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Pending Merger
 6 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
Business Combinations [Abstract]  
Pending Merger Pending Merger
On December 16, 2021, we entered into an Agreement and Plan of Merger (as it may be amended from time to time, the Merger Agreement), with Bottomline Intermediate Holdings III, LLC (formerly known as Project RB Parent, LLC), a Delaware limited liability company (Parent), and Project RB Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (Merger Sub). Parent and Merger Sub are affiliates of Thoma Bravo Fund XV, L.P. (the Thoma Bravo Fund), a private equity fund managed by Thoma Bravo, L.P. (Thoma Bravo). Capitalized terms not otherwise defined have the meaning set forth in the Merger Agreement.
Pursuant to the terms of the Merger Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into Bottomline (the Merger), and we will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Parent. At the Effective Time of the Merger, each outstanding share of our common stock (other than shares owned by (1) Parent or Merger Sub; (2) any subsidiary of ours; and (3) stockholders who are entitled to and who properly exercise appraisal rights under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) will be converted into the right to receive $57.00 per share, less any applicable withholding taxes without interest (the Per Share Merger Consideration). All shares converted into the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration will no longer be outstanding and will automatically be cancelled at the Effective Time of the Merger and the holders of such shares will cease to have any rights thereto, except for the right to receive the Per Share Merger Consideration.
In connection with the Merger, on December 16, 2021, Parent entered into an equity commitment letter with the Thoma Bravo Fund (the Equity Commitment Letter), pursuant to which the Thoma Bravo Fund has committed to purchase, or cause the purchase of, an amount of equity securities of Parent at or immediately prior to the Effective Time of the Merger equal to the estimated amount of aggregate consideration that will be due and payable at closing. The Equity Commitment Letter provides, among other things, that we are an express third party beneficiary thereof in connection with our exercise of the rights related to specific performance under the Merger Agreement. The Equity Commitment Letter may not be amended, revoked, modified or terminated, and no provision thereunder may be waived, except by an instrument in writing signed by Parent, us and the Thoma Bravo Fund.
Consummation of the Merger is subject to customary closing conditions, including, without limitation, the absence of certain legal impediments, no Company Material Adverse Effect having occurred since the signing of the Merger Agreement, the expiration or termination of the required waiting periods under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, as amended (the HSR Act), approval of the change in control over Bottomline Payment Services Limited by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom (the FCA), and approval by Bottomline’s stockholders. The transaction is not subject to a financing condition. We and Parent made the necessary filings with the Federal Trade Commission and the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice on December 30, 2021, and Parent submitted a change in control application with the FCA on January 20, 2022. The required waiting period under the HSR Act with respect to the Merger expired at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time on January 31, 2022.
We have made customary representations and warranties in the Merger Agreement and have agreed to customary covenants regarding the operation of our business prior to the Effective Time of the Merger. We are also subject to customary restrictions on the ability to solicit alternative acquisition proposals from third parties and to provide non-public information to, and participate in discussions and engage in negotiations with, third parties regarding alternative acquisition proposals, with customary exceptions to allow our Board of Directors to exercise its fiduciary duties.
The Merger Agreement contains certain termination rights for us and Parent. Upon termination of the Merger Agreement under specified circumstances, we will be required to pay Parent a termination fee of $78 million. Such circumstances include where the Merger Agreement is terminated in connection with our acceptance of a Superior Proposal or due to our Board of Directors changing or withdrawing its recommendation of the Merger. This termination fee will also be payable if the Merger Agreement is terminated because our stockholders did not vote to adopt the Merger Agreement, the Merger is not consummated before December 16, 2022, or we breach our representations, warranties or covenants in a manner that would cause the related closing conditions to not be met, and prior to any such termination, a proposal to acquire at least 50% of our stock or assets is publicly known or announced and we enter into an agreement for a transaction contemplated by such proposal within one year of termination and such transaction is subsequently consummated. In addition, we will be required to reimburse Parent for up to $5 million of its expenses associated with the transaction if the Merger Agreement is terminated because our stockholders did not vote to adopt the Merger Agreement, the Merger is not consummated before December 16, 2022, or we breach our representations, warranties or covenants in a manner that would cause the
related closing conditions to not be met, in each case where the termination fee is not then payable but could potentially become payable in the future under certain circumstances.