UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of report (Date of earliest event reported): November 30, 2021
Codere
Online U.S. Corp.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Delaware | 001-39767 | 85-3244031 | ||
(State
or other jurisdiction
of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S.
Employer
Identification No.) |
7
rue Robert Stümper
Luxembourg Grand Duchy of Luxembourg |
L-2557 | |
(Address of principal executive offices) |
(Zip Code) |
+34
91 354 28 19
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
DD3 Acquisition Corp. II
Pedregal 24, 3rd Floor, Interior 300
Colonia Molino del Rey, Del. Miguel Hidalgo
11040
Mexico City, Mexico
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | ||
Units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock and one-half of one Warrant | DDMXU | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Class A Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share | DDMX | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | ||
Warrants, each whole warrant exercisable for one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 | DDMXW | The Nasdaq Stock Market LLC |
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
Emerging growth company ☒
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On November 30, 2021 (the “Closing Date”), the merger of DD3 Acquisition Corp. II and Codere Online U.S. Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”) was completed pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, dated June 21, 2021 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among DD3 Acquisition Corp. II, Codere Newco, S.A.U., a corporation (sociedad anónima unipersonal) registered and incorporated under the laws of Spain (“Codere Newco”), Servicios de Juego Online S.A.U., a corporation (sociedad anónima unipersonal) registered and incorporated under the laws of Spain (“SEJO”), Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A., a limited liability company (société anonyme) governed by the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg (“Holdco”), and Merger Sub, which among other things provided for the merger of Merger Sub with and into DD3 Acquisition Corp. II, with DD3 Acquisition Corp. II surviving such merger (the “Merger”).
In connection with the consummation of the business combination contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination”), “DD3 Acquisition Corp. II” was renamed “Codere Online U.S. Corp.” (the registrant is hereafter referred to as “DD3” or “Codere Online U.S.” indistinctively). Also in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, DD3 became a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco. The following agreements were entered into among all or several of the various parties in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination:
Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement
On the Closing Date, DD3, Codere Newco, Holdco and certain persons and entities (collectively, the “Holders”) entered into a Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement which provides customary demand and piggyback registration rights. Pursuant to the Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement, Holdco agreed that, within 30 calendar days after the Closing Date, it will file with the SEC a registration statement to permit the public resale of certain ordinary shares and warrants of Holdco (including any ordinary shares underlying such warrants) held by the Holders, and that it will use its reasonable best efforts to have the registration statement declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than 60 calendar days following the filing deadline, provided that the effectiveness deadline will be extended to 90 calendar days after the filing deadline if the registration statement is reviewed by, and receives comments from, the SEC.
Pursuant to the Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement, the Holders have agreed to not transfer any Lock-Up Securities (as defined in the Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement) until the earliest of: (i) the date that is one year from the Closing Date, (ii) the date on which the closing price of the ordinary shares of Holdco on Nasdaq equals or exceeds $12.50 per share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing 150 days after the Closing Date, or (iii) such date on which Holdco completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all Holdco shareholders having the right to exchange their Holdco ordinary shares for cash, securities or other property, in each case subject to certain exceptions.
The foregoing description of the Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Registration Rights and Lock-Up Agreement which is included as Exhibit 10.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement
On the Closing Date, DD3 entered into an Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement with Holdco and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (“Continental”), as warrant agent, pursuant to which, among others, as of the Merger Effective Time (as defined in the Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement), (i) each of the issued warrants of DD3 (either public or private) that was outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time ceased to represent a right to acquire one share of DD3 Class A common stock and instead represent the right to acquire one ordinary share of Holdco on substantially the same terms as set forth in the warrant agreement, dated as of December 7, 2020, by and between DD3 and Continental, as warrant agent (the “Existing Warrant Agreement”), and (ii) DD3 assigned to Holdco all of DD3’s right, title and interest in and to the Existing Warrant Agreement and Holdco assumed, and agreed to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge in full, all of DD3’s liabilities and obligations under the Existing Warrant Agreement arising from and after the Merger Effective Time.
The foregoing description of the Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement which is included as Exhibit 10.2 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
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Expenses Reimbursement Letter
On the Closing Date, DD3, Codere Newco, Holdco and DD3 Sponsor Group, LLC (the “Sponsor”) entered into the Expenses Reimbursement Letter, pursuant to which (i) the Sponsor agreed to reimburse Holdco, as sole shareholder of DD3, the surviving corporation of the Merger (the “Surviving Corporation”), for the aggregate amount of SPAC Transaction Expenses (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) payable by the Surviving Corporation in excess of the maximum SPAC Transaction Expenses required to be paid by the Surviving Corporation pursuant to Section 11.03 of the Business Combination Agreement, subject to Sections 1 and 2 of the Expenses Reimbursement Letter; and (ii) Codere Newco agreed to reimburse Holdco, as sole shareholder of SEJO and the Surviving Corporation, for the aggregate amount of Company Transaction Expenses (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) payable by the Surviving Corporation, Holdco, SEJO or any Company Subsidiary (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) in excess of the maximum Company Transaction Expenses required to be paid by the Surviving Corporation pursuant to Section 11.03 of the Business Combination Agreement, subject to Sections 1 and 2 of the Expenses Reimbursement Letter.
The foregoing description of the Reimbursement Letter is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Reimbursement Letter which is included as Exhibit 10.3 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 2.01. Completion of Acquisition or Disposition of Assets.
On or before the Closing Date, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement: (i) Codere Newco contributed its equity interest in SEJO to Holdco in exchange for ordinary shares of Holdco that were subscribed by Codere Newco (the “Exchange”); (ii) following the Exchange, Merger Sub merged with and into DD3, with DD3 surviving such merger and becoming a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco, DD3 changed its name to “Codere Online U.S. Corp.” and all shares of DD3 common stock outstanding prior to effectiveness of the merger were contributed to Holdco in exchange for ordinary shares of Holdco; and (iii) each outstanding warrant of DD3, which entitled holders to purchase shares of DD3’s Class A common stock, was converted into a warrant to purchase ordinary shares of Holdco.
Immediately following the consummation of the Business Combination, the issued share capital of Holdco consisted of 45,121,956 ordinary shares and 6,435,000 warrants.
The ordinary shares and warrants of Holdco commenced trading on The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC under the ticker symbol “CDRO” and “CDROW,” respectively, on December 1, 2021. The foregoing description of the Business Combination Agreement is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Business Combination Agreement, which is included as Exhibit 2.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 3.01. Notice of Delisting or Failure to Satisfy a Continued Listing Rule or Standard; Transfer of Listing; Material Modification to Rights of Security Holders.
On the Closing Date, in connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, DD3 notified Nasdaq that the Business Combination had become effective and requested that Nasdaq file a Notification of Removal from Listing and/or Registration under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), on Form 25 to notify the SEC that DD3’s common stock, warrants and units were to be delisted and deregistered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act. The deregistration will become effective 10 days from the filing of the Form 25, which occurred on November 30, 2021. DD3 intends to file a Form 15 with the SEC in order to complete the deregistration of DD3’s securities under the Exchange Act.
Item 3.03. Material Modifications to Rights of Security Holders.
To the extent required by Item 3.03 of Form 8-K, the disclosure set forth in Items 1.01 and 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 3.03.
Item 5.01. Changes in Control of Registrant.
To the extent required by Item 5.01 of Form 8-K, the disclosure set forth in Item 2.01 of this Current Report on Form 8-K is incorporated by reference in this Item 5.01.
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Item 5.02. Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, each of Dr. Martin M. Werner, Mr. Jorge Combe, Mr. Daniel Salim, Dr. Guillermo Ortiz, Mr. Daniel Valdez, Mr. Pedro Solís Cámara and Mr. Luis Campos ceased to be a director of DD3. At the time of the consummation of the Business Combination, Mr. Oscar Iglesias, Mr. Moshe Edree, and Mr. Gonzalo de Osma Bucero were appointed to serve as directors of Codere Online U.S.
Also, in connection with consummation of the Business Combination, the following officers of DD3 resigned from their respective positions: Dr. Martin M. Werner resigned as Chief Executive Officer, Mr. Jorge Combe resigned as Chief Operating Officer and Mr. Daniel Salim resigned as Chief Financial Officer. At the time of the consummation of the Business Combination, the board of directors of Codere Online U.S. appointed the following officers: Mr. Gonzalo de Osma Bucero as President and Treasurer and Mr. Arie Rubinstein as Vice President and Secretary.
Item 5.03. Amendments to Certificate of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year.
In connection with the consummation of the Business Combination, at the effective time of the Business Combination, the amended and restated certificate of incorporation of DD3 was amended to, among other things, change the name of the surviving corporation to “Codere Online U.S. Corp.” The certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation is attached as Exhibit 3.1 hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) | Exhibits. |
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Codere Online U.S. Corp. | |||
By: | /s/ Moshe Edree | ||
Name: | Moshe Edree | ||
Title: | Director | ||
By: | /s/ Oscar Iglesias | ||
Name: | Oscar Iglesias | ||
Title: | Director | ||
By: | /s/ Gonzalo de Osma | ||
Name: | Gonzalo de Osma | ||
Title: | Director |
Date: | December 3, 2021 |
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Exhibit 3.1
SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED
OF
CODERE ONLINE U.S. CORP.
FIRST: The name of the corporation is Codere Online U.S. Corp. (the “Corporation”).
SECOND: The address of its registered office in the State of Delaware is Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange Street, City of Wilmington, County of New Castle, Delaware 19801. The name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.
THIRD: The purpose of the Corporation is to engage in any lawful act or activity for which corporations may be organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware as the same exists or may hereafter be amended (“Delaware Law”).
FOURTH: The total number of shares of stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is 1,000, and the par value of each such share is $0.01, amounting in the aggregate to $10.00.
FIFTH: The Board of Directors shall have the power to adopt, amend or repeal the bylaws of the Corporation.
SIXTH: Election of directors need not be by written ballot unless the bylaws of the Corporation so provide.
SEVENTH: The Corporation expressly elects not to be governed by Section 203 of Delaware Law.
EIGHTH: (1) A director of the Corporation shall not be liable to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for breach of fiduciary duty as a director to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law.
(2)(a) Each person (and the heirs, executors or administrators of such person) who was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party to, or is involved in any threatened, pending or completed action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative, by reason of the fact that such person is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director or officer of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise, shall be indemnified and held harmless by the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law. The right to indemnification conferred in this ARTICLE EIGHTH shall also include the right to be paid by the Corporation the expenses incurred in connection with any such proceeding in advance of its final disposition to the fullest extent authorized by Delaware Law. The right to indemnification conferred in this ARTICLE EIGHTH shall be a contract right.
(b) The Corporation may, by action of its Board of Directors, provide indemnification to such of the employees and agents of the Corporation to such extent and to such effect as the Board of Directors shall determine to be appropriate and authorized by Delaware Law.
(3) The Corporation shall have power to purchase and maintain insurance on behalf of any person who is or was a director, officer, employee or agent of the Corporation, or is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust or other enterprise against any expense, liability or loss incurred by such person in any such capacity or arising out of such person’s status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify such person against such liability under Delaware Law.
(4) The rights and authority conferred in this ARTICLE EIGHTH shall not be exclusive of any other right which any person may otherwise have or hereafter acquire.
(5) Neither the amendment nor repeal of this ARTICLE EIGHTH, nor the adoption of any provision of this Certificate of Incorporation or the bylaws of the Corporation, nor, to the fullest extent permitted by Delaware Law, any modification of law, shall adversely affect any right or protection of any person granted pursuant hereto existing at, or arising out of or related to any event, act or omission that occurred prior to, the time of such amendment, repeal, adoption or modification (regardless of when any proceeding (or part thereof) relating to such event, act or omission arises or is first threatened, commenced or completed).
NINTH: The Corporation reserves the right to amend this Certificate of Incorporation in any manner permitted by Delaware Law and all rights and powers conferred herein on stockholders, directors and officers, if any, are subject to this reserved power.
Exhibit 10.1
REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP AGREEMENT
THIS REGISTRATION RIGHTS AND LOCK-UP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of November 30, 2021, is made and entered into by and among Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A., a public limited liability company (société anonyme) governed by the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with its registered office at 7 rue Robert Stümper, L-2557 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, Luxembourg) (“Holdco”), DD3 Sponsor Group, LLC (“Sponsor”), MG Partners Multi-Strategy Fund LP (“MG Partners”), Baron Global Advantage Fund (“BGAF”), Baron Emerging Markets Fund (“BEMF”), Destinations International Equity Fund (“DIEF” and, together with BGAF and BEMF, the “Baron Funds”), the other signatories listed in Annex A (collectively, the “Transferees”), Codere Newco, S.A.U., a corporation (sociedad anónima unipersonal) registered and incorporated under the laws of Spain and with its registered office at Avenida de Bruselas 26, 28108, Alcobendas (Madrid, Spain) (“Parent,” and collectively with Sponsor, MG Partners, the Baron Funds, the Transferees and any other person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement as a Transferee, each a “Holder” and collectively the “Holders”) and solely for the purposes of Section 6.6 hereof, DD3 Acquisition Corp. II, a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”).
RECITALS
WHEREAS, Holdco, Parent, SPAC, Servicios de Juego Online S.A.U., a corporation (sociedad anónima unipersonal) registered and incorporated under the laws of Spain and with its registered office at Avenida de Bruselas 26, 28108, Alcobendas (Madrid, Spain) (the “Company”), and Codere Online U.S. Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), entered into that certain business combination agreement, dated as of June 21, 2021 (the “BCA”), pursuant to which, among other things, on or about the date hereof, (i) Parent contributed all the issued and outstanding shares of the Company to Holdco in exchange for additional ordinary shares of Holdco (“Ordinary Shares”) pursuant to that certain contribution and exchange agreement entered into by Holdco, Parent and the Company, dated as of June 21, 2021 (the “Exchange Agreement”) with the Company becoming a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco following the consummation of such exchange, and (ii) Merger Sub merged with and into SPAC (with SPAC being the surviving entity and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco) in exchange for SPAC’s shareholders receiving Ordinary Shares;
WHEREAS, Sponsor, SPAC and MG Partners entered into that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2020 (the “Prior Agreement”), which Prior Agreement Sponsor, SPAC and MG Partners desire to terminate upon execution and delivery of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Baron Funds and MG Partners entered into the Forward Purchase Agreements (as defined herein) whereby SPAC granted certain registration rights to the Baron Funds, MG Partners and their respective transferees, respectively, and that all such parties desire to forego such registration rights upon execution and delivery of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, Sponsor holds Ordinary Shares and securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares (including the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any other security issued to Sponsor pursuant to the terms of the BCA), including the Warrants (as defined herein) on or about the date hereof pursuant to the BCA; and
WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the BCA and the Exchange Agreement, Holdco and the Holders desire to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which Holdco shall grant the Holders certain registration rights with respect to certain securities of Holdco and the Holders shall agree to certain transfer restrictions, as set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
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I
DEFINITIONS
1.1 Definitions. The terms defined in this Article I shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:
“Adverse Disclosure” shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Chief Executive Officer or Chief Financial Officer of Holdco, after consultation with counsel to Holdco, (a) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any Misstatement, (b) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, and (c) Holdco has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public.
“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to a specified Person, each other Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by, or is under common control with, the Person specified; provided that no Holder shall be deemed an Affiliate of any other Holder solely by reason of an investment in, or holding of Ordinary Shares (or securities convertible or exchangeable for Ordinary Shares) of, Holdco. As used in this definition, “control” (including with correlative meanings, “controlled by” and “under common control with”) shall mean possession, directly or indirectly, of power to direct or cause the direction of management or policies (whether through ownership of voting securities or by contract or other agreement).
“Aggregate Blocking Period” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.4.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
“BCA” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
“Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of Holdco.
“Change in Control” shall mean the transfer (whether by tender offer, merger, share purchase, consolidation or other similar transaction), in one transaction or a series of related transactions, to a person or group of affiliated persons of Holdco’s voting securities if, after such transfer, such person or group of affiliated persons would hold more than 50% of outstanding voting securities of Holdco (or surviving entity) or would otherwise have the power to control the board of directors of Holdco or to direct the operations of Holdco.
“Claims” shall have the meaning given in subsection 4.1.1.
“Closing Date” shall mean the date of this Agreement.
“Commission” shall mean the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Company” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
“Demand Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.2.1.
“DR Demanding Holders” shall mean the applicable Holders having the right to make, and actually making, a written demand for the Registration of Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.2.1.
“DR Requesting Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.2.1.
“Effectiveness Deadline” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.
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“Equity Agreements” shall mean (a) that certain subscription agreement dated June 21, 2021 by and among SPAC, Holdco and DD3 Capital Partners, S.A. de C.V. to purchase shares of SPAC’s Class A Common Stock, and (b) that certain subscription agreement dated June 21, 2021 by and among SPAC, Holdco and Larrain Investment Inc. to purchase shares of SPAC’s Class A Common Stock.
“Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.
“Exchange Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
“Form F-1 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.1.
“Form F-3 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.2.
“Forward Purchase Agreements” shall mean (a) that certain Forward Purchase Agreement entered into by SPAC and the Baron Funds on November 17, 2020, as amended on June 21, 2021, and (b) that certain Forward Purchase Agreement entered into by SPAC and MG Partners on November 19, 2020, as amended on June 21, 2021, to purchase shares of SPAC’s Class A Common Stock.
“Holdco” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
“Holdco Shelf Takedown Notice” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.
“Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
“Lock-Up Period” shall have the meaning given in Section 5.1.
“Lock-Up Securities” shall mean all Registrable Securities owned by Parent or Sponsor, respectively, from time to time, including any Registrable Securities Transferred from Parent or Sponsor to another Holder.
“Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.2.4.
“Merger Sub” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
“Minimum Amount” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.
“Misstatement” shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated therein, or necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of any Prospectus and any preliminary Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.
“Ordinary Shares” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
“Parent” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
“Permitted Transferees” shall mean a person or entity to whom Parent and Sponsor are permitted to Transfer such Lock-Up Securities pursuant to Section 5.2 of this Agreement prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period and any other applicable agreement between Parent and/or Sponsor and Holdco, and to any transferee thereafter.
“Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.3.1.
“Prior Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
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“Pro Rata” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.2.4.
“Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all materials incorporated by reference in such prospectus.
“Registrable Security” shall mean (a) any Ordinary Shares issued to a Holder pursuant to the terms of the BCA (including the Ordinary Shares issued or issuable upon the exercise of any other security issued to a Holder pursuant to the terms of the BCA), (b) any Warrants held by a Holder (including the Ordinary Shares issuable upon exercise of such Warrants) and (c) any other security of Holdco issued or issuable with respect to any such Ordinary Share referred to in the foregoing clauses (a) and (b) by way of a share dividend or share split or in connection with a combination of shares, recapitalization, merger, consolidation or other reorganization or otherwise; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities when: (i) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement; (ii) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred, new certificates for such securities not bearing (or book entry positions not subject to) a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by Holdco and subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the Securities Act; (iii) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; (iv) such securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission) (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations); or (v) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction.
“Registration” shall mean a registration effected by preparing and filing a registration statement or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.
“Registration Expenses” shall mean the out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:
(a) | all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) and any securities exchange on which the Ordinary Shares are then listed; |
(b) | fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue-sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities); |
(c) | printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses; |
(d) | reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for Holdco; |
(e) | reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of Holdco incurred specifically in connection with such Registration; and |
(f) | reasonable fees and expenses not to exceed $50,000 of one legal counsel selected by (i) the majority-in-interest of the DR Demanding Holders initiating a Demand Registration, (ii) the majority-in-interest of the SUO Demanding Holders initiating a Shelf Underwritten Offering, or (iii) the majority-in-interest of participating Holders under Section 2.3 if the Registration was initiated by Holdco for its own account or that of a Holdco shareholder other than pursuant to rights under this Agreement, in each case to be registered for offer and sale in the applicable Registration. |
“Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement that covers the Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all materials incorporated by reference in such registration statement.
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“Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.
“Shelf Takedown Notice” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.
“Shelf Underwritten Offering” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.
“SPAC” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals.
“SPAC’s Class A Common Stock” shall mean SPAC’s class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share.
“Sponsor” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble.
“SUO Demanding Holders” shall mean the applicable Holders having the right to make, and actually making, a written demand for a Shelf Underwritten Offering of Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.1.3.
“SUO Requesting Holder” shall have the meaning given in subsection 2.1.3.
“Transfer” shall mean to, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer, assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate or similarly dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, or to enter into any contract, option or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation or similar disposition of, any interest owned by a person or any interest (including a beneficial interest) in, or the ownership, control or possession of, any interest owned by a person.
“Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.
“Underwritten Registration” or “Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of Holdco are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.
“Warrants” shall mean the warrants of Holdco resulting from the conversion of the private placement SPAC Warrants, as defined in the BCA.
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II
REGISTRATIONS
2.1 Shelf Registration.
2.1.1 Holdco shall, as soon as practicable, but in any event within thirty (30) calendar days after the Closing Date, file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act to permit the public resale of all the Registrable Securities held by the Holders from time to time as permitted by Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) on the terms and conditions specified in this subsection 2.1.1 and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to be declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but in no event later than sixty (60) calendar days following the filing deadline (the “Effectiveness Deadline”); provided that the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended to ninety (90) calendar days after the filing deadline if the Registration Statement is reviewed by, and receives comments from, the Commission and provided further that if the Commission is closed for operations due to a government shutdown, the Effectiveness Deadline shall be extended the same number of days that the Commission remains closed for operations. The Registration Statement filed with the Commission pursuant to this subsection 2.1.1 shall be on a shelf registration statement on Form F-1 (a “Form F-1 Shelf”) or such other form of registration statement as is then available to effect a registration for resale of such Registrable Securities, covering such Registrable Securities, and shall contain a Prospectus in such form as to permit any Holder to sell such Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act (or any successor or similar provision adopted by the Commission then in effect) at any time beginning on the effective date for such Registration Statement. A Registration Statement filed pursuant to this subsection 2.1.1 shall provide for the resale pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, the Holders. Holdco shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this subsection 2.1.1 to remain effective, and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Registration Statement is available (including to use its reasonable best efforts to add Registrable Securities held by Permitted Transferees) or, if not available, that another Registration Statement is available, for the resale of all the Registrable Securities held by the Holders until all such Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities. As soon as practicable following the effective date of a Registration Statement filed pursuant to this subsection 2.1.1, but in any event within five (5) business days of such date, Holdco shall notify the Holders of the effectiveness of such Registration Statement.
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2.1.2 Holdco shall use its reasonable best efforts to convert the Form F-1 Shelf filed pursuant to subsection 2.1.1 to a shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (a “Form F-3 Shelf”) as promptly as practicable after Holdco is eligible to use a Form F-3 Shelf and have the Form F-3 Shelf declared effective as promptly as practicable and to cause such Form F-3 Shelf to remain effective, and to be supplemented and amended to the extent necessary to ensure that such Registration Statement is available or, if not available, that another Registration Statement is available, for the resale of all the Registrable Securities held by the Holders until all such Registrable Securities have ceased to be Registrable Securities.
2.1.3 At any time and from time to time following the effectiveness of the shelf registration statement required by subsection 2.1.1 or subsection 2.1.2, one or more Holders may request to sell all or a portion of their Registrable Securities in an underwritten offering that is registered pursuant to such shelf registration statement (a “Shelf Underwritten Offering”) provided that such Holders reasonably expect to sell Registrable Securities yielding aggregate gross proceeds in excess of $12,500,000 from such Shelf Underwritten Offering (such amount of Registrable Securities, as applicable, the “Minimum Amount”). All requests for a Shelf Underwritten Offering shall be made by giving written notice to Holdco (the “Shelf Takedown Notice”). Each Shelf Takedown Notice shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Shelf Underwritten Offering and the expected price range (net of underwriting discounts and commissions) of such Shelf Underwritten Offering. Within five (5) business days after receipt of any Shelf Takedown Notice, Holdco shall give written notice of such requested Shelf Underwritten Offering to all other Holders of Registrable Securities (the “Holdco Shelf Takedown Notice”) and each Holder of Registrable Securities who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to a Shelf Underwritten Offering (each such Holder that includes all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Shelf Underwritten Offering, a “SUO Requesting Holder”) shall so notify Holdco of its intent to participate in such Shelf Underwritten Offering, in writing, within five (5) business days after the receipt by such Holder of Holdco Shelf Takedown Notice. Upon receipt by Holdco of any such written notification from a SUO Requesting Holder to Holdco, subject to the provisions of subsection 2.2.4, Holdco shall include in such Shelf Underwritten Offering all Registrable Securities of such SUO Requesting Holder. Holdco shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form for such Shelf Underwritten Offering by Holdco with the managing Underwriter or Underwriters selected by the Holders holding at least a majority-in-interest of the Registered Securities being registered after consultation with Holdco and shall take all such other reasonable actions as are requested by the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in order to expedite or facilitate the disposition of such Registrable Securities. In connection with any Shelf Underwritten Offering contemplated by this subsection 2.1.3, subject to Section 3.3 and Article IV, the underwriting agreement into which each Holder and Holdco shall enter shall contain representations, covenants, indemnities and other rights and obligations in customary form for such Shelf Underwritten Offering by Holdco. Any Shelf Underwritten Offering effected pursuant to this subsection 2.1.3 shall be counted as a Registration for purposes of the limit on the number of Registrations that can be effected under Section 2.2 hereof.
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2.2 Demand Registration.
2.2.1 Request for Registration. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.2.5 and Sections 2.4 and 3.4 hereof and provided that Holdco does not have an effective Registration Statement pursuant to subsection 2.1.1 covering Registrable Securities, Holders holding at least a majority-in-interest of the then-outstanding number of Registrable Securities may make a written demand for Registration of all or part of their Registrable Securities on (a) Form F-1, or such other form of registration statement as is then available to effect a registration for resale of such Registrable Securities, covering such Registrable Securities or (b) if available, Form F-3, which in the case of either clause (a) or (b), may be a shelf registration statement filed pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act, which written demand shall describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such Registration and the intended methods of distribution thereof (such written demand a “Demand Registration”) provided that such Holders reasonably expect to sell Registrable Securities yielding aggregate gross proceeds in excess of the Minimum Amount. Holdco shall, within ten (10) business days following Holdco’s receipt of a Demand Registration, notify, in writing all other Holders of Registrable Securities of such demand, and each Holder of Registrable Securities who thereafter wishes to include all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration (each such Holder that includes all or a portion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Registration, a “DR Requesting Holder”) shall so notify Holdco, in writing, within five (5) business days after the receipt by the Holder of the notice from Holdco. For the avoidance of doubt, to the extent a DR Requesting Holder also separately possesses Demand Registration rights pursuant to this Section 2.2, but is not the Holder who exercises such Demand Registration rights, the exercise by such DR Requesting Holder of its rights pursuant to the foregoing sentence shall not count as the exercise by it of one of its Demand Registration rights. Upon receipt by Holdco of any such written notification from a DR Requesting Holder to Holdco, subject to subsection 2.2.4 below, such DR Requesting Holder shall be entitled to have their Registrable Securities included in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration and Holdco shall file, as soon thereafter as practicable, but not more than forty-five (45) days immediately after Holdco’s receipt of the Demand Registration, and Holdco shall use reasonable best efforts to effect the Registration of all Registrable Securities requested by the DR Demanding Holders and DR Requesting Holders pursuant to such Demand Registration as soon as practicable. Holdco shall not be obligated to effect more than (i) an aggregate of three (3) Registrations pursuant to a Demand Registration or a Shelf Underwritten Offering initiated by Sponsor, and (ii) an aggregate of three (3) Registrations pursuant to a Demand Registration or a Shelf Underwritten Offering initiated by Parent, in each case under subsection 2.1.3 or this subsection 2.2.1 with respect to any or all Registrable Securities; provided, however, that a Registration shall not be counted for such purposes unless a Registration Statement that may be available at such time has become effective and all of the Registrable Securities requested by the DR Demanding Holders and the DR Requesting Holders (or in the case of a Shelf Underwritten Offering, the SUO Demanding Holders and the SUO Requesting Holders) to be registered on behalf of the DR Demanding Holders and the DR Requesting Holders (or in the case of a Shelf Underwritten Offering, the SUO Demanding Holders and the SUO Requesting Holders) in such Registration have been sold, in accordance with Section 3.1 of this Agreement.
2.2.2 Effective Registration. Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 2.2.1 above or any other part of this Agreement, a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration shall not count as a Registration unless and until (a) the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration has been declared effective by the Commission and (b) Holdco has complied with all of its obligations under this Agreement with respect thereto; provided, further, that if, after such Registration Statement has been declared effective, an offering of Registrable Securities in a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration is subsequently interfered with by any stop order or injunction of the Commission, federal or state court or any other governmental agency, the Registration Statement with respect to such Registration shall be deemed not to have been declared effective, unless and until, (i) such stop order or injunction is removed, rescinded or otherwise terminated, and (ii) a majority-in-interest of the DR Demanding Holders initiating such Demand Registration thereafter affirmatively elect to continue with such Registration and accordingly notify Holdco in writing, but in no event later than five (5) days after the removal, rescission or other termination of such stop order or injunction, of such election; provided, further, that Holdco shall not be obligated or required to file another Registration Statement until the Registration Statement that has been previously filed with respect to a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration by a DR Demand Holder becomes effective or is subsequently terminated.
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2.2.3 Underwritten Offering. Subject to the provisions of subsection 2.2.4 and Sections 2.4 and 3.4 hereof, if a majority-in-interest of the DR Demanding Holders so advise Holdco as part of their Demand Registration that the offering of the Registrable Securities pursuant to such Demand Registration shall be in the form of an Underwritten Offering, then the right of such DR Demanding Holder or DR Requesting Holder (if any) to include its Registrable Securities in such Registration shall be conditioned upon such Holder’s participation in such Underwritten Offering and the inclusion of such Holder’s Registrable Securities in such Underwritten Offering to the extent provided herein. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.2.3, subject to Section 3.3 and Article IV, shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with Holdco and the Underwriter selected for such Underwritten Offering by the majority-in-interest of the DR Demanding Holders initiating the Demand Registration.
2.2.4 Reduction of Underwritten Offering. In the event of a Demand Registration that is to be an Underwritten Offering or a Shelf Underwritten Offering, and if any managing Underwriter, in good faith, advises Holdco in writing that, in its opinion, the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities desired to be sold under any such Underwritten Offering, taken together with all other Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that Holdco desires to sell for its own account and the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which a Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by any other stockholders of Holdco who desire to sell, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in such Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then Holdco shall include in such Underwritten Offering, as follows: (a) first, the Registrable Securities of the Holders participating in such Underwritten Offering that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Registration and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that all Holders have requested be included in such Underwritten Registration (such proportion is referred to herein as “Pro Rata”); (b) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (a), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that Holdco desires to sell for its own account, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (c) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities of other persons or entities that Holdco is obligated to register in a Registration pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons and that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.
2.2.5 Demand Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder shall have the right to withdraw all or a portion of its Registrable Securities included in a Demand Registration pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 or a Shelf Underwritten Offering pursuant to subsection 2.1.3 for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to Holdco and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of its intention to so withdraw at any time prior to (a) in the case of a Demand Registration not involving an Underwritten Offering or a Shelf Underwritten Offering, the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement or (b) in the case of any Demand Registration involving an Underwritten Offering or any Shelf Underwritten Offering, prior to the pricing of such Underwritten Offering or Shelf Underwritten Offering; provided, however, that upon withdrawal by a majority-in-interest of the Holders initiating a Demand Registration (or in the case of a Shelf Underwritten Offering, withdrawal of an amount of Registrable Securities included by the Holders in such Shelf Underwritten Offering, in their capacity as Holders, being less than the Minimum Amount), Holdco shall cease all efforts to secure effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement or complete the Underwritten Offering, as applicable. Holdco shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration or a Shelf Underwritten Offering prior to and including its withdrawal under this subsection 2.2.5. Any such withdrawal shall be counted towards the limit on Registrations set forth in subsection 2.2.1.
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2.3 Piggyback Registration.
2.3.1 Piggyback Rights. If, at any time on or after the date hereof, Holdco proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to an offering of equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, for its own account or for the account of stockholders of Holdco, other than a Registration Statement (a) filed in connection with any employee share option or other benefit plan, (b) for an exchange offer or offering of securities solely to Holdco’s existing shareholders, (c) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of Holdco, (d) for a dividend reinvestment plan, (e) filed pursuant to subsection 2.1.1, (f) filed pursuant to Section 2.2, or (g) filed in connection with any business combination or acquisition involving Holdco, then Holdco shall give written notice of such proposed filing to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but not less than twenty (20) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement, which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended methods of distribution (including whether such registration will be pursuant to a shelf registration statement) and name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, in such offering, (B) describe such Holders’ rights under this Section 2.3 and (C) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to register the sale of such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice (such Registration a “Piggyback Registration”). Holdco shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities identified in a Holder’s response noticed described in the foregoing sentence to be included in such Piggyback Registration and shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of a proposed Underwritten Offering, if any, to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this subsection 2.3.1 to be included in a Piggyback Registration on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of Holdco or Holdco shareholders for whose account the Registration Statement is to be filed included in such Registration and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended methods of distribution thereof. All such Holders proposing to distribute their Registrable Securities through an Underwritten Offering under this subsection 2.3.1, subject to Section 3.3 and Article IV, shall enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriters selected for such Underwritten Offering by Holdco or Holdco shareholders for whose account the Registration Statement is to be filed. For purposes of this Section 2.3, the filing by Holdco of an automatic shelf registration statement for offerings pursuant to Rule 415(a) that omits information with respect to any specific offering pursuant to Rule 430B shall not trigger any notification or participation rights hereunder until such time as Holdco amends or supplements such Registration Statement to include information with respect to a specific offering of Registrable Securities (and such amendment or supplement shall trigger the notice and participation rights provided for in this Section 2.3). Holdco may postpone or withdraw the filing or the effectiveness of a Piggyback Registration at any time on its own good faith determination.
2.3.2 Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If a Piggyback Registration is to be an Underwritten Offering and any managing Underwriter, in good faith, advises Holdco and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that, in its opinion, the dollar amount or number of the Ordinary Shares that Holdco desires to sell, taken together with (a) the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, (b) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant Section 2.3 hereof, and (c) the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other shareholders of Holdco, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:
2.3.2.1 if the Registration is undertaken for Holdco’s account, Holdco shall include in any such Registration (a) first, the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that Holdco desires to sell for its own account, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (b) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (a), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.3.1 hereof, Pro Rata, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (c) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), the Ordinary Shares, if any, as to which Registration has been requested pursuant to written contractual piggy-back registration rights of other shareholders of Holdco, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and
2.3.2.2 if the Registration is pursuant to a request by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then Holdco shall include in any such Registration (a) first, the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (b) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (a), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to subsection 2.3.1 hereof, Pro Rata, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (c) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (a) and (b), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities that Holdco desires to sell for its own account, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (d) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (a), (b) and (c), the Ordinary Shares or other equity securities for the account of other persons or entities that Holdco is obligated to register pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with such persons or entities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.
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2.3.3 Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities shall have the right to withdraw all or any portion of its Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to Holdco and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw such Registrable Securities from such Piggyback Registration prior to (a) in the case of a Piggyback Registration not involving an Underwritten Offering or Shelf Underwritten Offering, the effectiveness of the applicable Registration Statement or (b), in the case of any Piggyback Registration involving an Underwritten Offering or any Shelf Underwritten Offering, prior to the pricing of such Underwritten Offering or Shelf Underwritten Offering. Holdco (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by persons pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may postpone or withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with a Piggyback Registration at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Holdco shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this subsection 2.3.3.
2.3.4 Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, any Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof shall not be counted as a Registration pursuant to a Demand Registration effected under Section 2.2 hereof or a Shelf Underwritten Offering effected under subsection 2.1.3; provided, however, that the rights to demand a Piggyback Registration under this Section 2.3 shall terminate on the second anniversary of the date hereof.
2.4 Restrictions on Registration Rights. If (a) during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to Holdco’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date one hundred and twenty (120) days after the effective date of, a Holdco initiated Registration and provided that Holdco has delivered written notice to the Holders prior to receipt of a Demand Registration pursuant to subsection 2.2.1 and it continues to actively employ, in good faith, all reasonable efforts to cause the applicable Registration Statement to become effective; (b) the Holders have requested an Underwritten Registration and Holdco and the Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite the offer; or (c) in the good faith judgment of the Board such Registration would be seriously detrimental to Holdco and the Board concludes as a result that it is essential to defer the filing of such Registration Statement at such time, then in each case Holdco shall furnish to such Holders a certificate signed by the Chairman of the Board stating that in the good faith judgment of the Board it would be seriously detrimental to Holdco for such Registration Statement to be filed in the near future and that it is therefore essential to defer the filing of such Registration Statement. In such event, Holdco shall have the right to defer such filing for a period of not more than sixty (60) days; provided, however, that Holdco shall not defer its obligation in this manner more than twice in any twelve (12)-month period (the “Aggregate Blocking Period”). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, no Registration shall be effected or permitted and no Registration Statement shall become effective, with respect to any Lock-Up Securities held by Parent or Sponsor, until after the expiration of the Lock-Up Period.
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HOLDCO PROCEDURES
3.1 General Procedures. If, at any time on or after the date hereof, Holdco is required to effect the Registration of Registrable Securities, Holdco shall use its reasonable best efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto Holdco shall, as promptly as reasonably practicable:
3.1.1 prepare and file with the Commission a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its reasonable best efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement have been sold;
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3.1.2 prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be reasonably requested by the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by Holdco or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus;
3.1.3 furnish without charge to the Underwriters, if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, or such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus) and each amendment and supplement thereto (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), and such other documents as the Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel for any such Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders;
3.1.4 prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its reasonable best efforts to (a) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may reasonably request and (b) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of Holdco and do any and all other acts and things that may be reasonably necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that Holdco shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;
3.1.5 use reasonable best efforts to cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each securities exchange or automated quotation system on which similar securities issued by Holdco are then listed;
3.1.6 provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;
3.1.7 advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of any request by the Commission that Holdco amend or supplement such Registration Statement or Prospectus or the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or Prospectus the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its reasonable best efforts to amend or supplement such Registration Statement or Prospectus or prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued, as applicable;
3.1.8 at least five (5) business days prior to the filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus, furnish a copy thereof to each seller of such Registrable Securities or its counsel, and not to file any such Registration Statement or Prospectus, or amendment or supplement thereto, to which any such Holder or Registrable Securities shall have reasonably objected on the grounds that such Registration Statement or Prospectus or supplement or amendment thereto, does not comply in all material respects with the requirements of the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder;
3.1.9 notify the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event or the existence of any condition as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section 3.4 hereof;
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3.1.10 permit a representative of the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, the Underwriters, if any, and any attorney or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter to participate in the preparation of any Registration Statement, each such Prospectus included therein or filed with the Commission, and each amendment or supplement thereto, and will give each of them such access to its books and records and such opportunities to discuss the business, finances and accounts of Holdco and its subsidiaries with its officers, directors and the independent public accountants who have certified its financial statements as shall be necessary, in the reasonable opinion of such Holders’ and such Underwriters’ respective counsel, to conduct a reasonable investigation within the meaning of the Securities Act, and will cause Holdco’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, attorney or accountant in connection with the Registration; provided, however, that if requested by Holdco, such representatives or Underwriters shall enter into a confidentiality agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Holdco, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information;
3.1.11 obtain a “cold comfort” letter (including a bring-down letter dated as of the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration) from Holdco’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Offering, in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “cold comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders and any Underwriter;
3.1.12 on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration, obtain an opinion and negative assurance letter, dated such date, of counsel representing Holdco for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the Holders, the placement agent or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given and as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurance letters, and reasonably satisfactory to the participating Holders;
3.1.13 in the event of any Underwritten Offering, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter of such offering;
3.1.14 make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of Holdco’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission), and which requirement will be deemed to be satisfied if Holdco timely files information on Forms 20-F and 6-K under the Exchange Act and otherwise complies with Rule 158 under the Securities Act;
3.1.15 if the Registration involves the Registration of Registrable Securities involving gross proceeds in excess of $12,500,000, use its reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of Holdco to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in any Underwritten Offering; and
3.1.16 otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration in connection with such Registration.
3.2 Registration Expenses. The Registration Expenses of all Registrations shall be borne by Holdco. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’ commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, marketing costs, and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses,” all reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders. Any reimbursement or payment by Holdco shall in no event (a) be duplicative of or (b) limit any provision, in each case which provides for reimbursement of fees and expenses of counsel in any other contract or agreement between the Holders and Holdco.
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3.3 Participation in Underwritten Offerings.
3.3.1 No person may participate in any Underwritten Offering for equity securities of Holdco pursuant to a Registration initiated by Holdco hereunder unless such person (a) agrees to sell such person’s securities on the basis provided in any underwriting arrangements approved by Holdco and (b) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting arrangements.
3.3.2 Holdco will use its commercially reasonable efforts to ensure that no Underwriter shall require any Holder to make any representations or warranties to or agreements with Holdco or the Underwriters other than representations, warranties or agreements regarding such Holder and such Holder’s intended method of distribution and any other representation required by law, and if, despite Holdco’s commercially reasonable efforts, an Underwriter requires any Holder to make additional representation or warranties to or agreements with such Underwriter, such Holder may elect not to participate in such Underwritten Offering (but shall not have any claims against Holdco as a result of such election). Any liability of such Holder to any Underwriter or other person under such underwriting agreement shall be limited to an amount equal to the proceeds (net of expenses and underwriting discounts and commissions) that it derives from such registration.
3.4 Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure. Upon receipt of written notice from Holdco that a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities until it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus correcting the Misstatement or including the information counsel for Holdco believes to be necessary to comply with law (it being understood that Holdco hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the time of such notice such that the Registration Statement or Prospectus, as so amended or supplemented, as applicable, will not include a Misstatement and complies with law), or until it is advised in writing by Holdco that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed. If the filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would require Holdco to make an Adverse Disclosure or would require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of (i) financial statements that are unavailable to Holdco for reasons beyond Holdco’s control, (ii) audited financial statements as of a date other than Holdco’s fiscal year end, or (iii) pro forma financial statements that are required to be included in a registration statement, Holdco may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay the filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement for the shortest period of time, but in no event for a period more than sixty (60) consecutive days or more than two times in any calendar year, determined in good faith by the Board to be necessary for such purpose; provided that each day of any such suspension pursuant to this Section 3.4 shall correspondingly decrease the Aggregate Blocking Period available to the Company during any twelve (12) month period pursuant to Section 2.4 hereof. In the event Holdco exercises its rights under the preceding sentence, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities. Holdco shall immediately notify the Holders of the expiration of any period during which it exercised its rights under this Section 3.4.
3.5 Covenants of Holdco. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, Holdco, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, covenants and agrees to use reasonable best efforts to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by Holdco after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly upon request by a Holder furnish such Holder with true and complete copies of such filings. Holdco further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell Ordinary Shares held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission), including providing any legal opinions. Upon the request of any Holder, Holdco shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.
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Article
IV
INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION
4.1 Indemnification.
4.1.1 Holdco agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers, directors and employees and each person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act) such Holder against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses (including reasonably attorneys’ fees) (collectively, “Claims”), to which any such Holder or such other persons may become subject, insofar as such Claims arise out of or are based on any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; except insofar as the Claim or expense arises out of or is based upon an untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission made in such filing in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished in writing to Holdco by such Holder expressly for use therein. Holdco shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers and directors and each person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act) such Underwriters to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to the indemnification of the Holder.
4.1.2 In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, Holdco may require that, as a condition to including any Registrable Securities in any Registration Statement, Holdco shall have received an undertaking reasonably satisfactory to it from such Holder, to indemnify Holdco, its directors and officers and agents and each person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act) Holdco against any Claims, to which Holdco or such other persons may become subject, insofar as such Claims arise out of or are based on any untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement or omission is contained in any information furnished in writing by such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers, directors and each person who controls (within the meaning of the Securities Act) such Underwriters to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of Holdco.
4.1.3 Any person entitled to indemnification herein shall (a) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any Claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (b) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such Claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such Claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) and which settlement includes a statement or admission of fault or culpability on the part of such indemnified party or does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.
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4.1.4 The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director, employee or controlling person of such indemnified party and shall survive the Transfer of Registrable Securities.
4.1.5 If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1 hereof from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any Claims, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such Claims (a) in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the indemnifying party or parties on the one hand and the indemnified party or parties on the other hand from the offering of the Registrable Securities or (b) if the allocation provided by clause (a) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (a) above but also to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party or parties on the other hand in connection with the statements or omissions that resulted in such Claims, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this subsection 4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in subsections 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this subsection 4.1.5. No person guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this subsection 4.1.5 from any person who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.
4.1.6 The indemnification required by this Section 4.1 shall be made by periodic payments of the amount thereof once bills are received or expense, loss, damage or liability is incurred.
Article
V
LOCK-UP
5.1 Transfer Restrictions. Except as permitted by Section 5.2, no Holder may, directly or indirectly, Transfer any Lock-Up Securities beneficially owned or owned of record by such Holder until the earliest of: (i) the date that is one year from the date hereof, (ii) the date on which the closing price of the Ordinary Shares on the Nasdaq Stock Market equals or exceeds $12.50 per Ordinary Share (as adjusted for share splits, share dividends, reorganizations and recapitalizations) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing 150 days after the date hereof, or (iii) such date on which Holdco completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange or other similar transaction that results in all of Holdco’s stockholders having the right to exchange their Ordinary Shares for cash, securities or other property (the “Lock-Up Period”). Holdco shall not be obligated to effect any Shelf Registration, Demand Registration or Piggyback Registration (or any Registration whatsoever) of any Lock-Up Securities prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period.
5.2 Lock-Up Period Exceptions. The provisions of Section 5.1 shall not apply to:
5.2.1 Transfers of Lock-Up Securities as a bona fide gift or gifts, or to a charitable organization;
5.2.2 if the Holder is an individual, Transfers of Lock-Up Securities to a trust, or other entity formed for estate planning purposes for the primary benefit of the spouse, domestic partner, parent, sibling, child or grandchild of such Holder or any other person with whom such Holder has a relationship by blood, marriage or adoption not more remote than first cousin;
5.2.3 if the Holder is an individual, Transfers by will or intestate succession upon the death of such Holder;
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5.2.4 the Transfer of Lock-Up Securities by operation of law, such as pursuant to a qualified domestic order or in connection with a divorce settlement;
5.2.5 if the Holder is a corporation, partnership (whether general, limited or otherwise), limited liability company, trust or other business entity, (i) Transfers to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, syndicate, association or other business entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control or management with the Holder, and (ii) distributions of Lock-Up Securities to its partners, limited liability company members or managers, directors, officers, equity holders or shareholders of the Holder;
5.2.6 Transfers (i) to Holdco (including pursuant to any redemption) or Holdco’s officers, directors or their affiliates and (ii) to the officers, directors or affiliates of the undersigned;
5.2.7 the Transfer of all Lock-Up Securities owned by Parent to any affiliates of Parent;
5.2.8 the Transfer of Lock-Up Securities owned by the Sponsor to MG Partners, the Baron Funds or any of their respective affiliates;
5.2.9 pursuant to a bona fide third-party tender offer, merger, share sale, recapitalization, consolidation or other transaction involving a Change in Control of Holdco, provided that in the event that such tender offer, merger, recapitalization, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, the Lock-Up Securities subject to this Agreement shall remain subject to this Agreement;
5.2.10 pursuant to a bona fide tender, squeeze out or exchange offer for Ordinary Shares, provided that in the event that such tender, squeeze out or exchange offer is not completed, the Lock-Up Securities subject to this Agreement shall remain subject to this Agreement;
5.2.11 the establishment of a trading plan pursuant to Rule 10b5-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act, provided that such plan does not provide for the transfer of Lock-Up Securities during the Lock-Up Period; and
provided, that in the case of any Transfer or distribution pursuant to subsections 5.2.1 through 5.2.8 each donee, distributee or other transferee shall agree in writing, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Holdco, to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement.
Article
VI
MISCELLANEOUS
6.1 Notices. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be in writing and given by (a) deposit in the mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage prepaid and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (b) delivery in person or by courier service providing evidence of delivery, or (c) transmission by hand delivery, electronic mail or facsimile. Each notice or communication that is mailed, delivered, or transmitted in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, and received, in the case of mailed notices, on the third business day following the date on which it is mailed and, in the case of notices delivered by courier service, hand delivery, electronic mail or facsimile, at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the delivery receipt of the intended recipient or the affidavit of messenger) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed as follows:
if to Holdco or Parent, to:
Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A.
7 rue Robert Stümper,
L-2557 Luxembourg
Attention: Oscar Iglesias
Email: oscar.iglesias@codere.com
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Codere Newco, S.A.U.
Avenida de Bruselas 26,
28108, Alcobendas, Madrid (Spain)
Attention: Angel Corzo
Email: angel.corzo@codere.com
in each case with a copy to:
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Paseo de la Castellana, 41
28046 Madrid, Spain
Attention: Michael J. Willisch
Email: michael.willisch@davispolk.com
if to Sponsor, to:
DD3 Sponsor Group, LLC
Pedregal 24, 3rd Floor, Interior 300
Colonia Molino del Rey, Del. Miguel Hidalgo
11040 Mexico City, Mexico
Attention: Jorge Combe
Email: jorge.combe@dd3.mx
with a copy to:
Greenberg Traurig, P.A.
333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400
Miami, FL 33131
Attention: Alan Annex
Email: annexa@gtlaw.com
Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto, and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section 6.1.
6.2 Assignment; No Third-Party Beneficiaries.
6.2.1 This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of Holdco hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by Holdco in whole or in part.
6.2.2 Prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, no Holder may assign or delegate such Holder’s rights, duties or obligations under this Agreement, in whole or in part, except as permitted in Section 5.2 of this Agreement.
6.2.3 This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and their successors and the permitted assigns of the applicable Holders, which shall include Permitted Transferees.
6.2.4 This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and Section 6.2 hereof.
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6.2.5 No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate Holdco unless and until Holdco shall have received (a) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section 6.1 hereof and (b) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to Holdco, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement). Any Transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this Section 6.2 shall be null and void.
6.3 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including facsimile or PDF counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced.
6.4 Governing Law; Venue. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PLACE WHERE THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT (I) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF NEW YORK AS APPLIED TO AGREEMENTS AMONG NEW YORK RESIDENTS ENTERED INTO AND TO BE PERFORMED ENTIRELY WITHIN NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS OF SUCH JURISDICTION AND (II) THE VENUE FOR ANY ACTION TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE ANY STATE OR FEDERAL COURT IN NEW YORK COUNTY IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND, THEREFORE, EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT TO ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.
6.5 Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of Holdco and the Holders of at least a majority-in-interest of the Registrable Securities at the time in question, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of Ordinary Shares, in a manner that is adverse and materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder so affected. No course of dealing between any Holder or Holdco and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or Holdco in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder or Holdco. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.
6.6 Other Registration Rights; Termination of Prior Agreement. Other than pursuant to the terms of the Equity Agreements, Holdco represents and warrants that no person, other than a Holder of Registrable Securities, has any right to require Holdco to register any securities of Holdco for sale or to include such securities of Holdco in any Registration filed by Holdco for the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of any other person. SPAC, Sponsor and MG Partners hereby terminate the Prior Agreement, which shall be of no further force and effect and is hereby superseded and replaced in its entirety by this Agreement. Further, SPAC, Holdco and the Holders represent and warrant that this Agreement supersedes any other registration rights with respect to securities of Holdco or the SPAC contained in any agreement or agreements among any of the parties hereto, including any registration rights under the Forward Purchase Agreements, and in the event of a conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.
6.7 Term. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier of (i) the date as of which all of the Registrable Securities have either (A) been sold pursuant to a Registration Statement or (B) ceased to be Registrable Securities (but in no event prior to the applicable period referred to in Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act and Rule 174 thereunder (or any successor rule promulgated thereafter by the Commission)), or (ii) the date as of which the Holders of all Registrable Securities are permitted to sell the Registrable Securities under Rule 144 (or any similar provision) under the Securities Act without limitation on the amount of securities sold or the manner of sale, or (iii) the third anniversary of the date hereof. The provisions of Article IV shall survive any termination.
[Signature Pages Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have caused this Agreement to be executed as of the date first written above.
HOLDCO: | ||
Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A. | ||
By: | /s/ Moshe Edree | |
Name: | Moshe Edree | |
Title: | Managing Director |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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PARENT: | ||
Codere Newco S.A.U. | ||
By: | /s/ Vicente di Loreto | |
Name: | Vicente di Loreto | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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SPONSOR: | ||
DD3 Sponsor Group, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Jorge Combe | |
Name: | Jorge Combe | |
Title: | Manager | |
SPAC: | ||
DD3 Acquisition Corp. II | ||
By: | /s/ Martin Werner | |
Name: | Martin Werner | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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MG PARTNERS MULTI-STRATEGY FUND LP | ||
By: | /s/ Bernardo Luis Guerra Treviño | |
Name: | Bernardo Luis Guerra Treviño | |
Title: | Director | |
By: | /s/ Daniel Valdez Franco | |
Name: | Daniel Valdez Franco | |
Title: | Director |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
4-SQUARE C.V. | ||
By: | /s/ Iseline Rufina Gouverneur | |
Stichting 4-Square – General Partner – by its board member Eurofiduciary Management N.V. | ||
Name: | Iseline Rufina Gouverneur | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
By: | /s/ Marietta Isabel Beaujon | |
Stichting 4-Square – General Partner – by its board member Eurofiduciary Management N.V. | ||
Name: | Marietta Isabel Beaujon | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
ACCIONEX SA DE CV | ||
By: | /s/ Adrián Sada Cueva | |
Name: | Adrián Sada Cueva | |
Title: | Director |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
ALBION HALL PARTNERS LP | ||
By: | /s/ Olegario Vazquez Aldir | |
Name: | Olegario Vazquez Aldir | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Alejandro Javier Hauser Canales | ||
By: | /s/ Alejandro Javier Hauser Canales | |
Name: | Alejandro Javier Hauser Canales | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Alfonso Guillen Quevedo | ||
By: | /s/ Alfonso Guillen Quevedo | |
Name: | Alfonso Guillen Quevedo | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Ana Cristina Garza Herrera | ||
By: | /s/ Ana Cristina Garza Herrera | |
Name: | Ana Cristina Garza Herrera | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Andres Aguilar Calvo | ||
By: | /s/ Andres Aguilar Calvo | |
Name: | Andres Aguilar Calvo | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Andres Enrique Garza Herrera | ||
By: | /s/ Andres Enrique Garza Herrera | |
Name: | Andres Enrique Garza Herrera | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Angelo Emmanuel Garcia Arrambide | ||
By: | /s/ Angelo Emmanuel Garcia Arrambide | |
Name: | Angelo Emmanuel Garcia Arrambide | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
AQUARIUS INVESTMENTS LP | ||
By: | /s/ William Blewett | |
Name: | William Blewett | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
By: | /s/ Tanya Harder | |
Name: | Tanya Harder | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
BANREGIO SA IBM FID85101378 | ||
By: | /s/ María del Roble Galvan Kruger | |
Name: | María del Roble Galvan Kruger | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Bernardo Guerra Garcia | ||
By: | /s/ Bernardo Guerra Garcia | |
Name: | Bernardo Guerra Garcia | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Bernardo Luis Guerra Treviño | ||
By: | /s/ Bernardo Luis Guerra Treviño | |
Name: | Bernardo Luis Guerra Treviño | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Beryl Medina Gutierrez | ||
By: | /s/ Beryl Medina Gutierrez | |
Name: | Beryl Medina Gutierrez | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
BISCAYNE INVESTMENTS LP | ||
By: | /s/ William Blewett | |
Name: | William Blewett | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
By: | /s/ Tanya Harder | |
Name: | Tanya Harder | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
CAPITOL PEAK, LP | ||
By: | /s/ William Blewett | |
Name: | William Blewett | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
By: | /s/ Tanya Harder | |
Name: | Tanya Harder | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Claudia Eugenia González Calderon | ||
By: | /s/ Claudia Eugenia González Calderon | |
Name: | Claudia Eugenia González Calderon | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
DABE MT INVESTMENTS, LP | ||
By: | /s/ William Blewett | |
Name: | William Blewett | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
By: | /s/ Belen Garcia Mirri | |
Name: | Belen Garcia Mirri | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
David Alberto Garza Herrera | ||
By: | /s/ David Alberto Garza Herrera | |
Name: | David Alberto Garza Herrera | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
David Barrera Jaime | ||
By: | /s/ David Barrera Jaime | |
Name: | David Barrera Jaime | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
David Villarreal Valle | ||
By: | /s/ David Villarreal Valle | |
Name: | David Villarreal Valle | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Domingo Lugardo Chavez Moreno | ||
By: | /s/ Domingo Lugardo Chavez Moreno | |
Name: | Domingo Lugardo Chavez Moreno | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Domingo Lugardo Chavez Perez | ||
By: | /s/ Domingo Lugardo Chavez Perez | |
Name: | Domingo Lugardo Chavez Perez | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Eduardo Humberto Elizalde Serrano | ||
By: | /s/ Eduardo Humberto Elizalde Serrano | |
Name: | Eduardo Humberto Elizalde Serrano | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
EMORY LP | ||
By: | /s/ Tina Kemp | |
Rintiegast Limited and Stagrintie Limited. On behalf of Saint Maries Partner Ltd. – General Partner | ||
Name: | Tina Kemp | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
By: | /s/ Yvette Glinton | |
Rintiegast Limited and Stagrintie Limited. On behalf of Saint Maries Partner Ltd. – General Partner | ||
Name: | Yvette Glinton | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Eugenio Bautista Morales Zambrano | ||
By: | /s/ Eugenio Bautista Morales Zambrano | |
Name: | Eugenio Bautista Morales Zambrano | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Federico C Medina Gutierrez | ||
By: | /s/ Federico C Medina Gutierrez | |
Name: | Federico C Medina Gutierrez | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
FO IGLOO INVESTMENTS LP | ||
By: | /s/ Courtney Brockhoft | |
Name: | Courtney Brockhof | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
By: | /s/ Camille Jensen | |
Name: | Camille Jensen | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Francisco Javier Puente Garza | ||
By: | /s/ Francisco Javier Puente Garza | |
Name: | Francisco Javier Puente Garza | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Francisco Romero Salido | ||
By: | /s/ Francisco Romero Salido | |
Name: | Francisco Romero Salido | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
German Jesus Chavez Moreno | ||
By: | /s/ German Jesus Chavez Moreno | |
Name: | German Jesus Chavez Moreno | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
GESTION DÁCTIFS MAYCO SEC LP | ||
By: | /s/ William Blewett | |
Name: | William Blewett | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
By: | /s/ Tanya Harder | |
Name: | Tanya Harder | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Hernan Saldivar Maldonado | ||
By: | /s/ Hernan Saldivar Maldonado | |
Name: | Hernan Saldivar Maldonado | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Jesus Francisco Garza Garcia | ||
By: | /s/ Jesus Francisco Garza Garcia | |
Name: | Jesus Francisco Garza Garcia | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Jorge Adrian Zubieta y Landa Ortiz | ||
By: | /s/ Jorge Adrian Zubieta y Landa Ortiz | |
Name: | Jorge Adrian Zubieta y Landa Ortiz | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Jose Alejandro Benavides Cavazos | ||
By: | /s/ Jose Alejandro Benavides Cavazos | |
Name: | Jose Alejandro Benavides Cavazos | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Jose Emmanuel Mendoza Barragan | ||
By: | /s/ Jose Emmanuel Mendoza Barragan | |
Name: | Jose Emmanuel Mendoza Barragan | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Juan Andres Lans Montferrier | ||
By: | /s/ Juan Andres Lans Montferrier | |
Name: | Juan Andres Lans Montferrier | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Juan B Morales Zambrano | ||
By: | /s/ Juan B Morales Zambrano | |
Name: | Juan B Morales Zambrano | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Katya Maria Medina Gutierrez | ||
By: | /s/ Katya Maria Medina Gutierrez | |
Name: | Katya Maria Medina Gutierrez | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Larissa Medina Gutierrez | ||
By: | /s/ Larissa Medina Gutierrez | |
Name: | Larissa Medina Gutierrez | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Luis Armando Montemayor Mendoza | ||
By: | /s/ Luis Armando Montemayor Mendoza | |
Name: | Luis Armando Montemayor Mendoza | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Lydia Maria Chavez Moreno | ||
By: | /s/ Lydia Maria Chavez Moreno | |
Name: | Lydia Maria Chavez Moreno | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Maria Eugenia Garza de la Fuente | ||
By: | /s/ Maria Eugenia Garza de la Fuente | |
Name: | Maria Eugenia Garza de la Fuente | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Maria Fernanda Garza Rangel | ||
By: | /s/ Maria Fernanda Garza Rangel | |
Name: | Maria Fernanda Garza Rangel | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
MARSHALLS CREEK PARTNERS LP | ||
By: | /s/ Olegario Vazquez Raña | |
Name: | Olegario Vazquez Raña | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Martha Patricia Cantu Garcia | ||
By: | /s/ Martha Patricia Cantu Garcia | |
Name: | Martha Patricia Cantu Garcia | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Morice Elias Zablah Montes de Oca | ||
By: | /s/ Morice Elias Zablah Montes de Oca | |
Name: | Morice Elias Zablah Montes de Oca | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Mountain Point Investments LP | ||
By: | /s/ William Blewett | |
Name: | William Blewett | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
By: | /s/ Tanya Harder | |
Name: | Tanya Harder | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Neptune Peak Limited Partnership | ||
By: | /s/ Enrique G. Meyer | |
Name: | Enrique G. Meyer | |
Title: | Director |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Octavio Ernesto Rodriguez Leyva | ||
By: | /s/ Octavio Ernesto Rodriguez Leyva | |
Name: | Octavio Ernesto Rodriguez Leyva | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
PAM ENTERPRISES C.V., L.P. | ||
By: | /s/ Souleika Coffie | |
Stichting PAM Enterprises - General Partner - by its board member Eurofiduciary Management N.V. | ||
Name: | Souleika Coffie | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
By: | /s/ Marietta Beaujon | |
Stichting PAM Enterprises - General Partner - by its board member Eurofiduciary Management N.V. | ||
Name: | Marietta Beaujon | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
REMAR INVESTMENTS LP | ||
By: | /s/ William Blewett | |
Name: | William Blewett | |
Title: | Authorized Signer | |
By: | /s/ Tanya Harder | |
Name: | Tanya Harder | |
Title: | Authorized Signer |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Roberto Jaime Coindreau | ||
By: | /s/ Roberto Jaime Coindreau | |
Name: | Roberto Jaime Coindreau | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Roberto Motta | ||
By: | /s/ Roberto Motta | |
Name: | Roberto Motta | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Rocio del Carmen Gonzalez Calderon | ||
By: | /s/ Rocio del Carmen Gonzalez Calderon | |
Name: | Rocio del Carmen Gonzalez Calderon | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Rodrigo Javier Gonzalez Calderon | ||
By: | /s/ Rodrigo Javier Gonzalez Calderon | |
Name: | Rodrigo Javier Gonzalez Calderon | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
SATIS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, LP | ||
By: | /s/ Natalia B. Sisnett | |
OBO Saturn Directors Incorporated, The Sole Director of the General Partner | ||
Name: | Natalia B. Sisnett | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
By: | /s/ Trevor P. Nagai | |
OBO Saturn Directors Incorporated, The Sole Director of the General Partner | ||
Name: | Trevor P. Nagai | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
SOLONI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP | ||
By: | /s/ Natalia B. Sisnett | |
OBO Saturn Directors Incorporated Sole Director of the Limited Partner | ||
Name: | Natalia B. Sisnett | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
By: | /s/ Trevor P. Nagai | |
OBO Saturn Directors Incorporated Sole Director of the Limited Partner | ||
Name: | Trevor P. Nagai | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Valhala Limited Partnership | ||
By: | /s/ William Blewett | |
Name: | William Blewett | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
By: | /s/ Tanya Harder | |
Name: | Tanya Harder | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
Victor German Chavez Perez | ||
By: | /s/ Victor German Chavez Perez | |
Name: | Victor German Chavez Perez | |
Title: | Investor |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
VIR C.V. | ||
By: | /s/ Iseline Rufina Gouverneur | |
Stichting VIR – General Partner – by its board member Eurofiduciary Management N.V. | ||
Name: | Iseline Rufina Gouverneur | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
By: | /s/ Marietta Isabel Beaujon | |
Stichting VIR – General Partner – by its board member Eurofiduciary Management N.V. | ||
Name: | Marietta Isabel Beaujon | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
VO VALOR SA de CV | ||
By: | /s/ Adrian Sada Gonzalez | |
Name: | Adrian Sada Gonzales | |
Title: | Director |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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TRANSFEREE: | ||
WFZ Partners LP | ||
By: | /s/ David M. Sahargun | |
By: | WFZ Partners I LLC | |
Its: | General Partner | |
By: | NCC Services LLC | |
Its: | Operating Manager | |
By: | David M. Sahargun | |
Its: | Authorized Signatory |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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BARON GLOBAL ADVANTAGE FUND | ||
By: | /s/ Patrick Patalino | |
Name: | Patrick Patalino | |
Title: | General Counsel | |
BARON EMERGING MARKETS FUND | ||
By: | /s/ Patrick Patalino | |
Name: | Patrick Patalino | |
Title: | General Counsel | |
DESTINATIONS INTERNATIONAL EQUITY FUND | ||
By: | /s/ Patrick Patalino | |
Name: | Patrick Patalino | |
Title: | General Counsel |
[Signature Page to Registration Rights Agreement and Lock-Up Agreement]
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ANNEX A
List of Transferees
See attached.
List of Transferees
4-SQUARE C.V. |
Accionex SA de CV |
ALBION HALL PARTNERS LP |
Alejandro Javier Hauser Canales |
Alfonso Guillen Quevedo |
Ana Cristina Garza Herrera |
Andres Aguilar Calvo |
Andres Enrique Garza Herrera |
Angelo Emmanuel Garcia Arrambide |
AQUARIUS INVESTMENTS LP |
BANREGIO SA IBM FID85101378 |
Bernardo Guerra Garcia |
Bernardo Luis Guerra Trevino |
Beryl Medina Gutierrez |
BISCAYNE INVESTMENTS LP |
CAPITOL PEAK LP |
Claudia Eugenia Gonzalez Calderon |
DABE MT INVESTMENTS, LP |
David Alberto Garza Herrera |
David Barrera Jaime |
David Villarreal Valle |
Domingo Lugardo Chavez Moreno |
Domingo Lugardo Chavez Perez |
Eduardo Humberto Elizalde Serrano |
Emory LP |
Eugenio Bautista Morales Zambrano |
Federico C Medina Gutierrez |
FO IGLOO INVESTMENTS LP |
Francisco Javier Puente Garza |
Francisco Romero Salido |
German Jesus Chavez Moreno |
GESTION D´ACTIFS MAYCO SEC LP |
Hernan Saldivar Maldonado |
Jesus Francisco Garza Garcia |
Jorge Adrian Zubieta y Landa Ortiz |
Jose Alejandro Benavides Cavazos |
Jose Emmanuel Mendoza Barragan |
Juan Andres Lans Montferrier |
Juan B Morales Zambrano |
Katya Maria Medina Gutierrez |
Larissa Medina Gutierrez |
Luis Armando Montemayor Mendoza |
Lydia Maria Chavez Moreno |
Maria Eugenia Garza de la Fuente |
Maria Fernanda Garza Rangel |
MARSHALLS CREEK PARTNERS LP |
Martha Patricia Cantu Garcia |
Morice Elías Zablah Montes de Oca |
Mountain Point Investments LP |
Neptune Peak Limited Partnership |
Octavio Ernesto Rodriguez Leyva |
PAM ENTERPRISES C.V.,L.P. |
REMAR INVESTMENTS, LP |
Roberto Jaime Coindreau |
Roberto Motta |
Rocio del Carmen Gonzalez Calderon |
Rodrigo Javier Gonzalez Calderon |
SATIS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, LP |
SOLONI LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
Valhala Limited Partnership |
Victor German Chavez Perez |
VIR C.V. |
VO Valor SA de CV |
WFZ Partners LP |
Exhibit 10.2
ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT
This Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement (this “Agreement”) is made as of November 30, 2021, by and among DD3 Acquisition Corp. II, a Delaware corporation, with offices at Pedregal 24, 3rd Floor, Interior 300, Colonia Molino del Rey, Del. Miguel Hidalgo, 11040 Mexico City, Mexico (the “Company”), Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A., a public limited liability company (société anonyme) governed by the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with its registered office at 7 rue Robert Stümpert, L-2557 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, Luxembourg) (“Holdco”), and Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York limited purpose trust company, with offices at 1 State Street, 30th Floor, New York, New York 10004, as warrant agent (the “Warrant Agent”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Existing Warrant Agreement (as defined below).
WHEREAS, the Company and the Warrant Agent are parties to that certain Warrant Agreement, dated as of December 7, 2020, and filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission on December 11, 2020 (the “Existing Warrant Agreement”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Warrant Agreement, the Company issued (a) an aggregate of 185,000 warrants (“Private Warrants”) that were part of the private units sold in connection with the closing of the Company’s initial public offering (the “Public Offering”), each whole Private Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Common Stock”), at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment, and (b) an aggregate of 6,250,000 warrants (the “Public Warrants” and, together with the Private Warrants, the “Warrants”) that were part of the units sold in the Public Offering, each whole Public Warrant entitling the holder thereof to purchase one share of Class A Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment; for the avoidance of doubt, no Working Capital Warrants nor Post IPO Warrants have been issued as of the date hereof;
WHEREAS, all of the Warrants are governed by the Existing Warrant Agreement;
WHEREAS, on June 21, 2021, a Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) was entered into by and among the Company, Codere Newco, S.A.U., a corporation (sociedad anónima unipersonal) registered and incorporated under the laws of Spain and with its registered office at Avenida de Bruselas 26, 28108, Alcobendas (Madrid, Spain) (“Parent”), Servicios de Juego Online S.A.U., a corporation (sociedad anónima unipersonal) registered and incorporated under the laws of Spain and with its registered office at Avenida de Bruselas 26, 28108, Alcobendas (Madrid, Spain) (“SEJO”), Holdco and Codere Online U.S. Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”);
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement and that certain Contribution and Exchange Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2021, entered into by and among Holdco, SEJO and Parent (the “Exchange Agreement”), (a) Parent will contribute its ordinary shares in SEJO to Holdco in exchange for additional ordinary shares of Holdco with a nominal value of €1.00 per share (“Holdco Ordinary Shares”), to be subscribed for by Parent, (b) as a result of the Exchange (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), SEJO will become a wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco and Parent will continue to hold all the issued and outstanding Holdco Ordinary Shares, and (c) Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving such merger and becoming a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco (the “Merger”) and, in connection with the Merger, all shares of Class A Common Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Merger Effective Time (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), but after the SPAC Class B Conversion (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), will be exchanged for Holdco Ordinary Shares pursuant to a share capital increase of Holdco, as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement;
WHEREAS, upon consummation of the Merger, as provided in Section 4.5 of the Existing Warrant Agreement, each of the issued and outstanding Warrants will no longer be exercisable for shares of Class A Common Stock but instead will be exercisable (subject to the terms and conditions of the Existing Warrant Agreement as amended hereby) for Holdco Ordinary Shares;
WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company has determined that the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement will constitute a Business Combination (as defined in Section 3.2 of the Existing Warrant Agreement);
WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, the Company desires to assign all of its right, title and interest in the Existing Warrant Agreement to Holdco and Holdco wishes to accept such assignment; and
WHEREAS, Section 9.8 of the Existing Warrant Agreement provides that the Company and the Warrant Agent may amend the Existing Warrant Agreement without the consent of any registered holders for the purpose of curing any ambiguity or to correct any mistake, or curing, correcting or supplementing any defective provision contained therein or adding or changing any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under the Existing Warrant Agreement as the Company and the Warrant Agent may deem necessary or desirable and that the Company and the Warrant Agent deem shall not adversely affect the interest of the registered holders.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Assignment and Assumption; Consent.
1.1. Assignment and Assumption. The Company hereby assigns to Holdco all of the Company’s right, title and interest in and to the Existing Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) as of the Merger Effective Time. Holdco hereby assumes, and agrees to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge in full, as the same become due, all of the Company’s liabilities and obligations under the Existing Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) arising from and after the Merger Effective Time.
1.2. Consent. The Warrant Agent hereby consents to the assignment of the Existing Warrant Agreement by the Company to Holdco pursuant to Section 1.1 hereof effective as of the Merger Effective Time, the assumption of the Existing Warrant Agreement by Holdco from the Company pursuant to Section 1.1 hereof effective as of the Merger Effective Time, and to the continuation of the Existing Warrant Agreement in full force and effect from and after the Merger Effective Time, subject at all times to the Existing Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) and to all of the provisions, covenants, agreements, terms and conditions of the Existing Warrant Agreement and this Agreement.
2. Amendment of Existing Warrant Agreement. The Company and the Warrant Agent hereby amend the Existing Warrant Agreement as provided in this Section 2, effective as of the Merger Effective Time, and acknowledge and agree that the amendments to the Existing Warrant Agreement set forth in this Section 2 are necessary or desirable and that such amendments do not adversely affect the interests of the registered holders:
2.1. Preamble. The first paragraph on page one of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting “DD3 Acquisition Corp. II, a Delaware corporation, with offices at Pedregal 24, 3rd Floor, Interior 300, Colonia Molino del Rey, Del. Miguel Hidalgo, 11040 Mexico City, Mexico” and replacing it with “Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A., a public limited liability company (société anonyme) governed by the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with its registered office at 7 rue Robert Stümper, L-2557 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, Luxembourg)”. As a result thereof, all references to the “Company” in the Existing Warrant Agreement shall be references to Holdco rather than the Company.
2.2. Recitals. The recitals on page one of the Existing Warrant Agreement are hereby deleted in their entirety and replaced with the following:
“WHEREAS, on December 10, 2020, DD3 Acquisition Corp. II (“DD3”) consummated an initial public offering (“Public Offering”) of 12,500,000 units (including 1,500,000 units pursuant to the underwriters’ partial exercise of their over-allotment option) (“Public Units”), each Public Unit comprised of one share of Class A common stock of DD3, par value $0.0001 per share (“Common Stock”), and one-half of one warrant, where each whole warrant entitled the holder to purchase one share of Common Stock at a price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment as described herein, and, in connection therewith, issued and delivered 6,250,000 warrants (the “Public Warrants”) to the public investors in connection with the Public Offering; and
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WHEREAS, DD3 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) Registration Statements on Form S-1, File Nos. 333-250212 and 333-251190 (collectively, the “Registration Statement”), and a prospectus (the “Prospectus”) for the registration, under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (“Act”), of the Public Units, the Public Warrants and the Common Stock included in the Public Units; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to binding commitments from DD3 Sponsor Group, LLC (the “Sponsor”) and certain other investors, DD3 sold an aggregate of 370,000 units to the Sponsor and such investors, which included an aggregate of 185,000 warrants (the “Private Warrants”, and together with the Public Warrants, the “DD3 Warrants”) bearing the legend set forth in Exhibit B hereto, in a private placement transaction that occurred simultaneously with the consummation of the Public Offering; and
WHEREAS, the Company, DD3, Codere Newco, S.A.U., a corporation (sociedad anónima unipersonal) registered and incorporated under the laws of Spain and with its registered office at Avenida de Bruselas 26, 28108, Alcobendas (Madrid, Spain), Servicios de Juego Online S.A.U., a corporation (sociedad anónima unipersonal) registered and incorporated under the laws of Spain and with its registered office at Avenida de Bruselas 26, 28108, Alcobendas (Madrid, Spain), and Codere Online U.S. Corp., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”) are parties to that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of June 21, 2021 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), which, among other things, provides for the merger of Merger Sub with and into DD3, with DD3 surviving such merger and becoming a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Merger”), and, as a result of the Merger, all shares of Common Stock will be exchanged for ordinary shares of the Company (“Company Ordinary Shares”) pursuant to a share capital increase of the Company, as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement; and
WHEREAS, on November 30, 2021, pursuant to the terms of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company, DD3 and the Warrant Agent entered into an Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement (the “Warrant Assumption Agreement”), pursuant to which DD3 assigned its rights and obligations under this Agreement to the Company and the Company assumed DD3’s rights and obligations under this Agreement from DD3; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, the Warrant Assumption Agreement and Section 4.5 of this Agreement, effective as of the Merger Effective Time (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), each of the issued and outstanding DD3 Warrants were no longer exercisable for shares of Common Stock but instead became exercisable (subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement) for Company Ordinary Shares (each a “Warrant” and collectively, the “Warrants”); and
WHEREAS, the Company desires the Warrant Agent to act on behalf of the Company, and the Warrant Agent is willing to so act, in connection with the issuance, registration, transfer, exchange, redemption, and exercise of the Warrants; and
WHEREAS, the Company desires to provide for the form and provisions of the Warrants, the terms upon which they shall be issued and exercised, and the respective rights, limitation of rights, and immunities of the Company, the Warrant Agent, and the holders of the Warrants; and
WHEREAS, all acts and things have been done and performed which are necessary to make the Warrants, when executed on behalf of the Company and countersigned by or on behalf of the Warrant Agent, as provided herein, the valid, binding, and legal obligations of the Company, and to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement.”
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2.3. Reference to Company Ordinary Shares. All references in the Existing Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) to: (i) “Common Stock” or “shares of Common Stock” shall mean “Company Ordinary Shares” with a nominal value of €1.00 per share, (ii) “stockholders” shall mean “shareholders” and (iii) “par value” shall mean “nominal value”.
2.4. Form of Warrants. The first sentence of Section 2.1 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
“Each Warrant shall be issued in registered form only, shall be in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto, the provisions of which are incorporated herein and shall be signed by, or bear the facsimile signature of, the Chairman of the Board of Directors or Chief Executive Officer.”
2.5. Uncertificated Warrants. The first sentence of Section 2.2 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any Warrant may be issued in uncertificated or book-entry form through the Warrant Agent and/or the facilities of The Depository Trust Company or other book-entry depositary system, in each case as determined by the Board of Directors of the Company or by an authorized committee thereof.”
2.6. Detachability of Warrants. Section 2.5 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
“[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]”
Except that the defined term “Business Day” set forth therein shall be retained for all purposes of the Existing Warrant Agreement.
2.7. Post IPO Warrants and Working Capital Warrants.
2.7.1. Section 2.7 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted in its entirety.
2.7.2. All references to “Post IPO Warrants” and “Working Capital Warrants” in the Existing Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be deleted.
2.8. Warrant Price. The last sentence of Section 3.1 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
“The Company in its sole discretion may lower the Warrant Price at any time prior to the Expiration Date (as defined below) for a period of not less than twenty (20) Business Days; provided, that the Company shall provide at least twenty (20) days’ prior written notice of such reduction to registered holders of the Warrants, provided further that any such reduction shall be applied consistently to all of the Warrants, and provided further that the Warrant Price shall not be less than the nominal value of the underlying Company Ordinary Shares.”
2.9. Duration of Warrants. The first sentence of Section 3.2 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
“A Warrant may be exercised only during the period commencing on December 30, 2021 and terminating at 5:00 p.m., New York City time on the earlier to occur of: (i) five years from the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (“Business Combination”), (ii) the Redemption Date as provided in Section 6.2 of this Agreement and (iii) the liquidation of the Company (“Expiration Date”).”
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2.10. Issuance of Company Ordinary Shares. The fourth sentence of Section 3.3.2 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
“In the event that the condition in the immediately preceding sentence is not satisfied with respect to a Warrant, the holder of such Warrant shall not be entitled to exercise such Warrant for cash and such Warrant may have no value and expire worthless.”
2.11. Valid Issuance. Section 3.3.3 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
“All Company Ordinary Shares issued upon the proper exercise of a Warrant in conformity with this Agreement and the Articles of Association of the Company, following the necessary updates to the shareholder register of the Company, shall be validly issued and fully paid.”
2.12. Maximum Percentage. Section 3.3.5 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is amended by deleting the phrase “the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly report on Form 10-Q, current report on Form 8-K or other public filing with the SEC as the case may be” and hereby replacing it with “the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 20-F, report of foreign private issuer on Form 6-K or other public filing with the SEC as the case may be”.
2.13. Share Dividends/Split Ups. The first sentence of Section 4.1 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is amended by deleting the phrase “Section 4.6” and hereby replacing it with “Section 4.8”.
2.14. Extraordinary Dividends. Section 4.3 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
“If the Company, at any time while the Warrants are outstanding and unexpired, shall pay a dividend or make a distribution in cash, securities or other assets to the holders of the Company Ordinary Shares or other shares of the Company’s share capital into which the Warrants are convertible (an “Extraordinary Dividend”), then the Warrant Price shall be decreased, effective immediately after the effective date of such Extraordinary Dividend, by the amount of cash and the fair market value (as determined by the Company’s Board of Directors, in good faith) of any securities or other assets paid in respect of such Extraordinary Dividend divided by all outstanding shares of the Company at such time (whether or not any shareholders waived their right to receive such dividend); provided, however, that none of the following shall be deemed an Extraordinary Dividend for purposes of this provision: (a) any adjustment described in subsection 4.1 above or (b) any cash dividends or cash distributions which, when combined on a per share basis with all other cash dividends and cash distributions paid on the Company Ordinary Shares during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such dividend or distribution does not exceed $0.50 per share (taking into account all of the outstanding shares of the Company at such time (whether or not any shareholders waived their right to receive such dividend) and as adjusted to appropriately reflect any of the events referred to in other subsections of this Section 4 and excluding cash dividends or cash distributions that resulted in an adjustment to the Warrant Price or to the number of Company Ordinary Shares issuable on exercise of each Warrant) but only with respect to the amount of the aggregate cash dividends or cash distributions equal to or less than $0.50. Solely for purposes of illustration, if the Company, at a time while the Warrants are outstanding and unexpired, pays a cash dividend of $0.35 and previously paid an aggregate of $0.40 of cash dividends and cash distributions on the Company Ordinary Shares during the 365-day period ending on the date of declaration of such $0.35 dividend, then the Warrant Price will be decreased, effectively immediately after the effective date of such $0.35 dividend, by $0.25 (the absolute value of the difference between $0.75 (the aggregate amount of all cash dividends and cash distributions paid or made in such 365-day period, including such $0.35 dividend) and $0.50 (the greater of (x) $0.50 and (y) the aggregate amount of all cash dividends and cash distributions paid or made in such 365-day period prior to such $0.35 dividend)).”
2.15. Adjustments in Exercise Price. Section 4.4 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
“Whenever the number of Company Ordinary Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants is adjusted, as provided in Sections 4.1 and 4.2 above, the Warrant Price, which shall correspond to at least the nominal value of the Company Ordinary Shares underlying the Warrant, shall be adjusted (to the nearest cent) by multiplying such Warrant Price immediately prior to such adjustment by a fraction (x) the numerator of which shall be the number of Company Ordinary Shares purchasable upon the exercise of the Warrants immediately prior to such adjustment, and (y) the denominator of which shall be the number of Company Ordinary Shares so purchasable immediately thereafter; provided, however, that neither the Warrant Price nor the exercise price of a Warrant shall be less than the nominal value of the underlying Company Ordinary Shares.”
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2.16. Issuance in connection with a Business Combination. Section 4.6 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
“[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]”
2.17. Notices of Changes in Warrant. The second sentence of Section 4.7 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is amended by deleting the phrase “Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, or 4.6” and hereby replacing it with “Sections 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 4.4 or 4.5”.
2.18. No Fractional Warrants or Shares. The second sentence of Section 4.8 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is amended by deleting the phrase “round up” and hereby replacing it with “round down”.
2.19. No Adjustment. Section 4.11 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
“[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]”
2.20. Fractional Warrants. Section 5.3 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the phrase, “, except as part of the Units”.
2.21. Private Warrants. Section 5.6 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
“[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]”
Except that the defined term “Permitted Transferee” set forth therein shall be retained for all purposes of the Existing Warrant Agreement.
2.22. Transfers Prior to Detachment. Section 5.7 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
“[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED]”
2.23. Reservation of Company Ordinary Shares. Section 7.3 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:
“The Company shall at all times reserve and keep available an authorized share capital that will be sufficient to permit the exercise in full of all outstanding Warrants issued pursuant to this Agreement.”
2.24. Notices.
2.24.1. Section 9.2 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby amended in part to change the delivery of notices to the Company to the following:
Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A.
7 rue Robert Stümpert,
L-2557 Luxembourg
Attention: Oscar Iglesias
Email: oscar.iglesias@codere.com
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2.24.2. Section 9.2 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby further amended in part to delete references to the delivery of a copy of notices to Greenberg Traurig, P.A., Graubard Miller and EarlyBirdCapital, Inc., to be replaced with the following:
Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP
Paseo de la Castellana, 41
28046 Madrid, Spain
Attention: Michael J. Willisch
Email: michael.willisch@davispolk.com
2.25. Currency. A new Section 9.11 is hereby inserted as follows:
“Currency. Unless otherwise specified in this Agreement, all references to currency, monetary values and dollars set forth herein shall mean U.S. dollars (USD) and all payments hereunder shall be made in U.S. dollars (USD).”
2.26. Warrant Certificate. Exhibit A to the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Exhibit A in its entirety and replacing it with a new Exhibit A attached hereto.
3. Miscellaneous Provisions.
3.1. Effectiveness of Warrant. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the effectiveness of this Agreement shall be expressly subject to the occurrence of the Exchange and the Merger and shall automatically be terminated and shall be null and void if the Business Combination Agreement shall be terminated for any reason.
3.2. Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of the Company or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.
3.3. Severability. This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.
3.4. Applicable Law. The validity, interpretation and performance of this Agreement shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflict of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. The parties hereby agree that any action, proceeding or claim against a party arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. Each of the parties hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and that such courts represent an inconvenient forum.
3.5. Examination of the Warrant Agreement. A copy of this Agreement shall be available at all reasonable times at the office of the Warrant Agent in the Borough of Manhattan, City and State of New York, for inspection by the registered holder of any Warrant. The Warrant Agent may require any such holder to submit his Warrant for inspection by it.
3.6. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. Signatures to this Agreement transmitted by electronic mail in PDF form, or by any other electronic means designed to preserve the original graphic and pictorial appearance of a document (including DocuSign), will be deemed to have the same effect as physical delivery of the paper document bearing the original signatures.
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3.7. Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.
3.8. Reference to and Effect on Agreements; Entire Agreement.
3.8.1. Any references to “this Agreement” in the Existing Warrant Agreement will mean the Existing Warrant Agreement as amended by this Agreement. Except as specifically amended by this Agreement, the provisions of the Existing Warrant Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
3.8.2. This Agreement and the Existing Warrant Agreement, as modified by this Agreement, constitutes the entire understanding of the parties and supersedes all prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments, whether written or oral, express or implied, relating to the subject matter hereof, and all such prior agreements, understandings, arrangements, promises and commitments are hereby canceled and terminated.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the parties has caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.
DD3 ACQUISITION CORP. II | ||
By: | /s/ Martin Werner | |
Name: | Martin Werner | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
CODERE Online Luxembourg, S.A. | ||
By: | /s/ Moshe Edree | |
Name: | Moshe Edree | |
Title: | Managing Director | |
CONTINENTAL STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, as Warrant Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Stacy Aqui | |
Name: | Stacy Aqui | |
Title: | Vice President |
[Signature Page to Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement]
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF WARRANT CERTIFICATE
See attached.
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NUMBER |
(SEE
REVERSE SIDE FOR LEGEND)
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WARRANTS | ||
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Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A.
CUSIP L18268 117
WARRANT
THIS CERTIFIES THAT, for value received [__________] is the registered holder of a warrant or warrants (the “Warrant”) of Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A., a public limited liability company (société anonyme) governed by the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg with its registered office at 7 rue Robert Stümper, L-2557 Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg and registered with the Luxembourg Trade and Companies Register (Registre de Commerce et des Sociétés, Luxembourg) (the “Company”), expiring at 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the five year anniversary of the consummation of the Business Combination (as such term is defined in the Warrant Agreement (defined below)), or earlier upon redemption or liquidation, to purchase one fully paid ordinary share with a nominal value of €1.00 per share (“Shares”), of the Company for each Warrant evidenced by this Warrant Certificate. The Warrant entitles the holder thereof to purchase from the Company, commencing on December 30, 2021, such number of Shares of the Company at the Warrant Price (as defined below), upon surrender of this Warrant Certificate and payment of the Warrant Price at the office or agency of Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Warrant Agent”), but only subject to the conditions set forth herein and in the Warrant Agreement between the Company and the Warrant Agent, as amended (the “Warrant Agreement”). In no event will the Company be required to net cash settle any warrant exercise. The Warrant Agreement provides that upon the occurrence of certain events the Warrant Price, the Redemption Trigger Price (as defined below) and the number of Shares purchasable hereunder, set forth on the face hereof, may, subject to certain conditions, be adjusted. The term “Warrant Price” as used in this Warrant Certificate refers to the price per Share at which Shares may be purchased at the time the Warrant is exercised. The initial Warrant Price per Share for any Warrant is equal to $11.50 per share.
No fraction of a Share will be issued upon any exercise of a Warrant. If the holder of a Warrant would be entitled to receive a fraction of a Share upon any exercise of a Warrant, the Company shall, upon such exercise, round down to the nearest whole number the number of Shares to be issued to such holder.
Upon any exercise of the Warrant for less than the total number of full Shares provided for herein, there shall be issued to the registered holder hereof or the registered holder’s assignee a new Warrant Certificate covering the number of Shares for which the Warrant has not been or could not be exercised.
Warrant Certificates, when surrendered at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent by the registered holder in person or by attorney duly authorized in writing, may be exchanged in the manner and subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, but without payment of any service charge, for another Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants.
Upon due presentment for registration of transfer of the Warrant Certificate at the office or agency of the Warrant Agent, a new Warrant Certificate or Warrant Certificates of like tenor and evidencing in the aggregate a like number of Warrants shall be issued to the transferee in exchange for this Warrant Certificate, subject to the limitations provided in the Warrant Agreement, without charge except for any applicable tax or other governmental charge.
The Company and the Warrant Agent may deem and treat the registered holder as the absolute owner of this Warrant Certificate (notwithstanding any notation of ownership or other writing hereon made by anyone), for the purpose of any exercise hereof, of any distribution to the registered holder, and for all other purposes, and neither the Company nor the Warrant Agent shall be affected by any notice to the contrary.
This Warrant does not entitle the registered holder to any of the rights of a shareholder of the Company.
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The Company reserves the right to call the Warrant at any time prior to its exercise with a notice of call in writing to the holders of record of the Warrant, giving at least 30 days’ notice of such call, at any time while the Warrant is exercisable, if the last sale price of the Shares has been at least $18.00 per share (the “Redemption Trigger Price”) on each of 20 trading days within any 30 trading day period (the “30-day trading period”) ending on the third business day prior to the date on which notice of such call is given and if, and only if, there is a current registration statement in effect with respect to the Shares underlying the Warrants commencing five business days prior to the 30-day trading period and continuing each day thereafter until the date of redemption. The call price of the Warrants is to be $0.01 per Warrant. Any Warrant either not exercised or tendered back to the Company by the end of the date specified in the notice of call shall be cancelled on the books of the Company and have no further value except for the $0.01 call price.
By | |||
Chief Executive Officer | Secretary |
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SUBSCRIPTION FORM
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Exercise Warrants
The undersigned Registered Holder irrevocably elects to exercise Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and to purchase the Shares issuable upon the exercise of such Warrants, and requests that Certificates for such Shares shall be issued in the name of
(PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT NAME AND ADDRESS)
(SOCIAL SECURITY OR TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
and be delivered to | ||
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS) |
and, if such number of Warrants shall not be all the Warrants evidenced by this Warrant Certificate, that a new Warrant Certificate for the balance of such Warrants be registered in the name of, and delivered to, the Registered Holder at the address stated below:
Dated: _____________________ | |
(SIGNATURE) | |
(ADDRESS) | |
(TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER) |
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ASSIGNMENT
To Be Executed by the Registered Holder in Order to Assign Warrants
For Value Received, ________________ hereby sell, assign, and transfer unto
(PLEASE TYPE OR PRINT NAME AND ADDRESS)
(SOCIAL SECURITY OR TAX IDENTIFICATION NUMBER)
and be delivered to | ||
(PLEASE PRINT OR TYPE NAME AND ADDRESS) |
________________ of the Warrants represented by this Warrant Certificate, and hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint ________________ Attorney to transfer this Warrant Certificate on the books of the Company, with full power of substitution in the premises.
Dated: __________________ | |
(SIGNATURE) |
The Signature to the Assignment of the Subscription Form Must Correspond to the Name Written upon the Face of this Warrant Certificate in Every Particular, Without Alteration or Enlargement or Any Change Whatsoever, and Must be Guaranteed by a Commercial Bank or Trust Company or a Member Firm of the NYSE American, Nasdaq, New York Stock Exchange, Pacific Stock Exchange, or Chicago Stock Exchange.
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Exhibit 10.3
November 30, 2021
DD3 Acquisition Corp. II
Pedregal 24, 3rd Floor, Interior 300
Colonia Molino del Rey, Del. Miguel Hidalgo
11040 Mexico City, Mexico
Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A.
7 rue Robert Stümper, L-2557
Luxembourg, Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”) entered into as of June 21, 2021 by and among DD3 Acquisition Corp. II (“SPAC”), Codere Newco, S.A.U. (“Parent”), Servicios de Juego Online, S.A.U. (the “Company”), Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A. (“Holdco”) and Codere Online U.S. Corp. (“Merger Sub”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this letter agreement (this “Expense Reimbursement Agreement”) have the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Business Combination Agreement.
This Expense Reimbursement Agreement, including the representations, warranties and agreements of DD3 Sponsor Group, LLC (“Sponsor”) and Parent set forth herein, when accepted by the SPAC and Holdco, will evidence the agreement of the parties with respect to the matters contained in this Expense Reimbursement Agreement. Parent, Sponsor, SPAC and Holdco further agree for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, as follows:
1. Sponsor, as shareholder of the SPAC, in consideration of the benefits that Sponsor will receive in connection with the Business Combination Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, hereby agrees to reimburse Holdco, as future sole shareholder of the Surviving Corporation under the Business Combination Agreement, for the aggregate amount of SPAC Transaction Expenses payable by the Surviving Corporation in excess of the maximum SPAC Transaction Expenses required to be paid by the Surviving Corporation under Section 11.03 of the Business Combination Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the references in Section 11.03 of the Business Combination Agreement to the maximum amount of SPAC Transaction Expenses payable pursuant to each of the concepts set forth in the Transaction Expenses Table, Sponsor shall not be required to reimburse Holdco if the aggregate maximum amount of SPAC Transaction Expenses payable by the Surviving Corporation does not exceed the aggregate maximum SPAC Transaction Expenses required to be paid by the Surviving Corporation under Section 11.03 of the Business Combination Agreement, regardless of whether SPAC Transaction Expenses are exceeded in one or more of the concepts set forth in the Transaction Expenses Table.
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2. Parent, as shareholder of the Company and Merger Sub, in consideration of the benefits that Parent will receive in connection with the Business Combination Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, hereby agrees to reimburse Holdco, as shareholder of the Company and future sole shareholder of the Surviving Corporation under the Business Combination Agreement, for the aggregate amount of Company Transaction Expenses payable by the Surviving Corporation, Holdco, the Company or any Company Subsidiary in excess of the maximum Company Transaction Expenses required to be paid by the Surviving Corporation under Section 11.03 of the Business Combination Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding the references in Section 11.03 of the Business Combination Agreement to the maximum amount of Company Transaction Expenses payable pursuant to each of the concepts set forth in the Transaction Expenses Table, Parent shall not be required to reimburse Holdco if the aggregate maximum amount of Company Transaction Expenses payable by the Surviving Corporation, Holdco, the Company or any Company Subsidiary does not exceed the aggregate maximum Company Transaction Expenses required to be paid by the Surviving Corporation under Section 11.03 of the Business Combination Agreement, regardless of whether Company Transaction Expenses are exceeded in one or more of the concepts set forth in the Transaction Expenses Table.
3. The Chief Financial Officer of SPAC, solely in his or her capacity as such, provided written notice to the Company of the SPAC’s good faith estimate of the SPAC Transaction Expenses, including reasonable supporting materials for the amount of each item included in SPAC Transaction Expenses.
4. The Chief Financial Officer of the Company, solely in his or her capacity as such, provided written notice to SPAC of the Company’s good faith estimate of the Company Transaction Expenses, including reasonable supporting materials for the amount of each item included in Company Transaction Expenses.
5. Parent and Sponsor agree that payments hereunder shall be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds to one or more accounts designated for such purposes by Holdco. If any payments pursuant to this Expense Reimbursement Agreement are taxable, the parties shall cooperate and use reasonable best efforts to structure any payment pursuant to this Expense Reimbursement Agreement in a manner that reduces, minimizes or eliminates any applicable Taxes to the extent reasonably permitted under applicable Tax Law while not adversely affecting Parent or Sponsor, as applicable, in any material respect. Notwithstanding Section 11.02 of the Business Combination Agreement, the representations, warranties, obligations, agreements and covenants in this Expense Reimbursement Agreement shall survive the Closing.
6. The obligations of Parent and Sponsor under this Expense Reimbursement Agreement are not exclusive and shall not limit any rights or remedies which may otherwise be available to the SPAC or Holdco at law or in equity and shall be in addition to any liability which it may otherwise have.
7. This Expense Reimbursement Agreement may not be assigned by any party without the prior written consent of each other party hereto. The provisions of this Expense Reimbursement Agreement shall be for the benefit of and enforceable by the SPAC and Holdco. No other person shall have any rights hereunder.
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8. If any provision of this Expense Reimbursement Agreement is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the provision shall be fully severable; this Expense Reimbursement Agreement shall be construed and enforced as if the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision had never comprised a part of this Expense Reimbursement Agreement, and the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected by the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision or by its severance from this Expense Reimbursement Agreement. Furthermore, in lieu of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision, there shall be added automatically as a part hereof a provision as similar in terms to the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be legal, valid and enforceable, and, as changed or amended, continue to reflect the original intent of the parties hereto.
9. The parties to this Expense Reimbursement Agreement each agree not to disclose the existence of this Expense Reimbursement Agreement or the contents or subject matter hereof to any other party without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto unless required by applicable Law, judicial process, regulatory action or stock exchange rules or regulations (in which case, to the extent permitted by such Law, process, action, rule or regulation, the non-disclosing party shall allow the other party reasonable time to comment on the contents of such disclosure in advance of such disclosure); provided that each party may disclose the existence, contents and subject matter of this Expense Reimbursement Agreement to its officers, directors, attorneys, agents and other representatives (“Representatives”), so long as such party makes its Representatives aware of its confidentiality obligations pursuant to this Section 9 and agrees to be liable for any disclosure by its Representatives of the existence of this Expense Reimbursement Agreement or the contents or subject matter hereof except to the extent permitted hereby, and that this Expense Reimbursement Agreement may be described in, and filed as an exhibit to, any registration statement of Holdco filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Nothing contained herein shall limit the SPAC or Holdco from disclosing this Expense Reimbursement Agreement and the subject matter hereof in connection with the enforcement of their rights hereunder.
10. The provisions of Section 11.01 (including Sponsor, which details are set forth below), 11.07, 11.08, and 11.12 of the Business Combination Agreement are incorporated herein and shall apply to this Expense Reimbursement Agreement, mutatis mutandis.
if to Sponsor, to:
DD3 Sponsor Group, LLC
Pedregal 24, 3rd Floor, Interior 300
Colonia Molino del Rey, Del. Miguel Hidalgo
11040
Mexico City, Mexico
Attention: Jorge Combe
Email: jorge.combe@dd3.mx
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with a copy to:
Greenberg
Traurig, P.A.
333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400
Miami, FL 33131
Attention: Alan Annex
Email: annexa@gtlaw.com
11. This Expense Reimbursement Agreement may be executed by any one or more of the parties hereto in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all such counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
[Signature page follows]
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Very truly yours, | ||
Codere Newco, S.A.U. | ||
By: | /s/ Vicente di Loreto | |
Name: | Vicente di Loreto | |
Title: | Authorized Signatory | |
DD3 Sponsor Group, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Jorge Combe | |
Name: | Jorge Combe | |
Title: | Manager |
Accepted and agreed by, | ||
DD3 Acquisition Corp. II | ||
By: | /s/ Martin Werner | |
Name: | Martin Werner | |
Title: | Chief Executive Officer | |
Codere Online Luxembourg, S.A. | ||
By: | /s/ Moshe Edree | |
Name: | Moshe Edree | |
Title: | Managing Director |
[Signature page to Expense Reimbursement Agreement]