terms and conditions of the Peraso Acquisition Proposal, including all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such Peraso Acquisition Proposal and the party making such Peraso Acquisition Proposal, (A) would, if consummated in accordance with its terms, but without assuming away the risk of non-completion, result in a transaction which is more favourable, from a financial point of view, to the Peraso Shareholders than the Arrangement (including any amendments to the terms and conditions of the Arrangement proposed by RTO Acquiror pursuant to Section 7.4(2)) and (B) the failure to recommend such Peraso Acquisition Proposal to the Peraso Shareholders would be contrary to the fiduciary duties of the Peraso Board;

Peraso Supporting Shareholders” means, collectively, all of the senior officers and directors and 10% shareholders of Peraso (determined on a Fully-Diluted basis) who have entered into Peraso Voting Agreements;

Peraso Tail Policy” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.6(2);

Peraso Third Quarter Financial Statements” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.2(d);

Peraso Voting Agreements” means the voting agreements of even date herewith (including all amendments thereto after the date hereof) between RTO Acquiror and the Peraso Supporting Shareholders setting forth the terms and conditions upon which the Peraso Supporting Shareholders have agreed, among other things, to vote their Peraso Shares in favour of the Peraso Arrangement Resolution;

Peraso Warrant Consideration Amount” means: (a) in respect of Peraso Warrant Certificate No. 2020-001 issued on March 13, 2020 having an exercise price of CA$0.15 per Peraso Share and an expiry date of December 31, 2025, consideration consisting of an aggregate of 1,431,177 Peraso Shares; (b) in respect of Peraso Warrant Certificate No. 2020-002 issued on October 30, 2020 having an exercise price of CA$0.15 per Peraso Share and an expiry date of December 31, 2025, consideration consisting of an aggregate of 2,159,247 Peraso Shares; (c) in respect of Peraso Warrant Certificate No. 2020-003 issued on October 30, 2020 having an exercise price of CA$0.15 per Peraso Share and an expiry date of December 31, 2025, consideration consisting of an aggregate of 801,059 Peraso Shares; and (d) in respect of Peraso Warrant Certificate No. 2021-001 issued on April 23, 2021 having an exercise price of CA$0.15 per Peraso Share and an expiry date of December 31, 2025, consideration consisting of an aggregate of 1,952,473 Peraso Shares. For greater certainty, no consideration shall be issued in respect of Peraso Warrants other than as set out in (a) to (d) above.

 


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Peraso Warrantholder means a holder of one or more Peraso Warrants;

Peraso Warrants” means the common share purchase warrants to acquire Peraso Shares which are at such time outstanding;

Permit” means any license, permit, certificate, consent, Order, grant, approval, agreement, classification, restriction, registration or other authorization of, from or required by any Governmental Entity;

Permitted Encumbrance” means, with respect to a Party:

 

(a)

assignments of insurance provided to landlords (or their mortgagees) pursuant to the terms of any lease to which the Party or any of its subsidiaries is the tenant;

 

(b)

liens for Taxes, assessments and governmental charges due and being contested in good faith and diligently by appropriate proceedings and for the payment of which adequate provision has been made in the Party’s financial statements;

 

(c)

registered servitudes, easements, restrictions, rights of way and other similar rights in real property or any interest therein, provided: (i) the same are not of such nature as to materially restrict, limit, impair or impede the use of the property subject thereto in the Party’s business; and (ii) each such encumbrance has been complied with and is in good standing;

 

(d)

security given in the ordinary course of the Party’s business to any public utility, municipality or government or to any statutory or public authority in connection with the operations of the Party’s business, other than security for borrowed money, provided that such security does not materially restrict, limit, impair of impede the ability of the Party or any of its subsidiaries to carry on its business; and

 

(e)

undetermined or inchoate liens, charges and privileges incidental to current construction or current operations and statutory liens, charges, adverse Claims, security interests or Encumbrances to which any Governmental Entity may be entitled that have not at the time been filed or registered against the title to the asset or served upon the owner or lessee of the property subject thereto pursuant to Law and that relate to obligations not due or delinquent, provided that they do not materially restrict, limit, impair of impede the ability of the Party or any of its subsidiaries to carry on its business;

Person” includes any individual, firm, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, venture capital fund, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, association, trust, trustee, executor, administrator, legal personal representative, estate, body corporate, corporation, company, unincorporated association or organization, Governmental Entity, syndicate or other entity, whether or not having legal status;

Personal Information” means any information (regardless of form) that relates to an identified or identifiable individual; an identifiable individual is one who can be identified, directly or indirectly, in particular by reference to an identifier, such as a name, an identification number, location data, an online identifier or to one or more factors specific to the physical, physiological, genetic, mental, economic, cultural or social identity of that natural person; or any other

 


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information about an individual that is defined as personal data or personal information by applicable Law. Personal Information may include information such as name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, date of birth, social security/insurance number, drivers license number or data collected through an automated license plate recognition system, passport number, financial account information, username and password combinations or customer or account number, geolocation information of an individual or device, biometric data, medical or health information, cookie identifiers associated with registration information, or any other browser- or device-specific number or identifier, and web or mobile browsing or usage information that is linked to the foregoing;

Plan of Arrangement means the plan of arrangement of Peraso, substantially in the form of Schedule “A” hereto, and any amendments or variations thereto made from time to time in accordance with this Agreement, the plan of arrangement or upon the direction of the Court in the Final Order with the consent of the Parties, each acting reasonably;

Proceeding” means any action, cause of action, claim, demand, litigation, suit, investigation, citation, summons, subpoena, audit, hearing, originating application to a tribunal, arbitration or other similar proceeding of any nature, civil, criminal, regulatory, administrative or otherwise, whether in equity or at law, in contract, in tort or otherwise;

Proposal Party” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.3(1);

Receiving Board” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.4(1);

Receiving Party” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.4(1);

Representative” means, collectively, in respect of a Person, its subsidiaries and its affiliates and its and their officers, directors, employees, consultants, advisors, agents or other representatives (including financial, legal or other advisors);

Reverse Split” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.16;

Roadmap” means, collectively, Roadmap Peraso LP, Roadmap Peraso LP (U.S. and Offshore), Roadmap Innovation Fund I, Roadmap Innovation Fund II and Roadmap Innovation Fund (US and Offshore) I;

RTO Acquiror” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals above;

RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal” means, other than the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, any offer, proposal or inquiry from any Person or group of Persons acting jointly or in concert, whether or not in writing and whether or not delivered to RTO Acquiror, after the date hereof relating to: (i) any acquisition or purchase, direct or indirect, of: (A) the assets of RTO Acquiror and/or one or more of its subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, constitute twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated assets of RTO Acquiror and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or which contribute twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated revenue of RTO Acquiror and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole (or any lease, long-term supply, hedging arrangement, joint venture, strategic alliance, partnership or other transaction having the same economic effect as a sale of such assets), or (B) beneficial ownership of twenty percent (20%) or more of the issued and outstanding voting or equity securities of RTO Acquiror or any one or more

 


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of its subsidiaries that, individually or in the aggregate, contribute twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated revenues or constitute twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated assets of RTO Acquiror and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (ii) any take-over bid, tender offer or exchange offer that, if consummated, would result in such Person or group of Persons beneficially owning twenty percent (20%) or more of the issued and outstanding voting or equity securities of any class of voting or equity securities of RTO Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries; (iii) any plan of arrangement, merger, amalgamation, consolidation, share exchange, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation, dissolution or other similar transaction involving RTO Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries; in all cases, whether in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions; or (iv) any direct or indirect sale of assets (or any alliance, joint venture, earn-in right, option to acquire, lease, licence or other arrangement having a similar economic effect as a sale) by RTO Acquiror and/or one or more of its subsidiaries, which assets represent twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated assets of RTO Acquiror and its subsidiaries measured by fair market value, or contribute twenty percent (20%) or more of the consolidated revenue or operating income of RTO Acquiror; or (v) any other transaction, the consummation of which prevents, or materially delays, impedes or interferes with, the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

RTO Acquiror Board” means the board of directors of RTO Acquiror as the same is constituted from time to time;

RTO Acquiror Board Matters” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.14(1);

RTO Acquiror Board Recommendation” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.11(3)(c);

RTO Acquiror Business” means the business and affairs of the RTO Acquiror Group as described in the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Documents;

RTO Acquiror Certificate of Designation” means the Certificate of Designation of the Special Voting Shares, in the form attached hereto as Schedule “H”;

RTO Acquiror Change in Recommendation” occurs or is made when, (i) the RTO Acquiror Board or any committee of the RTO Acquiror Board fails to unanimously recommend or withdraws, amends, modifies or qualifies, publicly proposes or states its intention to do so, or fails to publicly reaffirm (without qualification) within five (5) Business Days (and in any case prior to the RTO Acquiror Meeting) after having been requested in writing by Peraso to do so, the RTO Acquiror Board Recommendation, or (ii) the RTO Acquiror Board or any committee of the RTO Acquiror Board takes no position or a neutral position with respect to an RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal for more than five (5) Business Days after an RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal is made or publicly announced, or (iii) the RTO Acquiror Board or any committee of the RTO Acquiror Board resolves or publicly proposes to take any of the foregoing actions;

RTO Acquiror Disclosure Documents” means all information, disclosure, forms, reports, schedules, statements, certifications and other documents, including without limitation all press releases, forms, reports, schedules, financial statements and notes and schedules to such financial statements, management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations, certifications, annual information forms, management information circulars, material change

 


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reports, business acquisition reports and other documents publicly disclosed or filed by the RTO Acquiror with the Securities Authorities since January 1, 2020;

RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter” means the disclosure letter executed by RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco and delivered to Peraso prior to or concurrently with the execution of this Agreement;

RTO Acquiror Financial Advisor” means Cassel Salpeter & Co., LLC;

RTO Acquiror Financial Statements” means: (a) the audited consolidated financial statements (including any related notes thereto) of RTO Acquiror for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019, including the auditor’s report thereon and the notes thereto; and (b) the unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of the RTO Acquiror for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020;

RTO Acquiror Group” means RTO Acquiror and all of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including Canco and Callco;

RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect” means any effect, fact, change, event, occurrence or circumstance that is, or would reasonably be expected to be, material and adverse to the business, condition (financial or otherwise), properties, assets (tangible or intangible), liabilities (whether absolute, accrued, conditional or otherwise), capital, operations or results of operations of RTO Acquiror and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, other than any effect arising from, relating to or resulting from, as applicable: (i) the global economy, political conditions (including the outbreak of war or any acts of terrorism), international trade or securities, financial or credit markets in general, natural disasters or other acts of God; (ii) the semi-conductor industry in general, (iii) any generally applicable change in applicable Law (other than orders, Judgments, claims or decrees against RTO Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries), or accounting standards or the enforcement or interpretation thereof; (iv) a change in the market trading price or trading volume of RTO Acquiror Shares (it being understood that the underlying cause of any such change may be taken into consideration when determining whether an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect has occurred, unless otherwise excepted under this definition); (v) the announcement of this Agreement, including the impact thereof on the relationships, contractual or otherwise, on RTO Acquiror or its subsidiaries with customers, suppliers, business partners, regulators, vendors, Governmental Entities or other third Persons; (vi) any action taken or refrained from being taken by RTO Acquiror or its subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement, to the extent Peraso has expressly consented to, approved or requested such action in writing following the date of this Agreement; and (vii) any disease outbreaks, pandemics or epidemics or other related condition including COVID-19; provided, however, that (x) in the event that RTO Acquiror and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, are materially and disproportionately affected by an effect described in clause (i), (ii), (iii) or (vi) above relative to other participants in the industries in which RTO Acquiror and its subsidiaries operate, the extent (and only the extent) of such effect, relative to such other participants, on RTO Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, may be taken into account in determining whether there has been an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect; and (y) references in certain sections of this Agreement to dollar amounts are not intended to be, and shall not be deemed to be, illustrative or interpretive for the purposes of determining whether a “RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect” has occurred;

 


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RTO Acquiror Meeting means the special meeting of RTO Acquiror Shareholders, including any adjournment or postponement thereof, to be called and held in accordance with this Agreement, for the purpose of voting on the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters and for any other purpose as may be set out in the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement if and as agreed to by Peraso;

RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement” shall mean the proxy statement to be sent to RTO Acquiror’s stockholders in connection with the approval of the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters;

RTO Acquiror Record Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.11(2);

RTO Acquiror Replacement Option” means an option to acquire RTO Acquiror Shares to be issued by RTO Acquiror in consideration for cancellation of the Peraso Options;

RTO Acquiror Share Consideration” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plan of Arrangement;

RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval” means the approval of the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters in accordance with the requirements of and to the extent required under applicable Law;

RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.12(1);

RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Termination Event” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.3(3);

RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Termination Payment” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.3(3);

RTO Acquiror Shareholders” means the holders of RTO Acquiror Shares;

RTO Acquiror Shares” means issued and outstanding shares of common stock in the capital of RTO Acquiror;

RTO Acquiror Superior Proposal” means any unsolicited bona fide written RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal from a Person who is an arm’s length third party to acquire not less than all of the outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares or all or substantially all of the assets of the RTO Acquiror on a consolidated basis that: (i) complies with Securities Laws and did not result from or involve a breach of Article 7; (ii) is capable of being completed without undue delay, taking into account, all financial, legal, regulatory and other aspects of such proposal and the Person making such proposal; (iii) is not subject, either by the terms of such RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal or by virtue of any applicable Law, or rule or requirement of any stock exchange, to any requirement that the approval of the shareholders of the Person making the RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal be obtained; (iv) if any consideration is cash, is not subject to any financing contingency or condition; (v) is not subject to any due diligence or access condition; (vi) is not subject, either by the terms of such RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal or by virtue of any applicable Law, to any Authorization of a Governmental Entity; (vii) does not provide for the payment of any break, termination or other fees or expenses to the other party in the event that the RTO Acquiror

 


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completes the Arrangement or any similar other transaction with Peraso or any of its affiliates agreed prior to any termination of this Agreement and (viii) that the RTO Acquiror Board determines, in its good faith judgment, after receiving the advice of its outside legal and financial advisors and after taking into account all the terms and conditions of the RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal, including all legal, financial, regulatory and other aspects of such RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal and the party making such RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal, (A) would, if consummated in accordance with its terms, but without assuming away the risk of non-completion, result in a transaction which is more favourable, from a financial point of view, to the RTO Acquiror Shareholders than the Arrangement (including any amendments to the terms and conditions of the Arrangement proposed by Peraso pursuant to Section 7.4(2)), and (II) the failure to recommend such RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal to the RTO Acquiror Shareholders would be contrary to the fiduciary duties of the RTO Acquiror Board;

RTO Acquiror Supporting Shareholders” means, collectively, all of the senior officers and directors of RTO Acquiror who have entered into RTO Acquiror Voting Agreements;

RTO Acquiror Tail Policy” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.6(1);

RTO Acquiror Third Quarter Financial Statements” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.3(h);

RTO Acquiror Voting Agreements” means the voting agreements (including all amendments thereto) between Peraso and the RTO Acquiror Supporting Shareholders setting forth the terms and conditions upon which the RTO Acquiror Supporting Shareholders have agreed, among other things, to vote their RTO Acquiror Shares in favour of the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters;

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission;

SEC Clearance Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 2.11(2);

Section 3(a)(10) Exemption” means the exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act provided by section 3(a)(10) thereof;

Securities Act” means the Securities Act (Ontario) and the rules, regulations, instruments (including national and multilateral instruments) and published policies made thereunder, as now in effect and as they may be promulgated or amended from time to time;

Securities Authorities” means all securities regulatory authorities, including the applicable securities commission or similar regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada, the SEC and the NASDAQ, that are applicable to Peraso or RTO Acquiror, as the case may be;

Securities Laws” means the Securities Act, together with all other applicable Canadian provincial securities laws, the U.S. Securities Act, the U.S. Exchange Act, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, and applicable securities laws of the United States and the states thereof, and the rules and regulations and published policies of the securities authorities thereunder, as now in effect and as they may be promulgated or amended from time to time, and includes the rules and policies of the NASDAQ that are applicable to RTO Acquiror;

 


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Special Voting Share means the special voting share in the capital of RTO Acquiror, having substantially the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions described in the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement and the RTO Acquiror Certificate of Designation;

subsidiary” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the National Instrument 45-106 – Prospectus Exemptions;

Superior Proposal” means, with respect to Peraso, a Peraso Superior Proposal, and, with respect to RTO Acquiror, an RTO Acquiror Superior Proposal;

Superior Proposal Matching Period” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.4(1)(a)(iv);

Superior Proposal Notice” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.4(1)(a)(iii);

Support Agreement” means an agreement to be made among RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco in connection with the Plan of Arrangement substantially in the form and substance of Schedule “F”;

Tax Returns” means all domestic and foreign federal, state, provincial, territorial, municipal and local returns, reports, declarations, disclosures, elections, notices, filings, forms, statements, information statements and other documents (whether in tangible, electronic or other form) and including any amendments, schedules, attachments, supplements, appendices and exhibits thereto, made, prepared, filed or required to be made, prepared or filed by Law in respect of Taxes;

Taxes” means any and all domestic and foreign federal, state, provincial, municipal, territorial and local taxes, assessments and other governmental charges, duties, fees, levies, impositions and liabilities imposed by any Governmental Entity (whether payable directly or by withholding and whether or not requiring the filing of a Tax Return), including without limitation pension plan contributions, tax instalment payments, unemployment insurance contributions and employment insurance contributions, disability, severance, social security, workers’ compensation and deductions at source, including taxes based on or measured by gross receipts, income, profits, sales, capital, use, and occupation, and including goods and services, value added, ad valorem, sales, capital gains, capital stock, windfall profits, premium, transfer, franchise, stamp, license, non-resident withholding, customs, payroll, recapture, employment, excise and property duties and taxes, together with all estimated taxes, deficiency assessments, interest, penalties, fines and additions to tax imposed with respect to such amounts, and shall include any liability for such amounts as a result of (i) being a transferee or successor or member of a combined, consolidated, unitary or affiliated group, or (ii) a contractual obligation to indemnify any Person or other entity;

Termination Payment” means an amount equal to $3,500,000;

Trading Day” means any day on which RTO Acquiror Shares are actually traded on the NASDAQ or such other stock exchange or automated quotation system on which RTO Acquiror Shares are actually traded if such shares do not trade on NASDAQ;

Transaction Costs” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.3(1);

Transaction Personal Information” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 9.1;

 


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U.S. Exchange Act means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder;

U.S. GAAP” or “GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles;

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

U.S. Securities Laws means all applicable securities legislation in the United States, including without limitation, the U.S. Securities Act, the U.S. Exchange Age and the rules and regulation promulgated thereunder, including the rules and policies of the SEC and any applicable state securities laws;

United States” means the United States of America; and

Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement” means an agreement to be made among RTO Acquiror, Canco and Kingsdale Advisors LP, or such other person as may be appointed by Peraso and RTO Acquiror (each acting reasonably), as agent, in connection with the Plan of Arrangement, substantially in the form of Schedule “G”.

Section 1.2

Interpretation

For the purposes of this Agreement, except as otherwise expressly provided:

 

(a)

“this Agreement” means this Arrangement Agreement, including the recitals and Schedules hereto, and not any particular Article, Section or other subdivision, recital or Schedule hereof, and includes any agreement, document or instrument entered into, made or delivered pursuant to the terms hereof, as the same may, from time to time, be supplemented or amended and in effect;

 

(b)

the words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder” and other words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular Article, Section or other subdivision, recital or Appendix hereof;

 

(c)

all references in this Agreement to a designated “Article”, “Section” or other subdivision, recital or “Schedule” hereof are references to the designated Article, Section or other subdivision, recital or Schedule to, this Agreement;

 

(d)

a reference to a statute in this Agreement includes all regulations, rules, policies or instruments made thereunder, all amendments to the statute, regulations, rules, policies or instruments in force from time to time, and any statutes, regulations, rules, policies or instruments that supplement or supersede such statute, regulations, rules, policies or instruments; and

 

(e)

the division of this Agreement into Article, Sections and other subdivisions, recitals or Schedule, the inclusion of a table of contents and the insertion of headings and captions are for convenience of reference only and are not intended to interpret, define or limit the scope, extent or intent of this Agreement or any provision hereof.

 


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Section 1.3

Number, Gender and Persons

In this Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, words importing the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, words importing the use of either gender shall include both genders and neuters.

Section 1.4

Date for Any Action

If the date on which any action is required to be taken hereunder by a Party is not a Business Day, such action shall be required to be taken on the next succeeding day which is a Business Day.

Section 1.5

Currency

Unless otherwise stated, all references in this Agreement to sums of money are expressed in lawful money of the United States and “$” refers to United States dollars. “CA$” refers to the lawful money of Canada.

Section 1.6

Accounting Matters

Unless otherwise stated, all accounting terms used in this Agreement in respect of Peraso, RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco shall have the meanings attributable thereto under U.S. GAAP and all determinations of an accounting nature in respect of Peraso, RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco required to be made shall be made in a manner consistent with U.S. GAAP consistently applied.

Section 1.7

Knowledge

Where any representation or warranty in this Agreement is expressly qualified by reference to the knowledge of Peraso, it shall be deemed to refer to the actual knowledge, after making reasonable inquiries regarding the relevant subject matter, of any of the Chief Executive Officer and the Vice President, Finance of Peraso, in each case, as of the date hereof.

Where any representation or warranty in this Agreement is expressly qualified by reference to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, Canco or Callco, it shall be deemed to refer to the actual knowledge, after making reasonable inquiries regarding the relevant subject matter, of any of the Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer of the RTO Acquiror, in each case, as of the date hereof.

Section 1.8

Schedules

The following Schedules are annexed to this Agreement and are incorporated by reference into this Agreement and form a part hereof:

Schedule A – Plan of Arrangement

Schedule B – Peraso Arrangement Resolution

Schedule C – Representations and Warranties of Peraso

Schedule D – Representations and Warranties of RTO Acquiror

Schedule E – Key Regulatory Approvals

Schedule F – Form of Support Agreement

Schedule G – Form of Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement

Schedule H – RTO Acquiror Certificate of Designation

Schedule I – Form of Lock-Up Agreement

Schedule J – Form of Escrow Agreement

 


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ARTICLE 2
THE ARRANGEMENT

Section 2.1

Arrangement

The Parties agree that the Arrangement will be implemented in accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions contained in this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement, pursuant to which (among other things) each Peraso Shareholder (other than Peraso Shareholders who have validly exercised Dissent Rights) shall receive the Consideration for each Peraso Share held.

Section 2.2

Obligations of Peraso

Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Peraso will take all actions reasonably needed to facilitate the Arrangement in accordance with all applicable Law, including Securities Laws, to:

 

(a)

apply for and diligently prosecute a motion to the Court for the Interim Order in connection with the application for the Final Order in respect of the Arrangement;

 

(b)

in accordance with the terms of and the procedures contained in the Interim Order, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Peraso Meeting as soon as practicable after the date hereof;

 

(c)

solicit proxies of the Peraso Shareholders in favour of the Peraso Arrangement Resolution and against any resolution or proposal submitted by any Person that is inconsistent with the Peraso Arrangement Resolution or that would reasonably be expected to materially impair, delay or impede the completion of any of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(d)

fix the date of the Peraso Meeting, which date shall be no later than 35 calendar days following the SEC Clearance Date, give notice to RTO Acquiror of the Peraso Meeting, and allow RTO Acquiror and RTO Acquiror’s Representatives (including legal counsel) to attend the Peraso Meeting;

 

(e)

subject to obtaining the approvals as contemplated in the Interim Order and as may be directed by the Court in the Interim Order, take all steps necessary to submit the Arrangement to the Court and appear at Court to seek the Final Order as soon as reasonably practicable (and, in any event, within five (5) Business Days following the approval of the Peraso Arrangement Resolution at the Peraso Meeting);

 

(f)

deliver the Articles of Arrangement to the Director in accordance with Section 2.8 upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set out in Article 6; and

 

(g)

consult with RTO Acquiror in respect of the actions as set out in this Article 2, including providing RTO Acquiror with a reasonable opportunity to comment on all draft documentation prepared by Peraso in connection with the foregoing, and to give due consideration to and act reasonably with respect to adopting such comments.

 


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Section 2.3

Interim Order

As soon as reasonably practicable after the date of this Agreement, and in any event no later than three Business Days following the SEC Clearance Date, Peraso shall apply to the Court in a manner and on terms acceptable to RTO Acquiror, acting reasonably, pursuant to Section 182 of the OBCA and, in cooperation with RTO Acquiror, prepare, file and diligently pursue an application for the Interim Order, which shall provide, among other things:

 

(a)

for the class of Persons to whom notice is to be provided in respect of the Arrangement and the Peraso Meeting and for the manner in which such notice is to be provided;

 

(b)

for a fixed record date, in accordance with the OBCA and the terms of the Ninth A&R USA, for the purposes of determining the Peraso Shareholders entitled to receive notice of and vote at the Peraso Meeting, which date shall be the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which the Peraso Circular is mailed to the Peraso Shareholders;

 

(c)

that the requisite approval for the Peraso Arrangement Resolution at the Peraso Meeting shall be 66⅔% of the votes cast by the Peraso Shareholders (including the affirmative vote of Roadmap) present in person or represented by proxy at the Peraso Meeting (the “Peraso Shareholder Approval”);

 

(d)

that, in all other respects, the terms, conditions and restrictions of the constating documents of Peraso relating to a meeting of Peraso Shareholders, including quorum requirements, shall apply in respect of the Peraso Meeting;

 

(e)

for the grant of Dissent Rights to the Peraso Shareholders who are registered Peraso Shareholders, as set out in the Plan of Arrangement;

 

(f)

for the notice requirements with respect to the presentation of the application to the Court for the Final Order;

 

(g)

that the Peraso Meeting may be adjourned or postponed from time to time by Peraso in accordance with the terms of this Agreement without the need for additional approval of the Court;

 

(h)

that the Parties intend to rely upon the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption, subject to and conditioned on the Court’s determination that the Arrangement is substantively and procedurally fair to the Peraso Securityholders, with respect to the issuance of the RTO Acquiror Shares and the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options to the Peraso Optionholders pursuant to the Arrangement, to implement the transactions contemplated hereby in respect of the Peraso Securityholders;

 

(i)

that each Peraso Shareholder shall have the right to appear before the Court at the hearing of the Court to approve the application for the Final Order so long as they enter a notice of appearance within a reasonable time; and

 

(j)

for such other matters as RTO Acquiror and/or Peraso may reasonably require, subject to obtaining the prior consent of Peraso and/or RTO Acquiror, respectively, such consent not

 


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to be unreasonably withheld or delayed provided that such other matters would not reasonably be expected to materially impair, delay or impede the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 2.4

Peraso Meeting

Subject to the terms of this Agreement:

 

(a)

Peraso agrees to convene and conduct the Peraso Meeting in accordance with the Interim Order, the constating documents of Peraso, the terms of the Ninth A&R USA and applicable Law as soon as practicable, and in any event no later than 35 calendar days following the SEC Clearance Date;

 

(b)

Peraso will promptly advise RTO Acquiror on a daily basis on each of the last ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of the Peraso Meeting as to the aggregate tally of the proxies received by Peraso in respect of the Peraso Arrangement Resolution;

 

(c)

Peraso will promptly advise RTO Acquiror of any written communication from or written claims brought by (or threatened in writing, to be brought by) any Peraso Securityholder or any other Person in opposition to the Arrangement, the Peraso Arrangement Resolution and/or any exercise or purported exercise by any Peraso Shareholder of Dissent Rights received by Peraso and any withdrawal of Dissent Rights received by Peraso and any written communications sent by or on behalf of Peraso to any Peraso Shareholder exercising or purporting to exercise Dissent Rights; and

 

(d)

except as required by applicable Law, Peraso will not propose or submit for consideration at the Peraso Meeting any business other than the approval of the Peraso Arrangement Resolution without RTO Acquiror’s prior written consent, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed provided that such business would not reasonably be expected to materially impair, delay or impede the completion of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

Section 2.5

Peraso Circular

(1)

Subject to Section 2.5(3), Peraso shall (i) as soon as reasonably practicable following execution of this Agreement, prepare, in consultation with RTO Acquiror, the Peraso Circular, together with any other documents required by applicable Law, and (ii) following the receipt of the Interim Order, cause the Peraso Circular to be sent to Peraso Shareholders and any other Person as required by the Interim Order and applicable Law, in each case so as to permit the Peraso Meeting to be held by the date specified in Section 2.4(a). Peraso shall ensure that the Peraso Circular complies in all material respects with all applicable Law, does not include any misrepresentation (other than with respect to any information relating solely to RTO Acquiror, Canco and/or Callco and provided by RTO Acquiror in writing specifically for inclusion in the Peraso Circular) and contains sufficient detail to permit the Peraso Shareholders, to form a reasoned judgement concerning the Arrangement and the Peraso Arrangement Resolution to be placed before them at the Peraso Meeting. Peraso shall be permitted to append to the Peraso Circular all of, or selected extracts from, the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement.

 


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(2)

Except in the case of a Peraso Change in Recommendation specifically permitted pursuant to Section 7.3(1), Peraso shall disclose in the Peraso Circular:

 

(a)

that the Peraso Board has received the Peraso Fairness Opinions from the Peraso Financial Advisor;

 

(b)

the general terms of the Peraso Fairness Opinions and a copy of such Peraso Fairness Opinions shall be included in the Peraso Circular;

 

(c)

that the Peraso Board has unanimously determined, after receiving financial and legal advice, that (A) the Arrangement is fair and reasonable to the Peraso Shareholders, (B) the Arrangement is in the best interests of Peraso, and (C) the Peraso Board unanimously recommends that the Peraso Shareholders vote in favour of the Peraso Arrangement Resolution (the “Peraso Board Recommendation”);

 

(d)

that each director, senior officer and 10% shareholder of Peraso (determined on a Fully-Diluted basis) has signed a Peraso Voting Agreement and agreed to vote all of such Person’s Peraso Shares (including any Peraso Shares issued upon the exercise of any securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into or for Peraso Shares) in favour of the Peraso Arrangement Resolution, and against any resolution submitted by any Person that is inconsistent with the Arrangement, subject to the other terms of the Peraso Voting Agreements; and

 

(e)

such information as may be required to allow RTO Acquiror and Canco to rely upon the exemption from registration provided under Section 3(a)(10) of the U.S. Securities Act with respect to the issuance of the Consideration.

(3)

RTO Acquiror shall promptly provide to Peraso all information regarding RTO Acquiror or its subsidiaries and affiliates, as required by the Interim Order and applicable Law for inclusion in the Peraso Circular, or in any amendments or supplements to such Peraso Circular. RTO Acquiror shall ensure that no such information provided by RTO Acquiror specifically for inclusion in the Peraso Circular will contain any misrepresentation concerning RTO Acquiror.

(4)

RTO Acquiror and its legal counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the Peraso Circular and all such other documents required to be filed or distributed to Peraso Shareholders in connection with the Arrangement. Peraso and its legal counsel will incorporate all reasonable comments of RTO Acquiror and its legal counsel into the Peraso Circular and all such other documents. The Peraso Circular and all such other documents shall be satisfactory to RTO Acquiror, acting reasonably, before they are printed, or distributed to Peraso Shareholders or filed with any Governmental Entity. Peraso agrees that all information relating solely to RTO Acquiror and its subsidiaries and affiliates included in the Peraso Circular must be in a form and content satisfactory to RTO Acquiror.

(5)

Each of Peraso and RTO Acquiror shall promptly notify the other Party if at any time before the Effective Date either becomes aware that the Peraso Circular contains a misrepresentation, or otherwise requires an amendment or supplement. The Parties shall co-operate in the preparation of any amendment or supplement to the Peraso Circular as required or appropriate, and Peraso shall promptly mail or otherwise publicly disseminate any amendment or supplement to the

 


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Peraso Circular to Peraso Shareholders and, if required by the Court or applicable Law, file the same with any Governmental Entity and as otherwise required.

Section 2.6

Final Order

If the Interim Order is obtained and the Peraso Arrangement Resolution is passed at the Peraso Meeting in accordance with applicable Law and the Interim Order, then Peraso shall take all steps necessary or desirable to submit the Arrangement to the Court as soon as practicable (and, in any event, within five (5) Business Days following the Peraso Meeting) and apply to the Court for the Final Order pursuant to Section 185 of the OBCA approving the Arrangement on terms reasonably satisfactory to each of Peraso and RTO Acquiror.

Section 2.7

Court Proceedings

Subject to the terms of this Agreement, Peraso shall diligently pursue, and Peraso and RTO Acquiror shall cooperate with each other in pursuing, the Interim Order and the Final Order. Peraso will provide RTO Acquiror and its legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon drafts of all material to be filed with the Court in connection with the Interim Order and the Final Order and will incorporate all reasonable comments of RTO Acquiror and its counsel. Peraso will ensure that all materials filed with the Court in connection with the Arrangement are consistent with this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement. Subject to applicable Law, Peraso will not file any material with the Court in connection with the Arrangement or serve any such material, and will not agree to modify or amend materials so filed or served, except with RTO Acquiror’s prior written consent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, provided, however, that nothing herein shall require RTO Acquiror to agree or consent to any increase or change in the Consideration or any modification or amendment to such filed or served materials that expands or increases RTO Acquiror’s obligations set forth in any such filed or served materials or under this Agreement or the Arrangement. Peraso shall also provide to RTO Acquiror and to RTO Acquiror’s legal counsel on a timely basis copies of any notice of appearance or other Court documents served on Peraso in respect of the application for the Interim Order or the Final Order or any appeal therefrom and of any notice, whether written or oral, received by Peraso indicating any intention to oppose the granting of the Interim Order or the Final Order or to appeal the Interim Order or the Final Order. In addition, Peraso will not object to legal counsel to RTO Acquiror making such submissions on the hearing of the motion for the Interim Order and the application for the Final Order as such counsel considers appropriate, provided, however, that Peraso is advised of the nature of any submissions prior to the hearing and such submissions are consistent with this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement. Peraso will also oppose any proposal from any party that the Interim Order or the Final Order contain any provision inconsistent with this Agreement, and, if at any time after the issuance of the Final Order and prior to the Effective Time, Peraso is required by the terms of the Final Order or by Law to return to Court with respect to the Final Order, it shall do so only after reasonable advance notice to, and in consultation and cooperation with, RTO Acquiror. If the Courts in Ontario are closed due to disease outbreaks, pandemics or epidemics or other related conditions, then the time to make application to the Court or convene and conduct the Peraso Meeting in Sections Section 2.2(d), Section 2.4 and Section 2.6, shall be tolled for such period as the Courts are closed plus three (3) Business Days; provided that in no event shall such tolling and three (3) Business Day period extend beyond the Outside Date.

 


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Section 2.8

Articles of Arrangement and Effective Date

(1)

The Articles of Arrangement shall implement the Plan of Arrangement and will become effective as of the Effective Time. On the second (2nd) Business Day after the satisfaction or, where permitted, the waiver of the conditions (excluding conditions that, by their terms, cannot be satisfied until the Effective Date, but subject to the satisfaction or, where not prohibited, the waiver of those conditions as of the Effective Date) set forth in Article 6, unless another time or date is agreed to in writing by the Parties, the Articles of Arrangement shall be filed by Peraso with the Director, provided, however, that the Articles of Arrangement shall not be sent to the Director, for endorsement and filing by the Director, except as contemplated hereby or with RTO Acquiror’s prior written consent. From and after the Effective Time, the Plan of Arrangement will have all of the effects provided by applicable Law, including the OBCA. Each of Peraso and RTO Acquiror agrees to amend the Plan of Arrangement at any time prior to the Effective Time in accordance with Section 8.4 of this Agreement and Article 6 of the Plan of Arrangement to include such other terms determined to be reasonably necessary or desirable by RTO Acquiror or Peraso, as the case may be.

(2)

The closing of the Arrangement will take place by electronic exchange of documents on the Effective Date, or at such other location as may be agreed to by the Parties.

Section 2.9

Payment of Consideration

(1)

At least five (5) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, RTO Acquiror shall deliver to Peraso the information required for variable A in the definition of Exchange Ratio and Peraso shall deliver to RTO Acquiror the information required for variable D in the definition of Exchange Ratio. RTO Acquiror and Canco will, following receipt by Peraso of the Final Order and prior to the filing by Peraso of the Articles of Arrangement, issue in escrow with the Depositary (the terms and conditions of such escrow to be satisfactory to the parties, acting reasonably) sufficient RTO Acquiror Shares and Exchangeable Shares to satisfy the aggregate Consideration (other than the Escrow Consideration and the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options) for the Peraso Shares outstanding, and shall issue the Escrow Consideration.

(2)

At the Effective Time, the Depositary shall release all Consideration (other than the Escrow Consideration and the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options) to the Peraso Shareholders in accordance with the direction of Peraso. At the Effective Time, RTO Acquiror shall issue and exchange the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options in accordance with Section 2.18(1), and shall hold the Escrow Consideration in escrow, to be released to the Peraso Shareholders in accordance with the direction of Peraso and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. The Peraso Shareholders will be entitled to receive Consideration (other than RTO Acquiror Replacement Options and the underlying RTO Acquiror Shares thereunder) on a pro rata basis.

(3)

Subject to the provisions of the Plan of Arrangement, Canco shall execute joint elections under subsection 85(1) or 85(2) of the ITA and any equivalent provincial or territorial legislation with Peraso Shareholders who are Eligible Holders (as defined in the Plan of Arrangement) and who are entitled to receive Exchangeable Shares under the Arrangement, subject to and in accordance with the Plan of Arrangement.

 


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(4)

Subject to Section 2.10, within ten (10) Business Days following the satisfaction of the Escrow Release Condition, RTO Acquiror shall release the Escrow Consideration to the Peraso Shareholders in accordance with the direction provided by Peraso at the Effective Time (subject to any subsequent change in ownership communicated to RTO Acquiror or Peraso by a Peraso Shareholder in respect of its ownership).

Section 2.10

Indemnification

(1)

Notwithstanding the foregoing, to the extent RTO Acquiror suffers any Loss after the Effective Time and before the Escrow Release Condition has been satisfied and which Loss resulted from a breach of this Agreement by Peraso, including: any breach of representations and warranties or covenants of Peraso and for greater certainty, includes any Loss suffered in connection with the conversion of preferred shares of Peraso in 2020 and any dividends thereon, Peraso hereby agrees to indemnify RTO Acquiror for any and all such Loss, subject to the limitations contained in this Section 2.10 (the “Indemnification Obligations”).

(2)

The indemnity described in Section 2.10(1) shall be solely satisfied by RTO Acquiror having the right to set-off any such Loss exclusively against the Escrow Consideration in accordance with this Section 2.10. For the purpose of setting-off any indemnifiable Loss determined to be payable pursuant to Section 2.10, RTO Acquiror shall receive a number of Exchangeable Shares or RTO Acquiror Shares, as applicable, from the Escrow Consideration (together with any accrued or declared dividends thereon), having a value equal to the Escrow Consideration Value (as defined below), subject to the limitations set forth in this Section 2.10. Any Escrow Consideration received by RTO Acquiror as an indemnification payment shall be promptly cancelled by RTO Acquiror or Canco, as applicable, after its receipt thereof. In the event the right of RTO Acquiror or Canco, as applicable, to cause the Escrow Consideration to be cancelled is not legally permitted: (i) RTO Acquiror shall have the right to cause the exchange of Exchangeable Shares forming part of the Escrow Consideration into RTO Acquiror Shares; and (ii) RTO Acquiror shall have the right to cause such number of RTO Acquiror Shares forming part of the Escrow Consideration or issued pursuant to the exchange contemplated in (i), to be sold through the facilities of the NASDAQ (or such other stock exchange on which the RTO Acquiror Shares are then listed if such shares are not listed on NASDAQ) to an arm’s length third-party, so that the cash proceeds from such sale are used to satisfy the amount of the indemnifiable Loss, provided that the RTO Acquiror shall not be entitled to any recovery beyond the Escrow Consideration.

(3)

Any payments to RTO Acquiror from the Escrow Consideration shall be treated as a reduction in the number of RTO Acquiror Shares issued to the Peraso Shareholders for U.S. federal (and applicable state, local, and foreign) income Tax purposes except to the extent otherwise required pursuant to a “determination” (as defined in Section 1313(a) of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) or with respect to any amounts treated as imputed interest under Section 483 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(4)

RTO Acquiror shall not be entitled to double recovery for any Loss even though they may have resulted from the inaccuracy or breach of, or the failure to fulfill or perform, more than one of the representations, warranties and covenants of Peraso in this Agreement.

 


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(5)

Subject to Section 2.10(7), no neglect, forbearance, extension of time, waiver, other indulgence or other act or failure to act by RTO Acquiror in attempting to enforce the Indemnification Obligations will release, discharge or in any way reduce those obligations.

(6)

The right to set-off under Section 2.10 shall be the sole and exclusive remedy for RTO Acquiror in respect of a breach of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated herein following the Effective Time.

(7)

No enforcement of the Indemnification Obligations may be sought by RTO Acquiror on or after the date that the Escrow Consideration has been released. In the event that there are any pending and unresolved claims for any indemnifiable Loss pursuant to this Section 2.10 as of the date the Escrow Release Condition is satisfied, then an amount of Escrow Consideration reasonably necessary to serve as security for such pending Loss shall be held back by the Escrow Agent and not released to the Peraso Shareholders or RTO Acquiror until such pending and unresolved claims are resolved.

(8)

The value assigned to the Escrow Consideration for the purposes of setting-off any indemnifiable Loss pursuant to this Section 2.10 (the “Escrow Consideration Value”) shall be equal to:

 

(a)

the amount of the Loss agreed to in writing by the RTO Acquiror and all of the persons with a right to receive, in the aggregate, more than 50% of the Escrow Consideration (up to an amount not to exceed the Escrow Consideration); or

 

(b)

other than as contemplated in Section 2.10(8)(a), the amount of Loss determined to be payable pursuant to a final and non-appealable Judgement (up to an amount not to exceed the Escrow Consideration); and

divided by the 10 day volume weighted average price of the RTO Acquiror Shares on the NASDAQ immediately prior to the valuation date for the Loss (which shall be the date of agreement in the case of (a) and date of judgment in the case of (b)).

(9)

The maximum aggregate liability under this Section 2.10 shall not exceed the Escrow Consideration.

(10)

In the event RTO Acquiror incurs, suffers or reasonably anticipates that it will incur or suffer a Loss in respect of which it is entitled to be indemnified by the Escrow Agent, RTO Acquiror shall as soon as reasonably practicable deliver to the Escrow Agent a written notice (the “Indemnification Notice”) stating a demand for indemnification in accordance with this Agreement, setting out the nature and basis of the Loss and including, to the extent it is then known, a description in reasonable detail of the facts giving rise to the Loss, including the Escrow Consideration Value and the Escrow Agent in turn shall provide the Indemnification Notice to all of the persons with a right to receive the Escrow Consideration.

(11)

Subject to Section 2.10(7), a failure of RTO Acquiror to timely give an Indemnification Notice shall not:

 

(a)

affect the rights of RTO Acquiror or relieve Peraso of any liability to RTO Acquiror, except and only to the extent that, as a result of such failure, Peraso was deprived of its right to

 


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recover any payment under its applicable insurance coverage or was otherwise directly and materially damaged as a result of such failure; or

 

(b)

prevent or in any way restrict RTO Acquiror from taking such measures or pursuing such remedies that may be available to it with respect to the Loss described in the Indemnification Notice.

(12)

The Parties agree that all voting rights and other stockholder rights, other than with respect to dividends or distributions, with respect to the Escrow Consideration shall be suspended until such shares are released in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. Any dividends or other distributions paid in respect of such Escrow Consideration following the Effective Time and before the Escrow Release Condition shall be added to the Escrow Consideration, to be escrowed on a pro rata basis from the Consideration to be received by the Peraso Shareholders, and released as part of the Escrow Consideration in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

Section 2.11

RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement

(1)

As promptly as practicable following execution of this Agreement, but subject to Section 2.11(3), RTO Acquiror shall (i) prepare, in consultation with Peraso, the preliminary RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement (and the letter to stockholders, notice of meeting and form of proxy included therewith), and (ii) cause the preliminary RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC by no later than ten Business Days following date of this Agreement.

(2)

RTO Acquiror covenants and agrees that the definitive RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement (including the letter to stockholders, notice of meeting and form of proxy included therewith), will not, at the time that the definitive RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement or any amendment or supplement thereto is first mailed to the RTO Acquiror Shareholders and at the time of the RTO Acquiror Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. Notwithstanding the foregoing, RTO Acquiror makes no covenant, representation or warranty with respect to statements made in the definitive RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement (and the letter to stockholders, notice of meeting and form of proxy included therewith) (i) based on information furnished in writing by Peraso specifically for inclusion therein, or (ii) that otherwise reflect information about Peraso or the planned business of RTO Acquiror or Peraso following the Effective Time. RTO Acquiror shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the definitive RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement to comply with the applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC and to respond promptly to any comments of the SEC or its staff. RTO Acquiror shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the definitive RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement to be filed with the SEC, and mailed to the RTO Acquiror Shareholders as of the record date established for the RTO Acquiror Meeting (the “RTO Acquiror Record Date”), as promptly as practicable after (A) the 10th calendar day after the preliminary RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement therefor has been filed with the SEC if by such date the SEC has not informed RTO Acquiror that it intends to review the preliminary RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement or (B) if the SEC has, by the 10th calendar day after the preliminary RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement therefor has been filed with the SEC, informed RTO Acquiror that it intends to review the preliminary RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement, the date on which the SEC confirms that it has no further comments on the preliminary RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement (each such date, the “SEC Clearance Date”).

 


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(3)

Except in the case of an RTO Acquiror Change in Recommendation specifically permitted pursuant to Section 7.3(1), RTO Acquiror shall disclose in the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement:

 

(a)

that the RTO Acquiror Board has received an opinion from the RTO Acquiror Financial Advisor to the effect that, as of the date of such opinion, and based upon and subject to the assumptions, qualifications, limitations and other matters considered in connection with the preparation of such opinion, the Exchange Ratio in the Arrangement pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement is fair, from a financial point of view, to RTO Acquiror;

 

(b)

the general terms of the fairness opinion from the RTO Acquiror Financial Advisor and a copy of such fairness opinion shall be included in the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement;

 

(c)

that the RTO Acquiror Board has unanimously determined, after receiving financial and legal advice, that (A) the Arrangement is fair and reasonable to the RTO Acquiror Shareholders, (B) the Arrangement is in the best interests of the RTO Acquiror and (C) the RTO Acquiror Board unanimously recommends that the RTO Acquiror Shareholders vote in favor of the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters (the “RTO Acquiror Board Recommendation”); and

 

(d)

that each director and senior officer of RTO Acquiror has signed an RTO Acquiror Voting Agreement and agreed to vote all of such Person’s RTO Acquiror Shares (including any RTO Acquiror Shares issued upon the exercise of any securities convertible, exercisable or exchangeable into or for RTO Acquiror Shares) in favour of the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters, and against any matter submitted by any Person that is inconsistent with the Arrangement, subject to the other terms of the RTO Acquiror Voting Agreements.

(4)

Peraso shall promptly provide to RTO Acquiror all information regarding Peraso or its subsidiaries and affiliates, as required by applicable Law for inclusion in the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement, or in any amendments or supplements to such RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement. Peraso shall ensure that no such information provided by Peraso specifically for inclusion in the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement will contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

(5)

Peraso and its legal counsel shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement and all such other documents required to be filed or distributed to RTO Acquiror Shareholders under the Securities Laws in connection with the Arrangement. RTO Acquiror and its legal counsel will incorporate all reasonable comments of Peraso and its legal counsel into the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement and all such other documents. The RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement and all such other documents shall be satisfactory to Peraso, acting reasonably, before they are printed, or distributed to RTO Acquiror Shareholders or filed with any Governmental Entity, subject to any disclosure obligations imposed on RTO Acquiror by any Securities Authorities. RTO Acquiror agrees that all information relating solely to Peraso and its subsidiaries and affiliates included in the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement must be in a form and content satisfactory to Peraso.

(6)

Each of Peraso and RTO Acquiror shall promptly notify the other Party if at any time before the Effective Date either becomes aware that the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement contains any untrue

 


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statement of a material fact or omits to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, or otherwise requires an amendment or supplement, and the Parties shall co-operate in the preparation of any amendment or supplement to the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement as required or appropriate. RTO Acquiror shall promptly mail or otherwise publicly disseminate any amendment or supplement to the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement to RTO Acquiror Shareholders and, if required by applicable Law, file the same with any Governmental Entity and as otherwise required.

(7)

RTO Acquiror shall keep Peraso informed of any requests or comments made by any Securities Authorities in connection with the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement and, as promptly as reasonably practicable, provide Peraso with copies of any correspondence received by RTO Acquiror from, or sent by RTO Acquiror to, any Securities Authorities in connection with the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement.

Section 2.12

RTO Acquiror Meeting

(1)

RTO Acquiror shall take all action necessary under applicable Law to call, give notice of and hold the RTO Acquiror Meeting as soon as practicable, and in any event no later than 50 calendar days following the SEC Clearance Date, to vote on the (i) transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (ii) issuance of RTO Acquiror Shares pursuant to this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement, (iii) change of control of RTO Acquiror resulting from the transaction contemplated by this Agreement pursuant to rules of the NASDAQ, (iv) Reverse Split if determined by the RTO Acquiror Board in accordance with Section 2.16, (v) creation of a Special Voting Share in the capital of RTO Acquiror, to the extent required under applicable Law, (vi) amendment to the MoSys, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan to increase the number of shares of common stock reserved for awards to 15% of the number of common stock of the RTO Acquiror outstanding immediately after the Effective Time on a Fully-Diluted basis including issuance of common stock on exchange of the Exchangeable Shares but excluding all common stock issuable pursuant to the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options and (vii) RTO Acquiror Board Matters, to the extent required under applicable Law (collectively, the “RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters”). The RTO Acquiror Meeting shall be held as promptly as practicable, and in any event within 50 days after the definitive RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement is mailed to RTO Acquiror Shareholders as of the RTO Acquiror Record Date. RTO Acquiror shall take commercially reasonable measures to ensure that all proxies solicited in connection with the RTO Acquiror Meeting are solicited in compliance with all applicable Law. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, if on a date preceding the date on which the RTO Acquiror Meeting is scheduled, RTO Acquiror reasonably believes that (A) it will not receive proxies sufficient to obtain the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval, whether or not a quorum would be present or (B) it will not have sufficient RTO Acquiror Shares represented (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the RTO Acquiror Meeting, RTO Acquiror may (or will, at Peraso’s direction) postpone or adjourn, or make one or more successive postponements or adjournments of, the RTO Acquiror Meeting, provided that (I) the date of the RTO Acquiror Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of 15 calendar days in connection with any postponements or adjournments in reliance on the preceding sentence (II) RTO Acquiror shall not be required to postpone or adjourn the RTO Acquiror Meeting more than once at Peraso’s direction and (III) the postponed or adjourned RTO Acquiror Meeting is held at least 10 Business Days in advance of the Outside Date. In addition, RTO Acquiror may postpone or adjourn the RTO Acquiror Meeting to

 


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allow reasonable additional time for the filing and mailing of any amendment or supplement to the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement that the RTO Acquiror Board determines in good faith to be required or advisable pursuant to Section 2.11(6) above, and for such amendment or supplement to be disseminated and reviewed by the RTO Acquiror Shareholders prior to the RTO Acquiror Meeting provided that the postponed or adjourned RTO Acquiror Meeting is held at least 10 Business Days in advance of the Outside Date.

(2)

RTO Acquiror will promptly advise Peraso on a daily basis on each of the last ten (10) Business Days prior to the date of the RTO Acquiror Meeting as to the aggregate tally of the proxies received by RTO Acquiror in respect of the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters.

(3)

Except in the case of an RTO Acquiror Change in Recommendation specifically permitted pursuant to Section 7.3(1), RTO Acquiror agrees that (i) the RTO Acquiror Board shall unanimously issue the RTO Acquiror Board Recommendation that the RTO Acquiror Shareholders vote in favor of the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters and shall use commercially reasonable efforts to solicit such approval within the timeframe set forth in Section 2.12(1) above and (ii) the RTO Acquiror Board Recommendation shall not be withdrawn or modified in a manner adverse to Peraso, and no resolution by the RTO Acquiror Board or any committee thereof to withdraw or modify the RTO Acquiror Board Recommendation in a manner adverse to Peraso shall be adopted or proposed; and (iii) RTO Acquiror shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to solicit proxies from its stockholders to obtain the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval.

Section 2.13

Obligations Regarding Exchangeable Shares

RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco shall, on a joint and several basis, use their commercially reasonable efforts to:

 

(a)

obtain all orders required from the applicable Securities Authorities to permit the first resale of (i) the Exchangeable Shares issued pursuant to the Arrangement; and (ii) the RTO Acquiror Shares issued from time to time upon exchange of the Exchangeable Shares, in each case, without qualification with or approval of or the filing of any prospectus, or the taking of any proceeding with, or the obtaining of any further Order, ruling or consent from, any Securities Authorities;

 

(b)

cause the listing and admission to trading on the NASDAQ of the RTO Acquiror Shares to be issued at the Exchange Time and from time to time upon exchange of the Exchangeable Shares and the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options;

 

(c)

ensure that Canco is, at the Effective Time and for so long as there are Exchangeable Shares outstanding (other than those Exchangeable Shares held by RTO Acquiror, Callco or any of its affiliates), a “taxable Canadian corporation” within the meaning of the ITA (as of the Effective Time and any modifications to such definitions which are consistent with the principles thereof);

 

(d)

file a registration statement on Form S-3 in order to register under the U.S. Securities Act the RTO Acquiror Shares to be issued upon exchange of the Exchangeable Shares from time to time after the Effective Time, and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such registration statement to become effective as promptly as reasonably practicable

 


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following the Effective Time and to maintain the effectiveness of such registration for the period that such Exchangeable Shares remain outstanding;

 

(e)

to enter into the Support Agreement and the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement effective as of the Effective Time; and

 

(f)

take all actions required in order to create and issue the Special Voting Share as a share in the capital of RTO Acquiror as of the Effective Time.

Section 2.14

RTO Acquiror Post-Closing Governance

(1)

Unless otherwise agreed by the Parties, at the Effective Time, and subject to applicable Laws, including applicable NASDAQ requirements relating to director independence:

 

(a)

all members of the RTO Acquiror Board, other than Daniel Lewis and Robert Newell, will resign and the RTO Acquiror Board shall be reconstituted such that it will consist of the following five (5) members (collectively, the “RTO Acquiror Board Matters”):

 

(i)

Ronald Glibbery, as Chief Executive Officer;

 

(ii)

two director nominees who shall be: (a) selected by Peraso in its sole discretion prior to the date on which the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement is filed with the SEC; and (b) independent in accordance with NASDAQ requirements; and

 

(iii)

Daniel Lewis and Robert Newell, as the RTO Acquiror director nominees, and Robert Newell shall be independent in accordance with NASDAQ requirements; and

 

(b)

all executive officers of the RTO Acquiror will resign from their offices currently held, except with respect to Jim Sullivan as Chief Financial Officer, and the executive officers of the RTO Acquiror shall consist of the following:

 

(i)

Ronald Glibbery, as Chief Executive Officer;

 

(ii)

Daniel Lewis, as President;

 

(iii)

Jim Sullivan, as Chief Financial Officer;

 

(iv)

Brad Lynch, as Chief Operating Officer; and

 

(v)

Alex Tomkins, as Chief Technology Officer.

Section 2.15

Announcements and Consultations

RTO Acquiror and Peraso shall consult with each other in respect to issuing any press release, preparing any presentations or otherwise making any public statement with respect to this Agreement or the Arrangement and, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, in making any filing with any Governmental Entity with respect to this Agreement or the Arrangement. Each of RTO Acquiror and Peraso shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to enable the other Party to review and comment on all such

 


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press releases, presentations, public statements and, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, filings prior to the release or filing, respectively, thereof, and neither RTO Acquiror nor Peraso shall release, make or file any press release, presentation, public statements or, except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, filing without the prior written consent of the other Party (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), provided, however, that the obligations herein shall not prevent a Party from making such disclosure as is required by applicable Law or the rules and policies of any applicable securities exchange, and the Party making such disclosure shall use all commercially reasonable efforts to enable the other Party to review or comment on the disclosure or filing, and if such prior notice is not possible, to give such notice immediately following the making of such disclosure or filing. Reasonable consideration shall be given to any comments made by the other Party and its counsel.

Section 2.16

Reverse Split

RTO Acquiror shall submit to the RTO Acquiror Shareholders at the RTO Acquiror Meeting a proposal to authorize the RTO Acquiror Board to effect a reverse stock split of all outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares on the basis of a reverse stock split ratio of one (1) new RTO Acquiror Share for up to three (3) “old” RTO Acquiror Shares then outstanding, with such ratio to be determined solely by the RTO Acquiror Board (the “Reverse Split”); provided, however, that the RTO Acquiror Board shall have sole discretion as to whether to implement the Reverse Split. Following such approval by the RTO Acquiror Shareholders, the RTO Acquiror Board may facilitate the Reverse Split on at least five Business Days’ prior written notice to Peraso. For the avoidance of doubt, if the Reverse Split is implemented, the Exchange Ratio shall be adjusted accordingly such that the Parties obtain the same economic position following the Reverse Split as they were entitled to prior to the Reverse Split.

Section 2.17

Withholding Taxes

Peraso, RTO Acquiror, Canco, Callco and the Depositary in connection with the Arrangement shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any dividend, price, consideration or other amount otherwise payable to any Person (including, for greater certainty, any Peraso Shareholder, any holder of Peraso Options, any holder of Peraso Warrants, any holder of Peraso Convertible Debentures and any Dissenting Shareholder), such amounts as Peraso, RTO Acquiror, Canco, Callco or the Depositary is required to deduct and withhold with respect to such payment under the ITA, United States Tax Laws or any other applicable Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes hereof as having been paid to the holder of the securities in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made, provided that such withheld amounts are actually remitted to the appropriate Governmental Entity. Peraso, RTO Acquiror, Canco, Callco and the Depositary are hereby authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of a portion of the consideration as is necessary to provide sufficient funds to Peraso, RTO Acquiror, Canco, Callco and the Depositary, as the case may be, to enable it to comply with such deduction or withholding requirement and Peraso, RTO Acquiror, Canco, Callco and the Depositary shall notify the holder thereof and remit any unapplied balance of the net proceeds of such sale.

Section 2.18

Holders of Peraso Options, Peraso Warrants and Peraso Convertible Debentures

At the Effective Time:

(1)

Each Peraso Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, shall be exchanged for an RTO Acquiror Replacement Option to purchase from the RTO Acquiror the number of RTO Acquiror Shares equal to the product of: (i) the number of Peraso

 


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Shares subject to the Peraso Option immediately before the Effective Time, and (ii) the Exchange Ratio, and rounded down to the nearest whole number of RTO Acquiror Shares. The exercise price per RTO Acquiror Share subject to any such RTO Acquiror Replacement Option shall be an amount equal to the greater of: (i) the quotient of (A) the exercise price per Peraso Share under the exchanged Peraso Option immediately prior to the Effective Time, divided by (B) the Exchange Ratio, and rounded up to the nearest whole cent, and (ii) such minimum amount that satisfies the requirements of paragraph 7(1.4)(c) of the ITA. Except as set out above, all terms and conditions of an RTO Acquiror Replacement Option, including the term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercising, will be the same as the Peraso Option for which it was exchanged and any document evidencing a Peraso Option shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such RTO Acquiror Replacement Option.

(2)

Each Peraso Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be deemed to be surrendered and transferred to Peraso in consideration for the issuance of Peraso Shares equal to the Peraso Warrant Consideration Amount, if any, provided that: (a) if the foregoing would result in the issuance of a fractional Peraso Share, then the number of Peraso Shares will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Peraso Shares; and (b) nothing herein shall preclude a Peraso Warrantholder from exercising the Peraso Warrants in accordance with their terms at any time prior to the Effective Time. All Peraso Warrants so surrendered will be automatically cancelled with no further force and effect.

(3)

For each Peraso Convertible Debenture outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, all principal and accrued but unpaid interest thereon will be converted into Peraso Shares at the conversion price set out in such Peraso Convertible Debenture pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement, provided that if the foregoing would result in the issuance of a fractional Peraso Share, then the number of Peraso Shares shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Peraso Shares.

Section 2.19

U.S. Securities Law Matters

The Parties intend that the Arrangement shall be carried out such that the issuance of the RTO Acquiror Shares, the Exchangeable Shares and the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options to Peraso Shareholders in exchange for Peraso Shares and Peraso Options, respectively, qualifies for the exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act provided by the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption and applicable U.S. state securities laws in reliance upon similar exemptions under applicable U.S. state securities laws. Each Party agrees to act in good faith, consistent with the intent of the Parties and the intended treatment of the Arrangement as set forth in this Section 2.19. In order to ensure the availability of the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption, the Parties agree that the Arrangement will be carried out on the following basis:

 

(a)

the Arrangement will be subject to the approval of the Court;

 

(b)

the Court will be advised as to the intention of the Parties to rely on the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption prior to the Court hearing required to issue the Interim Order;

 

(c)

the Court will be required to satisfy itself as to the substantive and procedural fairness of the Arrangement to the Peraso Shareholders;

 


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(d)

the Court will hold a hearing before approving the procedural and substantive fairness of the terms and conditions of the Arrangement;

 

(e)

the Final Order will expressly state that the Arrangement is approved by the Court as being substantively and procedurally fair to the Peraso Securityholders to whom RTO Acquiror Shares, Exchangeable Shares and RTO Acquiror Replacement Options will be issued;

 

(f)

the Parties will ensure that each Peraso Shareholder entitled to receive RTO Acquiror Shares, Exchangeable Shares or RTO Acquiror Replacement Options on completion of the Arrangement will (i) be given adequate notice advising them of their right to attend the Court hearing and providing them with sufficient information necessary for them to exercise that right, (ii) be advised that the RTO Acquiror Shares, Exchangeable Shares and RTO Acquiror Replacement Options issuable pursuant to the Arrangement have not been and will not be registered under the U.S. Securities Act and will be issued by RTO Acquiror in reliance on the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption, and that certain restrictions on resale under the securities laws of the United States, including, as applicable, Rule 144 under the U.S. Securities Act, may be applicable with respect to securities issued to affiliates of RTO Acquiror, and (iii) be advised that the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption does not exempt the issuance of securities upon the exercise of such RTO Acquiror Replacement Options and, therefore, the underlying RTO Acquiror Shares issuable upon the exercise of the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options, if any, cannot be issued in the United States or to a Person in the United States in reliance upon the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption and the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options may only be exercised pursuant to an effective registration statement or pursuant to a then available exemption from the registration requirements of the U.S. Securities Act and applicable state securities laws, if any;

 

(g)

the Interim Order will specify that each Peraso Shareholder entitled to receive RTO Acquiror Shares or Exchangeable Shares on completion of the Arrangement will have the right to appear before the Court at the Court hearing on the Final Order so long as such Peraso Shareholder enters an appearance within a reasonable time and in accordance with the requirements of the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption; and

 

(h)

RTO Acquiror will request that the Final Order include a statement to substantially the following effect: “This Order will serve as a basis of a claim to an exemption, pursuant to Section 3(a)(10) of the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended, from the registration requirements otherwise imposed by that act, regarding the distribution of securities of RTO Acquiror, pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement.”

ARTICLE 3
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PERASO

Section 3.1

Representations and Warranties of Peraso

Except as disclosed in the Peraso Disclosure Letter (in the manner contemplated by the first page thereof), Peraso represents and warrants to RTO Acquiror as set forth in Schedule “C” and acknowledges and agrees that RTO Acquiror is relying upon such representations and warranties in connection with the entering into of this Agreement. Any investigation by RTO Acquiror or its Representatives shall not mitigate, diminish or affect the representations and warranties of Peraso pursuant to this Agreement.

 


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Section 3.2

Survival of Representations and Warranties

Other than as contemplated in Section 2.10, the representations and warranties of Peraso contained in this Agreement shall not survive the completion of the Arrangement and shall expire and be terminated on the earlier of the Effective Time and the date on which this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms.

ARTICLE 4
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF RTO ACQUIROR, CANCO AND CALLCO

Section 4.1

Representations and Warranties of RTO Acquiror

Except as disclosed in the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter (in the manner contemplated by the first page thereof), each of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco jointly and severally represents and warrants to Peraso as set forth in Schedule “D” and acknowledges and agrees that Peraso is relying upon such representations and warranties in connection with the entering into of this Agreement. Any investigation by Peraso or its Representatives shall not mitigate, diminish or affect the representations and warranties of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco pursuant to this Agreement.

Section 4.2

Survival of Representations and Warranties

The representations and warranties of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco contained in this Agreement shall not survive the completion of the Arrangement and shall expire and be terminated on the earlier of the Effective Time and the date on which this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms.

ARTICLE 5
COVENANTS

Section 5.1

Covenants of Peraso Relating to the Arrangement

Except such actions as are expressly permitted pursuant to any other term of this Agreement, Peraso shall perform all obligations required to be performed by Peraso under this Agreement, co-operate with RTO Acquiror in connection therewith, and do all such other acts and things as may be necessary or desirable in order to consummate and make effective, as soon as reasonably practicable, the Arrangement and the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Peraso shall:

 

(a)

apply for and use all commercially reasonable efforts in co-operation with RTO Acquiror to obtain all Key Regulatory Approvals and, in doing so, keep RTO Acquiror informed in a timely manner as to the status of the proceedings or other actions related to obtaining the Key Regulatory Approvals, including (i) providing RTO Acquiror with copies of all related applications and notifications, in draft form, in order for RTO Acquiror to provide its comments thereon, and Peraso shall consult with the RTO Acquiror on any comments provided in good faith; (ii) promptly furnishing to RTO Acquiror copies of notices or other formal communications received by Peraso from, or given by Peraso to, any Governmental Entity (including any Securities Authority) with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise; (iii) not making any commitments, providing any undertakings or assuming any obligations, in each case, that are outside the ordinary course of business, without the prior written consent of RTO Acquiror; and (iv) subject to

 


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applicable Law, Peraso shall, to the extent reasonably practicable, provide RTO Acquiror and its counsel with the opportunity to participate in any substantive meeting, teleconference or other material communication with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filing, investigation or other inquiry in connection with the Key Regulatory Approvals;

 

(b)

use all commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy all conditions precedent in this Agreement in its power to satisfy and take all steps set forth in the Interim Order and Final Order applicable to it and comply promptly with all requirements which applicable Law may impose on Peraso with respect to the Arrangement or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and including effecting all necessary registrations, filings and submissions of information requested by Governmental Entities required to be effected by Peraso or its subsidiaries in connection with the Arrangement and cooperating with RTO Acquiror in connection with its performance of its obligations hereunder;

 

(c)

use all commercially reasonable efforts to defend all lawsuits or other legal, regulatory or other proceedings against Peraso challenging or affecting this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and use all commercially reasonable efforts to have lifted or rescinded any injunction or restraining order or other order relating to Peraso which may materially impede the ability of the Parties to consummate the Arrangement or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(d)

use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, and to assist RTO Acquiror with respect to obtaining, as applicable, all consents, waivers or approvals required under all Material Contracts, including waivers required in connection with any change of control provisions contained in any Material Contracts;

 

(e)

use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption is available for the issuance of RTO Acquiror Shares to the Peraso Shareholders in exchange for their Peraso Shares and the issuance of the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options to Peraso Optionholders in exchange for their Peraso Options pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement;

 

(f)

until the earlier of the Effective Time and termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, Peraso shall, to the extent not precluded by applicable Law, promptly notify RTO Acquiror, in writing, and promptly provide copies of any related documentation received, when Peraso has knowledge of:

 

(i)

any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent (or waiver, permit, exemption, order, approval, agreement, amendment or confirmation) of such Person (or other Person) is or may be required in connection with this Agreement or the Arrangement;

 

(ii)

any notice or other communication from any Governmental Entity in connection with the Arrangement or this Agreement;

 

(iii)

any matter that has resulted in, or is reasonably likely to result in, a condition set forth in Section 6.1 or Section 6.2 not being satisfied;

 


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(iv)

the failure of Peraso to perform any obligations to be performed by it under this Agreement such that any conditions set forth in Section 6.1 or Section 6.2 would not be satisfied; or

 

(v)

any filings, actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings commenced or, to the knowledge of Peraso, threatened orally or in writing against, or, in respect of any filings, actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings existing as at the date hereof, if any additional filings, actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings are made or threatened orally or in writing, in each case relating to or involving or otherwise affecting Peraso, its subsidiaries or any of their respective assets that would reasonably be expected to be material to Peraso and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and

 

(g)

not take any action, or refrain from taking any commercially reasonable action, or permit any action to be taken or not taken, which is inconsistent with this Agreement or which would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, prevent, materially delay or otherwise materially impede the consummation of the Arrangement.

Section 5.2

Covenants of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco Relating to the Arrangement

Except such actions as are expressly permitted pursuant to any other term of this Agreement, RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco shall, on a joint and several basis, perform all obligations required to be performed by RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco under this Agreement, co-operate with Peraso in connection therewith, and do all such other acts and things as may be necessary or desirable in order to consummate and make effective, as soon as reasonably practicable, the Arrangement and the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco shall:

 

(a)

apply for and use all commercially reasonable efforts in co-operation with Peraso to obtain all Key Regulatory Approvals and, in doing so, keep Peraso informed in a timely manner as to the status of the proceedings or other actions related to obtaining the Key Regulatory Approvals, including (i) providing Peraso with copies of all related applications and notifications, in draft form, in order for Peraso to provide its comments thereon, and RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco shall consult with the Peraso on any comments provided in good faith; (ii) promptly furnishing to Peraso copies of notices or other formal communications received by RTO Acquiror, Canco and/or Callco from, or given by RTO Acquiror, Canco or Callco to, any Governmental Entity (including any Securities Authority) with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise; (iii) not making any commitments, providing any undertakings or assuming any obligations, in each case, that are outside the ordinary course of business, without the prior written consent of Peraso; and (iv) subject to applicable Law, each of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco shall, to the extent reasonably practicable, provide Peraso and its counsel with the opportunity to participate in any substantive meeting, teleconference or other material communication with any Governmental Entity in respect of any filing, investigation or other inquiry in connection with the Key Regulatory Approvals;

 

(b)

use all commercially reasonable efforts to satisfy all conditions precedent in this Agreement in its power to satisfy and comply promptly with all requirements which

 


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applicable Law may impose on RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco with respect to the Arrangement or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and including effecting all necessary registrations, filings and submissions of information requested by Governmental Entities required to be effected by RTO Acquiror, Canco, Callco or any of their subsidiaries in connection with the Arrangement and cooperating with Peraso in connection with its performance of its obligations hereunder;

 

(c)

use all commercially reasonable efforts to defend all lawsuits or other legal, regulatory or other proceedings against RTO Acquiror, Canco and/or Callco challenging or affecting this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and use all commercially reasonable efforts to have lifted or rescinded any injunction or restraining order or other order relating to RTO Acquiror, Canco and/or Callco which may materially impede the ability of the Parties to consummate the Arrangement or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement;

 

(d)

use all commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, and to assist Peraso with respect to obtaining, as applicable, all consents, waivers or approvals required under all Material Contracts, including waivers required in connection with any change of control provisions contained in any Material Contracts;

 

(e)

use all commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and do or cause to be done all things reasonably necessary, proper or advisable on its part under applicable Law and the policies of the NASDAQ to enable the listing on the NASDAQ by RTO Acquiror of the RTO Acquiror Shares on the Effective Date;

 

(f)

use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that the Section 3(a)(10) Exemption is available for the issuance of RTO Acquiror Shares to the Peraso Shareholders in exchange for their Peraso Shares and the issuance of the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options to Peraso Optionholders in exchange for their Peraso Options pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement;

 

(g)

until the earlier of the Effective Time and termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable Law, make available and cause to be made available to Peraso, and its Representatives, information reasonably requested by Peraso for the purposes of preparing, considering and implementing integration and strategic plans for the acquisition by RTO Acquiror of Peraso following the Effective Date; and

 

(h)

until the earlier of the Effective Time and termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms, RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco shall, to the extent not precluded by applicable Law, promptly notify Peraso, in writing, and promptly provide copies of any related documentation received, when RTO Acquiror has knowledge of:

 

(i)

any notice or other communication from any Person alleging that the consent (or waiver, permit, exemption, order, approval, agreement, amendment or confirmation) of such Person (or other Person) is or may be required in connection with this Agreement or the Arrangement;

 


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(ii)

any notice or other communication from any Governmental Entity in connection with the Arrangement or this Agreement;

 

(iii)

any matter that has resulted in, or is reasonably likely to result in, a condition set forth in Section 6.1 or Section 6.3 not being satisfied;

 

(iv)

the failure of RTO Acquiror, Canco or Callco to perform any obligations to be performed by it under this Agreement such that any conditions set forth in Section 6.1 or Section 6.3 would not be satisfied; or

 

(v)

any filing, actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings commenced or, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, Canco or Callco, threatened orally or in writing against, or, in respect of any filing, actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings existing as at the date hereof, if any additional filing, actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings are made or threatened orally or in writing, in each case relating to or involving or otherwise affecting RTO Acquiror, its subsidiaries (including Canco and Callco) or any of their respective assets that would reasonably be expected to be material to RTO Acquiror and its subsidiaries (including Canco and Callco), taken as a whole; and

 

(i)

not take any action, or refrain from taking any commercially reasonable action, or permit any action to be taken or not taken, which is inconsistent with this Agreement or which would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, prevent, materially delay or otherwise materially impede the consummation of the Arrangement.

Section 5.3

Covenants of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco Relating to the Conduct of RTO Acquiror Business

(1)

RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco jointly and severally covenant and agree, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and the time that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, except (i) with the prior written consent of Peraso (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (ii) as required or expressly permitted by this Agreement, or (iii) as required by applicable Law or a Governmental Entity, RTO Acquiror shall, and shall cause the other members of the RTO Acquiror Group to:

 

(a)

conduct its business in the ordinary course in all material respects and in accordance with applicable Laws and consistent with past practice, and use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve in all material respects its and its subsidiaries’ present business organization, assets (including associated intellectual property), goodwill, employment relationships and material business relationships suppliers, distributors, employees, consultants, customers and other Persons with which RTO Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries have business relations;

 

(b)

use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause its current insurance (or re-insurance) policies not to be cancelled or terminated or any of the coverage thereunder to lapse before the Outside Date, unless simultaneously with such termination, cancellation or lapse, replacement policies underwritten by insurance and re-insurance companies of nationally recognized standing providing coverage equal to or greater than the coverage under the

 


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cancelled, terminated or lapsed policies for substantially similar premiums are in full force and effect; and

 

(c)

promptly notify Peraso orally and in writing upon becoming aware of any circumstance or development that, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, would, or would reasonably be expected to, constitute or result in an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.

(2)

RTO Acquiror covenants and agrees that, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and the time that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, except (i) with the prior written consent of Peraso (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (ii) as required or expressly permitted by this Agreement, or (iii) as required by applicable Law or a Governmental Entity, it shall not, and shall cause the other members of the RTO Acquiror Group not to:

 

(a)

issue, deliver, sell, pledge, lease, dispose of or encumber, or agree or offer to issue, deliver sell, pledge, lease, dispose of or encumber, any RTO Acquiror Shares or securities of its subsidiaries (including Canco and Callco), or any securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable into or for RTO Acquiror Shares or securities of its subsidiaries (including Canco and Callco), or any options, warrants, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock awards or other rights or equity-based or convertible securities that are linked to the price or value of the RTO Acquiror Shares or securities of the RTO Acquiror subsidiaries (other than pursuant to the conversion, exchange or exercise, in accordance with their respective terms, of convertible, exchangeable or exercisable securities of RTO Acquiror outstanding on the date hereof) or amend, extend or terminate, or agree to amend, extend or terminate, any of the terms of, or agreements governing, any of the outstanding options, warrants or other convertible securities of RTO Acquiror or its subsidiaries;

 

(b)

amend or propose to amend its restated certificate of incorporation or bylaws or other constating documents or the terms of any of its securities; reduce its stated capital; or split, consolidate, subdivide or reclassify, or propose to split, consolidate, subdivide or reclassify, any of the RTO Acquiror Shares or undertake or propose to undertake any other capital reorganization or change in or exchange of RTO Acquiror Shares, any other of its securities or its share capital;

 

(c)

declare, set aside or pay any dividend or other distribution or payment (whether in cash, securities or property or any combination thereof) in respect of the RTO Acquiror Shares or any other securities of RTO Acquiror, redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, or offer to redeem, purchase or otherwise acquire, any outstanding securities of RTO Acquiror, adopt a plan of liquidation or resolution providing for the complete or partial liquidation, winding-up, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of RTO Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries (including Canco and Callco), or enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing;

 

(d)

except with respect to inter-company transfers between RTO Acquiror and its subsidiaries, sell, pledge, lease, transfer, dispose of or encumber any assets, rights or properties of RTO Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 


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(e)

acquire or agree to acquire (by merger, amalgamation, arrangement, acquisition of shares or assets or otherwise) any Person or division or business unit thereof, or incorporate or form, or agree to incorporate or form, any Person or make or agree to make any investment either by purchase of shares or securities, contributions of capital, property transfer or purchase of, any property or assets of any other Person;

 

(f)

make any material change to its RTO Acquiror Business or enter into enter into any Contract that, if entered into prior to the date hereof, would be a Material Contract of RTO Acquiror, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(g)

enter into or agree to the terms of any joint venture, strategic alliance, partnership, or similar agreement, arrangement or relationship;

 

(h)

incur, create, assume or otherwise become liable for, any indebtedness for borrowed money;

 

(i)

assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligation of any other Person; make any loans, capital contribution, investments or advances;

 

(j)

pay, discharge or satisfy any material claims, liabilities or obligations of RTO Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, of liabilities reflected or reserved against in RTO Acquiror Financial Statements or incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(k)

waive, release, grant or transfer any material rights, claims or benefits under, or otherwise modify or change, any existing Material Contract, Authorization or Permit of RTO Acquiror or its subsidiaries, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as required by applicable Law or the terms of any such Material Contract, Authorization or Permit;

 

(l)

enter into or modify (or make a promise regarding entering into or modifying): (i) any Employee Plan; or (ii) except in respect of any employment arrangement involving Ronald Glibbery, such arrangement not to be entered into without RTO Acquiror’s consent, acting reasonably, any employment, consulting, severance or similar agreements or arrangements with, or grant any bonuses, salary or fee increases, severance or termination pay to, any officers, directors, employees or consultants; provided, however, that it is acknowledged and agreed that RTO Acquiror will abide by the terms and conditions of any Employee Plan and any employment agreements and consulting agreements in effect on the date of this Agreement and any new employment arrangements involving Ronald Glibbery, including with respect to the payments of any severance amounts or change of control payments, if applicable, and will be permitted to award each non-employee director restricted stock units for up to 2,000 RTO Acquiror Shares following the RTO Acquiror Meeting but prior to the Effective Time, subject to the approval of the RTO Acquiror Board;

 

(m)

enter into any collective bargaining or similar agreement;

 


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(n)

enter into or adopt any shareholder rights plan or similar agreement or arrangement;

 

(o)

take any action or fail to take any action which action or failure to act would result in the material loss, expiration or surrender of, or the loss of any material benefit under, or reasonably be expected to cause any Governmental Entities to institute proceedings for the suspension, revocation or limitation of rights under, any Authorizations or Permits;

 

(p)

take any action inconsistent with past practice relating to the filing of any Tax Return, or the withholding, collecting, remitting and payment of any Tax except as may be required by applicable Law; make, revoke or change any Tax election; amend any previously filed Tax Return except as may be required by applicable Law; settle or compromise any Liability for Taxes; agree to an extension or waiver of the limitation period with respect to the assessment, reassessment, or determination of Taxes; enter into any closing agreement with respect to any Tax; enter into any Tax sharing, Tax allocation or Tax indemnification agreement; surrender any right to claim a material Tax refund; change an annual accounting period; adopt or change any accounting method with respect to Taxes; or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment unless, in each case, such action is required by Law;

 

(q)

amend its accounting policies or adopt new accounting policies, except as may be required by applicable Law or US GAAP;

 

(r)

make any capital expenditures exceeding $100,000, except as may be required to satisfy payment obligations under any purchase orders outstanding on or prior to the date of this Agreement or issued in the ordinary course of business;

 

(s)

waive, release, settle, agree to settle or compromise any pending or threatened suit, action, claim, arbitration, mediation, inquiry, proceeding or investigation against RTO Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries;

 

(t)

omit to do anything to jeopardize the validity or enforceability of Intellectual Property of RTO Acquiror or its subsidiaries, including the non-payment of any application, search, maintenance or other official fees; or disclosing any Trade Secrets to any other person (except pursuant to sufficiently protective non-disclosure agreements);

 

(u)

engage in any transaction with any related parties, other than (A) transactions with subsidiaries and under employment agreements in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) transactions permitted pursuant to the provisions set forth in clause (i);

 

(v)

grant, modify, sell, lease, license, sublicense, covenant not to assert, abandon, allow to lapse, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of or terminate any rights in any Intellectual Property of RTO Acquiror or its subsidiaries or enter into any agreement relating to Intellectual Property or do or omit to do anything to jeopardize the validity or enforceability thereof, including the non-payment of any application, search, maintenance or other official fees; or disclosing any Trade Secrets to any other Person (except pursuant to sufficiently protective non-disclosure agreements);

 


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(w)

take any action that would cause a violation by any Person of economic sanctions or export controls;

 

(x)

take any action or fail to take any action that prevents, or materially delays, impedes or interferes with, or that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay, impede or interfere with, the ability of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Arrangement;

 

(y)

enter into any transaction or perform any act that would render, or would reasonably be expected to render any representations and warranties made by RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco set forth in this Agreement untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or

 

(z)

announce an intention, authorize or propose, or enter into or modify any Contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement, to do any of the matters prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.3.

(3)

Promptly after the Effective Time, RTO Acquiror shall amend its Certificate of Incorporation to change its corporate name to “Peraso Inc.”, or such other name as specified by Peraso.

Section 5.4

Covenants of Peraso Relating to the Conduct of Peraso Business

(1)

Peraso covenants and agrees that, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and the time that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, except (i) with the prior written consent of RTO Acquiror (which consent may not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (ii) as required or expressly permitted by this Agreement, or (iii) as required by applicable Law or a Governmental Entity, Peraso shall, and shall cause each of its subsidiaries to:

 

(a)

conduct its business in the ordinary course in all material respects and in accordance with applicable Laws, and use commercially reasonable efforts to maintain and preserve in all material respects its business organization, assets, goodwill, employment relationships and business relationships with other Persons with which Peraso or any of its subsidiaries have business relations;

 

(b)

use all commercially reasonable efforts to cause its current insurance (or re-insurance) policies not to be cancelled or terminated or any of the coverage thereunder to lapse before the Outside Date, unless simultaneously with such termination, cancellation or lapse, replacement policies underwritten by insurance and re-insurance companies of nationally recognized standing providing coverage equal to or greater than the coverage under the cancelled, terminated or lapsed policies for substantially similar premiums are in full force and effect; and

 

(c)

promptly notify RTO Acquiror orally and in writing upon becoming aware of any circumstance or development that, to the knowledge of Peraso, would, or would reasonably be expected to, constitute or result in a Peraso Material Adverse Effect.

(2)

Peraso covenants and agrees that, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Effective Time and the time that this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, except (i) with the prior written consent of RTO Acquiror (which consent may not be

 


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unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), (ii) as required or expressly permitted by this Agreement, or (iii) as required by applicable Law or a Governmental Entity, Peraso shall not:

 

(a)

issue, deliver, sell, pledge, lease, dispose of or encumber, or agree or offer to issue, deliver sell, pledge, lease, dispose of or encumber, any Peraso Shares or securities of its subsidiaries, or any securities convertible, exchangeable or exercisable into or for Peraso Shares or securities of its subsidiaries, or any options, warrants, stock appreciation rights, phantom stock awards or other rights or equity-based or convertible securities that are linked to the price or value of the Peraso Shares or securities of the Peraso subsidiaries (other than pursuant to the exercise, in accordance with their respective terms, of convertible or exercisable securities of Peraso outstanding on the date hereof) or amend, extend or terminate, or agree to amend, extend or terminate, any of the terms of, or agreements governing, any of the outstanding options, warrants or other convertible securities of Peraso or its subsidiaries;

 

(b)

amend or propose to amend its articles of incorporation or by-laws, its Ninth A&R USA or other constating documents or the terms of any of its securities; reduce its stated capital; or split, consolidate, subdivide or reclassify, or propose to split, consolidate, subdivide or reclassify, any of the Peraso Shares or undertake or propose to undertake any other capital reorganization or change in or exchange of Peraso Shares, any other of its securities or its share capital;

 

(c)

adopt a plan of liquidation or resolution providing for the complete or partial liquidation, winding-up, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization, or sale of all or substantially all of the assets of Peraso or any of its subsidiaries, or enter into any agreement with respect to any of the foregoing;

 

(d)

except with respect to inter-company transfers between Peraso and its subsidiaries, sell, pledge, lease, transfer, dispose of or encumber any assets, rights or properties of Peraso or any of its subsidiaries, except in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(e)

acquire or agree to acquire (by merger, amalgamation, arrangement, acquisition of shares or assets or otherwise) any Person or division or business unit thereof, or make or agree to make any investment either by purchase of shares or securities, contributions of capital, property transfer or purchase of, any property or assets of any other Person;

 

(f)

make any material change to its Peraso Business or enter into any Contract that, if entered into prior to the date hereof, would be a Material Contract of Peraso, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(g)

enter into or agree to the terms of any joint venture, strategic alliance, partnership, or similar agreement, arrangement or relationship;

 

(h)

incur, create, assume or otherwise become liable for, any indebtedness for borrowed money;

 


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(i)

assume, guarantee, endorse or otherwise as an accommodation become responsible for the obligation of any other Person; make any loans, capital contribution, investments or advances;

 

(j)

pay, discharge or satisfy any material claims, liabilities or obligations of Peraso or any of its subsidiaries other than the payment, discharge or satisfaction, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, of liabilities reflected or reserved against in Peraso Financial Statements or incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(k)

waive, release, grant or transfer any material rights, claims or benefits under, or otherwise modify or change, any existing Material Contract, Authorization or Permit of Peraso or its subsidiaries, other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or as required by applicable Law or the terms of any such Material Contract, Authorization or Permit;

 

(l)

enter into or modify (or make a promise regarding entering into or modifying): (i) any Employee Plan; or (ii) except in respect of any employment arrangement involving Ronald Glibbery, such arrangement not to be entered into without RTO Acquiror’s consent, acting reasonably, any employment, consulting, severance or similar agreements or arrangements with, or grant any bonuses, salary or fee increases, severance or termination pay to, any officers, directors, employees or consultants; provided, however, that it is acknowledged and agreed that Peraso will abide by the terms and conditions of any Employee Plan and any employment agreements and consulting agreements in effect on the date of this Agreement and any new employment arrangements involving Ronald Glibbery, including with respect to the payments of any severance amounts or change of control payments, if applicable;

 

(m)

enter into any collective bargaining or similar agreement;

 

(n)

enter into or adopt any shareholder rights plan or similar agreement or arrangement;

 

(o)

take any action inconsistent with past practice relating to the filing of any Tax Return, or the withholding, collecting, remitting and payment of any Tax except as may be required by applicable Law; make, revoke or change any Tax election; amend any previously filed Tax Return except as may be required by applicable Law; settle or compromise any Liability for Taxes; agree to an extension or waiver of the limitation period with respect to the assessment, reassessment, or determination of Taxes; enter into any closing agreement with respect to any Tax; enter into any Tax Sharing, Tax allocation or Tax indemnification agreement; surrender any right to claim a material Tax refund; change an annual accounting period; adopt or change any accounting method with respect to Taxes; or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any Tax claim or assessment unless, in each case, such action is required by Law;

 

(p)

subject to changes as a result of the transactions in this Agreement, amend its accounting policies or adopt new accounting policies, except as may be required by applicable Law;

 


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(q)

waive, release, settle, agree to settle or compromise any pending or threatened suit, action, claim, arbitration, mediation, inquiry, proceeding or investigation against Peraso or any of its subsidiaries;

 

(r)

omit to do anything to jeopardize the validity or enforceability of Intellectual Property of Peraso or its subsidiaries, including the non-payment of any application, search, maintenance or other official fees; or disclosing any Trade Secrets to any other person (except pursuant to sufficiently protective non-disclosure agreements);

 

(s)

engage in any transaction with any related parties, other than (A) transactions with subsidiaries and under employment agreements in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice and (B) transactions permitted pursuant to the provisions set forth in clause (i);

 

(t)

grant, modify, sell, lease, license, sublicense, covenant not to assert, abandon, allow to lapse, assign, transfer, or otherwise dispose of or terminate any rights in any Intellectual Property of Peraso or its subsidiaries or enter into any agreement relating to Intellectual Property or do or omit to do anything to jeopardize the validity or enforceability thereof, including the non-payment of any application, search, maintenance or other official fees; or disclosing any Trade Secrets to any other Person (except pursuant to sufficiently protective non-disclosure agreements);

 

(u)

take any action that would cause a violation by any Person of economic sanctions or export controls;

 

(v)

take any action or fail to take any action that prevents, or materially delays, impedes or interferes with, or that would reasonably be expected to prevent or materially delay, impede or interfere with, the ability of the Parties to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Arrangement;

 

(w)

take any action or fail to take any action which action or failure to act would result in the material loss, expiration or surrender of, or the loss of any material benefit under, or reasonably be expected to cause any Governmental Entities to institute proceedings for the suspension, revocation or limitation of rights under, any Authorizations or Permits;

 

(x)

enter into any transaction or perform any act that would render, or would reasonably be expected to render any representations and warranties made by Peraso set forth in this Agreement untrue or inaccurate in any respect; or

 

(y)

announce an intention, authorize or propose, or enter into or modify any Contract, agreement, commitment or arrangement, to do any of the matters prohibited by the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.4.

Section 5.5

Capital Raising by Peraso

Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary including Section 5.4, the Parties agree, during the period from the date of this Agreement until the Effective Time, Peraso shall have the right to issue securities (including secured convertible debentures) for capital raising purposes. To the extent Peraso issues any such securities, the Parties agree that the Exchange Ratio shall be adjusted accordingly such that

 


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the dilution shall be solely for the account of the Peraso Securityholders and the total Consideration to be issued to Peraso Securityholders shall not be affected.

Section 5.6

Covenant of Peraso and RTO Acquiror Relating to D&O Tail Policy

(1)

Prior to the Effective Time, RTO Acquiror shall purchase a prepaid “tail” policy (a “RTO Acquiror Tail Policy”) with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for the benefit of those Persons who are currently covered by any comparable insurance policies of RTO Acquiror as of the date hereof, which RTO Acquiror Tail Policy shall be on terms no less favorable to those in effect under RTO Acquiror’s existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy in effect on the date hereof. If RTO Acquiror or any of its successors or assigns (i) shall merge or consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or entity and shall not be the surviving or continuing corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) shall transfer all or substantially all of their respective properties and assets as an entity in one or a series of related transactions to any Person, then in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors or assigns of RTO Acquiror shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 5.6(1).

(2)

Prior to the Effective Time, Peraso shall purchase a prepaid “tail” policy (a “Peraso Tail Policy”) with respect to directors’ and officers’ liability insurance coverage for the benefit of those Persons who are currently covered by any comparable insurance policies of Peraso as of the date hereof, which Peraso Tail Policy shall be on terms no less favorable to those in effect under Peraso’s existing directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policy in effect on the date hereof. If Peraso or any of its successors or assigns (i) shall merge or consolidate with or merge into any other corporation or entity and shall not be the surviving or continuing corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or (ii) shall transfer all or substantially all of their respective properties and assets as an entity in one or a series of related transactions to any Person, then in each such case, proper provisions shall be made so that the successors or assigns of Peraso shall assume all of the obligations set forth in this Section 5.6(2).

ARTICLE 6
CONDITIONS

Section 6.1

Mutual Conditions Precedent

The obligations of the Parties to complete the Arrangement are subject to the fulfillment of each of the following conditions precedent on or before the Effective Time or the waiver by each of Peraso and RTO Acquiror to the extent permitted by applicable Law and without prejudice to their right to rely on the fulfilment of any other of such conditions:

 

(a)

the Interim Order having been granted on terms consistent with this Agreement and the Interim Order not having been set aside or modified in a manner unacceptable to either Party, acting reasonably, on appeal or otherwise;

 

(b)

the Final Order having been granted on terms consistent with this Agreement and the Final Order not having been set aside or modified in a manner unacceptable to either Party, acting reasonably, on appeal or otherwise;

 

(c)

the Peraso Arrangement Resolution having been passed by the Peraso Shareholders in accordance with the Interim Order;

 


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(d)

the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters having been approved by the RTO Acquiror Shareholders in accordance with applicable Laws;

 

(e)

letters of resignation and mutual releases from such directors and officers of Peraso and the RTO Acquiror as mutually agreed to between such Parties, including as needed to implement the RTO Acquiror Board Matters;

 

(f)

there shall have been no action taken under any applicable Law or by any Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction which makes it illegal or otherwise directly or indirectly restrains, enjoins or prohibits the completion of the Arrangement;

 

(g)

this Agreement shall not have been terminated in accordance with its terms;

 

(h)

the Key Regulatory Approvals shall have been obtained on terms acceptable to RTO Acquiror and Peraso, each acting reasonably, and each such Key Regulatory Approval is in full force and effect and has not been modified;

 

(i)

holders of no more than ten percent (10%) of the Peraso Shares shall have exercised, and at the date of the Peraso Meeting, have not withdrawn, Dissent Rights;

 

(j)

the RTO Acquiror Certificate of Designation has been filed with the relevant state authority and constitutes a valid RTO Acquiror Certificate of Designation under applicable Laws and has not been rescinded or amended in any way;

 

(k)

the Escrow Agreement shall have been duly executed by each of the parties thereto, and Peraso shall have completed the information set out at Schedule B thereof effective as at the Effective Time; and

 

(l)

(i) the existing RTO Acquiror Shares have been continually listed on the NASDAQ as of and from the date of this Agreement through the Effective Time and (ii) the RTO Acquiror Shares to be issued pursuant to this Agreement shall have been approved for listing (subject to official notice of issuance) on the NASDAQ as of the Effective Time.

Section 6.2

Additional Conditions Precedent in Favour of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco

The obligation of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco to complete the Arrangement is subject to the fulfillment of each of the following additional conditions precedent on or before the Effective Time (each of which is for the exclusive benefit of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco and may be waived by RTO Acquiror):

 

(a)

all covenants of Peraso under this Agreement to be performed on or before the Effective Time which have not been waived by RTO Acquiror shall have been duly performed by Peraso in all material respects and RTO Acquiror shall have received a certificate of Peraso addressed to RTO Acquiror and dated the Effective Date, signed on behalf of Peraso by two of its senior executive officers (on Peraso’s behalf and without personal liability), confirming the same as of the Effective Time;

 

(b)

the representations and warranties of Peraso set forth in this Agreement shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement, and shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Effective Time as if made as of the Effective

 


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Time (except, in each case, for representations and warranties made as of a specified date, the accuracy of which shall be determined as of that specified date), except where any failure or failures of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a Peraso Material Adverse Effect (it being understood that, for purposes of determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties, all materiality, Peraso Material Adverse Effect and similar qualifiers set forth in such representations and warranties shall be disregarded), and RTO Acquiror shall have received a certificate of Peraso addressed to RTO Acquiror and dated the Effective Date, signed on behalf of Peraso by two senior executive officers of Peraso (on Perasos behalf and without personal liability), confirming the same as at the Effective Time;

 

(c)

RTO Acquiror shall have received a certificate of Peraso, addressed to RTO Acquiror and dated the Effective Date, signed on behalf of Peraso by two senior executive officers of Peraso (on Peraso’s behalf and without personal liability), certifying as to: (i) the indebtedness of Peraso as at the Effective Time, which indebtedness, to the extent it exists at the Effective Time, shall result in an adjustment to the Exchange Ratio in accordance with the terms of the Plan of Arrangement, and to the extent such indebtedness is nil, shall not result in an adjustment to the Exchange Ratio in accordance with the terms of the Plan of Arrangement; and (ii) the number of issued and outstanding securities of Peraso immediately prior to the Effective Time;

 

(d)

if the Effective Time has not occurred prior to November 14, 2021, the delivery of unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of Peraso for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 (the “Peraso Third Quarter Financial Statements”), which comply in all material respects with all applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the U.S. Exchange Act and the U.S. Securities Act, provided, that upon delivery of such Peraso Third Quarter Financial Statements, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.1 shall be deemed to apply to the Peraso Third Quarter Financial Statements, as applicable, in the same manner as the Peraso Financial Statements, mutatis mutandis, with the same force and effect as if made as of the date of this Agreement;

 

(e)

all covenants of the Peraso Supporting Shareholders under the Peraso Voting Agreement to be performed on or before the Effective Time which have not been waived by RTO Acquiror shall have been duly performed by the parties thereto (other than RTO Acquiror) in all respects;

 

(f)

there shall not have occurred a Peraso Material Adverse Effect on or prior to the date hereof which is continuing and since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred a Peraso Material Adverse Effect, and RTO Acquiror shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of Peraso by two senior executive officers of Peraso (on Peraso’s behalf and without personal liability) to such effect; and

 

(g)

the Lock-Up Agreements shall have been duly executed by each of the directors, executive officers and shareholders of Peraso who will become Locked-Up Persons at the Effective Time.

 


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The foregoing conditions will be for the sole benefit of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco and may be waived by the RTO Acquiror in whole or in part at any time in its sole discretion.

Section 6.3

Additional Conditions Precedent in Favour of Peraso

The obligation of Peraso to complete the Arrangement is subject to the fulfillment of each of the following additional conditions precedent on or before the Effective Time (each of which is for the exclusive benefit of Peraso and may be waived by Peraso):

 

(a)

all covenants of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco under this Agreement to be performed on or before the Effective Time which have not been waived by Peraso shall have been duly performed by RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco in all material respects and Peraso shall have received a certificate of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco addressed to Peraso and dated the Effective Date, signed on behalf of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco by two of its senior executive officers (on RTO Acquiror’s, Canco’s and Callco’s behalf and without personal liability), confirming the same as of the Effective Time;

 

(b)

the representations and warranties of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco set forth in this Agreement, shall have been true and correct in all material respects as of the date of this Agreement, and shall be true and correct in all material respects as of the Effective Time as if made as of the Effective Time (except, in each case, for representations and warranties made as of a specified date, the accuracy of which shall be determined as of that specified date), except where any failure or failures of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct would not have, individually or in the aggregate, an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect (it being understood that, for purposes of determining the accuracy of such representations and warranties, all materiality, RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect and similar qualifiers set forth in such representations and warranties shall be disregarded), and Peraso shall have received a certificate of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco addressed to Peraso and dated the Effective Date, signed on behalf of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco by two senior executive officers of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco (on RTO Acquiror’s, Canco’s and Callco’s behalf and without personal liability), confirming the same as at the Effective Time;

 

(c)

all covenants of the RTO Acquiror Supporting Shareholders under the RTO Acquiror Voting Agreement to be performed on or before the Effective Time which have not been waived by Peraso shall have been duly performed by the parties thereto (other than Peraso) in all respects;

 

(d)

Peraso shall have received a certificate of RTO Acquiror, addressed to Peraso and dated the Effective Date, signed on behalf of RTO Acquiror by two senior executive officers of RTO Acquiror (on RTO Acquiror’s behalf and without personal liability), certifying as to: (i) the indebtedness of RTO Acquiror as at the Effective Time, which indebtedness, to the extent it exists at the Effective Time, shall result in an adjustment to the Exchange Ratio in accordance with the terms of the Plan of Arrangement, and to the extent such indebtedness is nil, shall not result in an adjustment to the Exchange Ratio in accordance with the terms of the Plan of Arrangement; and (ii) the number of issued and outstanding securities of RTO Acquiror immediately prior to the Effective Time;

 


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(e)

there shall not have occurred an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect on or prior to the date hereof which is continuing and since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect, and Peraso shall have received a certificate signed on behalf of RTO Acquiror by two senior executive officers of RTO Acquiror (on RTO Acquiror’s behalf and without personal liability) to such effect;

 

(f)

the Special Voting Share shall have been created and issued as a share in the capital of RTO Acquiror at or prior to the Effective Time;

 

(g)

each of the Support Agreement and the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement shall have been duly executed by the parties thereto at or prior to the Effective Time;

 

(h)

if the Effective Time has not occurred prior to November 14, 2021, the delivery of unaudited interim consolidated financial statements of RTO Acquiror for the nine months ended September 30, 2021 and 2020 (the “RTO Acquiror Third Quarter Financial Statements”), which will be deemed delivered if filed with SEC via the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System, provided, that upon delivery of such RTO Acquiror Third Quarter Financial Statements, the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.1 shall be deemed to apply to the RTO Acquiror Third Quarter Financial Statements, as applicable, in the same manner as the RTO Acquiror Financial Statements, mutatis mutandis, with the same force and effect as if made as of the date of this Agreement;

 

(i)

the distribution of the RTO Acquiror Shares and the Exchangeable Shares pursuant to the Arrangement, and the first trade of the RTO Acquiror Shares, shall be exempt from the prospectus and registration requirements of applicable Law either by virtue of exemptive relief from the applicable Securities Authorities or by virtue of applicable exemptions under applicable Law and shall not be subject to resale restrictions under applicable Law;

 

(j)

the RTO Acquiror Shares issuable to Peraso Shareholders pursuant to the Arrangement (including pursuant to the exchange of the Exchangeable Shares) shall have been approved for listing on the NASDAQ, subject to official notice of issuance;

 

(k)

RTO Acquiror and Canco shall have complied with their obligations under Section 2.9 and the Depositary shall have confirmed receipt of the aggregate Consideration contemplated thereby;

 

(l)

any accrued fees, costs, expenses, liabilities, or other owed payments (including, but not limited to any costs arising from insurance, change of control payments, severance, settlements, legal fees, indemnification, investigations, advisor fees, compensation, benefits, employment, or otherwise, but excluding any debt) of RTO Acquiror shall have been paid at or prior to the Effective Time, or RTO Acquiror shall have (i) cash on hand at the Effective Time that is reasonably sufficient to pay such amounts as and when they become due and payable and (ii) and RTO Acquiror shall provide any reasonably requested supporting documentation and evidence to Peraso, upon Peraso’s written request; and

 


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(m)

the Lock-Up Agreements shall have been duly executed by RTO Acquiror and each of the directors, executive officers and shareholders of RTO Acquiror who will become Locked-Up Persons at the Effective Time.

The foregoing conditions will be for the sole benefit of Peraso and may be waived by Peraso in whole or in part at any time in its sole discretion.

Section 6.4

Notice and Cure Provisions

(1)

Each Party will give prompt notice to the other of the occurrence, or failure to occur, at any time from the date hereof until the earlier to occur of the termination of this Agreement and the Effective Time, of any event or state of facts which occurrence or failure would, or would be likely to:

 

(a)

cause any of the representations or warranties of any Party contained herein to be untrue or inaccurate in any material respect on the date hereof or at the Effective Time; or

 

(b)

result in the failure to comply with or satisfy any covenant, condition or agreement to be complied with or satisfied by any Party hereunder prior to the Effective Time.

(2)

Notice provided under this Section 6.4 will not affect the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or obligations of the Parties (or remedies with respect thereto) or the conditions to the obligations of the Parties under this Agreement.

(3)

RTO Acquiror may not exercise its rights to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.2(1)(c)(iv) and Peraso may not exercise its right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.2(1)(d)(iv) unless the Party intending to rely thereon has delivered a written notice to the other Party specifying in reasonable detail all breaches of covenants, representations and warranties or other matters which the Party delivering such notice is asserting as the basis for the non-fulfilment or the applicable condition or termination right, as the case may be. If any such notice is delivered, provided that a Party is proceeding diligently to cure such matter and such matter is capable of being cured prior to the Outside Date, no Party may terminate this Agreement until the expiration of a period of ten (10) Business Days from such notice, and then only if such matter has not been cured by such date. If such notice has been delivered less than ten (10) Business Days prior to the making of the application for the Final Order, such application and such filing shall be postponed until the expiry of such period. For greater certainty, in the event that such matter is cured within the time period referred to herein without having an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect or a Peraso Material Adverse Effect, as the case may be, this Agreement may not be terminated as a result of the cured breach.

Section 6.5

Satisfaction of Conditions

Other than as set forth in this section, the conditions precedent set out in Section 6.1, Section 6.2 and Section 6.3 shall be conclusively deemed to have been satisfied, waived or released when the Certificate of Arrangement is issued by the Director following filing of the Articles of Arrangement with the consent of the Parties in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 


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ARTICLE 7
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS

Section 7.1

Covenant Regarding Non-Solicitation

Each Party shall, and shall direct and cause its Representatives to immediately, cease and cause to be terminated any solicitation, encouragement, activity, discussion or negotiation with any parties that may be ongoing with respect to an Acquisition Proposal involving such Party whether or not initiated by such Party, discontinue access to any parties (other than a Party to this Agreement and its Representatives) to any data room that contains information regarding Peraso or the RTO Acquiror Group (as applicable), and to the extent such Party entered into a confidentiality agreement with any such parties, such Party shall request the return of information regarding Peraso or the RTO Acquiror Group (as applicable) previously provided to such parties and shall request the destruction of all materials including or incorporating any confidential information regarding Peraso or the RTO Acquiror Group (as applicable) pursuant to any such confidentiality agreement. Each Party represents and warrants that it has not, and agrees not to, release or permit the release of any Person from, or waive or forbear in the enforcement of, any confidentiality agreement or other similar agreement relating to a potential Acquisition Proposal involving such Party to which such third party is a party. Each Party further represents and warrants that it has not, and agrees not to, release or permit the release of any Person from, or waive or forbear in the enforcement of, any standstill or similar agreement or obligation to which such third party is a party or by which such third party is bound.

Section 7.2

Covenant Regarding Acquisition Proposals

(1)

Each Party agrees that it shall not, and shall cause its Representatives (including the Peraso Board or the RTO Acquiror Board, as applicable) not to, directly or indirectly:

 

(a)

make, solicit, initiate, entertain, knowingly encourage, promote or facilitate, (including by way of furnishing non-public information, permitting any visit to its facilities or properties or entering into any form of agreement, arrangement or understanding) any inquiries or offers or the making of any proposals regarding or that would reasonably be expected to constitute an Acquisition Proposal involving such Party or that would be reasonably be expected to lead to an actual or potential Acquisition Proposal involving such Party;

 

(b)

participate, directly or indirectly, in any discussions or negotiations regarding, or furnish to any Person any non-public information or otherwise co-operate with, respond to, assist or participate in any Acquisition Proposal involving such Party or potential Acquisition Proposal involving such Party or participate in any discussions or negotiations regarding an actual or potential Acquisition Proposal involving such Party, or furnish any information or access to any Person (other than a Party to this Agreement and its Representatives) with respect to any inquiries, proposals or offers that constitute, or that would reasonably be expected to lead to, an actual or potential Acquisition Proposal involving such Party;

 

(c)

remain neutral with respect to, or agree to, approve or recommend any, Acquisition Proposal involving such Party or potential Acquisition Proposal involving such Party (it being understood that publicly taking no position or a neutral position with respect to an Acquisition Proposal involving such Party for two (2) Business Days following formal

 


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announcement of such Acquisition Proposal shall not be considered to be a violation of this Section 7.2(1)(c)); or

 

(d)

enter into any agreement, arrangement or understanding related to any Acquisition Proposal involving such Party (other than an Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement) or requiring it to abandon, terminate or fail to consummate the Arrangement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or providing for the payment of any break, termination or other fees or expenses to any Person in the event that the Arrangement or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement are completed or in the event that it completes any other transaction with the other Party or Parties or with an affiliate of the other Party or Parties that is agreed to prior to any termination of this Agreement (any such agreement, arrangement or understanding, an “Alternative Acquisition Agreement”); or

 

(e)

make a Change in Recommendation.

(2)

Peraso shall promptly (and in any event within 24 hours) notify RTO Acquiror, at first orally and then in writing, of any proposals, offers or inquiries relating to or constituting or that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal involving Peraso or any request for non-public information relating to Peraso or any of its subsidiaries. Such notice shall include a description of the terms and conditions of any proposal, inquiry or offer, the identity of the Person making such proposal, inquiry or offer, a copy of the proposal, offer or inquiry (if written), and provide such other details of the proposal, inquiry or offer as RTO Acquiror may reasonably request. Peraso shall keep RTO Acquiror fully informed on a prompt basis of the status, including any change to the material terms, of any such proposal, inquiry or offer.

(3)

RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco shall promptly (and in any event within 24 hours) notify Peraso, at first orally and then in writing, of any proposals, offers or inquiries relating to or constituting or that would reasonably be expected to lead to an Acquisition Proposal involving RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco or any request for non-public information relating to RTO Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries (including Canco and Callco). Such notice shall include a description of the terms and conditions of any proposal, inquiry or offer, the identity of the Person making such proposal, inquiry or offer, a copy of the proposal, offer or inquiry (if written), and provide such other details of the proposal, inquiry or offer as Peraso may reasonably request. RTO Acquiror shall keep Peraso fully informed on a prompt basis of the status, including any change to the material terms, of any such proposal, inquiry or offer.

(4)

Peraso shall ensure that its officers, directors and any financial advisors or other advisors or Representatives retained by it are aware of the provisions of Section 7.1 and this Section 7.2, and Peraso shall be responsible for any breach of Section 7.1 or this Section 7.2 by such officers, directors, financial advisors or other advisors or Representatives. Each of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco shall ensure that its officers, directors and any financial advisors or other advisors or Representatives retained by it are aware of the provisions of Section 7.1 and this Section 7.2, and each of RTO Acquiror and Canco shall be responsible for any breach of Section 7.1 or this Section 7.2 by such officers, directors, financial advisors or other advisors or Representatives.

 


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(5)

Nothing contained in Section 7.1 or Section 7.2 shall prohibit RTO Acquiror from taking and disclosing a position contemplated by Rule 14e-2(a), Rule 14d-9 or Item 1012(a) of Regulation M-A promulgated under the U.S. Exchange Act.

Section 7.3

Responding to an Acquisition Proposal

(1)

Notwithstanding Section 7.1 and Section 7.2, if, at any time, Peraso receives a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal from a third party prior to obtaining the Peraso Shareholder Approval or the RTO Acquiror receives a bona fide written Acquisition Proposal from a third party prior to obtaining the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval, the Party receiving such written Acquisition Proposal (referred to from time to time in this Section 7.3 as the “Proposal Party”) may engage in or participate in discussions or negotiations with such Person regarding such Acquisition Proposal, and may provide copies of, access to or disclosure of confidential information, properties, facilities, books or records of itself and its subsidiaries, if, and only if:

 

(a)

its board of directors first determines in good faith, based on the advice of its financial advisors and its outside counsel, that such Acquisition Proposal is bona fide and constitutes or would reasonably be expected to constitute a Superior Proposal;

 

(b)

such Person was not restricted from making such Acquisition Proposal pursuant to an existing standstill confidentiality, non-disclosure, business purpose, use or similar restriction or agreement;

 

(c)

it has been, and continues to be, in compliance with its obligations under Section 7.1 through Section 7.4, and such Acquisition Proposal was unsolicited and did not otherwise result from a breach of Section 7.1 or Section 7.2;

 

(d)

prior to providing any such copies, access, or disclosure, it enters into a confidentiality and standstill agreement with such Person having terms at least as favorable to the Proposal Party as the Confidentiality Agreement (an “Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement”); and

 

(e)

it promptly provides RTO Acquiror (in the case where Peraso is the Proposal Party), or Peraso (in the case where RTO Acquiror is the Proposal Party) (such Party being referred to in this Article 7 from time to time as the “Other Party”) with:

 

(i)

written notice stating its intention to participate in such discussions or negotiations and to provide such copies, access or disclosure; and

 

(ii)

prior to providing any such copies, access or disclosure, a true, complete and final executed copy of the Acceptable Confidentiality Agreement referred to in Section 7.3(1)(d);

provided, that the Proposal Party shall not, and shall not allow its Representatives to, disclose any non-public information with respect to it or any of its subsidiaries to such Person if such non-public information has not been previously provided to, or is not concurrently provided to, the Other Party.

 


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Section 7.4

Superior Proposals; Right to Match

(1)

Notwithstanding Section 7.1 and Section 7.2, (i) at any time prior to obtaining the Peraso Shareholder Approval (in the case of a Peraso Superior Proposal) or (ii) at any time prior to obtaining the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval (in the case of an RTO Acquiror Superior Proposal) (the Party receiving the Superior Proposal is referred to in this Section 7.4 as the “Receiving Party” and the other Party is referred to in this Section 7.4 as the “Matching Party”), the board of directors of the Receiving Party (the “Receiving Board”) may, if the Receiving Board determines in good faith, based on the advice of its financial advisors and its outside counsel, that the Superior Proposal remains a Superior Proposal after taking into account all adjustments to the terms of this Agreement that may be offered by the Matching Party pursuant to this Section 7.4, (A) make a Change in Recommendation in response to a Superior Proposal and (B) cause the Receiving Party to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 8.2(1)(c)(i) or Section 8.2(1)(d)(i), as applicable, and concurrently enter into a binding Alternative Acquisition Agreement with respect to any such Superior Proposal, provided that:

 

(a)

in respect of an Acquisition Proposal constituting a Superior Proposal, the Receiving Board may not make a Change in Recommendation or terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.2(1)(c)(i) or Section 8.2(1)(d)(i), as applicable, unless:

 

(i)

such Person was not restricted from making such Acquisition Proposal pursuant to an existing standstill confidentiality, non-disclosure, business purpose, use or similar restriction or agreement;

 

(ii)

the Receiving Party has been, and continues to be, in compliance with its obligations under Section 7.1 through Section 7.4, and such Acquisition Proposal was unsolicited and did not otherwise result from a breach of Section 7.1 or Section 7.2;

 

(iii)

the Receiving Party has delivered to the Matching Party a written notice of the determination of the Receiving Board that such Acquisition Proposal constitutes a Superior Proposal and of the intention of the Receiving Board to make a Change in Recommendation, terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.2(1)(c)(i) or Section 8.2(1)(d)(i), as applicable, and enter into a definitive Alternative Acquisition Agreement with respect to such Superior Proposal, together with (a) a written notice from the Receiving Board regarding the value and financial terms that the Receiving Board, in consultation with its financial advisors, has determined should be ascribed to any non-cash consideration offered under such Superior Proposal and (b) a copy of the proposed definitive Alternative Acquisition Agreement and any other relevant transaction documents (the “Superior Proposal Notice”);

 

(iv)

at least five (5) Business Days (the “Superior Proposal Matching Period”) have elapsed from the date on which the Matching Party received the Superior Proposal Notice;

 

(v)

during any Superior Proposal Matching Period, the Matching Party has had the opportunity (but not the obligation), in accordance with Section 7.4(2), to offer to

 


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amend this Agreement and the Arrangement in order for such Acquisition Proposal to cease to be a Superior Proposal; and

 

(vi)

if the Matching Party has offered to amend this Agreement and the Arrangement under Section 7.4(2), the Receiving Board has determined in good faith, based on the advice of its outside legal counsel and financial advisers, that such Acquisition Proposal continues to constitute a Superior Proposal compared to the terms of the Arrangement as proposed to be amended under Section 7.4(2).

(2)

During any Superior Proposal Matching Period, or such longer period as the Receiving Party may approve in writing for such purpose: (i) the Receiving Board shall review any offer made by the Matching Party under Section 7.4(1)(a)(vi) to amend the terms of this Agreement and the Arrangement in good faith in order to determine whether such proposal would, upon acceptance, result in the Acquisition Proposal previously constituting a Superior Proposal ceasing to be a Superior Proposal; and (ii) the Receiving Party shall negotiate in good faith with the Matching Party to make such amendments to the terms of this Agreement and the Arrangement as would enable the Matching Party to proceed with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement on such amended terms. If the Receiving Board determines that such Acquisition Proposal would cease to be a Superior Proposal, the Receiving Party shall promptly so advise the Matching Party, and the Parties shall amend this Agreement to reflect such offer made by the Matching Party, and shall take and cause to be taken all such actions as are necessary to give effect to the foregoing.

(3)

Each successive amendment to any Acquisition Proposal that results in an increase in, or modification of, the consideration (or value of such consideration) to be received by the shareholders of the Receiving Party or other material terms or conditions thereof shall constitute a new Acquisition Proposal for the purposes of this Section 7.4, which shall require a new Superior Proposal Notice to the Matching Party. The Matching Party shall be afforded a new seven (7) Business Day Superior Proposal Matching Period from the date on which the Matching Party receives the Superior Proposal Notice with respect to such amended Acquisition Proposal from the Receiving Party.

(4)

The Receiving Board shall promptly reaffirm the Peraso Board Recommendation or RTO Acquiror Board Recommendation, as applicable, by press release after any Acquisition Proposal which is not determined to be a Superior Proposal is publicly announced or the Receiving Board determines that a proposed amendment to the terms of this Agreement as contemplated under Section 7.4(2) would result in an Acquisition Proposal no longer being a Superior Proposal. The Receiving Party shall provide the Matching Party and its outside legal counsel with a reasonable opportunity to review the form and content of any such press release and shall make all reasonable amendments to such press release as requested by the Matching Party and its outside legal counsel.

(5)

If the Receiving Party provides a Superior Proposal Notice to the Matching Party after a date that is less than ten (10) Business Days before the RTO Acquiror Meeting (if RTO Acquiror is the Receiving Party) or the Peraso Meeting (if Peraso is the Receiving Party), such Receiving Party shall either proceed with or shall postpone such meeting, as directed by the Matching Party acting reasonably, to a date that is not more than ten (10) Business Days after the scheduled date of that meeting but before the Outside Date.

 


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Section 7.5

Access to Information; Confidentiality; Transition

From the date hereof until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms, subject to compliance with applicable Law and the terms of any existing Contracts, each Party shall, and shall cause its Representatives to, afford to the other Party and its Representatives reasonable access during normal business hours upon reasonable notice, to the properties, information and records relating to, and the personnel of, such Party, including but not limited to, the related facilities, books, contracts, financial statements, forecasts, financial projections (to the extent permitted by confidentiality agreements in force on the date hereof), studies, records, operating Permits, and any other documentation (whether in writing or stored in computerized, electronic, disk, tape, microfilm or any other form); provided, however, that each Party shall provide the other Party with at least one (1) Business Day prior written notice of any requested on site access to any real property of the other Party. Each of RTO Acquiror and Peraso shall, and shall cause their subsidiaries and their respective Representatives to, as the case may be, work cooperatively and in good faith to ensure an orderly transition following the Effective Time, including with respect to transitional planning, transitional services, and the retention of personnel (and any related arrangements thereto). From the date hereof until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement pursuant to its terms, each Party will maintain the access of the other Party and its Representatives to the information contained as at the date of this Agreement in any data room that contains information regarding the such Party to which the other Party and its Representatives have access as at the date of this Agreement.

Section 7.6

Other Deliveries

Concurrent with the execution and delivery of this Agreement: (a) Peraso shall deliver to RTO Acquiror all of the Peraso Voting Agreements; and (b) RTO Acquiror shall deliver to Peraso all of the RTO Acquiror Voting Agreements.

ARTICLE 8
TERM, TERMINATION, AMENDMENT AND WAIVER

Section 8.1

Term

This Agreement shall be effective from the date hereof until the earlier of the Effective Time and the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms.

Section 8.2

Termination

(1)

This Agreement may be terminated:

 

(a)

at any time prior to the Effective Time by mutual written agreement of Peraso and RTO Acquiror;

 

(b)

by either Peraso or RTO Acquiror, if:

 

(i)

the Effective Time shall not have occurred on or before the Outside Date, except that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 8.2(1)(b)(i) shall not be available to any Party whose failure to fulfill any of its obligations or breach any of its covenants, representations and warranties under this Agreement has been the cause of, or resulted in, the failure of the Effective Time to occur on or

 


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before the Outside Date; provided, however, that if completion of the Arrangement is delayed by (i) an injunction or order made by a Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction, or (ii) RTO Acquiror or Peraso not having obtained any Key Regulatory Approval or the Interim Order or the Final Order which is necessary to permit the completion of the Arrangement such that the conditions set forth in Section 6.1(a), Section 6.1(b) or Section 6.1(h) shall not have been satisfied or waived then, provided that such injunction or order is being contested or appealed or such regulatory waiver, consent or approval or the Interim Order or the Final Order is being actively sought, as applicable, the Outside Date shall automatically be extended for an additional period of 30 days;

 

(ii)

any Governmental Entity of competent jurisdiction shall have issued an order, decree or ruling or there shall be enacted or made any applicable Law that makes consummation of the Arrangement illegal or otherwise prohibited or otherwise restrains, enjoins or prohibits Peraso or RTO Acquiror, Canco or Callco from consummating the Arrangement (unless such order, decree, ruling or applicable Law has been withdrawn, reversed or otherwise made inapplicable) and such order, decree, ruling or applicable Law or enjoinment shall have become final and non-appealable;

 

(iii)

the Peraso Shareholder Approval shall not have been obtained at the Peraso Meeting in accordance with applicable Law and the Interim Order;

 

(iv)

the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters shall not have been approved at the RTO Acquiror Meeting in accordance with applicable Law; or

 

(v)

the condition set forth in Section 6.1(i) has not been satisfied or waived.

 

(c)

by RTO Acquiror, if:

 

(i)

prior to obtaining the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval, the RTO Acquiror Board authorizes RTO Acquiror to accept an RTO Acquiror Superior Proposal, provided that RTO Acquiror shall have (1) simultaneously with such termination, entered into the Alternative Acquisition Agreement associated with such RTO Acquiror Superior Proposal, (2) otherwise complied with its obligations set forth in Section 7.1 through Section 7.4 and (3) paid any amounts due pursuant to Section 8.3(5);

 

(ii)

there shall have occurred a Peraso Change in Recommendation;

 

(iii)

there shall have occurred a Peraso Material Adverse Effect;

 

(iv)

subject to Section 6.4, Peraso is in default of a covenant or obligation hereunder (other than the covenants and obligations set forth in Section 7.1 and Section 7.2, as to which Section 8.2(1)(c)(v) shall apply) such that the condition contained in Section 6.2(a) is not satisfied or is incapable of satisfaction, or any representation or warranty of Peraso or Peraso under this Agreement is untrue or incorrect or shall have become untrue or incorrect such that the condition contained in Section 6.2(b) would be incapable of satisfaction; provided that RTO Acquiror, Canco and

 


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Callco are not then in breach of this Agreement so as to cause any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.2(a) or Section 6.2(b) not to be satisfied; or

 

(v)

Peraso shall have breached or failed to perform any of its obligations set forth in Section 7.1 through Section 7.4.

 

(d)

by Peraso, if:

 

(i)

prior to obtaining the Peraso Shareholder Approval, the Peraso Board authorizes Peraso to accept a Peraso Superior Proposal, provided that Peraso shall have (1) simultaneously with such termination, entered into the Alternative Acquisition Agreement associated with such Peraso Superior Proposal, (2) otherwise complied with its obligations set forth in Section 7.1 through Section 7.4 and (3) paid any amounts due pursuant to Section 8.3(4);

 

(ii)

there shall have occurred an RTO Acquiror Change in Recommendation;

 

(iii)

there shall have occurred an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect;

 

(iv)

subject to Section 6.4, RTO Acquiror, Canco or Callco is in default of a covenant or obligation hereunder (other than the covenants and obligations set forth in Section 7.1 and Section 7.2, as to which Section 8.2(1)(d)(v) shall apply) such that the condition contained in Section 6.3(a) is not satisfied or is incapable of satisfaction, or any representation or warranty of RTO Acquiror or Canco under this Agreement is untrue or incorrect or shall have become untrue or incorrect such that the condition contained in Section 6.3(b) would be incapable of satisfaction; provided that Peraso is not then in breach of this Agreement so as to cause any of the conditions set forth in Section 6.3(a) or Section 6.3(b) not to be satisfied; or

 

(v)

RTO Acquiror shall have breached or failed to perform any of its obligations set forth in Section 7.1 through Section 7.4.

(2)

Subject to Section 6.4(2), the Party desiring to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.2 (other than pursuant to Section 8.2(1)(a)) shall give notice of such termination to the other Party, specifying in reasonable detail the basis for such Party’s exercise of its termination right.

(3)

If this Agreement is terminated pursuant to this Section 8.2, this Agreement shall become void and be of no further force or effect without liability of any Party (or any shareholder or other Representative of such Party) to any other Party hereto, except that the provisions of this Section 8.2(3) and Section 8.3, Section 9.1, Section 9.3, Section 9.4, Section 9.6, Section 9.7 and Section 9.8 and all related definitions set forth in Section 1.1 and the provisions of the Confidentiality Agreement shall survive any termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.2; provided further that neither the termination of this Agreement pursuant to this Section 8.2 nor anything contained in this Section 8.2 shall relieve a Party from any Liability arising prior to such termination arising from any willful and material breach of this Agreement or fraud.

 


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Section 8.3

Termination Payments

(1)

Except as otherwise provided herein, the Parties agree that all costs and expenses of the Parties relating to the Arrangement and the transactions contemplated in this Agreement, including legal fees, accounting fees, financial advisory fees, strategic advisory fees, regulatory filing fees, stock exchange fees, all disbursements of advisors and printing and mailing costs, shall be paid by the Party incurring such expenses.

(2)

In the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.2(1)(b)(iii) (Failure to Obtain Peraso Shareholder Approval) (the “Peraso Shareholder Approval Termination Event”), Peraso shall pay to RTO Acquiror a fee of $750,000 (the “Peraso Shareholder Approval Termination Payment”) within five (5) Business Days of the Peraso Shareholder Approval Termination Event having occurred.

(3)

In the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.2(1)(b)(iv) (Failure to Obtain RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval) (the “RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Termination Event”), RTO Acquiror shall pay to Peraso a fee of $750,000 (the “RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Termination Payment”) within five (5) Business Days of the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Termination Event having occurred.

(4)

The Termination Payment shall be payable by Peraso to RTO Acquiror in the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.2(1)(c)(ii) (Peraso Change in Recommendation), Section 8.2(1)(c)(v) (Peraso Breach of Non-Solicitation Covenants) or Section 8.2(1)(d)(i) (Peraso Superior Proposal). Such Termination Payment shall be made by Peraso by wire transfer of same-day funds, to an account designated by RTO Acquiror: (a) in the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.2(1)(c)(ii) (Peraso Change in Recommendation), or Section 8.2(1)(c)(v) (Peraso Breach of Non-Solicitation Covenants), as soon as practicable, and in any event within two (2) Business Days of the date on which this Agreement is terminated; or (b) in the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.2(1)(d)(i) (Peraso Superior Proposal), simultaneously with, and as a condition to the effectiveness of, such termination.

(5)

The Termination Payment shall be payable by RTO Acquiror to Peraso in the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.2(1)(d)(ii) (RTO Acquiror Change in Recommendation), Section 8.2(1)(d)(v) (RTO Acquiror Breach of Non-Solicitation Covenants) or Section 8.2(1)(c)(i) (RTO Acquiror Superior Proposal). Such Termination Payment shall be made by RTO Acquiror by wire transfer of same-day funds, to an account designated by Peraso: (a) in the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.2(1)(d)(ii) (RTO Acquiror Change in Recommendation), or Section 8.2(1)(d)(v) (RTO Acquiror Breach of Non-Solicitation Covenants), as soon as practicable, and in any event within two (2) Business Days of the date on which this Agreement is terminated; or (b) in the event that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 8.2(1)(c)(i) (RTO Acquiror Superior Proposal), simultaneously with, and as a condition to the effectiveness of, such termination.

(6)

Each Party hereby acknowledges that the Termination Payment, the Peraso Shareholder Approval Termination Payment and the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Termination Payment to which it may become entitled represents: (i) consideration for the disposition of the affected Party’s rights under this Agreement, and (ii) liquidated damages which are a genuine pre-estimate of the affected Party’s damages which it will suffer or incur as a result of the event giving rise to such damages and the resultant non-completion of the Arrangement and the transactions contemplated

 


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by this Agreement and is not a penalty and no Party shall take any position inconsistent with the foregoing. Each Party hereby irrevocably waives any right it may have to raise as a defence that any such liquidated damages are excessive or punitive. Upon receipt by Peraso or RTO Acquiror, as applicable, of any Termination Payment, such Party shall have no further Claim against the other Party at law or in equity or otherwise (including injunctive relief to restrain any breach or threatened breach by such other Party of any of its obligations hereunder or otherwise to obtain specific performance).

Section 8.4

Amendment

Subject to the provisions of the Interim Order and Final Order, the Plan of Arrangement and applicable Law, this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement may, at any time and from time to time prior to the Effective Time, be amended only by mutual written agreement of RTO Acquiror and Peraso, and any such amendment may without limitation:

 

(a)

change the time for performance of any of the obligations or acts of the Parties;

 

(b)

waive any inaccuracies or modify any representation or warranty contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto;

 

(c)

waive compliance with or modify any of the covenants herein contained and waive or modify performance of any of the obligations of the Parties; and

 

(d)

waive compliance with or modify any mutual conditions precedent herein contained.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, after each of the Peraso Shareholder Approval and the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval has been obtained, no amendment shall be made that pursuant to applicable Law requires further approval or adoption by the Peraso Shareholders or the RTO Acquiror Shareholders without such further approval or adoption.

Section 8.5

Waiver

Any Party may (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or acts of the other Party, (b) waive compliance, except as provided herein, with any of the other Party’s agreements or the fulfilment of any conditions to its own obligations contained herein, or (c) waive inaccuracies in any of the other Party’s representations or warranties contained herein or in any document delivered by the other Party, in each case only to the extent such obligations, agreements and conditions are intended for its benefit. Notwithstanding the foregoing, after each of the Peraso Shareholder Approval and the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval has been obtained, no waiver shall be made that pursuant to applicable Law requires further approval or adoption by the Peraso Shareholders or the RTO Acquiror Shareholders without such further approval or adoption. No extension or waiver shall be valid unless set forth in an instrument in writing signed on behalf of the waiving Party and, unless otherwise provided in the written waiver, will be limited to the specific breach or condition waived and shall not extend to any other matter or occurrence. No failure or delay in exercising any right, power or privilege under this Agreement will operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any right, power or privilege under this Agreement.

 


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ARTICLE 9
GENERAL PROVISIONS AND MISCELLANEOUS

Section 9.1

Privacy

Each Party shall comply with applicable privacy Laws in the course of collecting, using and disclosing Personal Information in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby (the “Transaction Personal Information”). No Party shall disclose Transaction Personal Information originally collected by any other Party to any Person other than to its advisors who are evaluating and advising on the transactions contemplated by this Agreement. If RTO Acquiror completes the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, RTO Acquiror shall not, following the Effective Date, without the consent of the individuals to whom such Transaction Personal Information relates or as permitted or required by applicable Law, use or disclose Transaction Personal Information originally collected by Peraso:

 

(a)

for purposes other than those for which such Transaction Personal Information was collected by Peraso prior to the Effective Date; and

 

(b)

which does not relate directly to the carrying on of the business of Peraso (including carrying on the Peraso Business) or to the carrying out of the purposes for which the transactions contemplated by this Agreement were implemented.

The Parties shall protect and safeguard the Transaction Personal Information against unauthorized collection, use or disclosure. RTO Acquiror shall cause its advisors to observe the terms of this Section 9.1 and to protect and safeguard all Transaction Personal Information in their possession. If this Agreement shall be terminated, each Party shall promptly deliver to the other Party all Transaction Personal Information originally collected by such other Party in its possession or in the possession of any of its advisors, including all copies, reproductions, summaries or extracts thereof, except, unless prohibited by applicable Law, for electronic backup copies made automatically in accordance with the usual backup procedures of the Party returning such Transaction Personal Information.

Section 9.2

Notices

All notices and other communications given or made pursuant to this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given and received on the day it is delivered, provided, however, that it is delivered on a Business Day prior to 4:30 p.m. Toronto time in the place of delivery or receipt. However, if notice is delivered after 4:30 p.m. Toronto time or if such day is not a Business Day then the notice shall be deemed to have been given and received on the next Business Day. Notice shall be sufficiently given if delivered (either in person, by courier service or other personal method of delivery), or if transmitted by e-mail to the Parties at the following addresses (or at such other addresses as shall be specified by any Party by notice to the other given in accordance with these provisions):

 

(a)

if to RTO Acquiror:

MoSys, Inc.
2309 Bering Drive, San Jose, California 95131

Attention: Daniel Lewis
E-mail: dlewis@mosys.com

 


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

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

437 Madison Avenue

25th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Attention: Blake Baron
E-mail: bjb@msk.com

and

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Waterfront Centre

200 Burrard Street, Suite 1200

Vancouver, BC V7X 1T2

Attention: Graeme Martindale
E-mail: GMartindale@blg.com

 

(b)

if to Peraso:

Peraso Technologies Inc.
144 Front Street West, Suite 685
Toronto, ON M5J 2L7

Attention: Ronald Glibbery
E-mail: ronald@perasotech.com

 

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

Stikeman Elliott LLP

5300 Commerce Court West

199 Bay Street

Toronto, ON M5L 1B9

Attention: Dee Rajpal
E-mail: drajpal@stikeman.com

Section 9.3

Governing Law

This Agreement shall be governed, including as to validity, interpretation and effect, by the Laws of the Province of Ontario and the Laws of Canada applicable therein, without giving effect to any principles of conflict of Laws thereof which would result in the application of the Laws of any other jurisdiction. Each of the Parties hereby irrevocably attorns to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario in respect of all matters arising under and in relation to this Agreement and the Arrangement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any provisions of this Agreement with respect to U.S. Securities Laws shall be governed by applicable Laws of the United States, and any provisions with respect to the corporate governance, existence, good standing and authority of RTO Acquiror shall be governed by DGCL.

 


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Section 9.4

Injunctive Relief

Subject to Section 8.3(4) and Section 8.3(5), the Parties acknowledge and agree that irreparable harm would occur for which money damages would not be an adequate remedy at law in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. Accordingly, the Parties agree that, in the event of any breach or threatened breach of this Agreement by a Party, the non-breaching Party will be entitled, without the requirement of posting a bond or other security, to seek equitable relief, including injunctive relief and specific performance, and the Parties shall not object to the granting of injunctive or other equitable relief on the basis that there exists an adequate remedy at law. Subject to Section 8.3(4) and Section 8.3(5), such remedies will not be the exclusive remedies for any breach of this Agreement but will be in addition to all other remedies available at law or equity to each of the Parties.

Section 9.5

Time of Essence

Time shall be of the essence in this Agreement.

Section 9.6

Entire Agreement, Binding Effect and Assignment

This Agreement (including the exhibits and schedules hereto and the Peraso Disclosure Letter, the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter and the other agreements, documents and certificates delivered pursuant to this Agreement), the Peraso Voting Agreements, the RTO Acquiror Voting Agreements and the Confidentiality Agreement constitute the entire agreement, and supersede all other prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties, or any of them, with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof. Except: (a) for the right of the Peraso Shareholders to receive the Escrow Consideration, subject to the satisfaction of the Escrow Release Condition and otherwise in accordance with the terms of this Agreement; and (b) as expressly provided herein, this Agreement is not intended to and shall not confer upon any Person other than the Parties any rights or remedies hereunder. This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder may be assigned by any of the Parties without the prior written consent of the other Parties.

Section 9.7

No Liability

No director or officer of RTO Acquiror shall have any personal liability whatsoever to Peraso under this Agreement, or any other document delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby on behalf of RTO Acquiror. No director or officer of Peraso shall have any personal liability whatsoever to RTO Acquiror, Canco or Callco under this Agreement, or any other document delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby on behalf of Peraso.

Section 9.8

Severability

If any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule or Law or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this Agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an

 


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acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the fullest extent possible.

Section 9.9

Counterparts, Execution

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. The Parties shall be entitled to rely upon delivery of an executed facsimile or similar executed electronic copy of this Agreement, and such facsimile or similar executed electronic copy shall be legally effective to create a valid and binding agreement among the Parties.

[Signature page follows.]

 

 


 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Arrangement Agreement as of the date first written above by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized.

MOSYS, INC.

Per:

/s/ Daniel Lewis

 

Name:  Daniel Lewis

 

Title:  President and CEO

 

 

 

2864552 ONTARIO INC.

Per:

/s/James W. Sullivan

 

Name:  James W.  Sullivan

 

Title: President

 

 

 

2864555 ONTARIO INC.

Per:

/s/ James W. Sullivan

 

Name:  James W. Sullivan

 

Title:  President

 

 

 

PERASO TECHNOLOGIES INC.

Per:

/s/ Ron Glibbery

 

Name:  Ron Glibbery

 

Title:  President and CEO

 

 


 

 

ScheduleA“
PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT

Article 1
INTERPRETATION

1.1 Definitions

In this Plan of Arrangement:

affiliate” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Securities Act (Ontario), as amended.

Arrangement” means an arrangement under Section 182 of the OBCA on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in this Plan of Arrangement, subject to any amendments or variations hereto made in accordance with this Plan of Arrangement and the Arrangement Agreement or made at the direction of the Court.

Arrangement Agreement” means the arrangement agreement made as of September 14, 2021 between RTO Acquiror, Canco, Callco and Peraso, as amended, supplemented and/or restated in accordance with its terms.

Articles of Arrangement” means the articles of arrangement of Peraso in respect of the Arrangement required by the OBCA to be sent to the Director after the Final Order is made, which shall be in a form and content satisfactory to the Parties, each acting reasonably.

Automatic Exchange Right” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement.

Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which commercial banking institutions in Toronto, Ontario or San Jose, California are authorized or required by applicable Law to be closed.

Callco” means (i) 2864552 Ontario Inc., being a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of RTO Acquiror incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario or (ii) any other direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of RTO Acquiror designated by RTO Acquiror from time to time after the Effective Date in replacement thereof.

Canadian Resident” means (i) a person who is not a non-resident of Canada for the purposes of the ITA, or (ii) a partnership that is a “Canadian partnership” for purposes of the ITA.

Canco” means 2864555 Ontario Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of RTO Acquiror, incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario that issues the Exchangeable Shares pursuant to the Arrangement.

Certificate of Arrangement” means the certificate of arrangement to be issued by the Director pursuant to subsection 183(2) of the OBCA in respect of the Articles of Arrangement.

Change of Law” means any amendment to the ITA and other applicable provincial income tax laws that permits holders of Exchangeable Shares who are Canadian Residents, who hold their

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Exchangeable Shares as capital property, and who deal at arms length with RTO Acquiror and Canco (all for the purposes of the ITA and other applicable provincial income tax laws) to exchange their Exchangeable Shares for RTO Acquiror Shares on a basis that will not require such holders to recognize any gain or loss or any actual or deemed dividend in respect of such exchange for the purposes of the ITA or applicable provincial income tax laws.

Change of Law Call Date” has the meaning set out in Section 5.3(a).

Change of Law Call Purchase Price” has the meaning set out in Section 5.3(a).

Change of Law Call Right” has the meaning set out in Section 5.3(a).

Consideration” means, collectively: (i) the consideration to be received by Peraso Shareholders pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement in respect of each Peraso Share that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, being either the RTO Acquiror Share Consideration or the Exchangeable Share Consideration as elected by a Peraso Shareholder or as otherwise determined in accordance with Section 2.3 in respect of each Peraso Share held, in each case, as adjusted by Section 2.7; and (ii) the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options

Court” means the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List).

CRA” means the Canada Revenue Agency.

Current Market Price” has the meaning set out in the Exchangeable Share Provisions.

Depositary” means the person acting as depositary under the Arrangement.

Director” means the Director appointed pursuant to Section 278 of the OBCA.

Dissent Rights” has the meaning set out in Section 3.1.

Dissenting Shareholder” means a registered holder of Peraso Shares that has duly and validly exercised Dissent Rights and who is ultimately entitled to be paid the fair value of such holder’s Peraso Shares as determined in accordance with Section 3.1.

Dividend Amount” means an amount equal to all declared and unpaid dividends on an Exchangeable Share held by a holder thereof on any dividend record date which occurred prior to the date of purchase, redemption or other acquisition of such share by Callco, Canco or RTO Acquiror from such holder.

Effective Date” means the date shown on the Certificate of Arrangement giving effect to the Arrangement.

Effective Time” means 12:01 a.m. (Toronto time) on the Effective Date.

Election Deadline” means 4:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the Business Day which is not less than five (5) Business Days preceding the Effective Date, unless otherwise agreed in writing by RTO Acquiror and Peraso.

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Eligible Holder means a Peraso Shareholder who is (i) a Canadian Resident, or (ii) a partnership, any member of which is a Canadian Resident.

Escrow Agent” means in its capacity as escrow agent under the Escrow Agreement;

Escrow Agreement” means the escrow agreement among the Escrow Agent, RTO Acquiror and Peraso, substantially in the form attached as Schedule “J” of the Arrangement Agreement;

Escrow Consideration” means an aggregate of 1,815,445 Exchangeable Shares and RTO Acquiror Shares, collectively, which shall be issued at the Effective Time, subject to escrow pursuant to the terms of the Escrow Agreement and which Exchangeable Shares and RTO Acquiror Shares shall be escrowed on a pro rata basis from the Consideration to be received by the Peraso Shareholders (not including the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options);

Escrow Release Condition” means the earlier of: (a) any date following the first anniversary of the Effective Time and prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Time where the volume weighted average price of the RTO Acquiror Shares for any twenty (20) Trading Days within a period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days is at least $8.57 per share, subject to adjustment to reflect fully the effect of any stock split, reverse split or stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into RTO Acquiror Shares, other than stock dividends paid in lieu of ordinary course dividends), reorganization, recapitalization or other like change with respect to RTO Acquiror Shares occurring after the date of this Agreement; (b) the date of any sale of all or substantially all of the assets or shares of the RTO Acquiror; and (c) the date of any bankruptcy, insolvency, restructuring, receivership, administration, wind-up, liquidation, dissolution or similar event involving the RTO Acquiror;

Exchange Ratio” means the amount calculated as follows:

((A / B) – C) / D

Where:

A = The total issued and outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis immediately prior to the Effective Time

B = 39%

C = The total issued and outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis immediately prior to the Effective Time

D = The total issued and outstanding Peraso Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis (including the Peraso Shares issuable on the conversion or exercise of Peraso Convertible Securities) immediately prior to the Effective Time

For greater certainty, the Exchange Ratio shall be: (a) subject to adjustment pursuant to Section 2.7 hereof; and (b) calculated in a manner consistent with the illustrative example set out in Appendix II of this Plan of Arrangement;

Exchange Time” means the time that the steps in Sections 2.2(d) through 2.2(e) occur.

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Exchangeable Elected Shares means Peraso Shares (other than Peraso Shares held by RTO Acquiror or an affiliate) that the holder thereof shall have elected, in accordance with Section 2.3(a) in a duly completed Letter of Transmittal and Election Form deposited with the Depositary no later than the Election Deadline, to transfer to Canco under the Arrangement for the Exchangeable Share Consideration.

Exchangeable Share Consideration” means the consideration in the form of Exchangeable Shares, together with any related ancillary rights, elected for each Peraso Share held by a Peraso Shareholder (other than a Dissenting Shareholder) pursuant to Section 2.3(a), which shall be that number of Exchangeable Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio for each Peraso Share held immediately prior to the Effective Time.

Exchangeable Share Provisions” means the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Exchangeable Shares, which rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions shall be in substantially the form set out in Appendix I hereto.

Exchangeable Shares” means the exchangeable shares in the capital of Canco having the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions set forth in the Exchangeable Share Provisions.

Final Order” means an Order of the Court granted pursuant to Section 185 of the OBCA, in a form acceptable to each of RTO Acquiror and Peraso, each acting reasonably, approving the Arrangement after a hearing upon the procedural and substantive fairness of the terms and conditions of the Arrangement, as such Order may be affirmed, amended, modified, supplemented or varied by the Court (with the consent of RTO Acquiror and Peraso, each acting reasonably) at any time prior to the Effective Date or, if appealed, as affirmed or amended (provided, however, that any such amendment is acceptable to RTO Acquiror and Peraso, each acting reasonably) on appeal, unless such appeal is withdrawn, abandoned or denied.

Fully-Diluted” means that all options, warrants or other convertible securities or instruments or other rights to acquire common stock or any other existing or future classes of capital stock, whether or not vested, have been exercised or converted, as applicable, in full.

Governmental Entity” means (i) any multinational or supranational body or organization, nation, government, state, province, country, territory, municipality, quasi-government, administrative, judicial or regulatory authority, agency, board, body, bureau, commission, instrumentality, court or tribunal or any political subdivision thereof, or any central bank (or similar monetary or regulatory authority) thereof, any taxing authority, any ministry or department or agency of any of the foregoing, (ii) any self-regulatory organization or stock exchange, including the NASDAQ, (iii) any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government; and (iv) any corporation or other entity owned or controlled, through stock or capital ownership or otherwise, by any of such entities or other bodies pursuant to the foregoing.

holder” means the holder of Peraso Shares, Peraso Options or Peraso Warrants shown from time to time in the central securities register maintained by or on behalf of Peraso in respect of such securities, as the context requires.

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including means including without limitation and includes means includes without limitation.

Interim Order” means an Order of the Court in a form acceptable to each of RTO Acquiror and Peraso, acting reasonably, providing for, among other things, the calling and holding of the Peraso Meeting, as the same may be amended by the Court with the consent of RTO Acquiror and Peraso, each acting reasonably.

ITA” means the Income Tax Act (Canada), and the regulations thereunder, in each case, as amended.

Judgment” means any judgment, Order, decree, award, ruling, decision, verdict, subpoena, injunction or settlement entered, issued, made or rendered by any Governmental Entity (in each case whether temporary, preliminary or permanent).

Law” means, with respect to any person, any and all applicable law (statutory, common, civil or otherwise), constitution, treaty, convention, ordinance, code, rule, regulation, Order, injunction, Judgment, decree, ruling or other similar requirement, whether domestic or foreign, enacted, adopted, promulgated or applied by a Governmental Entity that is binding upon or applicable to such person or its business, undertaking, property or securities, and to the extent that they have the force of law, policies, guidelines, notices and protocols of any Governmental Entity, as amended.

Letter of Transmittal and Election Form” means the letter of transmittal and election form for use by holders of Peraso Shares or other securities of Peraso, in the form accompanying the Peraso Circular.

Liquidation Amount” has the meaning set out in the Exchangeable Share Provisions.

Liquidation Date” has the meaning set out in the Exchangeable Share Provisions.

NASDAQ” means the Nasdaq Capital Market.

OBCA” means the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), as amended.

Order” means an order, injunction, Judgment, administrative complaint, decree, ruling, award, assessment, direction, instruction, penalty or sanction issued, filed or imposed by any Governmental Entity.

Peraso” means Peraso Technologies Inc., a corporation governed under the OBCA.

Peraso Arrangement Resolution” means the special resolution of Peraso Shareholders approving the Arrangement to be considered at the Peraso Meeting.

Peraso Circular” means the notice of the Peraso Meeting and accompanying management information circular, including all schedules, appendices and exhibits thereto and enclosures therewith, sent to the Peraso Shareholders, as required by the Court in the Interim Order, in connection with the Peraso Meeting, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

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Peraso Convertible Debentureholders” means the holders of Peraso Convertible Debentures;

Peraso Convertible Debentures” means the secured convertible debentures of Peraso in the aggregate principal amount of $14,082,343.40 which are outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time;

Peraso Convertible Securities” means Peraso Convertible Debentures, Peraso Warrants and Peraso Options;

Peraso Meeting” means the special meeting of Peraso Shareholders, including any adjournment or postponement thereof, to be called and held in accordance with the Interim Order to consider the Peraso Arrangement Resolution, and for any other purpose as may be set out in the Peraso Circular.

Peraso Optionholders” means the holders at the relevant time of Peraso Options.

Peraso Option Plan” means the stock option plan of Peraso dated January 9, 2009, as amended on January 1, 2019.

Peraso Options” means, at any time, options exercisable to acquire Peraso Shares granted under the Peraso Option Plan which are, at such time, outstanding, whether or not vested.

Peraso Securityholders” means Peraso Shareholders, Peraso Optionholders, Peraso Warrantholders and Peraso Convertible Debentureholders;

Peraso Securities” means Peraso Shares, Peraso Options, Peraso Warrants and Peraso Convertible Debentures;

Peraso Shareholders” means the holders of Peraso Shares.

Peraso Shares” means issued and outstanding common shares in the capital of Peraso.

Peraso Warrant Consideration Amount” means: (a) in respect of Peraso Warrant Certificate No. 2020-001 issued on March 13, 2020 having an exercise price of CA$0.15 per Peraso Share and an expiry date of December 31, 2025, consideration consisting of an aggregate of 1,431,177 Peraso Shares; (b) in respect of Peraso Warrant Certificate No. 2020-002 issued on October 30, 2020 having an exercise price of CA$0.15 per Peraso Share and an expiry date of December 31, 2025, consideration consisting of an aggregate of 2,159,247 Peraso Shares; (c) in respect of Peraso Warrant Certificate No. 2020-003 issued on October 30, 2020 having an exercise price of CA$0.15 per Peraso Share and an expiry date of December 31, 2025, consideration consisting of an aggregate of 801,059 Peraso Shares; and (d) in respect of Peraso Warrant Certificate No. 2021-001 issued on April 23, 2021 having an exercise price of CA$0.15 per Peraso Share and an expiry date of December 31, 2025, consideration consisting of an aggregate of 1,952,473 Peraso Shares. For greater certainty, no consideration shall be issued in respect of Peraso Warrants other than as set out in (a) to (d) above.

Peraso Warrantholders” means the holders at the relevant time of Peraso Warrants.

Peraso Warrants” means the common share purchase warrants to acquire Peraso Shares which are at such time outstanding.

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person includes any individual, firm, partnership, limited partnership, limited liability partnership, joint venture, venture capital fund, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, association, trust, trustee, executor, administrator, legal personal representative, estate, body corporate, corporation, company, unincorporated association or organization, Governmental Entity, syndicate or other entity, whether or not having legal status.

Plan of Arrangement” means this plan of arrangement.

Redemption Call Purchase Price” has the meaning set out in Section 5.2(a).

Redemption Call Right” has the meaning set out in Section 5.2(a).

Redemption Date” has the meaning set out in the Exchangeable Share Provisions.

RTO Acquiror” means MoSys, Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

RTO Acquiror Replacement Option” means an option to acquire RTO Acquiror Shares to be issued by RTO Acquiror in consideration for the cancellation of each Peraso Option.

RTO Acquiror Share Consideration” means the consideration in the form of RTO Acquiror Shares elected or deemed to be elected for each Peraso Share held by a Peraso Shareholder (other than a Dissenting Shareholder) pursuant to Section 2.3, which shall be that number of RTO Acquiror Shares equal to the Exchange Ratio for each Peraso Share held immediately prior to the Effective Time.

RTO Acquiror Shares” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, in the capital of RTO Acquiror.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Authorities” means all securities regulatory authorities, including the applicable securities commission or similar regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada, the SEC and the NASDAQ, that are applicable to Peraso or RTO Acquiror, as the case may be.

Special Voting Share” means the special voting share in the capital of RTO Acquiror having substantially the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions described in the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement.

Support Agreement” means an agreement to be made among RTO Acquiror, Callco and Canco in connection with this Plan of Arrangement substantially in the form and substance of Schedule “F” to the Arrangement Agreement.

Tax Election Package” a copy of CRA form T2057, or, if the Peraso Shareholder is a partnership, a copy of CRA form T2058 and a copy of any applicable equivalent provincial or territorial election form, each of which has been duly and properly completed and executed by the Peraso Shareholder in accordance with the rules contained in the ITA or the relevant provincial or territorial legislation.

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Trading Day” means any day on which RTO Acquiror Shares are actually traded on the NASDAQ or such other stock exchange or automated quotation system on which RTO Acquiror Shares are actually traded if such shares do not trade on NASDAQ.

Transfer Agent” means Equiniti Trust Company, or such other person as may from time to time be appointed by Canco as the registrar and transfer agent for the Exchangeable Shares.

Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement” means an agreement to be made among RTO Acquiror, Canco and the Agent (as defined in the Exchangeable Share Provisions) in connection with this Plan of Arrangement substantially in the form of Schedule “G” to the Arrangement Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

1.2Headings and References

The division of this Plan of Arrangement into Sections and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect the construction or interpretation of this Plan of Arrangement. Unless otherwise specified, references to Sections are to Sections of this Plan of Arrangement.

1.3Currency

Except as expressly indicated otherwise, all sums of money referred to in this Plan of Arrangement are expressed and shall be payable in lawful money of the United States and “$” refers to United States dollars. “CA$” refers to the lawful money of Canada.

1.4Time

Time shall be of the essence in each and every matter or thing herein provided. Unless otherwise indicated, all times expressed herein are local time at Toronto, Ontario.

ARTICLE 2
THE ARRANGEMENT

2.1Binding Effect

Subject to the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, the Arrangement will become effective at the Effective Time and shall be binding at and after the Effective Time on Peraso, RTO Acquiror, Canco, Callco, the Depositary, the Agent and all holders and beneficial holders of Peraso Shares, Peraso Options and Peraso Warrants, including Dissenting Shareholders.

2.2The Arrangement

Commencing at the Effective Time on the Effective Date, subject to the terms and conditions of the Arrangement Agreement, the following shall occur as part of the Arrangement and shall be deemed to occur in the following order (except that the steps in Sections 2.2(d) to 2.2(e) shall be deemed to occur simultaneously) without any further act or formality:

 

(a)

each Peraso Share held by a Dissenting Shareholder shall be deemed to be transferred by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality on its part, free and clear of all

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Encumbrances, to Peraso and Peraso shall thereupon be obliged to pay the amount therefor determined and payable in accordance with Article 3 hereof, and the name of such holder shall be removed from the central securities register of Peraso as a holder of Peraso Shares and Peraso shall be recorded as the registered holder of the Peraso Shares so transferred and shall be deemed to be the legal owner of such Peraso Shares, which Peraso Shares shall thereupon be cancelled;

 

(b)

each Peraso Warrant outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be deemed to be surrendered and transferred to Peraso in consideration for the issuance of Peraso Shares equal to the Peraso Warrant Consideration Amount, if any, provided that: (a) if the foregoing would result in the issuance of a fractional Peraso Share, then the number of Peraso Shares will be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Peraso Shares; and (b) nothing herein shall preclude a Peraso Warrantholder from exercising the Peraso Warrants in accordance with their terms at any time prior to the Effective Time. All Peraso Warrants so surrendered will be automatically cancelled with no further force and effect;

 

(c)

for each Peraso Convertible Debenture outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, all principal and accrued but unpaid interest thereon will be converted into Peraso Shares at a conversion price equal to the conversion price set out in such Peraso Convertible Debenture pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement, provided that if the foregoing would result in the issuance of a fractional Peraso Share, then the number of Peraso Shares shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number of Peraso Shares;

 

(d)

contemporaneously with the step in Section 2.2(e), each issued and outstanding Peraso Share (other than Exchangeable Elected Shares and other than Peraso Shares held by RTO Acquiror or an affiliate thereof or Dissenting Shareholders) held by a Peraso Shareholder shall be transferred by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality on its part, free and clear of all Encumbrances, to Canco in exchange for RTO Acquiror Share Consideration (subject to a portion forming part of the applicable Escrow Consideration) in accordance with the election or deemed election of such Peraso Shareholder pursuant to Section 2.3;

 

(e)

contemporaneously with the step in Section 2.2(d), each Exchangeable Elected Share shall be transferred by the holder thereof, without any further act or formality on its part, free and clear of all Encumbrances, to Canco in exchange for Exchangeable Share Consideration (subject to a portion forming part of the applicable Escrow Consideration) in accordance with the election of such Peraso Shareholder pursuant to Section 2.3;

 

(f)

following the exchange of securities effected pursuant to Sections 2.2(d) and 2.2(e), RTO Acquiror shall hold the Escrow Consideration in escrow, subject to the satisfaction of the Escrow Release Condition and otherwise in accordance with the terms of the Arrangement Agreement;

 

(g)

each Peraso Option outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time, whether vested or unvested, shall be exchanged for an RTO Acquiror Replacement Option to purchase from the RTO Acquiror the number of RTO Acquiror Shares equal to the product of: (i) the number of Peraso Shares subject to the Peraso Option immediately before the Effective Time, and (ii) the Exchange Ratio, and rounded down to the nearest whole number of RTO

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Acquiror Shares. The exercise price per RTO Acquiror Share subject to any such RTO Acquiror Replacement Option shall be an amount equal to the greater of: (i) the quotient of: (A) the exercise price per Peraso Share under the exchanged Peraso Option immediately prior to the Effective Time divided by: (B) the Exchange Ratio, and rounded up to the nearest whole cent, and (ii) such minimum amount that satisfies the requirements of paragraph 7(1.4)(c) of the ITA. Except as set out above, all terms and conditions of an RTO Acquiror Replacement Option, including the term to expiry, conditions to and manner of exercising, will be the same as the Peraso Option for which it was exchanged and any document evidencing a Peraso Option shall thereafter evidence and be deemed to evidence such RTO Acquiror Replacement Option; and

 

(h)

RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco shall execute the Support Agreement and RTO Acquiror, Canco and the Transfer Agent shall execute the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement and RTO Acquiror shall issue to and deposit with the Transfer Agent the Special Voting Share in consideration of the payment to RTO Acquiror by Peraso on behalf of the Peraso Shareholders of one dollar ($1.00), to be thereafter held of record by the Transfer Agent as trustee for and on behalf of, and for the use and benefit of, the holders of the Exchangeable Shares in accordance with the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement. All rights of holders of Exchangeable Shares under the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement shall be received by them as part of the property receivable by them under Section 2.2(d) in exchange for the Exchangeable Elected Shares for which they were exchanged.

2.3Consideration Elections

With respect to the exchange of securities effected pursuant to Sections 2.2(d) and 2.2(e):

 

(a)

Peraso Shareholders who are Eligible Holders may elect to (i) receive in respect of any or all of their Peraso Shares, the Exchangeable Share Consideration, and (ii) receive in respect of the balance of their Peraso Shares, if any, the RTO Acquiror Share Consideration (subject to a portion forming part of the applicable Escrow Consideration);

 

(b)

the election provided for in Section 2.3(a) shall be made by a Peraso Shareholder depositing with the Depositary, prior to the Election Deadline, a duly completed Letter of Transmittal and Election Form indicating such Peraso Shareholder’s election, together with certificates representing such holder’s Peraso Shares, if any;

 

(c)

any Peraso Shareholder who does not deposit with the Depositary a duly completed Letter of Transmittal and Election Form prior to the Election Deadline, or otherwise fails to comply with the requirements of Section 2.3(b) and the Letter of Transmittal and Election Form in respect of any such Peraso Shareholder’s Peraso Shares (including Peraso Shareholders who duly exercise Dissent Rights but are ultimately not entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for their Peraso Shares in respect of which they have exercised Dissent Rights), shall be deemed to have elected to receive the RTO Acquiror Share Consideration;

 

(d)

Letters of Transmittal and Election Forms must be received by the Depositary on or before the Election Deadline; and

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(e)

any Letter of Transmittal and Election Form, once deposited with the Depositary, shall be irrevocable and may not be withdrawn by a Peraso Shareholder.

2.4Income Tax Elections

 

(a)

Peraso Shareholders who are Eligible Holders who are entitled to receive Exchangeable Share Consideration under the Arrangement shall be entitled to make an income tax election pursuant to subsection 85(1) of the ITA or, if a Peraso Shareholder is a partnership, subsection 85(2) of the ITA (and in each case, where applicable, the analogous provisions of provincial or territorial income tax Law) with respect to the transfer of their Peraso Shares to Canco by providing the Tax Election Package to the Depositary within 90 days following the Effective Date, duly completed with the details of the number of Peraso Shares transferred and the applicable agreed amounts. Thereafter, subject to the Tax Election Package being duly completed, the relevant forms will be signed by Canco and returned to such persons within 150 days after the Effective Date for filing with the CRA (or the applicable provincial taxing agency). Canco will not be responsible for the proper or accurate completion of the Tax Election Package or to check or verify the content of any election form and, except for Canco’s obligation to return duly completed Tax Election Packages which are received by the Depositary within 90 days of the Effective Date, within 150 days after the Effective Date, Canco will not be responsible for any taxes, interest or penalties or any other costs or damages resulting from the failure by a Peraso Shareholder to properly and accurately complete or file the necessary election forms in the form and manner and within the time prescribed by the ITA (or any applicable provincial or territorial legislation). In its sole discretion, Canco may choose to sign and return Tax Election Packages received more than 90 days following the Effective Date, but Canco will have no obligation to do so.

 

(b)

Upon receipt of the Letter of Transmittal and Election Form in which an Eligible Holder has indicated that the Eligible Holder intends to make an income tax election pursuant to subsection 85(1) of the ITA or, if the person is a partnership, subsection 85(2) of the ITA (and in each case, where applicable, the analogous provisions of provincial or territorial income tax Law), Canco will promptly deliver a tax instruction letter (and a tax instruction letter for the equivalent Quebec election, if applicable), together with the relevant tax elections forms (including the Quebec election forms, if applicable) to the Eligible Holder.

2.5Share Registers

Every Peraso Shareholder from whom a Peraso Share is transferred and acquired pursuant to the Arrangement shall be removed from the register of holders of Peraso Shares at the Effective Time and shall cease to have any rights in respect of such Peraso Shares, and Canco shall become the holder of such Peraso Shares and shall be added to that register at the Effective Time and shall be entitled as of that time to all of the rights and privileges attached to the Peraso Shares. Every Peraso Shareholder who acquires Exchangeable Shares and/or RTO Acquiror Shares pursuant to the Arrangement shall be added to the register of holders of Exchangeable Shares and/or RTO Acquiror Shares, as applicable, and shall be entitled as of the Effective Time to all of the rights and privileges attached to the Exchangeable Shares and/or RTO Acquiror Shares, as the case may be.

2.6 Convertible Security Registers

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Every Peraso Optionholder, Peraso Warrantholder and Peraso Convertible Debentureholder from whom a Peraso Option, Peraso Warrant or a Peraso Convertible Debenture, as applicable, is converted pursuant to the Arrangement shall be removed from the registers of Peraso Optionholders, Peraso Warrantholders and Peraso Convertible Debentureholders, as applicable, at the Effective Time and shall cease to have any rights in respect of such Peraso Options, Peraso Warrants or Peraso Convertible Debentures, as applicable.

2.7Adjustments to Consideration

 

(a)

If, prior to the Effective Time, Peraso declares or pays dividends or other distributions on Peraso Shares, then: (i) to the extent that the amount of such dividends or distributions per Peraso Share does not exceed the fair market value of the Consideration, the Consideration (being either the RTO Acquiror Share Consideration or the Exchangeable Share Consideration) shall be reduced by the amount of such dividends or distributions; and (ii) to the extent that the amount of such dividends or distributions per Peraso Share exceeds the fair market value of the Consideration, such excess amount shall be placed in escrow for the account of the RTO Acquiror or another Person designated by the RTO Acquiror.

 

(b)

The consideration to be paid pursuant to Sections 2.2(b), 2.2(c), 2.2(d), 2.2(e) and 2.2(f), as well as the number of Exchangeable Shares and RTO Acquiror Shares comprising the Escrow Consideration, shall be adjusted to reflect fully the effect of any stock split, reverse split or stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into RTO Acquiror Shares or Peraso Shares, other than stock dividends paid in lieu of ordinary course dividends), reorganization, recapitalization or other like change with respect to RTO Acquiror Shares or Peraso Shares occurring after the date of the Arrangement Agreement and prior to the Effective Time.

 

(c)

To the extent any indebtedness of Peraso and/or RTO Acquiror exists at the Effective Time, the Exchange Ratio will be adjusted to reflect a one dollar deduction in equity value for every dollar of debt which exists at the Effective Time on the part of Peraso and/or RTO Acquiror, as applicable. The adjustments contemplated by this Section 2.7(c) shall be calculated in a manner consistent with the illustrative example set out in Appendix II of this Plan of Arrangement.

 

(d)

If after the date of the Agreement and prior to the Effective Time, Peraso issues securities, then the Exchange Ratio shall be adjusted accordingly such that the dilution shall be solely for the account of the Peraso Securityholders and the total Consideration to be issued to Peraso Securityholders shall not be affected.

ARTICLE 3
DISSENT RIGHTS

3.1Rights of Dissent

Registered holders of Peraso Shares may exercise rights of dissent with respect to those Peraso Shares pursuant to, and (except as expressly indicated to the contrary in this Section 3.1), in the manner set forth in, Section 185 of the OBCA and this Section 3.1 in connection with the Arrangement (the “Dissent Rights”); provided that, notwithstanding Section 185(6) of the OBCA, the written objection to the resolution approving the Arrangement referred to in Section 185(6) of the OBCA must be received by Peraso not later

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than 5:00 p.m. (Toronto time) on the second Business Day before the Peraso Meeting; and provided further that, notwithstanding the provisions of Section 185 of the OBCA, Peraso Shareholders who duly exercise Dissent Rights and who have not withdrawn or been deemed to have withdrawn such exercise of Dissent Rights and who:

 

(a)

ultimately are determined to be entitled to be paid fair value for their Peraso Shares, which fair value, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 185 of the OBCA, shall be determined as of the Exchange Time, (i) shall be deemed to have transferred those Peraso Shares as of the Exchange Time at the fair value of the Peraso Shares determined as of the Exchange Time in accordance with Section 2.2(a), without any further act or formality and free and clear of all Encumbrances, to Peraso; (ii) will be entitled to receive, in full satisfaction of such fair value amount, the number of RTO Acquiror Shares which the holder would otherwise have been entitled to receive on completion of the Arrangement, and (iii) shall not be entitled to any other payment or consideration, including any payment that would be payable under the Arrangement had such holder not exercised their Dissent Rights in respect of such Peraso Shares; or

 

(b)

ultimately are determined not to be entitled, for any reason, to be paid fair value for their Peraso Shares, shall be deemed to have participated in the Arrangement on the same basis as a holder of Peraso Shares who has not exercised Dissent Rights and shall be deemed to have elected to receive, and shall receive, the consideration provided in Section 2.3(c),

but in no case shall Peraso, RTO Acquiror, Canco, the Depositary or any other person be required to recognize any such holder as a holder of Peraso Shares after the Exchange Time, and the names of each such holder shall be deleted from the register of holders of Peraso Shares at the Exchange Time. For greater certainty, in addition to any other restrictions in the Interim Order, no Peraso Shareholder shall be entitled to exercise Dissent Rights with respect to Peraso Shares in respect of which a Peraso Shareholder has voted or has instructed a proxyholder to vote in favour of the Peraso Arrangement Resolution.

ARTICLE 4
SHARE DEPOSIT AND FRACTIONAL SHARES

4.1 Share Deposit

At least five (5) Business Days prior to the Effective Date, RTO Acquiror shall deliver to Peraso the information required for variable A in the definition of Exchange Ratio and Peraso shall delier to RTO Acquiror the information required for variable D in the definition of Exchange Ratio. At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Effective Time, Canco and RTO Acquiror shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Depositary, for the benefit of the holders of Peraso Shares, the aggregate number of whole Exchangeable Shares and the aggregate number of whole RTO Acquiror Shares issuable to holders of Peraso Shares in accordance with Sections 2.2(d) and Section 2.2(e) under this Plan of Arrangement (other than the Escrow Consideration and the RTO Acquiror Replacement Options). Upon surrender to the Depositary by a holder of Peraso Shares of a duly completed Letter of Transmittal and Election Form and such other documents and instruments as the Depositary may reasonably require along with the certificate or certificates, if any, representing such Peraso Shares to be exchanged under the Arrangement for cancellation, such holder of Peraso Shares shall be entitled to receive, and promptly after the Exchange Time the Depositary shall deliver to such person, written evidence of the book entry issuance in uncertificated form to, or certificates registered in the name of, such person representing that number of

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RTO Acquiror Shares and/or Exchangeable Shares which such person is entitled to receive in accordance with Section 2.2(d) and Section 2.2(e) less any amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4.6, and any certificate so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. In the event of a transfer of ownership of such Peraso Shares which was not registered in the transfer records of Peraso, written evidence of the book entry issuance of, or certificates representing, the number of RTO Acquiror Shares and/or Exchangeable Shares issuable to the registered holder may be registered in the name of and issued to the transferee if the certificate representing such Peraso Shares is presented to the Depositary, accompanied by a duly completed Letter of Transmittal and Election Form and all documents required to evidence and effect such transfer. Without limiting the provisions of Section 2.5, until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 4.1, each certificate which immediately prior to the Exchange Time represented one or more outstanding Peraso Shares that, under the Arrangement, were exchanged pursuant to Section 2.2(d) or Section 2.2(e), shall be deemed at all times after the Exchange Time to represent only the right to receive upon such surrender (i) the Consideration to which the holder thereof is entitled under the Arrangement, or as to a certificate held by a Dissenting Shareholder (other than a shareholder who exercised Dissent Rights who is deemed to have participated in the Arrangement pursuant to Section 3.1(b)), to receive the fair value of the Peraso Shares represented by such certificate, and (ii) any dividends or distributions with a record date after the Exchange Time theretofore paid or payable with respect to any RTO Acquiror Shares or Exchangeable Shares issued in exchange therefor as contemplated by Section 4.2, in each case less any amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4.6.

4.2 Distributions with Respect to Unsurrendered Certificates

No dividends or other distributions paid, declared or made with respect to RTO Acquiror Shares or Exchangeable Shares, in each case with a record date after the Exchange Time, shall be paid to the holder of any unsurrendered certificate which immediately prior to the Exchange Time represented outstanding Peraso Shares, unless and until such person shall have surrendered its certificates representing Peraso Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1. Subject to applicable Law, at the time such person shall have surrendered its certificates representing Peraso Shares in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1, there shall be paid to such person, without interest (i) the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Exchange Time theretofore paid with respect to the RTO Acquiror Share or the Exchangeable Share, as the case may be, to which such person is entitled pursuant hereto, and (ii) on the appropriate payment date, the amount of dividends or other distributions with a record date after the Exchange Time but prior to the date of surrender of certificates representing Peraso Shares by such person in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1 and a payment date subsequent to the date of such compliance and payable with respect to such RTO Acquiror Shares or Exchangeable Shares, as the case may be.

4.3 No Fractional Shares

No fractional RTO Acquiror Shares or fractional Exchangeable Shares shall be issued upon compliance with the provisions of Section 4.1 and no dividend, stock split or other change in the capital structure of RTO Acquiror or Canco shall relate to any such fractional security and such fractional interests shall not entitle the owner thereof to exercise any rights as a security holder of RTO Acquiror or Canco. Where the aggregate number of RTO Acquiror Shares or Exchangeable Shares to be issued to a Peraso Shareholder as consideration under the Arrangement would result in a fraction of an RTO Acquiror Share or an Exchangeable Share being issuable, the number of RTO Acquiror Shares or Exchangeable Shares, as the case may be to be received by such Peraso Shareholder shall be rounded down to the nearest whole RTO Acquiror Share or Exchangeable Share, as the case may be.

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4.4 Lost Certificates

In the event any certificate which immediately prior to the Exchange Time represented one or more outstanding Peraso Shares that were exchanged pursuant to Section 2.2 shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the person claiming such certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Depositary will issue in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, any RTO Acquiror Shares or Exchangeable Shares (and any dividends or distributions with respect thereto) deliverable in accordance with Section 2.2 and such holder’s Letter of Transmittal and Election Form. When authorizing such payment in exchange for any lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, the person to whom RTO Acquiror Shares or Exchangeable Shares (and any dividends or distributions with respect thereto) are to be issued shall, as a condition precedent to the issuance thereof, give a bond satisfactory to Peraso, and RTO Acquiror and its transfer agent (each acting reasonably) in such amount as RTO Acquiror may direct or otherwise indemnify Peraso, Canco and RTO Acquiror in a manner satisfactory to Peraso, Canco and RTO Acquiror against any claim that may be made against Peraso, Canco or RTO Acquiror with respect to the certificate alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed.

4.5 Extinction of Rights

Any certificate which immediately prior to the Exchange Time represented outstanding Peraso Shares that were exchanged pursuant to Section 2.2 that is not deposited with all other instruments required by Section 4.1 on or prior to the earlier of: (i) the fourth anniversary of the Effective Date; and (ii) the date of the notice referred to in Section 5(2) of the Exchangeable Share Provisions, shall cease to represent a claim or interest of any kind or nature as a securityholder of RTO Acquiror or Canco. On such date, the RTO Acquiror Shares and/or Exchangeable Shares to which the former holder of the certificate referred to in the preceding sentence was ultimately entitled shall be deemed to have been surrendered for no consideration to Canco. None of RTO Acquiror, Peraso, Canco, Callco or the Depositary shall be liable to any person in respect of any cash or property delivered to a public official pursuant to any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Law.

4.6 Withholding Rights

Peraso, Canco, Callco, RTO Acquiror and the Depositary shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any dividend, price, consideration or amount otherwise payable to any holder of Peraso Securities, RTO Acquiror Shares or Exchangeable Shares such amounts as Peraso, Canco, Callco, RTO Acquiror or the Depositary is required to deduct and withhold with respect to such payment under the ITA, United States Tax Laws or any other applicable Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes hereof as having been paid to the holder of the securities in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made, provided that such withheld amounts are actually remitted to the appropriate Governmental Entity. Peraso, Canco, Callco, RTO Acquiror and the Depositary are hereby authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of such other portion of the consideration as is necessary to provide sufficient funds to Peraso, Canco, Callco, RTO Acquiror and the Depositary, as the case may be, to enable it to comply with such deduction or withholding requirement and Peraso, Canco, Callco, RTO Acquiror and the Depositary shall notify the holder thereof and remit any unapplied balance of the net proceeds of such sale.

4.7Paramountcy

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From and after the Effective Time: (i) this Plan of Arrangement shall take precedence and priority over any and all Peraso Shares issued prior to the Effective Time; (ii) the rights and obligations of the registered holders of Peraso Shares (other than RTO Acquiror, Canco or any of their respective affiliates), and of Peraso, RTO Acquiror, Canco, the Depositary and any transfer agent or other depositary in relation thereto, shall be solely as provided for in this Plan of Arrangement and the Arrangement Agreement; and (iii) all actions, causes of action, claims or proceedings (actual or contingent and whether or not previously asserted) based on or in any way relating to any Peraso Shares shall be deemed to have been settled, compromised, released and determined without liability except as set forth herein.

ARTICLE 5
RIGHTS OF RTO ACQUIROR AND CALLCO TO ACQUIRE EXCHANGEABLE SHARES

5.1 Liquidation Call Right

In addition to the rights contained in the Exchangeable Share Provisions, RTO Acquiror and Callco shall have the following rights in respect of the Exchangeable Shares:

 

(a)

Subject to the proviso in Section 5.1(b) that Callco shall only be entitled to exercise the Liquidation Call Right with respect to those Exchangeable Shares, if any, in respect of which RTO Acquiror has not exercised the Liquidation Call Right, RTO Acquiror and Callco shall each have the overriding right (the “Liquidation Call Right”), in the event of and notwithstanding the proposed liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Canco or any other distribution of the assets of Canco among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, pursuant to Section 5 of the Exchangeable Share Provisions, and subject to the sale and purchase contemplated by the Automatic Exchange Right, to purchase from all but not less than all of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares (other than any holder of Exchangeable Shares which is RTO Acquiror or any of its affiliates) on the Liquidation Date all but not less than all of the Exchangeable Shares held by each such holder upon payment by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, to each such holder of an amount per share (the “Liquidation Call Purchase Price”) equal to the Current Market Price of RTO Acquiror Shares on the last Business Day prior to the Liquidation Date plus the Dividend Amount, which shall be satisfied in full by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, delivering or causing to be delivered to such holder one RTO Acquiror Share plus any Dividend Amount in accordance with Section 5.1(c). In the event of the exercise of the Liquidation Call Right by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, each such holder of Exchangeable Shares (other than RTO Acquiror and its affiliates) shall be obligated to sell all of the Exchangeable Shares held by the holder to RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, on the Liquidation Date upon payment by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, to such holder of the Liquidation Call Purchase Price for each such share, and Canco shall have no obligation to pay any Liquidation Amount to the holders of such shares so purchased.

 

(b)

Callco shall only be entitled to exercise the Liquidation Call Right with respect to those Exchangeable Shares, if any, in respect of which RTO Acquiror has not exercised the Liquidation Call Right. To exercise the Liquidation Call Right, RTO Acquiror or Callco must notify the Transfer Agent, as agent for the holders of the Exchangeable Shares, and Canco of its intention to exercise such right at least 45 days before the Liquidation Date in the case of a voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Canco or any other

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voluntary distribution of the assets of Canco among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, at least 30 days before the Liquidation Date and at least 30 days before the Liquidation Date in the case of an involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Canco or any other involuntary distribution of the assets of Canco among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs. The RTO Acquiror will or will cause the Transfer Agent to notify the holders of the Exchangeable Shares as to whether or not RTO Acquiror and/or Callco has exercised the Liquidation Call Right forthwith after the expiry of the period during which RTO Acquiror or Callco may exercise the Liquidation Call Right. If RTO Acquiror and/or Callco exercises the Liquidation Call Right, then on the Liquidation Date, RTO Acquiror and/or Callco, as the case may be, will purchase and the holders of the Exchangeable Shares (other than any holder of Exchangeable Shares which is RTO Acquiror or any of its affiliates) will sell, all of the Exchangeable Shares held by such holders on such date for a price per share equal to the Liquidation Call Purchase Price which shall be satisfied in full by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, delivering or causing to be delivered to such holder one RTO Acquiror Share plus any Dividend Amount.

 

(c)

For the purposes of completing the purchase and sale of the Exchangeable Shares pursuant to exercise of the Liquidation Call Right, RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Transfer Agent, on or before the Liquidation Date, the aggregate number of RTO Acquiror Shares required to be delivered or caused to be delivered pursuant to Section 5.1(a) and a cheque or cheques payable at par at any branch of the bankers of the applicable entity representing the aggregate Dividend Amount, if any, in payment of the total Liquidation Call Purchase Price, less any amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4.6. Provided that such consideration has been so deposited with the Transfer Agent, the holders of the Exchangeable Shares (other than RTO Acquiror and its affiliates) shall cease to be holders of the Exchangeable Shares on and after the Liquidation Date and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof (including any rights under the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement), other than the right to receive their proportionate part of the aggregate Liquidation Call Purchase Price without interest, upon presentation and surrender by the holder of certificates representing the Exchangeable Shares held by such holder and the holder shall on and after the Liquidation Date be considered and deemed for all purposes to be the holder of the RTO Acquiror Shares which such holder is entitled to receive. Upon surrender to the Transfer Agent of a certificate or certificates representing Exchangeable Shares, together with such other documents and instruments as may be required to effect a transfer of Exchangeable Shares under the OBCA and articles of Canco and such additional documents, instruments and payments as the Transfer Agent may reasonably require, the holder of such surrendered certificate or certificates shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, and the Transfer Agent on behalf of RTO Acquiror or Callco, as applicable, shall transfer to such holder, the RTO Acquiror Shares to which such holder is entitled and as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter the Transfer Agent shall deliver to such holder written evidence of the book entry issuance in uncertificated form of the RTO Acquiror Shares to which the holder is entitled and a cheque or cheques of RTO Acquiror or Callco, as applicable, payable at par at any branch of the bankers of RTO Acquiror or Callco, respectively, representing the Dividend Amount, if any, and when received by the Transfer Agent, all dividends and other distributions with respect to such RTO Acquiror Shares with a record date after the Liquidation Date and before the date of

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the transfer of such RTO Acquiror Shares to such holder, less any amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4.6. If neither RTO Acquiror or Callco exercises the Liquidation Call Right in the manner described above, on the Liquidation Date, the holders of the Exchangeable Shares will be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the Liquidation Amount otherwise payable by Canco in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Canco or any distribution of the assets of Canco among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs pursuant to Section 5 of the Exchangeable Share Provisions.

5.2 Redemption Call Right

In addition to the rights contained in the Exchangeable Share Provisions, RTO Acquiror and Callco shall have the following rights in respect of the Exchangeable Shares:

 

(a)

Subject to the proviso in Section 5.2(b) that Callco shall only be entitled to exercise the Redemption Call Right with respect to those Exchangeable Shares, if any, in respect of which RTO Acquiror has not exercised the Redemption Call Right, and notwithstanding the proposed redemption of the Exchangeable Shares by Canco pursuant to Section 7 of the Exchangeable Share Provisions, RTO Acquiror and Callco shall each have the overriding right (the “Redemption Call Right”) to purchase from all but not less than all of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares (other than any holder of Exchangeable Shares which is RTO Acquiror or any of its affiliates) on the Redemption Date all but not less than all of the Exchangeable Shares held by each such holder upon payment by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, to each such holder an amount per Exchangeable Share (the “Redemption Call Purchase Price”) equal to the Current Market Price of an RTO Acquiror on the last Business Day prior to the Redemption Date plus the Dividend Amount, which shall be satisfied in full by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as applicable, delivering or causing to be delivered to such holder one RTO Acquiror Share plus any Dividend Amount in accordance with Section 5.2(c). In the event of the exercise of the Redemption Call Right by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, each such holder of Exchangeable Shares shall be obligated to sell all of the Exchangeable Shares held by the holder to RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, on the Redemption Date upon payment by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, to such holder of the Redemption Call Purchase Price for each such share, and Canco shall have no obligation to redeem, or to pay any Dividend Amount in respect of, such shares so purchased.

 

(b)

Callco shall only be entitled to exercise the Redemption Call Right with respect to those Exchangeable Shares, if any, in respect of which RTO Acquiror has not exercised the Redemption Call Right. To exercise the Redemption Call Right, RTO Acquiror or Callco must notify the Transfer Agent, as agent for the holders of the Exchangeable Shares, and Canco of its intention to exercise such right (i) in the case of a redemption occurring as a result of an RTO Acquiror Control Transaction, an Exchangeable Share Voting Event or an Exempt Exchangeable Share Voting Event (each as defined in the Exchangeable Share Provisions), on or before the Redemption Date, and (ii) in any other case, at least 30 days before the Redemption Date. The Transfer Agent will notify the holders of the Exchangeable Shares as to whether or not RTO Acquiror and/or Callco has exercised the Redemption Call Right forthwith after the expiry of the period during which RTO Acquiror or Callco may exercise the Redemption Call Right. If RTO Acquiror and/or Callco

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exercises the Redemption Call Right, RTO Acquiror and/or Callco, as the case may be, will purchase and the holders of the Exchangeable Shares (other than any holder of Exchangeable Shares which is RTO Acquiror or any of its affiliates) will sell, on the Redemption Date, all of the Exchangeable Shares held by such holders on such date for a price per share equal to the Redemption Call Purchase Price which shall be satisfied in full by RTO Acquiror or Callco delivering or causing to be delivered to each such holder one RTO Acquiror Share plus any Dividend Amount.

 

(c)

For the purposes of completing the purchase and sale of the Exchangeable Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Redemption Call Right, RTO Acquiror and/or Callco, as the case may be, shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Transfer Agent, on or before the Redemption Date, an aggregate number of RTO Acquiror Shares and a cheque or cheques payable at par at any branch of the bankers of RTO Acquiror or Callco, as applicable, representing the aggregate Dividend Amount, if any, in payment of the aggregate Redemption Call Purchase Price less any amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4.6. Provided that RTO Acquiror or Callco, as applicable, has complied with the immediately preceding sentence, the holders of the Exchangeable Shares (other than RTO Acquiror and its affiliates) shall cease to be holders of the Exchangeable Shares on and after the Redemption Date and, from and after such date, shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof (including, without limitation, any rights under the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement) other than the right to receive their proportionate part of the aggregate Redemption Call Purchase Price, without interest, upon presentation and surrender by the holder of certificates representing the Exchangeable Shares held by such holder and the holder shall on and after the Redemption Date be considered and deemed for all purposes to be the holder of the RTO Acquiror Shares which such holder is entitled to receive. Upon surrender to the Transfer Agent of a certificate or certificates representing Exchangeable Shares, together with such other documents and instruments as may be required to effect a transfer of Exchangeable Shares under the OBCA and articles of Canco and such additional documents, instruments and payments as the Transfer Agent may reasonably require, the holder of such surrendered certificate or certificates shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, and the Transfer Agent on behalf of RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, shall transfer to such holder, the RTO Acquiror Shares to which such holder is entitled and as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter the Transfer Agent shall deliver to such holder of the RTO Acquiror Shares to which the holder is entitled and a cheque or cheques of RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, payable at par at any branch of the bankers of RTO Acquiror or Callco, respectively, representing the Dividend Amount, if any, and when received by the Transfer Agent, all dividends and other distributions with respect to such RTO Acquiror Shares with a record date after the Redemption Date and before the date of the transfer of such RTO Acquiror Shares to such holder, less any amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4.6. If Callco does not exercise the Redemption Call Right in the manner described above, on the Redemption Date the holders of the Exchangeable Shares will be entitled to receive in exchange therefor the redemption price otherwise payable by Canco in connection with the redemption of the Exchangeable Shares pursuant to Article 7 of the Exchangeable Share Provisions.

5.3 Change of Law Call Right

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In addition to the rights contained in the Exchangeable Share Provisions, RTO Acquiror and Callco shall have the following rights in respect of the Exchangeable Shares:

 

(a)

Subject to the proviso in Section 5.3(b) that Callco shall only be entitled to exercise the Change of Law Call Right with respect to those Exchangeable Shares, if any, in respect of which RTO Acquiror has not exercised the Change of Law Call Right, RTO Acquiror and Callco shall each have the overriding right (the “Change of Law Call Right”), in the event of a Change of Law, to purchase from all but not less than all of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares (other than any holder of Exchangeable Shares which is RTO Acquiror or any of its affiliates) on the Change of Law Call Date all but not less than all of the Exchangeable Shares held by each such holder upon payment by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, of an amount per share (the “Change of Law Call Purchase Price”) equal to the Current Market Price of RTO Acquiror Shares on the last Business Day prior to the Change of Law Call Date plus the Dividend Amount, which shall be satisfied in full by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, delivering or causing to be delivered to such holder one RTO Acquiror Share plus any Dividend Amount. In the event of the exercise of the Change of Law Call Right by RTO Acquiror or Callco, each holder of Exchangeable Shares shall be obligated to sell all the Exchangeable Shares held by such holder to RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, on the Change of Law Call Date upon payment by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, to such holder of the Change of Law Call Purchase Price for each such Exchangeable Share.

 

(b)

Callco shall only be entitled to exercise the Change of Law Call Right with respect to those Exchangeable Shares, if any, in respect of which RTO Acquiror has not exercised the Change of Law Call Right. To exercise the Change of Law Call Right, RTO Acquiror or Callco must notify the Transfer Agent of its intention to exercise such right at least 30 days before the date on which RTO Acquiror or Callco intends to acquire the Exchangeable Shares (the “Change of Law Call Date”). If RTO Acquiror or Callco exercises the Change of Law Call Right, then, on the Change of Law Call Date, RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, will purchase and the holders of Exchangeable Shares will sell all of the Exchangeable Shares then outstanding for a price per share equal to the Change of Law Call Purchase Price, which shall be satisfied in full by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, delivering or causing to be delivered to such holder one RTO Acquiror Share plus any Dividend Amount.

 

(c)

For the purposes of completing the purchase and sale of the Exchangeable Shares pursuant to the exercise of the Change of Law Call Right, RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, shall deposit or cause to be deposited with the Transfer Agent, on or before the Change of Law Call Date, the aggregate number of RTO Acquiror Shares which RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, shall deliver or cause to be delivered pursuant to Section 4.6 and a cheque or cheques of RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, payable at par at any branch of the bankers of RTO Acquiror or Callco representing the aggregate Dividend Amount, if any, in payment of the aggregate Redemption Call Purchase Price, in each case less any amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4.6. Provided that RTO Acquiror or Callco has complied with the immediately preceding sentence, on and after the Change of Law Call Date the holders of the Exchangeable Shares shall cease to be holders of the Exchangeable Shares and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof (including any rights under the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement),

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other than the right to receive their proportionate part of the total Change of Law Purchase Price payable by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, without interest, upon presentation and surrender by the holder of certificates representing the Exchangeable Shares held by such holder and the holder shall on and after the Change of Law Call Date be considered and deemed for all purposes to be the holder of RTO Acquiror Shares to which such holder is entitled. Upon surrender to the Transfer Agent of a certificate or certificates representing Exchangeable Shares, together with such other documents and instruments as may be required to effect a transfer of Exchangeable Shares under the OBCA and articles of Canco and such additional documents, instruments and payments as the Transfer Agent may reasonably require, the holder of such surrendered certificate or certificates shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, and the Transfer Agent on behalf of RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, shall transfer to such holder, the RTO Acquiror Shares to which such holder is entitled and as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter the Transfer Agent shall deliver to such holder written evidence of the book entry issuance in uncertificated form of the RTO Acquiror Shares to which the holder is entitled and a cheque or cheques of RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, payable at par at any branch of the bankers of RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, representing the Dividend Amount, if any, and when received by the Transfer Agent, all dividends and other distributions with respect to such RTO Acquiror Shares with a record date after the Redemption Date and before the date of the transfer of such RTO Acquiror Shares to such holder, less any amounts withheld pursuant to Section 4.5.

ARTICLE 6
AMENDMENT

6.1 Plan of Arrangement Amendment

 

(a)

With the prior written consent of RTO Acquiror, not to be unreasonably withheld, Peraso may amend, modify and/or supplement this Plan of Arrangement at any time and from time to time, provided that any such amendment, modification and/or supplement must be contained in a written document that is filed with the Court and, if made after the Peraso Meeting, approved by the Court and communicated to Peraso Shareholders, Peraso Optionholders and Peraso Warrantholders if and as required by the Court.

 

(b)

With the prior written consent of RTO Acquiror, not to be unreasonably withheld, any amendment, modification or supplement to this Plan of Arrangement may be proposed by Peraso at any time before or at the Peraso Meeting with or without any other prior notice or communication and, if so proposed and accepted by the persons voting at the Peraso Meeting in the manner required under the Interim Order, shall become part of this Plan of Arrangement for all purposes.

 

(c)

Any amendment, modification or supplement to this Plan of Arrangement that is approved or directed by the Court following the Peraso Meeting shall be effective only if it is consented to in writing by Peraso and RTO Acquiror and, (ii) if required by the Court, it is consented to by Peraso Shareholders, Peraso Optionholders, Peraso Warrantholders and/or Peraso Convertible Debentureholders voting in the manner directed by the Court.

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(d)

With the prior written consent of RTO Acquiror, not to be unreasonably withheld, any amendment, modification or supplement to this Plan of Arrangement may be made prior to the Effective Date by Peraso and without the approval of the Court, Peraso Shareholders, Peraso Optionholders, Peraso Warrantholders or Peraso Convertible Debentureholders, provided that it concerns a matter which, in the reasonable opinion of Peraso, is of an administrative nature required to better give effect to the implementation of this Plan of Arrangement and is not materially adverse to the financial or economic interests of any Peraso Shareholder, Peraso Optionholder, Peraso Warrantholder or Peraso Convertible Debentureholders.

 

(e)

This Plan of Arrangement may be withdrawn prior to the Exchange Time in accordance with the Arrangement Agreement.

ARTICLE 7
FURTHER ASSURANCES

Notwithstanding that the transactions and events set out in this Plan of Arrangement shall occur and shall be deemed to occur in the order set out in this Plan of Arrangement without any further act or formality, each of Peraso, RTO Acquiror, Callco and Canco shall make, do and execute, or cause to be made, done and executed, all such further acts, deeds, agreements, transfers, assurances, instruments or documents as may reasonably be required by any of them to document or evidence any of the transactions or events set out in this Plan of Arrangement.

ARTICLE 8
NOTICE

Any notice to be given by RTO Acquiror or Canco to Peraso Shareholders, Peraso Optionholders, Peraso Warrantholders or Peraso Convertible Debentureholders pursuant to the Arrangement will be deemed to have been properly given if it is mailed by first class mail, postage prepaid, to registered Peraso Shareholders, Peraso Optionholders, Peraso Warrantholders and Peraso Convertible Debentureholders, as the case may be, at their addresses as shown on the applicable register of such holders maintained by Peraso and will be deemed to have been received on the first day following the date of mailing which is a Business Day.

The provisions of this Plan of Arrangement, the Arrangement Agreement and the Letter of Transmittal and Election Form apply notwithstanding any accidental omission to give notice to any one or more Peraso Shareholders, Peraso Optionholders or Peraso Warrantholders and notwithstanding any interruption of mail services in Canada, the United States or elsewhere following mailing. In the event of any interruption of mail service following mailing, RTO Acquiror intends to make commercially reasonable efforts to disseminate any notice by other means, such as dissemination by press release. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Arrangement Agreement, this Plan of Arrangement and the Letter of Transmittal and Election Form, certificates, if any, for RTO Acquiror Shares and Exchangeable Shares issuable, pursuant to the Arrangement need not be mailed if RTO Acquiror determines that delivery thereof by mail may be delayed. Persons entitled to cheques and certificates which are not mailed for the foregoing reason may take delivery thereof at the office of the Transfer Agent in respect of which the certificates being issued were deposited, upon application to the Transfer Agent, until such time as RTO Acquiror has determined that delivery by mail will no longer be delayed. Notwithstanding the provisions of the Arrangement Agreement, this Plan of Arrangement and the Letter of Transmittal and Election Form, the deposit of

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cheques and certificates with the Transfer Agent in such circumstances will constitute delivery to the persons entitled thereto and the RTO Acquiror Shares will be deemed to have been paid for immediately upon such deposit.

 

 

 

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APPENDIX I
TO THE PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT PROVISIONS
ATTACHING TO THE EXCHANGEABLE SHARES

The Exchangeable Shares shall have the following rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions:

1.

Interpretation

 

(1)

For the purposes of these share provisions:

affiliate” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Securities Act (Ontario), as amended.

Agent means: (i) any chartered bank or trust company in Canada selected by Canco for the purposes of holding some or all of the Liquidation Amount or Redemption Price in accordance with Section 5 or Section 7, respectively; or (ii) the agent chosen by RTO Acquiror to act as agent under the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement, and any successor agent or trustee appointed under the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement., as context dictates.

Arrangement” means an arrangement under Section 182 of the OBCA on the terms and subject to the conditions set out in the Plan of Arrangement, subject to any amendments or variations hereto made in accordance with the Plan of Arrangement and the Arrangement Agreement or made at the direction of the Court, to which plan these share provisions are attached as Appendix I.

Arrangement Agreement” means the arrangement agreement made as of September 14, 2021 between RTO Acquiror, Canco, Callco and Peraso, as amended, supplemented and/or restated in accordance with its terms.

Automatic Exchange Right” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement.

Board of Directors” means the board of directors of Canco.

Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or any other day on which commercial banking institutions in Toronto, Ontario are authorized or required by applicable Law to be closed.

Callco” means 2864552 Ontario Inc., a direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of RTO Acquiror incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario or any other direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of RTO Acquiror designated by RTO Acquiror from time to time after the Effective Date in replacement thereof.

Call Notice” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6(3) of these share provisions.

Canco” means 2864555 Ontario Inc., being the corporation which is a wholly-owned subsidiary of RTO Acquiror, incorporated under the laws of the Province of Ontario that issues the Exchangeable Shares pursuant to the Arrangement.

Common Shares” means the common shares in the capital of Canco.

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Court” means the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List).

CRA means the Canada Revenue Agency.

Current Market Price” means, in respect of an RTO Acquiror Share on any date, the quotient obtained by dividing: (a) the aggregate of the Daily Value of Trades for each day during the period of ten (10) consecutive Trading Days ending three Trading Days before such date; by (b) the aggregate volume of RTO Acquiror Shares used to calculate such Daily Value of Trades.

Daily Value of Trades means, in respect of the RTO Acquiror Shares on any Trading Day, the product of: (a) the volume weighted average price of RTO Acquiror Shares on the NASDAQ (or, if the RTO Acquiror Shares are not listed on the NASDAQ, the volume weighted average price of RTO Acquiror Shares on such other stock exchange or automated quotation system on which the RTO Acquiror Shares are listed or quoted, as the case may be, as determined by RTO Acquiror for such purpose) on such date; and (b) the aggregate volume of RTO Acquiror Shares traded on such day on the NASDAQ or such other stock exchange or automated quotation system and used to calculate such volume weighted average price; provided that any such selections by RTO Acquiror shall be conclusive and binding.

Depositary means the person acting as depositary under the Arrangement.

Director” means the Director appointed pursuant to Section 278 of the OBCA.

Dividend Amount” means an amount equal to all declared and unpaid dividends on an Exchangeable Share held by a holder on any dividend record date which occurred prior to the date of purchase, redemption or other acquisition of such share by Callco, Canco or RTO Acquiror from such holder pursuant to Section 5(1), Section 6(1) or Section 7(1).

Effective Date” means the date on which the Arrangement becomes effective in accordance with the OBCA and the Final Order.

Exchangeable Shares” means the non-voting, exchangeable shares in the capital of Canco, having the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions set forth herein.

Exchangeable Share Voting Event” means any matter in respect of which holders of Exchangeable Shares are entitled to vote as shareholders of Canco and in respect of which the Board of Directors determines in good faith that after giving effect to such matter the economic equivalence of the Exchangeable Shares and the RTO Acquiror Shares is maintained for the holders of Exchangeable Shares (other than RTO Acquiror and its affiliates).

Exempt Exchangeable Share Voting Event” means an Exchangeable Share Voting Event in order to approve or disapprove, as applicable, any change to, or in the rights of the holders of, the Exchangeable Shares, where the approval or disapproval, as applicable, of such change would be required to maintain the economic equivalence of the Exchangeable Shares and the RTO Acquiror Shares.

Final Order means an Order of the Court granted pursuant to Section 185 of the OBCA, in a form acceptable to each of RTO Acquiror and Peraso, each acting reasonably, approving the Arrangement after a hearing upon the procedural and substantive fairness of the terms and

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conditions of the Arrangement, as such Order may be affirmed, amended, modified, supplemented or varied by the Court (with the consent of RTO Acquiror and Peraso, each acting reasonably) at any time prior to the Effective Date or, if appealed, as affirmed or amended (provided, however, that any such amendment is acceptable to RTO Acquiror and Peraso, each acting reasonably) on appeal, unless such appeal is withdrawn, abandoned or denied.

Governmental Entity” means any domestic or foreign court, tribunal, federal, state, provincial or local government or governmental agency, department or authority or other regulatory authority (including the NASDAQ) or administrative agency or commission (including the Securities Authorities and the SEC) or any elected or appointed public official.

holder” means, when used with reference to the Exchangeable Shares, a holder of Exchangeable Shares shown from time to time in the register maintained by or on behalf of Canco in respect of the Exchangeable Shares.

including” means “including without limitation” and “includes” means “includes without limitation”.

ITA means the Income Tax Act (Canada), as amended.

Liquidation Amount” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5(1) of these share provisions.

Liquidation Call Right” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plan of Arrangement.

Liquidation Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5(1) of these share provisions.

NASDAQ” means the NASDAQ Capital Market.

OBCA” means the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), as amended.

Peraso” means Peraso Technologies Inc., a corporation governed under the OBCA.

person” includes any individual, firm, partnership, limited partnership, joint venture, venture capital fund, limited liability company, unlimited liability company, association, trust, trustee, executor, administrator, legal personal representative, estate, group, body corporate, corporation, unincorporated association or organization, Governmental Entity, syndicate or other entity, whether or not having legal status.

Plan of Arrangement means the plan of arrangement substantially in the form and content of Schedule B annexed to the Arrangement Agreement, and any amendments or variations thereto made in accordance with Article 6 of the Arrangement Agreement or Article 6 of the Plan of Arrangement or made at the direction of the Court.

Purchase Price” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6(3) of these share provisions.

Redemption Call Purchase Price” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plan of Arrangement.

Redemption Call Right” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Plan of Arrangement.

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Redemption Date” means the date, if any, established by the Board of Directors for the redemption by Canco of all but not less than all of the outstanding Exchangeable Shares pursuant to Section 7 of these share provisions, which date shall be no earlier than the seventh anniversary of the date on which Exchangeable Shares first are issued, unless:

 

(a)

there are fewer than 10% Exchangeable Shares outstanding (other than Exchangeable Shares held by RTO Acquiror and its affiliates, and as such number of shares may be adjusted as deemed appropriate by the Board of Directors to give effect to any subdivision or consolidation of or stock dividend on the Exchangeable Shares, any issue or distribution of rights to acquire Exchangeable Shares or securities exchangeable for or convertible into Exchangeable Shares, any issue or distribution of other securities or rights or evidences of indebtedness or assets, or any other capital reorganization or other transaction affecting the Exchangeable Shares), in which case the Board of Directors may accelerate such redemption date to such date prior to the seventh anniversary of the date on which Exchangeable Shares first are issued as the Board of Directors may determine, upon at least 30 days’ prior written notice to the holders of the Exchangeable Shares and the Agent;

 

(b)

an RTO Acquiror Control Transaction occurs, in which case, provided that the Board of Directors determines, in its sole discretion, that it is not reasonably practicable to substantially replicate the terms and conditions of the Exchangeable Shares in connection with such RTO Acquiror Control Transaction and that the redemption of all but not less than all of the outstanding Exchangeable Shares is necessary to enable the completion of such RTO Acquiror Control Transaction in accordance with its terms, the Board of Directors may accelerate such redemption date to such date prior to the seventh anniversary of the date on which Exchangeable Shares first are issued as the Board of Directors may determine, upon such number of days’ prior written notice to the holders of the Exchangeable Shares and the Agent as the Board of Directors may determine to be reasonably practicable in such circumstances;

 

(c)

an Exchangeable Share Voting Event that is not an Exempt Exchangeable Share Voting Event is proposed and (i) the holders of the Exchangeable Shares fail to take the necessary action, at a meeting or other vote of holders of Exchangeable Shares, to approve or disapprove, as applicable, the Exchangeable Share Voting Event or the holders of the Exchangeable Shares do take the necessary action but, in connection therewith, rights of dissent are required to be granted to the holders of Exchangeable Shares pursuant to the OBCA and the holders of more than 2% of the outstanding Exchangeable Shares (other than those held by RTO Acquiror and its affiliates) exercise rights of dissent under the OBCA, and (ii) the Board of Directors determines that it is not reasonably practicable to accomplish the business purpose (which business purpose must be bona fide and not for the primary purpose of causing the occurrence of the Redemption Date) intended by the Exchangeable Share Voting Event in a commercially reasonable manner that does not result in an Exchangeable Share Voting Event, in which case the Redemption Date shall be the Business Day following the day on which the later of the events described in (i) and (ii) above occur; or

 

(d)

an Exempt Exchangeable Share Voting Event is proposed and holders of the Exchangeable Shares fail to take the necessary action at a meeting or other vote of holders of Exchangeable Shares to approve or disapprove, as applicable, the Exempt Exchangeable

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Share Voting Event in which case the Redemption Date shall be the Business Day following the day on which the holders of the Exchangeable Shares failed to take such action

provided, however, that the accidental failure or omission to give any notice of redemption under clauses (a), (b), (c) or (d) above to any of the holders of Exchangeable Shares shall not affect the validity of any such redemption.

Redemption Price” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7(1) of these share provisions.

Retracted Shares” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6(1)(a) of these share provisions.

Retraction Call Right” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6(1)(c) of these share provisions.

Retraction Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6(1)(b) of these share provisions.

Retraction Price” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6(1) of these share provisions.

Retraction Request” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6(1) of these share provisions.

RTO Acquiror” means MoSys, Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

RTO Acquiror Control Transaction” means: (i) any merger, amalgamation, arrangement, take-over bid or tender offer, material sale of shares or rights or interests therein or thereto or similar transactions involving RTO Acquiror that results in the holders of outstanding voting securities of RTO Acquiror immediately prior to such transaction directly or indirectly owning, or exercising control or direction over, voting securities representing less than 50% of the total voting power of all of the voting securities of the surviving entity outstanding immediately after such transaction; or (ii) any sale or disposition of all or substantially of RTO Acquiror’s assets; provided however that RTO Acquiror Control Transaction shall not refer to (i) any Asset Sale Transaction (as such term is defined in the terms of the preferred stock of the RTO Acquiror), or (ii) the reincorporation of the RTO Acquiror under the laws of the State of Delaware.

RTO Acquiror Dividend Declaration Date” means the date on which the board of directors of RTO Acquiror declares any dividend or other distribution on the RTO Acquiror Shares, provided however that RTO Acquiror Dividend Declaration Date shall not refer to any date on which a Asset Sale Dividend is declared (as such term is defined in the terms of the preferred stock of the RTO Acquiror).

RTO Acquiror Shares” means the common stock, par value U.S.$0.001 per share, in the capital of RTO Acquiror.

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Securities Authorities” means all securities regulatory authorities, including the applicable securities commission or similar regulatory authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada, the SEC and the NASDAQ, that are applicable to Peraso or RTO Acquiror, as the case may be.

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Support Agreement means the agreement made between RTO Acquiror, Callco and Canco substantially in the form and content of Schedule F to the Arrangement Agreement.

Transfer Agent” means a person as may from time to time be appointed by Canco as the registrar and transfer agent for the Exchangeable Shares.

Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement” means an agreement to be made among RTO Acquiror, Canco and the Agent in connection with the Plan of Arrangement substantially in the form of Schedule G to the Arrangement Agreement.

2.

Ranking of Exchangeable Shares

The Exchangeable Shares shall be entitled to a preference over the Common Shares and any other shares ranking junior to the Exchangeable Shares with respect to the payment of dividends and the distribution of assets in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Canco, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of the assets of Canco among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs.

3.

Dividends and Distributions

 

(1)

A holder of an Exchangeable Share shall be entitled to receive and the Board of Directors shall, subject to applicable law, on each RTO Acquiror Dividend Declaration Date, declare a dividend or other distribution on each Exchangeable Share:

 

(a)

in the case of a cash dividend or other distribution declared on the RTO Acquiror Shares, in an amount in cash for each Exchangeable Share equal to the cash dividend or other distribution declared on each RTO Acquiror Share on the RTO Acquiror Dividend Declaration Date;

 

(b)

in the case of a stock dividend or other distribution declared on the RTO Acquiror Shares to be paid in RTO Acquiror Shares, by the issue or transfer by Canco of such number of Exchangeable Shares for each Exchangeable Share as is equal to the number of RTO Acquiror Shares to be paid on each RTO Acquiror Share unless in lieu of such stock dividend or other distribution Canco elects to effect a corresponding and contemporaneous and economically equivalent (as determined by the Board of Directors in accordance with Section 3(5) hereof) subdivision, redivision or change of the outstanding Exchangeable Shares; or

 

(c)

in the case of a dividend or other distribution declared on the RTO Acquiror Shares in property other than cash or RTO Acquiror Shares, in such type and amount of property for each Exchangeable Share as is the same as or economically equivalent (to be determined by the Board of Directors as contemplated by Section 3(5) hereof) to the type and amount of property declared as a dividend or other distribution on each RTO Acquiror Share.

Such dividends or other distributions shall be paid out of money, assets or property of Canco properly applicable to the payment of dividends, or out of authorized but unissued shares of Canco, as applicable. The holders of Exchangeable Shares shall not be entitled to any dividends or other distributions other than or in excess of the dividends referred to in this Section 3(1).

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(2)

Cheques of Canco payable at par at any branch of the bankers of Canco shall be issued in respect of any cash dividends contemplated by Section 3(1)(a) hereof and the sending of such cheque to each holder of an Exchangeable Share shall satisfy the cash dividend or other distributions represented thereby unless the cheque is not paid on presentation. Written evidence of the book entry issuance or transfer to the registered holder of Exchangeable Shares shall be delivered in respect of any stock dividends or other distributions contemplated by Section 3(1)(b) hereof and the sending of such written evidence to each holder of an Exchangeable Share shall satisfy the stock dividend or other distribution represented thereby. Such other type and amount of property in respect of any dividends or other distributions contemplated by Section 3(1)(c) hereof shall be issued, distributed or transferred by Canco in such manner as it shall determine and the issuance, distribution or transfer thereof by Canco to each holder of an Exchangeable Share shall satisfy the dividend or other distribution represented thereby. No holder of an Exchangeable Share shall be entitled to recover by action or other legal process against Canco any dividend or other distribution that is represented by a cheque that has not been duly presented to Cancos bankers for payment or that otherwise remains unclaimed for a period of six years from the date on which such dividend or other distribution was payable.

 

(3)

The record date for the determination of the holders of Exchangeable Shares entitled to receive payment of, and the payment date for, any dividend declared on the Exchangeable Shares under Section 3(1) hereof shall be the same dates as the record date and payment date, respectively, for the corresponding dividend or other distribution declared on the RTO Acquiror Shares. The record date for the determination of the holders of Exchangeable Shares entitled to receive Exchangeable Shares in connection with any subdivision, redivision or change of the Exchangeable Shares under Section 3(1)(b) hereof and the effective date of such subdivision shall be the same dates as the record and payment date, respectively, for the corresponding stock dividend or other distribution declared on the RTO Acquiror Shares.

 

(4)

If on any payment date for any dividends or other distributions declared on the Exchangeable Shares under Section 3(1) hereof the dividends or other distributions are not paid in full on all of the Exchangeable Shares then outstanding, any such dividends or other distributions that remain unpaid shall be paid on a subsequent date or dates determined by the Board of Directors on which Canco shall have sufficient moneys, assets or property properly applicable to the payment of such dividends or other distributions.

 

(5)

The Board of Directors shall determine, in its sole discretion, “economic equivalence” for the purposes of these share provisions, including Section 3(1) hereof, and each such determination shall be conclusive and binding on Canco and its shareholders. In making each such determination, the following factors may, without excluding other factors determined by the Board of Directors to be relevant, be considered by the Board of Directors:

 

(a)

in the case of any stock dividend or other distribution payable in RTO Acquiror Shares, the number of such shares issued in proportion to the number of RTO Acquiror Shares previously outstanding;

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(b)

in the case of the issuance or distribution of any rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase RTO Acquiror Shares (or securities exchangeable for or convertible into or carrying rights to acquire RTO Acquiror Shares), the relationship between the exercise price of each such right, option or warrant and the Current Market Price;

 

(c)

in the case of the issuance or distribution of any other form of property (including any shares or securities of RTO Acquiror of any class other than RTO Acquiror Shares, any rights, options or warrants other than those referred to in Section 3(5)(b) hereof, any evidences of indebtedness of RTO Acquiror or any assets of RTO Acquiror), the relationship between the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors in the manner above contemplated) of such property to be issued or distributed with respect to each outstanding RTO Acquiror Share and the Current Market Price of an RTO Acquiror Share; and

 

(d)

in all such cases, the general taxation consequences of the relevant event to holders of Exchangeable Shares to the extent that such consequences may differ from the taxation consequences to holders of RTO Acquiror Shares as a result of differences between taxation laws of Canada and the United States (except for any differing consequences arising as a result of differing withholding taxes and marginal taxation rates and without regard to the individual circumstances of holders of Exchangeable Shares).

4.

Certain Restrictions

So long as any of the Exchangeable Shares are outstanding, Canco shall not at any time without, but may at any time with, the approval of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares given as specified in Section 11(2) of these share provisions:

 

(a)

pay any dividends on the Common Shares or any other shares ranking junior to the Exchangeable Shares, other than stock dividends payable in Common Shares or any such other shares ranking junior to the Exchangeable Shares, as the case may be;

 

(b)

redeem or purchase or make any capital distribution in respect of Common Shares or any other shares ranking junior to the Exchangeable Shares;

 

(c)

redeem or purchase any other shares of Canco ranking equally with the Exchangeable Shares with respect to the payment of dividends or the distribution of assets in the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Canco, whether voluntary or involuntary, or any other distribution of the assets of Canco among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs; or

 

(d)

issue any Exchangeable Shares or any other shares of Canco ranking equally with the Exchangeable Shares other than by way of stock dividends to the holders of such Exchangeable Shares; and

 

(e)

issue any shares of Canco ranking superior to the Exchangeable Shares.

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5.

Distribution on Liquidation

 

(1)

In the event of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Canco or any other distribution of the assets of Canco among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, subject to the exercise by RTO Acquiror or Callco of the Liquidation Call Right, a holder of Exchangeable Shares shall be entitled, subject to applicable law, to receive from the assets of Canco in respect of each Exchangeable Share held by such holder on the effective date (the “Liquidation Date”) of such liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or other distribution, before any distribution of any part of the assets of Canco among the holders of the Common Shares or any other shares ranking junior to the Exchangeable Shares, an amount per share (the “Liquidation Amount”) equal to the Current Market Price of an RTO Acquiror Share on the last Business Day prior to the Liquidation Date plus the Dividend Amount, which shall be satisfied in full by Canco delivering or causing to be delivered to such holder one RTO Acquiror Share, plus an amount equal to the Dividend Amount.

 

(2)

On or promptly after the Liquidation Date, and provided the Liquidation Call Right has not been exercised by RTO Acquiror or Callco, Canco shall pay or cause to be paid to the holders of the Exchangeable Shares the Liquidation Amount for each such Exchangeable Share upon presentation and surrender of the certificates representing such Exchangeable Shares, if any, together with such other documents and instruments as may be required to effect a transfer of Exchangeable Shares under the OBCA and the Articles of Canco and such additional documents, instruments and payments as the Transfer Agent and Canco may reasonably require, at the registered office of Canco or at any office of the Transfer Agent as may be specified by Canco by notice to the holders of the Exchangeable Shares. Payment of the Liquidation Amount for such Exchangeable Shares shall be made by transferring or causing to be transferred to each holder the RTO Acquiror Shares to which such holder is entitled and by delivering to such holder, on behalf of Canco, RTO Acquiror Shares (which shares shall be fully paid and non-assessable) and a cheque of Canco payable at par at any branch of the bankers of Canco in respect of the Dividend Amount. On and after the Liquidation Date, the holders of the Exchangeable Shares shall cease to be holders of such Exchangeable Shares and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof (including any rights under the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement), other than the right to receive the Liquidation Amount without interest upon presentation and surrender of share certificates in accordance with the foregoing provisions, unless, upon having made such presentation and surrender of certificates, payment of the total Liquidation Amount for such Exchangeable Shares shall not be made, in which case the rights of the holders shall remain unaffected until the Liquidation Amount has been paid in the manner hereinbefore provided. Canco shall have the right at any time after the Liquidation Date to transfer or cause to be issued or transferred to, and deposited with, the Agent the Liquidation Amount in respect of the Exchangeable Shares represented by certificates that have not at the Liquidation Date been surrendered by the holders thereof, such Liquidation Amount to be held by the Agent as trustee for and on behalf of, and for the use and benefit of, such holders. Upon such deposit being made, the rights of a holder of Exchangeable Shares after such deposit shall be limited to receiving its proportionate part of the Liquidation Amount for such Exchangeable Shares so deposited, without interest, and when received by the Agent, all dividends and other distributions with respect to the RTO Acquiror Shares to which such

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holder is entitled with a record date after the date of such deposit and before the date of transfer of such RTO Acquiror Shares to such holder against presentation and surrender of the certificates for the Exchangeable Shares held by them in accordance with the foregoing provisions.

 

(3)

After Canco has satisfied its obligations to pay the holders of the Exchangeable Shares the Liquidation Amount per Exchangeable Share pursuant to Section 5(1) of these share provisions, such holders shall not be entitled to share in any further distribution of the assets of Canco.

6.

Retraction of Exchangeable Shares by Holder

 

(1)

A holder of Exchangeable Shares shall be entitled at any time, subject to the exercise by RTO Acquiror or Callco of the Retraction Call Right and otherwise upon compliance with, and subject to, the provisions of this Section 6, to require Canco to redeem any or all of the Exchangeable Shares registered in the name of such holder for an amount per share equal to the Current Market Price of an RTO Acquiror Share on the last Business Day prior to the Retraction Date plus the Dividend Amount (the “Retraction Price”), which shall be satisfied in full by Canco delivering or causing to be delivered to such holder one RTO Acquiror Share for each Exchangeable Share presented and surrendered by the holder together with, on the designated payment date therefor, the Dividend Amount. To effect such redemption, the holder shall present and surrender at the registered office of Canco or at any office of the Transfer Agent as may be specified by Canco by notice to the holders of Exchangeable Shares the certificate or certificates representing the Exchangeable Shares, if any, which the holder desires to have Canco redeem, together with such other documents and instruments as may be required to effect a transfer of Exchangeable Shares under the OBCA and the Articles of Canco and such additional documents, instruments and payments as the Transfer Agent and Canco may reasonably require, and together with a duly executed statement (the “Retraction Request) in the form of Schedule A hereto or in such other form as may be acceptable to Canco:

 

(a)

specifying that the holder desires to have all or any number specified therein of the Exchangeable Shares represented by such certificate or certificates, if any, (the “Retracted Shares”) redeemed by Canco;

 

(b)

stating the Business Day on which the holder desires to have Canco redeem the Retracted Shares (the “Retraction Date”), provided that the Retraction Date shall be not less than 10 Business Days after the date on which the Retraction Request is received by Canco and further provided that, in the event that no such Business Day is specified by the holder in the Retraction Request, the Retraction Date shall be deemed to be the 15th Business Day after the date on which the Retraction Request is received by Canco and subject also to Section 6(8); and

 

(c)

acknowledging the overriding right (the “Retraction Call Right”) of RTO Acquiror and Callco to purchase all but not less than all the Retracted Shares directly from the holder and that the Retraction Request shall be deemed to be a revocable offer by the holder to sell the Retracted Shares to RTO Acquiror or Callco

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in accordance with the Retraction Call Right on the terms and conditions set out in Section 6(3) hereof.

 

(2)

Provided that neither RTO Acquiror nor Callco has exercised the Retraction Call Right, upon receipt by Canco or the Transfer Agent in the manner specified in Section 6(1) of a certificate or certificates representing the number of Retracted Shares, if any, together with a Retraction Request, and provided that the Retraction Request is not revoked by the holder in the manner specified in Section 6(7), Canco shall redeem the Retracted Shares effective at the close of business on the Retraction Date and shall transfer or cause to be issued or transferred to such holder the RTO Acquiror Shares and shall pay the Dividend Amount to which such holder is entitled and shall comply with Section 6(4) hereof. If only a part of the Exchangeable Shares represented by any certificate is redeemed (or purchased by RTO Acquiror or Callco pursuant to the Retraction Call Right), a new certificate for the balance of such Exchangeable Shares shall be issued to the holder at the expense of Canco.

 

(3)

Subject to the provisions of this Section 6, upon receipt by Canco of a Retraction Request, Canco shall immediately notify RTO Acquiror and Callco thereof and shall provide to RTO Acquiror and Callco a copy of the Retraction Request. In order to exercise the Retraction Call Right, RTO Acquiror or Callco must notify Canco of its determination to do so (the “Call Notice”) within five Business Days of notification to RTO Acquiror or Callco by Canco of the receipt by Canco of the Retraction Request. If RTO Acquiror or Callco do not so notify Canco within such five Business Day period, Canco will notify the holder as soon as possible thereafter that RTO Acquiror and Callco will not exercise the Retraction Call Right. If RTO Acquiror or Callco delivers the Call Notice within such five Business Day period, and provided that the Retraction Request is not revoked by the holder in the manner specified in Section 6(7), the Retraction Request shall thereupon be considered only to be an offer by the holder to sell the Retracted Shares to RTO Acquiror or Callco, as applicable, in accordance with the Retraction Call Right. In such event, Canco shall not redeem the Retracted Shares and RTO Acquiror or Callco, as applicable, shall purchase from such holder and such holder shall sell to RTO Acquiror or Callco, as applicable on the Retraction Date the Retracted Shares for a purchase price (the “Purchase Price”) per share equal to the Retraction Price per share. To the extent that RTO Acquiror or Callco, as applicable, pays the Dividend Amount in respect of the Retracted Shares, Canco shall no longer be obligated to pay any declared and unpaid dividends on such Retracted Shares. For the purpose of completing a purchase pursuant to the Retraction Call Right, on the Retraction Date, RTO Acquiror or Callco shall transfer or cause to be issued or transferred to the holder of the Retracted Shares the RTO Acquiror Shares to which such holder is entitled. Provided that RTO Acquiror or Callco, as applicable, has complied with the immediately preceding sentence and Section 6(4) hereof, the closing of the purchase and sale of the Retracted Shares pursuant to the Retraction Call Right shall be deemed to have occurred as at the close of business on the Retraction Date and, for greater certainty, no redemption by Canco of such Retracted Shares shall take place on the Retraction Date. In the event that RTO Acquiror and Callco do not deliver a Call Notice within such five Business Day period, and provided that the Retraction Request is not revoked by the holder in the manner specified in Section 6(7), Canco shall redeem the Retracted Shares on the Retraction Date and in the manner otherwise contemplated in this Section 6. For greater certainty, only one Call Notice may be given by either RTO Acquiror or Callco in respect

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of each Retraction Request and, in the event that each of RTO Acquiror and Callco each give a Call Notice to Canco, only the Call Notice first received by Canco shall be valid.

 

(4)

Canco, RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, shall deliver or cause the Transfer Agent to deliver to the relevant holder written evidence of the book entry issuance in uncertificated form of RTO Acquiror Shares (which shares shall be fully paid and non-assessable), and, if applicable and on or before the payment date therefor, a cheque payable at par at any branch of the bankers of Canco, RTO Acquiror or Callco, as applicable, representing the aggregate Dividend Amount, in payment of the Retraction Price or the Purchase Price, as the case may be, and such delivery of such RTO Acquiror Shares and cheques by Canco, RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, or by the Transfer Agent shall be deemed to be payment of and shall satisfy and discharge all liability for the Retraction Price or Purchase Price, as the case may be, to the extent that the same is represented by such share certificates and cheques.

 

(5)

On and after the close of business on the Retraction Date, the holder of the Retracted Shares shall cease to be a holder of such Retracted Shares and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of a holder in respect thereof (including any rights under the Voting and Exchange Agent Agreement), other than the right to receive the Retraction Price or Purchase Price, as the case may be, without interest, upon presentation and surrender of certificates, if any, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, unless upon having made such presentation and surrender of certificates, payment of the Retraction Price or the Purchase Price, as the case may be, shall not be made as provided in Section 6(4) hereof, in which case the rights of such holder shall remain unaffected until the Retraction Price or the Purchase Price, as the case may be, has been paid in the manner hereinbefore provided. On and after the close of business on the Retraction Date, provided that presentation and surrender of certificates and payment of the Retraction Price or the Purchase Price, as the case may be, has been made in accordance with the foregoing provisions, the holder of the Retracted Shares so redeemed by Canco or purchased by RTO Acquiror or Callco shall thereafter be a holder of the RTO Acquiror Shares delivered to it.

 

(6)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6, Canco shall not be obligated to redeem Retracted Shares specified by a holder in a Retraction Request to the extent that such redemption of Retracted Shares would be contrary to solvency requirements or other provisions of applicable law. If Canco believes that on any Retraction Date it would not be permitted by any of such provisions to redeem the Retracted Shares tendered for redemption on such date, if any, and provided that RTO Acquiror or Callco shall not have exercised the Retraction Call Right with respect to the Retracted Shares, Canco shall only be obligated to redeem Retracted Shares specified by a holder in a Retraction Request to the extent of the maximum number that may be so redeemed (rounded down to a whole number of shares) as would not be contrary to such provisions and shall notify the holder and the Agent at least two Business Days prior to the Retraction Date as to the number of Retracted Shares which will not be redeemed by Canco. In any case in which the redemption by Canco of Retracted Shares would be contrary to solvency requirements or other provisions of applicable law, and provided that the Retraction Call Right has not been exercised by RTO Acquiror or Callco, Canco shall redeem Retracted Shares in accordance with Section 6(2) of these share provisions on a pro rata basis and shall issue to each holder of Retracted Shares a new certificate representing the Retracted Shares not

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redeemed by Canco pursuant to Section 6(2) hereof. If Canco would otherwise be obligated to redeem the Retracted Shares pursuant to Section 6(2) of these share provisions but is not obligated to do so as a result of solvency requirements or other provisions of applicable law, the holder of any such Retracted Shares not redeemed by Canco pursuant to this Section 6(6) as a result of solvency requirements or other provisions of applicable law shall be deemed by giving the Retraction Request to have instructed the Transfer Agent to require RTO Acquiror to purchase such Retracted Shares from such holder on the Retraction Date or as soon as practicable thereafter on payment by RTO Acquiror to such holder of the Purchase Price for each such Retracted Share, all as more specifically provided for in the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement.

 

(7)

A holder of Retracted Shares may, by notice in writing given by the holder to Canco before the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Retraction Date, withdraw its Retraction Request, in which event such Retraction Request shall be null and void and, for greater certainty, the revocable offer constituted by the Retraction Request to sell the Retracted Shares to RTO Acquiror or Callco shall be deemed to have been revoked.

 

(8)

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6, if:

 

(a)

exercise of the rights of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares, or any of them, to require Canco to redeem any Exchangeable Shares pursuant to this Section 6 on any Retraction Date would require listing particulars or any similar document to be issued in order to obtain the approval of the NASDAQ to the listing and trading (subject to official notice of issuance) of, the RTO Acquiror Shares that would be required to be delivered to such holders of Exchangeable Shares in connection with the exercise of such rights; and

 

(b)

as a result of (a) above, it would not be practicable (notwithstanding the reasonable endeavours of RTO Acquiror) to obtain such approvals in time to enable all or any of such RTO Acquiror Shares to be admitted to listing and trading by the NASDAQ (subject to official notice of issuance) when so delivered,

that Retraction Date shall, notwithstanding any other date specified or otherwise deemed to be specified in any relevant Retraction Request, be deemed for all purposes to be the earlier of (i) the second Business Day immediately following the date the approvals referred to in Section 6(8)(a) are obtained, and (ii) the date which is 30 Business Days after the date on which the relevant Retraction Request is received by Canco, and references in these share provisions to such Retraction Date shall be construed accordingly.

7.

Redemption of Exchangeable Shares by Canco

 

(1)

Subject to applicable law, and provided neither RTO Acquiror nor Callco has exercised the Redemption Call Right, Canco shall on the Redemption Date redeem all but not less than all of the then outstanding Exchangeable Shares for an amount per share (the “Redemption Price”) equal to the Current Market Price of an RTO Acquiror Share on the last Business Day prior to the Redemption Date plus the Dividend Amount, which shall be satisfied in full by Canco causing to be delivered to each holder of Exchangeable Shares

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one RTO Acquiror Share for each Exchangeable Share held by such holder, together with an amount equal to the Dividend Amount.

 

(2)

In any case of a redemption of Exchangeable Shares under this Section 7, Canco shall, at least 30 days before the Redemption Date (other than a Redemption Date established in connection with an RTO Acquiror Control Transaction, an Exchangeable Share Voting Event or an Exempt Exchangeable Share Voting Event), send or cause to be sent to each holder of Exchangeable Shares a notice in writing of the redemption by Canco or the purchase by RTO Acquiror or Callco under the Redemption Call Right, as the case may be, of the Exchangeable Shares held by such holder. In the case of a Redemption Date established in connection with an RTO Acquiror Control Transaction, an Exchangeable Share Voting Event or an Exempt Exchangeable Share Voting Event, the written notice of the redemption by Canco or the purchase by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as applicable, under the Redemption Call Right will be sent on or before the Redemption Date, on as many days prior written notice as may be determined by the Board of Directors to be reasonably practicable in the circumstances. In any such case, such notice shall set out the formula for determining the Redemption Price or the Redemption Call Purchase Price, as the case may be, the Redemption Date and, if applicable, particulars of the Redemption Call Right.

 

(3)

On or after the Redemption Date and provided that the Redemption Call Right has not been exercised by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as applicable, Canco shall pay or cause to be paid to the holders of the Exchangeable Shares to be redeemed the Redemption Price for each such Exchangeable Share, upon presentation and surrender at the registered office of Canco or at any office of the Transfer Agent as may be specified by Canco in such notice of the certificates, if any, representing such Exchangeable Shares, together with such other documents and instruments as may be required to effect a transfer of Exchangeable Shares under the OBCA and the Articles of Canco and such additional documents, instruments and payments as the Transfer Agent and Canco may reasonably require. Payment of the Redemption Price for such Exchangeable Shares shall be made by transferring or causing to be issued or transferred to each holder the RTO Acquiror Shares to which such holder is entitled and by delivering to such holder, on behalf of Canco, written evidence of the book entry issuance in uncertificated form of RTO Acquiror Shares (which shares shall be fully paid), and, if applicable, a cheque of Canco payable at par at any branch of the bankers of Canco in payment of the Dividend Amount. On and after the Redemption Date, the holders of the Exchangeable Shares called for redemption shall cease to be holders of such Exchangeable Shares and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of holders in respect thereof (including any rights under the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement), other than the right to receive the Redemption Price without interest upon presentation and surrender of certificates, if any, in accordance with the foregoing provisions, unless, upon having made such presentation and surrender of certificates, payment of the Redemption Price for such Exchangeable Shares shall not be made, in which case the rights of the holders shall remain unaffected until the Redemption Price has been paid in the manner hereinbefore provided. Canco shall have the right at any time after the sending of notice of its intention to redeem the Exchangeable Shares as aforesaid to transfer or cause to be issued or transferred to, and deposited with, the Agent named in such notice the Redemption Price for the Exchangeable Shares so called for redemption, or of such of the said Exchangeable Shares represented by certificates that have not at the date of such deposit been surrendered by the holders thereof in connection with such

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redemption, such aggregate Redemption Price to be held by the Agent as trustee for and on behalf of, and for the use and benefit of, such holders. Upon the later of such deposit being made and the Redemption Date, the Exchangeable Shares in respect whereof such deposit shall have been made shall be redeemed and the rights of the holders thereof after such deposit or Redemption Date, as the case may be, shall be limited to receiving their proportionate part of the aggregate Redemption Price for such Exchangeable Shares, without interest, and when received by the Agent, all dividends and other distributions with respect to the RTO Acquiror Shares to which such holder is entitled with a record date after the later of the date of such deposit and the Redemption Date and before the date of transfer of such RTO Acquiror Shares to such holder, against presentation and surrender of the certificates, if any, for the Exchangeable Shares held by them in accordance with the foregoing provisions.

8.

Purchase for Cancellation

Subject to applicable law, Canco may at any time and from time to time purchase for cancellation all or any part of the Exchangeable Shares by private agreement with the holder thereof.

9.

Voting Rights

Except as required by applicable law and by Section 12 hereof, the holders of the Exchangeable Shares shall not be entitled as such to receive notice of or to attend any meeting of the shareholders of Canco or to vote at any such meeting. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the holders of the Exchangeable Shares shall not have class votes except as required by applicable law.

10.

Specified Amount

The amount specified in respect of each Exchangeable Share for the purposes of subsection 191(4) of the ITA shall be an amount equal to C$l.

11.

Amendment and Approval

 

(1)

The rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions attaching to the Exchangeable Shares may be added to, changed or removed only with the approval of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares given as hereinafter specified.

 

(2)

Any approval given by the holders of the Exchangeable Shares to add to, change or remove any right, privilege, restriction or condition attaching to the Exchangeable Shares or any other matter requiring the approval or consent of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares in accordance with applicable law shall be deemed to have been sufficiently given if it shall have been given in accordance with applicable law, subject to a minimum requirement that such approval be evidenced by resolution passed by not less than two-thirds of the votes cast on such resolution at a meeting of holders of Exchangeable Shares duly called and held at which the holders of at least 10% of the outstanding Exchangeable Shares at that time are present or represented by proxy; provided that if at any such meeting the holders of at least 10% of the outstanding Exchangeable Shares at that time are not present or represented by proxy within one-half hour after the time appointed for such meeting, then the meeting shall be adjourned to such date not less than five days thereafter and to such time and place as may be designated by the Chairman of such meeting. At such adjourned

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meeting the holders of Exchangeable Shares present or represented by proxy thereat may transact the business for which the meeting was originally called and a resolution passed thereat by the affirmative vote of not less than two-thirds of the votes cast on such resolution at such meeting shall constitute the approval or consent of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares.

12.

Reciprocal Changes, etc. in Respect of RTO Acquiror Shares

 

(1)

Each holder of an Exchangeable Share acknowledges that the Support Agreement provides, in part, that so long as any Exchangeable Shares not owned by RTO Acquiror or its affiliates are outstanding, RTO Acquiror will not without the prior approval of Canco and the prior approval of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares given in accordance with Section 11(2) of these share provisions:

 

(a)

issue or distribute RTO Acquiror Shares (or securities exchangeable for or convertible into or carrying rights to acquire RTO Acquiror Shares) to the holders of all or substantially all of the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares by way of stock dividend or other distribution, other than an issue of RTO Acquiror Shares (or securities exchangeable for or convertible into or carrying rights to acquire RTO Acquiror Shares) to holders of RTO Acquiror Shares (i) who exercise an option to receive dividends in RTO Acquiror Shares (or securities exchangeable for or convertible into or carrying rights to acquire RTO Acquiror Shares) in lieu of receiving cash dividends, or (ii) pursuant to any dividend reinvestment plan or similar arrangement;

 

(b)

issue or distribute rights, options or warrants to the holders of all or substantially all of the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares entitling them to subscribe for or to purchase RTO Acquiror Shares (or securities exchangeable for or convertible into or carrying rights to acquire RTO Acquiror Shares); or

 

(c)

issue or distribute to the holders of all or substantially all of the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares:

 

(i)

shares or securities of RTO Acquiror of any class (other than RTO Acquiror Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for or carrying rights to acquire RTO Acquiror Shares);

 

(ii)

rights, options or warrants other than those referred to in Section 12(1)(b) above;

 

(iii)

evidence of indebtedness of RTO Acquiror; or

 

(iv)

assets of RTO Acquiror,

unless the economic equivalent on a per share basis of such rights, options, warrants, securities, shares, evidences of indebtedness or other assets is issued or distributed simultaneously to holders of the Exchangeable Shares and at least 7 days prior written notice thereof is given to the holders of Exchangeable Shares; provided that, for greater certainty, the above restrictions shall not apply to any securities issued or distributed by

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RTO Acquiror in order to give effect to and to consummate, in furtherance of or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated by, and in accordance with, the Arrangement Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement.

 

(2)

Each holder of an Exchangeable Share acknowledges that the Support Agreement further provides, in part, that so long as any Exchangeable Shares not owned by RTO Acquiror or its affiliates are outstanding, RTO Acquiror will not without the prior approval of Canco and the prior approval of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares given in accordance with Section 11(2) of these share provisions:

 

(a)

subdivide, redivide or change the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares into a greater number of RTO Acquiror Shares;

 

(b)

reduce, combine, consolidate or change the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares into a lesser number of RTO Acquiror Shares; or

 

(c)

reclassify or otherwise change the RTO Acquiror Shares or effect an amalgamation, merger, reorganization or other transaction affecting the RTO Acquiror Shares,

unless the same or an economically equivalent change shall simultaneously be made to, or in the rights of the holders of, the Exchangeable Shares and at least 10 days prior written notice is given to the holders of Exchangeable Shares, provided that, for greater certainty, the above restrictions shall not apply to any securities issued or distributed by RTO Acquiror in order to give effect to and to consummate, in furtherance of or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated by, and in accordance with, the Arrangement Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement. The Support Agreement further provides, in part, that the aforesaid provisions of the Support Agreement shall not be changed without the approval of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares given in accordance with Section 11(2) of these share provisions.

 

(3)

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 12, in the event of an RTO Acquiror Control Transaction:

 

(a)

in which RTO Acquiror merges or amalgamates with, or in which all or substantially all of the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares are acquired by one or more other corporations to which RTO Acquiror is, immediately before such merger, amalgamation or acquisition, related within the meaning of the ITA (otherwise than virtue of a right referred to in paragraph 251(5)(b) thereof);

 

(b)

which does not result in an acceleration of the Redemption Date in accordance with paragraph (b) of the definition of such term in Section 1(1) of the share provisions; and

 

(c)

in which all or substantially all of the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares are converted into or exchanged for shares or rights to receive such shares (the “Other Shares”) of another corporation (the “Other Corporation”) that, immediately after such RTO Acquiror Control Transaction, owns or controls, directly or indirectly, RTO Acquiror;

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then all references herein to “RTO Acquiror” shall thereafter be and be deemed to be references to “Other Corporation” and all references herein to “RTO Acquiror Shares” shall thereafter be and be deemed to be references to “Other Shares” (with appropriate adjustments, if any, as are required to result in a holder of Exchangeable Shares on the exchange, redemption or retraction of shares pursuant to these share provisions or Article 5 of the Plan of Arrangement or exchange of shares pursuant to the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement immediately subsequent to the RTO Acquiror Control Transaction being entitled to receive that number of Other Shares equal to the number of Other Shares such holder of Exchangeable Shares would have received if the exchange, option or retraction of such shares pursuant to these share provisions or Article 5 of the Plan of Arrangement, or exchange of such shares pursuant to the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement had occurred immediately prior to the RTO Acquiror Control Transaction and the RTO Acquiror Control Transaction was completed) without any need to amend the terms and conditions of the Exchangeable Shares and without any further action required.

13.

Actions by Canco under Support Agreement

 

(1)

Canco will take all such actions and do all such things as shall be necessary to perform and comply with and to ensure performance and compliance by RTO Acquiror, Callco and Canco with all provisions of the Support Agreement applicable to RTO Acquiror, Callco and Canco, respectively, in accordance with the terms thereof including taking all such actions and doing all such things as shall be necessary to enforce for the direct benefit of Canco all rights and benefits in favour of Canco under or pursuant to such agreement.

 

(2)

Canco shall not propose, agree to or otherwise give effect to any amendment to, or waiver or forgiveness of its rights or obligations under, the Support Agreement without the approval of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares given in accordance with Section 11(2) of these share provisions other than such amendments, waivers and/or forgiveness as may be necessary or advisable for the purposes of:

 

(a)

adding to the covenants of the other parties to such agreement for the protection of Canco or the holders of the Exchangeable Shares thereunder;

 

(b)

making such amendments or modifications not inconsistent with such agreement as may be necessary or desirable with respect to matters or questions arising thereunder which, in the opinion of Canco, it may be expedient to make, provided that the Board of Directors shall be of the good faith opinion, that such amendments and modifications will not be materially prejudicial to the interests of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares; or

 

(c)

making such changes in or corrections to such agreement for the purpose of curing or correcting any ambiguity or defect or inconsistent provision or clerical omission or mistake or manifest error contained therein, provided that the Board of Directors shall be of the good faith opinion that such changes or corrections will not be materially prejudicial to the rights or interests of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares.

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14.

Legend; Call Rights; Withholding Rights

 

(1)

The certificates evidencing the Exchangeable Shares, if any, shall contain or have affixed thereto a legend with respect to the Support Agreement, the provisions of the Plan of Arrangement relating to the Liquidation Call Right, the Redemption Call Right and the Change of Law Call Right (as defined in the Plan of Arrangement), the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement (including the provisions with respect to the voting rights and automatic exchange thereunder) and the Retraction Call Right.

 

(2)

Each holder of an Exchangeable Share, whether of record or beneficial, by virtue of becoming and being such a holder shall be deemed to acknowledge each of the Liquidation Call Right, the Retraction Call Right, the Redemption Call Right and the Change of Law Call Right and the overriding nature thereof in connection with the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Canco or any other distribution of the assets of Canco among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, or the retraction or redemption of Exchangeable Shares, as the case may be, and to be bound thereby in favour of RTO Acquiror or Callco as therein provided.

 

(3)

Notwithstanding any other provisions of these share provisions, Canco, Callco, RTO Acquiror and the Transfer Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any dividend, distribution, consideration, purchase price or amounts otherwise payable to any holder of Exchangeable Shares such amounts as Canco, Callco, RTO Acquiror or the Transfer Agent is required to deduct and withhold with respect to such payment under the ITA or United States tax laws or any provision of provincial, territorial, state, local or foreign tax law, in each case, as amended. To the extent that amounts are so withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes hereof as having been paid to the holder of the Exchangeable Shares in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made, provided that such withheld amounts are actually remitted to the appropriate taxing Governmental Entity. To the extent that the amount so required to be deducted or withheld from any payment to a holder exceeds the cash portion of the consideration otherwise payable to the holder, Canco, Callco, RTO Acquiror and the Transfer Agent are hereby authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of such portion of the consideration as is necessary to provide sufficient funds to Canco, Callco, RTO Acquiror or the Transfer Agent, as the case may be, to enable it to comply with such deduction or withholding requirement and Canco, Callco, RTO Acquiror or the Transfer Agent shall notify the holder thereof and remit any unapplied balance of the net proceeds of such sale.

15.

Notices

 

(1)

Any notice, request or other communication to be given to Canco by a holder of Exchangeable Shares shall be in writing and shall be valid and effective if given by first class mail (postage prepaid) or by delivery to the registered office of Canco and addressed to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer of Canco. Any such notice, request or other communication, if given by mail, telecopy or delivery, shall only be deemed to have been given and received upon actual receipt thereof by Canco.

 

(2)

Any presentation and surrender by a holder of Exchangeable Shares to Canco or the Transfer Agent of certificates representing Exchangeable Shares in connection with the

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liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Canco or the retraction or redemption of Exchangeable Shares shall be made by first class mail (postage prepaid) or by delivery to the registered office of Canco or to such office of the Transfer Agent as may be specified by Canco, in each case, addressed to the attention of the Chief Executive Officer of Canco. Any such presentation and surrender of certificates shall only be deemed to have been made and to be effective upon actual receipt thereof by Canco or the Transfer Agent, as the case may be. Any such presentation and surrender of certificates made by first class mail (postage prepaid) shall be at the sole risk of the holder mailing the same.

 

(3)

Any notice, request or other communication to be given to a holder of Exchangeable Shares by or on behalf of Canco shall be in writing and shall be valid and effective if given by first class mail (postage prepaid) or by delivery to the address of the holder recorded in the register of shareholders of Canco or, in the event of the address of any such holder not being so recorded, then at the last known address of such holder. Any such notice, request or other communication, if given by mail, shall be deemed to have been given and received on the third Business Day following the date of mailing and, if given by delivery, shall be deemed to have been given and received on the date of delivery. Accidental failure or omission to give any notice, request or other communication to one or more holders of Exchangeable Shares shall not invalidate or otherwise alter or affect any action or proceeding to be taken by Canco pursuant thereto.

 

(4)

In the event of any interruption of mail service immediately prior to a scheduled mailing or in the period following a mailing during which delivery normally would be expected to occur, Canco shall make reasonable efforts to disseminate any notice by other means, such as press release.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of these share provisions, notices, other communications and deliveries need not be mailed if Canco determines that delivery thereof by mail may be delayed. Persons entitled to any deliveries (including certificates and cheques) which are not mailed for the foregoing reason may take delivery thereof at the office of the Transfer Agent to which the deliveries were made, upon application to the Transfer Agent, until such time as Canco has determined that delivery by mail will not longer be delayed. Canco will provide notice of any such determination not to mail made hereunder as soon as reasonably practicable after the making of such determination and in accordance with this Section 15(4). Such deliveries in such circumstances will constitute delivery to the persons entitled thereto.

16.

Disclosure of Interests in Exchangeable Shares

Canco shall be entitled to require any holder of an Exchangeable Share or any person who Canco knows or has reasonable cause to believe holds any interest whatsoever in an Exchangeable Share to confirm that fact or to give such details as to whom has an interest in such Exchangeable Share as would be required (if the Exchangeable Shares were a class of “equity shares” of Canco) under National Instrument 62-104 – Takeover Bids and Issuer Bids or as would be required under the Articles of RTO Acquiror or any laws or regulations, or pursuant to the rules or regulations of any regulatory Governmental Entity, if the Exchangeable Shares were RTO Acquiror Shares.

 

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SCHEDULE A TO APPENDIX I RETRACTION REQUEST

[TO BE PRINTED ON EXCHANGEABLE SHARE CERTIFICATES, IF ANY]

To:2864555 Ontario Inc. (“Canco”), 2864552 Ontario Inc. (“Callco”) and MoSys, Inc. (“RTO Acquiror”)

This notice is given pursuant to Section 6 of the provisions (the “Share Provisions”) attaching to the Exchangeable Shares of Canco represented by this certificate and all capitalized words and expressions used in this notice that are defined in the Share Provisions have the meanings ascribed to such words and expressions in such Share Provisions.

The undersigned hereby notifies Canco that, subject to the Retraction Call Right referred to below, the undersigned desires to have Canco redeem in accordance with Section 6 of the Share Provisions:

(a) all share(s) represented by this certificate; or

(b) share(s) only represented by this certificate.

The undersigned hereby notifies Canco that the Retraction Date shall be ________________.

NOTE: The Retraction Date must be a Business Day and must not be less than 10 Business Days nor more than 15 Business Days after the date upon which this notice is received by Canco. If no such Business Day is specified above, the Retraction Date shall be deemed to be the 15th Business Day after the date on which this notice is received by Canco.

The undersigned acknowledges the overriding Retraction Call Right of RTO Acquiror and Callco to purchase all but not less than all the Retracted Shares from the undersigned and that this notice is and shall be deemed to be a revocable offer by the undersigned to sell the Retracted Shares to RTO Acquiror or Callco in accordance with the Retraction Call Right on the Retraction Date for the Purchase Price and on the other terms and conditions set out in Section 6(3) of the Share Provisions. This Retraction Request, and this offer to sell the Retracted Shares to RTO Acquiror or Callco, may be revoked and withdrawn by the undersigned only by notice in writing given to Canco at any time before the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Retraction Date.

The undersigned acknowledges that if, as a result of solvency provisions of applicable law, Canco is unable to redeem all Retracted Shares, and provided that neither RTO Acquiror nor Callco has exercised the Retraction Call Right with respect to the Retracted Shares, the Retracted Shares will be automatically exchanged pursuant to the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement so as to require RTO Acquiror to purchase the unredeemed Retracted Shares.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants to Callco, RTO Acquiror and Canco that the undersigned:

[is]

[is not]

(select one)

 


 

 

a non-resident of Canada for purposes of the Income Tax Act (Canada). The undersigned acknowledges that in the absence of an indication that the undersigned is not a non-resident of Canada, withholding on account of Canadian tax may be made from amounts payable to the undersigned on the redemption or purchase of the Retracted Shares.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants to Callco, RTO Acquiror and Canco that the undersigned is not a person within the United States of America, its territories or possessions or any state thereof, or the District of Columbia (collectively, the “United States”) or a U.S. person (within the meaning of Regulation S under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as amended) and is not making this Retraction Request for the account or benefit of a person within the United States or such a U.S. person.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants to Callco, RTO Acquiror and Canco that the undersigned has good title to, and is the beneficial owner of, the share(s) represented by this certificate to be acquired by Callco, RTO Acquiror or Canco, as the case may be, free and clear of all liens, claims and encumbrances.


(Date)


(Signature of Shareholder)


(Guarantee of Signature) E-60

Please check box if the certificates for RTO Acquiror Shares and any cheque(s) resulting from the retraction or purchase of the Retracted Shares are to be held for pick-up by the shareholder from the Transfer Agent, failing which such certificates and cheque(s) will be mailed to the last address of the shareholder as it appears on the register.

NOTE:

This panel must be completed and this certificate, together with such additional documents and payments (including, without limitation, any applicable Stamp Taxes) as the Transfer Agent may require, must be deposited with the Transfer Agent. The securities and any cheque(s) resulting from the retraction or purchase of the Retracted Shares will be issued and registered in, and made payable to, respectively, the name of the shareholder as it appears on the register of Canco and the certificates for RTO Acquiror Shares and any cheque(s) resulting from such retraction or purchase will be delivered to such shareholder as indicated above, unless the form appearing immediately below is duly completed.

Date:

 

Name of Person in Whose Name Securities or Cheque(s) Are to be Registered, Issued or Delivered (please print):

 

Street Address or P.O. Box:

 

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Signature of Shareholder:

 

City, Province and Postal Code:

 

Signature Guaranteed by:

 

NOTE:

If this Retraction Request is for less than all of the shares represented by this certificate, a certificate representing the remaining share(s) of Canco represented by this certificate will be issued and registered in the name of the shareholder as it appears on the register of Canco, unless the Share Transfer Power on the share certificate is duly completed in respect of such share(s).

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APPENDIX II
TO THE PLAN OF ARRANGEMENT
RE ILLUSTRATIVE CALCULATIONS

Illustrative Calculations re Exchange Ratio:

The formula in the definition of Exchange Ratio is as follows:

((A / B) – C) / D

Where:

A = The total issued and outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis immediately prior to the Effective Time

B = 39%

C = The total issued and outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis immediately prior to the Effective Time

D = The total issued and outstanding Peraso Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis (including the Peraso Shares issuable on the conversion or exercise of Peraso Convertible Securities) immediately prior to the Effective Time

Variables A, B and C are known at this time. They are as follows:

A = 9,072,836 total issued and outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis immediately prior to the Effective Time

B = 39%

C = 9,072,836 total issued and outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis immediately prior to the Effective Time

The figure for D will be determined depending on, among other things: (a) the calculation of accrued interest on the Peraso Convertible Debentures to the Effective Date; (b) the calculation of additional Peraso Options that are granted resulting from the conversion of the Peraso Convertible Debentures; and (c) whether Peraso issues additional securities or incurs indebtedness between the date on which the Arrangement Agreement is executed and the Effective Date.

Assuming the Effective Date occurs on November 15, 2021, the principal amount of Peraso Convertible Debentures outstanding on such date will be $14,082,343.40 and the accrued interest thereon will be $950,776.19. Assuming that the conversion price of CDN$0.15 for each of the Peraso Convertible Debentures will be exchanged into U.S. dollars based on a currency exchange rate of CDN$1 to US$0.8068 (such that the conversion price for the Peraso Convertible Debentures will be approximately $0.12), the conversion of the Peraso Convertible Debentures on the Effective Date of November 15, 2021 would result in the issuance of 124,213,653 Peraso Shares. Assuming Peraso does not issue any new securities and does not incur any indebtedness between the date on which the Arrangement Agreement is executed and the Effective Date, the total number of issued and outstanding Peraso Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis

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immediately prior to the Effective Time will be 276,669,993 Peraso Shares (being the sum of 116,213,216 Peraso Shares, 29,899,168 Peraso Options, 6,343,956 Peraso Warrants and an additional 124,213,653 Peraso Shares resulting from the conversion of the Peraso Convertible Debentures).

If the number of Peraso Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis immediately prior to the Effective Time is 276,669,993 (this being the figure for D in the formula above), the resulting Exchange Ratio will be 0.0512915979698675.

Illustrative Calculations re Adjustments to Consideration on the Incurrence of $1,000,000 of Indebtedness:

A total of 23,263,682 RTO Acquiror Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis will be outstanding immediately following the Effective Time, being the sum of: (a) 9,072,836 RTO Acquiror Shares owned by the RTO Acquiror shareholders immediately prior to the Effective Time (representing 39% of the RTO Acquiror Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis immediately following the Effective Time); and (b) an additional 14,190,846 RTO Acquiror Shares to be issued to the former Peraso Shareholders at the Effective Time (representing 61% of the RTO Acquiror Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis immediately following the Effective Time).

Assuming a deemed equity value per RTO Acquiror Share of $5.50, the total pro forma equity value of the RTO Acquiror will be $127,950,251 (i.e. 23,263,682 RTO Acquiror Shares multiplied by $5.50).

On the basis of a total pro forma equity value of $127,950,251:

 

(a)

for every $1,000,000 of indebtedness incurred by Peraso (assuming no indebtedness on the part of RTO Acquiror), the Peraso Shareholders will be entitled to approximately 181,818 fewer RTO Acquiror Shares at the Effective Time (i.e. the Peraso Shareholders will be entitled to an aggregate of approximately 14,009,028 RTO Acquiror Shares, representing approximately 60.22% of the total pro forma number of RTO Acquiror Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis to be outstanding upon completion of the Arrangement); and

 

(b)

for every $1,000,000 of indebtedness incurred by RTO Acquiror (assuming no indebtedness on the part of Peraso), the Peraso Shareholders will be entitled to approximately 290,198 more RTO Acquiror Shares at the Effective Time (i.e. the Peraso Shareholders will be entitled to an aggregate of approximately 14,481,044 RTO Acquiror Shares, representing approximately 62.25% of the total pro forma number of RTO Acquiror Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis to be outstanding upon completion of the Arrangement).

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Schedule “B“
PERASO ARRANGEMENT RESOLUTION

BE IT RESOLVED AS A SPECIAL RESOLUTION THAT:

(1)

the arrangement (the “Arrangement”) under Section 182 of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “OBCA”) involving MoSys, Inc. (“Purchaser”) and Peraso Technologies Inc. (“Peraso”), as more particularly described and set forth in the management information circular of Peraso (the “Circular”) dated _____________________, 2021 accompanying the notice of this meeting (as the Arrangement may be, or may have been, modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with the definitive arrangement agreement (as it may be amended, the “Arrangement Agreement”)) made as of September 14, 2021 between Purchaser, Peraso, 2864552 Ontario Inc. and 2864555 Ontario Inc. is hereby authorized, approved and adopted;

(2)

the plan of arrangement of Peraso (as may be, or may have been, modified, amended or supplemented in accordance with its terms and the terms of the Arrangement Agreement as the “Plan of Arrangement”) implementing the Arrangement, the full text of which is set out in Schedule “F” to the Circular, is hereby authorized, approved and adopted;

(3)

the (i) Arrangement Agreement and related transactions, (ii) actions of the directors of Peraso in approving the Arrangement and the Arrangement Agreement, and (iii) actions of the directors and officers of Peraso in executing and delivering the Arrangement Agreement, and any amendments, modifications or supplements thereto, are hereby ratified and approved;

(4)

Peraso be and is hereby authorized to apply for a final order from the Ontario Superior Court of Justice (Commercial List) (the “Court”) to approve the Arrangement on the terms set forth in the Arrangement Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement (as they may be modified, amended or supplemented as described in the Circular);

(5)

notwithstanding that this resolution has been passed (and the Arrangement approved) by the shareholders of Peraso or that the Arrangement has been approved by the Court, the directors of Peraso are hereby authorized and empowered, without further notice to, or approval of, the shareholders of Peraso to (i) modify, amend or supplement the Arrangement Agreement or the Plan of Arrangement to the extent permitted by the terms of the Arrangement Agreement or the Plan of Arrangement; and (ii) subject to the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, not to proceed with the Arrangement and related transactions;

(6)

any director or officer of Peraso is hereby authorized and directed for and on behalf of Peraso to execute, whether under corporate seal of Peraso or otherwise, and to deliver for filing with the Director under the OBCA articles of arrangement and such other documents as are necessary or desirable to give effect to the Arrangement in accordance with the Arrangement Agreement, such determination to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery of such articles of arrangement and any such other documents; and

(7)

any one director or officer of Peraso is hereby authorized and directed, for and on behalf and in the name of Peraso, to execute or cause to be executed and to deliver or cause to be delivered, whether under corporate seal of Peraso or otherwise, all such agreements, forms, waivers, notices, certificate, confirmations and other documents and instruments, and to perform or cause to be

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performed all such other acts and things, as in the opinion of such director or officer may be necessary, desirable or useful for the purpose of giving effect to these resolutions and the matters authorized thereby, the Arrangement Agreement and completion of the Plan of Arrangement, including:

 

(a)

all actions required to be taken by or on behalf of Peraso, and all necessary filings and obtaining the necessary approvals, consents and acceptances of appropriate regulatory authorities; and

 

(b)

the signing of the certificates, consents and other documents or declarations required under the Arrangement Agreement or otherwise to be entered into by Peraso;

such determination to be conclusively evidenced by the execution and delivery of such document, agreement or instrument or the doing of any such act or thing.

 

 

 

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Schedule “C“
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF PERASO

Peraso represents and warrants to and in favour of RTO Acquiror as follows, and acknowledges that RTO Acquiror is relying upon such representations and warranties in connection with the completion of the transactions contemplated herein:

(a)

Schedule C(a) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter sets forth the name and jurisdiction of incorporation and the directors and officers of Peraso. Peraso (i) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings; (ii) has all requisite corporate power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own or lease and operate its assets and properties; and (iii) has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and carry out its obligations under this Agreement.

(b)

Peraso does not beneficially own, or exercise control or direction over, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other Person or any agreement, option or commitment to acquire any such investment.

(c)

Except as disclosed in Schedule C(c) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, no steps or proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of Peraso, are pending for the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of Peraso. Except as disclosed in Schedule C(c) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, Peraso: (i) is not insolvent or bankrupt under or pursuant to any corporate, insolvency, winding-up, restructuring, reorganization, administration or other Laws applicable to it; (ii) has not commenced, approved, authorized or taken any action in furtherance of proceedings in respect of it under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, restructuring, reorganization, administration, winding up, liquidation, dissolution, or similar Law; (iii) has proposed a compromise or arrangement with its creditors generally or is or has been subject to any actions taken, orders received or proceedings commenced by creditors or other Persons for or in respect of the bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, restructuring, reorganization, administration, winding-up, liquidation or dissolution of it, or any of its property or assets; (iv) had any encumbrancer take possession of any of its property, or (v) had any execution or distress become enforceable or become levied upon any of its property.

(d)

Peraso is, in all material respects, conducting its business in compliance with all applicable Laws (including all material applicable federal, provincial, state, municipal and local laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any Government Entity) of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned or leased and operated and all such licenses, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of, nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such Laws, licenses, registrations or qualifications which would reasonably be expected to result in a Peraso Material Adverse Effect.

(e)

The execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance by Peraso of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation of the Arrangement and other transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of Peraso and no other

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corporate proceedings on the part of Peraso are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the Arrangement and the other transactions contemplated hereby other than the approval by the Peraso Board of the Peraso Circular and the approval by the Peraso Shareholders in the manner required by the Interim Order, applicable Law and approval of the Arrangement by the Court.

(f)

This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Peraso and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of Peraso, enforceable against Peraso in accordance with its terms, subject however, to limitations with respect to enforcement imposed by Law in connection with bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to the extent that equitable remedies such as specific performance and injunctions are only available in the discretion of the court from which they are sought.

(g)

Other than the Interim Order and any approvals required by the Interim Order, the Final Order, filings with the Director under the OBCA and such filings and other actions required under applicable Securities Laws and the Key Regulatory Approvals set out in Schedule C(g) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, no Authorization, approval, order, license, permit or consent of any Governmental Entity, and no notice, registration, declaration or filing by Peraso with any such Governmental Entity is required in connection with the execution and delivery of, and performance by Peraso of its obligations under, this Agreement or the consummation of the Arrangement and the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

(h)

Other than as set out in Schedule C(h) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, there is no requirement under any Peraso Material Contract to which Peraso is a party or by which Peraso is bound or has any rights to make a filing with, give any notice to, or to obtain the consent or approval of, any party to such Peraso Material Contract relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(i)

The execution and delivery of this Agreement by Peraso, the performance by Peraso of its obligations hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (whether after notice or lapse of time or both) (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both) or give rise to any right of termination or acceleration of any obligations or indebtedness, and Peraso is not currently in material breach or default of, (A) any Law applicable to Peraso; (B) the constating documents, by-laws or resolutions of Peraso; (C) any Contract or Debt Instrument to which Peraso is a party or by which it is bound, except as disclosed in Schedule C(i) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding Peraso or any material assets or properties thereof; (ii) allow any Person to exercise any rights, require any consent or other action by any Person or permit the termination, cancellation, acceleration or other change of any right or other obligation or the loss of any benefit to which Peraso is entitled (including by triggering any rights of first refusal or first offer, change in control provision or other restriction or limitation) under any Material Contract; or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance up on any of Peraso’s assets.

(j)

As of the date hereof, there are 116,213,216 Peraso Shares, 23,169,293 Peraso Options, 11,228,407 Peraso Warrants and an aggregate principal amount of $14,082,343.40 of Peraso Convertible Debentures issued and outstanding. Immediately prior to giving effect to the Arrangement, Peraso

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will have the securities set out in Schedule C(j) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, Peraso has been duly authorized and validly issued in compliance with applicable Laws, is fully paid and non-assessable, and were not issued in violation of any pre-emptive rights, purchase options, call options, rights of first refusal, first offer, co-sale or participation or subscription rights or other similar rights. Schedule C(j) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all such securities of Peraso.

(k)

Except for the securities set forth in Schedule C(k) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, no Person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription, redemption, repurchase or issuance of, or conversion into, any shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of Peraso and a sufficient number of Peraso Shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding options, warrants, share incentive plans, convertible, exercisable and exchangeable securities and other rights to acquire Peraso Shares. Schedule C(k) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter sets forth all issued and outstanding securities of Peraso convertible into Peraso Shares, their grant and expiration date, exercise price and number of Peraso Shares into which they are exercisable, as applicable.

(l)

The Peraso Financial Statements (in this Schedule C, the “Peraso Financial Statements”), (i) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes thereto), (ii) fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of Peraso as at the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of their operations and cash flows for the periods indicated and (iii) when delivered by Peraso for inclusion in the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement for filing with the SEC following the date of this Agreement in accordance with Section 2.10, will comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the U.S. Exchange Act and the U.S. Securities Act applicable to a registrant, in effect as of the date thereof. Since December 31, 2020, there have been no formal investigations regarding financial reporting or accounting policies and practices discussed with, reviewed by or initiated at the direction of the chief executive officer or chief financial officer of Peraso, the Peraso Board or any committee thereof. Since December 31, 2020, neither Peraso nor its independent auditors have identified (i) any significant deficiency or material weakness in the system of internal accounting controls utilized by Peraso, (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves Peraso’s management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by Peraso, or (iii) any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing. Except as disclosed in the Peraso Financial Statements, Peraso does not have any liabilities, indebtedness, obligation, expense, claim, deficiency, guaranty, or endorsement, whether accrued, absolute, contingent, matured, or unmatured of the kind required to be disclosed on a balance sheet or in the related notes to the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP which are, individually or in the aggregate, material to the business, results of operations or financial condition of Peraso, except liabilities (i) identified in the balance sheet of Peraso as of December 31, 2020 or the notes thereto, (ii) incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) described on Schedule C(l) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, (iv) executory obligations under any Contract or (v) incurred since the date of the balance sheet of Peraso as of December 31, 2020 in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices. Peraso does not intend to correct or restate, nor is there any basis for any correction or restatement of, any aspect of the Peraso Financial Statements.

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(m)

Since December 31, 2020 through the date of this Agreement and other than with respect to the negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement, Peraso has conducted its business only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and there has not been: (a) any event that has had a Peraso Material Adverse Effect, or (b) any material change by Peraso in its accounting methods, principles or practices, except as required by concurrent changes in GAAP or as disclosed in the notes to the Peraso Financial Statements.

(n)

Peraso does not have any material liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether or not accrued, contingent or otherwise, except for: (i) liabilities and obligations that are adequately presented or reserved on the Peraso Financial Statements or disclosed in the notes thereto; or (ii) liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that are not and would not, individually or in the aggregate with all other liabilities and obligations of Peraso (other than those disclosed on the Peraso Financial Statements), be material to Peraso (taken as a whole). Without limiting the foregoing, the Peraso Financial Statements reflects reasonable reserves in accordance with GAAP for contingent liabilities of Peraso.

(o)

Peraso maintains internal control over financial reporting. Such internal control over financial reporting is effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with GAAP and includes policies and procedures that: (A) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of Peraso are being made only with appropriate authorizations of management and directors of Peraso; and (B) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the assets of Peraso that could have a material effect on its financial statements. As of the date of this Agreement, there neither is, nor has been, any fraud with respect to Peraso, whether or not material, relating to the financial reporting or internal control over financial reporting of Peraso. As of the date of this Agreement, to the knowledge of Peraso, there is no fraud that involves management or any other employees who have a significant role in the internal control over financial reporting of Peraso.

(p)

There are no actions, proceedings or, to Peraso’s knowledge, investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of Peraso) commenced or, to the knowledge of Peraso, threatened or pending against or relating to Peraso or the business thereof or affecting any of their assets and properties or against any current officer or director relating to such individual’s role with Peraso at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any Governmental Entity, that would reasonably be expected to result in a Peraso Material Adverse Effect or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Arrangement.

(q)

Except as disclosed in Schedule C(q) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, Peraso is not party to any Contract or arrangement, nor to the knowledge of Peraso, is there any shareholders agreement or other Contract, which in any manner affects the voting control of any of the securities of Peraso.

(r)

All Taxes due and payable by Peraso, have been paid. All Tax Returns required to be filed by Peraso have been filed with all appropriate Governmental Entities and all such Tax Returns did not contain a material misrepresentation as at the respective dates thereof. Except as disclosed in Schedule C(r) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, to the knowledge of Peraso, no examination of any Tax Return of Peraso is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with

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any Governmental Entity respecting any Taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by Peraso. Peraso has timely and properly withheld and collected all material Taxes required to be withheld or collected, and has remitted such amounts on a timely basis to the appropriate Governmental Entity. Peraso has not declared nor paid (nor been deemed to have paid) any “taxable dividend”, “eligible dividend” or “capital dividend”, all as defined in the ITA.

(s)

Neither Peraso nor, to Peraso’s knowledge, any other Person, is in default in any material respect in the observance or performance of any term, covenant or obligation to be performed by Peraso or such other Person under any Material Contract, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a default by Peraso or, to Peraso’s knowledge, any other party, except where such default or event would not reasonably be expected to result in a Peraso Material Adverse Effect.

(t) Since December 31, 2020:

 

(i)

Except as disclosed in Schedule C(t)(i) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of Peraso;

 

(ii)

Except as disclosed in Schedule C(t)(ii) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, there has not been any material change in the share capital or long-term debt of Peraso;

 

(iii)

There has not been any entering into, or an amendment of, any Peraso Material Contract (as defined below) other than (A) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (B) renewals of any such contract;

 

(iv)

There has not been any satisfaction or settlement of any material claims or material liabilities, other than the settlement of such claims or such liabilities in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(v)

Except for ordinary course adjustments to salary, bonus, or other remuneration payable to any officers or senior or executive officers, there has not been any increase in the salary, bonus, severance, termination pay, change of control entitlements or other remuneration payable to any senior or executive officers of Peraso; and

 

(vi)

Peraso have carried on their business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice.

(u)

Except as disclosed in Schedule C(u) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, there has been no interruption to or discontinuity in any material supplier or distributor arrangement or relationship of Peraso with its principal suppliers and distributors and the relationships of Peraso with its principal suppliers and distributors are satisfactory, and there are no unresolved disputes with any such supplier or distributor. No principal supplier or distributor of Peraso has notified Peraso that such principal supplier or distributor will not continue dealing with Peraso on substantially the same terms as presently conducted, and to the knowledge of Peraso, there is no reason to believe that, any such supplier or distributor will not continue dealing with Peraso on substantially the same terms as presently conducted, in each case subject to changes in pricing and volume in the ordinary course.

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(v)

Peraso possesses permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations issued by a federal, provincial, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies (in this Schedule C, collectively, Governmental Licenses) required by Law to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure to hold such Governmental Licenses would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in a Peraso Material Adverse Effect. Each Governmental License is valid and in full force and effect, and is renewable by its terms or in the ordinary course without the need for Peraso to comply with any special rules of procedures, agree to any materially different terms or conditions or pay any amounts other than routine filing fees. To the knowledge of Peraso, Peraso is in compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses. No consent, licence, order, authorization, approval, permit, registration or declaration of, or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required in connection with: (i) the closing of the Arrangement; (ii) the execution and delivery by Peraso of this Agreement or any document delivered by Peraso at the closing of the Arrangement to which it is a party; (iii) the observance and performance by Peraso of its obligations under this Agreement or any document delivered by Peraso at the closing of the Arrangement to which it is a party; or (iv) avoiding the loss of any Governmental Licenses relating to Peraso, any of its properties and assets, or the business now operated by it.

(w)

To the knowledge of Peraso, no event has occurred that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would reasonably be expected to result in the revocation, suspension, lapse or limitation of any Governmental License.

(x)

There are no actions, proceedings or, to Peraso’s knowledge, investigations commenced or, to the knowledge of Peraso, pending in respect of or regarding any such Governmental License. Peraso has not received any written notice of revocation or non-renewal of any Governmental License, or of any intention of any Person to revoke or refuse to renew any of such Governmental License.

(y)

To the knowledge of Peraso, no event has occurred that, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would reasonably be expected to result in the revocation, suspension, lapse or limitation of any Governmental License.

(z)

Except as disclosed in Schedule C(z) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter or in the Peraso Financial Statements, Peraso does not have any loan or other indebtedness outstanding which has been made to any of its shareholders or stockholders, officers, directors or employees, past or present, or any Person not dealing at arm’s length with it, other than for the reimbursement of ordinary course business expenses.

(aa)

Except for (i) employment, consulting or employment compensation agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (ii) customary director and officer indemnification arrangements on market terms, or (iii) financing agreements or shareholder agreements with the shareholders of Peraso entered into in connection with financings or other transactions to which Peraso shareholders are generally parties and that will terminate at or prior to the Effective Time as a result of the Arrangement, there are no current contracts or other transactions (including relating to indebtedness by Peraso) between Peraso on the one hand, and (a) any officer or director of Peraso, (b) any holder of record or beneficial owner of five percent (5%) or more of the voting securities of Peraso, or (c) any affiliate or associate of any officer, director or beneficial owner, on the other hand except as disclosed in Schedule C(aa) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter or in the Peraso Financial Statements.

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(bb)

The assets and properties of Peraso and their business and operations are insured against loss or damage with responsible insurers on a basis consistent with insurance obtained by reasonably prudent participants in comparable businesses, and such coverage is in full force and effect, and Peraso have not failed to promptly give any notice or present any material claim thereunder.

(cc)

Peraso does not own any real property or hold an ownership interest in any real property, or have owned or held such ownership interest in the past five years, save and except as set out in Schedule C(cc) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter. With respect to each of the material leased premises of Peraso, Peraso occupies the applicable leased premises and has the right to occupy and use the leased premises, subject to the terms of the respective leases, and each of the leases pursuant to which Peraso occupies such leased premises is valid, legally binding and enforceable against Peraso, and to the knowledge of Peraso, the other parties in accordance with its terms is in good standing and in full force and effect, and Peraso is not in material breach of, or default under, such lease, sublease, license or occupancy agreement, and no event has occurred which, with notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute such a material breach or default by Peraso or permit termination, modification or acceleration by any third party thereunder. No third party has repudiated or has the right to terminate or repudiate any such lease (except for the normal exercise of remedies in connection with a default thereunder or any termination rights set forth in the lease) or any provision thereof. None of the aforementioned leases has been assigned by Peraso in favour of any Person or sublet or sublicensed. There exists no claim of any kind or right of set-off against Peraso, as tenant by the landlord or against the landlord by Peraso, as tenant as of the date hereof. Peraso owns, leases or licences all personal or movable property as is necessary to conduct their business as presently conducted, and Peraso has good and valid title to, or a valid and enforceable interest (whether a leasehold interest or otherwise) in, all of such personal or movable property.

(dd)

Peraso as tenants are in actual possession of all properties leased by them. Except as disclosed in Schedule C(dd) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, Peraso are not in arrears of rent required to be paid pursuant to any applicable lease.

(ee)

The minute books and records of Peraso made available to RTO Acquiror and its counsel in connection with their due diligence investigation in respect of the Arrangement contain full, true and correct copies of all constating documents, including all amendments thereto, and contain copies of all material proceedings of securityholders and directors (and committees thereof) and are complete in all material respects.

(ff)

Schedule C(ff) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter sets out separately all Intellectual Property owned by Peraso that has been registered or which applications for registration have been filed and all other material Intellectual Property that is owned by Peraso (in this Schedule C, the “Peraso Owned Intellectual Property”) and the Intellectual Property that is duly licensed by Peraso as part of its business as presently conducted (in this Schedule C, the “Peraso Licensed Intellectual Property”). Peraso is the sole and exclusive owner of the Peraso Owned Intellectual Property and all other Intellectual Property that it owns or purports to own with good, valid and marketable title thereto, free and clear of all Encumbrances (other than Permitted Encumbrances). Peraso has valid and enforceable licenses to use all of the Peraso Licensed Intellectual Property used by it in connection with, and as required for, its business as presently conducted. Peraso has no knowledge to the effect that it will be unable to obtain or maintain any rights or licenses to use all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business. The Peraso Owned Intellectual Property and the Peraso Licensed Intellectual Property constitute all of the Intellectual Property required by Peraso

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to conduct their respective businesses as currently conducted. To the knowledge of Peraso, no third parties have rights to any Intellectual Property, except for the ownership rights of the owners of the Peraso Licensed Intellectual Property which is licensed to Peraso. To the knowledge of Peraso, there is no infringement, misappropriation or misuse by third parties of any Peraso Owned Intellectual Property. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of Peraso, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by third parties challenging the rights in or to any Peraso Owned Intellectual Property, and Peraso is not aware of any facts which form a reasonable basis for any such claim. The Peraso Owned Intellectual Property that is the subject of an application or registration is valid, in full force and effect. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of Peraso, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or enforceability of any Peraso Owned Intellectual Property, and Peraso is not aware of any allegations or finding of unenforceability or invalidity of the Peraso Owned Intellectual Property or any facts which form a reasonable basis for any such claim. All applications, registrations, filings, renewals and payments necessary to preserve the rights of Peraso in and to Peraso Owned Intellectual Property have been duly filed, made, prosecuted, maintained, paid, are in good standing and are recorded in the name of Peraso. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of Peraso, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by third parties that Peraso infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, Trade Secret or other proprietary rights of others. To the knowledge of Peraso, the business of Peraso does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any patent, trademark, copyright, Trade Secret or other proprietary rights of third parties and, without limiting the foregoing, to the knowledge of Peraso, there is no patent or patent application by third parties that contains claims that interfere with the issued or pending claims of any Peraso Owned Intellectual Property.

(gg)

Except in respect of the Intellectual Property set forth in Schedule C(gg) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, no licenses or other rights have been granted to any third party in, to and in respect of the Peraso Owned Intellectual Property.

(hh)

Except as set forth in Schedule C(hh) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, Peraso is not obligated to pay any royalties, fees or other compensation to any third party in respect of its ownership, use, practice, exploitation or commercialization of any Intellectual Property.

(ii)

Except in respect of the individuals listed in Schedule C(ii) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, all current and former employees of, and current and former consultants (excluding consultants who have exclusively provided financial services) to, Peraso has entered into proprietary rights or similar agreements with Peraso, whereby any Intellectual Property required by Peraso to conduct its business as presently conducted created by them in the course of the performance of their employment or engagement has been fully and irrevocably assigned to Peraso without additional consideration, and, to the knowledge of Peraso, no employee of, or consultant to, Peraso is in violation of such agreements.

(jj)

All Persons having access to or knowledge of the Intellectual Property or any information of a confidential nature, in each case that is necessary or required or otherwise used for or in connection with the conduct or operation of Peraso’s business, have entered into non-disclosure agreements with Peraso preventing the disclosure of such Intellectual Property or information, and there has been no breach of any such agreement. To the knowledge of Peraso, the employment or engagement by Peraso of such Persons does not violate any non-disclosure or non-competition agreement between any such Person and a third party. Peraso has taken all reasonably necessary

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and appropriate steps (including but not limited to appropriately marking and labelling Intellectual Property) to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and proprietary nature of all Intellectual Property that is necessary or required by Peraso to conduct its business as presently conducted.

(kk)

Peraso has taken all reasonably necessary and appropriate steps (including but not limited to appropriately marking and labelling Intellectual Property) to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and proprietary nature of all Peraso Owned Intellectual Property.

(ll)

The conduct of Peraso in carrying on the Peraso Business and the operation of the Peraso Business by Peraso has been and is in compliance with all Environmental Laws, in all material respects, and, to the knowledge of Peraso, there are no existing events, conditions, or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of Peraso to comply with Environmental Laws.

(mm)

To the knowledge of Peraso, Peraso is and has been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws pertaining to employment and employment practices, including all Laws relating to labour relations, equal employment opportunities, fair employment practices, employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, reasonable accommodation, disability rights or benefits, immigration, wages, hours, overtime compensation, child labour, hiring, promotion and termination of employees, working conditions, meal and break periods, privacy, health and safety, workers’ compensation, leaves of absence and unemployment insurance. All individuals characterized and treated by Peraso as independent contractors or consultants are properly treated as independent contractors under all applicable Laws. There are no actions against Peraso pending or, to the knowledge of Peraso, threatened to be brought or filed, by or with any Governmental Entity or arbitrator in connection with the employment of any current or former applicant, employee, consultant or independent contractor of Peraso, including, without limitation, any claim relating to unfair labour practices, employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, equal pay, wage and hours or any other employment related matter arising under applicable Laws.

(nn)

Peraso is not subject to any claim for wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal or any other tort claim, actual or threatened, or any litigation actual or threatened, relating to employment or termination of employment of employees or independent contractors.

(oo)

Each plan for retirement, bonus, stock purchase, profit sharing, stock option, deferred compensation, severance or termination pay, insurance, medical, hospital, dental, vision care, drug, sick leave, disability, salary continuation, legal benefits, unemployment benefits, vacation, incentive or otherwise contributed to or required to be contributed to, by Peraso for the benefit of any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant of Peraso (in this Schedule C, the “Peraso Employee Plans”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements prescribed by any and all Laws that are applicable to such Peraso Employee Plans, in each case in all material respects.

(pp)

All material accruals for unpaid vacation pay, premiums for unemployment insurance, health premiums, federal or state pension plan premiums, accrued wages, salaries and commissions and employee benefit plan payments have been reflected in the books and records of Peraso.

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(qq)

There is not currently any labour disruption, dispute, slowdown, stoppage, complaint or grievance or, to the knowledge of Peraso, threatened or pending which is adversely affecting or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect, in a material manner, the carrying on of the business of Peraso, and, to the knowledge of Peraso, there is no proposal to unionize its employees and no collective bargaining agreements are in place or currently being negotiated by Peraso.

(rr)

Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, shareholder or other approval of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement could, to the knowledge of Peraso (i) entitle any employee, director, officer or independent contractor of Peraso to severance pay, termination pay, change of control payment or benefits, or any material increase in severance pay, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or materially increase the amount of compensation due to any such employee, director, officer or independent contractor, (iii) directly or indirectly cause Peraso to transfer or set aside any assets to fund any material benefits under any Employee Plan, (iv) otherwise give rise to any material liability under any Employee Plan, or (v) limit or restrict the right to merge, materially amend, terminate or transfer the assets of any Employee Plan on or following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(ss)

Other than this Agreement, Peraso is not currently party to any agreement in respect of: (i) the purchase of any material property or assets or any interest therein or the sale, transfer or other disposition of any material property or assets or any interest therein currently owned, directly or indirectly, by Peraso, whether by asset sale, transfer of shares or otherwise; or (ii) the change of control of Peraso (whether by sale or transfer of shares or otherwise).

(tt)

Peraso is not a party to any Material Contract, other than as set forth on Schedule C(tt) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter (in this Schedule C, collectively, the “Peraso Material Contracts”).

(uu)

All Peraso Material Contracts are in good standing in all material respects and in full force and effect.

(vv)

Peraso is not in material default or breach of any Peraso Material Contract and, to the knowledge of Peraso, there exists no condition, event or act which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a material default or breach under any Peraso Material Contract and/or which would give rise to a right of termination on the part of any other party to a Peraso Material Contract.

(ww)

The operations of Peraso are and have been conducted, at all times, in material compliance with all applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and no action by or before any Governmental Entity against Peraso with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending. Peraso has not, directly or indirectly: (i) made or authorized any contribution, payment or gift of funds or property to any official, employee or agent of any governmental agency, authority or instrumentality of any jurisdiction in violation of applicable Laws; or (ii) made any contribution to any candidate for public office, in either case where either the payment or the purpose of such contribution, payment or gift was, is or would be prohibited under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada), the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) or the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (United States) or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or under any other Laws of any relevant jurisdiction covering a similar subject matter applicable to

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Peraso and their operations. None of Peraso, or, to the knowledge of Peraso, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or Person acting on behalf of Peraso has been or is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department.

(xx)

None of Peraso, or, to the knowledge of Peraso, any of their officers, directors or employees acting on behalf of Peraso has violated the United States’ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (and the regulations promulgated thereunder), the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (and the regulations promulgated thereunder) or any other applicable Law covering a similar subject matter applicable to Peraso, their operations, and to the knowledge of Peraso, no such action has been taken by any of its agents, representatives or other Persons acting on behalf of Peraso.

(yy)

Except for the representations and warranties expressly made by Peraso in this Schedule C or in any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement, neither Peraso nor any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty of any kind whatsoever, express or implied, at law or in equity, with respect to Peraso or their respective business, operations, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to RTO Acquiror or any of its affiliates or Representatives of any documentation, forecasts or other information with respect to any one or more of the foregoing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither Peraso nor any other Person makes or has made any express or implied representation or warranty to RTO Acquiror or any of its Representatives with respect to (a) any financial projection, forecast, estimate, or budget relating to Peraso, any of its subsidiaries or their respective businesses or, (b) except for the representations and warranties made by Peraso in this Schedule C, any oral or written information presented to RTO Acquiror or any of its Representatives in the course of their due diligence investigation of Peraso, the negotiation of this Agreement or the course of the Arrangement.

(zz)

Except as disclosed in Schedule C(zz) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, Peraso is not a party to or bound or affected by any commitment, agreement or document containing any covenant which expressly limits the freedom of Peraso to compete or operate in any line of business, transfer or move any of its assets or operations or which materially or adversely affects the business practices, operations or condition of Peraso.

(aaa)

Except as disclosed in Schedule C(aaa) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, Peraso is not party to, bound by or subject to any indenture, mortgage, lease, agreement, license, permit, authorization, certification, instrument, statute, regulation, order, judgment, decree or law that would be violated or breached by, or under which default would occur or which could be terminated, cancelled or accelerated, in whole or in part, or that would require consent or notice, as a result of the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions provided for in this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement (except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Peraso Material Adverse Effect or as set out in the Key Regulatory Approvals).

(bbb)

Except as disclosed in Schedule C(bbb) of the Peraso Disclosure Letter, no permits, licenses, approvals, consents or other authorizations issued by any federal, provincial, state, local or foreign regulatory agency or body are required for Peraso to import or sell its products for the purpose of operating its business as presently conducted.

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Schedule “D“
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF RTO ACQUIROR

RTO Acquiror represents and warrants to and in favour of Peraso as follows, and acknowledges that Peraso is relying upon such representations and warranties in connection with the completion of the transactions contemplated herein:

(a)

Schedule D(a) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter sets forth the name and jurisdiction of incorporation and the directors and officers of RTO Acquiror and each of its subsidiaries (in this Schedule D, the “RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries”). Each of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries (i) has been duly incorporated and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and is up-to-date in respect of all material corporate filings; (ii) has all requisite corporate or other organization as applicable, power and authority to carry on its business as now conducted and to own or lease and operate its assets and properties; and (iii) in respect of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco, has all requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and carry out its obligations under this Agreement.

(b)

RTO Acquiror does not beneficially own, or exercise control or direction over, directly or indirectly, any interest in any other Person other than the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries or any agreement, option or commitment to acquire any such investment. All of the issued and outstanding securities of the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries are owned by RTO Acquiror.

(c)

Except as disclosed in Schedule D(c) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, no steps or proceedings have been taken, instituted or, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, are pending for the dissolution, liquidation or winding up of RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary. Except as disclosed in Schedule D(c) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, neither RTO Acquiror nor any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary: (i) is insolvent or bankrupt under or pursuant to any corporate, insolvency, winding-up, restructuring, reorganization, administration or other Laws applicable to it; (ii) has commenced, approved, authorized or taken any action in furtherance of proceedings in respect of it under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, restructuring, reorganization, administration, winding up, liquidation, dissolution, or similar Law; (iii) has proposed a compromise or arrangement with its creditors generally or is or has been subject to any actions taken, orders received or proceedings commenced by creditors or other Persons for or in respect of the bankruptcy, receivership, insolvency, restructuring, reorganization, administration, winding-up, liquidation or dissolution of it, or any of its property or assets; (iv) had any encumbrancer take possession of any of its property, or (v) had any execution or distress become enforceable or become levied upon any of its property. RTO Acquiror is not unable to pay its liabilities as they become due and the realizable value of the assets of RTO Acquiror are not less than the aggregate of its liabilities and stated capital of all classes.

(d)

Each of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries is, in all material respects, conducting its business in compliance with all applicable Laws (including all material applicable federal, provincial, state, municipal and local laws, regulations and other lawful requirements of any Governmental Entity) of each jurisdiction in which its business is carried on and is duly licensed, registered or qualified in all jurisdictions in which it owns, leases or operates its property or carries on business to enable its business to be carried on as now conducted and its property and assets to be owned or leased and operated and all such licenses, registrations and qualifications are valid, subsisting and in good standing and it has not received a notice of non-compliance, nor knows of,

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nor has reasonable grounds to know of, any facts that could give rise to a notice of non-compliance with any such laws, regulations or permits which would reasonably be expected to result in an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.

(e)

RTO Acquiror has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Agreement. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and performance by RTO Acquiror of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation of the Arrangement and other transactions contemplated hereby have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate action of RTO Acquiror and no other corporate proceedings on the part of RTO Acquiror are necessary to authorize the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of the Arrangement and the other transactions contemplated hereby other than the approval by the RTO Acquiror Board of the RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement and the approval of the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters by the RTO Acquiror Shareholders in the manner required by applicable Law.

(f)

This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by each of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by Peraso, constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco, enforceable against RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco in accordance with its terms, subject however, to limitations with respect to enforcement imposed by Law in connection with bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and to the extent that equitable remedies such as specific performance and injunctions are only available in the discretion of the court from which they are sought.

(g)

Other than the actions required under applicable Securities Laws and the Key Regulatory Approvals set out in Schedule D(g) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, no Authorization, approval, order, license, permit or consent of any Governmental Entity, and no notice, registration, declaration or filing by RTO Acquiror or any of the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries with any such Governmental Entity is required in connection with the execution and delivery of, and performance by RTO Acquiror or the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries (including Canco and Callco) of their obligations under, this Agreement or the consummation of the Arrangement and the other transactions contemplated in this Agreement.

(h)

Other than as set out in Schedule D(h) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, there is no requirement under any RTO Acquiror Material Contract (as defined below) to which RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is a party or by which RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is bound or has any rights to make a filing with, give any notice to, or to obtain the consent or approval of, any party to such RTO Acquiror Material Contract relating to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(i)

The execution and delivery of this Agreement by RTO Acquiror, the performance by RTO Acquiror of its obligations hereunder and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (whether after notice or lapse of time or both) (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a default under (whether after notice or lapse of time or both) or give rise to any right of termination or acceleration of any obligations or indebtedness, and neither RTO Acquiror nor an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is currently in material breach or default of, (A) any Law applicable to RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary; (B) the constating documents, bylaws or resolutions of RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary,

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as applicable; (C) any Contract or Debt Instrument to which RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound, except as disclosed in Schedule D(i) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, or (D) any judgment, decree or order binding RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary, as applicable, or the assets or properties thereof; (ii) allow any Person to exercise any rights, require any consent or other action by any Person or permit the termination, cancellation, acceleration or other change of any right or other obligation or the loss of any benefit to which RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is entitled (including by triggering any rights of first refusal or first offer, change in control provision or other restriction or limitation) under any Material Contract; or (iii) result in the creation or imposition of any Encumbrance up on any of RTO Acquirors assets or the assets of the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries.

(j)

As of the date hereof, there are 8,685,635 RTO Acquiror Shares, 159,081 options to purchase RTO Acquiror Shares, 133,896 warrants to purchase RTO Acquiror Shares and 94,224 restricted stock units issued and outstanding and there are 11,500 RTO Acquiror Shares available for future issuance under the MoSys, Inc. 2019 Stock Incentive Plan. Immediately prior to giving effect to the Arrangement, RTO Acquiror will have 9,072,836 RTO Acquiror Shares on a Fully-Diluted basis. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in, each of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries has been duly authorized and validly issued in compliance with applicable Laws and, is fully paid and non-assessable, were not issued in violation of any pre-emptive rights, purchase options, call options, rights of first refusal, first offer, co-sale or participation or subscription rights or other similar rights. All of the issued and outstanding shares of capital stock of, or other equity or voting interests in each RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is owned, directly or indirectly, both as a matter of record and beneficially by RTO Acquiror and is free and clear of all Encumbrances (except for Permitted Encumbrances), except for restrictions imposed by applicable Laws. Schedule D(j) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter sets forth a list of all such securities of RTO Acquiror.

(k)

RTO Acquiror is not aware of any legislation, or proposed legislation published by a legislative body, which it anticipates will result in an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.

(l)

No order, ruling or determination having the effect of suspending the sale or ceasing the trading in any securities of RTO Acquiror has been issued by any regulatory authority and is continuing in effect and no proceedings for that purpose have been instituted or, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, are pending, contemplated or threatened by any regulatory authority.

(m)

Except for the securities set forth in Schedule D(m) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, no Person now has any agreement or option or right or privilege (whether at law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement for the purchase, subscription, redemption, repurchase or issuance of, or conversion into, any shares, securities, warrants or convertible obligations of any nature of RTO Acquiror and a sufficient number of RTO Acquiror Shares are reserved for issuance pursuant to outstanding options, warrants, share incentive plans, convertible, exercisable and exchangeable securities and other rights to acquire RTO Acquiror Shares. Schedule D(m) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter sets forth all issued and outstanding securities of RTO Acquiror convertible into RTO Acquiror Shares, their grant and expiration date, exercise price and number of RTO Acquiror Shares into which they are exercisable, as applicable.

(n)

The RTO Acquiror Financial Statements (i) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved (except as may be indicated in the notes

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thereto) and (ii) fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position of RTO Acquiror and its Subsidiaries as at the respective dates thereof and the consolidated results of its operations and cash flows for the periods indicated, except that the unaudited interim financial statements were or are subject to normal and recurring year-end adjustments. RTO Acquiror has not effected any securitization transactions or off-balance sheet arrangements (as defined in Item 303(c) of SEC Regulation S-K). Since December 31, 2020, there have been no formal investigations regarding financial reporting or accounting policies and practices discussed with, reviewed by or initiated at the direction of the chief executive officer, chief financial officer or general counsel of RTO Acquiror, the RTO Acquiror Board or any committee thereof. Since December 31, 2020, neither RTO Acquiror nor its independent auditors have identified (i) any significant deficiency or material weakness in the system of internal accounting controls utilized by RTO Acquiror, (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves RTO Acquirors management or other employees who have a role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by RTO Acquiror, or (iii) any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing. Except as disclosed in the RTO Acquiror Financial Statements, neither RTO Acquiror nor any of the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries has any liabilities, indebtedness, obligation, expense, claim, deficiency, guaranty, or endorsement, whether accrued, absolute, contingent, matured, or unmatured of the kind required to be disclosed on a balance sheet or in the related notes to the consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP which are, individually or in the aggregate, material to the business, results of operations or financial condition of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries taken as a whole, except liabilities (i) identified in the balance sheet of RTO Acquiror as of December 31, 2020 or the notes thereto, (ii) incurred in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (iii) described on Section D(n) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, (iv) executory obligations under any Contract or (v) incurred since the date of the balance sheet of RTO Acquiror as of December 31, 2020 in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices. RTO Acquiror does not intend to correct or restate, nor is there any basis for any correction or restatement of, any aspect of the RTO Acquiror Financial Statements.

(o)

Since December 31, 2020 through the date of this Agreement and other than with respect to the negotiation, execution and performance of this Agreement, each of the RTO Acquiror and RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries has conducted its business only in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, and there has not been: (a) any event that has had an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect, or (b) any material change by RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries in its accounting methods, principles or practices, except as required by concurrent changes in GAAP or as disclosed in the notes to the RTO Acquiror Financial Statements.

(p)

Neither RTO Acquiror nor any of the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries has any material liabilities or obligations of any nature, whether or not accrued, contingent or otherwise, except for: (i) liabilities and obligations that are adequately presented or reserved on the RTO Acquiror Financial Statements or disclosed in the notes thereto; or (ii) liabilities and obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that are not and would not, individually or in the aggregate with all other liabilities and obligations of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries (other than those disclosed on the RTO Acquiror Financial Statements), be material to RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries (taken as a whole). Without limiting the foregoing, the RTO Acquiror Financial Statements reflects reasonable reserves in accordance with U.S. GAAP for contingent liabilities of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries.

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(q)

Each of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries maintains internal control over financial reporting. Such internal control over financial reporting is effective in providing reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with U.S. GAAP and includes policies and procedures that: (A) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with U.S. GAAP, and that receipts and expenditures of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries are being made only with appropriate authorizations of management and directors of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries, as applicable; and (B) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the assets of RTO Acquiror or the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries that could have a material effect on its financial statements. As of the date of this Agreement, there neither is, nor has been, any fraud with respect to RTO Acquiror or the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries, whether or not material, relating to the financial reporting or internal control over financial reporting of RTO Acquiror or the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries, as applicable. As of the date of this Agreement, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, there is no fraud that involves management or any other employees who have a significant role in the internal control over financial reporting of RTO Acquiror or the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries.

(r)

The RTO Acquiror Certificate of Designation is in a form which complies with Delaware Law and, when filed, will constitute the valid RTO Acquiror Certificate of Designation under Delaware Law.

(s)

There are no actions, proceedings or, to RTO Acquiror’s knowledge, investigations (whether or not purportedly by or on behalf of RTO Acquiror) commenced or, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, threatened or pending against or relating to RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary or the business thereof or affecting any of their assets and properties or against any current officer or director relating to such individual’s role with RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary at law or in equity (whether in any court, arbitration or similar tribunal) or before or by any Governmental Entity, that would reasonably be expected to result in an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect or prevent or materially delay the consummation of the Arrangement.

(t)

Except as disclosed in Schedule D(t) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, none of RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is a party to or bound or affected by any commitment, agreement or document containing any covenant which expressly limits the freedom of RTO Acquiror or the RTO Acquiror Subsidiary to compete or operate in any line of business, transfer or move any of its assets or operations or which materially or adversely affects the business practices, operations or condition of RTO Acquiror or the RTO Acquiror Subsidiary.

(u)

Except as disclosed in Schedule D(u) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, neither RTO Acquiror nor any of the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries is party to, bound by or subject to any indenture, mortgage, lease, agreement, license, permit, authorization, certification, instrument, statute, regulation, order, judgment, decree or law that would be violated or breached by, or under which default would occur or which could be terminated, cancelled or accelerated, in whole or in part, or that would require consent or notice, as a result of the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement or the consummation of any of the transactions provided for in this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement (except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect or as set out in the Key Regulatory Approvals).

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(v)

Except as disclosed in Schedule D(v) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, RTO Acquiror is not party to any Contract or arrangement, nor to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, is there any shareholders agreement or other Contract, which in any manner affects the voting control of any of the securities of RTO Acquiror.

(w)

All Taxes due and payable by RTO Acquiror have been paid. All Tax Returns required to be filed by RTO Acquiror have been timely filed with all appropriate Governmental Entities and all such Tax Returns did not contain a material misrepresentation as at the respective dates. Except as disclosed in Schedule D(w) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, no examination of any Tax Return of RTO Acquiror is currently in progress and there are no issues or disputes outstanding with any Governmental Entity respecting any Taxes that have been paid, or may be payable, by RTO Acquiror. RTO Acquiror has timely and properly withheld and collected all material Taxes required to be withheld or collected, and has remitted such amounts on a timely basis to the appropriate Governmental Entity. Canco is a taxable Canadian corporation within the meaning of the ITA.

(x)

Neither RTO Acquiror nor, to RTO Acquiror’s knowledge, any other Person, is in default in any material respect in the observance or performance of any term, covenant or obligation to be performed by RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary or such other Person under any Material Contract, and no event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would constitute such a default by RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary or, to RTO Acquiror’s knowledge, any other party, except where such default or event would not reasonably be expected to result in an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.

(y) Since December 31, 2020:

 

(i)

Except as disclosed in Schedule D(y)(i) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, there has not been any material change in the assets, liabilities, obligations (absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise), business, condition (financial or otherwise) or results of operations of RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary;

 

(ii)

Except as disclosed in Schedule D(y)(ii) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, there has not been any material change in the share capital or long-term debt of RTO Acquiror;

 

(iii)

There has not been any entering into, or an amendment of, any RTO Acquiror Material Contract (as defined below) other than (A) in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, or (B) renewals of any such contract;

 

(iv)

There has not been any satisfaction or settlement of any material claims or material liabilities, other than the settlement of such claims or such liabilities incurred in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(v)

Except for ordinary course adjustments to salary, bonus, or other remuneration payable to any officers or senior or executive officers, there has not been any increase in the salary, bonus, severance, termination pay, change of control entitlements or other remuneration payable to any senior or executive officers of RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary; and

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(vi)

RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries have carried on their business in the ordinary course consistent with past practice.

(z)

Except as disclosed in Schedule D(z) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, there has been no interruption to or discontinuity in any supplier or distributor arrangement or relationship of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries with each of their respective principal suppliers and distributors and the relationships of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries with each of their respective principal suppliers and distributors are satisfactory, and there are no unresolved disputes with any such supplier or distributor. No supplier or distributor of RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary has notified RTO Acquiror or the RTO Acquiror Subsidiary that such supplier or distributor will not continue dealing with RTO Acquiror or the RTO Acquiror Subsidiary on substantially the same terms as presently conducted, and to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, there is no reason to believe that, any such supplier or distributor will not continue dealing with RTO Acquiror or the RTO Acquiror Subsidiary on substantially the same terms as presently conducted, in each case subject to changes in pricing and volume in the ordinary course.

(aa)

The relationships of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries with each of their respective customers are satisfactory, and there are no unresolved disputes with any such customer.

(bb)

Each of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries possesses permits, licenses, approvals, consents and other authorizations issued by a federal, provincial, state, local or foreign regulatory agencies or bodies (in this Schedule D, collectively, “Governmental Licenses”) required by Law to conduct the business now operated by them, except where the failure to hold such Governmental Licenses would not, individually or in the aggregate, result in an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect. Each Governmental License is valid and in full force and effect, and is renewable by its terms or in the ordinary course without the need for RTO Acquiror to comply with any special rules of procedures, agree to any materially different terms or conditions or pay any amounts other than routine filing fees. To the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, each of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries is in compliance in all material respects with the terms and conditions of all such Governmental Licenses. No consent, licence, order, authorization, approval, permit, registration or declaration of, or filing with, any Governmental Entity or other Person (including without limitation any consent, approval, order or filing pursuant to any applicable bulk sales laws) is required in connection with: (i) the closing of the Arrangement; (ii) the execution and delivery by RTO Acquiror of this Agreement or any document delivered by RTO Acquiror at the closing of the Arrangement to which it is a party; (iii) the observance and performance by RTO Acquiror of its obligations under this Agreement or any document delivered by RTO Acquiror at the closing of the Arrangement to which it is a party; or (iv) avoiding the loss of any Governmental Licenses relating to RTO Acquiror or RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries, any of their properties and assets, or the business now operated by them.

(cc)

There are no actions, proceedings or, to RTO Acquiror’s knowledge, investigations commenced or, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, pending in respect of or regarding any such Governmental License. None of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries has received any written notice of revocation or non-renewal of any Governmental License, or of any intention of any Person to revoke or refuse to renew any of such Governmental License.

(dd)

None of the directors, officers or employees of RTO Acquiror, any known holder of more than five percent (5%) of any class of shares of RTO Acquiror, or any known associate or affiliate of any of

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the foregoing Persons, has had any material interest, direct or indirect, in any material transaction or any proposed material transaction with RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary which, as the case may be, materially affected, is material to or will materially affect RTO Acquiror.

(ee)

Other than the RTO Acquiror Financial Advisor, there is no Person acting or purporting to act at the request of RTO Acquiror who is entitled to any brokerage, agency or other fiscal advisory or similar fee in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement.

(ff)

Except as disclosed in Schedule D(ff) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter or in the RTO Acquiror Financial Statements, neither RTO Acquiror nor any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary has any loan or other indebtedness outstanding which has been made to any of its shareholders, officers, directors or employees, past or present, or any Person not dealing at arm’s length with it, other than for the reimbursement of ordinary course business expenses.

(gg)

Except for (i) employment, consulting or employment compensation agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business, (ii) customary director and officer indemnification arrangements on market terms, or (iii) financing agreements or shareholder agreements with the RTO Acquiror Shareholders entered into in connection with financings or other transactions to which RTO Acquiror Shareholders are generally parties and that will terminate at or prior to the Effective Time as a result of the Arrangement, there are no current contracts or other transactions (including relating to indebtedness by RTO Acquiror or the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries) between RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries on the one hand, and (a) any officer or director of RTO Acquiror or the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries, (b) any holder of record or beneficial owner of five percent (5%) or more of the voting securities of RTO Acquiror, or (c) any affiliate or associate of any officer, director or beneficial owner, on the other hand except as disclosed in Schedule D(gg) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter.

(hh)

To the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, none of RTO Acquiror’s directors or officers is now, or in the last ten (10) years has been, subject to an order or ruling of any securities regulatory authority or securities exchange prohibiting such individual from acting as a director or officer of a public company or of a company listed on a particular securities exchange.

(ii)

The assets and properties of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries and their business and operations are insured against loss or damage with responsible insurers on a basis consistent with insurance obtained by reasonably prudent participants in comparable businesses, and such coverage is in full force and effect, and RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries have not failed to promptly give any notice or present any material claim thereunder. Schedule D(ii) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter sets out a true and complete summary of the insurance policies of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries.

(jj)

Neither RTO Acquiror nor the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries own any real property or hold an ownership interest in any real property, or have owned or held such ownership interest in the past five years, save and except as set out in Schedule D(jj) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter. With respect to each of the material leased premises of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries, RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries occupies the applicable leased premises and has the right to occupy and use the leased premises, subject to the terms of the respective leases, and each of the leases pursuant to which RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror

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Subsidiaries occupies such leased premises is valid, legally binding and enforceable against RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary, as applicable, and to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, the other parties in accordance with its terms is in good standing and in full force and effect, and none of RTO Acquiror or any of the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries is in breach of, or default under, such lease, sublease, license or occupancy agreement, and no event has occurred which, with notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute such a breach or default by RTO Acquiror or any of the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries or permit termination, modification or acceleration by any third party thereunder. No third party has repudiated or has the right to terminate or repudiate any such lease (except for the normal exercise of remedies in connection with a default thereunder or any termination rights set forth in the lease) or any provision thereof. None of the aforementioned leases has been assigned by RTO Acquiror or any of the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries in favour of any Person or sublet or sublicensed. There exists no claim of any kind or right of set-off against RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary, as the case may be, as tenant by the landlord or against the landlord by RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary, as the case may be, as tenant as of the date hereof. RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries own, lease or licence all personal or movable property as is necessary to conduct their business as presently conducted, and RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries have good and valid title to, or a valid and enforceable interest (whether a leasehold interest or otherwise) in, all of such personal or movable property.

(kk)

RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries as tenants are in actual possession of all properties leased by them. Except as disclosed in Schedule D(kk) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries are not in arrears of rent required to be paid pursuant to any applicable lease.

(ll)

RTO Acquiror is not a shell company (as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act) and has not been a shell company for at least twelve (12) calendar months previously.

(mm)

The minute books and records of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries made available to Peraso and its counsel in connection with their due diligence investigation in respect of the Arrangement contain full, true and correct copies of all constating documents, including all amendments thereto, and contain copies of all proceedings of securityholders and directors (and committees thereof) and are complete in all material respects.

(nn)

Schedule D(nn) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter sets out separately all Intellectual Property owned by RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary that has been registered or which applications for registration have been filed and all other material Intellectual Property that is owned by RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary (in this Schedule D, the “RTO Acquiror Owned Intellectual Property”) and the Intellectual Property that is duly licensed by RTO Acquiror as part of its business as presently conducted (in this Schedule D, the “RTO Acquiror Licensed Intellectual Property”, and together with the RTO Acquiror Owned Intellectual Property, the “RTO Acquiror Intellectual Property”). RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is the sole and exclusive owner of the RTO Acquiror Owned Intellectual Property and all other Intellectual Property that it owns or purports to own with good, valid and marketable title thereto, free and clear of all Encumbrances. Schedule D(nn) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter lists, to RTO Acquiror’s knowledge, all license agreements to which RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is a party or by which it is bound (whether as licensor, licensee or otherwise) and which were entered into on or after January 1, 2012 and remain in effect as of the date of this Agreement,

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with respect to the Intellectual Property, excluding any licenses for unmodified, commercially-available, off-the-shelf software, for which RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary pays a license fee of more than $1,000 in the aggregate annually. RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary has valid and enforceable licenses to use all of the RTO Acquiror Licensed Intellectual Property used by it in connection with, and as required for, its business as presently conducted. RTO Acquiror has no knowledge to the effect that it will be unable to obtain or maintain any rights or licenses to use all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of its business. The RTO Acquiror Owned Intellectual Property and the RTO Acquiror Licensed Intellectual Property constitute all of the Intellectual Property required by RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary to conduct its business as currently conducted. To the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, no third parties have rights to any Intellectual Property, except for the ownership rights of the owners of the RTO Acquiror Licensed Intellectual Property which is licensed to RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary. To the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, there is no infringement, misappropriation or misuse by third parties of any RTO Acquiror Owned Intellectual Property. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by third parties challenging the rights in or to any RTO Acquiror Owned Intellectual Property, and RTO Acquiror is not aware of any facts which form a reasonable basis for any such claim. The RTO Acquiror Owned Intellectual Property that is the subject of an application or registration is valid, in full force and effect. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others challenging the validity or enforceability of any RTO Acquiror Owned Intellectual Property, and RTO Acquiror is not aware of any allegations or finding of unenforceability or invalidity of the RTO Acquiror Owned Intellectual Property or any facts which form a reasonable basis for any such claim. All applications, registrations, filings, renewals and payments necessary to preserve the rights of RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary in and to RTO Acquiror Owned Intellectual Property have been duly filed, made, prosecuted, maintained, paid, are in good standing and are recorded in the name of RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary. There is no pending or, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by third parties that RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary infringes, misappropriates or otherwise violates any patent, trademark, copyright, Trade Secret or other proprietary rights of others. To the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, the business of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries does not infringe, misappropriate or otherwise violate any patent, trademark, copyright, Trade Secret or other proprietary rights of third parties and, without limiting the foregoing, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, there is no patent or patent application by third parties that contains claims that interfere with the issued or pending claims of any RTO Acquiror Intellectual Property.

(oo)

Except in respect of the Intellectual Property set forth in Schedule D(oo) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, to the RTO Acquiror’s knowledge, since January 1, 2012, no licenses or other rights have been granted to any third party in, to and in respect of the RTO Acquiror Owned Intellectual Property, which remain in effect as of the date of this Agreement.

(pp)

Other than in respect of those contracts disclosed in Schedule D(pp) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, neither RTO Acquiror nor any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is a party to or bound by any Contract or other obligation that limits or impairs its ability to use, sell, transfer, assign or convey, or that otherwise affects any RTO Acquiror Intellectual Property.

(qq)

Except as set forth in Schedule D(qq) the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, neither RTO Acquiror nor any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is obligated to pay any royalties, fees or other compensation to

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any third party in respect of its ownership, use, practice, exploitation or commercialization of any RTO Acquiror Intellectual Property.

(rr)

Except as disclosed in Schedule D(rr) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, neither RTO Acquiror nor any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary has received any funding from a Governmental Entity that impacts or has the potential to impact RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary’s ownership, use, practice, exploitation or commercialization of the RTO Acquiror Owned Intellectual Property. Except as disclosed in Schedule D(rr) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, no employee, contractor, consultant or other service provider of RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary, who was involved in, or who contributed to, the creation or development of the RTO Acquiror Owned Intellectual Property, has performed services for any government, university, college or other educational institution or research centre or government funded institution during a period of time during which such Person worked for RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary.

(ss)

Except as disclosed in Schedule D(ss) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, no permits, licenses, approvals, consents or other authorizations issued by any federal, provincial, state, local or foreign regulatory agency or body are required for RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary to import or sell their products for the purpose of operating their businesses as presently conducted.

(tt)

Except in respect of the individuals listed in Schedule D(tt) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, all current and former employees of, and current and former consultants (excluding consultants who have exclusively provided financial services) to, RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries have entered into proprietary rights or similar agreements with RTO Acquiror or the applicable RTO Acquiror Subsidiary, whereby any Intellectual Property created by them in the course of the performance of their employment or engagement has been fully and irrevocably assigned to RTO Acquiror or the applicable RTO Acquiror Subsidiary without additional consideration, and, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, no employee of, or consultant to, RTO Acquiror or the applicable RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is in violation of such agreements. Except in respect of the individuals listed in Schedule D(tt), all current and former employees of, and current and former consultants (excluding consultants who have exclusively provided financial services) to, RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries have entered into proprietary rights or similar agreements with RTO Acquiror or the applicable RTO Acquiror Subsidiary, whereby all rights in any Intellectual Property created by them in the course of the performance of their employment or engagement have been waived in favour of RTO Acquiror or the applicable RTO Acquiror Subsidiary and its successors and assigns, and, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, no employee of, or consultant to, RTO Acquiror or the applicable RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is in violation of such agreements.

(uu)

All Persons having access to or knowledge of the Intellectual Property or any information of a confidential nature, in each case that is necessary or required or otherwise used for or in connection with the conduct or operation or proposed conduct or operation of RTO Acquiror’s business have entered into non-disclosure agreements with RTO Acquiror or the applicable RTO Acquiror Subsidiary preventing the disclosure of such Intellectual Property or information, and there has been no breach of any such agreement. To the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, the employment or engagement by RTO Acquiror or the applicable RTO Acquiror Subsidiary of such Persons does not violate any non-disclosure or non-competition agreement between any such Person and a third party. Each of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries have taken all reasonably

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necessary and appropriate steps (including but not limited to appropriately marking and labelling Intellectual Property) to protect the secrecy, confidentiality and proprietary nature of all Intellectual Property.

(vv)

The conduct of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries in carrying on the RTO Acquiror Business and the operation of the RTO Acquiror Business by RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries have been and is in compliance with all Environmental Laws, in all material respects, and there are no existing events, conditions, or circumstances that would reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the ability of RTO Acquiror or the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries to comply with Environmental Laws.

(ww)

Each of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries has obtained all licenses, permits, approvals, consents, certificates, registrations and other authorizations under all applicable Environmental Laws (in this Schedule D, the “Environmental Permits”) necessary as at the date hereof for the operation of the business carried by RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries, and each Environmental Permit is valid, subsisting and in good standing in all material respects and none of RTO Acquiror nor any of the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries is in default or breach of any Environmental Permit in any respect and no proceeding is outstanding or, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, has been threatened or is pending to revoke or limit any Environmental Permit.

(xx)

To the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, each of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries has not used, except in compliance in all respects with all Environmental Laws and Environmental Permits.

(yy)

Each of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries has not received any notice of, or been prosecuted for, an offence alleging, non-compliance in any material respect with any Environmental Laws, and none of RTO Acquiror nor any of the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries has settled any allegation of non-compliance short of prosecution. There are no orders or directions issued against each of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries under Environmental Laws including those requiring any material work, repairs, construction or capital expenditures to be made with respect to any of the assets of RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary, nor has RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary received notice of any of the same.

(zz)

There are no past unresolved or, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, any threatened or pending claims, complaints, notices or requests for information received by RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary with respect to any alleged violation of any Environmental Laws; and, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, no conditions exist at, on or under any property now or previously owned, operated, optioned or leased by RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary which, with the passage of time, or the giving of notice or both, would give rise to liability under Environmental Laws that, individually or in the aggregate, would reasonably be expected to result in an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.

(aaa)

None of RTO Acquiror nor any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary has received any notice wherein it is alleged or stated that it is potentially responsible for a federal, provincial, state, municipal or local clean-up site or corrective action under Environmental Laws that would reasonably be expected to result in an RTO Acquiror Material Adverse Effect.

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(bbb)

Except as disclosed in Schedule D(bbb) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, there are no environmental audits, evaluations, assessments, studies or tests relating to RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary.

(ccc)

Except as disclosed in Schedule D(ccc) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, none of RTO Acquiror or the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries have agreed by contract or other agreement to indemnify or be responsible for any liabilities or obligations under Environmental Laws.

(ddd)

To the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries are and have been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws pertaining to employment and employment practices, including all Laws relating to labour relations, equal employment opportunities, fair employment practices, employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, reasonable accommodation, disability rights or benefits, immigration, wages, hours, overtime compensation, child labour, hiring, promotion and termination of employees, working conditions, meal and break periods, privacy, health and safety, workers’ compensation, leaves of absence and unemployment insurance. All individuals characterized and treated by RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary as independent contractors or consultants are properly treated as independent contractors under all applicable Laws. There are no actions against RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary pending or, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, threatened to be brought or filed, by or with any Governmental Entity or arbitrator in connection with the employment of any current or former applicant, employee, consultant or independent contractor of RTO Acquiror or any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary, including, without limitation, any claim relating to unfair labour practices, employment discrimination, harassment, retaliation, equal pay, wage and hours or any other employment related matter arising under applicable Laws.

(eee)

Schedule D(eee) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter sets out a complete and accurate list of all current employees and consultants engaged or employed by RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries and includes names and titles of all such employees and consultants, together with their position/role and location of their employment or provision of services. All of the employees and consultants listed in Schedule D(eee) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter are engaged pursuant to a written contract of employment or provision of services and all such contracts have been disclosed to the legal counsel of Peraso in the virtual data room maintained by RTO Acquiror for the purposes of facilitating the Parties’ due diligence investigations.

(fff)

Neither RTO Acquiror nor any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is subject to any claim for wrongful dismissal, constructive dismissal or any other tort claim, actual or threatened, or any litigation actual or threatened, relating to employment or termination of employment of employees or independent contractors.

(ggg)

Each plan for retirement, bonus, stock purchase, profit sharing, stock option, deferred compensation, severance or termination pay, insurance, medical, hospital, dental, vision care, drug, sick leave, disability, salary continuation, legal benefits, unemployment benefits, vacation, incentive or otherwise contributed to or required to be contributed to, by RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary for the benefit of any current or former director, officer, employee or consultant of RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary (in this Schedule D, the “RTO Acquiror Employee Plans”) has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements prescribed by any and all Laws that are applicable to such RTO Acquiror Employee

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Plans, in each case in all material respects and has been publicly disclosed to the extent required by Securities Laws.

(hhh)

All material accruals for unpaid vacation pay, premiums for unemployment insurance, health premiums, federal or state pension plan premiums, accrued wages, salaries and commissions and employee benefit plan payments have been reflected in the books and records of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries.

(iii)

There is not currently any labour disruption, dispute, slowdown, stoppage, complaint or grievance or, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, threatened or pending which is adversely affecting or would reasonably be expected to adversely affect, in a material manner, the carrying on of the business of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries, and to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, there is no proposal to unionize its employees and no collective bargaining agreements are in place or currently being negotiated by RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary.

(jjj)

Except as set forth on Schedule D(jjj) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter, neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement, shareholder or other approval of this Agreement nor the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement could, either alone or in combination with another event, (i) entitle any employee, director, officer or independent contractor of the RTO Acquiror Group to severance pay, termination pay, change of control payment or benefits, or any material increase in severance pay, (ii) accelerate the time of payment or vesting, or materially increase the amount of compensation due to any such employee, director, officer or independent contractor, (iii) directly or indirectly cause the RTO Acquiror Group to transfer or set aside any assets to fund any material benefits under any Employee Plan, (iv) otherwise give rise to any material liability under any Employee Plan, or (v) limit or restrict the right to merge, materially amend, terminate or transfer the assets of any Employee Plan on or following the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

(kkk)

Each of RTO Acquiror and each RTO Acquiror Subsidiary has been and is now conducting its business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws of each jurisdiction in which it carries on its business and has not received a notice of material non-compliance, and, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, there are no facts that would give rise to a notice of material non-compliance with any such Laws.

(lll)

Other than this Agreement, neither RTO Acquiror nor any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is currently party to any agreement in respect of: (i) the purchase of any material property or assets or any interest therein or the sale, transfer or other disposition of any material property or assets or any interest therein currently owned, directly or indirectly, by RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary whether by asset sale, transfer of shares or otherwise; or (ii) the change of control of RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary (whether by sale or transfer of shares or otherwise).

(mmm)

None of RTO Acquiror nor any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary is a party to any Material Contract, other than as set forth on Schedule D(mmm) of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Letter (collectively, the “RTO Acquiror Material Contracts”).

(nnn)

All RTO Acquiror Material Contracts are in good standing in all material respects and in full force and effect.

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(ooo)

RTO Acquiror is not in material default or breach of any RTO Acquiror Material Contract and, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, there exists no condition, event or act which, with the giving of notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a material default or breach under any RTO Acquiror Material Contract and/or which would give rise to a right of termination on the part of any other party to an RTO Acquiror Material Contract.

(ppp)

The RTO Acquiror is a “reporting issuer” or equivalent thereof under applicable Securities Laws in the United States, and is not in default of any material requirements of any Securities Laws or the rules and regulations of the SEC or NASDAQ. RTO Acquiror has not taken any action to cease to be a reporting issuer nor has RTO Acquiror received notification from any Securities Authority seeking to revoke the reporting issuer status of RTO Acquiror. No delisting, suspension of trading in or cease trading order with respect to any of its securities and, to the knowledge of the RTO Acquiror, no inquiry or investigation of any Securities Authority, is pending, in effect or ongoing or threatened. The RTO Acquiror Shares are listed on NASDAQ and trading of the RTO Acquiror Shares is not currently halted or suspended. The RTO Acquiror does not have any securities listed for trading on any securities exchange other than NASDAQ. RTO Acquiror is not subject to any cease trade or other order of NASDAQ or any Securities Authority, and, to the knowledge of the RTO Acquiror, no investigation or other proceedings involving the RTO Acquiror that may operate to prevent or restrict trading of any securities of the RTO Acquiror are currently in progress or pending before NASDAQ or any Securities Authority. RTO Acquiror has timely filed or furnished all RTO Acquiror Disclosure Documents required to be filed or furnished by RTO Acquiror under applicable Securities Laws. Each of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Documents complied in all material respects with applicable Securities Laws and did not, as of the date filed (or, if amended or superseded by a subsequent filing prior to the date of this Agreement, on the date of such filing), contain any misrepresentation (as defined under applicable Securities Laws). RTO Acquiror has not filed any confidential filings (including redacted filings) filed to or furnished with, as applicable, any Securities Authority. There are no outstanding or unresolved comments in comment letters from any Securities Authority with respect to any of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Documents and, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, neither RTO Acquiror nor any of the RTO Acquiror Disclosure Documents is the subject of an ongoing audit, review, comment or investigation by any Securities Authority or the SEC.

(qqq)

The operations of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries are and have been conducted, at all times, in material compliance with all applicable Anti-Money Laundering Laws, and no action by or before any Governmental Entity against RTO Acquiror or an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary with respect to the Anti-Money Laundering Laws is pending. None of RTO Acquiror nor any RTO Acquiror Subsidiary has, directly or indirectly: (i) made or authorized any contribution, payment or gift of funds or property to any official, employee or agent of any governmental agency, authority or instrumentality of any jurisdiction in violation of applicable Laws; or (ii) made any contribution to any candidate for public office, in either case where either the payment or the purpose of such contribution, payment or gift was, is or would be prohibited under the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada), the Proceeds of Crime (Money Laundering) and Terrorist Financing Act (Canada) or the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (United States) or the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder or under any other Laws of any relevant jurisdiction covering a similar subject matter applicable to RTO Acquiror, the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries and their operations. None of RTO Acquiror, an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary, or, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, any director, officer, agent, employee, affiliate or Person acting on behalf of RTO Acquiror or any RTO

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Acquiror Subsidiary has been or is currently subject to any United States sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Treasury Department.

(rrr)

None of RTO Acquiror, an RTO Acquiror Subsidiary, or, to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, any of their officers, directors or employees acting on behalf of RTO Acquiror has violated the United States’ Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (and the regulations promulgated thereunder), the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) (and the regulations promulgated thereunder) or any other applicable Law covering a similar subject matter applicable to the RTO Acquiror, the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries and their operations, and to the knowledge of RTO Acquiror, no such action has been taken by any of its agents, representatives or other Persons acting on behalf of RTO Acquiror.

(sss)

Except for the representations and warranties expressly made by RTO Acquiror in this Schedule D or in any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement, neither RTO Acquiror nor any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty of any kind whatsoever, express or implied, at law or in equity, with respect to RTO Acquiror or any of the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries or their respective business, operations, assets, liabilities, condition (financial or otherwise), notwithstanding the delivery or disclosure to Peraso or any of its affiliates or Representatives of any documentation, forecasts or other information with respect to any one or more of the foregoing. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, neither RTO Acquiror nor any other Person makes or has made any express or implied representation or warranty to Peraso or any of its Representatives with respect to (a) any financial projection, forecast, estimate, or budget relating to RTO Acquiror, any of its subsidiaries or their respective businesses or, (b) except for the representations and warranties made by RTO Acquiror in this Schedule D, any oral or written information presented to Peraso or any of its Representatives in the course of their due diligence investigation of RTO Acquiror and the RTO Acquiror Subsidiaries, the negotiation of this Agreement or the course of the Arrangement.

 

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Schedule “E“
KEY REGULATORY APPROVALS

 

Filings required under the U.S. Securities Act and U.S. Exchange Act, and other actions required by the SEC pursuant thereto.

 

NASDAQ approval

 

 

 

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Schedule “F“
FORM OF SUPPORT AGREEMENT

SUPPORT AGREEMENT

AGREEMENT made as of the l day of l, 2021, between MoSys, Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter referred to as “RTO Acquiror”), 2864552 Ontario Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of Ontario (hereinafter referred to as “Callco”) and 2864555 Ontario Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of Ontario (hereinafter referred to as “Canco”).

RECITALS:

A.

in connection with an arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) made as of September 14, 2021 between RTO Acquiror, Canco, Callco, and Peraso Technologies Inc. (“Peraso”), the Exchangeable Shares are to be issued to certain holders of securities of Peraso pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement; and

B.

pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement, RTO Acquiror, Canco and Callco are required to enter into this agreement.

In consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements contained herein (the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged), the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

1.1 Defined Terms

Each initially capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions (collectively, the “Share Provisions”) attaching to the Exchangeable Shares as set out in the articles of Canco. In this agreement, “including” means “including without limitation” and “includes” means “includes without limitation”.

1.2 Interpretation Not Affected by Headings

The division of this agreement into Articles, Sections and other portions and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect the construction or interpretation of this agreement. Unless otherwise specified, references to an “Article” or “Section” refer to the specified Article or Section of this agreement.

1.3 Number, Gender

Words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa. Words importing any gender shall include all genders.

1.4 Date for any Action

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If any date on which any action is required to be taken under this agreement is not a business day, such action shall be required to be taken on the next succeeding business day. For the purposes of this agreement, a “business day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or any other day on which commercial banking institutions in Toronto, Ontario or San Jose, California are authorized or required by applicable law to be closed.

ARTICLE 2
COVENANTS OF RTO ACQUIROR AND CANCO

2.1 Covenants Regarding Exchangeable Shares

So long as any Exchangeable Shares not owned by RTO Acquiror or its affiliates are outstanding, RTO Acquiror shall:

 

(a)

not declare or pay any dividend or make any other distribution on the RTO Acquiror Shares, unless (i) Canco shall (A) on the same day declare or pay, as the case may be, an equivalent dividend or other distribution (as provided for in the Share Provisions) on the Exchangeable Shares (an “Equivalent Dividend”), and (B) have sufficient money or other assets or authorized but unissued securities available to enable the due declaration and the due and punctual payment, in accordance with applicable law, of any such Equivalent Dividend, or (ii) Canco shall, in the case of a dividend that is a stock dividend on the RTO Acquiror Shares (A) subdivide the Exchangeable Shares in lieu of a stock dividend thereon (as provided for in the Share Provisions) in a corresponding, contemporaneous and economically equivalent manner to that in respect of the RTO Acquiror Shares (an “Equivalent Stock Subdivision”), and (B) have sufficient authorized but unissued securities available to enable the Equivalent Stock Subdivision;

 

(b)

advise Canco sufficiently in advance of the declaration by RTO Acquiror of any dividend or other distribution on the RTO Acquiror Shares and take all such other actions as are necessary or desirable, in co-operation with Canco, to ensure that

 

(i)

the respective declaration date, record date and payment date for an Equivalent Dividend on the Exchangeable Shares shall be the same as the declaration date, record date and payment date for the corresponding dividend or other distribution on the RTO Acquiror Shares, or

 

(ii)

the record date and effective date for an Equivalent Stock Subdivision shall be the same as the record date and payment date for the corresponding stock dividend on the RTO Acquiror Shares;

 

(c)

ensure that the record date for any dividend or other distribution declared on the RTO Acquiror Shares is not less than 7 days after the declaration date of such dividend or other distribution;

 

(d)

take all such actions and do all such things as are necessary to enable and permit Canco, in accordance with applicable law, to pay and otherwise perform its obligations with respect to the satisfaction of the Liquidation Amount, the Retraction Price or the Redemption Price in respect of each issued and outstanding Exchangeable Share (other

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than Exchangeable Shares owned by RTO Acquiror or its affiliates) upon the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Canco or any other distribution of the assets of Canco among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, the delivery of a Retraction Request by a holder of Exchangeable Shares or a redemption of Exchangeable Shares by Canco, as the case may be, including all such actions and all such things as are necessary or desirable to enable and permit Canco to cause to be delivered RTO Acquiror Shares to the holders of Exchangeable Shares in accordance with the provisions of Sections 5, 6 or 7, as the case may be, of the Share Provisions;

 

(e)

take all such actions and do all such things as are necessary or desirable to enable and permit RTO Acquiror and Callco, in accordance with applicable law, to perform its obligations arising upon the exercise by it of the Liquidation Call Right, the Retraction Call Right, the Change of Law Call Right (as defined in the Plan of Arrangement) or the Redemption Call Right, including all such actions and all such things as are necessary or desirable to enable and permit RTO Acquiror and Callco to cause to be delivered RTO Acquiror Shares to the holders of Exchangeable Shares in accordance with the provisions of the Liquidation Call Right, the Retraction Call Right, the Change of Law Call Right or the Redemption Call Right, as the case may be; and

 

(f)

except in connection with any event, circumstance or action which causes or could cause the occurrence of a Redemption Date, not exercise its vote as a shareholder to initiate the voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Canco or any other distribution of the assets of Canco among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, nor take any action or omit to take any action that is designed to result in the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of Canco or any other distribution of the assets of Canco among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs.

2.2 Segregation of Funds

RTO Acquiror shall cause Canco to deposit a sufficient amount of funds in a separate account of Canco and segregate a sufficient amount of such other assets and property as is necessary to enable Canco to pay dividends when due and to pay or otherwise satisfy its respective obligations under Sections 5, 6 and 7 of the Share Provisions, as applicable.

2.3 Reservation of RTO Acquiror Shares

RTO Acquiror hereby represents, warrants and covenants in favour of Canco and Callco that RTO Acquiror has reserved for issuance and shall, at all times while any Exchangeable Shares (other than Exchangeable Shares held by RTO Acquiror or its affiliates) are outstanding, keep available, free from pre-emptive and other rights, out of its authorized and unissued capital stock such number of RTO Acquiror Shares (or other shares or securities into which RTO Acquiror Shares may be reclassified or changed as contemplated by Section 2.7): (a) as is equal to the sum of (i) the number of Exchangeable Shares issued and outstanding from time to time and (ii) the number of Exchangeable Shares issuable upon the exercise of all rights to acquire Exchangeable Shares outstanding from time to time; and (b) as are now and may hereafter be required to enable and permit RTO Acquiror to meet its obligations under the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement and under any other security or commitment pursuant to which RTO Acquiror may now or hereafter be required to issue RTO Acquiror Shares, to enable and permit Callco or RTO Acquiror,

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as the case may be, to meet its obligations under each of the Liquidation Call Right, the Retraction Call Right, the Change of Law Call Right and the Redemption Call Right and to enable and permit Canco to meet its obligations hereunder and under the Share Provisions.

2.4 Notification of Certain Events

In order to assist RTO Acquiror to comply with its obligations hereunder and to permit Callco or RTO Acquiror to exercise, as the case may be, the Liquidation Call Right, the Retraction Call Right, the Change of Law Call Right and the Redemption Call Right, Canco shall notify RTO Acquiror and Callco of each of the following events at the time set forth below:

 

(a)

in the event of any determination by the Board of Directors of Canco to institute voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up proceedings with respect to Canco or to effect any other distribution of the assets of Canco among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, at least 60 days prior to the proposed effective date of such liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or other distribution;

 

(b)

promptly, upon the earlier of receipt by Canco of notice of and Canco otherwise becoming aware of any threatened or instituted claim, suit, petition or other proceedings with respect to the involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Canco or to effect any other distribution of the assets of Canco among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs;

 

(c)

immediately, upon receipt by Canco of a Retraction Request;

 

(d)

on the same date on which notice of redemption is given to holders of Exchangeable Shares, upon the determination of a Redemption Date in accordance with the Share Provisions;

 

(e)

as soon as practicable upon the issuance by Canco of any Exchangeable Shares or rights to acquire Exchangeable Shares (other than the issuance of Exchangeable Shares and rights to acquire Exchangeable Shares pursuant to the Arrangement); and

 

(f)

promptly, upon receiving notice of a Change of Law (as defined in the Plan of Arrangement).

2.5 Delivery of RTO Acquiror Shares to Canco and Callco

In furtherance of its obligations under Section 2.1(d) and Section 2.1(e), upon notice from Canco or Callco of any event that requires Canco or Callco to cause to be delivered RTO Acquiror Shares to any holder of Exchangeable Shares, RTO Acquiror shall forthwith allot, issue and deliver or cause to be delivered to the relevant holder of Exchangeable Shares as directed by Canco or Callco the requisite number of RTO Acquiror Shares to be allotted to, received by, and issued to or to the order of, the former holder of the surrendered Exchangeable Shares (but, for the avoidance of doubt, not to Canco or Callco). All such RTO Acquiror Shares shall be duly authorized and validly issued as fully paid and non-assessable.

2.6 Qualification of RTO Acquiror Shares

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If any RTO Acquiror Shares (or other shares or securities into which RTO Acquiror Shares may be reclassified or changed as contemplated by Section 2.7) to be issued and delivered hereunder require registration or qualification with or approval of or the filing of any document, including any prospectus or similar document or the taking of any proceeding with or the obtaining of any order, ruling or consent from any governmental or regulatory authority under any United States or Canadian federal, state, provincial or territorial securities including any stock exchange on which securities of RTO Acquiror are listed or other law or regulation or pursuant to the rules and regulations of any securities or other regulatory authority in the United States or Canada or the fulfillment of any other United States or Canadian legal requirement before such shares (or such other shares or securities) may be issued by RTO Acquiror and delivered by RTO Acquiror at the direction of Callco or Canco, if applicable, to the holder of surrendered Exchangeable Shares or in order that such shares (or such other shares or securities) may be freely traded (other than any restrictions of general application on transfer by reason of a holder being a “control person” for purposes of Canadian federal, provincial or territorial securities Law or the equivalent thereof under any United States Laws), RTO Acquiror shall use its commercially reasonable efforts (which, for greater certainty, shall not require RTO Acquiror to consent to a term or condition of an approval or consent which RTO Acquiror reasonably determines could have a materially adverse effect on RTO Acquiror or its subsidiaries) to cause such RTO Acquiror Shares (or such other shares or securities) to be and remain duly registered, qualified or approved under United States and/or Canadian Law. RTO Acquiror shall use its commercially reasonable efforts (which, for greater certainty, shall not require RTO Acquiror to consent to a term or condition of an approval or consent which RTO Acquiror reasonably determines could have a materially adverse effect on RTO Acquiror or its subsidiaries) to cause all RTO Acquiror Shares (or such other shares or securities) to be delivered hereunder to be listed, quoted or posted for trading on all stock exchanges and quotation systems on which outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares (or such other shares or securities) have been listed by RTO Acquiror and remain listed and are quoted or posted for trading at such time.

2.7 Economic Equivalence

So long as any Exchangeable Shares not owned by RTO Acquiror or its affiliates are outstanding:

 

(a)

RTO Acquiror shall not without prior approval of Canco and the prior approval of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares given in accordance with Section 12 of the Share Provisions:

 

(i)

issue or distribute RTO Acquiror Shares (or securities exchangeable for or convertible into or carrying rights to acquire RTO Acquiror Shares) to the holders of all or substantially all of the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares by way of stock dividend or other distribution, other than an issue of RTO Acquiror Shares (or securities exchangeable for or convertible into or carrying rights to acquire RTO Acquiror Shares) to holders of RTO Acquiror Shares (i) who exercise an option to receive dividends in RTO Acquiror Shares (or securities exchangeable for or convertible into or carrying rights to acquire RTO Acquiror Shares) in lieu of receiving cash dividends, or (ii) pursuant to any dividend reinvestment plan or similar arrangement; or

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(ii)

issue or distribute rights, options or warrants to the holders of all or substantially all of the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares entitling them to subscribe for or to purchase RTO Acquiror Shares (or securities exchangeable for or convertible into or carrying rights to acquire RTO Acquiror Shares); or

 

(iii)

issue or distribute to the holders of all or substantially all of the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares (A) shares or securities (including evidence of indebtedness) of RTO Acquiror of any class (other than RTO Acquiror Shares or securities convertible into or exchangeable for or carrying rights to acquire RTO Acquiror Shares), or (B) rights, options, warrants or other assets other than those referred to in Section 2.7(a)(ii);

unless in each case the economic equivalent on a per share basis of such rights, options, securities, shares, evidences of indebtedness or other assets is issued or distributed simultaneously to holders of the Exchangeable Shares and at least 7 days prior written notice thereof is given to the holders of Exchangeable Shares; provided that, for greater certainty, the above restrictions shall not apply to any securities issued or distributed by RTO Acquiror in order to give effect to and to consummate, in furtherance of or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated by, and in accordance with, the Arrangement Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement.

 

(b)

RTO Acquiror shall not without the prior approval of Canco and the prior approval of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares given in accordance with Section 12 of the Share Provisions:

 

(i)

subdivide, re-divide or change the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares into a greater number of RTO Acquiror Shares; or

 

(ii)

reduce, combine, consolidate or change the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares into a lesser number of RTO Acquiror Shares; or

 

(iii)

reclassify or otherwise change RTO Acquiror Shares or effect an amalgamation, merger, arrangement, reorganization or other transaction affecting RTO Acquiror Shares;

unless the same or an economically equivalent change shall simultaneously be made to, or in the rights of the holders of, the Exchangeable Shares and at least seven days prior written notice is given to the holders of Exchangeable Shares, provided that, for greater certainty, the above restrictions shall not apply to any securities issued or distributed by RTO Acquiror in order to give effect to and to consummate, in furtherance of or otherwise in connection with the transactions contemplated by, and in accordance with, the Arrangement Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement.

 

(c)

RTO Acquiror shall ensure that the record date for any event referred to in Section 2.7(a) or Section 2.7(b), or, if no record date is applicable for such event, the effective date for any such event, is not less than five business days after the date on which such event is declared or announced by RTO Acquiror (with contemporaneous notification thereof by RTO Acquiror to Canco).

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(d)

The Board of Directors of Canco shall determine, acting in good faith and in its sole discretion, economic equivalence for the purposes of any event referred to in Section 2.7(a) or Section 2.7(b) and each such determination shall be conclusive and binding on RTO Acquiror. In making each such determination, the following factors may, without excluding other factors determined by the Board of Directors of Canco to be relevant, be considered by the Board of Directors of Canco:

 

(i)

in the case of any stock dividend or other distribution payable in RTO Acquiror Shares, the number of such shares issued in proportion to the number of RTO Acquiror Shares previously outstanding;

 

(ii)

in the case of the issuance or distribution of any rights, options or warrants to subscribe for or purchase RTO Acquiror Shares (or securities exchangeable for or convertible into or carrying rights to acquire RTO Acquiror Shares), the relationship between the exercise price of each such right, option or warrant and the Current Market Price of an RTO Acquiror Share;

 

(iii)

in the case of the issuance or distribution of any other form of property (including any shares or securities of RTO Acquiror of any class other than RTO Acquiror Shares, any rights, options or warrants other than those referred to in Section 2.7(d)(ii), any evidences of indebtedness of RTO Acquiror or any assets of RTO Acquiror), the relationship between the fair market value (as determined by the Board of Directors of Canco in the manner above contemplated) of such property to be issued or distributed with respect to each outstanding RTO Acquiror Share and the Current Market Price of an RTO Acquiror Share;

 

(iv)

in the case of any subdivision, redivision or change of the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares into a greater number of RTO Acquiror Shares or the reduction, combination, consolidation or change of the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares into a lesser number of RTO Acquiror Shares or any amalgamation, merger, arrangement, reorganization or other transaction affecting RTO Acquiror Shares, the effect thereof upon the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares; and

 

(v)

in all such cases, the general taxation consequences of the relevant event to holders of Exchangeable Shares to the extent that such consequences may differ from the taxation consequences to holders of RTO Acquiror Shares as a result of differences between taxation laws of Canada and the United States (except for any differing consequences arising as a result of differing withholding taxes and marginal taxation rates and without regard to the individual circumstances of holders of Exchangeable Shares).

 

(e)

Canco agrees that, to the extent required, upon due notice from RTO Acquiror, Canco shall use its best efforts to take or cause to be taken such steps as may be necessary for the purposes of ensuring that appropriate dividends are paid or other distributions are made by Canco, or subdivisions, redivisions or changes are made to the Exchangeable Shares, in order to implement the required economic equivalence with respect to the RTO Acquiror Shares and Exchangeable Shares as provided for in this Section 2.7.

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2.8 Tender Offers

In the event that a tender offer, share exchange offer, issuer bid, take-over bid or similar transaction with respect to RTO Acquiror Shares (an “Offer”) is proposed by RTO Acquiror or is proposed to RTO Acquiror or its shareholders and is recommended by the Board of Directors of RTO Acquiror, or is otherwise effected or to be effected with the consent or approval of the Board of Directors of RTO Acquiror, and the Exchangeable Shares are not redeemed by Canco or purchased by RTO Acquiror or Callco pursuant to the Redemption Call Right, RTO Acquiror shall expeditiously and in good faith take all such actions and do all such things as are necessary or desirable to enable and permit holders of Exchangeable Shares (other than RTO Acquiror and its affiliates) to participate in such Offer to the same extent and on an economically equivalent basis as the holders of RTO Acquiror Shares, without discrimination. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, RTO Acquiror shall expeditiously and in good faith take all such actions and do all such things as are necessary or desirable to ensure that holders of Exchangeable Shares may participate in each such Offer without being required to retract Exchangeable Shares as against Canco (or, if so required, to ensure that any such retraction, shall be effective only upon, and shall be conditional upon, the closing of such Offer and only to the extent necessary to tender or deposit to the Offer). Nothing herein shall affect the rights of Canco to redeem (or RTO Acquiror or Callco to purchase pursuant to the Redemption Call Right) Exchangeable Shares, as applicable, in the event of an RTO Acquiror Control Transaction.

2.9 Ownership of Outstanding Shares

Without the prior approval of Canco and the prior approval of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares given in accordance with Section 12 of the Share Provisions, RTO Acquiror covenants and agrees in favour of Canco that, as long as any outstanding Exchangeable Shares are owned by any person other than RTO Acquiror or any of its affiliates, RTO Acquiror shall be and remain the direct or indirect beneficial owner of all issued and outstanding voting shares in the capital of Canco and Callco. Notwithstanding the foregoing, but subject to Article 3, RTO Acquiror shall not be in violation of this Section 2.9 if any person or group of persons acting jointly or in concert acquire all or substantially all of the assets of RTO Acquiror or the RTO Acquiror Shares pursuant to any merger of RTO Acquiror as a result of which RTO Acquiror is not the surviving corporation.

2.10 RTO Acquiror and Affiliates Not to Vote Exchangeable Shares

RTO Acquiror covenants and agrees that it shall appoint and cause to be appointed proxyholders with respect to all Exchangeable Shares held by it and its affiliates for the sole purpose of attending each meeting of holders of Exchangeable Shares in order to be counted as part of the quorum for each such meeting. RTO Acquiror further covenants and agrees that it shall not, and shall cause its affiliates not to, exercise any voting rights which may be exercisable by holders of Exchangeable Shares from time to time pursuant to the Share Provisions or pursuant to the provisions of the OBCA (or any successor or other corporate statute by which Canco may in the future be governed) with respect to any Exchangeable Shares held by it or by its affiliates in respect of any matter considered at any meeting of holders of Exchangeable Shares.

2.11 Ordinary Market Purchases

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For certainty, nothing contained in this agreement, including the obligations of RTO Acquiror contained in Section 2.8, shall limit the ability of RTO Acquiror (or any of its subsidiaries including, without limitation, Callco or Canco) to make ordinary market purchases of RTO Acquiror Shares in accordance with applicable laws and regulatory or stock exchange requirements.

2.12 Stock Exchange Listing

RTO Acquiror covenants and agrees in favour of Canco that, as long as any outstanding Exchangeable Shares are owned by any person other than RTO Acquiror or any of its affiliates, RTO Acquiror shall use reasonable efforts to maintain a listing for such RTO Acquiror Shares on the NASDAQ Capital Market.

ARTICLE 3
RTO ACQUIROR SUCCESSORS

3.1 Certain Requirements in Respect of Combination, etc.

So long as any Exchangeable Shares not owned by RTO Acquiror or its affiliates are outstanding, RTO Acquiror shall not consummate any transaction (whether by way of reconstruction, reorganization, consolidation, arrangement, amalgamation, merger, transfer, sale, lease or otherwise) whereby all or substantially all of its undertaking, property and assets would become the property of any other person or, in the case of a merger, of the continuing corporation resulting therefrom, provided that it may do so if:

 

(a)

such other person or continuing corporation (the “RTO Acquiror Successor”) by operation of law, becomes, without more, bound by the terms and provisions of this agreement or, if not so bound, executes, prior to or contemporaneously with the consummation of such transaction, an agreement supplemental hereto and such other instruments (if any) as are necessary or advisable to evidence the assumption by the RTO Acquiror Successor of liability for all moneys payable and property deliverable hereunder and the covenant of such RTO Acquiror Successor to pay and deliver or cause to be delivered the same and its agreement to observe and perform all the covenants and obligations of RTO Acquiror under this agreement; and

 

(b)

such transaction shall be upon such terms and conditions as to preserve and not to impair in any material respect any of the rights, duties, powers and authorities of the other parties hereunder or the holders of the Exchangeable Shares.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.1, RTO Acquiror shall be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale Transaction (as such term is defined in the terms of the preferred stock of the RTO Acquiror).

3.2 Vesting of Powers in Successor

Whenever the conditions of Section 3.1 have been duly observed and performed, the parties, if required by Section 3.1, shall execute and deliver the supplemental agreement provided for in Section 3.1(a) and thereupon the RTO Acquiror Successor and such other person that may then be the issuer of the RTO Acquiror Shares shall possess and from time to time may exercise each and every right and power of RTO Acquiror under this agreement in the name of RTO Acquiror or

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otherwise and any act or proceeding by any provision of this agreement required to be done or performed by the Board of Directors of RTO Acquiror or any officers of RTO Acquiror may be done and performed with like force and effect by the directors or officers of such RTO Acquiror Successor.

3.3 Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries

Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing (i) the amalgamation or merger of any wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of RTO Acquiror with or into RTO Acquiror, (ii) the winding-up, liquidation or dissolution of any wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of RTO Acquiror, or (iii) any other distribution of the assets of any wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of RTO Acquiror among the shareholders of such subsidiary for the purpose of winding up its affairs, and any such transactions are expressly permitted by this Article 3.

3.4 Successorship Transaction

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Article 3, in the event of an RTO Acquiror Control Transaction:

 

(a)

in which RTO Acquiror merges or amalgamates with, or in which all or substantially all of the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares are acquired by, one or more other corporations to which RTO Acquiror is, immediately before such merger, amalgamation or acquisition, “related” within the meaning of the ITA (otherwise than by virtue of a right referred to in paragraph 251(5)(b) thereof);

 

(b)

which does not result in an acceleration of the Redemption Date in accordance with paragraph (b) of that definition; and

 

(c)

in which all or substantially all of the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares are converted into or exchanged for shares or rights to receive such shares (the “Other Shares”) of another corporation (the “Other Corporation”) that, immediately after such RTO Acquiror Control Transaction, owns or controls, directly or indirectly, RTO Acquiror;

then all references herein to “RTO Acquiror” shall thereafter be and be deemed to be references to “Other Corporation” and all references herein to “RTO Acquiror Shares” shall thereafter be and be deemed to be references to “Other Shares” (with appropriate adjustments if any, as are required to result in a holder of Exchangeable Shares on the exchange, redemption or retraction of such shares pursuant to the Exchangeable Share Provisions or Article 5 of the Plan of Arrangement or exchange of such shares pursuant to the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement immediately subsequent to the RTO Acquiror Control Transaction being entitled to receive that number of Other Shares equal to the number of Other Shares such holder of Exchangeable Shares would have received if the exchange, redemption or retraction of such shares pursuant to the Exchangeable Share Provisions or Article 5 of the Plan of Arrangement, or exchange of such shares pursuant to the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement had occurred immediately prior to the RTO Acquiror Control Transaction and the RTO Acquiror Control Transaction was completed) without any need to amend the terms and conditions of the Exchangeable Shares and without any further action required.

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ARTICLE 4
GENERAL

4.1 Term

This agreement shall come into force and be effective as of the date hereof and shall terminate and be of no further force and effect at such time as no Exchangeable Shares (or securities or rights convertible into or exchangeable for or carrying rights to acquire Exchangeable Shares) are held by any person other than RTO Acquiror and any of its affiliates.

4.2 Changes in Capital of RTO Acquiror and Canco

At all times after the occurrence of any event contemplated pursuant to Section 2.7 and Section 2.8 or otherwise, as a result of which either RTO Acquiror Shares or the Exchangeable Shares or both are in any way changed, this agreement shall forthwith be amended and modified as necessary in order that it shall apply with full force and effect, mutatis mutandis, to all new securities into which RTO Acquiror Shares or the Exchangeable Shares or both are so changed and the parties hereto shall execute and deliver an agreement in writing giving effect to and evidencing such necessary amendments and modifications.

4.3 Severability

If any term or other provision of this agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule or law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the fullest extent possible.

4.4 Amendments, Modifications

 

(a)

Subject to Section 4.2, Section 4.3 and Section 4.5 this agreement may not be amended or modified except by an agreement in writing executed by Canco, Callco and RTO Acquiror and approved by the holders of the Exchangeable Shares in accordance with Section 12 of the Share Provisions.

 

(b)

No amendment or modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this agreement otherwise permitted hereunder shall be effective unless made in writing and signed by all of the parties hereto.

4.5 Ministerial Amendments

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.4, the parties to this agreement may in writing at any time and from time to time, without the approval of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares, amend or modify this agreement for the purposes of:

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(a)

adding to the covenants of any or all parties provided that each of Canco, Callco and RTO Acquiror shall be of the good faith opinion that such additions will not be materially prejudicial to the rights or interests of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares;

 

(b)

making such amendments or modifications not inconsistent with this agreement as may be necessary or desirable with respect to matters or questions which, in the good faith opinion of each of Canco, Callco and RTO Acquiror, it may be expedient to make, provided that each shall be of the good faith opinion that such amendments or modifications will not be materially prejudicial to the rights or interests of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares;

 

(c)

making such changes or corrections which, on the advice of counsel to Canco, Callco and RTO Acquiror, are required for the purpose of curing or correcting any ambiguity or defect or inconsistent provision or clerical omission or mistake or manifest error, provided that the each of Canco, Callco and RTO Acquiror shall be of the good faith opinion that such changes or corrections will not be materially prejudicial to the rights or interests of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares; or

 

(d)

making changes to provide added protection or benefit to or for the benefit of holders of Exchangeable Shares provided that each of Canco, Callco and RTO Acquiror shall be of the good faith opinion that such changes will not be materially prejudicial to the rights or interests of the holders of Exchangeable Shares.

4.6 Meeting to Consider Amendments

Canco, at the request of RTO Acquiror, shall call a meeting or meetings of the holders of the Exchangeable Shares for the purpose of considering any proposed amendment or modification requiring approval pursuant to Section 4.4. Any such meeting or meetings shall be called and held in accordance with the bylaws of Canco, the Share Provisions and all applicable laws.

4.7 Enurement

This agreement shall be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

4.8 Notices to Parties

Any notice and other communications required or permitted to be given pursuant to this agreement shall be sufficiently given if delivered in person or if sent by facsimile transmission (provided such transmission is recorded as being transmitted successfully) to the parties at the following addresses:

(a)In the case of RTO Acquiror, Canco or Callco to the following address:

c/o MoSys, Inc.
2309 Bering Drive, San Jose, California 95131

Attention: Chief Executive Officer
E-mail: ronald@perasotech.com

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

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

437 Madison Avenue

25th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Attention: Blake Baron
E-mail: bjb@msk.com

and

Stikeman Elliott LLP

5300 Commerce Court West

199 Bay Street

Toronto, ON M5L 1B9

Attention: Dee Rajpal
E-mail: drajpal@stikeman.com

or at such other address as the party to which such notice or other communication is to be given has last notified the party given the same in the manner provided in this section, and if not given the same shall be deemed to have been received on the date of such delivery or sending.

4.9 Counterparts

This agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

4.10 Jurisdiction

This agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein. Each party hereto irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario with respect to any matter arising hereunder or related hereto.

[Signature page follows.]

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

MOSYS, INC.

Per:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 

2864552 ONTARIO INC.

Per:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 

2864555 ONTARIO INC.

Per:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 

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Schedule “G“
FORM OF VOTING AND EXCHANGE AGENCY AGREEMENT

VOTING AND EXCHANGE AGENCY AGREEMENT

AGREEMENT made as of the l day of l, 2021, between MoSys, Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (hereinafter referred to as “RTO Acquiror”), 2864555 Ontario Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario (hereinafter referred to as “Canco”), and Kingsdale Advisors LP, a limited partnership formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario (hereinafter referred to as the “Agent”).

RECITALS:

A.

In connection with an arrangement agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) made as of September 14, 2021 between RTO Acquiror, Canco, 2864552 Ontario Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario (“Callco”) and Peraso Technologies Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario (“Peraso”), the Exchangeable Shares are to be issued to certain holders of securities of Peraso pursuant to the Plan of Arrangement contemplated in the Arrangement Agreement;

B.

Pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement, RTO Acquiror and Canco are required to enter into this agreement.

In consideration of the foregoing and the mutual agreements contained herein (the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged), the parties agree as follows:

ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS AND INTERPRETATION

1.1 Definitions

In this agreement, each initially capitalized term used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed thereto in the rights, privileges, restrictions and conditions (collectively, the “Share Provisions”) attaching to the Exchangeable Shares as set out in the articles of Canco and the following terms shall have the following meanings:

Agency” means any domestic or foreign court, tribunal, federal, state, provincial or local government or governmental agency, department or authority or other regulatory authority (including the Exchange and NASDAQ) or administrative agency or commission (including the Securities Authorities and the SEC) or any elected or appointed public official.

Agency Property” means the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share, any other securities, the Automatic Exchange Right, the Exchange Right and any money or other property which may be held by the Agent from time to time pursuant to this agreement.

Agent” means such person appointed by Peraso and RTO Acquiror (each acting reasonably) and, subject to the provisions of Article 9, includes any successor agent or trustee.

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Authorized Investments means short term interest-bearing or discount debt obligations issued or guaranteed by the Government of Canada or any province thereof or a Canadian chartered bank (which may include an affiliate or related party of the Agent), maturing not more than one year from the date of investment, or an interest=bearing segregated account with a Canadian Schedule I chartered bank.

Automatic Exchange Right” means the benefit of the obligation of RTO Acquiror to effect the automatic exchange of Exchangeable Shares for RTO Acquiror Shares pursuant to Section 5.12.

Beneficiaries” means the registered holders from time to time of Exchangeable Shares, other than RTO Acquiror and its affiliates.

Beneficiary Votes” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.2(1).

Board of Directors” means the Board of Directors of Canco.

Exchange Right” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.1(1).

Exchangeable Share Consideration” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.4.

Exchangeable Shares” means the exchangeable shares in the capital of Canco.

including” means “including without limitation” and “includes” means “includes without limitation”.

Indemnified Parties” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.1(1).

Insolvency Event” means (i) the institution by Canco of any proceeding to be adjudicated a bankrupt or insolvent or to be wound up, or the consent of Canco to the institution of bankruptcy, insolvency or winding-up proceedings against it, or (ii) the filing of a petition, answer or consent seeking dissolution or winding-up under any bankruptcy, insolvency or analogous laws, including the Companies Creditors’ Arrangement Act (Canada) and the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada), and the failure by Canco to contest in good faith any such proceedings commenced in respect of Canco within 30 days of becoming aware thereof, or the consent by Canco to the filing of any such petition or to the appointment of a receiver, or (iii) the making by Canco of a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or the admission in writing by Canco of its inability to pay its debts generally as they become due, or (iv) Canco not being permitted, pursuant to solvency requirements of applicable law, to redeem any Retracted Shares pursuant to Section 6(6) of the Share Provisions.

Liquidation Event” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 5.12(2).

Liquidation Event Effective Date” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 8.1(1).

List” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.6.

NASDAQ” means the NASDAQ Capital Market.

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Officers Certificate means, with respect to RTO Acquiror or Canco, as the case may be, a certificate signed by any officer or director of RTO Acquiror or Canco, as the case may be.

Other Corporation” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 10.4(c).

Other Shares” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 10.4(c).

Privacy Laws” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 6.18.

RTO Acquiror Consent” has the meaning ascribed therein in Section 4.2(1).

RTO Acquiror Meeting” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.2(1).

RTO Acquiror Shares” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share in the capital of RTO Acquiror.

RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share” means the special voting share in the capital of RTO Acquiror which entitles the holder of record to a number of votes at meetings of holders of RTO Acquiror Shares equal to the number of Exchangeable Shares outstanding from time to time (excluding Exchangeable Shares held by RTO Acquiror and affiliates of RTO Acquiror), which share is to be issued to and voted by, the Agent as described herein.

RTO Acquiror Successor” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 10.1(a).

SEC” means the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.

Support Agreement” means that certain support agreement of even date between Canco, Callco and RTO Acquiror substantially in the form of Schedule I to the Arrangement Agreement, as it may be amended and/or restated in accordance with the terms of the Support Agreement.

Voting Rights” means the voting rights attached to the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share.

1.2 Interpretation Not Affected by Headings, etc.

The division of this agreement into Articles, sections and other portions and the insertion of headings are for convenience of reference only and do not affect the construction or interpretation of this agreement. Unless otherwise specified, references to an “Article” or “section” refer to the specified Article or section of this agreement.

1.3 Number, Gender, etc.

Words importing the singular number only shall include the plural and vice versa. Words importing any gender shall include all genders.

1.4 Date for any Action

If any date on which any action is required to be taken under this agreement is not a business day, such action shall be required to be taken on the next succeeding business day.

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ARTICLE 2
PURPOSE OF AGREEMENT

2.1 Establishment of Agency Relationship

The purpose of this agreement is to establish an agency relationship between the Agent and the Beneficiaries as herein provided. RTO Acquiror hereby appoints the Agent as agent. The Agent shall hold the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share in order to enable the Agent to exercise the Voting Rights and shall hold the Automatic Exchange Right and the Exchange Right in order to enable the Agent to exercise such rights, in each case as agent for and on behalf of the Beneficiaries as provided in this agreement.

ARTICLE 3
RTO ACQUIROR SPECIAL VOTING SHARE

3.1 Issue and Ownership of the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share

Following the execution of this agreement, RTO Acquiror shall issue to the Agent the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share (and shall deliver the certificate representing such share to the Agent) to be hereafter held of record by the Agent as agent for and on behalf of, and for the use and benefit of, the Beneficiaries and in accordance with the provisions of this agreement. RTO Acquiror hereby acknowledges receipt from the Agent as agent for and on behalf of the Beneficiaries of $1.00 and other good and valuable consideration (and the adequacy thereof) for the issuance of the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share by RTO Acquiror to the Agent. During the term of and subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement, the Agent shall possess and be vested with full legal ownership of the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share and shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights and powers of an owner with respect to the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share provided that the Agent shall:

 

(a)

hold the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share and the legal title thereto as agent solely for the use and benefit of the Beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of this agreement; and

 

(b)

except as specifically authorized by this agreement, have no power or authority to sell, transfer, vote or otherwise deal in or with the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share and the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share shall not be used, sold, transferred, voted, dealt with or disposed of by the Agent for any purpose (including for exercising dissent or appraisal rights relating to the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Shares) other than the purposes of and in accordance with this agreement.

3.2 Legended Share Certificates

Kingsdale shall, as directed by Canco, cause each certificate or ownership statement under a direct registration system representing Exchangeable Shares to bear an appropriate legend notifying each Beneficiary of their right to instruct the Agent in respect of the exercise of their portion of the Voting Rights in respect of the Exchangeable Shares held by each such Beneficiary.

3.3 Safe Keeping of Certificate

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The certificate representing the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share shall at all times be held in safe keeping by the Agent or its duly authorized agent.

ARTICLE 4
EXERCISE OF VOTING RIGHTS

4.1 Voting Rights

The Agent, as the holder of record of the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share, shall be entitled to exercise all of the Voting Rights, including the right to consent to or vote in person or by proxy attaching to the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share on any matters, questions, proposals or propositions whatsoever that may properly come before the shareholders of RTO Acquiror at an RTO Acquiror Meeting. The Voting Rights shall be and remain vested in and exercised by the Agent on behalf of the Beneficiaries subject to the terms of this agreement. Subject to Section 6.15:

 

(a)

the Agent shall exercise the Voting Rights only on the basis of instructions received pursuant to this Article 4 from Beneficiaries on the record date established by RTO Acquiror or by applicable law for such RTO Acquiror Meeting or RTO Acquiror Consent who are entitled to instruct the Agent as to the voting thereof;

 

(b)

to the extent that no instructions are received from a Beneficiary with respect to the Voting Rights to which such Beneficiary is entitled, the Agent shall not exercise or permit the exercise of such Voting Rights; and

 

(c)

without prejudice to paragraph (b) above, under no circumstances shall the Agent exercise or permit the exercise of a number of Voting Rights which is greater than the number of Exchangeable Shares outstanding and not owned by RTO Acquiror and its affiliates at the relevant time.

4.2 Number of Votes

(1)

With respect to all meetings of shareholders of RTO Acquiror at which holders of RTO Acquiror Shares are entitled to vote (each, an “RTO Acquiror Meeting”) and with respect to all written consents sought from holders of the RTO Acquiror Shares (each, an “RTO Acquiror Consent”), each Beneficiary shall be entitled to instruct the Agent to cast and exercise that number of votes equal to a pro rata number of Voting Rights determined by reference to the total number of outstanding Exchangeable Shares not owned by RTO Acquiror and its affiliates on the record date established by RTO Acquiror or by applicable law for such RTO Acquiror Meeting or RTO Acquiror Consent, for each Exchangeable Share owned of record by a Beneficiary on the record date established by RTO Acquiror or by applicable law for such RTO Acquiror Meeting or RTO Acquiror Consent, as the case may be (collectively, the “Beneficiary Votes”), in respect of each matter, question, proposal or proposition to be voted on at such RTO Acquiror Meeting or consented to in connection with such RTO Acquiror Consent.

(2)

The aggregate Voting Rights on a poll at an RTO Acquiror Meeting shall consist of a number of votes equal to one vote per outstanding Exchangeable Share from time to time not owned by RTO Acquiror and its affiliates on the record date established by RTO Acquiror or by applicable law for such RTO Acquiror Meeting or RTO Acquiror Consent, and for which the Agent has received

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voting instructions from the Beneficiaries in accordance with this Agreement. Pursuant to the terms of the Special Voting Share, the Agent or its proxy is entitled on a vote on a show of hands to one vote in addition to any votes which may be cast by a Beneficiary (or its nominee) on a show of hands as proxy for the Agent. Any Beneficiary who chooses to attend an RTO Acquiror Meeting in person, and who is entitled to vote in accordance with Section 4.8(2), shall be entitled to one vote on a show of hands.

4.3 Mailings to Shareholders

(1)

With respect to each RTO Acquiror Meeting or RTO Acquiror Consent, the Agent shall use its reasonable efforts to promptly mail or cause to be mailed (or otherwise communicate in the same manner as RTO Acquiror utilizes in communications to holders of RTO Acquiror Shares subject to applicable regulatory requirements and provided that such manner of communications is reasonably available to the Agent) to each of the Beneficiaries named in the List to the extent practicable on the same day as the mailing or notice (or other communication) with respect thereto is commenced by RTO Acquiror to its shareholders:

 

(a)

a copy of such notice, together with any related materials, including any circular or information statement or listing particulars, to be provided to shareholders of RTO Acquiror;

 

(b)

a statement that such Beneficiary is entitled to instruct the Agent as to the exercise of the Beneficiary Votes with respect to such RTO Acquiror Meeting or RTO Acquiror Consent or, pursuant to Section 4.7, to attend such RTO Acquiror Meeting and to exercise personally the Beneficiary Votes thereat;

 

(c)

a statement as to the manner in which such instructions may be given to the Agent, including an express indication that instructions may be given to the Agent to give:

 

(i)

a proxy to such Beneficiary or his, her or its designee to exercise personally the Beneficiary Votes; or

 

(ii)

a proxy to a designated agent or other representative of RTO Acquiror to exercise such Beneficiary Votes;

 

(d)

a statement that if no such instructions are received from the Beneficiary, the Beneficiary Votes to which such Beneficiary is entitled will not be exercised;

 

(e)

a form of direction whereby the Beneficiary may so direct and instruct the Agent as contemplated herein; and

 

(f)

a statement of the time and date by which such instructions must be received by the Agent in order to be binding upon it, which in the case of an RTO Acquiror Meeting shall not be earlier than the close of business on the fourth business day prior to such meeting, and of the method for revoking or amending such instructions.

(2)

The materials referred to in this Section 4.3 shall be provided to the Agent by RTO Acquiror, and the materials referred to in Section 4.3(1)(c), Section 4.3(1)(e) and Section 4.3(1)(f) shall (if reasonably practicable to do so) be subject to reasonable comment by the Agent in a timely manner.

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Subject to the foregoing, RTO Acquiror shall ensure that the materials to be provided to the Agent are provided in sufficient time to permit the Agent to comment as aforesaid and to send all materials to each Beneficiary at the same time as such materials are first sent to holders of RTO Acquiror Shares. RTO Acquiror agrees not to communicate with holders of RTO Acquiror Shares with respect to the materials referred to in this Section 4.3 otherwise than by mail unless such method of communication is also reasonably available to the Agent for communication with the Beneficiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, RTO Acquiror may at its option exercise the duties of the Agent to deliver copies of all materials to all Beneficiaries as required by this Section 4.3 so long as in each case RTO Acquiror delivers a certificate to the Agent stating that RTO Acquiror has undertaken to perform the obligations set forth in this Section 4.3.

(3)

For the purpose of determining the number of Beneficiary Votes to which a Beneficiary is entitled in respect of any RTO Acquiror Meeting or RTO Consent, the number of Exchangeable Shares owned of record by the Beneficiary shall be determined at the close of business on the record date established by RTO Acquiror or by applicable law for purposes of determining shareholders entitled to vote at such RTO Acquiror Meeting or in respect of such RTO Acquiror Consent. RTO Acquiror shall notify the Agent of any decision of the board of directors of RTO Acquiror with respect to the calling of any RTO Acquiror Meeting and shall provide all necessary information and materials to the Agent in each case promptly and in any event in sufficient time to enable the Agent to perform its obligations contemplated by this Section 4.3.

4.4 Copies of Shareholder Information

RTO Acquiror shall deliver to the Agent copies of all proxy materials (including notices of RTO Acquiror Meetings but excluding proxies to vote RTO Acquiror Shares), information statements, reports (including all interim and annual financial statements) and other written communications that, in each case, are to be distributed by RTO Acquiror from time to time to holders of RTO Acquiror Shares in sufficient quantities and in sufficient time so as to enable the Agent to send or cause to send those materials to each Beneficiary at the same time as such materials are first sent to holders of RTO Acquiror Shares. The Agent shall mail or otherwise send to each Beneficiary, at the expense of RTO Acquiror, copies of all such materials (and all materials specifically directed to the Beneficiaries or to the Agent for the benefit of the Beneficiaries by RTO Acquiror) received by the Agent from RTO Acquiror contemporaneously with the sending of such materials to holders of RTO Acquiror Shares. For greater certainty, the Agent may deliver copies of all such materials to Beneficiaries in electronic form for any Beneficiaries who have consented to such delivery. The Agent shall also make available for inspection during regular business hours by any Beneficiary at the Agent’s principal office in Toronto all proxy materials, information statements, reports and other written communications that are (a) received by the Agent as the registered holder of the Special Voting Share, and (b) made available by the RTO Acquiror generally to the holders of its shares or specifically directed to the Beneficiaries or to the Agent for the benefit of the Beneficiaries by the RTO Acquiror.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, RTO Acquiror at its option may exercise the duties of the Agent to deliver copies of all such materials to each Beneficiary as required by this Section 4.4 so long as in each case RTO Acquiror delivers a certificate to the Agent stating that RTO Acquiror has undertaken to perform the obligations set forth in this Section 4.4.

4.5 Other Materials

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As soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by RTO Acquiror or shareholders of RTO Acquiror (if such receipt is known by RTO Acquiror) of any material sent or given by or on behalf of a third party to holders of RTO Acquiror Shares generally, including dissident proxy and information circulars (and related information and material) and tender offer, take-over bid and securities exchange take-over bid circulars (and related information and material), provided such material has not been sent to the Beneficiaries by or on behalf of such third party, RTO Acquiror shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain and deliver to the Agent copies thereof in sufficient quantities so as to enable the Agent to forward such material (unless the same has been provided directly to Beneficiaries by such third party) to each Beneficiary as soon as possible thereafter. As soon as reasonably practicable after receipt thereof, the Agent shall mail or otherwise send to each Beneficiary, at the expense of RTO Acquiror, copies of all such materials received by the Agent from RTO Acquiror. The Agent shall also make available for inspection during regular business hours by any Beneficiary at the Agent’s principal office in Toronto copies of all such materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, RTO Acquiror at its option may exercise the duties of the Agent to deliver copies of all such materials to each Beneficiary as required by this Section 4.5 so long as in each case RTO Acquiror delivers a certificate to the Agent stating that RTO Acquiror has undertaken to perform the obligations set forth in this Section 4.5.

4.6 List of Persons Entitled to Vote

The Agent shall, (a) prior to each annual, general, special, extraordinary or other RTO Acquiror Meeting or the seeking of any RTO Acquiror Consent and (b) forthwith upon each request made at any time by RTO Acquiror or Canco in writing, prepare or cause to be prepared a list (a “List”) of the names and addresses of the Beneficiaries arranged in alphabetical order and showing the number of Exchangeable Shares held of record by each such Beneficiary, in each case at the close of business on the date specified by the Agent in such request or, in the case of a List prepared in connection with an RTO Acquiror Meeting, or RTO Acquiror Consent at the close of business on the record date established by RTO Acquiror or pursuant to applicable law for determining the holders of RTO Acquiror Shares entitled to receive notice of and/or to vote at such RTO Acquiror Meeting or to give consent. Each such List shall be delivered to RTO Acquiror and Canco promptly after receipt by the Agent of such request or the record date for such meeting or seeking of consent, as applicable, and in any event within sufficient time as to permit the all parties to perform their obligations under this agreement. RTO Acquiror agrees to give Canco notice (with a copy to the Agent) of the calling of any RTO Acquiror Meeting, together with the record date therefor, sufficiently prior to the date of the calling of such meeting so as to enable the Agent to perform its obligations under this Section 4.6.

4.7 Entitlement to Direct Votes

Subject to Section 4.8 and Section 4.11, any Beneficiary named in a List prepared in connection with any RTO Acquiror Meeting or RTO Acquiror Consent shall be entitled (a) to instruct the Agent in the manner described in Section 4.2 with respect to the exercise of the Beneficiary Votes to which such Beneficiary is entitled, (b) to attend such meeting and personally exercise thereat, as the proxy of the Agent, the Beneficiary Votes to which such Beneficiary is entitled, or (c) appoint a third party as the proxy of the Agent to attend such meeting and exercise thereat the Beneficiary Votes to which such Beneficiary is entitled except, in each case, to the extent that such Beneficiary has transferred the ownership of any Exchangeable Shares (subject to compliance with the articles of

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Canco) in respect of which such Beneficiary is entitled to Beneficiary Votes after the close of business on the record date for such meeting or seeking of consent.

4.8 Voting by Agent and Attendance of Agent Representative at Meeting

(1)

In connection with each RTO Acquiror Meeting or RTO Acquiror Consent, the Agent shall exercise, either in person or by proxy, in accordance with the instructions received from a Beneficiary pursuant to Section 4.3, the Beneficiary Votes as to which such Beneficiary is entitled to direct the vote (or any lesser number thereof as may be set forth in the instructions) other than any Beneficiary Votes that are the subject of Section 4.8(2); provided, however, that such written instructions are received by the Agent from the Beneficiary prior to the time and date fixed by the Agent for receipt of such instruction in the notice given by the Agent to the Beneficiary pursuant to Section 4.3.

(2)

To the extent so instructed in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the Agent shall cause a representative who is empowered by it to sign and deliver, on behalf of the Agent, proxies for Voting Rights enabling a Beneficiary to attend each RTO Acquiror Meeting. Upon submission by a Beneficiary (or its designee) named in the List prepared in connection with the relevant meeting of identification satisfactory to the Agent’s representative, and at the Beneficiary’s request, such representative shall sign and deliver to such Beneficiary (or its designee) a proxy to exercise personally the Beneficiary Votes as to which such Beneficiary is otherwise entitled hereunder to direct the vote, if such Beneficiary either (i) has not previously given the Agent instructions pursuant to Section 4.3 in respect of such meeting or (ii) submits to such representative written revocation of any such previous instructions. At such meeting, the Beneficiary (or its designee) exercising such Beneficiary Votes in accordance with such proxy shall have the same rights in respect of such Beneficiary Votes as the Agent to speak at the meeting in favour of any matter, question, proposal or proposition, to vote by way of ballot at the meeting in respect of any matter, question, proposal or proposition, and to vote at such meeting by way of a show of hands in respect of any matter, question or proposition.

4.9 Distribution of Written Materials

Any written materials distributed by the Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall be sent by mail (or otherwise communicated in the same manner as RTO Acquiror utilizes in communications to holders of RTO Acquiror Shares subject to applicable regulatory requirements and provided such manner of communications is reasonably available to the Agent) to each Beneficiary at its address as shown on the books of Canco maintained by the Agent. RTO Acquiror agrees not to communicate with holders of RTO Acquiror Shares with respect to such written materials otherwise than by mail unless such method of communication is also reasonably available to the Agent for communication with the Beneficiaries.

The Agent’s obligations under this Section 4.9 shall be deemed satisfied to the extent RTO Acquiror exercises its option to perform the duties of the Agent to deliver copies of materials to each Beneficiary and Canco or the Agent provides the required information and materials to RTO Acquiror.

4.10 Termination of Voting Rights

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All of the rights of a Beneficiary with respect to the Beneficiary Votes exercisable in respect of the Exchangeable Shares held by such Beneficiary, including the right to instruct the Agent as to the voting of or to vote personally such Beneficiary Votes, shall be deemed to be surrendered by the Beneficiary to RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, and such Beneficiary Votes and the Voting Rights represented thereby shall cease immediately upon (i) the delivery by such holder to the Agent of the certificates or ownership statement representing such Exchangeable Shares in connection with the occurrence of the automatic exchange of Exchangeable Shares for RTO Acquiror Shares, as specified in Article 5 (unless RTO Acquiror shall not have delivered the requisite RTO Acquiror Shares issuable in exchange therefor to the Agent pending delivery to the Beneficiaries), or (ii) the retraction or redemption of Exchangeable Shares pursuant to Section 6 or 7 of the Share Provisions, or (iii) the effective date of the liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of Canco pursuant to Section 5 of the Share Provisions, or (iv) the purchase of Exchangeable Shares from the holder thereof by RTO Acquiror or Callco pursuant to the exercise by RTO Acquiror or Callco of the Retraction Call Right, the Redemption Call Right or the Liquidation Call Right, or upon the purchase of Exchangeable Shares form the holders thereof by RTO Acquiror or Callco pursuant to the exercise by RTO Acquiror or Callco of the Change of Law Call Right (as defined in the Plan of Arrangement) (unless, in any case, RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, shall not have delivered the requisite consideration in exchange therefor).

4.11 Disclosure of Interest in Exchangeable Shares

The Agent and/or Canco shall be entitled to require any Beneficiary or any person who the Agent and/or Canco know or have reasonable cause to believe to hold any interest whatsoever in an Exchangeable Share to confirm that fact or to give such details as to whom has an interest in such Exchangeable Share as would be required (if the Exchangeable Shares were a class of “voting or equity securities” of Canco) under Section 5.2 of National Instrument 62-104 Take Over Bids and Issuer Bids, as amended from time to time, or as would be required under the articles of RTO Acquiror or any laws or regulations, or pursuant to the rules or regulations of any Agency, if the Exchangeable Shares were RTO Acquiror Shares. If a Beneficiary does not provide the information required to be provided by such Beneficiary pursuant to this Section 4.11, the board of directors of RTO Acquiror may take any action permitted under the articles of RTO Acquiror or any laws or regulations, or pursuant to the rules or regulations of any Agency, with respect to the Voting Rights relating to the Exchangeable Shares held by such Beneficiary.

ARTICLE 5
EXCHANGE AND AUTOMATIC EXCHANGE

5.1 Grant of Exchange Right and Automatic Exchange Right

(1)

RTO Acquiror and, in the case of the Exchange Right (as defined below), Callco, hereby grant to Agent on behalf of, and for the use and benefit of, the Beneficiaries the right (the “Exchange Right”), upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Insolvency Event, to require RTO Acquiror or Callco to purchase from each or any Beneficiary all or any part of the Exchangeable Shares held by such Beneficiary and the Automatic Exchange Right, all in accordance with the provisions of this agreement. Each of RTO Acquiror and Callco hereby acknowledges receipt from the Agent on behalf of the Beneficiaries of good and valuable consideration (and the adequacy thereof) for the grant of the Exchange Right and the Automatic Exchange Right by RTO Acquiror or Callco, as the case may be, to the Agent.

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(2)

During the term of and subject to the terms and conditions of this agreement, the Agent shall possess and be vested with full legal ownership of the Automatic Exchange Right and the Exchange Right and shall be entitled to exercise all of the rights and powers of an owner with respect to the Automatic Exchange Right and the Exchange Right, provided that the Agent shall:

 

(a)

hold the Automatic Exchange Right and the Exchange Right and the legal title thereto as agent solely for the use and benefit of the Beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of this agreement; and

 

(b)

except as specifically authorized by this agreement, have no power or authority to exercise or otherwise deal in or with the Automatic Exchange Right or the Exchange Right, and the Agent shall not exercise any such rights for any purpose other than the purposes of this agreement.

(3)

The obligations of RTO Acquiror to issue RTO Acquiror Shares pursuant to the Automatic Exchange Right or the Exchange Right are subject to all applicable laws and regulatory or stock exchange requirements.

5.2 Legended Certificates / Ownership Statements

Canco shall cause each certificate or ownership statement representing Exchangeable Shares to bear an appropriate legend notifying the Beneficiaries of:

 

(a)

their right to instruct the Agent with respect to the exercise of the Exchange Right in respect of the Exchangeable Shares held by a Beneficiary; and

 

(b)

the Automatic Exchange Right.

5.3 General Exercise of Exchange Right

The Exchange Right shall be and remain vested in and exercisable by Agent. Subject to Section 6.15, the Agent shall exercise the Exchange Right only on the basis of instructions received pursuant to this Article 5 from Beneficiaries entitled to instruct the Agent as to the exercise thereof. To the extent that no instructions are received from a Beneficiary with respect to the Exchange Right, the Agent shall not exercise or permit the exercise of the Exchange Right.

5.4 Purchase Price

The purchase price payable by RTO Acquiror for each Exchangeable Share to be purchased by RTO Acquiror under the Exchange Right shall be an amount per share equal to (i) the Current Market Price of an RTO Acquiror Share on the day before the exchange, which shall be satisfied in full by RTO Acquiror issuing to the Beneficiary one RTO Acquiror Share, plus (ii) an additional amount equal to the full amount of all declared and unpaid dividends on each such Exchangeable Share held by such holder on any dividend record date which occurred prior to the date of the exchange (collectively the “Exchangeable Share Consideration”). In connection with each exercise of the Exchange Right, RTO Acquiror shall provide to the Agent an Officer’s Certificate setting forth the calculation of the purchase price for each Exchangeable Share.

5.5 Exercise Instructions

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Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, a Beneficiary shall be entitled upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Insolvency Event, to instruct the Agent to exercise the Exchange Right with respect to all or any part of the Exchangeable Shares registered in the name of such Beneficiary on the books of the Agent. To cause the exercise of the Exchange Right by the Agent, the Beneficiary shall deliver to the Agent, in person or by certified or registered mail, at its principal office in Toronto or at such other place as the Agent may from time to time designate by written notice to the Beneficiaries, the certificates or ownership statement representing the Exchangeable Shares which such Beneficiary desires RTO Acquiror to purchase, duly endorsed in blank for transfer, and accompanied by such other documents and instruments as the Agent, RTO Acquiror and Canco may reasonably require together with (a) a duly completed form of notice of exercise of the Exchange Right, contained on the reverse of or attached to the Exchangeable Share certificates or ownership statements, stating (i) that the Beneficiary thereby instructs the Agent to exercise the Exchange Right so as to require RTO Acquiror to purchase from the Beneficiary the number of Exchangeable Shares specified therein, (ii) that such Beneficiary has good title to and owns all such Exchangeable Shares to be acquired by RTO Acquiror free and clear of all liens, claims, security interests and encumbrances, (iii) the names in which the certificates representing RTO Acquiror Shares issuable in connection with the exercise of the Exchange Right are to be issued, and (iv) the names and addresses of the persons to whom such new certificates or ownership statements should be delivered, and (b) payment (or evidence satisfactory to the Agent, RTO Acquiror and Canco of payment) of the taxes payable, if any, as contemplated by Section 5.7 of this agreement. If only a part of the Exchangeable Shares represented by any certificate or certificates delivered to the Agent are to be purchased by RTO Acquiror under the Exchange Right, a new certificate or ownership statement for the balance of such Exchangeable Shares shall be issued to the holder at the expense of Canco.

5.6 Delivery of RTO Acquiror Shares; Effect of Exercise

Promptly after the receipt by the Agent of the certificates representing the Exchangeable Shares which the Beneficiary desires RTO Acquiror to purchase under the Exchange Right, together with such documents and instruments of transfer and a duly completed form of notice of exercise of the Exchange Right (and payment of taxes payable, if any, as contemplated by Section 5.7 or evidence thereof), duly endorsed for transfer to RTO Acquiror, the Agent shall notify RTO Acquiror and Canco of its receipt of the same, which notice to RTO Acquiror and Canco shall constitute exercise of the Exchange Right by the Agent on behalf of the Beneficiary in respect of such Exchangeable Shares, and RTO Acquiror shall promptly thereafter deliver or cause to be delivered to the Beneficiary, as directed by the Agent, in respect of such Exchangeable Shares (or to such other persons, if any, properly designated by such Beneficiary) the Exchangeable Share Consideration deliverable in connection with the exercise of the Exchange Right; provided, however, that no such delivery shall be made unless and until the Beneficiary requesting the same shall have paid (or provided evidence satisfactory to the Agent, Canco and RTO Acquiror of the payment of) the taxes payable, if any, as contemplated by Section 5.7 of this agreement. Immediately upon the giving of notice by the Agent to RTO Acquiror and Canco of the exercise of the Exchange Right, as provided in this Section 5.6, and with no further action required by the parties, the closing of the transaction of purchase and sale contemplated by the Exchange Right shall be deemed to have occurred, and the Beneficiary of such Exchangeable Shares shall be deemed to have transferred to RTO Acquiror all of such Beneficiary’s right, title and interest in and to such Exchangeable Shares and in the related interest in the Agency Property and shall cease to be a holder of such Exchangeable Shares and shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of a holder in respect thereof, other than the

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right to receive his proportionate part of the total Exchangeable Share Consideration therefor, unless such Exchangeable Share Consideration is not delivered by RTO Acquiror to such Beneficiary (or to such other person, if any, properly designated by such Beneficiary), as directed by the Agent, within three business days of the date of the giving of such notice by the Agent, in which case the rights of the Beneficiary shall remain unaffected until such Exchangeable Share Consideration is delivered by RTO Acquiror. Concurrently with such Beneficiary ceasing to be a holder of Exchangeable Shares, the Beneficiary shall be considered and deemed for all purposes to be the holder of the RTO Acquiror Shares delivered to it pursuant to the Exchange Right.

5.7 Stamp, Transfer or Other Taxes

Upon any sale or transfer of Exchangeable Shares to RTO Acquiror pursuant to the Exchange Right or the Automatic Exchange Right, the share certificate or certificates or DRS statements representing RTO Acquiror Shares to be delivered in connection with the payment of the purchase price therefor shall be issued in the name of the Beneficiary in respect of the Exchangeable Shares so sold or transferred or in such names as such Beneficiary may otherwise direct in writing without charge to the holder of the Exchangeable Shares so sold or transferred; provided, however, that such Beneficiary (a) shall pay (and none of RTO Acquiror, Canco or the Agent shall be required to pay) any documentary, stamp, transfer of other taxes or duties that may be payable in respect of any transfer involved in the issuance or delivery of such shares to a person other than such Beneficiary or (b) shall have evidenced to the satisfaction of RTO Acquiror that such taxes or duties, if any, have been paid.

5.8 Notice of Insolvency Event

As soon as practicable following the occurrence of an Insolvency Event or any event that with the giving of notice or the passage of time or both would be an Insolvency Event, Canco and RTO Acquiror shall give written notice thereof to the Agent. As soon as practicable following the receipt of notice from Canco and RTO Acquiror of the occurrence of an Insolvency Event, or upon the Agent becoming aware of an Insolvency Event, the Agent shall mail to each Beneficiary, at the expense of RTO Acquiror (such funds to be received in advance), a notice of such Insolvency Event in the form provided by RTO Acquiror, which notice shall contain a brief statement of the rights of the Beneficiaries with respect to the Exchange Right.

5.9 Failure to Retract

Upon the occurrence of an event referred to in paragraph (iv) of the definition of Insolvency Event, Canco hereby agrees with the Agent and in favour of the Beneficiary promptly to forward or cause to be forwarded to the Agent all relevant materials delivered by the Beneficiary to Canco or to the transfer agent of the Exchangeable Shares (including a copy of the retraction request delivered pursuant to Section 6(1) of the Share Provisions) in connection with such proposed redemption of the Retracted Shares.

5.10 Listing of RTO Acquiror Shares

RTO Acquiror covenants that if any RTO Acquiror Shares to be issued and delivered pursuant to the Automatic Exchange Right or the Exchange Right require registration or qualification with or approval of or the filing of any document, including any prospectus or similar document, or the

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taking of any proceeding with or the obtaining of any order, ruling or consent from any Agency under any United States or Canadian federal, provincial or territorial law or regulation or pursuant to the rules and regulations of any Agency including any stock exchange upon which a security of the RTO Acquiror is listed or the fulfillment of any other United States or Canadian legal requirement before such shares may be issued and delivered by RTO Acquiror to the initial holder thereof or in order that such shares may be freely traded (other than any restrictions of general application on transfer by reason of a holder being a control person or the equivalent of RTO Acquiror for purposes of Canadian securities Law or any United States equivalent), RTO Acquiror shall use its commercially reasonable efforts (which, for greater certainty, shall not require RTO Acquiror to consent to a term or condition of an approval or consent which RTO Acquiror reasonably determines could have a materially adverse effect on RTO Acquiror or its subsidiaries) to cause such RTO Acquiror Shares (or such other shares or securities) to be and remain duly registered, qualified or approved. RTO Acquiror shall use its commercially reasonable efforts (which, for greater certainty, shall not require RTO Acquiror to consent to a term or condition of an approval or consent which RTO Acquiror reasonably determines could have a materially adverse effect on RTO Acquiror or its subsidiaries) to cause all RTO Acquiror Shares (or such other shares or securities) to be delivered pursuant to the Automatic Exchange Right or the Exchange Right to be listed, quoted or posted for trading on all stock exchanges and quotation systems on which outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares have been listed by RTO Acquiror and remain listed and are quoted or posted for trading at such time.

5.11 RTO Acquiror Shares

RTO Acquiror hereby represents, warrants and covenants that the RTO Acquiror Shares issuable as described herein will be duly authorized and validly issued as fully paid and non assessable.

5.12 Automatic Exchange on Liquidation of RTO Acquiror

(1)

RTO Acquiror shall give the Agent written notice of each of the following events at the time set forth below:

 

(a)

in the event of any determination by the board of directors of RTO Acquiror to institute voluntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up proceedings with respect to RTO Acquiror or to effect any other distribution of assets of RTO Acquiror among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, at least 60 days prior to the proposed effective date of such liquidation, dissolution, winding-up or other distribution; and

 

(b)

as soon as practicable following the earlier of (A) receipt by RTO Acquiror of notice of, and (B) RTO Acquiror otherwise becoming aware of any instituted claim, suit, petition or other proceedings with respect to the involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding-up of RTO Acquiror or to effect any other distribution of assets of RTO Acquiror among its shareholders for the purpose of winding up its affairs, in each case where RTO Acquiror has failed to contest in good faith any such proceeding commenced in respect of RTO Acquiror within 30 days of becoming aware thereof.

(2)

As soon as practicable following receipt by the Agent from RTO Acquiror of notice of any event (a “Liquidation Event”) contemplated by Section 5.12(1)(a) or Section 5.12(1)(b), the Agent shall give notice thereof to the Beneficiaries. Such notice shall be provided to the Agent by RTO Acquiror and

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shall include a brief description of the automatic exchange of Exchangeable Shares for RTO Acquiror Shares provided for in Section 5.12.

(3)

In order that the Beneficiaries will be able to participate on a pro rata basis with the holders of RTO Acquiror Shares in the distribution of assets of RTO Acquiror in connection with a Liquidation Event, immediately prior to the effective date (the “Liquidation Event Effective Date”) of a Liquidation Event, each of the then outstanding Exchangeable Shares (other than Exchangeable Shares held by RTO Acquiror and its affiliates) shall be automatically exchanged for one RTO Acquiror Share. To effect such automatic exchange, RTO Acquiror shall purchase each Exchangeable Share outstanding immediately prior to the Liquidation Event Effective Date and held by Beneficiaries, and each Beneficiary shall sell the Exchangeable Shares held by it at such time, free and clear of any lien, claim or encumbrance, for a purchase price per share equal to (i) the Current Market Price of an RTO Acquiror Share on the day prior to the Liquidation Event Effective Date, which shall be satisfied in full by RTO Acquiror issuing to the Beneficiary one RTO Acquiror Share for each Exchangeable Share, plus (ii) an additional amount equal to the full amount of all declared and unpaid dividends on each such Exchangeable Share held by such holder on any dividend record date which occurred prior to the date of the exchange. RTO Acquiror shall provide the Agent with an Officer’s Certificate in connection with each automatic exchange setting forth the calculation of the purchase price for each Exchangeable Share. Upon payment by RTO Acquiror of such purchase price, the relevant Beneficiary shall cease to have any right to be paid by Canco any amount in respect of declared and unpaid dividends on each Exchangeable Share.

(4)

The closing of the transaction of purchase and sale contemplated by the automatic exchange of Exchangeable Shares for RTO Acquiror Shares shall be deemed to have occurred immediately prior to the Liquidation Event Effective Date, and each Beneficiary shall be deemed to have transferred to RTO Acquiror all of the Beneficiary’s right, title and interest in and to such Beneficiary’s Exchangeable Shares free and clear of any lien, claim or encumbrance and the related interest in the Agency Property and each such Beneficiary shall cease to be a holder of such Exchangeable Shares and RTO Acquiror shall issue to the Beneficiary the RTO Acquiror Shares issuable upon the automatic exchange of Exchangeable Shares for RTO Acquiror Shares and on the applicable payment date shall deliver to the Agent for delivery to the Beneficiary a cheque for the balance, if any, of the purchase price for such Exchangeable Shares, without interest, in each case less any amounts withheld pursuant to Section 5.13. Concurrently with such Beneficiary ceasing to be a holder of Exchangeable Shares, the Beneficiary shall become the holder of the RTO Acquiror Shares issued pursuant to the automatic exchange of such Beneficiary’s Exchangeable Shares for RTO Acquiror Shares and the certificates held by the Beneficiary previously representing the Exchangeable Shares exchanged by the Beneficiary with RTO Acquiror pursuant to such automatic exchange shall thereafter be deemed to represent RTO Acquiror Shares issued to the Beneficiary by RTO Acquiror pursuant to such automatic exchange. Upon the request of a Beneficiary and the surrender by the Beneficiary of Exchangeable Share certificates deemed to represent RTO Acquiror Shares, duly endorsed in blank and accompanied by such instruments of transfer as RTO Acquiror may reasonably require, RTO Acquiror shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Beneficiary certificates representing the RTO Acquiror Shares of which the Beneficiary is the holder.

5.13 Withholding Rights

Notwithstanding any other provision of this agreement, RTO Acquiror, Canco and the Agent shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from any dividend, distribution, consideration, purchase price

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or other amounts otherwise payable under this agreement to any holder of Exchangeable Shares or RTO Acquiror Shares such amounts as RTO Acquiror, Canco or the Agent is required to deduct and withhold with respect to such payment under the ITA or United States tax Laws or any provision of federal, provincial, state, local or foreign tax Law, in each case as amended or succeeded. The Agent may act and rely on the advice of counsel with respect to such matters. To the extent that amounts are so deducted and withheld, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes as having been paid to the holder of the shares in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made, provided that such withheld amounts are actually remitted to the appropriate taxing Agency. To the extent that the amount so required to be deducted or withheld from any payment to a holder exceeds the cash portion of the consideration otherwise payable to the holder, RTO Acquiror, Canco and the Agent are hereby authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of such portion of the consideration as is necessary to provide sufficient funds to RTO Acquiror, Canco or the Agent, as the case may be, to enable it to comply with such deduction or withholding requirement and RTO Acquiror, Canco or the Agent shall notify the holder thereof and remit to such holder any unapplied balance of the net proceeds of such sale. RTO Acquiror, Canco and the Agent shall agree that the Agent may engage tax professionals on their behalf, at the expense of RTO Acquiror, to comply with the obligations of the Agent set forth in this Section 5.13.

5.14 No Fractional Shares

A holder of an Exchangeable Share shall not be entitled to any fraction of an RTO Acquiror Share upon the exercise of the Exchange Right or Automatic Exchange Right hereunder and no certificates or other evidence of ownership representing any such fractional interest shall be issued but rather the number of RTO Acquiror Shares issuable shall be rounded down to the nearest whole number without payment in respect of such fractional share.

ARTICLE 6
CONCERNING THE AGENT

6.1 Powers and Duties of the Agent

(1)

The rights, powers, duties and authorities of the Agent under this agreement, in its capacity as agent, shall include:

 

(a)

receipt and deposit of the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share from RTO Acquiror as agent for and on behalf of the Beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of this agreement;

 

(b)

granting proxies and distributing materials to Beneficiaries as provided in this agreement;

 

(c)

voting the Beneficiary Votes in accordance with the provisions of this agreement;

 

(d)

receiving the grant of the Automatic Exchange Right and the Exchange Right from RTO Acquiror as agent for and on behalf of the Beneficiaries in accordance with the provisions of this agreement and to instruct RTO Acquiror, or RTO Acquiror’s transfer agent, as applicable, to issue RTO Acquiror Shares to the Beneficiaries;

 

(e)

enforcing the benefit of the Automatic Exchange Right and the Exchange Right, in each case in accordance with the provisions of this agreement, and in connection therewith receiving from Beneficiaries Exchangeable Shares and other requisite documents and

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distributing to such Beneficiaries RTO Acquiror Shares and cheques, if any, to which such Beneficiaries are entitled pursuant to the Automatic Exchange Right or the Exchange Right, as the case may be;

 

(f)

holding title to the Agency Property;

 

(g)

taking action at the direction of a Beneficiary or Beneficiaries to enforce the obligations of RTO Acquiror and Canco under this agreement;

 

(h)

taking such other actions and doing such other things as are specifically provided in this agreement to be carried out by the Agent whether alone, jointly or in the alternative; and

 

(i)

maintaining the Canco share register, accepting change of ownership instructions from Beneficiaries, paying dividends and other distributions and, pursuant to Section 5.13, deducting and withholding applicable taxes under the ITA or United States tax Laws or any provision of federal, provincial, state, local or foreign tax Law.

(2)

In the exercise of such rights, powers, duties and authorities the Agent shall have (and is granted) such incidental and additional rights, powers, duties and authority not in conflict with any of the provisions of this agreement as the Agent, acting in good faith and in the reasonable exercise of its discretion, may deem necessary, appropriate or desirable to effect the purpose of this agreement. Any exercise of such discretionary rights, powers, duties and authorities by the Agent shall be final, conclusive and binding upon all persons.

(3)

The Agent in exercising its rights, powers, duties and authorities hereunder shall act honestly and in good faith and with a view to the best interests of the Beneficiaries and shall exercise the care, diligence and skill that a reasonably prudent agent would exercise in comparable circumstances.

(4)

The Agent shall not be bound to give notice or do or take any act, action or proceeding by virtue of the powers conferred on it hereby unless and until it shall be specifically required to do so under the terms hereof; nor shall the Agent be required to take any notice of, or to do, or to take any act, action or proceeding as a result of any default or breach of any provision hereunder, unless and until notified in writing of such default or breach, which notices shall distinctly specify the default or breach desired to be brought to the attention of the Agent, and in the absence of such notice the Agent may for all purposes of this agreement conclusively assume that no default or breach has been made in the observance or performance of any of the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or conditions contained herein.

6.2 No Conflict of Interest

The Agent represents to RTO Acquiror and Canco that at the date of execution and delivery of this agreement there exists no material conflict of interest in the role of the Agent hereunder and the role of the Agent in any other capacity. The Agent shall, within 30 days after it becomes aware that such material conflict of interest exists, either eliminate such material conflict of interest or resign in the manner and with the effect specified in Article 9. If, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.2, the Agent has such a material conflict of interest, the validity and enforceability of this agreement shall not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason only of the existence of such material conflict of interest. If the Agent contravenes the foregoing provisions of this

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Section 6.2, any interested party may apply to the Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) for an order that the Agent be replaced as agent hereunder.

6.3 Dealings with Transfer Agents, Registrars, etc.

(1)

Each of RTO Acquiror and Canco irrevocably authorizes the Agent, from time to time, to:

 

(a)

consult, communicate and otherwise deal with the respective registrars and transfer agents, and with any such subsequent registrar or transfer agent, of the Exchangeable Shares and RTO Acquiror Shares; and

 

(b)

requisition, from time to time, (i) from any such registrar or transfer agent any information readily available from the records maintained by it which the Agent may reasonably require for the discharge of its duties and responsibilities under this agreement and (ii) from the transfer agent of RTO Acquiror Shares, and any subsequent transfer agent of such shares, the share certificates issuable upon the exercise from time to time of the Automatic Exchange Right and pursuant to the Exchange Right.

(2)

RTO Acquiror and Canco shall authorize their respective registrars and transfer agents to comply with all such requests. RTO Acquiror covenants that it shall supply its transfer agent with duly executed share certificates for the purpose of completing the exercise from time to time of the Automatic Exchange Right and the Exchange Right, in each case pursuant to Article 5.

6.4 Books and Records

The Agent shall keep available for inspection by RTO Acquiror and Canco at the Agent’s principal office in Toronto correct and complete books and records of account relating to this agreement, including all relevant data relating to mailings and instructions to and from Beneficiaries and all transactions pursuant to the Automatic Exchange Right and the Exchange Right. On or before December 31, 2021, and on or before December 31 in every year thereafter, so long as the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share is registered in the name of the Agent, the Agent shall transmit to RTO Acquiror and Canco a brief report, dated as of the preceding December 31st, with respect to:

 

(c)

the property and funds comprising the Agency Property as of that date;

 

(d)

the number of exercises of the Automatic Exchange Right, if any, and the aggregate number of Exchangeable Shares received by the Agent on behalf of Beneficiaries in consideration of the issuance by RTO Acquiror of RTO Acquiror Shares in connection with the Automatic Exchange Right, during the calendar year ended on such December 31st; and

 

(e)

any action taken by the Agent in the performance of its duties under this agreement which it had not previously reported.

6.5 Income Tax Returns and Reports

The Agent shall, to the extent necessary, prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, appropriate Canadian income tax returns and any other returns or reports as may be required by applicable law or pursuant to the rules and regulations of any other Agency, including any

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securities exchange or other trading system through which the Exchangeable Shares are traded. In connection therewith, the Agent may obtain the advice and assistance of such experts or advisors as the Agent considers necessary or advisable (who may be experts or advisors to RTO Acquiror or Canco). If requested by the Agent, RTO Acquiror or Canco shall retain qualified experts or advisors for the purpose of providing such tax advice or assistance.

6.6 Indemnification Prior to Certain Actions by Agent

(1)

The Agent shall exercise any or all of the rights, duties, powers or authorities vested in it by this agreement at the request, order or direction of any Beneficiary upon such Beneficiary furnishing to the Agent reasonable funding, security or indemnity against the costs, expenses and liabilities which may be incurred by the Agent therein or thereby, provided that no Beneficiary shall be obligated to furnish to the Agent any such funding, security or indemnity in connection with the exercise by the Agent of any of its rights, duties, powers and authorities with respect to the RTO Acquiror Special Voting Share pursuant to Article 4, subject to Section 6.15, and with respect to the Automatic Exchange Right and the Exchange Right pursuant to Article 5.

(2)

None of the provisions contained in this agreement shall require the Agent to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur financial expenses in the exercise of any of its rights, powers, duties, or authorities unless funded, given security and indemnified as aforesaid.

6.7 Action of Beneficiaries

No Beneficiary shall have the right to institute any action, suit or proceeding or to exercise any other remedy authorized by this agreement for the purpose of enforcing any of its rights or for the execution of any trust or power hereunder unless the Beneficiary has requested the Agent to take or institute such action, suit or proceeding and furnished the Agent with the funding, security or indemnity referred to in Section 6.6 and the Agent shall have failed to act within a reasonable time thereafter. In such case, but not otherwise, the Beneficiary shall be entitled to take proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction such as the Agent might have taken; it being understood and intended that no one or more Beneficiaries shall have any right in any manner whatsoever to affect, disturb or prejudice the rights hereby created by any such action, or to enforce any right hereunder or the Voting Rights, the Automatic Exchange Right or the Exchange Right except subject to the conditions and in the manner herein provided, and that all powers and trusts hereunder shall be exercised and all proceedings at law shall be instituted, had and maintained by the Agent, except only as herein provided, and in any event for the equal benefit of all Beneficiaries.

6.8 Reliance Upon Declarations

The Agent shall not be considered to be in contravention of any of its rights, powers, duties and authorities hereunder if, when required, it acts and relies in good faith upon statutory declarations, certificates, opinions or reports furnished pursuant to the provisions hereof or required by the Agent to be furnished to it in the exercise of its rights, powers, duties and authorities hereunder if such statutory declarations, certificates, opinions or reports comply with the provisions of Section 6.9, if applicable, and with any other applicable provisions of this agreement.

6.9 Evidence and Authority to Agent

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(1)

RTO Acquiror and/or Canco shall furnish to the Agent evidence of compliance with the conditions provided for in this agreement relating to any action or step required or permitted to be taken by RTO Acquiror and/or Canco or the Agent under this agreement or as a result of any obligation imposed under this agreement, including in respect of the Voting Rights or the Automatic Exchange Right or the Exchange Right and the taking of any other action to be taken by the Agent at the request of or on the application of RTO Acquiror and/or Canco promptly if and when:

 

(a)

such evidence is required by any other section of this agreement to be furnished to the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Section 6.9; or

 

(b)

the Agent, in the exercise of its rights, powers, duties and authorities under this agreement, gives RTO Acquiror and/or Canco written notice requiring it to furnish such evidence in relation to any particular action or obligation specified in such notice.

(2)

Such evidence shall consist of an Officer’s Certificate of RTO Acquiror and/or Canco or a statutory declaration or a certificate made by persons entitled to sign an Officer’s Certificate stating that any such condition has been complied with in accordance with the terms of this agreement.

(3)

Whenever such evidence relates to a matter other than the Voting Rights or the Automatic Exchange Right or the Exchange Right or the taking of any other action to be taken by the Agent at the request or on the application of RTO Acquiror and/or Canco, and except as otherwise specifically provided herein, such evidence may consist of a report or opinion of any solicitor, attorney, auditor, accountant, appraiser, valuer or other expert or any other person whose qualifications give authority to a statement made by him, provided that if such report or opinion is furnished by a director, officer or employee of RTO Acquiror and/or Canco it shall be in the form of an Officer’s Certificate or a statutory declaration.

(4)

Each statutory declaration, Officer’s Certificate, opinion or report furnished to the Agent as evidence of compliance with a condition provided for in this agreement shall include a statement by the person giving the evidence:

 

(a)

declaring that he has read and understands the provisions of this agreement relating to the condition in question;

 

(b)

describing the nature and scope of the examination or investigation upon which he based the statutory declaration, certificate, statement or opinion; and

 

(c)

declaring that he has made such examination or investigation as he believes is necessary to enable him to make the statements or give the opinions contained or expressed therein.

6.10 Experts, Advisers and Agents

The Agent may:

 

(a)

in relation to these presents act and rely on the opinion or advice of or information obtained from any solicitor, attorney, auditor, accountant, appraiser, valuer or other expert, whether retained by the Agent or by RTO Acquiror and/ or Canco or otherwise, and may retain or employ such assistants as may be necessary to the proper discharge of

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its powers and duties and determination of its rights hereunder and may pay proper and reasonable compensation for all such legal and other advice or assistance as aforesaid;

 

(b)

employ such agents and other assistants as it may reasonably require for the proper determination and discharge of its powers and duties hereunder; and

 

(c)

pay reasonable remuneration for all services performed for it (and shall be entitled to receive reasonable remuneration for all services performed by it) in the discharge of the trusts hereof and compensation for all reasonable disbursements, costs and expenses made or incurred by it in the discharge of its duties hereunder and in the management of the Agency Property.

6.11 Investment of Moneys Held by Agent

Unless otherwise provided in this agreement, any moneys held by or on behalf of the Agent which under the terms of this agreement may or ought to be invested or which may be on deposit with the Agent or which may be in the hands of the Agent shall, upon the receipt by the Agent of the written direction of Canco, be invested or reinvested in the name or under the control of the Agent in Authorized Investments, or as otherwise agreed upon in writing by the Agent and Canco. Any direction of Canco to the Agent as to investment or reinvestment of funds shall be in writing. If no such direction is received, the Agent shall not have any obligation to invest the monies and pending receipt of such a direction all interest or other income and such moneys may be deposited in the name of the Agent in any chartered bank in Canada or, with the consent of Canco, in the deposit department of the Agent or any other specified loan or trust company authorized to accept deposits under the laws of Canada or any province thereof at the rate of interest then current on similar deposits. The Agent shall not be held liable for any losses incurred in the investment of any funds as herein provided that the Agent has not acted in bad faith or with fraud, gross negligence or wilful misconduct in investing any such funds.

6.12 Agent Not Required to Give Security

The Agent shall not be required to give any bond or security in respect of the execution of the trusts, rights, duties, powers and authorities of this agreement or otherwise in respect of the premises.

6.13 Agent Not Bound to Act on Request

Except as in this agreement otherwise specifically provided, the Agent shall not be bound to act in accordance with any direction or request of RTO Acquiror and/or Canco or of the directors thereof until a duly authenticated copy of the instrument or resolution containing such direction or request shall have been delivered to the Agent, and the Agent shall be empowered to act upon any such copy purporting to be authenticated and believed by the Agent to be genuine.

6.14 Authority to Carry on Business

The Agent represents to RTO Acquiror and Canco that at the date of execution and delivery by it of this agreement it is authorized to carry on the business of a company in each of the provinces of Canada but if, notwithstanding the provisions of this Section 6.14, it ceases to be so authorized to carry on business, the validity and enforceability of this agreement and the Voting Rights, the

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Automatic Exchange Right and the Exchange Right shall not be affected in any manner whatsoever by reason only of such event but the Agent shall, within 90 days after ceasing to be authorized to carry on the business of a company in any province of Canada, either become so authorized or resign in the manner and with the effect specified in Article 9.

6.15 Conflicting Claims

(1)

If conflicting claims or demands are made or asserted with respect to any interest of any Beneficiary in any Exchangeable Shares, including any disagreement between the heirs, representatives, successors or assigns succeeding to all or any part of the interest of any Beneficiary in any Exchangeable Shares, resulting in conflicting claims or demands being made in connection with such interest, then the Agent shall be entitled, in its sole discretion, to refuse to recognize or to comply with any such claims or demands. In so refusing, the Agent may elect not to exercise any Voting Rights, Automatic Exchange Right or Exchange Right subject to such conflicting claims or demands and, in so doing, the Agent shall not be or become liable to any person on account of such election or its failure or refusal to comply with any such conflicting claims or demands. The Agent shall be entitled to continue to refrain from acting and to refuse to act until:

 

(a)

the rights of all adverse claimants with respect to the Voting Rights, Automatic Exchange Right or Exchange Right subject to such conflicting claims or demands have been adjudicated by a final judgement of a court of competent jurisdiction; or

 

(b)

all differences with respect to the Voting Rights, Automatic Exchange Right or Exchange Right subject to such conflicting claims or demands have been conclusively settled by a valid written agreement binding on all such adverse claimants, and the Agent shall have been furnished with an executed copy of such agreement certified to be in full force and effect.

(2)

If the Agent elects to recognize any claim or comply with any demand made by any such adverse claimant, it may in its discretion require such claimant to furnish such surety bond or other security satisfactory to the Agent as it shall deem appropriate to fully indemnify it as between all conflicting claims or demands.

6.16 Acceptance of Obligations

The Agent hereby accepts the obligations created and provided for, by and in this agreement and agrees to perform the same upon the terms and conditions herein set forth and to hold all rights, privileges and benefits conferred hereby and by law in trust for the various persons who shall from time to time be Beneficiaries, subject to all the terms and conditions herein set forth.

6.17 Third Party Interests

Each party to this agreement hereby represents to the Agent that any account to be opened by, or interest to be held by the Agent in connection with this agreement, for or to the credit of such party, either (i) is not intended to be used by or on behalf of any third party; or (ii) is intended to be used by or on behalf of a third party, in which case such party hereto agrees to complete and execute forthwith a declaration in the Agent’s prescribed form as to the particulars of such third party.

6.18 Privacy

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The parties acknowledge that Canadian federal and/or provincial legislation that addresses the protection of individuals’ personal information (collectively, “Privacy Laws”) applies to obligations and activities under this agreement. Despite any other provision of this agreement, no party shall take or direct any action that would contravene, or cause the others to contravene, applicable Privacy Laws. The parties shall, prior to transferring or causing to be transferred personal information to the Agent, obtain and retain required consents of the relevant individuals to the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information, or shall have determined that such consents either have previously been given upon which the parties can rely or are not required under the Privacy Laws. Specifically, the Agent agrees: (a) to have a designated chief privacy officer; (b) to maintain policies and procedures to protect personal information and to receive and respond to any privacy complaint or inquiry; (c) to use personal information solely for the purposes of providing its services under or ancillary to this agreement and not to use it for any purpose except with the consent of or direction from the other parties or the individual involved; (d) not to sell or otherwise improperly disclose personal information to any third party; and (e) to employ administrative, physical and technological safeguards to reasonably secure and protect personal information against loss, theft, or unauthorized access, use or modification.

ARTICLE 7
COMPENSATION

7.1 Fees and Expenses of the Agent

Canco agrees to pay the Agent reasonable compensation for all of the services rendered by it under this agreement and shall reimburse the Agent for all reasonable and documented expenses (including, but not limited to, taxes other than taxes based on the net income or capital of the Agent, fees paid to legal counsel and other experts and advisors and travel expenses) and disbursements, including the reasonable cost and expense of any suit or litigation of any character and any proceedings before any governmental Agency, reasonably incurred by the Agent in connection with its duties under this agreement; provided that Canco shall have no obligation to reimburse the Agent for any expenses or disbursements paid, incurred or suffered by the Agent in any suit or litigation or any such proceedings in which the Agent is determined to have acted in bad faith or with fraud, gross negligence or wilful misconduct or to have materially breached any provision hereof.

ARTICLE 8
INDEMNIFICATION AND LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

8.1 Indemnification of the Agent

(1)

RTO Acquiror and Canco jointly and severally agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Agent and each of its directors, officers, employees and agents appointed and acting in accordance with this agreement (collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”) against all claims, losses (other than loss of profits), damages, reasonable costs, penalties, fines and reasonable expenses (including reasonable expenses of the Agent’s legal counsel) which, without fraud, gross negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith on the part of such Indemnified Party or a material breach of any provision hereof, may be paid, incurred or suffered by the Indemnified Party by reason or as a result of the Agent’s acceptance or administration of the Agency Property, its compliance with its duties set

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forth in this agreement, or any written or oral instruction delivered to the Agent by RTO Acquiror or Canco pursuant hereto.

(2)

In no case shall RTO Acquiror or Canco be liable under this indemnity for any claim against any of the Indemnified Parties unless RTO Acquiror and Canco shall be notified by the Agent of the written assertion of a claim or of any action commenced against the Indemnified Parties, promptly after any of the Indemnified Parties shall have received any such written assertion of a claim or shall have been served with a summons or other first legal process giving information as to the nature and basis of the claim. Subject to (ii) below, RTO Acquiror and Canco shall be entitled to participate at their own expense in the defence and, if RTO Acquiror and Canco so elect at any time after receipt of such notice, either of them may assume the defence of any suit brought to enforce any such claim. The Agent shall have the right to employ separate counsel in any such suit and participate in the defence thereof, but the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be at the expense of the Agent unless: (i) the employment of such counsel has been authorized by RTO Acquiror or Canco; or (ii) the named parties to any such suit include both the Agent and RTO Acquiror or Canco and the Agent shall have been advised by counsel acceptable to RTO Acquiror or Canco that there may be one or more legal defences available to the Agent that are different from or in addition to those available to RTO Acquiror or Canco and that, in the judgement of such counsel, would present a conflict of interest were a joint representation to be undertaken (in which case RTO Acquiror and Canco shall not have the right to assume the defence of such suit on behalf of the Agent but shall be liable to pay the reasonable fees and expenses of counsel for the Agent). This indemnity shall survive the termination of this agreement and the resignation or removal of the Agent.

8.2 Limitation of Liability

The Agent shall not be held liable for any loss which may occur by reason of depreciation of the value of any part of the Agency Property or any loss incurred on any investment of funds pursuant to this agreement, except to the extent that such loss is attributable to the fraud, gross negligence, wilful misconduct or bad faith on the part of the Agent or to have resulted from a material breach by the Agent of any provision hereof.

ARTICLE 9
CHANGE OF AGENT

9.1 Resignation

The Agent, or any Agent hereafter appointed, may at any time resign by giving written notice of such resignation to RTO Acquiror and Canco specifying the date on which it desires to resign, provided that such notice shall not be given less than thirty (30) days before such desired resignation date unless RTO Acquiror and Canco otherwise agree and provided further that such resignation shall not take effect until the date of the appointment of a successor agent or trustee and the acceptance of such appointment by the successor trustee. Upon receiving such notice of resignation, RTO Acquiror and Canco shall promptly appoint a successor agent or trustee, which shall be a corporation organized and existing under the laws of Canada and authorized to carry on the business of an agent or trust company in all provinces of Canada, by written instrument in duplicate, one copy of which shall be delivered to the resigning agent and one copy to the successor agent or trustee. Failing the appointment and acceptance of a successor agent or trustee, a successor

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agent or trustee may be appointed by order of a court of competent jurisdiction upon application of one or more of the parties to this agreement. If the retiring agent is the party initiating an application for the appointment of a successor agent or trustee by order of a court of competent jurisdiction, RTO Acquiror and Canco shall be jointly and severally liable to reimburse the retiring agent for its legal costs and expenses in connection with same.

9.2 Removal

The Agent, or any agent or trustee hereafter appointed, may (provided a successor agent or trustee is appointed) be removed at any time on not less than 30 days’ prior notice by written instrument executed by RTO Acquiror and Canco, in duplicate, one copy of which shall be delivered to the agent so removed and one copy to the successor agent or trustee.

9.3 Successor Agent or Trustee

Any successor agent or trustee appointed as provided under this agreement shall execute, acknowledge and deliver to RTO Acquiror and Canco and to its predecessor agent an instrument accepting such appointment. Thereupon the resignation or removal of the predecessor agent shall become effective and such successor agent or trustee, without any further act, deed or conveyance, shall become vested with all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of its predecessor under this agreement, with the like effect as if originally named as trustee in this agreement. However, on the written request of RTO Acquiror and Canco or of the successor agent or trustee, the agent ceasing to act shall, upon payment of any amounts then due to it pursuant to the provisions of this agreement, execute and deliver an instrument transferring to such successor agent or trustee all the rights and powers of the agent so ceasing to act. Upon the request of any such successor agent or trustee, RTO Acquiror, Canco and such predecessor agent shall execute any and all instruments in writing for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to such successor agent or trustee all such rights and powers.

9.4 Notice of Successor Agent or Trustee

Upon acceptance of appointment by a successor agent or trustee as provided herein, RTO Acquiror and Canco shall cause to be mailed notice of the succession of such agent or trustee hereunder to each Beneficiary specified in a List. If RTO Acquiror or Canco shall fail to cause such notice to be mailed within 10 days after acceptance of appointment by the successor agent or trustee, the successor agent or trustee shall cause such notice to be mailed at the expense of RTO Acquiror and Canco.

ARTICLE 10
RTO ACQUIROR SUCCESSORS

10.1 Certain Requirements in Respect of Combination, etc.

So long as any Exchangeable Shares not owned by RTO Acquiror or its affiliates are outstanding, RTO Acquiror shall not consummate any transaction (whether by way of reconstruction, reorganization, consolidation, arrangement, amalgamation, merger, transfer, sale, lease or otherwise) whereby all or substantially all of its undertaking, property and assets would become the property of any other person or, in the case of a merger, of the continuing corporation resulting therefrom, provided that it may do so if:

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(a)

such other person or continuing corporation (the RTO Acquiror Successor), by operation of law, becomes, without more, bound by the terms and provisions of this agreement or, if not so bound, executes, prior to or contemporaneously with the consummation of such transaction, an agency agreement supplemental hereto and such other instruments (if any) as are necessary or advisable to evidence the assumption by the RTO Acquiror Successor of liability for all moneys payable and property deliverable hereunder and the covenant of such RTO Acquiror Successor to pay and deliver or cause to be delivered the same and its agreement to observe and perform all the covenants and obligations of RTO Acquiror under this agreement: and

 

(b)

such transaction shall be upon such terms and conditions as substantially to preserve and not to impair in any material respect any of the rights, duties, powers and authorities of the Agent or of the Beneficiaries hereunder.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of Section 10.1, RTO Acquiror shall be permitted to consummate an Asset Sale Transaction (as such term is defined in the terms of the preferred stock of the RTO Acquiror).

10.2 Vesting of Powers in Successor

Whenever the conditions of Section 10.1 have been duly observed and performed, the Agent, RTO Acquiror Successor and Canco shall, if required by Section 10.1, execute and deliver the supplemental agency agreement provided for in Article 11 and thereupon RTO Acquiror Successor and such other person that may then be the issuer of the RTO Acquiror Shares shall possess and from time to time may exercise each and every right and power of RTO Acquiror under this agreement in the name of RTO Acquiror or otherwise and any act or proceeding by any provision of this agreement required to be done or performed by the board of directors of RTO Acquiror or any officers of RTO Acquiror may be done and performed with like force and effect by the directors or officers of such RTO Acquiror Successor.

10.3 Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries

Nothing herein shall be construed as preventing (i) the amalgamation or merger of any wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of RTO Acquiror (other than Canco or Callco) with or into RTO Acquiror, (ii) the winding-up, liquidation or dissolution of any wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of RTO Acquiror (other than Canco or Callco), or (iii) any other distribution of the assets of any wholly-owned direct or indirect subsidiary of RTO Acquiror (other than Canco or Callco) among the shareholders of such subsidiary for the purpose of winding up its affairs, and any such transactions are expressly permitted by this Article 10.

10.4 Successor Transactions

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Article 10, in the event of an RTO Acquiror Control Transaction:

 

(a)

in which RTO Acquiror merges or amalgamates with, or in which all or substantially all of the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares are acquired by, one or more other corporations to which RTO Acquiror is, immediately before such merger, amalgamation or acquisition,

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related within the meaning of the ITA (otherwise than by virtue of a right referred to in paragraph 251(5)(b) thereof);

 

(b)

which does not result in an acceleration of the Redemption Date in accordance with paragraph (b) of that definition in the Share Provisions; and

 

(c)

in which all or substantially all of the then outstanding RTO Acquiror Shares are converted into or exchanged for shares or rights to receive such shares (the “Other Shares”) of another corporation (the “Other Corporation”) that, immediately after such RTO Acquiror Control Transaction, owns or controls, directly or indirectly, RTO Acquiror,

then, (i) all references herein to “RTO Acquiror” shall thereafter be and be deemed to be references to “Other Corporation” and all references herein to “RTO Acquiror Shares” shall thereafter be and be deemed to be references to “Other Shares” (with appropriate adjustments, if any, as are required to result in a holder of Exchangeable Shares on the exchange, redemption or retraction of such shares pursuant to the Share Provisions or Article 5 of the Plan of Arrangement or exchange of such shares pursuant to this agreement immediately subsequent to the RTO Acquiror Control Transaction being entitled to receive that number of Other Shares equal to the number of Other Shares such holder of Exchangeable Shares would have received if the exchange, redemption or retraction of such shares pursuant to he Share Provisions or Article 5 of the Plan of Arrangement, or exchange of such shares pursuant to this agreement had occurred immediately prior to the RTO Acquiror Control Transaction and the RTO Acquiror Control Transaction was completed) without any need to amend the terms and conditions of this agreement and without any further action required; and (ii) RTO Acquiror shall cause the Other Corporation to deposit one or more voting securities of such Other Corporation to allow Beneficiaries to exercise voting rights in respect of the Other Corporation substantially similar to those provided for in this agreement.

ARTICLE 11
AMENDMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTAL AGENCY AGREEMENTS

11.1 Amendments, Modifications, etc.

Subject to Sections 11.2, 11.4 and 13.1, this agreement may not be amended or modified except by an agreement in writing executed by RTO Acquiror, Canco and the Agent and approved by the Beneficiaries in accordance with Section 11(2) of the Share Provisions.

11.2 Ministerial Amendments

Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 11.1, the parties to this agreement may in writing, at any time and from time to time, without the approval of the Beneficiaries, amend or modify this agreement for the purposes of:

 

(a)

adding to the covenants of any or all parties hereto for the protection of the Beneficiaries hereunder provided that each of Canco and RTO Acquiror shall be of the good faith opinion and the Agent, acting on the advice of counsel, shall be of the opinion that such additions will not be materially prejudicial to the rights or interests of the Beneficiaries;

 

(b)

making such amendments or modifications not inconsistent with this agreement as may be necessary or desirable with respect to matters or questions which, in the good faith

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opinion of each of RTO Acquiror and Canco and in the opinion of the Agent, having in mind the best interests of the Beneficiaries, it may be expedient to make, provided that RTO Acquiror, Canco and the Agent, acting on the advice of counsel, shall be of the opinion that such amendments and modifications will not be materially prejudicial to the interests of the Beneficiaries;

 

(c)

making such changes or corrections which, on the advice of counsel to RTO Acquiror, Canco and the Agent, are required for the purpose of curing or correcting any ambiguity or defect or inconsistent provision or clerical omission or mistake or manifest error; or

 

(d)

making changes to provide added protection or benefit to or for the benefit of Beneficiaries hereunder provided that each of Canco and RTO Acquiror shall be of the good faith opinion and the Agent, acting on the advice of counsel, shall be of the opinion that such changes will not be materially prejudicial to the rights or interests of the Beneficiaries.

11.3 Meeting to Consider Amendments

Canco, at the request of RTO Acquiror, shall call a meeting or meetings of the Beneficiaries for the purpose of considering any proposed amendment or modification requiring approval pursuant hereto. Any such meeting or meetings shall be called and held in accordance with the by-laws of Canco, the Share Provisions and all applicable laws.

11.4 Changes in Capital of RTO Acquiror and Canco

At all times after the occurrence of any event contemplated pursuant to Section 2.7 or 2.8 of the Support Agreement or otherwise, as a result of which either RTO Acquiror Shares or the Exchangeable Shares or both are in any way changed, this agreement shall forthwith be amended and modified as necessary in order that it shall apply with full force and effect, mutatis mutandis, to all new securities into which RTO Acquiror Shares or the Exchangeable Shares or both are so changed and the parties hereto shall execute and deliver a supplemental agency agreement giving effect to and evidencing such necessary amendments and modifications.

11.5 Execution of Supplemental Agency Agreements

From time to time Canco (when authorized by a resolution of its Board of Directors), RTO Acquiror (when authorized by a resolution of its board of directors) and the Agent may, subject to the provisions of these presents, and they shall, when so directed by these presents, execute and deliver by their proper officers, agency agreements or other instruments supplemental hereto, which thereafter shall form part hereof, for any one or more of the following purposes:

 

(a)

evidencing the succession of RTO Acquiror Successors and the covenants of and obligations assumed by each such RTO Acquiror Successor in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 and the successors of the Agent or any successor Agent in accordance with the provisions of Article 9;

 

(b)

making any additions to, deletions from or alterations of the provisions of this agreement or the Voting Rights, the Automatic Exchange Right or the Exchange Right which, in the opinion of the Agent, will not be materially prejudicial to the interests of the Beneficiaries or are, in the opinion of counsel to the Agent, necessary or advisable in order to

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incorporate, reflect or comply with any legislation the provisions of which apply to RTO Acquiror, Canco, the Agent or this agreement; and

 

(c)

for any other purposes not inconsistent with the provisions of this agreement, including to make or evidence any amendment or modification to this agreement as contemplated hereby; provided that, in the opinion of the Agent, the rights of the Beneficiaries will not be materially prejudiced thereby.

ARTICLE 12
TERMINATION

12.1 Term

This agreement shall continue until the earliest to occur of the following events:

 

(a)

no outstanding Exchangeable Shares are held by a Beneficiary; and

 

(b)

each of RTO Acquiror and Canco elects in writing to terminate the Trust and such termination is approved by the Beneficiaries in accordance with Section 12 of the Share Provisions.

12.2 Survival of Agreement

This agreement shall survive and continue until there are no Exchangeable Shares outstanding held by a Beneficiary; provided, however, that the provisions of Article 7 and Article 8 shall survive any such termination of this agreement.

ARTICLE 13
GENERAL

13.1 Severability

If any term or other provision of this agreement is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced by any rule or law, or public policy, all other conditions and provisions of this agreement shall nevertheless remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the parties hereto shall negotiate in good faith to modify this agreement so as to effect the original intent of the parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the fullest extent possible.

13.2 Enurement

This agreement shall be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns and, subject to the terms hereof, to the benefit of the Beneficiaries.

13.3 Notices to Parties

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Any notice and other communications required or permitted to be given pursuant to this agreement shall be sufficiently given if delivered in person or if sent by facsimile transmission (provided such transmission is recorded as being transmitted successfully) to the parties at the following addresses:

(i) In the case of RTO Acquiror or Canco to the following address:

c/o MoSys, Inc.
2309 Bering Drive, San Jose, California 95131

Attention: Chief Executive Officer
E-mail: ronald@perasotech.com

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

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

437 Madison Avenue

25th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Attention: Blake Baron
E-mail: bjb@msk.com

and

Stikeman Elliott LLP

5300 Commerce Court West

199 Bay Street

Toronto, ON M5L 1B9

Attention: Dee Rajpal
E-mail: drajpal@stikeman.com

(ii) In the case of Agent to:

Grant Hughes, Chief Operating Officer

Kingsdale Partners LP

130 King Street West, Suite 2950

Toronto, Ontario M5X 1E2

E-mail: ghughes@kingsdaleadvisors.com

 

or at such other address as the party to which such notice or other communication is to be given has last notified the party given the same in the manner provided in this section, and if not given the same shall be deemed to have been received on the date of such delivery or sending.

13.4 Notice to Beneficiaries

Any and all notices to be given and any documents to be sent to any Beneficiaries may be given or sent to the address of such Beneficiary shown on the register of holders of Exchangeable Shares in any manner permitted by the by-laws of Canco from time to time in force in respect of notices to shareholders and shall be deemed to be received (if given or sent in such manner) at the time

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specified in such by-laws, the provisions of which bylaws shall apply mutatis mutandis to notices or documents as aforesaid sent to such Beneficiaries.

13.5 Counterparts

This agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which taken together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

13.6 Jurisdiction

This agreement shall be construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada applicable therein.

13.7 Attornment

Each of the Agent, RTO Acquiror, and Canco agrees that any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this agreement may be instituted in the courts of Ontario, waives any objection which it may have now or hereafter to the venue of any such action or proceeding, irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the said courts in any such action or proceeding, agrees to be bound by any judgement of the said courts and not to seek, and hereby waives, any review of the merits of any such judgement by the courts of any other jurisdiction, and RTO Acquiror hereby appoints Canco at its registered office in the Province of Ontario as attorney for service of process.

[Signature page follows.]


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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

2864555 ONTARIO INC.

Per:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 

KINGSDALE ADVISORS LP, by its general partner l

Per:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

 

MOSYS, INC.

Per:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

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Schedule “H“
RTO ACQUIROR CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION

MOSYS, INC.

CERTIFICATE OF DESIGNATION OF PREFERENCES,

RIGHTS AND LIMITATIONS

OF

SERIES A SPECIAL VOTING PREFERRED STOCK

PURSUANT TO SECTION 151 OF THE

DELAWARE GENERAL CORPORATION LAW

Pursuant to Section 151 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, the undersigned does hereby certify, on behalf of MoSys, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Company”), that the following resolution was duly adopted by the board of directors of the Company (the “Board”) pursuant to Article IV of the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended.

WHEREAS, the Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company, as amended (the “Certificate of Incorporation”), authorizes the issuance of up to 20,000,000 shares of preferred stock, $0.01 par value per share, of the Company (“Preferred Stock”) in one or more series, which Preferred Stock shall have such distinctive designation or title, voting powers or no voting powers, and such preferences, rights, qualifications, limitations or restrictions, as shall be stated in such resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of such class or series of Preferred Stock as may be adopted from time to time by the Board prior to the issuance of any shares thereof;

AND WHEREAS, it is the desire of the Board to establish and fix the number of shares to be included in a new series of Preferred Stock and the designation, rights, preferences, powers, restrictions and limitations of the shares of such new series.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Board does hereby provide for the issue of a series of Preferred Stock and does hereby in this Certificate of Designation (this “Certificate of Designation”) establish and fix and herein state and express the designation, rights, preferences, powers, restrictions, and limitations of such series of Preferred Stock as follows:

TERMS OF SPECIAL VOTING PREFERRED STOCK

Section 1. Designation, Amount and Par Value. The series of Preferred Stock shall be designated as Series A Special Voting Preferred Stock (the “Special Voting Preferred Stock”) and the number of shares so designated shall be one (1). The sole outstanding share of Special Voting Preferred Stock shall have a par value of $0.01 per share.

Section 2. Dividends. The holder of record of the share of Special Voting Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive any dividends declared and paid by the Company.

Section 3. Voting Rights.

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(a) The holder of record of the share of Special Voting Preferred Stock, except as otherwise required under applicable law or as set forth in subparagraph (b) below, shall not be entitled to vote on any matter required or permitted to be voted upon by the stockholders of the Company.

(b) With respect to all meetings of the stockholders of the Company at which the holders of the Company’s common stock, $0.01 par value per share, are entitled to vote (each, a “Stockholder Meeting”) and with respect to any written consents sought by the Company from the holders of such common stock (each, a “Stockholder Consent”), the holder of the share of Special Voting Preferred Stock shall vote together with the holders of such common stock as a single class except as otherwise required under applicable law, and the holder of the share of Special Voting Preferred Stock shall be entitled to cast on such matter a number of votes equal to one vote plus the number of Exchangeable Shares (the “Exchangeable Shares”) of 2864555 Ontario Inc., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario (“Canco”), outstanding as of the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote at such Stockholder Meeting or in connection with the applicable Stockholder Consent (i) that are not owned by the Company or its affiliates and (ii) as to which the holder of the share of Special Voting Preferred Stock has received voting instructions from the holders of such Exchangeable Shares in accordance with the Voting and Exchange Agency Agreement (the “Agency Agreement”) to be entered into among the Company, Canco and the agent thereunder (the “Agent”).

Section 4. Liquidation. Upon any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Company, whether voluntary or involuntary, the holder of record of the Special Voting Preferred Stock shall not be entitled to receive any assets of the Company available for distribution to its stockholders.

Section 5. Other Provisions.

(a) The holder of record of the share of Special Voting Preferred Stock shall not have any rights hereunder to convert such share into, or exchange such share for, shares of any other series or class of capital stock of the Company.

(b) The Agent shall exercise the voting rights attached to the share of Special Voting Preferred Stock pursuant to and in accordance with the Agency Agreement. The voting rights attached to the share of Special Voting Preferred Stock shall terminate pursuant to and in accordance with the Agency Agreement.

(c) At such time as the share of Special Voting Preferred Stock has no votes attached to it, the Special Voting Preferred Stock shall be automatically cancelled and shall not be reissued as a share of Special Voting Preferred Stock. Any share of Special Voting Preferred Stock so cancelled shall, upon its cancellation, and upon the taking of any action required by law, become an authorized but unissued share of Preferred Stock undesignated as to series and may be reissued a part of a new series of Preferred Stock, subject to the conditions and restrictions set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation or imposed by the Delaware General Corporation Law

(d) This Certificate of Designation shall be effective upon filing.

Section 6. No Other Rights or Privileges. Except as specifically set forth herein, the holder of the share of Special Voting Preferred Stock shall have no other rights, privileges or preferences with respect to the Special Voting Preferred Stock.

RESOLVED, FURTHER, that the Chairman, the president or any vice-president, and the secretary or any assistant secretary, of the Company be and they hereby are authorized and directed to prepare and

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file this Certificate of Designation of Preferences, Rights and Limitations in accordance with the foregoing resolution and the provisions of the Delaware General Corporation Law.

[Signature page follows.]

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has executed this Certificate this l day of l, 2021.

MOSYS, INC.

Per:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

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Schedule “I“
FORM OF LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

MoSys, Inc.

Lock-Up Agreement

__________________, 2021

This Lock-Up Agreement (this “Agreement”) is executed by and between MOSYS, INC., a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (“RTO Acquiror”), and the undersigned signatory in connection with that certain Arrangement Agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”), dated September 14, 2021, entered into among RTO Acquiror, 2864555 ONTARIO INC., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario (“Canco”), 2864552 ONTARIO INC., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario (“Callco”), and PERASO TECHNOLOGIES INC., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario (“Peraso”), pursuant to which, among other things, RTO Acquiror will, indirectly through Canco, acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares in the capital of Peraso in exchange for the Consideration, by way of a statutory plan of arrangement, which is to be completed under the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) on and subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Arrangement Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to them in the Arrangement Agreement.

As an inducement to the parties entering into the Arrangement Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the undersigned, by executing this Agreement, agrees that, without the prior written consent of RTO Acquiror, during the period commencing at the Effective Time and continuing until the time set forth in the following paragraph, the undersigned will not: (1) offer, pledge, sell, contract to sell, sell any option or contract to purchase, purchase any option or contract to sell, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase, make any short sale or otherwise transfer or dispose of or lend, directly or indirectly, any shares of common stock of RTO Acquiror (“RTO Acquiror Common Stock”) or any securities convertible into, exercisable or exchangeable for or that represent the right to receive shares of RTO Acquiror Common Stock (including without limitation, RTO Acquiror Common Stock which may be deemed to be beneficially owned by the undersigned in accordance with the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and securities which may be issued upon exercise of a stock option or warrant) whether now owned or hereafter acquired (the Securities); (2) enter into any swap or other agreement that transfers, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of the Securities, whether any such transaction described in clause (1) or (2) above is to be settled by delivery of RTO Acquiror Common Stock or such other securities, in cash or otherwise; (3) make any demand for or exercise any right with respect to, the registration of any RTO Acquiror Common Stock or any security convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable RTO Acquiror Common Stock); or (4) publicly disclose the intention to do any of the foregoing (each of the foregoing restrictions, the “Lock-Up Restrictions”).

Notwithstanding the terms of the foregoing paragraph, the Lock-Up Restrictions shall automatically terminate and cease to be effective with respect to the Securities on the twelve (12) month anniversary of the date of the Effective Time. The period during which the Lock-Up Restrictions apply to any particular portion of the Securities shall be deemed the “Lock-Up Period” with respect thereto. From and after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, until ninety (90) days after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period (the “Leak-Out Period,” and together with the Lock-Up Period, the “Restricted Period”), the

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undersigned may not sell, dispose or otherwise transfer, directly or indirectly, (including, without limitation, any sales, short sales, swaps or any derivative transactions that would be equivalent to any sales or short positions) on any Trading Day during the Leak-Out Period (any such date, a “Date of Determination”), Securities, held by the undersigned in an amount representing more than 20% of the average daily volume of RTO Acquiror Common Stock as reported by Bloomberg, L.P. for the five trading days prior to each applicable Date of Determination (the “Leak-Out Restrictions” and together with the Lock-Up Restrictions, the “Restrictions”). Following expiration of the Restricted Period, all Securities shall not be subject to the Restrictions.

The undersigned agrees that the Restrictions preclude the undersigned from engaging in any hedging or other transaction during the Restricted Period with respect to any then-subject Securities which is designed to or which reasonably could be expected to lead to or result in a sale or disposition of such Securities even if such Securities would be disposed of by someone other than the undersigned. Such prohibited hedging or other transactions would include without limitation any short sale or any purchase, sale or grant of any right (including without limitation any put or call option) during the Restricted Period with respect to such Securities or with respect to any security that includes, relates to, or derives any significant part of its value from such Securities.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, during the Restricted Period, the undersigned may transfer any of the Securities:

 

(i)

as a bona fide gift or gifts or charitable contribution(s),

 

(ii)

to any trust for the direct or indirect benefit of the undersigned or the immediate family of the undersigned,

 

(iii)

if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity (1) to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust or other business entity that is a direct or indirect affiliate (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended) or subsidiary of the undersigned or that controls, is controlled by, or under common control with the undersigned, (2) as distributions of Securities to partners, subsidiaries, affiliates, limited liability company members or stockholders of the undersigned, holders of similar equity interests in the undersigned and any investment fund or affiliated entity or (3) as a transfer or distribution to any employee of the undersigned or an entity listed in clause (1) above or the undersigned,

 

(iv)

if the undersigned is a trust, to the beneficiary of such trust,

 

(v)

by testate succession or intestate succession,

 

(vi)

to any immediate family member, any investment fund, family partnership, family limited liability company or other entity controlled or managed by the undersigned,

 

(vii)

to a nominee or custodian of a person or entity to whom a disposition or transfer would be permissible under clauses (i) through (vi),

 

(viii)

to RTO Acquiror in a transaction exempt from Section 16(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”) upon a vesting event of the Securities or upon

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the exercise of options or warrants to purchase RTO Acquiror Common Stock on a “cashless” or “net exercise” basis or to cover tax withholding obligations of the undersigned in connection with such vesting or exercise (but for the avoidance of doubt, excluding all manners of exercise that would involve a sale in the open market of any securities relating to such options or warrants, whether to cover the applicable aggregate exercise price, withholding tax obligations or otherwise); provided that any filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act in connection with such transfer shall indicate, to the extent permitted by such Section and the related rules and regulations, the reason for such disposition and that such transfer of Securities was solely to RTO Acquiror, and provided, further that any Securities issued upon such exercise shall be subject to the restrictions set forth in this Agreement,

 

(ix)

(A) if the undersigned is an employee of the RTO Acquiror or its affiliates (including Peraso), the date on which the undersigned ceases to be so actively employed (without taking into account any notice period); or (B) if the undersigned is a director of the RTO Acquiror, the date on which the undersigned ceases to be a director of the RTO Acquiror,

 

(x)

acquired by the undersigned in open market transactions after the Effective Time, provided that no filing under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with subsequent sales of Securities acquired in such open market transactions,

 

(xi)

pursuant to transfers in response to a bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction made to or with all holders of RTO Acquiror’s capital stock involving a “change of control” (as defined below) of RTO Acquiror that has been approved by the board of directors of RTO Acquiror, provided that in the event that such tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Securities shall remain subject to the restrictions contained in this Agreement. For purposes of this clause (xi), “change of control” means the consummation of any bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction the result of which is that any “person” (as defined in Section 13(d)(3) of the Exchange Act), or group of persons, other than RTO Acquiror, becomes the beneficial owner (as defined in Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 of the Exchange Act) of more than 50% of the total voting power of the voting stock of RTO Acquiror (or surviving entity), or all or substantially all of the assets of RTO Acquiror,

 

(xii)

pursuant to a domestic relations order or order of a court or regulatory agency, or

 

(xiii)

pursuant to a pledge of shares as collateral for margin loans, and any transfer upon foreclosure upon such pledged shares;

provided, in the case of clauses (i)-(vii), that (A) such transfer shall not involve a disposition for value and (B) the transferee agrees in writing with RTO Acquiror to be bound by the terms of this Agreement; and provided, further, in the case of clauses (xii) and (xiii) the transferee agrees in writing with RTO Acquiror to be bound by the terms of this Agreement, and in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iv)-(vii) and (ix), no filing by any party (donor, donee, transferor or transferee) under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act shall be required or shall be made voluntarily in connection with such transfer reporting a reduction in beneficial ownership of Securities during the Restricted Period.

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For purposes of this Agreement, “immediate family” shall mean any relationship by blood, marriage, domestic partnership or adoption, not more remote than first cousin, and shall include any former spouse.

In addition, the Restrictions shall not apply to (i) conversion or exercise of (x) warrants, (y) convertible notes, or (z) Exchangeable Shares into RTO Acquiror Common Stock or into any other security convertible into or exercisable for RTO Acquiror Common Stock that are outstanding as of the Effective Time (but for the avoidance of doubt, excluding all manners of conversion or exercise that would involve a sale in the open market of any securities relating to such warrants, whether to cover the applicable aggregate exercise price, withholding tax obligations or otherwise); provided that it shall apply to any of the Securities issued upon such conversion or exercise, or (ii) the establishment of any contract, instruction or plan (a Plan) that satisfies all of the requirements of Rule 10b5-1(c)(1)(i)(B) under the Exchange Act; provided that (a) no sales of the Securities shall be made pursuant to such a Plan prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and (b) to the extent a public announcement or filing under the Exchange Act is required of the undersigned or required or voluntarily made by or on behalf of RTO Acquiror regarding the establishment of such plan, such announcement or filing shall include a statement to the effect that no transfer of RTO Acquiror Common Stock may be made under such plan during the Restricted Period. The undersigned may not voluntarily make any such announcement or filing with respect to any such plan. In furtherance of the restrictions set forth in this Agreement, RTO Acquiror and its transfer agent and registrar are hereby authorized to decline to make any transfer of shares of RTO Acquiror Common Stock if such transfer would constitute a violation or breach of this Agreement.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and that upon request, the undersigned will execute any additional documents reasonably necessary to ensure the validity or enforcement of this Agreement. All authority herein conferred or agreed to be conferred and any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs or personal representatives of the undersigned.

This Agreement shall take effect at the Effective Time under the Arrangement Agreement and shall not be operative until such time.

The undersigned understands that the parties to the Arrangement Agreement are entering into such agreement in reliance upon this Agreement.

This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware.

[Signature pages follow.]

 

 

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The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement and that, upon request, the undersigned will execute any additional documents necessary in connection with the enforcement hereof. Any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.

Very truly yours,

MOSYS, INC.

 

By:

Signature

 

 

Name:

 

 

Title:

 

Dated: _______________

 

 

 

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The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to enter into this Lock-Up Agreement and that, upon request, the undersigned will execute any additional documents necessary in connection with the enforcement hereof. Any obligations of the undersigned shall be binding upon the heirs, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned.

Very truly yours,

 

 

Printed Name of Holder

 

 

By:

Signature

 

 

 

Printed Name of Person Signing

(and indicate capacity of person signing if

signing as custodian, trustee, or on behalf of

an entity)

 

Dated: _______________

 

 

 

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Schedule “J“
FORM OF ESCROW AGREEMENT

 

ESCROW AGREEMENT

ESCROW AGREEMENT (the Agreement”) dated as of l, 2021,

BY AND AMONG:MOSYS, INC., a corporation existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (“RTO Acquiror”);

AND2864555 ONTARIO INC., a company existing under the laws of Ontario (“Canco”);

AND:PERASO TECHNOLOGIES INC., a company existing under the laws of Ontario (“Peraso”);

AND:KINGSDALE PARTNERS LP, a limited partnership formed under the laws of the Province of Ontario (the “Escrow Agent”).

WHEREAS, RTO Acquiror, Canco and 2864552 Ontario Inc., both wholly-owned subsidiaries of RTO Acquiror, and Peraso have entered into an arrangement agreement dated as of September 14, 2021 (the “Arrangement Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, RTO Acquiror will, indirectly through Canco, acquire all of the Peraso Shares in exchange for the Consideration, by way of a statutory plan of arrangement (the “Plan of Arrangement”), which is to be completed under the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), on and subject to the terms and conditions contained in the Arrangement Agreement;

WHEREAS, the Arrangement Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement contemplates that the Escrow Consideration shall be deposited in escrow with the Escrow Agent, to be held, managed and distributed by the Escrow Agent on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

WHEREAS, RTO Acquiror, Canco and Peraso wish to appoint the Escrow Agent to act as escrow agent in connection with the Arrangement Agreement and the Plan of Arrangement; and

WHEREAS, the foregoing recitals are representations and statements of fact made by RTO Acquiror, Canco and Peraso and not by the Escrow Agent.

NOW, THEREFORE, THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSETH THAT, in consideration of the foregoing recitals, the covenants and agreements hereinafter contained and other good and valuable consideration (the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged), the parties hereto agree as follows:

1.

Definitions. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Arrangement Agreement.

2.

Appointment of Escrow Agent. RTO Acquiror, Canco and Peraso hereby appoint the Escrow Agent to act as escrow agent on their behalf pursuant to this Agreement, and the Escrow Agent hereby accepts such appointment on the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

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3.

Delivery of the Escrow Consideration. In connection with the completion of the Plan of Arrangement, RTO Acquiror and Canco, as applicable, shall deposit the Escrow Consideration with the Escrow Agent at or prior to the Effective Time. Upon receipt of the Escrow Consideration, the Escrow Agent shall, in writing, acknowledge receipt of the Escrow Consideration. The Escrow Consideration shall be held by the Escrow Agent in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

4.

Release of Escrow Consideration. Subject to Sections 5 and 8 hereof, the Escrow Agent is hereby authorized to release the Escrow Consideration only as follows:

 

(a)

upon the earliest to occur of the following (each such event, an “Escrow Release Condition”):

 

(i)

any date following the first anniversary of the Effective Time and prior to the third anniversary of the Effective Time where the volume weighted average price of the RTO Acquiror Shares for any twenty (20) Trading Days within a period of thirty (30) consecutive Trading Days is at least $8.57 per share, subject to adjustment to reflect fully the effect of any stock split, reverse split or stock dividend (including any dividend or distribution of securities convertible into RTO Acquiror Shares, other than stock dividends paid in lieu of ordinary course dividends), reorganization, recapitalization or other similar change with respect to RTO Acquiror Shares occurring after the date of this Agreement;

 

(ii)

the date of any sale of all or substantially all of the assets or shares of RTO Acquiror; and

 

(iii)

the date of any bankruptcy, insolvency, restructuring, receivership, administration, wind-up, liquidation, dissolution or similar event involving RTO Acquiror,

following which: (A) within five (5) Business Days following the date on which the Escrow Release Condition occurs, MoSys shall promptly notify the Escrow Agent, substantially in the form attached hereto as Schedule A (the “Escrow Release Notice”), that such Escrow Release Condition has been satisfied; and (B) within ten (10) Business Days of the receipt by the Escrow Agent of the Escrow Release Notice, the Escrow Agent shall release the Escrow Consideration to the Former Peraso Securityholders in accordance with the pro rata proportions set out at Schedule B hereof; or

 

(b)

to effect Permitted Transfers (as defined below) in accordance with Section 10 hereof.

5.

Indemnification.

 

(a)

To the extent RTO Acquiror incurs, suffers or reasonably anticipates that it will incur or suffer a Loss in respect of which it is entitled to be indemnified pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Arrangement Agreement, RTO Acquiror shall, as soon as reasonably practicable, deliver to the Escrow Agent a written notice (the “Indemnification Notice”) stating a demand for indemnification in accordance with the Arrangement Agreement, setting out the nature and basis of the Loss, and including, to the extent it is then known, a description in reasonable detail of the facts giving rise to the Loss, including the amount of the

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indemnifiable Loss claimed by the RTO Acquiror, and the Escrow Agent in turn shall provide the Indemnification Notice, by mail delivery or electronically, to all of the persons having a right to receive the Escrow Consideration (collectively, the “Former Peraso Securityholders”). For greater certainty, no Indemnification Notice may be provided by the RTO Acquiror after the date the Escrow Release Condition has been satisfied.

 

(b)

The RTO Acquiror shall have the right to set-off any indemnifiable Loss only pursuant to: (i) an agreement in writing by the RTO Acquiror and Former Peraso Securityholders comprising, in the aggregate, of more than 50% of the Escrow Consideration (the “Majority Peraso Securityholders”); and (ii) other than as contemplated in Section 5(b)(i), a final and non-appealable Judgement (a “Final Judgement”) in favour of the RTO Acquiror. The RTO Acquiror shall only receive a number of Exchangeable Shares or RTO Acquiror Shares, as applicable, from the Escrow Consideration (together with any accrued or declared dividends thereon), having a value equal to the Escrow Consideration Value (as defined below), as determined in accordance with Section 5(c) hereof.

 

(c)

The value assigned to the Escrow Consideration for the purposes of setting-off any indemnifiable Loss (the “Escrow Consideration Value”) shall be equal to:

 

(i)

the amount of the Loss agreed to in writing by the RTO Acquiror and the Majority Peraso Securityholders (up to an amount not to exceed the Escrow Consideration); or

 

(ii)

other than as contemplated in Section 5(c)(i), the amount of Loss determined to be payable pursuant to a Final Judgment (up to an amount not to exceed the Escrow Consideration); and

divided by the 10 day volume weighted average price of the RTO Acquiror Shares on NASDAQ immediately prior to the valuation date for the Loss (which shall be the date of agreement in the case of (i) and the date of the Final Judgment in the case of (ii)).

 

(d)

In the event that there are any pending and unresolved claims for any indemnifiable Loss pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Arrangement Agreement as of the date the Escrow Release Condition is satisfied, then an amount of Escrow Consideration reasonably necessary to serve as security for such pending Loss shall be held back by the Escrow Agent and not released to the Former Peraso Securityholders, RTO Acquiror or Canco, as applicable, until such pending and unresolved claims are resolved in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and Section 2.10 of the Arrangement Agreement.

6.

Voting Rights on the Escrow Consideration. All and any voting rights and other stockholder rights, other than with respect to dividends and distributions, with respect to the Escrow Consideration shall be suspended until the Escrow Consideration is released in accordance with this Agreement.

7.

Dividends on Escrow Consideration. If, during the period in which any of the Escrow Consideration is retained in escrow pursuant to this Agreement, any dividend or distribution is received by the Escrow Agent in respect of the Escrow Consideration, any such dividend or distribution shall be added to the Escrow Consideration, to be escrowed in accordance with the pro

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rata proportions set out at Schedule B hereof, and released as part of the Escrow Consideration in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

8.

Reorganizations, etc. If, during the period in which any of the Escrow Consideration remains in escrow pursuant to this Agreement, a reorganization affecting the share capital occurs, then and in each such event, the Escrow Consideration shall be released and replaced by the shares of stock and other securities and property upon the terms and conditions provided in the relevant reorganization documents.

9.

Restriction on Transfer. Unless it is expressly permitted in this Agreement, the Escrow Consideration cannot be sold, transferred, assigned, mortgaged or otherwise dealt with in any way.

10.

Permitted Transfer Within Escrow. Notwithstanding Section 9, the Escrow Consideration may be transferred within escrow (each, a “Permitted Transfer”) prior to the Escrow Release Condition being satisfied:

 

(a)

by way of joint written instruction from the RTO Acquiror, Canco, Peraso and the Majority Peraso Securityholders;

 

(b)

to any entity into or with which the registered holder of any of the Escrow Consideration may be merged or consolidated or amalgamated, or any entity resulting therefrom, with evidence of such merger, consolidation or amalgamation having been provided to the Escrow Agent in a form acceptable to the Escrow Agent;

 

(c)

to any entity designated by a Final Judgement, provided such Final Judgement authorizes and directs the Escrow Agent to effect such transfer; or

 

(d)

to a trustee in bankruptcy or another person or company entitled to the Escrow Consideration on bankruptcy provided that prior to the transfer, the Escrow Agent shall have received a certified copy of:

 

(i)

the assignment in bankruptcy filed with the applicable Governmental Entity;

 

(ii)

the receiving order adjudging the registered holder of the Escrow Consideration bankrupt;

 

(iii)

a certificate of appointment of the trustee in bankruptcy; and,

 

(iv)

a transfer power of attorney, duly completed and executed by the transferor or its/their legal representative in accordance with the requirements of the transfer agent of the issuer of the Escrow Consideration.

11.

Temporary Release from Escrow. The Escrow Agent shall be entitled to release the Escrow Consideration from escrow in order to effect a Permitted Transfer.

12.

Effect of Transfer Within Escrow. After a Permitted Transfer of the Escrow Consideration, the Escrow Consideration shall remain within escrow, and this Agreement shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to the said Escrow Consideration.

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13.

Indemnification. RTO Acquiror, Canco and Peraso shall indemnify and hold the Escrow Agent, its successors and permitted assigns, as well as its respective directors, officers, employees, affiliates, advisors and agents (individually, an “Indemnified Party” and collectively, the “Indemnified Parties”), harmless from and against any and all claims, demands, assessments, interest, penalties, actions, suits, proceedings, liabilities, losses, damages, costs and expenses, including, without limiting the foregoing, expert, consultant and counsel fees and disbursements, arising from or in connection with any actions or omissions that an Indemnified Party takes pursuant to this Agreement, provided that any such action or omission is taken in good faith and without gross negligence or wilful misconduct or is taken on the written advice and instructions given to the Indemnified Party by RTO Acquiror, Canco, Peraso or their representatives, including legal counsel. The indemnity provisions set forth herein will survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, regardless of the expiry or termination of this Agreement.

14.

Dispute Resolution. It is understood and agreed that should any dispute arise with respect to the delivery, ownership, right of possession and/or disposition of the Escrow Consideration, or should any claim be made upon the Escrow Agent or the Escrow Consideration by a third party, the Escrow Agent, upon receipt of notice of such dispute or claim, is authorized and shall be entitled (at its sole option and election), to retain in its possession without liability, all or any of said Escrow Consideration until such dispute shall have been settled either by the mutual written agreement of RTO Acquiror, Canco, Peraso and the Majority Peraso Securityholders or by a Final Judgement. A copy of any such settlement or Final Judgement shall be delivered to the Escrow Agent by RTO Acquiror, Canco or Peraso and to all Former Peraso Securityholders. The Escrow Agent may, but shall be under no duty whatsoever to, institute or defend any legal proceedings which relate to the Escrow Consideration.

15.

Arbitration. Any disputes with respect to this Agreement shall be resolved by arbitration and any of RTO Acquiror, Peraso, Canco, or a group comprising the Majority Peraso Securityholders, may demand by written notice to the other parties that the matter be submitted to arbitration. The notice shall set out the reasons for the dispute and reasonable details to support the dispute. RTO Acquiror and Peraso shall cooperate in completing any arbitration as expeditiously as possible, the procedure to commence no later than thirty (30) days from the date the notice was sent, and the arbitrator may hire such experts as may appear to be appropriate. All of the costs and expenses of the arbitration shall be borne by RTO Acquiror. Any award rendered by the arbitrator shall be final and binding on the parties and the Former Peraso Securityholders.

16.

Resignation of Escrow Agent; Successor by Merger

 

(a)

Resignation and delivery. The Escrow Agent may at any time resign as such, subject to this Section 16, by delivering written notice of resignation to the other parties to this Agreement and to the Former Peraso Securityholders and by delivering the Escrow Consideration (together with any accrued dividends or distributions and less any portion thereof previously distributed or released in accordance with this Agreement) to any successor escrow agent designated by RTO Acquiror and Peraso, or by a court of competent jurisdiction, whereupon the Escrow Agent shall be discharged of and from any and all further obligations arising in connection with this Agreement. The resignation of the Escrow Agent will take effect on the earlier of (the “Resignation Date”): (i) the date of appointment of a successor escrow agent designated by RTO Acquiror and Peraso or by a court of competent jurisdiction; or (ii) the day which is thirty (30) days after the date of

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delivery of the Escrow Agent’s written notice of resignation to the other parties to this Agreement and to the Former Peraso Securityholders, or such shorter notice as the parties and the Majority Peraso Securityholders accept as sufficient. If the Escrow Agent has not received written notice of the designation of a successor escrow agent by the Resignation Date, the Escrow Agent’s sole responsibility after such time shall be to retain and safeguard the Escrow Consideration until receipt of written notice of the designation of a successor escrow agent hereunder or pursuant to a Final Judgement. If a successor escrow agent has not been appointed within ninety (90) days of the date of the delivery of its written notice of resignation, the Escrow Agent shall deliver the Escrow Consideration (together with any accrued dividends or distributions and less any portion thereof previously distributed in accordance with this Agreement) to the legal counsel designated by RTO Acquiror, Canco and Peraso, and all of the Escrow Agent’s duties and obligations under this Agreement shall thereupon cease immediately. Failing such designation by RTO Acquiror, Canco and Peraso, the Escrow Agent shall deliver the Escrow Consideration to a court of competent jurisdiction whereupon this Agreement shall terminate and the Escrow Agent shall have no further duties and obligations under this Agreement. RTO Acquiror, Canco and Peraso, acting together, shall have power at any time to remove the existing Escrow Agent and to appoint a successor escrow agent.

 

(b)

Deduction of fees. If the Escrow Agent resigns or is removed pursuant to this Section 16, the Escrow Agent shall be entitled, prior to delivery to any party of the Escrow Consideration, to deduct any amounts owing to it in respect to outstanding fees, disbursements and interest thereon whereupon this Agreement shall terminate and the Escrow Agent shall have no further duties and obligations under this Agreement.

 

(c)

Incapacity. If the Escrow Consideration is to be released hereunder to a party who has become bankrupt, has gone into liquidation or has otherwise become incapable of performing its rights and responsibilities under this Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall forthwith deliver the Escrow Consideration to a court of competent jurisdiction for a determination on a the rights of such party. If all of the parties hereunder have become bankrupt, have gone into liquidation or have otherwise become incapable of performing their rights and responsibilities under this Agreement, the Escrow Agent shall forthwith deliver the Escrow Consideration to a court of competent jurisdiction for a determination on the rights of the parties, and provide written notice to RTO Acquiror, Canco and Peraso of the disposition of such Escrow Consideration. Upon such delivery of the Escrow Consideration, this Agreement shall terminate and the Escrow Agent shall have no further duties and obligations.

 

(d)

Incapacity of Escrow Agent. In the event of the Escrow Agent becomes bankrupt, goes into liquidation or otherwise becomes incapable of acting hereunder, RTO Acquiror, Canco and Peraso, acting together, shall forthwith appoint a successor escrow agent; failing such appointment by RTO Acquiror, Canco and Peraso, the Escrow Agent, acting alone, may apply, at the expense of RTO Acquiror to a justice of a court of competent jurisdiction, on such notice as such justice may direct, for the appointment of a successor escrow agent; but any successor escrow agent so appointed by the court shall be subject to removal as aforesaid by RTO Acquiror, Canco and Peraso, acting together.

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(e)

Transfer and delivery; Fees. On any such appointment of a successor escrow agent, the successor escrow agent shall be vested with the same powers, rights, duties and responsibilities as if it had been originally named herein as Escrow Agent hereunder. At the request of RTO Acquiror, Canco and Peraso, the Escrow Agent, upon payment of the amounts, if any, due to it pursuant to this Agreement, including any amounts owing to it in respect to outstanding fees, disbursements and interest thereon, shall duly assign, transfer and deliver to the successor escrow agent all property and money held, and all records kept, by the Escrow Agent hereunder or in connection herewith.

 

(f)

Succession. Any corporation into or with which the Escrow Agent may be merged or consolidated or amalgamated, or any corporation resulting therefrom to which the Escrow Agent shall be a party, or any corporation succeeding to all or substantially all of the corporate trust business of the Escrow Agent shall be the successor to the Escrow Agent hereunder without any further act on its part or any of the parties hereto, provided that such corporation would be eligible for appointment as a successor escrow agent hereunder.

17.

Anti-money Laundering.

 

(a)

Each party to this Agreement (in this paragraph referred to as a “representing party”), other than the Escrow Agent, hereby represents to the Escrow Agent that any account to be opened by, or interest to be held by, the Escrow Agent in connection with this Agreement, for or to the credit of such representing party, either (i) is not intended to be used by or on behalf of any third party; or (ii) is intended to be used by or on behalf of a third party, in which case such representing party hereby agrees to complete, execute and deliver forthwith to the Escrow Agent a declaration, in the Escrow Agent’s prescribed form or in such other form as may be satisfactory to it, as to the particulars of such third party.

 

(b)

The Escrow Agent shall retain the right not to act and shall not be liable for refusing to act if, due to a lack of information or for any other reason whatsoever, the Escrow Agent, in its sole judgement, determines that such act might cause it to be in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist or economic sanctions legislation, regulation or guideline. Further, should the Escrow Agent, in its reasonable judgement, determine at any time that its acting under this Agreement has resulted in its being in non-compliance with any applicable anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist or economic sanctions legislation, regulation or guideline, then it shall have the right to resign on ten (10) days written notice to the other parties to this Agreement and to the Former Peraso Securityholders, provided (i) that the Escrow Agent’s written notice shall describe the circumstances of such non-compliance; and (ii) that if such circumstances are rectified to the Escrow Agent’s satisfaction within such ten (10) day period, then such resignation shall not be effective.

18.

Privacy. The parties acknowledge that the Escrow Agent may, in the course of providing services hereunder, collect or receive financial and other personal information about such parties and/or their representatives, as individuals, or about other individuals related to the subject matter hereof, and use such information for the following purposes:

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(a)

to provide the services required under this Agreement and other services that may be requested from time to time;

 

(b)

to help the Escrow Agent manage its servicing relationships with such individuals;

 

(c)

to meet the Escrow Agent’s legal and regulatory requirements; and

 

(d)

if Social Insurance Numbers are collected by the Escrow Agent, to perform tax reporting and to assist in verification of an individual’s identity for security purposes.

Each party acknowledges and agrees that the Escrow Agent may receive, collect, use and disclose personal information provided to it or acquired by it in the course of this Agreement for the purposes described above and, generally, in the manner and on the terms described in its Privacy Code, which the Escrow Agent shall make available on its website, or upon request, including revisions thereto. The Escrow Agent may transfer personal information to other companies in or outside of Canada or the United States that provide data processing and storage or other support in order to facilitate the services it provides. Further, each party agrees that it shall not provide or cause to be provided to the Escrow Agent any personal information relating to an individual who is not a party to this Agreement unless that party has assured itself that such individual understands and has consented to the aforementioned terms, uses and disclosures.

19.

Notices. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices, demands and other communications to be given or delivered under or by reason of the provisions of this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been given (a) when personally delivered, (b) when transmitted as a scanned or .pdf attachment to an email (with electronic confirmation of receipt), (c) the day following the day (except if not a Business Day then the next Business Day) on which the same has been delivered prepaid to a reputable national overnight air courier service or (d) the third Business Day following the day on which the same is sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, in each case to the respective parties at the address set forth below, or at such other address as such party may specify by written notice to the other parties hereto:

(a) to RTO Acquiror, Canco or Peraso at:

 

c/o MoSys, Inc.

2309 Bering Drive

San Jose, California 95131

Attention:

Chief Executive Officer

E-mail:

ronald@perasotech.com

 

and with a copy (which shall not constitute notice to RTO Acquiror or Peraso) to:

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

437 Madison Avenue, 25th Floor

New York, New York 10022

Attention:Blake Baron

E-mail:bjb@msk.com

 

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and

Stikeman Elliott LLP

5300 Commerce Court West

199 Bay Street

Toronto, Ontario M5L 1B9

Attention:

Dee Rajpal

E-mail:

drajpal@stikeman.com

 

(b) to the Escrow Agent at:

Kingsdale Partners LP

Exchange Tower

130 King St West, Suite 2950

Toronto, Ontario,

M5X 1E2

Attention:

Grant Hughes or Mobeen Rahman

Email:

ghughes@kingsdaleadvisors.com

mrahman@kingsdaleadvisors.com

CorpAction@kingsdaleadvisors.com

(c) to each of the Former Peraso Securityholders at the addresses provided in Schedule B hereof.

Any such communication shall be deemed to have been validly and effectively given and received on the date of personal delivery or transmission by facsimile or similar means of recorded communication in accordance with the foregoing in this Section 19 if such date is a Business Day and otherwise on the next Business Day. Any party to this Agreement or any Former Peraso Securityholder may change its address for service from time to time by notice given in accordance with the foregoing and any subsequent notice shall be sent to such party at its changed address.

20.

Termination. Following the release by the Escrow Agent of all of the Escrow Consideration, including any dividends or distributions that have been added Escrow Consideration, this Agreement shall terminate and the Escrow Agent shall have no further duties and obligations under this Agreement.

21.

Miscellaneous.

 

(a)

The section headings contained in this Agreement are for reference purposes only and shall not affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 

(b)

Unless the context shall otherwise require, the singular shall include the plural and vice versa, and each pronoun in any gender shall include all other genders.

 

(c)

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts and any party hereto may execute any such counterpart by facsimile or other electronic means, each of which when executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which counterparts taken together shall constitute but one and the same instrument. This Agreement shall

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become binding when one or more counterparts taken together shall have been executed and delivered by all of the parties. It shall not be necessary in making proof of this Agreement or any counterpart hereof to produce or account for any of the other counterparts.

 

(d)

This Agreement or any provision hereof may be amended or waived only by written instrument duly signed by each of the parties hereto and the Majority Peraso Securityholders.

 

(e)

No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a waiver of any other provision (whether or not similar), nor shall such waiver be binding unless executed in writing by the party to be bound by the waiver.

 

(f)

No failure on the part of RTO Acquiror, Canco, Peraso or any Former Peraso Securityholder to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of such right; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right preclude any other or further exercise of such right or the exercise of any other right.

 

(g)

If one or more of the provisions hereof shall for any reason be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect under applicable law, such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision hereof, and this Agreement shall be construed as if such invalid, illegal or unenforceable provision had never been contained herein, and the remaining provisions hereof shall remain in full force and effect.

 

(h)

Save and except for the Former Peraso Securityholders, who shall be deemed to be third-party beneficiaries under this Agreement and shall have the right to enforce the terms hereof as if party to this Agreement, this Agreement is for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto, and nothing in this Agreement, express or implied, is intended to confer or shall be construed as conferring upon any other Person any rights, remedies or any other type or types of benefits.

 

(i)

RTO Acquiror, Canco and Peraso shall provide the necessary information reasonably requested by the Escrow Agent to satisfy its “Know Your Client”, Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act, Common Reporting Standard, and anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering obligations and internal procedures.

 

(j)

No party may assign its rights hereunder without the prior written consent of the other parties and the Majority Peraso Securityholders, except that RTO Acquiror may assign this Agreement in conjunction with a permitted assignment of the Arrangement Agreement provided such assignment shall not relieve RTO Acquiror of its obligations under the Arrangement Agreement or this Agreement.

 

(k)

This Agreement shall enure to the benefit of, and be binding upon, the parties hereto, the Former Peraso Securityholders and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

(l)

This Agreement shall be governed by and interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein.

 

(m)

The Escrow Agent shall have no obligations with respect to tax reporting.

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(n)

The Schedules attached to this Agreement shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, form an integral part of it. This Agreement shall override the Schedules attached hereto to the extent of any inconsistency.

 

(o)

As between RTO Acquiror, Canco and Peraso only (and, for greater certainty, not the Escrow Agent), notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary (i) nothing herein shall be deemed to limit, restrict, negate or otherwise amend the rights of the parties under the Arrangement Agreement and (ii) if there is a conflict or inconsistency between the terms of this Agreement and the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, the terms of the Arrangement Agreement will govern to the extent of that conflict or inconsistency.

[Signature page follows.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement to be effective as of the date first above written.

  

MOSYS, INC.

By:

Authorized Signing Officer

  

2864555 ONTARIO INC.

By:

Authorized Signing Officer

 

PERASO TECHNOLOGIES INC.

By:

Authorized Signing Officer

 

KINGSDALE PARTNERS LP, by its general partner l

 

By:

Authorized Signing Officer

 

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SCHEDULE A

Form of Notice of Release for Escrow Consideration to Former Peraso Securityholders

 

 

Date: l, 20l

TO:Kingsdale Partners LP (“Escrow Agent”)

Reference is made to: (a) the arrangement agreement dated as of September 14, 2021 among MoSys, Inc., 2864552 Ontario Inc., 2864555 Ontario Inc. and Peraso Technologies Inc., as may be amended from time to time (the “Arrangement Agreement”); and (b) the Escrow Agreement dated as of l, 2021 by and among MoSys, Inc., 2864555 Ontario Inc., Peraso Technologies Inc. and the Escrow Agent (the “Escrow Agreement”).

Capitalized terms used in this Notice and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Arrangement Agreement.

Pursuant to Section 4(a) of the Escrow Agreement, undersigned hereby: (a) confirms that the Escrow Release Condition was satisfied as of __________________; and (b) instructs you to release the Escrow Consideration, less any Escrow Consideration Value, to the former Peraso securityholders (the “Former Peraso Securityholders”) in accordance with the pro rata proportions set out at Schedule B to the Escrow Agreement.

MOSYS, INC.

 

____________________________________

By:

Title:

 

 

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SCHEDULE B

Pro Rata Proportions of Former Peraso Securityholders

 

 

Certificate Number

Registered Holder’s Name
& Address

Type of Shares

Number of Shares

Pro Rata Proportions re Escrow Consideration

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Exhibit 10.1

VOTING SUPPORT AGREEMENT

THIS VOTING SUPPORT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is dated as of l, 2021

BETWEEN:

The Person executing this Agreement as the “Shareholder” (the “Shareholder”)

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MOSYS, INC., a corporation existing under the laws of Delaware (“MoSys”)

RECITALS:

A.

in connection with an arrangement agreement dated the date hereof (the “Arrangement Agreement”), MoSys is proposing to indirectly acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares (the “Peraso Common Shares”) of Peraso Technologies Inc. (the “Company”), subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Arrangement Agreement;

B.

it is contemplated that the proposed transaction will be effected pursuant to a statutory plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) under the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario);

C.

the Shareholder is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of the Subject Shares listed in Schedule “A” hereto;

D.

in order for the Shareholder to realize the benefits that will accrue to the Shareholder in connection with the consummation of the Arrangement, the Shareholder desires to enter into this Agreement to provide his or her support for completion of the Arrangement on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

E.

the Shareholder acknowledges that MoSys would not enter into the Arrangement Agreement but for the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Shareholder; and

F.

this Agreement sets out the terms and conditions of the agreement of the Shareholder to abide by the covenants in respect of the Subject Shares and the other restrictions and covenants set forth herein.

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

 


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Article 1
INTERPRETATION

1.1

Definitions

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Arrangement Agreement. In this Agreement, including the recitals:

Arrangement Agreement” means the arrangement agreement dated as of the date hereof between MoSys, the Company, l Ontario Inc. and l Ontario Inc., a copy of which has been provided to the Shareholder;

Expiry Time” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.1(a);

Notice” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.10;

Parties” means the Shareholder and MoSys and “Party” means any one of them; and

Subject Shares” means the Peraso Common Shares and other securities of the Company listed on Schedule “A” and any Peraso Common Shares acquired, directly or indirectly, by the Shareholder or any of its affiliates subsequent to the date hereof, and includes all securities which such Subject Shares may be converted into, exchanged for or otherwise changed into and any Peraso Common Shares in respect of which voting is or may become subsequent to the date hereof, directly or indirectly, controlled or directed, by the Shareholder or any of its affiliates.

1.2

Gender and Number

Any reference to gender includes all genders. Words importing the singular number only include the plural and vice versa.

1.3

Headings.

The division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections and Schedules and the insertion of the recitals and headings are for convenient reference only and do not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement and, unless otherwise stated, all references in this Agreement or in the Schedules hereto to Articles, Sections and Schedules refer to Articles, Sections and Schedules of and to this Agreement or of the Schedules in which such reference is made, as applicable.

1.4

Date for any Action

A period of time is to be computed as beginning on the day following the event that began the period and ending at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on the last day of the period, if the last day of the period is a business day, or at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on the next business day if the last day of the period is not a business day. If the date on which any action is required or permitted to be taken under this Agreement by a Person is not a business day, such action shall be required or permitted to be taken on the next succeeding day which is a business day.

 


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1.5

Incorporation of Schedules

Schedule “A” attached hereto, for all purposes hereof, forms an integral part of this Agreement.

Article 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

2.1

Representations and Warranties of the Shareholder

The Shareholder represents and warrants to MoSys (and acknowledges that MoSys is relying on these representations and warranties in completing the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Arrangement Agreement) the matters set out below:

 

(a)

The Shareholder, if not a natural Person, is a corporation or other entity validly existing under the laws of its incorporating or organizational jurisdiction.

 

(b)

The Shareholder has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Shareholder and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Shareholder enforceable against it in accordance with its terms subject only to any limitation under bankruptcy, insolvency or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the discretion that a court may exercise in the granting of equitable remedies such as specific performance and injunction.

 

(c)

The Shareholder exercises control or direction over, and at the Effective Time and at all times between the date hereof and the Effective Time, the Shareholder will control or direct, all of the Subject Shares set forth opposite its name in Schedule “A”. Other than the Subject Shares, neither the Shareholder nor any of its affiliates, beneficially own, or exercise control or direction over any additional securities, or any securities convertible or exchangeable into any additional securities, of the Company or any of its affiliates.

 

(d)

The Shareholder is, and immediately prior to the time at which the Arrangement is consummated will be, the sole beneficial owner of the Subject Shares, with good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of all liens.

 

(e)

The Shareholder has, and immediately prior to the time at which the Arrangement is consummated, the Shareholder will continue to have, the sole right to sell and vote or direct the sale and voting of the Subject Shares set forth opposite its name in Schedule “A” hereto.

 

(f)

Except with respect to MoSys, no Person has any agreement or option, or any right or privilege (whether by law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase, acquisition or transfer of any of the Subject Shares or any interest therein or right thereto.

 

(g)

No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, any Person is required to be obtained by the Shareholder, any affiliate of the Shareholder or any beneficial owner of the Subject Shares in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Shareholder and the performance by the Shareholder of its obligations

 


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under this Agreement, other than those which are contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement.

 

(h)

There are no claims, actions, suits, audits, proceedings, investigations or other actions pending against or, to the knowledge of the Shareholder, threatened against or affecting the Shareholder, any affiliate of the Shareholder, the beneficial or registered owner of any of the Subject Shares or any of their properties that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on the Shareholder’s ability to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(i)

None of the Subject Shares is subject to any proxy, voting trust, vote pooling or other agreement with respect to the right to vote, call meetings of any of the Company’s securityholders or give consents or approvals of any kind, except pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(j)

None of the execution and delivery by the Shareholder of this Agreement or the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby or the compliance by the Shareholder with its obligations hereunder will violate, contravene, result in any breach of, or be in conflict with, or constitute a default under, or create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default under, any term or provision of: (i) any constating document of the Shareholder, any affiliate of the Shareholder or any beneficial owner of the Subject Shares; (ii) any contract to which the Shareholder, any affiliate of the Shareholder or any beneficial owner of the Subject Shares is a party or by which the Shareholder, any affiliate of the Shareholder or any beneficial owner of the Subject Shares is bound; (iii) any judgment, decree, order or award of any Governmental Entity; or (iv) any Law.

 

(k)

The Shareholder, any affiliate of the Shareholder and any beneficial owner of the Subject Shares has currently, and at all times between the date hereof and the Effective Time will have, filed all reports, if any, required under applicable Law in respect of the Subject Shares and have otherwise complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws in respect of the Subject Shares.

2.2

Representations and Warranties of MoSys

MoSys represents and warrants to the Shareholder (and acknowledges that the Shareholder is relying on these representations and warranties in completing the transactions contemplated hereby) the matters set out below:

 

(a)

MoSys is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by MoSys and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of MoSys, enforceable against MoSys in accordance with its terms, subject only to any limitation under bankruptcy, insolvency or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the discretion that a court may exercise in the granting of equitable remedies such as specific performance and injunction.

 


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(b)

None of the execution and delivery by MoSys of this Agreement or the compliance by MoSys with its obligations hereunder will violate, contravene, result in any breach of, or be in conflict with, or constitute a default under, or create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default under, any term or provision of: (i) any constating documents of MoSys; (ii) any contract to which MoSys is a party or by which MoSys is bound, respectively; (iii) any judgment, decree, order or award of any Governmental Entity; or (iv) any Law.

 

(c)

No material consent, approval, order or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required to be obtained by MoSys in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation by MoSys of the Arrangement, other than those which are contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement.

 

(d)

There are no claims, actions, suits, audits, proceedings, investigations or other actions pending against, or, to the knowledge of MoSys, threatened against or affecting MoSys or any of its properties that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on MoSys’s ability to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations contemplated by this Agreement.

Article 3
COVENANTS

3.1

Covenants of the Shareholder

 

(a)

The Shareholder hereby covenants with MoSys that, from the date of this Agreement until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “Expiry Time”), the Shareholder will not, and the Shareholder will ensure that no beneficial owner of the Subject Shares will:

 

(i)

without having first obtained the prior written consent of MoSys, sell, transfer, gift, assign, convey, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, option or otherwise dispose of any right or interest in any of the Subject Shares or enter into any agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding in connection therewith, other than pursuant to the Arrangement or an Alternative Transaction;

 

(ii)

other than as set forth herein, grant or agree to grant any proxies or powers of attorney, deliver any voting instruction form, deposit any Subject Shares into a voting trust or pooling agreement, or enter into a voting agreement, commitment, understanding or arrangement, oral or written, with respect to the voting of any Subject Shares; or

 

(iii)

requisition or join in the requisition of any meeting of any of the securityholders of the Company for the purpose of considering any resolution.

 

(b)

The Shareholder hereby covenants, undertakes and agrees from time to time, until the Expiry Time, to cause to be counted as present for purposes of establishing quorum and to vote (or cause to be voted) all the Subject Shares listed opposite its name on Schedule “A” hereto:

 


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(i)

at any meeting of any of the securityholders of the Company at which the Shareholder or any beneficial owner of Subject Shares is entitled to vote, including the Peraso Meeting; and

 

(ii)

in any action by written consent of the securityholders of the Company,

in favour of the approval, consent, ratification and adoption of the Peraso Arrangement Resolution and the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement (and any actions required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement). In connection with the foregoing, subject to this Section 3.1(b), the Shareholder hereby agrees to deposit and to cause any beneficial owners of Subject Shares to deposit a proxy, or voting instruction form, as the case may be, duly completed and executed in respect of all of the Subject Shares as soon as practicable following the mailing of the Peraso Circular and in any event at least 5 calendar days prior to the Peraso Meeting and as far in advance as practicable of every adjournment or postponement thereof, voting all the Subject Shares in favour of the Peraso Arrangement Resolution and any resolutions approving, consenting to, ratifying or adopting the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement (and any actions required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement). The Shareholder hereby agrees that it will not take, nor permit any Person on its behalf to take, any action to withdraw, amend or invalidate any proxy or voting instruction form deposited pursuant to this Agreement notwithstanding any statutory or other rights or otherwise which the Shareholder might have unless this Agreement has at such time been previously terminated in accordance with Section 4.1. The Shareholder will provide copies of each such proxy or voting instruction form referred to above to MoSys at the address below concurrently with its delivery as provided for above.

 

(c)

The Shareholder hereby revokes and will take all steps necessary to effect the revocation of any and all previous proxies granted or voting instruction forms or other voting documents delivered that may conflict or be inconsistent with the matters set forth in this Agreement and the Shareholder agrees not to, directly or indirectly, grant or deliver any other proxy, power of attorney or voting instruction form with respect to the matters set forth in this Agreement except as expressly required or permitted by this Agreement.

 

(d)

The Shareholder hereby covenants, undertakes and agrees from time to time, until the Expiry Time, to cause to be counted as present for purposes of establishing quorum and to vote (or cause to be voted) the Subject Shares against any proposed action by the Company, any Shareholder, any of the Company’s subsidiaries or any other Person: (i) in respect of any Peraso Acquisition Proposal or Peraso Superior Proposal or other merger, take-over bid, amalgamation, plan of arrangement, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation, winding up or similar transaction involving the Company or any subsidiary of the Company, other than the Arrangement; (ii) which would reasonably be regarded as being directed towards or likely to prevent, delay or reduce the likelihood of the successful completion of the Arrangement, including without limitation any amendment to the articles or by-laws of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or their respective corporate structures or capitalization; or (iii) any action or agreement that would result in a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other

 


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obligation of the Company under the Arrangement Agreement if such breach requires securityholder approval.

 

(e)

The Shareholder hereby covenants, undertakes and agrees, in the event that any transaction other than the Arrangement is presented for approval of, or acceptance by, the Shareholders, whether or not it may be recommended by the Peraso Board, not to directly or indirectly, accept, assist or otherwise further the successful completion of such transaction or purport to tender or deposit into any such transaction any of the Subject Shares, and, in the event the Peraso Board makes a Peraso Change in Recommendation, the Shareholder will, if, when and in the manner requested by MoSys, publicly affirm its commitment to vote in favour of the Arrangement.

 

(f)

Until the Expiry Time, the Shareholder will not, and will ensure that its affiliates do not, directly or indirectly, through any officer, director, employee, representative or agent or otherwise:

 

(i)

solicit proxies or become a participant in a solicitation in opposition to or competition with MoSys in connection with the Arrangement;

 

(ii)

assist any Person in taking or planning any action that would compete with, restrain or otherwise serve to interfere with or inhibit MoSys in connection with the Arrangement;

 

(iii)

act jointly or in concert with others with respect to voting securities of the Company for the purpose of opposing or competing with MoSys in connection with the Arrangement;

 

(iv)

solicit, initiate, encourage or otherwise knowingly facilitate, (including by way of furnishing or providing copies of, access to, or disclosure of, any confidential information, properties, facilities, books or records of the Company or any subsidiary or entering into any form of agreement, arrangement or understanding) any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes or may reasonably be expected to constitute or lead to, a Peraso Acquisition Proposal (other than a Peraso Acquisition Proposal made by MoSys or an affiliate of MoSys pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement);

 

(v)

participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person (other than MoSys) regarding any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes or may reasonably be expected to constitute or lead to a Peraso Acquisition Proposal;

 

(vi)

accept or enter into, or publicly propose to accept or enter into, any letter of intent, agreement, arrangement or understanding related to any Peraso Acquisition Proposal (other than a Peraso Acquisition Proposal made by MoSys or an affiliate of MoSys pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement); or

 

(vii)

cooperate in any way with, assist or participate in, knowingly encourage or otherwise facilitate or encourage any effort or attempt by any other Person to do or seek to do any of the foregoing.

 


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(g)

The Shareholder will not, and the Shareholder will ensure that no beneficial owner of Subject Shares will: (i) exercise any dissent rights in respect of the Arrangement; or (ii) take any other action of any kind that would reasonably be regarded as likely to adversely affect, reduce the success of, materially delay or interfere with the completion of the Arrangement or the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement.

 

(h)

The Shareholder will, and will cause each of its affiliates to, immediately cease and terminate, and cause to be terminated, any solicitation, encouragement, discussion, negotiations, or other activities commenced prior to the date of this Agreement with any Person (other than MoSys) with respect to any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to constitute or lead to, a Peraso Acquisition Proposal.

 

(i)

At the request of MoSys or the Company, the Shareholder will, and will cause its applicable affiliates to, use all commercially reasonable efforts in its capacity, and their capacities, as a Shareholder to assist the Company and MoSys to successfully complete the Arrangement and the other transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement and this Agreement, including without limitation cooperating with MoSys and the Company to make all requisite regulatory filings, provided that the Shareholder shall not be obligated to incur any expense in providing such cooperation, including by participating in any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (each, a “Proceeding”), unless MoSys reimburses the Shareholder for such expenses.

 

(j)

The Shareholder hereby consents to:

 

(i)

details of this Agreement being set out in any press release, information circular, including the Peraso Circular, and court documents produced by the Company, MoSys or any of their respective affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Arrangement Agreement; and

 

(ii)

this Agreement being made publicly available, including, if required, by the filing thereof by MoSys on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR).

 

(k)

Except as required by Law or applicable stock exchange requirements, the Shareholder will not, and will ensure that its affiliates do not, make any public announcement or statements with respect to the transactions contemplated herein or pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement without the prior written approval of MoSys.

3.2

Alternative Transaction

In the event that, in lieu of or in conjunction with the Arrangement, MoSys and the Company have agreed in writing to complete the acquisition of the Peraso Common Shares other than as contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement on a basis that: (a) provides for economic terms which, in relation to the Shareholder and its affiliates which beneficially own Subject Shares, on an after-tax basis, are at least equivalent to or better than those contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement; and (b) is otherwise on terms and conditions not materially more onerous on the Shareholder and its affiliates which beneficially own Subject Shares than the Arrangement (any such transaction, an “Alternative Transaction”), then the

 


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Shareholder shall, during the term of this Agreement, upon request of MoSys, support the completion of such Alternative Transaction in the same manner as the Arrangement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including by: (A) depositing or causing the deposit of its Subject Shares into an Alternative Transaction conducted by way of a take-over bid made by MoSys or an affiliate of MoSys and not withdrawing them; and/or (B) voting or causing to be voted all of the Subject Shares in favour of, and not dissenting or abstaining from, such Alternative Transaction proposed by MoSys and, in the event of any proposed Alternative Transaction, the references in this Agreement to the Arrangement shall be deemed to be changed to “Alternative Transaction” and all terms, covenants, representations and warranties of this Agreement shall be and shall be deemed to have been made in the context of the Alternative Transaction.

3.3

Superior Proposal.

Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.1 to the contrary, the Shareholder, when not otherwise in default in performance of its obligations under this Agreement, may refrain from voting the Subject Shares in favour of the Arrangement and vote the Subject Shares in favour of a Peraso Superior Proposal that is recommended by the Peraso Board in accordance with the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, and shall not be subject to the restrictions or obligations in Section 3.1 with respect to any actions taken or not taken in connection with such Peraso Superior Proposal.

Article 4
GENERAL

4.1

Termination

This Agreement will terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the earliest to occur of:

 

(a)

the mutual agreement in writing of the Parties;

 

(b)

written notice by the Shareholder to MoSys if:

 

(i)

subject to Section 4.3, any representation or warranty of MoSys under this Agreement is untrue or incorrect in any material respect;

 

(ii)

without the prior written consent of the Shareholder, there is any decrease or change in the form of Consideration set out in the Arrangement Agreement, other than pursuant to an Alternative Transaction; or

 

(iii)

subject to Section 4.3, MoSys has not complied in any material respect with any of its covenants contained herein;

provided that at the time of such termination, the Shareholder is not in material default in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(c)

written notice by MoSys to the Shareholder if:

 

(i)

subject to Section 4.3, any representation or warranty of the Shareholder under this Agreement is untrue or incorrect in any material respect; or

 


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(ii)

the Shareholder has not complied in any material respect with their covenants contained herein;

provided that at the time of such termination, MoSys is not in material default in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(d)

the date, if any, that the Arrangement Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, including, without limitation, in connection with a Peraso Superior Proposal being accepted by the Peraso Board;

 

(e)

the acquisition of the Subject Shares by MoSys; and

 

(f)

the Outside Date.

4.2

Time of the Essence

Time is of the essence in this Agreement.

4.3

Notice and Cure Provisions

 

(a)

Each Party will give prompt notice to the other of the occurrence, or failure to occur, at any time from the date hereof until the termination of this Agreement of any event or state of facts which occurrence or failure would, or would be likely to give rise to a right of termination by the other Party pursuant to Sections 4.1(b) or 4.1(c). Notification provided under this Section 4.3 will not affect the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or obligations of the Parties (or remedies with respect thereto).

 

(b)

The Shareholder may not exercise its right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Sections 4.1(b)(i) or 4.1(b)(iii) and MoSys may not exercise its right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 4.1(c) unless the Party seeking to terminate the Agreement delivers a written notice to the other Parties specifying in reasonable detail all breaches of covenants, representations and warranties or other matters which the Party delivering such notice is asserting as the basis for the termination right. If any such notice is delivered prior to the Peraso Meeting, provided that a Party is proceeding diligently to cure such matter and such matter is capable of being cured, no Party may exercise such termination right until the earlier of: (a) two business days prior to the Peraso Meeting; and (b) the date that is 10 business days following receipt of such notice by the Party to whom the notice was delivered, if such matter has not been cured by such date. If any such notice is delivered after the date of the Peraso Meeting, provided that a Party is proceeding diligently to cure such matter and such matter is capable of being cured, no Party may exercise such termination right until the earlier of: (a) five business days prior to the Outside Date; and (b) the date that is 10 business days following receipt of such notice by the Party to whom the notice was delivered.

4.4

Effect of Termination

If this Agreement is terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1, no Party will have any further liability to perform its obligations under this Agreement except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, and provided that neither the termination of this Agreement nor anything contained in

 


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Section 4.1 will relieve any Party from any liability for any breach by it of this Agreement, including from any inaccuracy in its representations and warranties and any non-performance by it of its covenants made herein.

4.5

Confidentiality

Except as required by Law or as otherwise provided in this Agreement (unless the Law permits non-disclosure of information for confidentiality or other purposes and if such non-disclosure is not permitted, a receiving Party seeking to disclose such information shall notify the other Party and shall seek confidential treatment of such information), the Parties will, and will cause their affiliates to, receive and maintain all information received from any other party strictly in confidence and will not, and will cause their affiliates not to, disclose to any Person or make public or authorize the disclosure of any such information and will not, and will cause their affiliates not to, use such information for any purpose except for the purpose contemplated by this Agreement, unless: (a) the specific information is now or hereafter publicly disclosed other than as a result of breach of this provision; (b) the specific information was already in the possession of the receiving Party prior to the receipt by it of such information from any other Party; (iii) the specific information is disclosed to the receiving Party by a third Person having no obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing Party with regard to the information; or (iv) the specific information is independently generated by the receiving Party without the use and not as a consequence of the disclosure by the other Party. If this Agreement is terminated, each Party must immediately return all confidential information that was furnished to it to the disclosing Party of such information, without retaining any copy thereof.

4.6

Fiduciary Duty

MoSys agrees and acknowledges that the Shareholder is bound hereunder solely in his or her capacity as a shareholder of the Company and that the provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed or interpreted to bind the Shareholder or any of its directors, officers or principal shareholders in his or her capacity as a director or officer of Company or any of its subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict any party from properly fulfilling his or her fiduciary duties as a director or officer of the Company.

4.7

Equitable Relief

The Parties agree that irreparable harm would occur for which money damages would not be an adequate remedy at law in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to injunctive and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement, and to enforce compliance with the terms of this Agreement without any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief, this being in addition to any other remedy to which the Parties may be entitled at law or in equity.

4.8

Waiver; Amendment

Each Party hereto agrees and confirms that any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by all of the Parties or in the case of a waiver, by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement will constitute a waiver of any other provision (whether or not

 


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similar). No waiver will be binding unless executed in writing by the Party to be bound by the waiver. A Party’s failure or delay in exercising any right under this Agreement will not operate as a waiver of that right. A single or partial exercise of any right will not preclude a Party from any other or further exercise of that right or the exercise of any other right. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement will be deemed to constitute a waiver of any other provision (whether or not similar).

4.9

Entire Agreement

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings among the Parties with respect thereto.

4.10

Notices

Any notice, consent or approval required or permitted to be given in connection with this Agreement (each, a “Notice”) will be in writing and will be sufficiently given if delivered (whether in person or other personal method of delivery), or if sent by prepaid overnight courier:

 

(a)

if to MoSys:

MoSys, Inc.
2309 Bering Drive, San Jose, California 95131

Attention: Daniel Lewis
E-mail: dlewis@mosys.com

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

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

437 Madison Avenue

25th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Attention: Blake Baron
E-mail: bjb@msk.com

and

Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Waterfront Centre

200 Burrard Street, Suite 1200

Vancouver, BC V7X 1T2

Attention: Graeme Martindale
E-mail: GMartindale@blg.com

 

(b)

if to the Shareholder, at the address set forth in Schedule “A” hereto, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Stikeman Elliott LLP

5300 Commerce Court West

199 Bay Street

Toronto, ON M5L 1B9

 


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Attention: Dee Rajpal
E-mail:
drajpal@stikeman.com

Any notice or other communication is deemed to be given and received: (i) if sent by personal delivery or same day courier, on the date of delivery if it is a business day and the delivery was made prior to 4:00 p.m. (local time in place of receipt) and otherwise on the next business day; (ii) if sent by overnight courier, on the next business day; or (iii) if sent by facsimile, on the business day following the date of confirmation of transmission by the originating facsimile. A Party may change its address for service from time to time by providing a notice in accordance with the foregoing. Any subsequent notice or other communication must be sent to the Party at its changed address. Any element of a Party’s address that is not specifically changed in a notice will be assumed not to be changed. Sending a copy of a notice or other communication to a Party’s legal counsel as contemplated above is for information purposes only and does not constitute delivery of the notice or other communication to that Party. The failure to send a copy of a notice or other communication to legal counsel does not invalidate delivery of that notice or other communication to a Party.

4.11

Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable by an arbitrator or any court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be severed from this Agreement and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the fullest extent possible.

4.12

Successors and Assigns

The provisions of this Agreement will be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, provided that no Party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Parties hereto, provided that MoSys may assign all or part of its rights under this Agreement to, and its obligations under this Agreement may be assumed by, any of its affiliates, provided that if such assignment and/or assumption takes place, MoSys shall continue to be liable joint and severally with such affiliate for all of its obligations hereunder.

4.13

Expenses

Each Party will pay all costs and expenses (including the fees and disbursements of legal counsel and other advisers) it incurs in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, provided that each Party (the “breaching party”) shall pay the fees and disbursements of legal counsel to the other Party (the “non-breaching party”) to the extent related to any Proceedings brought by a non-breaching party to enforce this Agreement as a result of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the breaching party.

4.14

Governing Law

This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the federal laws of Canada applicable therein. Each Party irrevocably attorns and

 


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submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Province of Ontario and waives objection to the venue of any proceeding in such court or that such court provides an inconvenient forum.

4.15

Independent Legal Advice

Each of the Parties hereby acknowledges that it has been afforded the opportunity to obtain independent legal advice and confirms by the execution and delivery of this Agreement that they have either done so or waived their right to do so in connection with the entering into of this Agreement.

4.16

Further Assurances

The Parties hereto will, with reasonable diligence, do all things and provide all such reasonable assurances as may be required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and each Party will provide such further documents or instruments required by the other Party as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to effect the purpose of this Agreement and carry out its provisions, whether before or after the Effective Time.

4.17

Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including counterparts by facsimile) and all such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. The Parties shall be entitled to rely upon delivery of an executed facsimile or similar executed electronic copy of this Agreement, and such facsimile or similar executed electronic copy shall be legally effective to create a valid and binding agreement between the Parties.

[Signature page follows.]

 


 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement.

MOSYS:

 

MOSYS, INC.

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

SHAREHOLDER:

Accepted and agreed to with effect from the _____ day of ________________, 2021.

 

(Corporate signatory)

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

OR

(Individual signatory)

 

 

 

Witness

 

Name:

 

 

 


 

 

SCHEDULE “A”

SUBJECT SHARES

Name of Securityholder

Number of Peraso Common Shares

Number of Peraso Options

Number of Peraso Warrants

Number of Peraso Convertible Debentures

 

 

Vested:

Unvested:

Vested:

Unvested:

 

 

Address for Notice:

 

Name:

 

Address:

 

 

 

E-mail:

113298378

 

 

 

Exhibit 10.2

VOTING SUPPORT AGREEMENT

THIS VOTING SUPPORT AGREEMENT (the “Agreement”) is dated as of l, 2021

BETWEEN:

The Person executing this Agreement as the “Shareholder” (the “Shareholder”)

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PERASO TECHNOLOGIES INC., a corporation existing under the laws of the Province of Ontario (“Peraso”)

RECITALS:

A.

in connection with an arrangement agreement dated the date hereof (the “Arrangement Agreement”), MoSys, Inc. (“RTO Acquiror”) is proposing to indirectly acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares (the “Peraso Common Shares”) of Peraso, subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Arrangement Agreement;

B.

it is contemplated that the proposed transaction will be effected pursuant to a statutory plan of arrangement (the “Arrangement”) under the provisions of the Business Corporations Act (Ontario);

C.

the Shareholder is the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of the Subject Shares listed in Schedule “A” hereto;

D.

in order for the Shareholder to realize the benefits that will accrue to the Shareholder in connection with the consummation of the Arrangement, the Shareholder desires to enter into this Agreement to provide his or her support for completion of the Arrangement on the terms and conditions set forth herein;

E.

the Shareholder acknowledges that Peraso would not enter into the Arrangement Agreement but for the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Shareholder; and

F.

this Agreement sets out the terms and conditions of the agreement of the Shareholder to abide by the covenants in respect of the Subject Shares and the other restrictions and covenants set forth herein.

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

 


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Article 1
INTERPRETATION

1.1

Definitions

Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Arrangement Agreement. In this Agreement, including the recitals:

Arrangement Agreement” means the arrangement agreement dated as of the date hereof between RTO Acquiror, Peraso, l Ontario Inc. and l Ontario Inc., a copy of which has been provided to the Shareholder;

Expiry Time” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 3.1(a);

Notice” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.10;

Parties” means the Shareholder and Peraso and “Party” means any one of them; and

Subject Shares” means the shares of common stock of RTO Acquiror (“RTO Acquiror Common Stock”) and other securities of RTO Acquiror listed on Schedule “A” and any RTO Acquiror Common Stock acquired, directly or indirectly, by the Shareholder or any of its affiliates subsequent to the date hereof, and includes all securities which such Subject Shares may be converted into, exchanged for or otherwise changed into and any RTO Acquiror Common Stock in respect of which voting is or may become subsequent to the date hereof, directly or indirectly, controlled or directed, by the Shareholder or any of its affiliates.

1.2

Gender and Number

Any reference to gender includes all genders. Words importing the singular number only include the plural and vice versa.

1.3

Headings.

The division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections and Schedules and the insertion of the recitals and headings are for convenient reference only and do not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement and, unless otherwise stated, all references in this Agreement or in the Schedules hereto to Articles, Sections and Schedules refer to Articles, Sections and Schedules of and to this Agreement or of the Schedules in which such reference is made, as applicable.

1.4

Date for any Action

A period of time is to be computed as beginning on the day following the event that began the period and ending at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the last day of the period, if the last day of the period is a business day, or at 4:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) on the next business day if the last day of the period is not a business day. If the date on which any action is required or permitted to be taken under this Agreement by a Person is not a business day, such action shall be required or permitted to be taken on the next succeeding day which is a business day.

 


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1.5

Incorporation of Schedules

Schedule “A” attached hereto, for all purposes hereof, forms an integral part of this Agreement.

Article 2
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

2.1

Representations and Warranties of the Shareholder

The Shareholder represents and warrants to Peraso (and acknowledges that Peraso is relying on these representations and warranties in completing the transactions contemplated hereby and by the Arrangement Agreement) the matters set out below:

 

(a)

The Shareholder, if not a natural Person, is a corporation or other entity validly existing under the laws of its incorporating or organizational jurisdiction.

 

(b)

The Shareholder has the requisite power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Shareholder and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of the Shareholder enforceable against it in accordance with its terms subject only to any limitation under bankruptcy, insolvency or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the discretion that a court may exercise in the granting of equitable remedies such as specific performance and injunction.

 

(c)

The Shareholder exercises control or direction over, and at the Effective Time and at all times between the date hereof and the Effective Time, the Shareholder will control or direct, all of the Subject Shares set forth opposite its name in Schedule “A”. Other than the Subject Shares, neither the Shareholder nor any of its affiliates, beneficially own, or exercise control or direction over any additional securities, or any securities convertible or exchangeable into any additional securities, of RTO Acquiror or any of its affiliates.

 

(d)

The Shareholder is, and immediately prior to the time at which the Arrangement is consummated will be, the sole beneficial owner of the Subject Shares, with good and marketable title thereto, free and clear of all liens.

 

(e)

The Shareholder has, and immediately prior to the time at which the Arrangement is consummated, the Shareholder will continue to have, the sole right to sell and vote or direct the sale and voting of the Subject Shares set forth opposite its name in Schedule “A” hereto.

 

(f)

Except with respect to RTO Acquiror, no Person has any agreement or option, or any right or privilege (whether by law, pre-emptive or contractual) capable of becoming an agreement or option, for the purchase, acquisition or transfer of any of the Subject Shares or any interest therein or right thereto.

 

(g)

No consent, approval, order or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, any Person is required to be obtained by the Shareholder, any affiliate of the Shareholder or any beneficial owner of the Subject Shares in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement by the Shareholder and the performance by the Shareholder of its obligations

 


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under this Agreement, other than those which are contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement.

 

(h)

There are no claims, actions, suits, audits, proceedings, investigations or other actions pending against or, to the knowledge of the Shareholder, threatened against or affecting the Shareholder, any affiliate of the Shareholder, the beneficial or registered owner of any of the Subject Shares or any of their properties that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on the Shareholder’s ability to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(i)

None of the Subject Shares is subject to any proxy, voting trust, vote pooling or other agreement with respect to the right to vote, call meetings of any of RTO Acquiror’s securityholders or give consents or approvals of any kind, except pursuant to this Agreement.

 

(j)

None of the execution and delivery by the Shareholder of this Agreement or the completion of the transactions contemplated hereby or the compliance by the Shareholder with its obligations hereunder will violate, contravene, result in any breach of, or be in conflict with, or constitute a default under, or create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default under, any term or provision of: (i) any constating document of the Shareholder, any affiliate of the Shareholder or any beneficial owner of the Subject Shares; (ii) any contract to which the Shareholder, any affiliate of the Shareholder or any beneficial owner of the Subject Shares is a party or by which the Shareholder, any affiliate of the Shareholder or any beneficial owner of the Subject Shares is bound; (iii) any judgment, decree, order or award of any Governmental Entity; or (iv) any Law.

 

(k)

The Shareholder, any affiliate of the Shareholder and any beneficial owner of the Subject Shares has currently, and at all times between the date hereof and the Effective Time will have, filed all reports, if any, required under applicable Law in respect of the Subject Shares and have otherwise complied in all material respects with all applicable Laws in respect of the Subject Shares.

2.2

Representations and Warranties of Peraso

Peraso represents and warrants to the Shareholder (and acknowledges that the Shareholder is relying on these representations and warranties in completing the transactions contemplated hereby) the matters set out below:

 

(a)

Peraso is a corporation duly incorporated and validly existing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and has the requisite corporate power and authority to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by Peraso and constitutes a legal, valid and binding agreement of Peraso, enforceable against Peraso in accordance with its terms, subject only to any limitation under bankruptcy, insolvency or other Laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and the discretion that a court may exercise in the granting of equitable remedies such as specific performance and injunction.

 


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(b)

None of the execution and delivery by Peraso of this Agreement or the compliance by Peraso with its obligations hereunder will violate, contravene, result in any breach of, or be in conflict with, or constitute a default under, or create a state of facts which after notice or lapse of time or both would constitute a default under, any term or provision of: (i) any constating documents of Peraso; (ii) any contract to which Peraso is a party or by which Peraso is bound, respectively; (iii) any judgment, decree, order or award of any Governmental Entity; or (iv) any Law.

 

(c)

No material consent, approval, order or authorization of, or declaration or filing with, any Governmental Entity is required to be obtained by Peraso in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the performance by it of its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation by Peraso of the Arrangement, other than those which are contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement.

 

(d)

There are no claims, actions, suits, audits, proceedings, investigations or other actions pending against, or, to the knowledge of Peraso, threatened against or affecting Peraso or any of its properties that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on Peraso’s ability to execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations contemplated by this Agreement.

Article 3
COVENANTS

3.1

Covenants of the Shareholder

 

(a)

The Shareholder hereby covenants with Peraso that, from the date of this Agreement until the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “Expiry Time”), the Shareholder will not, and the Shareholder will ensure that no beneficial owner of the Subject Shares will:

 

(i)

without having first obtained the prior written consent of Peraso, sell, transfer, gift, assign, convey, pledge, hypothecate, encumber, option or otherwise dispose of any right or interest in any of the Subject Shares or enter into any agreement, arrangement, commitment or understanding in connection therewith, other than pursuant to the Arrangement or an Alternative Transaction;

 

(ii)

other than as set forth herein, grant or agree to grant any proxies or powers of attorney, deliver any voting instruction form, deposit any Subject Shares into a voting trust or pooling agreement, or enter into a voting agreement, commitment, understanding or arrangement, oral or written, with respect to the voting of any Subject Shares; or

 

(iii)

requisition or join in the requisition of any meeting of any of the securityholders of RTO Acquiror for the purpose of considering any resolution.

 

(b)

The Shareholder hereby covenants, undertakes and agrees from time to time, until the Expiry Time, to cause to be counted as present for purposes of establishing quorum and to vote (or cause to be voted) all the Subject Shares listed opposite its name on Schedule “A” hereto:

 


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(i)

at any meeting of any of the securityholders of RTO Acquiror at which the Shareholder or any beneficial owner of Subject Shares is entitled to vote, including the RTO Acquiror Meeting; and

 

(ii)

in any action by written consent of the securityholders of RTO Acquiror,

in favour of the approval, consent, ratification and adoption of the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters and the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement (and any actions required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement). In connection with the foregoing, subject to this Section 3.1(b), the Shareholder hereby agrees to deposit and to cause any beneficial owners of Subject Shares to deposit a proxy, or voting instruction form, as the case may be, duly completed and executed in respect of all of the Subject Shares as soon as practicable following the mailing of the definitive RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement and in any event at least 5 calendar days prior to the RTO Acquiror Meeting and as far in advance as practicable of every adjournment or postponement thereof, voting all the Subject Shares in favour of the RTO Acquiror Shareholder Approval Matters and any resolutions approving, consenting to, ratifying or adopting the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement (and any actions required for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement). The Shareholder hereby agrees that it will not take, nor permit any Person on its behalf to take, any action to withdraw, amend or invalidate any proxy or voting instruction form deposited pursuant to this Agreement notwithstanding any statutory or other rights or otherwise which the Shareholder might have unless this Agreement has at such time been previously terminated in accordance with Section 4.1. The Shareholder will provide copies of each such proxy or voting instruction form referred to above to Peraso at the address below concurrently with its delivery as provided for above.

 

(c)

The Shareholder hereby revokes and will take all steps necessary to effect the revocation of any and all previous proxies granted or voting instruction forms or other voting documents delivered that may conflict or be inconsistent with the matters set forth in this Agreement and the Shareholder agrees not to, directly or indirectly, grant or deliver any other proxy, power of attorney or voting instruction form with respect to the matters set forth in this Agreement except as expressly required or permitted by this Agreement.

 

(d)

The Shareholder hereby covenants, undertakes and agrees from time to time, until the Expiry Time, to cause to be counted as present for purposes of establishing quorum and to vote (or cause to be voted) the Subject Shares against any proposed action by the RTO Acquiror, any Shareholder, any of RTO Acquiror’s subsidiaries or any other Person: (i) in respect of any RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal or RTO Acquiror Superior Proposal or other merger, take-over bid, amalgamation, plan of arrangement, business combination, reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation, winding up or similar transaction involving RTO Acquiror or any subsidiary of RTO Acquiror, other than the Arrangement; (ii) which would reasonably be regarded as being directed towards or likely to prevent, delay or reduce the likelihood of the successful completion of the Arrangement, including without limitation any amendment to the articles or by-laws of RTO Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries or their respective corporate structures or capitalization; or (iii) any action or agreement that would result in a breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or other

 


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obligation of RTO Acquiror under the Arrangement Agreement if such breach requires securityholder approval.

 

(e)

The Shareholder hereby covenants, undertakes and agrees, in the event that any transaction other than the Arrangement is presented for approval of, or acceptance by, the Shareholders, whether or not it may be recommended by the RTO Acquiror Board, not to directly or indirectly, accept, assist or otherwise further the successful completion of such transaction or purport to tender or deposit into any such transaction any of the Subject Shares, and, in the event the RTO Acquiror Board makes an RTO Acquiror Change in Recommendation, the Shareholder will, if, when and in the manner requested by Peraso, publicly affirm its commitment to vote in favour of the Arrangement.

 

(f)

Until the Expiry Time, the Shareholder will not, and will ensure that its affiliates do not, directly or indirectly, through any officer, director, employee, representative or agent or otherwise:

 

(i)

solicit proxies or become a participant in a solicitation in opposition to or competition with Peraso in connection with the Arrangement;

 

(ii)

assist any Person in taking or planning any action that would compete with, restrain or otherwise serve to interfere with or inhibit Peraso in connection with the Arrangement;

 

(iii)

act jointly or in concert with others with respect to voting securities of RTO Acquiror for the purpose of opposing or competing with Peraso in connection with the Arrangement;

 

(iv)

solicit, initiate, encourage or otherwise knowingly facilitate, (including by way of furnishing or providing copies of, access to, or disclosure of, any confidential information, properties, facilities, books or records of RTO Acquiror or any subsidiary or entering into any form of agreement, arrangement or understanding) any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes or may reasonably be expected to constitute or lead to, an RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal (other than an RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal made by Peraso or an affiliate of Peraso pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement);

 

(v)

participate in any discussions or negotiations with any Person (other than Peraso) regarding any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes or may reasonably be expected to constitute or lead to an RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal;

 

(vi)

accept or enter into, or publicly propose to accept or enter into, any letter of intent, agreement, arrangement or understanding related to any RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal (other than an RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal made by Peraso or an affiliate of Peraso pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement); or

 

(vii)

cooperate in any way with, assist or participate in, knowingly encourage or otherwise facilitate or encourage any effort or attempt by any other Person to do or seek to do any of the foregoing.

 


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(g)

The Shareholder will not, and the Shareholder will ensure that no beneficial owner of Subject Shares will: (i) exercise any dissent rights in respect of the Arrangement; or (ii) take any other action of any kind that would reasonably be regarded as likely to adversely affect, reduce the success of, materially delay or interfere with the completion of the Arrangement or the transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement.

 

(h)

The Shareholder will, and will cause each of its affiliates to, immediately cease and terminate, and cause to be terminated, any solicitation, encouragement, discussion, negotiations, or other activities commenced prior to the date of this Agreement with any Person (other than Peraso) with respect to any inquiry, proposal or offer that constitutes, or may reasonably be expected to constitute or lead to, an RTO Acquiror Acquisition Proposal.

 

(i)

At the request of RTO Acquiror or Peraso, the Shareholder will, and will cause its applicable affiliates to, use all commercially reasonable efforts in its capacity, and their capacities, as a Shareholder to assist Peraso and RTO Acquiror to successfully complete the Arrangement and the other transactions contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement and this Agreement, including without limitation cooperating with RTO Acquiror and Peraso to make all requisite regulatory filings, provided that the Shareholder shall not be obligated to incur any expense in providing such cooperation, including by participating in any claim, action, suit, proceeding or investigation whether civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative (each, a “Proceeding”), unless RTO Acquiror reimburses the Shareholder for such expenses.

 

(j)

The Shareholder hereby consents to:

 

(i)

details of this Agreement being set out in any press release, information circular, including the definitive RTO Acquiror Proxy Statement, and court documents produced by Peraso, RTO Acquiror or any of their respective affiliates in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Arrangement Agreement; and

 

(ii)

this Agreement being made publicly available, including, if required, by the filing thereof by RTO Acquiror on the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (EDGAR).

 

(k)

Except as required by Law or applicable stock exchange requirements, the Shareholder will not, and will ensure that its affiliates do not, make any public announcement or statements with respect to the transactions contemplated herein or pursuant to the Arrangement Agreement without the prior written approval of Peraso.

3.2

Alternative Transaction

In the event that, in lieu of or in conjunction with the Arrangement, RTO Acquiror and Peraso have agreed in writing to complete the acquisition of the Peraso Common Shares other than as contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement on a basis that: (a) provides for economic terms which, in relation to the Shareholder and its affiliates which beneficially own Subject Shares, on an after-tax basis, are at least equivalent to or better than those contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement; and (b) is otherwise on

 


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terms and conditions not materially more onerous on the Shareholder and its affiliates which beneficially own Subject Shares than the Arrangement (any such transaction, an “Alternative Transaction”), then the Shareholder shall, during the term of this Agreement, upon request of Peraso, support the completion of such Alternative Transaction in the same manner as the Arrangement in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including by: (A) depositing or causing the deposit of its Subject Shares into an Alternative Transaction conducted by way of a take-over bid made by Peraso or an affiliate of Peraso and not withdrawing them; and/or (B) voting or causing to be voted all of the Subject Shares in favour of, and not dissenting or abstaining from, such Alternative Transaction proposed by Peraso and, in the event of any proposed Alternative Transaction, the references in this Agreement to the Arrangement shall be deemed to be changed to “Alternative Transaction” and all terms, covenants, representations and warranties of this Agreement shall be and shall be deemed to have been made in the context of the Alternative Transaction.

3.3

Superior Proposal.

Notwithstanding anything in Section 3.1 to the contrary, the Shareholder, when not otherwise in default in performance of its obligations under this Agreement, may refrain from voting the Subject Shares in favour of the Arrangement and vote the Subject Shares in favour of an RTO Acquiror Superior Proposal that is recommended by the RTO Acquiror Board in accordance with the terms of the Arrangement Agreement, and shall not be subject to the restrictions or obligations in Section 3.1 with respect to any actions taken or not taken in connection with such RTO Acquiror Superior Proposal.

Article 4
GENERAL

4.1

Termination

This Agreement will terminate and be of no further force or effect upon the earliest to occur of:

 

(a)

the mutual agreement in writing of the Parties;

 

(b)

written notice by the Shareholder to Peraso if:

 

(i)

subject to Section 4.3, any representation or warranty of Peraso under this Agreement is untrue or incorrect in any material respect;

 

(ii)

without the prior written consent of the Shareholder, there is any decrease or change in the form of Consideration set out in the Arrangement Agreement, other than pursuant to an Alternative Transaction; or

 

(iii)

subject to Section 4.3, Peraso has not complied in any material respect with any of its covenants contained herein;

provided that at the time of such termination, the Shareholder is not in material default in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(c)

written notice by Peraso to the Shareholder if:

 


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(i)

subject to Section 4.3, any representation or warranty of the Shareholder under this Agreement is untrue or incorrect in any material respect; or

 

(ii)

the Shareholder has not complied in any material respect with their covenants contained herein;

provided that at the time of such termination, Peraso is not in material default in the performance of its obligations under this Agreement;

 

(d)

the date, if any, that the Arrangement Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms, including, without limitation, in connection with an RTO Acquiror Superior Proposal being accepted by the RTO Acquiror Board;

 

(e)

the consummation of the Arrangement; and

 

(f)

the Outside Date.

4.2

Time of the Essence

Time is of the essence in this Agreement.

4.3

Notice and Cure Provisions

 

(a)

Each Party will give prompt notice to the other of the occurrence, or failure to occur, at any time from the date hereof until the termination of this Agreement of any event or state of facts which occurrence or failure would, or would be likely to give rise to a right of termination by the other Party pursuant to Sections 4.1(b) or 4.1(c). Notification provided under this Section 4.3 will not affect the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or obligations of the Parties (or remedies with respect thereto).

 

(b)

The Shareholder may not exercise its right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Sections 4.1(b)(i) or 4.1(b)(iii) and Peraso may not exercise its right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to Section 4.1(c) unless the Party seeking to terminate the Agreement delivers a written notice to the other Parties specifying in reasonable detail all breaches of covenants, representations and warranties or other matters which the Party delivering such notice is asserting as the basis for the termination right. If any such notice is delivered prior to the RTO Acquiror Meeting, provided that a Party is proceeding diligently to cure such matter and such matter is capable of being cured, no Party may exercise such termination right until the earlier of: (a) two business days prior to the RTO Acquiror Meeting; and (b) the date that is 10 business days following receipt of such notice by the Party to whom the notice was delivered, if such matter has not been cured by such date. If any such notice is delivered after the date of the RTO Acquiror Meeting, provided that a Party is proceeding diligently to cure such matter and such matter is capable of being cured, no Party may exercise such termination right until the earlier of: (a) five business days prior to the Outside Date; and (b) the date that is 10 business days following receipt of such notice by the Party to whom the notice was delivered.

 


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4.4

Effect of Termination

If this Agreement is terminated in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1, no Party will have any further liability to perform its obligations under this Agreement except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, and provided that neither the termination of this Agreement nor anything contained in Section 4.1 will relieve any Party from any liability for any breach by it of this Agreement, including from any inaccuracy in its representations and warranties and any non-performance by it of its covenants made herein.

4.5

Confidentiality

Except as required by Law or as otherwise provided in this Agreement (unless the Law permits non-disclosure of information for confidentiality or other purposes and if such non-disclosure is not permitted, a receiving Party seeking to disclose such information shall notify the other Party and shall seek confidential treatment of such information), the Parties will, and will cause their affiliates to, receive and maintain all information received from any other party strictly in confidence and will not, and will cause their affiliates not to, disclose to any Person or make public or authorize the disclosure of any such information and will not, and will cause their affiliates not to, use such information for any purpose except for the purpose contemplated by this Agreement, unless: (a) the specific information is now or hereafter publicly disclosed other than as a result of breach of this provision; (b) the specific information was already in the possession of the receiving Party prior to the receipt by it of such information from any other Party; (iii) the specific information is disclosed to the receiving Party by a third Person having no obligation of confidentiality to the disclosing Party with regard to the information; or (iv) the specific information is independently generated by the receiving Party without the use and not as a consequence of the disclosure by the other Party. If this Agreement is terminated, each Party must immediately return all confidential information that was furnished to it to the disclosing Party of such information, without retaining any copy thereof.

4.6

Fiduciary Duty

Peraso agrees and acknowledges that the Shareholder is bound hereunder solely in his or her capacity as a shareholder of RTO Acquiror and that the provisions of this Agreement shall not be deemed or interpreted to bind the Shareholder or any of its directors, officers or principal shareholders in his or her capacity as a director or officer of RTO Acquiror or any of its subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall limit or restrict any party from properly fulfilling his or her fiduciary duties as a director or officer of RTO Acquiror.

4.7

Equitable Relief

The Parties agree that irreparable harm would occur for which money damages would not be an adequate remedy at law in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to injunctive and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement, and to enforce compliance with the terms of this Agreement without any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection with the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief, this being in addition to any other remedy to which the Parties may be entitled at law or in equity.

4.8

Waiver; Amendment

 


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Each Party hereto agrees and confirms that any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed, in the case of an amendment, by all of the Parties or in the case of a waiver, by the Party against whom the waiver is to be effective. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement will constitute a waiver of any other provision (whether or not similar). No waiver will be binding unless executed in writing by the Party to be bound by the waiver. A Party’s failure or delay in exercising any right under this Agreement will not operate as a waiver of that right. A single or partial exercise of any right will not preclude a Party from any other or further exercise of that right or the exercise of any other right. No waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement will be deemed to constitute a waiver of any other provision (whether or not similar).

4.9

Entire Agreement

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings among the Parties with respect thereto.

4.10

Notices

Any notice, consent or approval required or permitted to be given in connection with this Agreement (each, a “Notice”) will be in writing and will be sufficiently given if delivered (whether in person or other personal method of delivery), or if sent by prepaid overnight courier:

 

(a)

if to Peraso:

Peraso Technologies Inc.

144 Front Street West, Suite 685

Toronto, ON M5J 2L7

Attention: Ron Glibbery

E-mail: ronald@perasotech.com

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

Stikeman Elliott LLP

5300 Commerce Court West

199 Bay Street

Toronto, ON M5L 1B9

Attention: Dee Rajpal
E-mail: drajpal@stikeman.com

 

(b)

if to the Shareholder, at the address set forth in Schedule “A” hereto, with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

Mitchell Silberberg & Knupp LLP

437 Madison Avenue

25th Floor

New York, NY 10022

Attention: Blake Baron
E-mail: bjb@msk.com

and

 


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Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Waterfront Centre

200 Burrard Street, Suite 1200

Vancouver, BC V7X 1T2

Attention: Graeme Martindale
E-mail: GMartindale@blg.com

Any notice or other communication is deemed to be given and received: (i) if sent by personal delivery or same day courier, on the date of delivery if it is a business day and the delivery was made prior to 4:00 p.m. (local time in place of receipt) and otherwise on the next business day; (ii) if sent by overnight courier, on the next business day; or (iii) if sent by facsimile, on the business day following the date of confirmation of transmission by the originating facsimile. A Party may change its address for service from time to time by providing a notice in accordance with the foregoing. Any subsequent notice or other communication must be sent to the Party at its changed address. Any element of a Party’s address that is not specifically changed in a notice will be assumed not to be changed. Sending a copy of a notice or other communication to a Party’s legal counsel as contemplated above is for information purposes only and does not constitute delivery of the notice or other communication to that Party. The failure to send a copy of a notice or other communication to legal counsel does not invalidate delivery of that notice or other communication to a Party.

4.11

Severability

If any provision of this Agreement is determined to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable by an arbitrator or any court of competent jurisdiction, that provision will be severed from this Agreement and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect. Upon such determination that any term or other provision is invalid, illegal or incapable of being enforced, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner to the end that the transactions contemplated hereby are fulfilled to the fullest extent possible.

4.12

Successors and Assigns

The provisions of this Agreement will be binding upon and enure to the benefit of the Parties hereto and their respective successors and permitted assigns, provided that no Party may assign, delegate or otherwise transfer any of its rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement without the prior written consent of the other Parties hereto, provided that Peraso may assign all or part of its rights under this Agreement to, and its obligations under this Agreement may be assumed by, any of its affiliates, provided that if such assignment and/or assumption takes place, Peraso shall continue to be liable joint and severally with such affiliate for all of its obligations hereunder.

4.13

Expenses

Each Party will pay all costs and expenses (including the fees and disbursements of legal counsel and other advisers) it incurs in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of this Agreement and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, provided that each Party (the “breaching party”) shall pay the fees and disbursements of legal counsel to the other Party (the “non-breaching party”) to the extent related to any Proceedings brought by a non-breaching party to enforce this Agreement as a result of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by the breaching party.

 


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4.14

Governing Law

This Agreement will be governed by and interpreted and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware and the federal laws of the United States applicable therein. Each Party irrevocably attorns and submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware and waives objection to the venue of any proceeding in such court or that such court provides an inconvenient forum.

4.15

Independent Legal Advice

Each of the Parties hereby acknowledges that it has been afforded the opportunity to obtain independent legal advice and confirms by the execution and delivery of this Agreement that they have either done so or waived their right to do so in connection with the entering into of this Agreement.

4.16

Further Assurances

The Parties hereto will, with reasonable diligence, do all things and provide all such reasonable assurances as may be required to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and each Party will provide such further documents or instruments required by the other Party as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to effect the purpose of this Agreement and carry out its provisions, whether before or after the Effective Time.

4.17

Counterparts

This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts (including counterparts by facsimile) and all such counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. The Parties shall be entitled to rely upon delivery of an executed facsimile or similar executed electronic copy of this Agreement, and such facsimile or similar executed electronic copy shall be legally effective to create a valid and binding agreement between the Parties.

[Signature page follows.]

 


 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed this Agreement.

PERASO:

 

PERASO TECHNOLOGIES INC.

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

 

SHAREHOLDER:

Accepted and agreed to with effect from the _____ day of ________________, 2021.

 

(Corporate signatory)

 

 

 

By:

 

 

Name:

 

Title:

OR

(Individual signatory)

 

 

 

Witness

 

Name:

 

 

 


 

 

SCHEDULE “A”

SUBJECT SHARES

Name of Securityholder

Number of Shares of Common Stock (including RSUs)

Number of Options

Number of Warrants

 

 

Vested:

Unvested:

Vested:

Unvested:

 

Address for Notice:

 

Name:

 

Address:

 

 

 

E-mail:

113731880

 

 

 

Exhibit 99.1

MoSys and Peraso Technologies Announce Definitive Agreement for Business Combination

Combined Company to Capitalize on Significant Growth in 5G,

Targeting Opportunities in mmWave and Multi-Edge Computing

SAN JOSE, CA and TORONTO, ON / ACCESSWIRE / September 15, 2021 – MoSys, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOSY) (“MoSys”), a provider of semiconductor solutions that enable fast, intelligent data access for cloud, networking, security and communications systems, and Peraso Technologies Inc. (“Peraso”), a global leader in the development of 5G mmWave silicon devices, announced today the signing of a definitive agreement (the “Arrangement Agreement”) for a business combination by way of a statutory plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) (the “Business Combination”). Upon the closing of the Business Combination (the “Closing”), the stockholders of Peraso are expected to hold, on a fully-diluted basis, a 61% equity interest in the combined company, with the remaining 39% equity interest to be retained by the stockholders of MoSys, assuming the Escrow Release Conditions (as defined below) are satisfied, or a 57.7% equity interest by the stockholders of Peraso and a 42.3% equity interest by the stockholders of MoSys, assuming the Escrow Release Conditions are not satisfied, in each case, as described further below. On Closing, MoSys will change its name to Peraso Inc. and expects shares of its common stock to continue to trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the new ticker symbol PRSO. The Arrangement Agreement and the Business Combination have been approved by MoSys’ and Peraso’s boards of directors and are subject to approval by MoSys’ and Peraso’s stockholders. The Business Combination is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021.

Management Commentary

“We are pleased to sign the Arrangement Agreement with Peraso, as we believe the Business Combination will provide substantial opportunities for our business across expanded high-growth markets,” stated Dan Lewis, MoSys’ Chief Executive Officer. “The combination will broaden our product lines, add operating scale and unlock potential selling synergies across common customers. Together, the company is uniquely positioned to target high-growth opportunities in 5G, as well as telecom and data networks. The deployment of 5G faces two key bottlenecks: the sub-6Ghz spectrum is exhausted and software-only solutions have become a limiting factor in effectively accelerating network hardware. Peraso’s market-leading mmWave technology, combined with MoSys’ accelerator engine ICs and virtual accelerator engine IP, directly addresses these bottlenecks and the significant spectrum needs of future 5G networks. With a combined IP portfolio of 130 patents, our technologies and solutions provide more bandwidth, better latency and faster throughput to meet the increased requirements of the more than 70 billion connected devices forecasted by 2030, as well as significantly expanded growth prospects beyond what MoSys can achieve as a standalone company.”

“It has been our goal at Peraso to develop market-leading technologies addressing the needs of the 5G market,” stated Ronald Glibbery, Chief Executive Officer of Peraso. “By joining with MoSys, we believe we can deliver a broader set of solutions to our combined customer base, using complementary technologies to address the networking and communication needs of our

 


 

customers from the edge to the core and into the cloud. As a Nasdaq-listed company, Peraso will gain increased visibility and recognition, along with broader access to the global capital markets, which will support our long-term growth initiatives given the forecasted ramp in mmWave and 5G networks in the coming years. We believe the Business Combination provides meaningful benefit to both companies, their stockholders and other stakeholders. I am excited to become CEO of the combined company and look forward to working closely with Dan and all of the other members of the MoSys and Peraso teams, as we move forward.”

Business Combination Summary

The following is a summary of the key terms of the pending Business Combination, as contemplated by the Arrangement Agreement. The current report on Form 8-K filed by MoSys, Inc. with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) will contain additional information about the Business Combination. The Closing is subject to the satisfaction or waiver of customary closing conditions, including approvals by stockholders of MoSys and Peraso. There can be no assurances that the Business Combination will be consummated. Pertinent terms of the Business Combination include:

 

The Business Combination will be implemented by way of a court-approved plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario), under which a Canadian subsidiary of MoSys will acquire the issued and outstanding shares of Peraso. Peraso will survive the Business Combination and become a wholly-owned subsidiary of MoSys.

 

Directors, officers and significant stockholders of Peraso and the directors and officers of MoSys have entered into voting agreements under which the parties have agreed to vote their shares in favor of the Business Combination.

 

Peraso stockholders may elect to receive either shares of MoSys common stock or shares of a Canadian subsidiary of MoSys, which will be exchangeable into MoSys common stock (the “Exchangeable Shares”). Holders of Exchangeable Shares will be entitled to cast votes on matters for which holders of MoSys common stock are entitled to vote and will be entitled to receive dividends, if any, that are economically equivalent to the dividends, if any, declared by MoSys with respect to its common stock.

 

On a fully-diluted basis, the stockholders of Peraso will receive consideration of approximately 14.2 million shares of MoSys common stock or Exchangeable Shares on Closing, with approximately 1.8 million of such shares (the “Escrowed Shares”) to be deposited into escrow pursuant to the terms of an escrow agreement (the “Escrow Agreement”), such Escrowed Shares to be released to the stockholders of Peraso if, between 12 months and 36 months of the Closing, the common stock of the combined company achieves a VWAP (volume-weighted average price) of at least $8.57 per share for any 20 trading days within a period of 30 consecutive trading dates subject to earlier release upon a corporate sale or reorganization (the “Escrow Release Conditions”).

 

Prior to Closing, all debt of Peraso is to be converted into common stock or repaid in full, or will be reflected in an adjustment to the share exchange ratio.

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The Arrangement Agreement also contains indemnification and termination provisions, and, under certain circumstances, requires the payment of a termination fee.

Management and Organization

The combined company will be led by Ronald Glibbery, Peraso’s CEO, with Dan Lewis, MoSys’ President and CEO, continuing to serve as President. The board of directors is expected to initially comprise five members, including three appointed by Peraso and two by MoSys.

Webcast Presentation

MoSys and Peraso invite all interested parties to view a webcast presentation by Ron Glibbery, Dan Lewis and Jim Sullivan for an overview of the combined company. The recorded presentation is available for viewing on the Investor Relations section of MoSys’ website or by clicking here.

Advisors

In connection with the Business Combination, Cassel Salpeter & Co. served as financial advisor to MoSys, and Mitchell, Silberberg and Knupp, LLP and Borden Ladner Gervais LLP served as legal counsel to MoSys. Evans and Evans served as financial advisor to Peraso and provided a fairness opinion to the board of directors of Peraso, and Stikeman Elliott LLP served as legal counsel to Peraso.

About MoSys, Inc.

MoSys, Inc. (NASDAQ: MOSY) provides both integrated circuits (ICs) and intellectual property (IP) solutions that enable fast, intelligent data access and decision making for a wide range of markets. MoSys’ primary product line is marketed under the Accelerator Engine name and includes the Bandwidth Engine IC products, which integrate its proprietary, 1T-SRAM high-density embedded memory and a highly efficient serial interface protocol resulting in a monolithic memory IC solution optimized for memory bandwidth and transaction access performance. In 2020, MoSys began offering for license its initial Virtual Accelerator Engine IP, which consists of software, firmware and related IP. The Virtual Accelerator Engine IP include multiple function accelerator platform products, which target specific application functions, initially Packet Inspection for routing, security and operations, and will use a common software interface to allow performance scalability over multiple hardware environments. For additional information on MoSys, Inc., please visit www.mosys.com.

About Peraso Technologies Inc.

Based in Toronto, Canada, Peraso is a fabless semiconductor company with a focus on the development of mmWave wireless technology and Wireless Gigabit (WiGig®) chipsets. Peraso is also a leading supplier of semiconductors in the PtP and PtMP markets. Since its inception in 2008, Peraso has developed a broad range of core competencies in the field of 5G mmWave semiconductors, including mmWave RF circuits, mmWave signal processing algorithms, beam forming and beam steering algorithms, real time calibration and system monitoring, low cost/high performance antenna technology and high volume production test capability. For additional information, please visit www.perasotech.com.

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Additional Information and Where to Find It

A full description of the terms of the Business Combination will be provided in a proxy statement for the stockholders of MoSys (the “Proxy Statement”) to be filed with the SEC. MoSys urges stockholders, investors and other interested persons to read, when available, the preliminary Proxy Statement, as well as other documents filed with the SEC because these documents will contain important information about MoSys, Peraso, and the proposed Business Combination. The definitive Proxy Statement will be mailed to MoSys stockholders as of a record date to be established for voting on the proposed transaction. Stockholders will also be able to obtain a copy of the definitive Proxy Statement (when available), without charge, by directing a request to: MoSys, Inc, 2309 Bering Drive, San Jose, CA 95131, attention: CFO or by sending an e-mail to priv_IR@mosys.com. The preliminary and definitive versions of the Proxy Statement, once available, can also be obtained, without charge, at the SEC’s website (www.sec.gov).

Participants in Solicitation

Under SEC rules, MoSys, Peraso, and their respective directors, executive officers and other members of their management and employees may be deemed to be participants in the solicitation of proxies of MoSys’ stockholders in connection with the proposed Business Combination. Investors and security holders may obtain more detailed information regarding the names, affiliations and interests of MoSys’ directors in its Annual Report on Form 10-K for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020, which was filed with the SEC on March 18, 2021. Information regarding the persons who may, under SEC rules, be deemed participants in the solicitation of proxies to MoSys’ stockholders in connection with the proposed Business Combination will be set forth in the Proxy Statement for the proposed Business Combination when available. Information concerning the interests of MoSys’ and Peraso’s participants in the solicitation, which may, in some cases, be different than those of MoSys’ and Peraso’s stockholders generally, will be set forth in the Proxy Statement relating to the proposed Business Combination when it becomes available.

Non-Solicitation

This press release is not a proxy statement or solicitation of a proxy, consent, or authorization with respect to any securities or in respect of the proposed Business Combination and shall not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities of MoSys or Peraso, nor shall there be any sale of any such securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of such state or jurisdiction. No offer of securities shall be made except by means of a prospectus meeting the requirements of Section 10 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

No Offer or Solicitation to Sell

This communication is for informational purposes and is not intended to, and shall not, constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy any securities, nor shall there be any sale of securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such jurisdiction.

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Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, which are intended to be covered by the “safe harbor” created by those sections. All statements in this release that are not based on historical fact are “forward looking statements.” These statements may be identified by words such as “estimates,” “anticipates,” “projects,” “plans,” “strategy,” “goal,” or “planned,” “seeks,” “may,” “might”, “will,” “expects,” “intends,” “believes,” “should,” and similar expressions, or the negative versions thereof, and which also may be identified by their context. All statements that address operating performance, development of the events, objectives or goals, refinement of strategy, and anticipation of certain behavior of stockholders in connection with MoSys, Peraso, or the Arrangement Agreement, the expected synergies, and other financial benefits from the Business Combination, that are not otherwise historical facts, are forward-looking statements

There can be no guarantee that the proposed Business Combination described in this press release will be completed, or that they will be completed as currently proposed, or at any particular time. Actual results may vary materially from those expressed or implied by the statements here due to changes in economic, business, competitive or regulatory factors, and other risks and uncertainties affecting the operation of the businesses of MoSys and Peraso. There are a number of specific factors related to the Business Combination, including:

 

The ability of MoSys and Peraso to obtain stockholder approval for the Business Combination and related transactions;

 

The ability of Peraso to obtain court approval for the plan of arrangement implementing the Business Combination;

 

The ability of the combined company to successfully maintain a Nasdaq Capital Market listing;

 

The ability of the combined company to successfully integrate the operations of MoSys and Peraso;

 

Conditions to the Closing that may not be satisfied or that the Business Combination may involve unexpected costs, liabilities, or delays;

 

The occurrence of any other risks to consummation of the Business Combination, including the risk that the Business Combination will not be consummated within the expected time period or any event, change or other circumstances that could give rise to the termination of the Arrangement Agreement;

 

Risks that the Business Combination disrupts current MoSys’ plans and operations or that the business or stock price of MoSys may suffer as a result of uncertainty surrounding the Business Combination;

 

Risks related to the COVID-19 pandemic, including public health requirements in response to the outbreak of COVID-19 and the impact on MoSys’ business and operations; and

 

MoSys or Peraso may be adversely affected by other economic, business, or competitive factors.

MoSys does not intend to update publicly any forward-looking statement for any reason, except as required by law, even as new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.

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For further information:

Investor Relations Contact:

Shelton Group

Leanne K. Sievers | Jeffrey Schreiner

949-224-3874 | 512-243-8976

sheltonir@sheltongroup.com

 

MoSys, Inc. Contact:

Jim Sullivan, CFO

MoSys, Inc.

408-418-7500

jsullivan@mosys.com

 

Peraso Technologies Inc. Contact:

Ronald Glibbery, CEO

Peraso Technologies Inc.

416-637-1048

ronald@perasotech.com

113917340

 

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Peraso and MoSys Announce Business Combination To address the massive growth in demand for wireless bandwidth, low latency real-time applications, edge compute and connectivity for billions of devices ACCELERATING DATA INTELLIGENCE 1 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc Exhibit 99.2

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SPECIAL NOTE REGARDING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This presentation contains forward-looking statements. All statements other than statements of historical facts contained in this presentation, including statements regarding the completion of business combination, the future results of operations, business strategy, timing, capabilities, and likelihood of success of combined company, and plans and objectives of its potential management for future operations, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements also include statements regarding the expected benefits of the proposed business combination. These statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other important factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements. Because forward-looking statements are inherently subject to risks and uncertainties, some of which cannot be predicted or quantified and some of which are beyond our control, you should not rely on these forward-looking statements as predictions of future events. The events and circumstances reflected in our forward-looking statements may not be achieved or occur and actual results could differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking statements. Moreover, we operate in an evolving environment. New risk factors and uncertainties may emerge from time-to-time, and it is not possible for management to predict all risk factors and uncertainties. Except as required by applicable law, neither company plans to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements contained herein, whether as a result of any new information, future events, changed circumstances or otherwise. Other important assumptions and factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from forward-looking statements, including discussions of significant risk factors, may appear in MoSys’s public filings with the SEC, which are accessible at www.sec.gov, and which you are advised to consult. INDUSTRY INFORMATION Unless otherwise provided in the presentation, historical data about the discussed industries and markets is sourced from publicly available information. 2 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc

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Business Combination between Peraso and MoSys 3 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc

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Peraso … Pioneer in 5G mmWave Wireless Access MoSys … Leader in Accelerating Data Intelligence 4 Combined Company Peraso … A pioneer in high performance 5G mmWave Wireless Access technologies  MoSys … A leader in Accelerating Data Intelligence Two experienced management teams Two strong IP portfolios Strong and growing market demand for our products and technologies Providing products to prevent key 5G bottlenecks Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc *versus 4G LTE

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5G Applications are Driving New Requirements 5 70B+ Always Connected Devices Real-Time Applications 10X Better Latency More Data and Faster Throughput 100X Increase in Traffic Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc

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5G Requirements Demand New Spectrum mmWave Spectrum is a vast and untapped resource 6 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc 5G mmWave Spectrum Spectrum is a scarce and limited resource Sub 6 GHz band is EXHAUSTED Unable to meet the forecasted wireless capacity 5G mmWave using 24 -100 GHz RF brings 20X more spectrum 10X more bandwidth per channel Licensed and unlicensed spectrum available Multi-gigabit possible

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5G mmWave Market Dynamics Capacity requirements are quickly outstripping supply in sub 6 GHz bands in dense urban areas Rollout of 5G mmWave base stations well underway 2020 saw first 5G mmWave deployments (iPhone12, Google Pixel 5, Samsung Galaxy S20, Verizon FWA) By 2024 the majority of new demand will be met by 5G mmWave Infrastructure Bill Includes $65 Billion to bridge the Digital Divide and provide a minimum of 100 Mbps to every home in the US 7 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc Demand Capacity for Data in American Networks Source: Mobile Experts: 5G Business Case Dec 202

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5G Requirements Demand New Infrastructure FPGA Accelerators will be tapped to solve bottlenecks 8 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc 5G Infrastructure Software only solutions in the Cloud unable to meet wireless capacity and latencies Real-time and Near Real-time applications cannot afford the travel time up to the Cloud and back Multi-Access Edge Compute (MEC) being deployed Classification of where to send packet is a bottleneck FPGAs better than software & prevent vendor lock in But FPGAs are not enough Custom FPGA Acceleration Algorithms needed External FPGA accelerators needed Accelerated 5G Infrastructure Required

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5G Infrastructure Market Dynamics 5G Traffic and Device Growth 100X mobile data traffic increase from 2020-2030 70 Billion+ Worldwide Internet attached IoT devices by 2030 Applications Driving New Requirements Ultra-low latency Real time & Near real-time response Multi-gigabit data rates Compute moving to the edge New Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) Microservices and Network Slicing growing Moving to Converged Fixed-Mobile Architecture Wireline will use same infrastructure 9 Global Mobile Data Traffic and Worldwide Attached IoT Devices 2020-2030 Sources: ITU-R M.2370-0 IMT traffic estimates for the years 2020 to 2030 and iot-analytics.com/Statista Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc 100X Traffic 70B+ devices

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Combined Portfolio Accelerates the 5G Network mmWave RF phased arrays providing high-performance wireless connectivity for: Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) 5G/WiFi Hotspots Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) High density sites Private networks AR/VR/XR And other applications… Stellar Packet Classification (search) IP for higher speed and lower latency Routing, Security and Operations throughout the network Accelerator Engine ICs provide Accelerator functions, higher throughput and lower latency from the Edge through Core to the Cloud 10 Broad usage across the whole 5G network: Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc

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Enabling Broad and Growing Applications 11 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc

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5G Fixed Wireless Access Ultra-fast, low latency, multi-gigabit Internet connectivity 5G Fixed Wireless Access Market Over 100M 5G mmWave access devices projected over the next 5 years* Peraso in production with 60 GHz mmWave phased array devices since 2017 24 - 43 GHz mmWave bands targeted for 5G access Fiber-like broadband access Multi-gigabit operation Advanced beamforming Adaptable beam steering Up to 25km /15 miles or even more More economical than fiber Direct point-to-point links, backhaul, point-to-multipoint and city-wide mesh deployments Source: *Mobile Experts: 5G Millimeter Wave Outlook, June 2020 12 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc

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5G UPF Core & Edge Ultra-fast, low latency packet classification 5G UPF Core & Edge Market 30 million new 5G Base stations by 2025 Source: Dell’Oro Accelerated Infrastructure required to keep up All 5G traffic goes through the User Plane Function UPF = Traffic Cop for Mobile Network and soon Wireline Compute moving to the Edge (MEC) to reduce latency Software UPFs cannot keep up with classification FPGAs being deployed to accelerate classification MoSys Stellar Packet Classification Accelerator Engine IP needed in every UPF FPGA 13 Image source: Verizon Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc

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5G IoT Providing connectivity for virtually everything all the time 5G IoT Market 70 Billion+ new devices being added to the network by 2030 Peraso 5G mmWave provides low latency access, enabling real-time and near real-time applications MoSys Stellar Packet Classification Accelerator Engine IP needed to handle exponential number of connected devices Spans both 5G public and 5G private networks in licensed and unlicensed mmWave bands Top Use Cases include: Smart City and Security Industry 4.0 and Smart Manufacturing Human 4.0 and Tactile Internet V2X (Vehicle-to-Everything): traffic lights, road sensors, etc. 14 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc

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Immersive Video Cloud Gaming, AR/VR/XR, Video Conferencing Immersive Video Market Providing Carriers with new revenue streams Peraso 5G mmWave provides low latency access, enabling real-time and near real-time applications UHD 4K streams going to 8K and 16K for lifelike visuals Top Use Cases Include: Online Cloud Gaming → $7B total spend in 2027* UHD quality video, very low latency, higher refresh 20X data rates over conventional UHD video streams AR/VR/XR → 95 million users by 2022** Very low latency (<5ms) at Ultra-high rates (>2 Gbps) Very little interference (dedicated spectrum) Video conferencing Video in BOTH directions, swamps upstream capacity True-to-life interactive video requires low latency 15 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc Sources: *Million Insights – June 2021, **Statista, ***Grand View Research Note: Total Spend is hardware, software and services combined

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Technology Backed by Strong IP and Patent Portfolio Peraso mmWave RF in Silicon High-performance, highly integrated mmWave RF circuits and systems in silicon  Peraso mmWave Antennas mmWave phased array antennas, advanced beamforming and beam steering algorithms MoSys Accelerator Engine ICs and IP Silicon accelerated packet search and classification MoSys Serial High-Capacity Intelligent Memory Supports next generation of high speed, low latency, high bandwidth memory applications Combined Portfolio of Over 130 Patents 16 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc

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5G mmWave Market Opportunity Peraso Solutions: 12 years of pioneering experience in mmWave RF/Antenna design Field proven high performance mmWave phased array solutions with advanced beamforming Integrated solutions incorporating mmWave antennas, RF phased array transceivers, on-the-fly calibration and adaptable beam steering Existing mmWave devices continue to win new designs Expanding to new mmWave frequencies in 2022 Currently in design with multiple Tier 1 customers Source: Mobile Experts: 5G mmWave Outlook, June 2021 17 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc 2023-2025 5G mmWave CPE and Hotspot device TAM is $3 Billion* * Source: Mobile Experts: 5G mmWave Outlook, June 2021 + Peraso Estimates

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Packet Classification Market Opportunity MoSys Solutions: Stellar Packet Classification IP for Accelerated UPF infrastructure Optimized for Intel/Xilinx FPGAs Millions of rules 100s of millions of lookups per second Focus on high performance, low latency classification markets 5G Mobile Wireless Wireline Cloud Data Center Stellar IP available 4Q21 18 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc FPGA Accelerated UPF Shipments Source: Dell’Oro + MoSys estimates 2023-2026 5G FPGA Accelerated UPF SAM is $569 Million* * Source: Dell’Oro + MoSys estimates

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FPGA Accelerator Market Opportunity Market Characteristics: Moving more 5G functions into FPGAs New FPGA silicon from Intel and Xilinx FPGAs still limited by internal SRAM capacity External Accelerators and High-Speed memory needed MoSys Solutions: Quazar and Blazar Accelerator Engine ICs Optimized to add onto Intel/Xilinx FPGAs Highest capacity and speed, lowest pin count SRAM available 1 MoSys chip replaces up to 8 competing QDR memory chips plus includes key Accelerator functions 19 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc 2022-2026 FPGA Accelerator IC TAM is $150M* * Source: MoSys estimates

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Proforma Detail 20 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc Notes Assumes transaction closed on June 30, 2021; total assets include preliminary goodwill of ~$29 million with estimate of stockholders’ equity Reflects common stock outstanding of 8.7 million shares plus initial issuance of approximately 12.7 million shares Includes 1.8 million shares issued and subject to escrow MoSys warrants outstanding prior to the combination Equity awards issued by MoSys and Peraso awards assumed On a fully-diluted basis, assuming release of escrow shares, ownership would be: Peraso 61% and MoSys 39% Equity plan target; to be approved by MoSys stockholders

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Non-GAAP Actual, Proforma and Model Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc 21 Notes: Actual MoSys operating results for the 6 months ended June 30, 2021 Reflects projected combined operating results of MoSys and Peraso for the year ending December 31, 2022 Represents forward-looking, financial objectives and does not constitute estimates of future performance, financial or otherwise. There is no assurance that MoSys will ever achieve any of these objectives and Company undertakes no obligation to update. See note on slide 2 regarding forward looking statements and reference to risk factors in MoSys’ SEC filings. Non-GAAP measures that exclude stock-based compensation expense and amortization of intangibles

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Management Team 22 Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc Ron Glibbery Peraso CEO Over 30 years of experience in the semiconductor industry in both the technical and commercial aspects of the business. Brad Lynch Peraso COO Over 20 years of semiconductor product design and development experience. Background in communication systems, software, DSP and standards.  Alex Tomkins Peraso CTO Over 15 years of mmWave wireless semiconductor design, development and architecture experience in CMOS, SiGe and SOI. Dan Lewis Peraso President Over 30 years in sales, marketing and CEO leadership roles in the semiconductor industry. Previously at MoSys, Inc. Michael Miller CTO and VP Engineering MoSys Acceleration Products Over 30 years of system architectures, algorithms, memory, TCAM design. 45+ patents including fundamental JTAG. Previously at MoSys, Inc.   Gus Lignos VP of Sales Over 30 years of experience in Executive Sales Management positions at semiconductor companies. Previously at MoSys, Inc. Jim Sullivan Peraso CFO Over 30 years in finance and CFO leadership roles at publicly traded technology companies. Previously at MoSys, Inc.

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Peraso Delivering High Speed 5G Wireless Access and Accelerating Data Intelligence 23 Combined Company poised to capitalize on massive 5G growth Strategic Rationale - Combined technologies address two of the main 5G bottlenecks Lack of Spectrum Lack of Accelerated Infrastructure Critical to provide 100X more bandwidth, 10X better latency, 70B+ connected devices Combined Company Profile: Products for High-Speed 5G mmWave Wireless Access, 5G Core and Edge (MEC) Supplier to Tier 1 Networking and Telecom Companies  Strong IP portfolio of over 130 patents Copyright © 2021 Peraso Technologies, Inc.; and MoSys, Inc Executive Summary

 

Exhibit 99.3

 

Peraso and MoSys Business Combination Call

September 15, 2021

 

Presentation

Jim Sullivan, CFO of MoSys

Hello everyone. I’m Jim Sullivan, CFO of MoSys, Inc. and I will be the host for today’s recorded presentation to discuss the proposed business combination between MoSys, Inc. and Peraso Technologies Inc. which was announced in a joint press release today, Wednesday, September 15th.   The press release and related Form 8-K, which was filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or SEC, is available on the MoSys website at www.MoSys.com or the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Joining me for today’s presentation are Ron Glibbery, CEO of Peraso Technologies, and Dan Lewis, CEO of MoSys.

 

Before we begin, I would like to remind you that today's presentation will include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Canadian securities laws and within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 as amended, Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934, as amended, and the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including without limitation, the anticipated timing to consummate the business combination, benefits of the proposed business combination, anticipated future combined operations and offerings, the expected synergies to be achieved and expected pro forma financial results of the combined business. These statements are based on our assumptions as of the current date and involve risks. Actual results may differ materially from these projected and should not be considered an indication of future performance.

 

Forward-looking statements made during this call are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those projected, including, but not limited to, risks associated with uncertainties as to the timing of the business combination; uncertainties as to stockholder and court approval; the risk that competing acquisition proposals will be made; and the possibility that various conditions to the consummation of the business combination may not be satisfied or waived. Additional information concerning factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from any forward-looking statements made during this call are contained in MoSys' most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with the SEC, in particular in the section titled Risk Factors and in other reports that MoSys files from time to time with the SEC, as well as specific factors as listed in the press release distributed on September 15, 2021, titled “MoSys and Peraso Technologies Announce Definitive Agreement for Business Combination.”

 

MoSys undertakes no obligation to publicly update any forward-looking statements for any reason except as required by law, even if new information becomes available or other events occur in the future.  

 

You are advised to read, when available, MoSys’ filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including its proxy statement to be used in connection with the solicitation of proxies for the meeting of stockholders to approve the transaction, because these documents will contain important information about the transaction and the participants’ interest in such transaction. These documents can be obtained, without charge, at the SEC’s internet website (http://www.sec.gov). Thank you for your attention.

 

Now, let me introduce the transaction and Peraso Technologies, which is a privately-held, fabless semiconductor company founded in 2008 and based in Toronto, Canada which is focused on the development of 5G millimeter wave IC products. In fact, Peraso is one of the few semiconductor companies today shipping millimeter wave IC devices in volume. More to come on Peraso’s business from Ron in a minute.

 

I would now like to provide a brief summary of the proposed business combination:

 

The business combination will be implemented by way of a statutory plan of arrangement under the Business Corporations Act (Ontario) under which a Canadian subsidiary of MoSys will acquire the issued and outstanding shares of Peraso. Peraso will survive the business combination and become a wholly-owned subsidiary of MoSys.

 

 


 

 

Peraso stockholders may elect to receive either shares of MoSys common stock or shares of a Canadian subsidiary of MoSys, which will be exchangeable into MoSys common stock, which we refer to as Exchangeable Shares.

At the effective time of the business combination, on a fully diluted basis, the stockholders of Peraso will receive base consideration of approximately 14.2 million shares of MoSys common stock or Exchangeable Shares, of which 1.8 million shares are subject to escrow.

Assuming the Escrow Release Conditions are satisfied the stockholders of Peraso are expected to hold, on a fully-diluted basis, a 61% equity interest in the combined company, with the remaining 39% equity interest to be held by the stockholders of MoSys.

The newly formed company will be called Peraso Inc. and, subject to Nasdaq approval, trade on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol PRSO.

 

The transaction has been approved by the boards of directors of both companies and is subject to vote and approval by the stockholders of both companies.

 

The business combination is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2021.

 

I will now turn the call over to Dan Lewis, Chief Executive Officer and President of MoSys to say a few words before passing the call to Ron. Dan, please go ahead.

 

Dan Lewis, CEO of MoSys

Thank you, Jim, and thank you all for taking the time to listen to this presentation. I will briefly discuss the benefits and the value that we believe our proposed business combination with Peraso will bring to MoSys, its stockholders and other stakeholders. I will then hand it off to Ron Glibbery, the CEO of Peraso, and he will discuss Peraso’s business and technology and the benefits to the combined company from his perspective. After that, Jim will then discuss some proforma financial information.

 

As a small public semiconductor company, MoSys has been seeking strategic opportunities to provide scale and access to high growth markets that, ideally, would be synergistic with our existing accelerator engine IC products and virtual accelerator engine IP. Peraso is a company that met all our requirements given its focus in the high growth 5G market. After meeting Ron and learning about Peraso, I was impressed with Ron’s knowledge of the 5G space, as well as Peraso’s technology, customer base and reputation in the marketplace and saw potential synergistic overlap in our products and technologies.

 

RF integrated circuits combined with antenna configuration, working with RF Beam Forming Algorithms are critical to the 5G success.  Peraso has demonstrated success in all these areas. With their proven design experience and demonstrated, field-proven products, Peraso has designs in production with leading companies. And, as important, we believe Peraso has a solid roadmap of new and exciting leading-edge 5G products. MoSys’ current product portfolio combined with Peraso’s millimeter wave 5G products we believe will present an ideal combination of strengths and products that will enable the combined company to play a meaningful role in the large 5G market. Given the combined company will focus on millimeter wave and 5G opportunities, Ron Glibbery will become CEO of the combined company upon closing of the business combination, while I will continue to serve as president and focus on the continued development of the MoSys business, as we continue to identify new applications for our ICs and IP.

 

I will now turn the call over to Ron Glibbery, CEO of Peraso.

 

Ron Glibbery, CEO of Peraso

Thank you, Dan.

I am very pleased to be joining you to discuss the proposed business combination of MoSys and Peraso Technologies. Today’s announced combination will create a company that is poised to capitalize on the growth opportunities in 5G millimeter wave, Multi-Edge Computing and telecom and data networks. This combination also enables the opportunity to sell into multiple business units across common tier-1 networking and telecom customers and customer prospects.  

 

The industry is facing two critical bottlenecks as 5G networks are being deployed globally.  First, the sub-6 Gigahertz range is out of spectrum, which will require more effective use of the limited resources available

 


 

and utilization of a broader spectrum range to meet forecasted future capacity.  Second, software solutions for accelerated infrastructure are falling behind and cannot keep up, which has resulted in a lack of 5G infrastructure. The combined company will be focused on providing hardware, including ICs, modules and antennas, and licensing IP to address these bottlenecks in future 5G technology.    Together, when combined with existing solutions, we believe the combined companies’ solutions can provide up to 100 times faster data rates and up to 10 times better latency to power the over 70 billion connected devices expected in the future as a result of 5G.  

 

As stand-alone companies, Peraso and MoSys have been recognized as leaders in 5G millimeter wave solutions and packet classification, acceleration and high-speed, intelligent memories, respectively.  The combined company will have a broad product and software portfolio providing customers solutions targeting high-speed 5G millimeter wave wireless access, the 5G network core and 5G multi-access edge computing, or what we call MEC.  The companies have strong IP portfolios and combined have over 130 pending and issued patents based on over 30 years of market and industry experience.

 

Looking more closely at the proposed combination, Peraso is a pioneer in high performance 5G millimeter wave Wireless Access technologies, and MoSys is a leader in accelerating data intelligence via high-speed packet classification IP and high-speed intelligent memory ICs.  Both companies have experienced management teams and IP portfolios that we expect will enable the combined company to target markets which are growing rapidly but also require a high-level of technical expertise.  

 

Together, Peraso and MoSys offer key technologies enabling new applications which solve critical bottlenecks in 5G networks.

 

With the deployment of global 5G networks, new real-time applications are emerging that were previously not feasible with the limited bandwidth and latency levels associated with 4G technology.  The inclusion of high-speed, low latency multi-gigabit technology will enable not only broader mobile data usage within the network but bring about new use cases such as Deep Awareness, Ultra Low Latency and Deep Coverage.  The need for new functions to be deployed, driven by the expansion of 5G, can now be served by a combination of solutions by Peraso and MoSys which now enable technologies and applications across the network.        

 

These new applications being enabled by 5G are also increasing the requirements for new spectrum as the amount of sub 6 Gigahertz spectrum used for 4G has been exhausted.  Millimeter wave spectrum is a vast and untapped resource as it uses frequencies between 24 and 100 Gigahertz, specifically licensed spectrum from 24 to 29.5 Gigahertz, 37 to 43 Gigahertz, as well as unlicensed spectrum between 57 and 71 Gigahertz.  Initial focus by global wireless carriers will be utilization of the frequency bands from 24 to 29.5 Gigahertz and 37 to 43 Gigahertz.  

 

Utilizing this spectrum unlocks a vast amount of wireless capacity.  The spectrum available at traditional mobile frequencies below 6 Gigahertz is unable to meet the anticipated wireless demand forecast.  5G milimeter wave is required to meet the exponentially growing demand over the next decade.  

 

Peraso’s 5G millimeter wave technology enables the use of 20x more spectrum, with 10x more bandwidth per available channel, utilizing both licensed and unlicensed bands of the 24 Gigahertz to 100 Gigahertz spectrum.   This efficiently and effectively allows Peraso’s customers to support the exponential growth data requirements, while utilizing new portions of the available spectrum to support high speed data networks.

 

Industry forecasts suggest millimeter wave technology may see an inflection point in device shipments as early as 2023.  Peraso’s 5G millimeterWave solutions focus on high volume markets across emerging applications within the 5G networks.      

 

Peraso is currently providing 5G millimeter wave IC products today with Tier 1 companies, and the new products on its roadmap have been designed to address the high growth demand shown beginning in 2023.

The rollout of industry 5G millimeter wave base stations is well underway, with early deployments in a number of high-profile phones occurring last year. Industry expectations forecast a significant increase in the

 


 

need and usage of millimeter wave technology as indicated by the graph on the right, with expectations that 2024 could be the first year in which millimeter wave capacity significantly outpaces the growth of capacity sub-6 Gigahertz spectrum.

 

Support in the recently passed Infrastructure Bill by the U.S. Congress allocates additional funding up to $65 billion to help bridge the current digital divide and provide a path to deliver networking data speeds of 100 megabits per second to every home across the United States.  

 

In recent years, telecom and data networks have seen an increase in software-based solutions trying to replace historical hardware applications.  Real-time and near real-time applications cannot afford the travel time up to the cloud and back, and currently, suffer from a lack of sophisticated packet classification technology as to where to efficiently send the packet, resulting in a potential network bottleneck. As future network requirements continue to evolve, it is becoming more evident that accelerated hardware, combined with software, is the path forward in next generation networks.  

 

Historically, FPGA technology has been utilized in critical networking applications, but by themselves, these devices are not enough to offer the additional requirements of acceleration required in future packet classification technology.  To meet the requirements of future 5G networks, we believe that external accelerators, in the form of high-performance memory ICs, combined with FPGAs will be needed to meet the needs of near real-time applications.  

 

Even accelerated hardware will face future bottlenecks within telecom and data networks as the need for packet classification intelligence increases as the networks transition toward the edge.  

The IP and packet classification solutions offered by MoSys, and, ultimately, the combined company can meet the needs of future networks, solving acceleration and packet classification bottlenecks, which will emerge with the proliferation of billions of connected devices and the need for near real-time data with applications on the edge of the network.

 

As everyone knows, 5G is driving new exponential traffic and device growth. The amount of network IoT connected devices is anticipated to grow from 12 billion in 2020 to over 70 billion by 2030.  With an anticipated growth in mobile data traffic of 100x from levels in 2020 to 2030, future networks will benefit from utilizing the technologies of the combined companies to meet the requirements for future network demand.  

 

The shift in compute towards the edge, coupled with forecasted explosion of microservices, suggests future networks will need to efficiently deploy multiple bands of spectrum. However, solving one bottleneck by utilizing spectrum beyond the sub-6Gigahertz frequency still creates the need for intelligent accelerated hardware in order to meet the increasing levels of bandwidth required needed in next generation networks.

 

Peraso and MoSys, with their combined product, technology and IP portfolio provide key building blocks that accelerate the 5G network.

 

From Customer Premise Equipment, or CPE, to 5G/WiFi Hotspots, Peraso’s millimeter wave phased array IC products have been utilized to provide high-performance wireless connectivity solutions.  Once in the network, millimeter wave RF phased arrays distribute high-speed bandwidth, with low latency, to high density sites such as stadiums, airports or shopping malls, along with utilizing unlicensed 5G millimeter wave spectrum to support the needs of businesses and consumers for multiple applications.

 

MoSys’s Packet Classification IP, built for search, delivers high-speed, low-latency routing, security and other applications for inspecting packets on the edge, the centralized network core, or the cloud.  The company’s high-speed memory ICs have been deployed by multiple tier-1 networking customers to provide higher levels of throughput, coupled with lower latency, for multiple networking and data-security applications such as routing, load balancing and acceleration.  

 

As stand-alone companies, we each had limits within the network as to which markets we could serve independently.  As a combined company, all aspects from the edge to the core and into the centralized cloud

 


 

are now target markets, significantly increasing the total available market for the combined company’s IC products and IP, with the ability to drive synergies in cross-selling to similar customers.

 

The combination of Peraso and MoSys brings together technologies that enable broad and growing applications, which weren’t present in prior generations of telecom and data markets. Targeted market applications for the combined companies’ solutions include:

 

Ultra-fast 5G fixed wireless access, which provides fibre-like low latency, multi-gigabit Internet connectivity

 

5G User Plane Function, or UPF, Core and Multi-access edge computing, or MEC, which supports applications demanding high levels of bandwidth capacity with very low levels of latency

 

5G Internet of Things, or IoT, is a market in which third party research has suggested 70 billion plus devices could be connected by 2030, with over 1 million devices per square kilometer, creating very dense areas of bandwidth and spectrum use. 5G IoT applications including vehicle to anything, smart city, smart manufacturing and more, all require the combined technologies offered by the newly formed combined company to efficiently utilize limited spectrum and accelerate data across networks.

 

Highly immersive video, including cloud gaming, AR/VR/XR, and video conferencing provide emerging markets which will require significant amounts of bandwidth supported by spectrum, which is limited, and data packet classification that will require intelligent management of data throughout the network.

 

As 5G networks are deployed globally, the effective use of spectrum via millimeter wave technology will become necessary to support further growth in fiber-like broadband access, especially with over 100 million 5G millimeter wave devices projected over the next 5 years.  Deploying Fixed Wireless Access technology powered by Peraso’s millimeter wave ICs provides a more economical approach for customers who want to expand the reach of high-speed, low-latency, multi-gigabit applications.  Whether point-to-point, or point-to-multi-point, Peraso technology has shipped proven technology utilizing the 57-71 Gigahertz millimeter wave spectrum to provide broader access across networks.  As future networks look for alternatives to sub-6 Gigahertz spectrum, Peraso’s millimeter wave technology will provide an economic solution to enable throughput levels similar to what users have experienced from connected networks today.   

 

Data is moving to the Edge and the need for accelerated hardware and intelligent packet inspection to effectively manage this transition continues to increase exponentially.  As all 5G traffic moves through the User Plane Function, or UPF, the need for low-latency, high-speed classification requires the use of FPGAs to accelerate packet classification.  Software-only based acceleration is reaching its limits and will require the combined Peraso solutions across 5G networks from the centralized cloud all the way to consumer devices to meet those evolving challenges.

 

5G IoT deployments are projected to expand in the coming decade, with over 70 billion  devices being added to the network by 2030.  Future 5G networks, both public and private, will require new spectrum bands to support the anticipated growth in network connected devices over the next decade.  This expanded availability of spectrum will be required to power future use cases that will require the combined solutions of the new Peraso to support the anticipated growth of IoT within 5G networks for applications that include Smart City and Security, Industry 4.0, Human 4.0 and Vehicle to Everything or V2X.

  

Connected immersive video applications are increasingly shifting from their traditional stand-alone counterparts by offering significantly enriching experience that come with access to cloud-based systems.  These applications place tremendous demands on the underlying network technologies.  Online cloud gaming is projected to grow in total spend to $7 billion dollars by 2027, which includes hardware, software and associated services.  Online gaming demands the same ultra high-definition quality video that users expect of their in-home gaming systems, delivered with very fast response times which means very low latency.

Additionally, gaming requires much higher frame rates, which results in video streams that have rates that are over 20 times greater than the highest quality ultra high-definition video streams today.

 

In addition, augmented reality, virtual reality, and extended reality are expected to have 95 million users by 2022. This segment has traditionally been split into two approaches, very high-quality tethered solutions and

 


 

wireless solutions.  millimeterWave wireless promises to bridge those two approaches by offering an ultra-high speed wireless connection from the AR/VR headset to the edge of the cloud.

 

As workers return to offices, the demand for video conferencing isn’t expected to wane. Conference and meeting rooms are increasingly requiring multiple cameras, multiple audio streams and multiple displays for a more immersive experience.

 

For a true-to-life experience, these devices require low latency high-performance connections, and millimeterWave is one of the wireless technologies that meets all the performance requirements.

 

Together, Peraso and MoSys have a breadth of technology across key 5G components that covers a broad IP portfolio of 130 patents covering multiple aspects of the networks from the edge to the centralized cloud. Peraso has an extensive portfolio of RF millimeterWave circuits with attached phased array antennas coupled with beam forming and beam steering algorithms.  MoSys has developed packet classification algorithm IP that can use FPGA or ASIC logic gates to accelerate the lookups of security, routing and operations processes in a 5G Wireless or Wireline network. Furthermore, the IP can use a combination of internal FPGA memory or MoSys external memories to increase performance and capacity.  

 

We believe the 5G millimeterWave market is poised for strong growth and the combined company is expected to be well positioned to capitalize on this massive opportunity. As indicated in the graph on the left, global wireless carriers will focus on 5G consumer premise equipment, or CPE, devices for both fixed wireless access and 5G / Wi-Fi hotspots for enhanced mobile broadband.  These two markets are expected to grow 10-fold from roughly 5M devices projected to ship in 2021 to nearly 50M devices in 2025.  Peraso has established an initial market position in millimeter wave fixed wireless access.  

 

Peraso has a portfolio of field proven, high performance millimeter wave solutions available today, capturing IC design-ins with multiple tier one customers for future CPE needed across fixed wireless access and 5G/WiFi hotspots.  While the company has gained market traction with our current millimeter wave technology, we aren’t standing still, as Peraso will continue to invest in core technologies that will expand the company’s strong solutions portfolio to incorporate broader millimeter wave frequencies in 2022.  With an estimated TAM of $3 billion dollars by 2023, the millimeterWave market provides a significant opportunity for the combined company to capture a leading share of 5G devices across the network.  

 

In the same way, MoSys is uniquely positioned to address the growing 5G FPGA accelerated UPF market opportunity with its Stellar Packet Classification IP that is optimized for FPGAs and seamlessly work with Intel or Xilinx offerings to accelerate and complete high-speed packet inspection within 5G network traffic.  MoSys’ IP for the packet classification market handles hundreds of millions of complex lookups for security and other operations using Access Control Lists or routing functions incorporating Longest Prefix Match technology.  These are key technologies needed across the 5G network from the edge through to the centralized core and, in some potential use cases, this technology can be incorporated within 5G mobile devices, wireline and cloud data centers.  Based on data from industry analyst firm, Dell’Oro, and MoSys, the FPGA accelerated market SAM for UPF is estimated to reach approximately $550 million by 2026.      

 

As I’ve mentioned throughout this presentation, FPGAs are being widely deployed in 5G solutions.  5G networks, require even higher levels of performance coupled with low latency, but FPGAs are limited by internal SRAM capacity.  MoSys’ high speed accelerator engine ICs have the highest capacity and speed of any SRAM available today and have helped networking companies overcome these challenges and now are seeing new opportunities emerge to be utilized within the network, allowing global wireless carriers to achieve higher levels of bandwidth throughput.  Initially, for 5G networks, FPGAs were being used for radio functionality, but industry trends suggest that there is an increasing need for this technology to accelerate UPF routing, security, and operation decisions.  

 

Multiple FPGAs shipping today have high bandwidth memory attached, generally DRAM, as this helps with high-capacity storage tasks, but isn’t effective for very fast, low latency lookups – which is why companies attach MoSys’ high-speed memory to their FPGAs.  One MoSys Accelerator Engine IC can replace up to 8 competitor Quad Data Rate SRAM chips.  

 


 

 

With a much simpler design-in process, customers can reduce their time to market by incorporating MoSys’ accelerator engine ICs in future 5G hardware.  MoSys high speed memory chips continue to be utilized by Tier-1 customers in products across networking applications.  The market for accelerated memory is estimated to provide a TAM of approximately $150 million by 2026 per MoSys’ internal estimates.

 

I would now like to turn the call back over to Jim to discuss the financial details of the combined company.

 

Jim Sullivan, CFO of MoSys

Thanks, Ron

I would like to discuss preliminary proforma financials, which we believe will provide investors perspective on the combined company using historical balance sheet data and the assumption the business combination had closed on June 30, 2021.

 

On the left-hand side of the slide is a proforma balance sheet as of June 30, 2021. The combined company’s proforma balance sheet would have the following metrics

approximately $24 million dollars in cash;

total assets of approximately $64 million dollars;

approximately $5 million dollars of total liabilities with no debt; and

total stockholders’ equity of approximately $59 million dollars.

 

On the right-hand side is a proforma cap table post merger. Basic common stock outstanding, or CSO, would be 21.4 million shares, reflecting 8.7 million MoSys shares currently outstanding and the initial issuance of 12.7 million shares to Peraso stockholders, which includes 1.8 million shares subject to escrow. On a fully diluted basis, total shares are assumed to be 23.3 million and include 1.9 million shares for outstanding MoSys warrants and equity awards and Peraso equity awards assumed in the business combination.

 

Now, turning to the company’s initial revenue outlook for 2021 and projected operating model. For the six months ended June 30, 2021, MoSys reported revenues of approximately $2.5 million dollars with gross margin of approximately 62 percent, which includes legacy royalty revenues at 100 percent gross margin. When looking at the combined company, considering the supply chain-related challenges both companies have experienced and anticipate may continue into next year, 2021 proforma revenue is would be anticipated in the range of $9 to $12 million dollars if the company had been combined for the full year 2021.

 

Looking ahead, we believe the combined company could achieve annual revenues of $18 to $22 million dollars for the full year 2022, with an estimated gross margin range of 55 to 60 percent.  

 

Over the medium term, which we define as two to three years, driven by the anticipated strength of Peraso’s millimeter wave 5G products, the combined company is projecting a 70 percent or greater average revenue growth, with a targeted gross margin of 60 percent and operating margin of 5 to 20 percent.

 

Management estimates the combined company can be cash flow positive, and profitable on a non-GAAP basis, in the first half of 2023 based on estimated quarterly revenue levels in the range of $13 million to $15 million dollars. The Company expects its current cash and investments will be sufficient to achieve cash flow break even.

 

From a long-term model perspective, which we define as three to five years, the company is targeting 30 percent plus average annual revenue growth with gross margins exceeding 60 percent, and operating margins of 20 percent or more.

 

We look forward to providing further financial updates in coming quarters as we complete the merger and move forward as a combined company.

 

I would now like to turn the call back over to Ron Glibbery for some final comments. Ron?

 

 

 


 

 

Ron Glibbery, CEO of Peraso

As mentioned in my earlier comments, the new Peraso will be led by an experienced management team. Brad Lynch, one of my co-founders of Peraso, will be Chief Operating Officer of the newly formed company. Brad brings over 25 years of communication system product design and development experience, including 20 years in the semiconductor industry, and has made significant contributions to industry standards.  Alex Tomkins, another co-founder of Peraso, will become the combined company’s Chief Technical Officer, contributing over 15 years of millimeter wave wireless semiconductor experience.

 

As mentioned at the opening of the call, Dan Lewis will continue to serve as president of the combined company, and has held various, sales, marketing, and executive roles across companies like IDT, Xicor and Intel.  Michael Miller will serve as CTO and VP of Engineering for the Accelerator Engine products and IP. Michael is a distinguished inventor holding over 49 patents covering advanced memories, TCAMs and even a fundamental patent on JTAG.

 

Gus Lignos will continue with combined company as VP of Sales, leveraging his 10+ years at MoSys as well as prior experience at Nvidia, Tensilica and NEC.  Jim Sullivan will continue to serve as the Chief Financial Officer of the combined company, and Jim has extensive experience with the capital markets and with financial management of public companies.  

 

In closing, the proposed combination of Peraso and MoSys will result in a new public company that is poised to capitalize on the massive growth opportunities emerging with the deployment of 5G networks.  We believe the combination of our technologies can play a meaningful role in addressing the requirements of 5G.  Leveraging our combined leadership in 5G millimeter wave and packet classification technologies, the new Peraso will be able to target multiple end markets from the edge to the core and into the centralized cloud. We believe this combined company will be well positioned to participate in and benefit from the growth of the 5G market.

 

Thank you for your time. I look forward to the opportunity to provide additional updates on the proposed business combination and on the business progress of the new combined company, Peraso.