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Commitments
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]  
COMMITMENTS

NOTE 6. COMMITMENTS

 

Registration Rights

 

The holders of the Founder Shares and the holders of the Private Placement Warrants (which may include warrants granted in connection with working capital requirements following the Initial Public Offering) and the underlying securities are entitled to registration rights pursuant to a registration rights agreement entered into on December 10, 2018. The holders of a majority of such securities are entitled to make up to three demands, excluding short form registration demands, that the Company register such securities under the Securities Act. The holders of a majority of the Founder Shares can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time commencing three months prior to the date on which the Founder Shares are to be released from escrow. The holders of a majority of the Private Placement Warrants (which may include warrants granted in connection with working capital requirements following the Initial Public Offering) and the underlying securities can elect to exercise these registration rights at any time after the Company consummates a Business Combination. In addition, these holders will have “piggy-back” registration rights to include their securities in other registration statements filed by the Company subsequent to its completion of a Business Combination. The Company will bear the expenses incurred in connection with the filing of any such registration statements. The registration rights agreement does not provide for any penalties associated with delays in registering the securities.

 

Underwriting Agreement

 

The Company granted the underwriters a 45-day option to purchase up to 1,950,000 additional Units to cover over-allotments at the Initial Public Offering price, less the underwriting discounts and commissions of 2.0%. The underwriters’ over-allotment option expired unexercised in January 2019.

Business Combination Marketing Agreement

 

The Company engaged EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. as advisor in connection with the Company’s Business Combination to assist it in holding meetings with its stockholders to discuss the potential Business Combination and the target business’ attributes, introduce the Company to potential investors that are interested in purchasing the Company’s securities in connection with the potential Business Combination, assist the Company in obtaining stockholder approval for the Business Combination and assist the Company with its press releases and public filings in connection with the Business Combination. The Company will pay EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. a cash fee for such services upon the consummation of an initial Business Combination in an amount equal to $4,550,000; provided that the Company has the right to allocate up to 35% of the fee to any of the underwriters in the Initial Public Offering or other FINRA member firms it retains to assist the Company in connection with its initial Business Combination.

 

Business Combination Agreement

 

On July 25, 2020, the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement (the “Original Agreement”) with Clever Leaves, Clever Leaves Holdings Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of British Columbia, Canada and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clever Leaves (“Holdco”), and Novel Merger Sub Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”) and a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco. On November 9, 2020, the parties to the Original Agreement entered into an Amended and Restated Business Combination Agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to combine with Clever Leaves in a Business Combination (the “Clever Leaves Business Combination”) that will result in both Clever Leaves and the Company becoming wholly-owned subsidiaries of Holdco.

 

Pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, each of the following transactions will occur in the following order: (i) pursuant to a court-approved Canadian plan of arrangement (the “Plan of Arrangement”, and the arrangement pursuant to such Plan of Arrangement, the “Arrangement”) at the effective time of the Arrangement, based on Arrangement Consideration (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) derived from $183,600,000: (a) all of the Clever Leaves shareholders will exchange their Clever Leaves common shares for Holdco common shares and/or non-voting Holdco common shares (as determined in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement) and (b) certain Clever Leaves shareholders will receive up to $2,000,000 in cash in the aggregate (with such amount increasing to (x) $3,000,000, if after giving effect to the exercise of certain redemption rights and payments related thereto, the funds in the Trust Account plus the proceeds from the Agreed PIPE (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) are greater than or equal to $60,000,000 and (y) $4,000,000, if after giving effect to the exercise of redemption rights and payments related thereto, the funds in the Trust Account plus the proceeds from the Agreed PIPE are greater than or equal to $90,000,000), such that, immediately following the Arrangement, Clever Leaves will be a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco; (ii) on the calendar day immediately following the consummation of the Arrangement, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company surviving such merger as a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Holdco (the “Merger”) and, as a result of the Merger, all of the shares of the Company’s common stock will be converted into the right to receive Holdco common shares as set forth in the Business Combination Agreement; (iii) immediately following the consummation of the Merger, Holdco will contribute 100% of the issued and outstanding capital stock of the Company (as the surviving corporation of the Merger) to Clever Leaves, such that, the Company will be a direct wholly-owned subsidiary of Clever Leaves; and (iv) immediately following the contribution of the Company to Clever Leaves, Clever Leaves will contribute 100% of the issued and outstanding shares of NS US Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Clever Leaves, to the Company.

 

The consummation of the Clever Leaves Business Combination is subject to a number of conditions set forth in the Business Combination Agreement including, among others, receipt of the requisite approval of the Company’s stockholders, the Company having at least $26,000,000 available either in or outside the Trust Account and the execution of the various transaction agreements.