EX-2.1 2 ea143362ex2-1_ionacq2.htm MERGER AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF JUNE 24, 2021, BY AND AMONG ION, MERGER SUB 1, MERGER SUB 2 AND INNOVID

Exhibit 2.1

 

EXECUTION VERSION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

by and among

 

ION ACQUISITION CORP 2 LTD.,

 

INSPIRE MERGER SUB 1, INC.,

 

INSPIRE MERGER SUB 2, LLC

 

and

 

INNOVID, INC.

 

dated as of

 

June 24, 2021

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
   
ARTICLE I CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 3
     
Section 1.01 Definitions 3
Section 1.02 Construction 17
Section 1.03 Table of Defined Terms 17
Section 1.04 Equitable Adjustments 20
Section 1.05 Knowledge 20
     
ARTICLE II THE MERGER 20
     
Section 2.01 The Mergers; Domestication 20
Section 2.02 Effective Time 21
Section 2.03 Effect of the Merger 21
Section 2.04 Organizational Documents 22
Section 2.05 Directors and Officers of Surviving Corporation, Surviving Entity and Acquiror 22
Section 2.06 Further Assurances. 22
     
ARTICLE III MERGER CONSIDERATION; CLOSING 23
     
Section 3.01 Conversion of Securities 23
Section 3.02 First Merger Exchange Procedures 24
Section 3.03 Closing; Secondary Sale 25
Section 3.04 Withholding Rights 26
Section 3.05 Company Options; Company Warrants 28
Section 3.06 Dissenting Shares 28
     
ARTICLE IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY 29
     
Section 4.01 Corporate Organization of the Company 29
Section 4.02 Subsidiaries 29
Section 4.03 Due Authorization 29
Section 4.04 No Conflict 30
Section 4.05 Governmental Authorities; Consents 30
Section 4.06 Capitalization 31
Section 4.07 Capitalization of Subsidiaries 31
Section 4.08 Financial Statements 32
Section 4.09 Absence of Certain Changes 32
Section 4.10 Undisclosed Liabilities 33
Section 4.11 Litigation and Proceedings 33
Section 4.12 Compliance with Laws 33
Section 4.13 Contracts; No Defaults 33
Section 4.14 Company Benefit Plans 35
Section 4.15 Labor Matters 38
Section 4.16 Taxes 39
Section 4.17 Insurance 41
Section 4.18 Real Property 41
Section 4.19  Intellectual Property and IT Security 42

 

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Section 4.20 Environmental Matters 44
Section 4.21 Brokers’ Fees 44
Section 4.22 Related Party Transactions 44
Section 4.23 International Trade; Anti-Corruption 44
Section 4.24 Top Customers and Top Suppliers 46
Section 4.25 PPP Loan 46
Section 4.26 No Outside Reliance 46
Section 4.27 TID U.S. Business 47
Section 4.28 No Other Representations 47
     
ARTICLE V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUIROR PARTIES 47
     
Section 5.01 Corporate Organization 47
Section 5.02 Due Authorization 47
Section 5.03 No Conflict 48
Section 5.04 Litigation and Proceedings 49
Section 5.05 Governmental Authorities; Consents 49
Section 5.06 Trust Account 49
Section 5.07 Brokers’ Fees 50
Section 5.08 SEC Reports; Financial Statements; Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Undisclosed Liabilities 50
Section 5.09 Business Activities 51
Section 5.10 Tax Matters. 52
Section 5.11 Capitalization 53
Section 5.12 NYSE Stock Market Listing 54
Section 5.13 PIPE Investment 55
Section 5.14 Related Party Transactions. 55
Section 5.15 Investment Company Act; JOBS Act 56
Section 5.16 Absence of Changes 56
Section 5.17 No Outside Reliance 56
Section 5.18 No Other Representations 56
     
ARTICLE VI COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY 57
     
Section 6.01 Conduct of Business 57
Section 6.02 Inspection 60
Section 6.03 No Claim Against the Trust Account 60
Section 6.04 Preparation and Delivery of Additional Company Financial Statements 61
Section 6.05 FIRPTA 61
Section 6.06 Termination of Affiliate Arrangements 61
Section 6.07 No Acquiror Stock Transactions 62
Section 6.08 Notification 62
Section 6.09 Company Stockholder Approval 62
     
ARTICLE VII COVENANTS OF ACQUIROR 63
     
Section 7.01 Indemnification and Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance 63
Section 7.02 Conduct of Acquiror During the Interim Period 64
Section 7.03 Trust Account Proceeds 65
Section 7.04 PIPE Investment 65
Section 7.05 Inspection 66
Section 7.06 Section 16 Matters 66

 

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Section 7.07 Incentive Equity Plan 66
Section 7.08 Acquiror NYSE Listing 67
Section 7.09 Acquiror Public Filings 67
Section 7.10 Acquiror Board Recommendation 67
Section 7.11 Domestication 67
     
ARTICLE VIII JOINT COVENANTS 68
     
Section 8.01 Efforts to Consummate 68
Section 8.02 Proxy Statement/Registration Statement; Shareholders’ Meeting and Approvals 69
Section 8.03 Exclusivity 71
Section 8.04 Tax Matters 72
Section 8.05 Confidentiality; Publicity 73
Section 8.06 Post-Closing Directors 74
     
ARTICLE IX CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS 75
     
Section 9.01 Conditions to Obligations of All Parties 75
Section 9.02 Additional Conditions to Obligations of Acquiror Parties 75
Section 9.03 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company 76
     
ARTICLE X TERMINATION/EFFECTIVENESS 77
     
Section 10.01 Termination 77
Section 10.02 Effect of Termination 77
     
ARTICLE XI MISCELLANEOUS 78
     
Section 11.01 Waiver 78
Section 11.02 Notices 78
Section 11.03 Assignment 79
Section 11.04 Rights of Third Parties 79
Section 11.05 Expenses 79
Section 11.06 Governing Law 79
Section 11.07 Captions; Counterparts 79
Section 11.08 Schedules and Exhibits 79
Section 11.09 Entire Agreement 79
Section 11.10 Amendments 80
Section 11.11 Severability 80
Section 11.12 Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY 80
Section 11.13 Enforcement 80
Section 11.14 Non-Recourse 81
Section 11.15 Non-Survival 81
Section 11.16 Acknowledgements 81
Section 11.17  Waiver of Conflicts Regarding Representations; Non-Assertion of Attorney-Client Privilege 82

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A Acquiror Restated Charter
Exhibit B Acquiror Restated Bylaws
Exhibit C Company Stockholder Support Agreement
Exhibit D Sponsor Support Agreement
Exhibit E Form of Subscription Agreement
Exhibit F Investor Rights Agreement
Exhibit H Form of First Certificate of Merger
Exhibit I Form of Second Certificate of Merger
Exhibit J Surviving Entity Certificate of Formation
Exhibit K Surviving Entity Limited Liability Company Agreement
Exhibit L Form of Letter of Transmittal
Exhibit M Form of Secondary PSA
Exhibit O Residency Declaration

 

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AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER

 

THIS AGREEMENT AND PLAN OF MERGER (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of June 24, 2021, by and among ION Acquisition Corp 2 Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (which shall migrate to and domesticate as a Delaware corporation prior to the Closing (as defined herein)) (including, for the avoidance of doubt, such entity following the Domestication (as defined herein), “Acquiror”), Inspire Merger Sub 1, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Acquiror (“Merger Sub 1”), Inspire Merger Sub 2, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company and a direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of Acquiror (“Merger Sub 2” and, together with Merger Sub 1, “Merger Subs”), and Innovid, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”). Acquiror, Merger Subs and the Company are collectively referred to herein as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party.” Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in Section 1.01.

 

RECITALS

 

WHEREAS, Acquiror is a blank check company incorporated as a Cayman Islands exempted company and formed to acquire one or more operating businesses through a Business Combination (as defined herein);

 

WHEREAS, prior to the First Effective Time (as defined herein) and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, Acquiror shall migrate to and domesticate as a Delaware corporation in accordance with Section 388 of the Delaware General Corporation Law, as amended (the “DGCL”) and the Cayman Islands Companies Act (As Revised) (the “Domestication”) ;

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the Domestication, Acquiror shall file a certificate of incorporation with the Secretary of State of Delaware in the form attached as Exhibit A (the “Acquiror Restated Charter”) and adopt bylaws in the form attached as Exhibit B hereto (the “Acquiror Restated Bylaws”);

 

WHEREAS, in accordance with applicable Law and in accordance with the Organizational Documents of the Acquiror: (i) immediately prior to the Domestication, each then issued and outstanding Acquiror Class B Share (as defined herein) shall convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into an Acquiror Class A Share (as defined herein); and (ii) immediately following the conversion described in clause (i), upon the Domestication, (x) each then issued and outstanding Acquiror Class A Share shall convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of common stock, par value $0.0001, per share of Acquiror (after the Domestication) (the “Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock”), (y) each then issued and outstanding whole Acquiror Warrant (as defined herein) shall convert automatically into one warrant to acquire one share of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock (“Domesticated Acquiror Warrant”) pursuant to the Warrant Agreement, and (z) each then issued and outstanding unit of Acquiror (the “Acquiror Units”) shall convert automatically into a unit of Acquiror (after the Domestication) (the “Domesticated Acquiror Units”), with each Domesticated Acquiror Unit representing one share of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock and one-eighth of one Domesticated Acquiror Warrant;

 

WHEREAS, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL and the Limited Liability Company Act of the State of Delaware (the “DLLCA”), at the Closing and following the Domestication, (x) Merger Sub 1 will merge with and into the Company (the “First Merger”), with the Company continuing as the surviving corporation of the First Merger and becoming a wholly owned Subsidiary of Acquiror (the Company, as the surviving corporation in the First Merger, is sometimes referred to herein as the “Surviving Corporation”), (y) immediately following the consummation of the First Merger and as part of the same overall transaction, the Surviving Corporation will merge with and into Merger Sub 2 (the “Second Merger” and together with the First Merger, the “Mergers”), with Merger Sub 2 continuing as the surviving entity of the Second Merger (Merger Sub 2, as the surviving entity of the Second Merger, is sometimes referred to herein as the “Surviving Entity”) and (z) Acquiror will change its name to “Innovid Corp.”;

 

 

 

 

WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, upon the consummation of the First Merger, the Company Stockholders and Company Warrantholders shall be entitled to receive, in respect of such Person’s shares of Company Capital Stock or Company Warrants, as applicable, a portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration (as defined herein) allocated and payable thereto in accordance with this Agreement (including the Allocation Schedule (as defined herein));

 

WHEREAS, each of the Parties intends that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes (and for purposes of any applicable state or local income tax that follows the U.S. federal income tax treatment), (i) the conversion contemplated by Section 7.11 qualifies as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(E) of the Code and that the Domestication qualifies as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a)(1)(F) of the Code (the “Conversion/Domestication Intended Tax Treatment”), and (ii) the Mergers, taken together, will constitute a single integrated transaction that qualifies as a “reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code to which each of Acquiror, Merger Subs and the Company are parties under Section 368(b) of the Code (the “Mergers Intended Tax Treatment” and, together with the Conversion/Domestication Intended Tax Treatment, the “Intended Tax Treatment”), and this Agreement is intended to constitute a “plan of reorganization” within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations thereunder;

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, each of the Specified Company Stockholders (as defined herein) has executed and delivered to Acquiror and the Company, a Company Stockholder Support Agreement in the forms attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Company Stockholder Support Agreements”);

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, Sponsor, Acquiror, the Company and certain other Persons have entered into that certain letter agreement attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, on or prior to the date hereof, Acquiror has obtained commitments from certain investors for a private placement of shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock (the “PIPE Investment”) pursuant to the terms of and subject to the conditions set forth in the Subscription Agreements attached hereto as Exhibit E (each, a “Subscription Agreement” and collectively the “Subscription Agreements”), such private placement to be consummated following the Domestication and immediately prior to the First Effective Time;

 

WHEREAS, immediately prior to the First Effective Time, as contemplated herein, Acquiror will purchase the Secondary Sale Shares (as defined herein) from certain Company Stockholders (each, a “Secondary Selling Stockholders”, and collectively the “Secondary Selling Stockholders”) for an aggregate purchase price equal to the Secondary Sale Amount (the “Secondary Sale”) to be consummated immediately prior to the First Effective Time;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Merger Sub 1 has approved this Agreement and the Transactions;

 

WHEREAS, Acquiror, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub 1 has approved this Agreement and the Transactions;

 

WHEREAS, Acquiror, as the sole member of Merger Sub 2 has approved this Agreement and the Transactions;

 

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WHEREAS, the board of directors of Acquiror has unanimously (i) determined that it is in the best interests of Acquiror and the Acquiror Shareholders, and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement, (ii) approved this Agreement and the Transactions, including the Domestication and the Mergers, in accordance with the Organizational Documents of Acquiror, the Cayman Islands Companies Act (As Revised) and the DGCL, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, and (iii) adopted a resolution recommending to the Acquiror Shareholders (as defined herein) the approval of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters (as defined herein) (the “Acquiror Board Recommendation”);

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company has unanimously (i) determined that it is in the best interests of the Company and the Company Stockholders, and declared it advisable, to enter into this Agreement, (ii) approved this Agreement and the Transactions, including the First Merger, in accordance with the Organizational Documents of the Company and the DGCL, on the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, and (iii) adopted a resolution recommending to Company Stockholders (as defined herein) the approval of the Company Stockholder Matters (as defined herein) (the “Company Board Recommendation”); and

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the consummation of the First Merger, Acquiror and certain other Persons shall enter into an amended and restated registration rights agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Investor Rights Agreement”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

Section 1.01 Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement, the following capitalized terms have the following meanings:

 

102 Trustee” shall mean ESOP Management and Trust Ltd., or any duly authorized successor thereto.

 

Acquiror Benefit Plan” means each “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA), each severance, gratuity, termination indemnity, incentive or bonus, retention, change in control, deferred compensation, profit sharing, retirement, welfare, post-employment welfare, vacation or paid-time-off, stock purchase, stock option or equity incentive plan, program, policy, Contract or arrangement and each other stock purchase, stock option or other equity or equity-based, termination, severance, transition, employment, individual consulting, retention, transaction, change-in-control, fringe benefit, collective bargaining, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, employee loan or other compensation or benefit plans, agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, whether or not subject to ERISA, that Acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries maintains, sponsors, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or under or with respect to which Acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries has any liability or with respect to which Acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries has or could reasonably be expected to have any liability, other than any plan required by applicable Law that is sponsored or maintained by a Governmental Authority.

 

Acquiror Class A Shares” means the Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Acquiror prior to the Domestication.

 

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Acquiror Class B Shares” means the Class B ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Acquiror prior to the Domestication.

 

Acquiror Disclosure Schedules” means the disclosure schedules of Acquiror and Merger Subs, delivered by Acquiror to the Company concurrently with the execution of this Agreement.

 

Acquiror Impairment Effect” means any change, event, occurrence, effect or circumstance that, individually or in the aggregate, would or would reasonably be expected to, prevent, materially delay or materially impede the performance by any Acquiror Party of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or otherwise have a material adverse effect on the Transactions.

 

Acquiror Parties” means Acquiror, Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2.

 

Acquiror Shareholder Matters” means (i) the Domestication (including approval of the change in the jurisdiction of incorporation of Acquiror to the State of Delaware), (ii) the adoption and approval of the Acquiror Restated Charter attached as Exhibit A hereto and the Acquiror Restated Bylaws attached as Exhibit B hereto (with such changes as may be agreed in writing by Acquiror and the Company) (as may be subsequently amended by mutual written agreement of the Company and Acquiror at any time before the effectiveness of the Registration Statement) in connection with the Domestication, including any separate or unbundled proposals as are required to implement the foregoing, (iii) approval of the change of Acquiror’s name to “Innovid Corp.”, (iv) the adoption and approval of this Agreement and the Transactions (the “Business Combination Proposal”), (v) approval of the issuance of shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock in connection with the Domestication and the Mergers as may be required under the NYSE listing requirements (including issuance to a “related party” pursuant to the rules of the NYSE, as contemplated by the Subscription Agreements with the applicable PIPE Investors), (vi) the adoption and approval of the Acquiror Incentive Equity Plan and the Acquiror ESPP, (vii) the adoption or approval of each other proposal that the SEC (or its staff members) indicates is necessary in its comments to the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement or in correspondence related thereto, (viii) the adoption and/or approval of each other proposal reasonably agreed to by Acquiror and the Company as necessary or appropriate in connection with the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the other Transaction Agreements, (ix) the election of directors effective as of the Closing as contemplated by Section 8.06 and (x) the adoption and approval of a proposal for the adjournment of the Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting, if necessary, to permit further solicitation of proxies because there are not sufficient votes to approve and adopt any of the foregoing.

 

Acquiror Shareholder Redemption” means the election of an eligible (as determined in accordance with Acquiror’s Organizational Documents) holder of Acquiror Class A Shares to redeem all or a portion of Acquiror Class A Shares held by such holder at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to a pro rata share of the aggregate amount on deposit in the Trust Account (including a pro rata share of any interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account) (as determined in accordance with Acquiror’s Organizational Documents) in connection with the Acquiror Shareholder Matters.

 

Acquiror Shareholders” means, as applicable, (i) prior to the Domestication, holders of Acquiror Shares or (ii) following the Domestication, holders of shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock.

 

Acquiror Shares” means Acquiror Class A Shares and Acquiror Class B Shares.

 

Acquiror Warrant” means each warrant to purchase one Acquiror Class A Share at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, subject to adjustment in accordance with the Warrant Agreement.

 

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Action” means any action, suit, complaint, demand, claim, citation, notice of violation, audit, arbitration or other legal, judicial, regulatory or administrative proceeding (whether at law or in equity) by or before any Governmental Authority.

 

Adjusted Purchase Price” means an amount equal to (i) the Base Purchase Price, minus (ii) the Secondary Sale Amount.

 

Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person, through one or more intermediaries or otherwise. The term “control” means the ownership of a majority of the voting securities of the applicable Person or the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the applicable Person, whether through ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise, and the terms “controlled” and “controlling” have meanings correlative thereto; provided that, other than with respect to Section 4.26, Section 5.14, Section 5.17, Section 6.03, Section 10.02, Section 11.14, Section 11.16 and Section 11.17 and the definitions of “Affiliate Agreement” and “Stockholder Related Party,” (i) in no event shall Sponsor or any of its Affiliates be considered an Affiliate of Acquiror nor shall Acquiror be considered an Affiliate of Sponsor or any of its Affiliates, (ii) in no event shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries be considered an Affiliate of any Company Sponsor or any of its Affiliates or any investment fund advised, managed or otherwise affiliated with any Company Sponsor or its Affiliates nor shall any Company Sponsor, its Affiliates or any investment fund advised, managed or otherwise affiliated with any Company Sponsor or its Affiliates, be considered an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and (iii) in no event shall the Company or any of its Subsidiaries be considered an Affiliate of any portfolio company (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) of any such investment fund nor shall any such portfolio company (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) of any such investment fund be considered an Affiliate of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Affiliate Agreement” means any Contract between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and any Affiliate (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries), stockholder, officer or director of the Company or its Subsidiaries, or a member of the immediate family of the foregoing Persons, on the other hand, except in each case, for (i) employment agreements, employee confidentiality agreements, and fringe benefits and other compensation paid to directors, officers and employees, (ii) reimbursements of expenses in the ordinary course of business incurred in connection with their employment or service, and (iii) Company Benefit Plans.

 

Allocation Schedule” means distributions to the Company Equityholders of the Aggregate Stock Consideration and the Secondary Sale Amount in the order and in the amounts set forth in Exhibit G attached hereto; provided that it is understood by the Parties that Exhibit G attached to this Agreement as of the date hereof is a form thereof that does not contain all of the detail required to be set forth in the Allocation Schedule and that the final form of Allocation Schedule delivered by the Company to Acquiror at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date shall serve as the Allocation Schedule for purposes of this Agreement.

 

Aggregate Stock Consideration” means a number of shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock equal to (A) the quotient obtained by dividing (i) the Adjusted Purchase Price, by (ii) $10.00, minus (B) the Aggregate Vested Option Consideration.

 

Aggregate Vested Option Consideration” means a number of shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock equal to the excess of (a) the number of shares that will be subject to vested Acquiror Options as of immediately after the First Effective Time (as reflected on the Option Conversion Schedule) over (b) (i) the aggregate exercise price of all vested Acquiror Options that will be outstanding as of immediately after the First Effective Time (as reflected on the Option Conversion Schedule) divided by (ii) 10.

 

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Anti-Corruption Laws” means (a) the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, and any other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. Laws relating to the prevention of corruption or bribery, and (b) the Money Laundering Control Act of 1986 (18 U.S.C. §§ 1956-1957), the USA PATRIOT Act (Pub. L. No. 107-56), and the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. §§ 5311-5332), and any other applicable U.S. and non-U.S. Laws related to money laundering, including financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements mandated by such Laws.

 

Articles of Association” means the Amended and Restated Memorandum and Articles of Association of Acquiror, as in effect on the date hereof.

 

Available Closing Acquiror Cash” means, without duplication, an amount equal to (i) all freely usable cash in the Trust Account (after reduction for the aggregate amount of payments required to be made in connection with the Acquiror Shareholder Redemption and payment of deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned), plus (ii) the aggregate amount of net cash proceeds that have been funded to, or that will be funded concurrently with the occurrence of the Closing (solely to the extent actually funded), and remains with, Acquiror pursuant to the Subscription Agreements as of immediately prior to the Closing.

 

Base Purchase Price” means $1,007,000,000.

 

Business Combination” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the Articles of Association.

 

Business Combination Proposal” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Acquiror Shareholder Matters”.

 

Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York, New York are authorized or required by Law to close.

 

CARES Act” means the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act and the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021, each as amended, or any similar applicable federal, state or local applicable Law (together with all regulations and guidance related thereto issued by a Governmental Authority).

 

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

Company Award” means as of any determination time, each Company Option and each other award to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of rights of any kind to receive any Equity Security of the Company under any Company Incentive Plan that is outstanding.

 

Company Benefit Plan” means each “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA), each severance, gratuity, termination indemnity, incentive or bonus, retention, change in control, deferred compensation, profit sharing, retirement, welfare, post-employment welfare, vacation or paid-time-off, stock purchase, stock option or equity incentive plan, program, policy, Contract or arrangement and each other stock purchase, stock option or other equity or equity-based, termination, severance, transition, employment, individual consulting, retention, transaction, change-in-control, fringe benefit, collective bargaining, bonus, incentive, deferred compensation, employee loan or other compensation or benefit plans, agreements, programs, policies or other arrangements, whether or not subject to ERISA, that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries maintains, sponsors, contributes to or is required to contribute to, or under or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has any liability or with respect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has or could reasonably be expected to have any liability, other than any plan required by applicable Law that is sponsored or maintained by a Governmental Authority.

 

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Company Capital Stock” means, collectively, the Company Common Stock and the Company Preferred Stock.

 

Company Common Stock” means the common stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.

 

Company Disclosure Schedules” means the disclosure schedules of the Company and its Subsidiaries, delivered by the Company to Acquiror concurrently with the execution of this Agreement.

 

Company Equityholders” means, collectively, the Company Stockholders, the Company Optionholders and the Company Warrantholders.

 

Company Incentive Plan” means (a) the Innovid, Inc. Global Share Incentive Plan (2008), as amended (including its Appendix – Israeli Taxpayers), and (b) each other plan that provides for the award to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service provider of the Company and its Subsidiaries of rights of any kind to receive Equity Securities of the Company and its Subsidiaries or benefits measured in whole or in part by reference to Equity Securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Company Material Adverse Effect” means any change, event, occurrence, effect or circumstance whether known or unknown, that, individually or in the aggregate, has, would or reasonably would be expected to have a materially adverse effect on the business, assets, financial condition or results of operations of Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole); provided, however, that in no event would any of the following (or the effect of any of the following), alone or in combination, be deemed to constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, a “Company Material Adverse Effect” on or in respect of the Company and its Subsidiaries under clause (ii) of this definition: (a) any change in Law, regulatory policies, accounting standards or principles (including GAAP) or any guidance (including from the SEC or any other Governmental Authority) relating thereto or interpretation thereof; (b) any change in interest rates or economic, political, business or financial market conditions generally (including any changes in credit, financial, commodities, securities or banking markets); (c) any change affecting any of the industries in which the Company or its Subsidiaries or any of their respective customers operate or the economy as a whole; (d) any epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak (including COVID- 19), or any Law, directive, guidelines or recommendations issued by a Governmental Authority, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization, any other Governmental Authority or industry group providing for business closures, “sheltering-in-place,” curfews or other restrictions that relate to, or arise out of, an epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak (including COVID-19), or any other COVID-19 Measures, or any change in such Law, directive, guidelines, recommendations or interpretation thereof; (e) the announcement or the execution of this Agreement, the pendency of the Transactions, or the performance of this Agreement, including losses or threatened losses of employees, customers, suppliers, vendors, distributors or others having relationships with the Company or its Subsidiaries resulting therefrom (provided that this clause (e) shall not be deemed to apply to references to “Company Material Adverse Effect” in the representation or warranty set forth in Section 4.04, Section 4.14(e), and Section 4.19(c) and the conditions in Section 9.02 related thereto); (f) any action taken or not taken at the written request of Acquiror; (g) any weather conditions, earthquake, hurricane, tsunami, tornado, flood, mudslide, wild fire or other natural disaster, act of God or other force majeure event; (h) any acts of terrorism, sabotage, war, riot, the outbreak or escalation of hostilities, or change in geopolitical conditions; (i) any failure of the Company or its Subsidiaries to meet, with respect to any period or periods, any internal or industry analyst projections, forecasts, estimates or business plans (provided, however, that this clause (i) shall not prevent a determination that any change or effect underlying such failure to meet projections or forecasts has resulted in a Company Material Adverse Effect (to the extent such change or effect is not otherwise excluded from this definition of Company Material Adverse Effect)); (j) any action taken by Acquiror, the Sponsor or any of their respective Affiliates; or (k) any matter to which Acquiror has consented in writing; provided that, in the case of clauses (a), (b), (c), (d), (g) or (h) above, such change, event, occurrence, effect or circumstance may be taken into account to the extent (but only to the extent) that any such change, event, occurrence, effect or circumstance has a disproportionate and adverse effect on the business, assets, liabilities, financial condition and results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries relative to other similarly situated businesses in the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate; provided that in determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would occur, any rights to proceeds from insurance or other third party contribution or indemnification in respect of the event giving rise thereto available to the Company or its Subsidiaries shall be taken into account solely to the extent that such proceeds have been actually paid to the Company or its Subsidiaries (net of all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Company or its Subsidiaries in recovering such proceeds), or, with respect to such insurance, the carrier has acknowledged in writing that such events or occurrences give rise to a covered claim under the applicable insurance policy.

 

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Company Option” means, as of any determination time, an option to purchase shares of Company Common Stock that is outstanding and unexercised, granted under a Company Incentive Plan. For the avoidance of doubt, Company Options shall not include any Company Warrants.

 

Company Optionholder” means each Person who holds a Company Option as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time.

 

Company Preferred Stock” means, collectively, (i) each issued and outstanding share of Series A Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, (ii) each issued and outstanding share of Series A-1 Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, (iii) each issued and outstanding share of Series B Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, (iv) each issued and outstanding share of Series B-1 Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, (v) each issued and outstanding share of Series B-2 Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, (vi) each issued and outstanding share of Series C Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, (vii) each issued and outstanding share of Series D Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, (viii) each issued and outstanding share of Series E Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, and (ix) each issued and outstanding share of Series F Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, of the Company.

 

Company Sponsors” means each of Amos and Daughters Investments and Properties Ltd., Cerca Partners L.P., Cisco Systems Inc., Genesis Partners III L.P., Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC, Ibex Israel Fund LLLP, Lauderdale GMBH & CO.KG, NewSpring Growth Capital III, L.P., Sequoia Capital Israel IV Holdings L.P., Silicon Valley Bank, TriplePoint Capital LLC, Vintage Co-Investment Fund I (Cayman) L.P., Vintage Co-Investment Fund I (Israel) L.P., Vintage Secondary Fund II (Cayman) L.P., Vintage Secondary Fund II (Israel) L.P., Vintage Secondary Fund III (Cayman) L.P., Vintage Secondary Fund III (Israel) L.P., and Zohar Gilon Ltd.

 

Company Stockholder” means each Person who holds one or more shares of Company Capital Stock as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time.

 

Company Stockholder Matters” means the adoption of this Agreement and the approval of the First Merger, by the affirmative vote or written consent of (a) the holders of a majority of the outstanding Company Common Stock and (b) the holders of a majority of the outstanding Company Preferred Stock (voting together as a single class and not as a separate series, and on an as-converted basis), in accordance with Section 251 of the DGCL and the applicable Organizational Documents of the Company.

 

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Company Warrant” means warrants to purchase any shares of Company Capital Stock.

 

Company Warrantholder” means each Person who holds Company Warrants as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time.

 

Competition Authorities” means the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice or the United States Federal Trade Commission, as applicable, the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission, and any other Governmental Authority that enforces Competition Laws in the jurisdictions set forth on Schedule 8.01(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules.

 

Competition Laws” means the Sherman Act of 1890, the Clayton Antitrust Act of 1914, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act of 1914 and all other Laws that are designed or intended to prohibit, restrict or regulate actions having the purpose or effect of monopolization, abuse of dominance or restraint of trade or lessening competition through merger or acquisition, including all antitrust, competition, merger control and unfair Competition Laws.

 

Confidential Information” has the meaning specified in the Confidentiality Agreement.

 

Consent” means any approval, consent, clearance, waiver, exemption, waiting period expiration or termination, Governmental Order or other authorization issued by or obtained from any Governmental Authority.

 

Contracts” means any contract, agreement, license, lease, note, indenture, mortgage, warrant, loan, instrument, obligation or other commitment, in each case, that is legally binding on the Person in question (including all amendment, supplements and modifications thereto).

 

Copyleft License” means any license that requires, as a condition of use, modification and/or distribution of software subject to such license, that such software subject to such license, or other software incorporated into, derived from, linked in or to, or used or distributed with such software subject to such license, as a result of the manner of such use, modification, distribution, incorporation, derivation or linking, as applicable, by the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company, (i) in the case of software, be made available or distributed in a form other than binary (e.g., source code form), (ii) be licensed for the purpose of preparing derivative works, (iii) be licensed under terms that allow the Company’s or any Subsidiary of the Company’s products or portions thereof or interfaces therefor to be reverse engineered, reverse assembled or disassembled (other than by operation of Law) or (iv) be redistributable at no license fee.

 

COVID-19” means SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, and any evolutions or variants thereof or any other epidemics, pandemics or disease outbreaks.

 

COVID-19 Measures” means any quarantine, “shelter in place,” “stay at home,” workforce reduction, social distancing, shut down, closure, sequester or any other Law, directive, guidelines or recommendations by any Governmental Authority (including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the World Health Organization or an industry group) in relation to, arising out of, in connection with or in response to an epidemic, pandemic or disease outbreak (including COVID-19), or any change in such Law, directive, guideline, recommendation or interpretation thereof.

 

Credit Facility” means the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated of December 26, 2018, by and between the Company and Silicon Valley Bank.

 

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Data Protection Requirements” means, collectively, all applicable Laws and external Company policies relating to privacy, data security, data protection and the processing of Personal Data, including the Federal Trade Commission Act, the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and any Laws implementing that Regulation, the UK Data Protection Act 2018 and the UK General Data Protection Regulation as defined by the UK Data Protection Act 2018 as amended by the Data Protection, Privacy and Electronic Communications (Amendments etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

 

Environmental Laws” means any and all applicable Laws relating to pollution, protection of the environment (including natural resources) or worker and public health and safety (solely to the extent related to exposure to Hazardous Materials), including those related to the manufacture, generation, use, storage, distribution, transport, importing, labeling, handling, Release, or cleanup of, or exposure of any Person to, Hazardous Materials.

 

Equity Securities” means, with respect to any Person, (i) any shares of capital or capital stock, partnership, membership, joint venture or similar interest, or other voting securities of, or other ownership interest in, such Person, (ii) any securities of such Person convertible into or exchangeable for cash or shares of capital or capital stock or other voting securities of, or other ownership interests in, such Person, (iii) any warrants, calls, subscriptions, options or other rights (including preemptive rights) to subscribe for, purchase or acquire from such Person, or other obligations of such Person to issue, any shares of capital or capital stock or other voting securities of, or other ownership interests in, or securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital or capital stock, or other voting securities of, or other ownership interests in, such Person, or (iv) any restricted shares, stock appreciation rights, restricted units, performance units, contingent value rights, “phantom” stock or similar securities, profit participation, equity-based awards, or rights issued by or with the approval of such Person that are derivative of, or provide economic benefits based, directly or indirectly, on the value or price of, any shares of capital or capital stock or other voting securities of, other ownership interests in, or any business, products or assets of, such Person.

 

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974.

 

ERISA Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, each business or entity that is a member of a “controlled group of corporations” under “common control” or a member of an “affiliated service group” with such Person within the meaning of Sections 414(b), (c), or (m) of the Code or Section 4001(b)(1) of ERISA, or required to be aggregated with such Person under Section 414(o) of the Code, or under “common control” with such Person within the meaning of Section 4001(a)(14) of ERISA.

 

Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

Foreign Benefit Plan” means each Company Benefit Plan maintained by the Company and its Subsidiaries for its current or former employees, officers, directors, owners or other individual service providers located outside of the United States.

 

Fraud” means with respect to a Party, actual common law fraud with respect to the making of the express representations and warranties by such Party in Article IV or Article V, as applicable; provided, however, that such fraud of a Party shall only be deemed to exist if such Party had actual knowledge (and not imputed or constructive knowledge) at the time of making the applicable representations or warranties of a misrepresentation with respect to the representations and warranties made by such Party in Article IV or Article V, as applicable, as qualified by the Company Disclosures Schedules or the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, as applicable, and such misrepresentation was made with the actual intention of deceiving the other Party who is relying on such representation or warranty. For the avoidance of doubt, and notwithstanding anything to the contrary, “Fraud” shall not include any fraud claims based on constructive knowledge, negligent misrepresentation, recklessness or any similar theory.

 

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GAAP” means United States generally accepted accounting principles, consistently applied.

 

Government Official” means any officer or employee of a Governmental Authority or any department, agency or instrumentality thereof, including state-owned entities, or of a public organization or any person acting in an official capacity for or on behalf of any such government, department, agency, or instrumentality or on behalf of any such public organization.

 

Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, provincial, municipal, local or foreign government, governmental authority, regulatory or administrative agency, governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency or instrumentality, court, arbitral body (public or private) or tribunal.

 

Governmental Order” means any order, judgment, verdict, subpoena, injunction, decree, writ, ruling, stipulation, determination or award, in each case, entered by or with any Governmental Authority.

 

Hazardous Material” means any material, substance or waste that is listed, regulated, or otherwise defined as “hazardous,” “toxic,” or “radioactive,” or as a “pollutant” or “contaminant” (or words of similar intent or meaning) under Environmental Laws, including petroleum or any fraction thereof, petroleum by-products, asbestos or asbestos-containing material, polychlorinated biphenyls, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, flammable or explosive substances, or pesticides.

 

HSR Act” means the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Improvements Act of 1976, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property rights anywhere in the world, including all: (i) issued patents, patent applications (including divisionals, continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, reexaminations and reissues thereof), and intellectual property rights in inventions (whether or not patentable), (ii) trademarks, service marks, trade names and trade dress, slogans, indicia of origin, and all registrations, applications and renewals in connection therewith and all goodwill symbolized by the foregoing, (iii) copyrights, any other intellectual property rights in works of authorship, and all registrations and applications in connection therewith, (iv) internet domain names and social media handles, (v) intellectual property rights in software, computer applications, source codes and object codes, and (vi) trade secrets, and any other intellectual property rights in know-how, technologies, databases, processes, techniques, protocols, methods, formulae, algorithms, layouts, designs, specifications and confidential information.

 

Intellectual Property Registrations” means all Intellectual Property that is issued by or registered or applied-for with any Governmental Authority or authorized private registrar in any jurisdiction, including registered trademarks, domain name registrations and copyright registrations, issued and reissued patents, and pending applications for any of the foregoing, in each case, that is included in Owned Intellectual Property.

 

Intervening Event” means a material change, occurrence, or development that (i) has a material adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) and (ii) was not known, or reasonably foreseeable, to the board of directors of Acquiror as of or prior to the date hereof; provided, however, that, notwithstanding anything herein or otherwise to the contrary, none of the following (or the result, consequences or effect of any of the following), each individually or when taken together, shall constitute, or be taken into account in determining whether there has been or will be, an Intervening Event: (i) any change in the price or trading volume of capital stock of Acquiror, (ii) any alternative transaction(s) to the Transactions (including any SPAC Alternative Transactions), or the making or anticipated proposal thereof, (iii) any other market reaction (including by analysts, Acquiror actual or prospective equityholders, the media or otherwise) to the Transactions, or (iv) any other change, event, occurrence, effect or circumstance that is excluded when determining whether a Company Material Adverse Effect has occurred or would be expected to occur pursuant to the definition thereof.

 

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IT Systems” means all software, computer and information technology systems, servers, networks, databases, computer hardware and equipment, information, record keeping, communications, telecommunications, interfaces, platforms, and peripherals that are owned, used or controlled by or for the business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

ITA” means the Israel Tax Authority.

 

ITO” means the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance [New Version], 1961, and all rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Law” means any statute, act, code, law (including common law), ordinance, rule, regulation or Governmental Order, in each case, of any Governmental Authority.

 

Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, easement, right- of-way, charge, security interest, preemptive right, collateral assignment, option, right of first refusal, or other lien of any kind (other than, in the case of a security of a Person, (x) any restriction on transfer of such security arising under securities Laws or (y) restrictions under the Organizational Documents of the applicable Person).

 

Multiemployer Plan” has the meaning set forth in Section (3)37 or Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.

 

Named Parties” means with respect to this Agreement, the Parties.

 

NYSE” means the New York Stock Exchange.

 

OFAC” has the meaning specified in the definition of Sanctions Laws.

 

Open Source Software” means any (a) software licensed or distributed as free software, open source software, or under similar licensing or distribution models, or (b) software that requires as a condition of use, modification or distribution that such software, including software licensed or distributed under any of the following licenses or distribution models, or licenses or distribution models similar to any of the following: GNU’s General Public License (GPL) or Lesser/Library GPL (LGPL), Copyleft License, Common Public License, the Artistic License (e.g., PERL), BSD, MIT, the Mozilla Public License, the Netscape Public License, the Sun Community Source License (SCSL), Affero General Public License (AGPL), the Sun Industry Source License (SISL) and the Apache Software License.

 

Option Conversion Schedule” means a schedule in the form attached hereto as Exhibit N setting forth the number of shares subject to, and the exercise price of, the vested and unvested Acquiror Options to be delivered to each holder of Company Options pursuant to Section 3.05(a), to be delivered by the Company to Acquiror at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date.

 

Organizational Documents” means the legal document(s) by which any Person (other than an individual) establishes its legal existence or which govern its internal affairs. For example (and without limitation), the “Organizational Documents” of a corporation are its certificate of incorporation and by- laws, the “Organizational Documents” of a limited partnership are its limited partnership agreement and certificate of limited partnership, the “Organizational Documents” of a limited liability company are its operating agreement and certificate of formation and the “Organizational Documents” of an exempted company are its memorandum and articles of association.

 

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Owned Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property that is owned (or purported to be owned) by the Company or its Subsidiaries, individually or jointly with others.

 

Paycheck Protection Program” means the Paycheck Protection Program from the U.S. Small Business Administration in connection with the CARES Act.

 

PCAOB” means the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board.

 

Permits” means all permits, licenses, franchises, approvals, consents, authorizations, registrations, certificates, variances and similar rights obtained, or required to be obtained, from Governmental Authorities.

 

Permitted Liens” means (i) statutory or common law Liens of mechanics, materialmen, warehousemen, landlords, carriers, repairmen, construction contractors and other similar Liens that arise in the ordinary course of business, that relate to amounts not yet delinquent or that are being contested in good faith through appropriate Actions or that may thereafter be paid without penalty to the extent appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (ii) ordinary course purchase money Liens and Liens securing rental payments under operating or capital lease arrangements for amounts not yet due or payable, (iii) Liens for Taxes not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith through appropriate Actions for which appropriate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP, (iv) Liens, defects or imperfections on title, encumbrances and restrictions on real property (including easements, covenants, rights of way and similar restrictions of record) that (A) are matters of record, (B) would be discovered by a current, accurate survey or physical inspection of such real property or (C) do not materially interfere with the present uses of, or materially impair the value of, such real property affected thereby, (v) zoning, building, entitlement and other land use and environmental regulations promulgated by any Governmental Authority that do not, in the aggregate, materially interfere with the current use of, or materially impair the value of, such real property, (vi) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property granted to customers entered into in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (vii) Liens securing the Credit Facility, (viii) Liens that secure obligations that are reflected as liabilities on the Most Recent Balance Sheet, (ix) Liens that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (x) the interests of third party landlord’s and sublandlord’s under leases, subleases and similar agreements with respect to the Leased Real Property, and (xi) Liens described on Schedule 1.01(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules.

 

Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, limited liability company, incorporated or unincorporated association, joint venture, joint stock company, Governmental Authority or other entity of any kind.

 

Personal Data” means any information relating to an identified or identifiable natural person, and is defined as “personal data” or “personal information” under Data Protection Requirements.

 

PPP Loan” means the U.S. Small Business Administration Paycheck Protection Program Note, by and between Silicon Valley Bank and the Company, dated April 21, 2020.

 

Registration Statement” means the Registration Statement on Form S-4, or other appropriate form, including any pre-effective or post-effective amendments or supplements thereto, to be filed with the SEC by Acquiror under the Securities Act with respect to the Registration Statement Securities.

 

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Release” means any spilling, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, migrating, dumping, abandonment, disposing or other release into or through the environment (including, without limitation, ambient air (indoor or outdoor), surface water, groundwater, land surface or subsurface strata).

 

Representative” means, as to any Person, any of the officers, directors, managers, employees, counsel, accountants, financial advisors, and consultants of such Person.

 

Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval” means the approval of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters by the affirmative vote of the holders of the requisite number of Acquiror Shares entitled to vote thereon as described in Section 5.02(b), whether in person or by proxy at the Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting (or any adjournment thereof), in accordance with Acquiror’s Organizational Documents and applicable Law.

 

Restricted Payments” means any of the following: (i) any dividend or distribution or any similar payments (whether in cash, stock or property or any combination thereof) declared, paid or made by the Company in respect of its Equity Securities; (ii) any payments made by the Company or its Subsidiaries to any Stockholder Related Parties including in respect of management fees, monitoring fees, transaction advisory fees, supervisory or stockholder’s fees, or other similar fees; (iii) redemption, repurchase or repayment of Equity Securities of the Company other than redemptions of the Company Options or Company Warrants, or conversion thereof into other Equity Securities of the Company, in each case, in accordance with the terms thereof; (iv) any payments made by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to a third-party to the extent made to discharge, indemnify or guaranty a liability or obligation of any Stockholder Related Party that is not otherwise a liability of the Company or its Subsidiaries; or (v) any bonus, incentive, retention, change in control, transaction-based or discretionary payment or right or other compensation or benefit (regardless of whether related to the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement or otherwise) (including, without duplication, Taxes payable by the payor of such amounts in connection with the payment of such amounts) to either (x) the directors of the Company or (y) officers of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, in no event shall “Restricted Payments” include (1) payments to any (A) portfolio company of any investment fund affiliated with, advised or managed by any Company Sponsor or any of its Affiliates, or (B) limited partners or other direct or indirect investors in any investment fund affiliated with, advised or managed by any Company Sponsor or any of its Affiliates, or any of the respective Affiliates of any such limited partners or investors, in each case to the extent such payments constitute compensation for services or products provided by such Persons to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (2) any amounts payable to the Stockholder Related Parties as director fees or director or officer expense reimbursement in amounts and frequency made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice (or any other reasonable and customarily reimbursable fees and expenses of any director or officer), (3) any payment by the Company or its Subsidiaries in respect of salary or other ordinary course compensation, reimbursement or advancement of reasonable expenses, or other benefits due to an individual in his or her capacity as a director, officer, employee or other service provider of the Company or its Subsidiaries, in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (4) transaction bonuses and change in control payments payable to officers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the aggregate amount set forth in Schedule 1.01(b)(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, (5) any payments (including in respect of interest, expense reimbursement, indemnities or otherwise) made pursuant to the terms of the Contracts governing the Credit Facility or other indebtedness of the Company or its Subsidiaries (whether paid directly to the counterparties to such Contracts or indirectly through or by any Stockholder Related Parties), or (6) any payments as set forth on Schedule 1.01(b)(ii) of the Company Disclosure Schedules.

 

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Sanctioned Country” means any country or territory that is the subject or target of a comprehensive embargo under Sanctions Laws (at the time of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and the Crimea region of Ukraine).

 

Sanctioned Person” means any Person that is (or was at the relevant time) (i) the subject or target of Sanctions Laws or Trade Control Laws, (ii) listed on any restricted or prohibited party list under Sanctions Laws or Trade Control Laws, including OFAC’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons List, OFAC’s Sectoral Sanctions Identification List, OFAC’s Non-SDN Communist Chinese Military Companies List, BIS’ Entity List, BIS’ Denied Persons List, BIS’ Unverified List, the UN Security Council Consolidated List, UK Consolidated Financial Sanctions List, and the EU Consolidated List; (iii) incorporated, organized, located, or resident in a Sanctioned Country; or (iv) any Person owned or controlled by Person(s) described under clauses (i), (ii) or (iii).

 

Sanctions Laws” means economic or trade sanctions Laws administered or enforced by the United States (including by the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”), the U.S. Department of State, and the U.S. Department of Commerce), Her Majesty’s Treasury of the United Kingdom, the European Union, the United Nations Security Council or other applicable Governmental Authorities.

 

SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

Secondary Sale Amount” means an amount determined by the Company prior to the Closing; provided that such amount shall not be greater than (i) the Available Closing Acquiror Cash minus (ii) $150,000,000; provided, further, that, for the avoidance of doubt, if the Available Closing Acquiror Cash equals or is less than $150,000,000, the Secondary Sale Amount shall equal zero (0).

 

Secondary Sale Shares” means such number and type of shares of Company Capital Stock determined by the Company, and treated, in connection with the Closing, as set forth in this Agreement.

 

Section 102 Shares” means shares of Company Common Stock that have been issued upon the exercise of any Company 102 Options and are held by the 102 Trustee pursuant to the Israeli Tax Ordinance.

 

Section 102 Options” means Company Options granted under Section 102 of the Israeli Tax Ordinance.

 

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

Securities Laws” means the securities Laws of any state, federal or foreign Governmental Authority and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

Specified Company Stockholder” means each Company Stockholder set forth on Schedule 1.01(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedules.

 

Sponsor” means ION Holdings 2, LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership.

 

Sponsor Side Letter” means that certain letter, dated February 10, 2021, by and among the Acquiror, the Sponsor and certain of the directors and officers of the Acquiror signatories thereto.

 

Stockholder Related Party” means (i) the Company Stockholders or (ii) any Affiliate of the Company Stockholders other than the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

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Subsidiary” means, with respect to a Person, any corporation or other organization (including a limited liability company or a partnership), whether incorporated or unincorporated, of which such Person directly or indirectly owns or controls a majority of the Equity Securities having by their terms ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors or others performing similar functions with respect to such corporation or other organization or any organization of which such Person or any of its Subsidiaries is, directly or indirectly, a general partner or managing member.

 

Tax” means any federal, state, provincial, territorial, local, foreign and other net income tax, alternative or add-on minimum tax, franchise tax, gross income, adjusted gross income or gross receipts tax, employment related tax (including employee withholding or employer payroll tax) ad valorem, transfer, franchise, license, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, personal property, real property, capital stock, profits, disability, registration, value added, estimated, customs duties, and sales or use tax, or other tax, in each case imposed by any Governmental Authority, together with any interest, penalty, addition to tax or additional amount imposed with respect thereto (or in lieu thereof) by a Governmental Authority.

 

Tax Return” means any return, report, statement, refund, claim, declaration, information return, statement, estimate or other document filed or required to be filed with a Governmental Authority in respect of Taxes, including any schedule or attachment thereto and including any amendments thereof.

 

Trade Control Laws” means (a) all U.S. and non-U.S. Laws relating to customs or import Laws, export control and trade Laws, including the Export Administration Regulations, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations and the customs and import Laws administered by U.S. Customs and Border Protection; and (b) U.S. Antiboycott Laws.

 

Transaction Agreements” means this Agreement, the Sponsor Support Agreement, the Subscription Agreements, the Investor Rights Agreement, the Acquiror Restated Charter, the Acquiror Restated Bylaws, the Company Stockholder Support Agreements, the Secondary PSA, the Confidentiality Agreement and all the agreements, documents, instruments and certificates entered into in connection herewith or therewith and any and all exhibits and schedules thereto.

 

Transactions” means the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including the Domestication, the PIPE Investment, the Secondary Sale and the Mergers.

 

Treasury Regulations” means the regulations promulgated under the Code.

 

Valid Withholding Certificate” means a valid certificate or ruling issued by the Israel Tax Authority in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Paying Agent, the Company and Acquiror: (a) exempting from the duty to withhold Israeli Taxes with respect to the applicable payment; (b) determining the applicable rate of Israeli Taxes to be withheld from the applicable payment; or (c) providing any other instructions regarding the payment or withholding with respect to the applicable payment. A ruling, or interim ruling, issued by ITA under Section 104H or Section 102 of the ITO, providing (among other things) an exemption from Israeli Tax withholding, shall be considered a Valid Withholding Certificate.

 

WARN Act” means the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 or any similar Law.

 

Warrant Agreement” means the Warrant Agreement, dated as of February 10, 2021, by and between Acquiror and the Trustee.

 

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Willful Breach” means, with respect to a Party, a material breach of a representation, warranty, covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement, as applicable, that is the consequence of a willful and intentional act or omission by such Party with the actual knowledge of such Party that such act or omission would result in such a material breach.

 

Section 1.02 Construction.

 

(a) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words of any gender include each other gender, (ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, (iii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement, (iv) the terms “Article”, “Section”, “Schedule”, “Exhibit” and “Annex” refer to the specified Article, Section, Schedule, Exhibit or Annex of or to this Agreement unless otherwise specified, (v) the word “including” shall mean “including without limitation,” (vi) the word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive and have the meaning represented by the term “and/or”, and (vii) the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject matter or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”.

 

(b) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to Contracts shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments and other modifications thereto (subject to any restrictions on amendments or modifications set forth in this Agreement).

 

(c) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to statutes shall include all regulations promulgated thereunder and references to Laws shall be construed as including all Laws consolidating, amending or replacing the Law.

 

(d) The language used in this Agreement shall be deemed to be the language chosen by the Parties to express their mutual intent and no rule of strict construction shall be applied against any Party.

 

(e) Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified. If any action is to be taken or given on or by a particular calendar day, and such calendar day is not a Business Day, then such action may be deferred until the next Business Day.

 

(f) The phrases “provided to Acquiror,” “delivered to Acquiror”, “furnished to Acquiror,” “made available to Acquiror” and phrases of similar import when used herein, unless the context otherwise requires, means that a copy of the information or material referred to has been made available to Acquiror no later than 5:00 p.m. on the day prior to the date of this Agreement (i) in the virtual “data room” maintained by Datasite that has been set up by the Company in connection with this Agreement or (ii) by delivery to such Party or its legal counsel via electronic mail or hard copy form.

 

(g) References to “$” or “dollar” or “US$” shall be references to United States dollars.

 

(h) all references to “or” shall be construed in the inclusive sense of “and/or.”

 

Section 1.03 Table of Defined Terms.

 

Term   Section
“104H Tax Rulings”   Section 3.04(c)
“Acquiror”   Preamble
“Acquiror Board Recommendation”   Recitals

 

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Term   Section
“Acquiror Designated Person”   Section 11.17(a)
“Acquiror ESPP”   Section 7.07
“Acquiror Incentive Equity Plan”   Section 7.07
“Acquiror Preferred Stock”   Section 5.11(a)
“Acquiror Prior Counsel”   Section 11.17
“Acquiror Restated Bylaws”   Recitals
“Acquiror Restated Charter”   Recitals
“Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting”   Section 8.02(d),
“Additional Financial Statements”   Section 6.04
“Agreement”   Preamble
“Alternative Transaction Structure”   Section 2.06(b)
“Audited Financial Statements”   Section 4.08(a)
“CBA”   Section 4.13(a)(viii)
“Certificate of Domestication”   Section 2.01
“Change in Recommendation”   Section 7.10(a)
“Closing”   Section 3.03(a)
“Closing Date”   Section 3.03(a)
“Closing Press Release”   Section 8.05(c)
“Company”   Preamble
“Company Alternative Transaction”   Section 8.03(a)
“Company Board Recommendation”   Recitals
“Company Designated Person”   Section 11.17(a)
“Company Permits”   Section 4.12
“Company Prepared Returns”   Section 8.04(e)
“Company Stockholder Approval”   Section 6.09
“Company Stockholder Support Agreement”   Recitals
“Confidentiality Agreement”   Section 11.09
“Consideration Issuance”   Section 3.02(c)
“Consideration Period”   Section 7.10(b)
“Conversion/Domestication Intended Tax Treatment”   Recitals
“D&O Indemnitees”   Section 7.01(a)
“D&O Tail Policy”   Section 7.01(c)
“Designated Person”   Section 11.17(a)
“DGCL”   Recitals
“DLLCA”   Recitals
“Dissenting Shares”   Section 3.06
“Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock”   Recitals
“Domesticated Acquiror Unit”   Recitals
“Domesticated Acquiror Warrant”   Recitals
“Domestication”   Recitals
“Domestication Effective Time”   Section 2.01
“Electing Payees”   Section 3.04(c)
“Enforceability Exceptions”   Section 4.03
“Exchange Agent”   Section 3.02(a)
“Existing Representation”   Section 11.17(a)
“Financial Statements”   Section 4.08(a)
“First Certificate of Merger”   Section 2.02
“First Effective Time”   Section 2.02
“First Merger”   Recitals

 

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Term   Section
“Insurance Policies”   Section 4.17
“Intended Tax Treatment”   Recitals
“Interim 104H Tax Ruling”   Section 3.04(c)
“Interim Financial Statements”   Section 4.08(a)
“Interim Period”   Section 6.01
“Intervening Event Notice”   Section 7.10(b)
“Investor Rights Agreement”   Recitals
“Israeli Payees”   Section 3.04(c)
“Leased Real Property”   Section 4.18(a)
“Letter of Transmittal”   Section 3.02(b)
“Merger Sub 1”   Preamble
“Merger Sub 2”   Preamble
“Mergers”   Recitals
“Mergers Intended Tax Treatment”   Recitals
“Most Recent Balance Sheet”   Section 4.08(a)
“NIS”   Section 3.04(b)
“Non-Recourse Party”   Section 11.14
“Options Tax Ruling”   Section 3.04(c)
“Party”   Preamble
“Payee”   Section 3.04(a)
“Paying Agent”   Section 3.04(b)
“PCAOB Financial Statements”   Section 6.04
“PIPE Investment”   Recitals
“PIPE Investment Amount”   Section 5.13
“PIPE Investors”   Section 5.13
“Post-Closing Matter”   Section 11.17(a)
“Post-Closing Representations”   Section 11.17(a)
“Pre-Closing Designated Persons”   Section 11.17(b)
“Pre-Closing Privileges”   Section 11.17(b)
“Prior Counsel”   Section 11.17(a)
“Privileged Materials”   Section 11.17(c)
“Proxy Statement”   Section 8.02(a)
“Proxy Statement/Registration Statement”   Section 8.02(a)
“Real Property Leases”   Section 4.18(a)
“Registration Statement Effective Date”   Section 8.02(a)
“Registration Statement Securities”   Section 8.02(a)
“Residency Declaration”   Section 3.04(b)
“SEC Reports”   Section 5.08(a)
“Second Certificate of Merger”   Section 2.02
“Second Effective Time”   Section 2.02
“Second Merger”   Recitals
“Secondary PSA”   Section 3.03(b)
“Secondary Sale”   Recitals
“Secondary Selling Stockholder”   Recitals
“SPAC Alternative Transaction”   Section 8.03(b)
“Specified Contracts”   Section 4.13(a)
“Specified Payee”   Section 3.04(b)
“Specified Representations”   Section 9.02(a)(i)
“Sponsor Support Agreement”   Recitals
“Subscription Agreement”   Recitals

 

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Term   Section
“Surviving Corporation”   Recitals
“Surviving Entity”   Recitals
“Termination Date”   Section 10.01(c)
“Top Customer”   Section 4.24(a)
“Top Supplier”   Section 4.24(b)
“Transaction Litigation”   Section 8.01(f)
“Transfer Taxes”   Section 8.04(d)
“Trust Account”   Section 5.06(a)
“Trust Agreement”   Section 5.06(a)
“Trustee”   Section 5.06(a)
“Withholding Drop Date”   Section 3.04(b)

 

Section 1.04 Equitable Adjustments. Without limiting anything contained in this Agreement (including Section 6.01(i), Section 6.01(j) and Section 7.02(a)(ii)), if, between the date of this Agreement and the Closing, the outstanding shares of Company Capital Stock or Acquiror Shares shall have been changed into a different number of shares or a different class, by reason of any stock dividend, subdivision, reclassification, reorganization, recapitalization, split or combination or exchange of shares, then any number or amount contained herein which is based upon the number of shares of Company Capital Stock or Acquiror Shares, as applicable, will be appropriately adjusted to provide to the holders of Company Capital Stock or the holders of Acquiror Shares, as applicable, the same economic effect as contemplated by this Agreement prior to such event; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, this Section 1.04 shall not be construed to permit any Acquiror Party or the Company to take any action with respect to their respective securities that is prohibited by the terms and conditions of this Agreement. For clarity, this Section 1.04 shall not apply to (i) the issuance of Acquiror Shares pursuant to the Subscription Agreements or (ii) the conversion of Acquiror Shares into Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock.

 

Section 1.05 Knowledge. As used herein, (i) the phrase “to the Knowledge of” or “the Knowledge of” the Company shall mean the knowledge of the individuals identified on Schedule 1.05(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules and (ii) the phrase “to the Knowledge” or “the Knowledge of” Acquiror shall mean the knowledge of the individuals identified on Schedule 1.05(b) of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, in each case, as such individuals would have actually acquired in the exercise of a reasonable inquiry of his, her or their direct reports, prior to the date of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE II

THE MERGER

 

Section 2.01 The Mergers; Domestication.

 

(a) After all of the conditions set forth in Article IX have been satisfied or waived (other than Section 9.03(g) (Domestication) and those conditions that by their terms or nature are to be satisfied at the Closing), but no later than one day prior to the Closing Date, Acquiror shall change its jurisdiction of incorporation from the Cayman Islands to the State of Delaware by (i) deregistering as a Cayman Islands exempted company pursuant to and in accordance with Sections 206 through 209 of the Companies Act and (ii) continuing and domesticating as a Delaware corporation pursuant to and in accordance with Section 388 of the DGCL. Acquiror will effect the Domestication by (A) filing all applicable notices, undertakings and other documents required to be filed, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, paying all applicable fees required to paid, and causing the satisfaction of all other conditions to deregistration required to be satisfied, in each case, under Section 206 of the Companies Act and in accordance therewith and (B) filing a certificate of corporate domestication, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Company (the “Certificate of Domestication”), and the Acquiror Restated Charter simultaneously with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with Section 388 of the DGCL. The Domestication shall become effective under the DGCL at the time the Certificate of Domestication and the Acquiror Restated Charter are accepted for filing by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware or at such later time as may be mutually agreed by the Company and Acquiror and specified in each of the Certificate of Domestication and the Acquiror Restated Charter. The time at which the Domestication actually becomes effective under the DGCL is referred to herein as the “Domestication Effective Time”. At the Domestication Effective Time, the Organizational Documents of Acquiror shall be amended and restated such that (i) the Acquiror Restated Charter shall be the certificate of incorporation of Acquiror until thereafter amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the applicable provisions thereof and of the DGCL and (ii) the Acquiror Restated Bylaws shall be the bylaws of Acquiror until thereafter amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the applicable provisions thereof and of the Acquiror Restated Charter and the DGCL. At the First Effective Time, the Acquiror Restated Charter shall be amended to change Acquiror’s name to “Innovid Corp.”.

 

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(b) At the First Effective Time, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, Merger Sub 1 shall be merged with and into the Company, following which the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub 1 shall cease and the Company shall continue as the Surviving Corporation after the First Merger and as a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Acquiror (provided that references to the Company for periods after the First Effective Time until the Second Effective Time shall include the Surviving Corporation).

 

(c) At the Second Effective Time, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein and in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL and DLLCA, the Surviving Corporation shall be merged with and into Merger Sub 2, following which the separate corporate existence of the Surviving Corporation shall cease and Merger Sub 2 shall continue as the Surviving Entity after the Second Merger and as a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Acquiror (provided that references to the Company for periods after the Second Effective Time shall include the Surviving Entity).

 

Section 2.02 Effective Times. On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, following the Domestication and at the Closing, Merger Sub 1 shall cause the First Merger to be consummated by filing the certificate of merger in substantially the form of Exhibit H attached hereto (the “First Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL, and the time of such filing, or such later time as may be agreed in writing by the Company and Acquiror and specified in the First Certificate of Merger, will be the effective time of and constitute the consummation of the First Merger (the “First Effective Time”). On the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein, immediately following the consummation of the First Merger, Merger Sub 2 shall cause the Second Merger to be consummated by filing the certificate of merger in substantially the form of Exhibit I attached hereto (the “Second Certificate of Merger”) with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL and DLLCA, and the time of such filing will be the effective time of and constitute the consummation of the Second Merger (the “Second Effective Time”).

 

Section 2.03 Effect of the Mergers. The effect of the First Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement, the First Certificate of Merger and the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the First Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of Merger Sub 1 and the Company shall become the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of the Surviving Corporation. The effect of the Second Merger shall be as provided in this Agreement, the Second Certificate of Merger and the applicable provisions of the DGCL and the DLLCA. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Second Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of Merger Sub 2 and the Surviving Corporation shall become the property, rights, privileges, agreements, powers and franchises, debts, liabilities, duties and obligations of the Surviving Entity.

 

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Section 2.04 Organizational Documents. At the First Effective Time, the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation shall be amended to read the same as the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Merger Sub 1 as in effect immediately prior to the First Effective Time (with such changes as may be agreed in writing by Acquiror and the Company) and, as so amended, such certificate of incorporation and bylaws shall be the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended as provided therein and under the DGCL. At the Second Effective Time, the certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement of Merger Sub 2 as in effect immediately prior to the Second Effective Time substantially in the forms attached as Exhibits J and K hereto shall be the certificate of formation and limited liability company agreement of the Surviving Entity, until thereafter amended as provided therein and under the DLLCA, in each case subject to the obligations set forth in Section 7.01. The certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Acquiror as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time (which shall be in the form attached as Exhibits A and B hereto (with such changes as may be agreed in writing by Acquiror and the Company) upon effectiveness of the Domestication), shall be the certificate of incorporation and bylaws of Acquiror from and after the First Effective Time, until thereafter amended as provided therein and under the DGCL, in each case subject to the obligations set forth in Section 7.01.

 

Section 2.05 Directors and Officers of Surviving Corporation, Surviving Entity and Acquiror.

 

(a) Immediately after the First Effective Time, the individuals who were the board of directors of the Company shall be installed as the board of directors of the Surviving Corporation and the officers of the Company immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Corporation.

 

(b) Immediately after the Second Effective Time, the individuals who were the officers of the Surviving Corporation immediately prior to the Second Effective Time shall be the officers of the Surviving Entity.

 

(c) From and after the Second Effective Time, the Persons identified as the initial post- Closing directors of Acquiror in accordance with the provisions of Section 8.06 shall be the directors of Acquiror, each to hold office in accordance with the Organizational Documents of Acquiror (as in effect following the Domestication). Acquiror shall take all actions necessary to effect the foregoing.

 

Section 2.06 Further Assurances.

 

(a) If, at any time after the First Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Corporation following the First Merger with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Company and Merger Sub 1, the Parties and their respective directors, officers and members are fully authorized in the name of the applicable Party or its successor or otherwise to take, and shall take, all such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement. If, at any time after the Second Effective Time, any further action is necessary or desirable to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and to vest the Surviving Entity following the Second Merger with full right, title and possession to all assets, property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of the Surviving Corporation and Merger Sub 2, the Parties and their respective directors, officers and members are fully authorized in the name of the applicable Party or its successor or otherwise to take, and shall take, all such lawful and necessary action, so long as such action is not inconsistent with this Agreement.

 

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(b) If, after the date hereof but prior to receipt of the Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval, the Company and Acquiror mutually determine (acting reasonably and in good faith) that the Mergers may result in material tax liabilities on the Company and its Subsidiaries, the Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to restructure the transactions contemplated hereby (such restructured transactions, the “Alternative Transaction Structure”) in a manner that is reasonably expected to minimize such tax liabilities and any other expenses that may be incurred in connection with the Alternative Transaction Structure; provided, that no Alternative Transaction Structure shall (i) alter or change the amount, kind or allocation of the Aggregate Stock Consideration provided for in this Agreement, (ii) adversely affect the Tax treatment of any of the Parties pursuant to this Agreement or their respective shareholders or warrantholders, (iii) materially impede or delay the receipt of any consents or approvals of or the completion of any filings or registrations with any Governmental Authority in connection with the Transactions, or (iv) materially impede or delay consummation of the Transactions.

 

ARTICLE III

MERGER CONSIDERATION; CLOSING

 

Section 3.01 Conversion of Securities.

 

(a) At the First Effective Time, by virtue of the First Merger and without any action on the part of any holder of Company Capital Stock, each share of Company Capital Stock, in each case, that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time (other than (i) any shares of Company Capital Stock subject to Company Awards (which shall be subject to Section 3.05(a)), (ii) any shares of Company Capital Stock held in the treasury of the Company, which treasury shares shall be canceled as part of the First Merger and shall not constitute “Company Capital Stock” hereunder (each such share, a “Treasury Share”), (iii) Dissenting Shares and (iv) Secondary Sale Shares), shall be canceled and converted into the right to receive the applicable portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration as determined pursuant to Section 3.01(c). At the First Effective Time, all Company Capital Stock that have been converted into a right to receive the applicable portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration as provided in this Section 3.01(a) shall no longer be outstanding, shall be extinguished automatically and shall cease to exist, and each former holder of such Company Capital Stock that were outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time will cease to have any rights with respect to such shares of Company Capital Stock, except for the right to receive the applicable portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration as determined pursuant to Section 3.01(c).

 

(b) At the First Effective Time, each issued and outstanding share of common stock of Merger Sub 1 shall be converted into and become one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of the Surviving Corporation, which shall constitute the only outstanding shares of capital stock of the Surviving Corporation as of immediately following the First Effective Time. From and after the First Effective Time, all certificates representing the common stock of Merger Sub 1 (if any) shall be deemed for all purposes to represent the number of shares of common stock of the Surviving Corporation into which they were converted in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence.

 

(c) Each holder of shares of Company Capital Stock as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time (other than in respect of (w) Secondary Sale Shares, (x) Treasury Shares, (y) Dissenting Shares, and (z) any shares of Company Common Stock subject to Company Awards (which shall be subject to Section 3.05(a)) shall be entitled to receive a portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration (i) based upon the applicable liquidation preferences and other rights, preferences and privileges of such class or series of the Company Capital Stock as set forth in the Company’s Organizational Documents, and (ii) allocated in accordance with and subject to the Allocation Schedule, with fractional shares rounded down to the nearest whole share.

 

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(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no fractional shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock shall be issued in the First Merger.

 

(e) At the Second Effective Time, by virtue of the Second Merger and without any further action on the part of any Party or any other Person, (i) each share of common stock of the Surviving Corporation issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Second Effective Time will be cancelled and automatically extinguished without any conversion thereof or payment therefor and (ii) the limited liability company interests of Merger Sub 2 outstanding immediately prior to the Second Effective Time shall be converted into and become the limited liability company interests of the Surviving Entity.

 

Section 3.02 First Merger Exchange Procedures.

 

(a) Prior to the Closing, Acquiror shall appoint Acquiror’s transfer agent or another agent reasonably acceptable to the Company (the “Exchange Agent”) to act as the agent for the purpose of paying the Aggregate Stock Consideration to the Company Stockholders and Company Warrantholders.

 

(b) The Company (if prior to the Closing) or Acquiror (if after the Closing) shall send, or shall cause the Exchange Agent to send, to each record holder of shares of Company Capital Stock as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time a letter of transmittal and instructions substantially in the form attached to this Agreement as Exhibit L or such other form reasonably acceptable to the Company and Acquiror (which shall specify that the delivery shall be effected, and the risk of loss and title shall pass, only upon proper surrender of the underlying shares to the Exchange Agent in customary form) for use in such exchange (each, a “Letter of Transmittal”).

 

(c) Simultaneously with the First Effective Time, Acquiror shall issue and deliver to the Exchange Agent (for distribution to the Company Stockholders and the Company Warrantholders in accordance with the term of this Agreement (including the Allocation Schedule) the Aggregate Stock Consideration, which such shares shall be newly and validly issued, credited as fully paid, rank pari passu in all respects with the other shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock and be free and clear of any Liens (the “Consideration Issuance”). The Aggregate Stock Consideration so issued will be delivered in book entry form.

 

(d) Each holder of shares of Company Capital Stock that have been converted into the right to receive a portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration pursuant to Section 3.01(c) shall be entitled to receive such portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration pursuant to Section 3.01(c), upon receipt by the Exchange Agent of a duly completed and validly executed Letter of Transmittal and such other documents as may reasonably be requested by the Exchange Agent. No interest shall be paid or accrued upon the transfer of any share of Company Capital Stock.

 

(e) Each Company Warrantholder shall be entitled to receive such portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration pursuant to Section 3.05(b) and allocated in accordance with and subject to the Allocation Schedule, upon receipt of such documents as may reasonably be requested by the Company. No interest shall be paid or accrued upon the transfer of any share.

 

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(f) Promptly following the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date, Acquiror shall instruct the Exchange Agent to deliver to Acquiror all documents in its possession relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and the Exchange Agent’s duties shall terminate. Thereafter, any portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration that remains unclaimed following the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date shall be returned to Acquiror, and any Person that was a holder of shares of Company Capital Stock as of immediately prior to the First Effective Time that has not exchanged such Company Capital Stock for the applicable portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration in accordance with this Section 3.02 prior to the date that is the one-year anniversary of the Closing Date may transfer such shares of Company Capital Stock to Acquiror and (subject to applicable abandoned property, escheat and similar Laws) receive in consideration therefor, and Acquiror shall promptly deliver, such applicable portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration as set forth in Section 3.01(c) without any interest thereupon. None of Acquiror, Merger Subs, the Company, the Surviving Corporation, the Surviving Entity or the Exchange Agent shall be liable to any Person in respect of any of the Aggregate Stock Consideration delivered to a public official pursuant to and in accordance with any applicable abandoned property, escheat or similar Laws. If any such shares shall not have been transferred immediately prior to such date on which any amounts payable pursuant to this Article III would otherwise escheat to or become the property of any Governmental Authority, any such amounts shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of the Surviving Entity, free and clear of all claims or interest of any Person previously entitled thereto.

 

Section 3.03 Closing; Secondary Sale.

 

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the consummation of the Mergers (the “Closing”) shall take place at the offices of Latham & Watkins LLP, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, New York, New York 10020 or electronically by the mutual exchange of electronic signatures (including portable document format on the date that is two (2) Business Days following the date on which all conditions set forth in Article IX have been satisfied or waived (other than those conditions that by their terms or nature are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver of such conditions at the Closing), or at such other place, time or date as Acquiror and the Company may mutually agree in writing. The date on which the Closing occurs is referred to herein as the “Closing Date.”

 

(b) At the Closing, immediately prior to the First Effective Time, Acquiror shall purchase from each Secondary Selling Stockholder the Secondary Sale Shares, for an aggregate purchase price equal to the Secondary Sale Amount in connection with the Secondary Sale. The Secondary Sale shall be effected pursuant to purchase and sale agreements, between Acquiror and the Selling Shareholders, each substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit M (the “Secondary PSA”). The Company, in its sole discretion, shall designate the Secondary Selling Stockholders and the number of Secondary Sale Shares to be sold by each such Secondary Selling Stockholder in the Secondary Sale. Acquiror shall duly execute and deliver to the Company each such Secondary PSA prior to the Closing Date.

 

(c) At the Closing, and simultaneously with the First Effective Time, Acquiror shall effect the Consideration Issuance.

 

(d) For the avoidance of doubt, the Closing, the First Effective Time and the Second Effective Time shall occur after the completion of the Domestication.

 

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Section 3.04 Withholding Rights.

 

(a) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, Acquiror, Merger Subs, the Company, the Surviving Corporation, the Surviving Entity, and their respective Affiliates shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from amounts otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement to any Person (such Person, a “Payee”), any amount required to be deducted and withheld with respect to the making of such payment under applicable Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld and timely paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority, such withheld amounts shall be treated for all purposes of this Agreement as having been paid to the Person in respect of which such deduction and withholding was made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, prior to making any such deduction or withholding in respect of amounts payable to any Company Equityholders (other than any deduction or withholding (i) in respect of any payroll withholding in connection with any payments that are compensatory in nature for U.S. federal income tax purposes, (ii) in respect of backup withholding under Section 3406 of the Code or (iii) attributable to the Company’s failure to deliver the certification required under Section 6.05), Acquiror shall use reasonable best efforts to provide the applicable Company Equityholder a reasonable opportunity to provide documentation establishing exemptions from or reductions of such withholdings, and shall reasonably cooperate with such Company Equityholder to reduce or eliminate any such deduction or withholding to the extent permitted by applicable Law. In the case of any such payment payable to employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries in connection with the Mergers treated as compensation, the Parties shall cooperate to pay such amounts through the Company’s or the relevant Subsidiary’s payroll to facilitate applicable withholding.

 

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 3.04(a), solely with respect to any Payee who is entitled to payments under this Agreement and (i) did not execute a declaration regarding its non- Israeli tax residence, in the form attached hereto as Exhibit O (a “Residency Declaration”), and (ii) did not provide a Valid Withholding Certificate, prior to the Closing Date (each, a “Specified Payee”), the consideration payable hereunder to such Specified Payee will be deposited with, and retained by, the a paying agent designated by the Company with reasonable consent of Acquiror (if so agreed, the 102 Trustee may also serve as the paying agent) (the “Paying Agent”) for the benefit of such Specified Payee for a period of up to 180 days from the Closing Date, or an earlier date requested in writing by the relevant Specified Payee (the “Withholding Drop Date”), and during which time unless otherwise requested by the ITA no payments shall be made to such Specified Payee and no amounts for Israeli Taxes shall be withheld from the payments deliverable pursuant to this Agreement, except as provided below and during which time such Specified Payee may provide a Residency Declaration or may obtain a Valid Withholding Certificate. In the event that no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the applicable Withholding Drop Date a Specified Payee submits a Residency Declaration or Valid Withholding Certificate then the Paying Agent shall release the payment to such Specified Payee in full, in the case a Residency Declaration is delivered by such Specified Payee, or, in the case a Valid Withholding Certificate is delivered by such Payee, act in accordance with such Valid Withholding Certificate (and in each such case, such Specified Payee shall no longer be considered a Specified Payee for the purpose of this Agreement). If a Specified Payee (A) does not provide the Paying Agent with a Residency Declaration or a Valid Withholding Certificate by no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Withholding Drop Date, or (B) submits a written request to the Paying Agent to release his, her or its portion of the applicable payment prior to the Withholding Drop Date and fails to submit a Residency Declaration or a Valid Withholding Certificate at or before such time, then the amount of Israeli Tax to be withheld from such Specified Payee’s applicable payment shall be calculated according to the applicable withholding rate and such amount will be calculated in New Israeli Shekels (“NIS”) based on the most-recent US$:NIS exchange rate known on the date the payment is actually made to such Specified Payee, which amount shall be timely delivered or caused to be delivered to the ITA by the Paying Agent, and the Paying Agent shall pay to such Specified Payee the balance of the payment due to such Specified Payee that is not so withheld. Any currency conversion commissions will be borne by the applicable payment recipient and deducted from payments to be made to such payment recipient. The Paying Agent will provide the Company and Acquiror prior to the Closing Date with an undertaking as required under Section 6.2.4.3 of the Israeli Income Tax Circular 19/2018 (Transaction for Sale of Rights in a Corporation that includes Consideration that will be transferred to the Seller at Future Dates).

 

In the event that the Paying Agent holds insufficient cash funds in order to discharge the Israeli withholding tax, the Paying Agent may take any required action, in its reasonable discretion, in order to fulfill its obligation to withhold Israeli Tax as provided herein and subject to the terms hereof, including selling sufficient stock of Acquiror held by the Paying Agent for the benefit of such Specified Payee (out of the consideration paid hereunder and deposited with the Paying Agent) for the purposes of using the proceeds of such sale to pay any Israeli tax obligation, but subject to prior written notice to the relevant Specified Payee.

 

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(c) Following the date hereof, the Company or Payees who have not provided Residency Certificates (“Israeli Payees”) may, in the Company’s sole direction, prepare and file with the ITA an application for a ruling permitting any the Israeli Payees who elect to become a party to such a tax ruling (the “Electing Payees”), to defer any applicable Israeli tax with respect to any consideration in Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock that such Electing Payee will receive pursuant to this Agreement until the sale, transfer or other conveyance for cash of such Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock by such Electing Payee or such other date set forth in Section 104H of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance (“104H Tax Ruling”). Acquirer shall reasonably cooperate with the Company and the Electing Payees and their respective counsel with respect to the preparation and filing of such application and in the preparation of any written or oral submissions that may be necessary, proper or advisable to obtain the 104H Tax Ruling or an interim approval confirming, among other matters, that Acquiror and anyone acting on its behalf shall be exempt from Israeli withholding Tax in relation to any payments made with respect to an Electing Payees (“Interim 104H Tax Ruling”); provided that all costs associated with the application for the 104H Tax Ruling shall be borne by the Company. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the parties shall use reasonable best efforts to promptly take, or cause to be taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all reasonable things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable law to obtain the 104H Tax Ruling, as requested by the Company. For the avoidance of doubt, the Company and the Electing Payees shall not make any application to the ITA with respect to any matter relating to the 104H Tax Ruling without first consulting with the Acquirer’s legal counsel and allowing Acquirer’s legal counsel a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the draft application, and will keep Acquirer’s counsel reasonably apprised of any discussions with the ITA related thereto. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if the 104H Tax Ruling or the Interim 104H Tax Ruling has been obtained prior to the applicable withholding date, then the provisions of the 104H Tax Ruling (or Interim 104H Tax Ruling, as applicable) shall apply and all applicable withholding and reporting procedures shall be made in accordance with the provisions of the 104H Tax Ruling (or Interim 104H Tax Ruling, as applicable) and Section 104H of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance.

 

(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.04, any consideration which a holder of Section 102 shares or Section 102 Options, has the right to receive pursuant to this Agreement in respect of such Section 102 Shares or Section 102 Options, shall be transferred (or caused to be transferred) by Acquirer directly to the 102 Trustee with respect to the Section 102 Shares and Section 102 Options, in accordance with the Options Tax Ruling (or the Israeli Options Interim Tax Ruling, as applicable), if obtained, and shall be held in the Section 102 Trustee, pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance (including Section 102) and the Options Tax Ruling (or the Israeli Options Interim Tax Ruling, as applicable), if obtained. The Section 102 Trustee shall be responsible for holding such consideration, in accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 102 of the Israeli Income Tax Ordinance (as applicable), the Options Tax Ruling (or the Options Interim Tax Ruling, as applicable) and the trust documents governing the trust held by the Section 102 Trustee.

 

(e) The Company may, it its sole discretion, prepare and file with the ITA an application for a ruling (the “Options Tax Ruling”) in order to obtain that ITA’s confirmation that (i) the payment of the applicable consideration hereunder in respect of Section 102 Options and Section 102 Shares will not constitute a violation of the requirement of Section 102 of the ITO provided that the applicable payment is deposited with the 102 Trustee for the statutory minimum trust period under Section 102 of the ITO and will not result in a requirement for an immediate Israeli Tax payment or affect the Tax treatment of such Section 102 Options and Section 102 Shares and that the Israeli taxation will be deferred until completion of statutory holding period set out in Section 102 of the ITO, and release of such consideration, as applicable, and remain subject to the provisions of Section 102 of the ITO; and (ii) the payment of the consideration payable pursuant to this Agreement in respect of the Section 102 Options or any Section 102 Shares to the 102 Trustee is exempt from withholding obligations. Acquirer shall reasonably cooperate with the Company with respect to Company’s preparation and filing of such application and in the preparation of any written or oral submissions that may be necessary, proper or advisable to obtain the Options Tax Ruling, or any interim ruling as customarily granted by the ITA. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the parties shall use reasonable best efforts to promptly take, or cause to be taken, all action and to do, or cause to be done, all reasonable things necessary, proper or advisable under applicable law to obtain the Options Tax Ruling, as requested by the Company.

  

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Section 3.05 Company Options; Company Warrants .

 

(a) Company Options. At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, the Company shall deliver to Acquiror the Option Conversion Schedule. Effective as of the First Effective Time, each Company Option, whether vested or unvested, granted under any Company Award that is outstanding and unexercised immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall be converted into the right to receive, an option relating to shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock upon substantially the same terms and conditions as are in effect with respect to such option immediately prior to the First Effective Time, including with respect to vesting and termination-related provisions (each, an “Acquiror Option”). The number of shares subject to, and the exercise price of, each Acquiror Option delivered pursuant to this Section 3.05(a) shall be set forth on the Option Conversion Schedule and shall be determined in a manner consistent with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.409A- 1(b)(5)(v)(D); provided, however, that in the case of any Company Option to which Section 422 of the Code applies, the exercise price of and number of shares subject to the Acquiror Option shall be subject to such adjustments as are necessary in order to satisfy the requirements of Treasury Regulation Section 1.424- 1(a).

 

(b) Company Warrants. Effective as of the First Effective Time, each Company Warrant that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time shall be terminated and converted into the right to receive a portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration allocated in accordance with and subject to the Allocation Schedule, with fractional shares rounded down to the nearest whole share.

 

Section 3.06 Dissenting Shares. Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, shares of Company Capital Stock issued and outstanding immediately prior to the First Effective Time and held by a holder who is entitled to demand and has properly exercised appraisal rights of such shares in accordance with Section 262 of the DGCL and has not effectively withdrawn or lost such holder’s appraisal rights under the DGCL (such shares of Company Capital Stock being referred to collectively as the “Dissenting Shares” until such time as such holder fails to perfect or otherwise effectively waives, withdraws, or loses such holder’s appraisal rights under the DGCL with respect to such shares) shall not be converted into a right to receive a portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration, but instead shall be entitled to only such rights as are granted by Section 262 of the DGCL; provided, however, that if, after the First Effective Time, such holder fails to perfect, waives, withdraws, or otherwise loses such holder’s right to appraisal pursuant to Section 262 of the DGCL, or if a court of competent jurisdiction shall determine that such holder is not entitled to the relief provided by Section 262 of the DGCL, such shares of Company Capital Stock shall be treated as if they had been converted as of the First Effective Time into the right to receive the Aggregate Stock Consideration in accordance with Section 3.01 without interest thereon, upon transfer of such shares. The Company shall provide Acquiror prompt written notice of any demands received by the Company for appraisal of shares of Company Capital Stock, any waiver or withdrawal of any such demand, and any other demand, notice, or instrument delivered to the Company prior to the First Effective Time that relates to such demand. Prior to the First Effective Time, the Company shall not, except with the prior written consent of Acquiror (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), make any payment with respect to any demands for appraisal, or offer to settle or compromise or otherwise negotiate, or settle or compromise, any such demands, or approve any withdrawal or any such demands, or waive any failure to timely deliver a written demand for appraisal or otherwise to comply with the provisions under Section 262 of the DGCL.

 

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ARTICLE IV

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE COMPANY

 

Except as set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedules, the Company represents and warrants to Acquiror and Merger Subs as of the date of this Agreement and as of the Closing Date as follows:

 

Section 4.01 Corporate Organization of the Company. The Company has been duly incorporated, is validly existing as a corporation and is in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has the requisite corporate power and authority to own, operate and lease its properties, rights and assets and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. The Company has made available to Acquiror true and correct copies of its certificate of incorporation and bylaws as in effect as of the date hereof. The Company is duly licensed, registered or qualified and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof) as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of its property or the character of its activities is such as to require it to be so licensed, registered or qualified, except where failure to be so licensed, registered or qualified has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.02 Subsidiaries. The Subsidiaries of the Company, together with details of their respective jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, are set forth on Schedule 4.02 of the Company Disclosure Schedules. The Subsidiaries of the Company have been duly formed or organized, are validly existing under the Laws of their jurisdiction of incorporation or organization and have the requisite organizational power and authority to own, operate and lease their respective properties, rights and assets and to conduct their business as it is now being conducted, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Each Subsidiary of the Company is duly licensed, registered or qualified and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof) as a foreign entity in each jurisdiction in which the ownership of its property or the character of its activities is such as to require it to be in good standing or so licensed, registered or qualified, except where the failure to be in good standing or so licensed, registered or qualified has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.03 Due Authorization. The Company has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other Transaction Agreements to which it is or will be a party and (subject to the Company Stockholder Approval and the approvals, authorizations and other requirements described in Section 4.05) to perform all obligations to be performed by it hereunder and thereunder, and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and such other Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly authorized by the board of directors of the Company, and no other corporate proceeding on the part of the Company is necessary to authorize this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreements or the Company’s performance hereunder or thereunder other than the Company Stockholder Approval. This Agreement has been, and each such other Transaction Agreement (when executed and delivered by the Company) will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming due and valid authorization, execution and delivery by each other party hereto and thereto, this Agreement constitutes, and each such other Transaction Agreement will constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to (x) obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval and (y) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium and similar Laws affecting or relating to creditors’ rights generally and subject, as to enforceability, to general principles of equity, whether such enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at Law (the “Enforceability Exceptions”).

 

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Section 4.04 No Conflict. Subject to the receipt of the consents, approvals, authorizations, the requirements set forth in Section 4.05 or on Schedule 4.04 of the Company Disclosure Schedules and obtaining the Company Stockholder Approval, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is or will be a party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not, (a) contravene or conflict with, or result in any breach of or default, under the Organizational Documents of the Company or its Subsidiaries, (b) contravene or conflict with or constitute a violation of any provision of any Law, Permit or Governmental Order binding upon or applicable to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective assets or properties, (c) violate, conflict with, result in a breach of any provision of or the loss of any benefit under, require a consent or constitute a default under, or result in the termination or acceleration of, or a right of termination, cancellation, modification, acceleration or amendment under, or accelerate the performance required by, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Specified Contract or (d) result in the creation or imposition of any Lien on any asset, property or Equity Security of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Permitted Liens) or result in a violation of, a termination (or right of termination) or cancellation of, or default under, or the creation or acceleration of any obligation or the loss or reduction of a benefit under, any provision of, the Credit Facility or any Specified Contract, except in the case of each of clauses (b) through (d) for such violations, contraventions, conflicts, creations, impositions, violations, terminations, breaches or defaults which would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect and would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 4.05 Governmental Authorities; Consents. Assuming the truth and completeness of the representations and warranties of the Acquiror Parties contained in this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party, no action by, consent, approval, Permit or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or notice, approval, consent waiver or authorization from any Governmental Authority is required on the part of the Company with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements by the Company to which the Company is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for (i) obtaining the consents of, or submitting notifications, filings, notices or other submissions to, the Governmental Authorities listed on Schedule 4.05 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, (ii) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement (and the expiration of the waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Exchange Act or, in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement/Registration Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or written notification of the completion of the review by the SEC) and (B) such reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (iii) the filing of the First Certificate of Merger in accordance with the DGCL and the filing of the Second Certificate of Merger in accordance the DGCL and DLLCA and (iv) any actions, consents, approvals, Permits or authorizations, the absence of which would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect and which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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Section 4.06 Capitalization.

 

(a) The authorized capital stock of the Company consists of 75,264,333 shares of Company Common Stock and 55,514,480 shares of Company Preferred Stock. All of the issued and outstanding Equity Securities of the Company as of the date of this Agreement are set forth on Schedule 4.06(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules. The issued and outstanding Equity Securities of the Company have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable and have not been issued in violation of (i) the Organizational Documents of the Company, (ii) any preemptive, call option, right of first refusal or first offer, subscription rights, transfer restrictions or similar rights or (iii) applicable Law, including Securities Laws. The Company has provided to Acquiror, prior to the date of this Agreement, a true and complete list, as of the date of this Agreement, of, with respect to each Company Option and Company Warrant, the holder of such Company Option or Company Warrant, the number of shares of Company Common Stock or Company Preferred Stock subject thereto and, if applicable with respect to Company Options, the vesting schedule and the exercise price per Company Common Stock thereof.

 

(b) From the date of this Agreement, no Equity Securities of the Company have been granted or issued in violation of Section 6.01. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.06(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no issued and outstanding Equity Securities of the Company. Except for Company Preferred Stock, Company Options and Company Warrants, or as set forth in the Transaction Agreements, the Organizational Documents of the Company or the Affiliate Agreements listed on Schedule 4.22 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, as of the date hereof (i) no Person is entitled to any preemptive or similar rights to subscribe for Equity Securities of the Company, (ii) there are no warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights, calls, puts, rights of first refusal or first offer or other Contract, in each case, that requires the Company to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding or to acquire, repurchase or redeem any Equity Securities of the Company, other than under the Company’s share incentive plans (including the Company Incentive Plan) and option and RSU agreements executed thereunder, and (iii) there are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of the Company having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matter for which the Company Stockholders may vote.

 

(c) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.06(c) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, (i) there are no declared but unpaid dividends or distributions in respect of any Equity Securities of the Company and (ii) since December 31, 2020 through the date of this Agreement, the Company has not made, declared, set aside, established a record date for or paid any dividends in respect of shares of Company Capital Stock.

 

Section 4.07 Capitalization of Subsidiaries.

 

(a) The issued and outstanding Equity Securities of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable. All of the issued and outstanding Equity Securities of each Subsidiary of the Company are owned as set forth on Schedule 4.02 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, free and clear of any Liens (other than the restrictions under applicable Securities Laws, the terms of the Organizational Documents of such Subsidiary, and Permitted Liens), and have not been issued in violation of (i) the Organizational Documents of the applicable Subsidiary, (ii) any preemptive, call option, right of first refusal or first offer, subscription rights, transfer restrictions or similar rights or (iii) applicable Law, including applicable Securities Laws.

 

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(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 4.02 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, as of the date of this Agreement, there are no issued and outstanding Equity Securities of any Subsidiary of the Company. Except as set forth in the Transaction Agreements, the Organizational Documents of the respective Subsidiary of the Company and the Affiliate Agreements listed on Schedule 4.22 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, (i) no Person is entitled to any preemptive or similar rights to subscribe for Equity Securities of any Subsidiary of the Company, (ii) there are no warrants, purchase rights, subscription rights, conversion rights, exchange rights, calls, puts, rights of first refusal or first offer or other Contracts, in each case, that require any Subsidiary of the Company to issue, sell or otherwise cause to become outstanding or to acquire, repurchase or redeem any Equity Securities, and (iii) there are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of any Subsidiary of the Company having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matter for which such Subsidiaries’ stockholders may vote.

 

Section 4.08 Financial Statements.

 

(a) Attached as Schedule 4.08(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules hereto are copies of (a) the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2019, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the year then ended, together with the auditor’s reports thereon (the “Audited Financial Statements”), (b) the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2020 and related consolidated statements of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the 12-month period then ended, and (c) the unaudited consolidated condensed balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2021 (the “Most Recent Balance Sheet”) and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flow for the three-month period ended March 31, 2021 (together with the financial statements in clause (b), the “Interim Financial Statements” and, together with the Audited Financial Statements, the “Financial Statements”).

 

(b) The Financial Statements present fairly, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position, cash flows, income, changes in equity and results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates and for the periods indicated in such Financial Statements in conformity with GAAP during the periods involved (except in the case of the Interim Financial Statements for the absence of footnotes and other presentation items and for normal year-end adjustments, in each case, the impact of which is not material) and were derived from, the books and records of the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

(c) Since the date of the Most Recent Balance Sheet, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made any Restricted Payments.

 

Section 4.09 Absence of Certain Changes. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.09 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, since the date of the Most Recent Balance Sheet through the date of this Agreement, (a) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, the Company and its Subsidiaries have conducted their businesses in all material respects in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, (b) there has not been (x) a Company Material Adverse Effect or (y) any event, change, state of facts, or effect, which would, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and (c) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action that, if taken after the date of this Agreement without Acquiror’s consent, would constitute a material violation of Section 6.01 hereof.

 

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Section 4.10 Undisclosed Liabilities. As of the date of this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities or obligations, whether accrued, contingent, absolute, determined, determinable or otherwise, that would be required to be reflected or reserved for on a balance sheet prepared in accordance with GAAP, except for liabilities or obligations (a) reflected or reserved for in the Financial Statements or disclosed in any notes thereto, (b) that have arisen since the date of the Most Recent Balance Sheet in the ordinary course of business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (c) incurred or arising under or in connection with the Transactions, including expenses related thereto, (d) disclosed in the Company Disclosure Schedules, (e) under any Contract to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may be bound (other than as a result of a breach thereof by the Company or such Subsidiary), or (f) that would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

Section 4.11 Litigation and Proceedings. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.11 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, as of the date hereof, there are no and since January 1, 2018, there have been no, pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened (in writing) Actions by or against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that, if adversely decided or resolved, would have, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material and adverse effect on the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or would, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement. There is no Governmental Order specifically imposed upon the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, except as would not have, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material and adverse effect on the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to a settlement or similar agreement regarding any of the litigation matters that would be required to be listed on Schedule 4.11 of the Company Disclosure Schedules pursuant to the first sentence of this Section 4.11 and that contains any ongoing obligations, restrictions or liabilities or obligations, and that, in each case, would, individually or in the aggregate, have or reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to enter into and perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

Section 4.12 Compliance with Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries are, and since January 1, 2018 have been, in compliance with all applicable Laws, except where the failure to be, or to have been, in compliance with such Laws, individually or in the aggregate, has not had, and would not have a material and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries or their respective operations, taken as a whole. None of the Company or its Subsidiaries has received any written, or to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice from any Governmental Authority of a violation of any applicable Law at any time since January 1, 2018, except for any such violation which has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. The Company and its Subsidiaries hold, and since January 1, 2018 have held, all Permits necessary for the lawful conduct of the business of the Company as currently conducted, except for such Permits where the failure to so hold has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (the “Company Permits”). The Company and its Subsidiaries are, and since January 1, 2018 have been, in compliance with and not in default under such Company Permits, in each case except for such noncompliance which has not had, and would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

Section 4.13 Contracts; No Defaults.

 

(a) Schedule 4.13(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules contains a true, correct and complete list of all Contracts described in clauses (i) through (xiii) of this Section 4.13(a) to which, as of the date of this Agreement, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party other than Company Benefit Plans and Real Property Leases (all such Contracts as described in clauses (i) through (xiii), collectively, the “Specified Contracts”).

 

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(i) Each Contract with a Top Customer or Top Supplier;

 

(ii) Each Contract, other than a customer Contract, that involves aggregate payments or consideration furnished (x) by the Company or by any of its Subsidiaries of more than $250,000 or (y) to the Company or to any of its Subsidiaries of more than $1,000,000, in each case, in the calendar year ended December 31, 2020 or any future calendar year;

 

(iii) Each Contract relating to indebtedness for borrowed money having an outstanding principal amount in excess of $3,000,000;

 

(iv) Each Contract that is a purchase and sale or similar agreement for the acquisition of any Person or any business unit thereof, in each case, involving payments in excess of $5,000,000 and with respect to which there are any material ongoing obligations;

 

(v) Each joint venture, partnership or similar Contract (other than Contracts between wholly-owned Subsidiaries of the Company) that is material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

(vi) Each Contract requiring capital expenditures after the date of this Agreement in an amount in excess of $500,000 in the aggregate;

 

(vii) Each license, sublicense, or other agreement under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (x) is a licensee or grantee with respect to any material Intellectual Property rights (excluding (A) click-wrap and shrink-wrap licenses and (B) off-the-shelf software licenses and other licenses of uncustomized software that is commercially available to the public generally, with one-time or annual aggregate fees of less than $300,000) or (y) is a licensor or otherwise grants to a third party any rights to use any item of material Intellectual Property, other than non-exclusive licenses or sublicenses granted to customers or vendors in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices;

 

(viii) Each collective bargaining agreement or other Contract with any labor union, labor organization or works council or any arrangement with an employer organization (each a “CBA”);

 

(ix) Each employment or service agreement or similar Contract with any current director, employee or individual independent contractor of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with an annual base salary or fee in excess of $310,000;

 

(x) Each Contract with any current or former employee, director or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries that provides for change in control or transaction-based payments and/or benefits and triggered by the First Merger;

 

(xi) Each Contract which grants any Person a right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar right with respect to any material properties, assets or businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

 

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(xii) Each Contract containing covenants of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries expressly (A) prohibiting or limiting the right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to engage in or compete with any Person in any line of business or (B) prohibiting or restricting the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ ability to conduct their business with any Person in any geographic area, in each case, that currently has or would reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) as currently operated, in each case other than, for the avoidance of doubt, customary non-solicitation and no-hire provisions entered into in the ordinary course of business;

 

(xiii) Each Contract that is a settlement, conciliation or similar agreement with any Governmental Authority pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries will have any material outstanding obligation after the date of this Agreement;

 

(xiv) Each Contract for the primary purpose of interest rate or foreign currency hedging; and

 

(xv) Each Contract that relates to the acquisition or disposition of any Equity Securities in, or assets or properties of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether by merger, sale of stock, sale of assets or otherwise) pursuant to which (A) any deferred or contingent payment obligations, including “earn-outs” or other similar payment obligations, by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries remain outstanding or (B) any indemnification payment obligations remain outstanding (excluding acquisitions or dispositions in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice or of assets that are obsolete, worn out, surplus or no longer used in the conduct of the Company’s business).

 

(b) The Company has made available to Acquiror complete and accurate copies of each Specified Contract as in effect as of the date of this Agreement. Except for each Contract that will terminate upon the expiration of the stated term thereof prior to the Closing Date or as would not have, individually or in the aggregate, a material and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, each Specified Contract is (i) in full force and effect and (ii) represents the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company or one or more of its Subsidiaries party thereto and, to the Knowledge of the Company, represents the legal, valid and binding obligations of the other parties thereto, in each case, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions. Except, in each case, where the occurrence of such breach or default or failure to perform would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect, (x) the Company and its Subsidiaries have performed in all respects all respective obligations required to be performed by them to date under such Specified Contracts, and (y) none of the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any other party thereto is in breach of or default of any Specified Contract and during the last twelve (12) months, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received any written claim or written notice of termination or breach of or default under any such Specified Contract.

 

Section 4.14 Company Benefit Plans.

 

(a) Schedule 4.14(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true and complete list of all material Company Benefit Plans (including, for each such Company Benefit Plan, its jurisdiction). With respect to each material Company Benefit Plan, the Company has provided Acquiror with true and complete copies of (as applicable): (i) all current plan documents pursuant to which the plan is maintained, funded and administered (including any trust agreement, insurance Contract or other funding instrument); (ii) the most recent IRS determination or opinion letter (or, for Company Benefit Plans maintained for the benefit of employees primarily performing services outside the United States, any similar determination by an applicable Governmental Authority), if applicable; (iii) the most recent summary plan description distributed to participations; (iv) the nondiscrimination and compliance testing results and Form 5500s for the three (3) most recent plan years; and (v) all material, non-ordinary course communications between the Company and any Governmental Authority sent or received in the last three years.

 

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(b) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their ERISA Affiliates has any liability with respect to or under: (i) a Multiemployer Plan; (ii) a “defined benefit plan” (as defined in Section 3(35) of ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA) or a plan that is or was subject to Title IV of ERISA or Section 412 of the Code; (iii) a “multiple employer plan” within the meaning of Section of 413(c) of the Code or Section 210 of ERISA; or (iv) a “multiple employer welfare arrangement” as defined in Section 3(40) of ERISA. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities to provide any retiree or post-employment health or life insurance or other welfare-type benefits to any Person other than health continuation coverage pursuant to Law for which the recipient pays the full cost of coverage. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any liabilities by reason of at any time being considered a single employer under Section 414 of the Code with any other Person.

 

(c) Each Company Benefit Plan has been administered in all material respects in accordance with its terms and applicable Law, including, to the extent applicable, ERISA and the Code, and all material contributions required to be made with respect to any Company Benefit Plan before the date hereof have been made. Each Company Benefit Plan that is intended to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code is so qualified and has timely received a favorable determination or opinion or advisory letter from the Internal Revenue Service. Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has incurred (whether or not assessed) any material penalty or Tax under Section 4980H, 4980B, 4980D, 6721 or 6722 of the Code, and no circumstance exists or event has occurred that could reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of any such material penalty or Tax.

 

(d) There are no pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claims or Actions with respect to any Company Benefit Plan (other than routine claims for benefits). With respect to each Company Benefit Plan, all contributions, distributions, reimbursements and premium payments that are due have been timely made, or if not yet due, have been properly accrued in accordance with GAAP. Each Company Benefit Plan has been established, funded, administered and maintained, in form and in operation, in all material respects in compliance with its terms and all applicable Laws.

 

(e) Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement nor the consummation of the Transactions (whether alone or in combination with any other event(s)) will (i) result in any payment or benefit becoming due to or result in the forgiveness of any indebtedness of any director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service providers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether current, former or retired) or their beneficiaries under any Company Benefit Plan, (ii) increase the amount or value of any compensation or benefits payable to any director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service providers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether current, former or retired or their beneficiaries) under any Company Benefit Plan, (iii) result in the acceleration of the time of payment, funding or vesting, or trigger any payment or funding of any compensation or benefits to any director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service providers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (whether current, former or retired) or their beneficiaries, or (iv) create or otherwise result in liability with respect to any Company Benefit Plan.

 

(f) No amount that could be, or has been, received (whether in cash or property or the vesting of property or the cancellation of indebtedness) by any director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service providers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries under any Company Benefit Plan or otherwise as a result of the consummation of the Transactions could, separately or in the aggregate, be nondeductible under Section 280G of the Code (determined without regard to any exception set forth in Section 280G(b)(5) of the Code) or subjected to an excise Tax under Section 4999 of the Code.

 

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(g) Neither Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any current or contingent obligation to make a “gross-up” or similar payment in respect of any Taxes that may become payable under Section 4999 or 409A of the Code.

 

(h) Each Company Benefit Plan that is required to be registered or intended to be Tax exempt or receive favorable tax treatment has been registered (and, where applicable, accepted for registration) and is Tax exempt and has been maintained in good standing, to the extent applicable, with each Governmental Authority. Except as set forth under Schedule 4.14(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, no Foreign Benefit Plan is a gratuity, termination indemnity or “defined benefit plan” (as defined in ERISA, whether or not subject to ERISA) or has any material unfunded or underfunded liabilities, nor are such unfunded liabilities reasonably expected to arise in connection with the Transactions. All material contributions required to have been made by or on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to plans or arrangements maintained or sponsored by a Governmental Authority (including severance, termination indemnities or other similar benefits maintained for employees outside of the U.S.) have been timely made or fully accrued. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as set forth on Schedule 4.14(h) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, the Company’s and its Israeli subsidiaries’ liabilities to present or former employees in Israel regarding severance pay, accrued vacation, recreation pay and contributions to all pension plans and material Foreign Benefit Plans are either fully funded or are accrued for on the Company’s financial statements as of the date of such financial statements. Section 14 of the Israel Severance Pay Law, 1963 was properly applied in accordance with the terms of the general permit issued by the Israeli Minister of Labor regarding mandatory pension arrangements regarding all employees in Israel based on their full salaries and from the date of the commencement of their employment and, upon the termination of employment of any of the employees, the Company will not have to make any payment under the Severance Pay Law, 1963, except for release of the funds accumulated in accordance with an applicable Section 14 arrangement.

 

(i) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.14(i) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not made, and there are no facts that would reasonably be expected to give rise to, any material changes to the Company Benefit Plans resulting from disruptions caused by the COVID-19 pandemic or COVID-19 Measures, nor are any such changes currently contemplated.

 

(j) All Company Options have been issued in compliance in all material respects with the Company Incentive Plan and all applicable Laws and properly accounted for in all material respects in accordance with applicable accounting standards. The Company Incentive Plan has received a favorable determination or approval letter from, or is otherwise approved by or deemed approved by passage of time without objection by the ITA. All Company Options granted under Section 102 of the ITO have been granted in compliance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of Section 102 of the ITO and the written requirements and guidance of the ITA, including the filing of the necessary documents with the ITA, the appointment of an authorized trustee, and the due and timely deposit of such securities with the trustee appointed by the Company from time to time in accordance with the provisions of the ITO, pursuant to the terms of Section 102 of the ITO and the guidance published by the ITA on July 24, 2012 and clarification dated November 6, 2012, in each case, or as otherwise provided in tax rulings obtained by the Company or its subsidiaries from the ITA. The Company has made available to Acquiror accurate and complete copies of the Company Options database, the Company Incentive Plan and each standard form of award agreement pursuant to which any Company Options were granted thereunder. Each Company Option has been granted with an exercise price that is intended to be no less than the fair market value of the underlying Company Common Stock on the date of grant. Each Company Benefit Plan that is or forms part of a “nonqualified deferred compensation plan” within the meaning of Section 409A of the Code has been operated and administered in all material respects in operational and documentary compliance with, or satisfies the requirements of an applicable exception to, all applicable requirements of, Section 409A of the Code and guidance promulgated thereunder and the terms of such Company Benefit Plan. All Company Options are evidenced by award agreements in substantially the forms previously made available to Acquiror, and no Company Option is subject to terms that are materially different from those set forth in such forms.

 

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Section 4.15 Labor Matters.

 

(a) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (A) has any material liability for any arrears of wages or other compensation (including salaries, wage premiums, commissions, fees or bonuses) to their current or former employees and independent contractors under applicable Law, Contract or Company policy, or any fines, Taxes, interest, penalty or other sums for failure to comply with any of the foregoing, or (B) has any material liability for any payment to any trust or other fund governed by or maintained by or on behalf of any Governmental Authority with respect to unemployment compensation benefits, social security, social insurances or other benefits or obligations for any employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries (other than routine payments to be made in the normal course of business and consistent with past practice). The Company and its Subsidiaries have withheld all amounts required by applicable Law or by agreement to be withheld from wages, salaries and other payments to employees or independent contractors or other service providers of the Company and its Subsidiaries, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(b) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is party to or bound by any CBA or arrangements with a labor union, works council or labor organization. No employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries is represented by any labor organization, labor union, works council or other employee representative, employee delegate, representative or other employee collective group nor is there any duty on the part of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to give notice, consult, seek the consent of, or bargain with any labor union, labor organization, works council, employee delegate, representative or other employee collective group in connection with the Transactions. To the Company’s knowledge, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is subject to any extension orders (‘tzavei harchava’) except for extension orders which generally apply to all employees in Israel.

 

(c) The Company and its Subsidiaries are, and since January 1, 2018 have been, in compliance with all Laws respecting labor and employment, including provisions thereof relating to fair employment practices, terms and conditions of employment, hours and days of work (including working during rest days and holidays), collective bargaining, unfair labor practices, reductions in force, equal employment opportunity, employment discrimination, harassment, civil rights, safety and health, disability, employee benefits, workers’ compensation, immigration, background checks, paid or unpaid leave, classification of employees and independent contractors, and wages and hours, and since January 1, 2021, have been in compliance with all Laws respecting COVID-19, except, in each case, as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d) Since January 1, 2018, no charges or complaints of sexual or other unlawful harassment based on sex, race, or any other prohibited characteristic have been made against any current officer of the Company or any Subsidiary, except as would not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a material liability to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(e) No senior executive of the Company or any Subsidiary has provided written notice of his or her intention to terminate his or her employment as a result of or following the consummation of the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement. To the Knowledge of the Company, no senior executive of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is party to any confidentiality, non-competition, non-solicitation, proprietary rights or other such agreement with a third party that would materially restrict the performance of such Person’s employment duties with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the ability of the Company and/or any of its Subsidiaries to conduct its business in the ordinary course.

 

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(f) As of the date hereof, the Company has not had, nor to the Knowledge of the Company are there any facts that are reasonably expected to give rise to, any material workforce changes resulting from disruptions due to COVID-19, any economic effect thereof, or COVID-19 Measures, whether directly or indirectly, including any actual or expected group terminations, layoffs, furlough or shutdowns, or any material changes to benefit or compensation programs, nor are any such changes currently contemplated as a result of COVID-19.

 

Section 4.16 Taxes.

 

(a) Except as would not have a Company Material Adverse Effect:

 

(i) all Tax Returns required to be filed by the Company or its Subsidiaries have been timely filed (taking into account extensions) and all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all respects;

 

(ii) all Taxes required to be paid (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) by the Company or its Subsidiaries have been duly paid;

 

(iii) no Tax audit, examination or other proceeding with respect to Taxes of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is pending or has been threatened in writing;

 

(iv) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries has complied in all respects with all applicable Laws relating to the collection and withholding of Taxes; and

 

(v) there are no assessments, deficiencies, adjustments or other claims with respect to Taxes that have been asserted or assessed in writing by any Governmental Authority against the Company or its Subsidiaries that have not been paid or otherwise resolved.

 

(b) Within the past two (2) years, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (or any predecessor thereof) has constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock qualifying for income tax-free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (or so much of Section 356 of the Code as relates to Section 355 of the Code).

 

(c) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has been a party to any “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

 

(d) There are no Liens with respect to material Taxes on any of the assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries, other than Permitted Liens.

 

(e) As of the date hereof, except as contemplated under this Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has made a request for an advance tax ruling, request for technical advice, request for a change of any method of accounting or any similar request that is in progress or pending with any Governmental Authority with respect to any material Taxes.

 

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(f) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has any material liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than the Company or its Subsidiaries) (i) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) or (ii) as a transferee or successor.

 

(g) No written and unresolved claim has been received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from a Governmental Authority in respect of Tax in a jurisdiction where the Company or such Subsidiary does not file Tax Returns that the Company or such Subsidiary is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.

 

(h) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries will be required to include any material amount in taxable income, exclude any material item of deduction or loss from taxable income, or make any adjustment under Section 481 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any (i) installment sale or open transaction disposition made prior to the Closing, (ii) prepaid amount received or deferred revenue recognized or received prior to the Closing outside the ordinary course of business, (iii) change in method of accounting made or requested prior to the Closing for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date, (iv) “closing agreements” described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) executed prior to the Closing or (v) election pursuant to Section 965(h) of the Code.

 

(i) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Tax indemnification or Tax sharing or similar agreement with respect to material Taxes (other than any such agreement solely between the Company and its existing Subsidiaries and customary commercial Contracts (or Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business) not primarily related to Taxes).

 

(j) The Company is and has been treated as a C corporation for U.S. federal, state and local income tax purposes since the date of its formation. Section 4.16(j) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth the U.S. federal income tax classification of each Subsidiary of the Company.

 

(k) The Company is not and has not been a “United States real property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2) of the Code at any time during the five-year period ending on the Closing Date.

 

(l) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has an office, permanent establishment, branch or otherwise become resident for Tax purposes in any country outside the country of its organization.

 

(m) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has taken any action that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers from qualifying for the Mergers Intended Tax Treatment, and to the Knowledge of the Company there are not any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers from qualifying for the Mergers Intended Tax Treatment.

 

(n) Based on the Company’s internal analysis, no more than 40% of the value of the Company is allocable to assets (including shares in Israeli companies) located in Israel. For purposes of this Section 4.16(o), any Person incorporated, organized or formed under the laws of Israel is considered as an asset located in Israel and any company treated as a tax resident in Israel is considered as an asset located in Israel. None of the equity rights in the Company are covered by Section 89(b)(3) of the ITO.

 

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(o) Other than in respect of the PPP Loan, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not (i) deferred any Taxes under Section 2302 of the CARES Act or the Presidential Memorandum Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations dated August 8, 2020, which have not been paid, or (ii) obtained a covered loan under paragraph (36) of Section 7(a) of the Small Business Act (15 U.S.C. 636(a)), as added by Section 1102 of the CARES Act.

 

(p) The Company has duly accounted for all material credits received (if any) under Sections 7001 through 7005 of the Families First Coronavirus Response Act and Section 2301 of the CARES Act.

 

Section 4.17 Insurance. The Company has made available to Acquiror true and accurate copies of each material insurance policy currently in effect to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party (collectively, the “Insurance Policies”). With respect to each such Insurance Policy, except as set forth on Schedule 4.17 of the Company Disclosure Schedules and except as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole: (a) the Insurance Policy is valid, binding and in full force and effect and enforceable in accordance with its terms, except for the Insurance Policies that have expired under their terms in the ordinary course of business; (b) all premiums with respect thereto have been timely paid; (c) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default under any such Insurance Policy; and (d) as of the date hereof, no written or, to the Knowledge of the Company, oral notice of cancellation or nonrenewal has been received by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries with respect to such Insurance Policy. To the Knowledge of the Company, no insurer has denied or disputed coverage of any material claim made by the Company or its Subsidiaries under any Insurance Policy within the last twelve (12) months.

 

Section 4.18 Real Property.

 

(a) Schedule 4.18(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules lists all real property leased, licensed or subleased by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as the lessee, sublessee or licensee as of the date hereof (the “Leased Real Property”) and each Leased Real Property lease (the “Real Property Leases”). The Company has delivered or made available to Acquiror, complete, accurate and correct copies, in all material respects, of all Real Property Leases.

 

(b) Except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, the Company or its applicable Subsidiary has a valid, binding and enforceable leasehold, subleasehold or license interest (as applicable) in all Leased Real Property. All Real Property Leases under which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a lessee or sublessee are in full force and effect and are enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries has received any written notice of any default, and neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, and to the Knowledge of the Company, no counterparty thereto, is in default, under any such Real Property Lease, in each case except as would not reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. As of the date hereof, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has (i) exercised any termination rights with respect to any Real Property Lease, or (ii) received written notice from the landlord under any Real Property Lease indicating that the landlord has exercised a termination right with respect to such Real Property Lease. Except as set forth on Schedule 4.18(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedule, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has sublet any Leased Real Property, in whole or in part, to any third party.

 

(c) There does not exist any actual or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened condemnation or eminent domain proceedings that affect any interests of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the Leased Real Property or any part thereof, and none of the Company nor its applicable Subsidiary have received any notice, oral or written, of the intention of any Governmental Authority or other Person to take or use any interest in the Leased Real Property or any part thereof or interest therein. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries have received any currently outstanding and uncured written notice alleging that the Leased Real Property is in violation of any applicable Law(s) in any material respect.

 

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(d) None of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (i) owns, or has ever owned, any real property, or (ii) is party to any obligation to purchase any real property.

 

Section 4.19 Intellectual Property and IT Security.

 

(a) Schedule 4.19(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules accurately lists all Intellectual Property Registrations as of the date of this Agreement. There is no Action pending, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened challenging the validity, enforceability, ownership, registration, or use of any Intellectual Property Registrations.

 

(b) Except as set forth in Schedule 4.19(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules, the Company or its applicable Subsidiary (i) is the sole, exclusive owner of all right, title, and interest in and to all Owned Intellectual Property, (ii) either owns or has the right to use all other Intellectual Property that is used in or necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses as currently conducted, free and clear of any Liens other than Permitted Liens, in each case, except as would not be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, all Persons who have participated in the creation or development of any material Intellectual Property for the Company or its Subsidiaries have executed and delivered to the Company or its Subsidiary, a written agreement (i) providing for the non-disclosure by such Person of any confidential information of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (ii) providing for the present assignment by such Person to the Company or its Subsidiary of any Intellectual Property arising out of such Person’s employment by, engagement by or Contract with the Company or a Subsidiary, except where such Intellectual Property would vest in the Company or its Subsidiary by operation of law. There are no currently pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened claims, from any Persons who have participated in the creation or development of any material Intellectual Property for the Company or its Subsidiaries for compensation or remuneration for inventions or copyright works created or invented by any such Person or any similar claim, including under the Israeli Patents Law, 1967. No Governmental Authority or academic institution owns any rights in or to any material Owned Intellectual Property, nor was any Owned Intellectual Property developed with any grant, incentive, subsidy, award, loan, participation, exemption, cost sharing arrangement, reimbursement arrangement specifically provided to the Company by the Israel Innovation Authority, the Investment Center of the Israeli Ministry of Economy and Industry, the Israel Tax Authority (solely with respect to “benefit” or “approved” enterprise status or similar programs), the State of Israel (including the BIRD foundation), the European Union, the Fund for Encouragement of Marketing Activities of the Israeli Government or any other Governmental Entity.

 

(c) The execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is or will be a party and the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will not result in the loss, termination or impairment of any right of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in or to any Intellectual Property, except as would not be, individually or in the aggregate, material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(d) Except as would not reasonably be expected to be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (i) the conduct of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently conducted is not infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Intellectual Property rights of any third party, and has not infringed upon, misappropriated or otherwise violated any Intellectual Property rights of any third party since January 1, 2015, (ii) no third party is infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Intellectual Property and (iii) the Company and its Subsidiaries have not received from any Person any written notice since January 1, 2015 that the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is infringing upon, misappropriating or otherwise violating any Intellectual Property rights of any Person.

 

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(e) The Company and its Subsidiaries have in place commercially reasonable measures to protect and maintain the confidentiality of any material trade secrets included in the Owned Intellectual Property. To the Knowledge of the Company, there has been no unauthorized access, use or disclosure of any such trade secrets included in the Owned Intellectual Property, except as would not be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(f) The Company and its Subsidiaries are in material compliance with all the terms and conditions of all licenses applicable to all Open Source Software used in any material software included in Owned Intellectual Property. None of the material Owned Intellectual Property is subject to any Copyleft License.

 

(g) The Company and its Subsidiaries have implemented commercially reasonable measures to protect the confidentiality, integrity, availability and security of the IT Systems. and the Personal Data and sensitive, business data thereon, including commercially reasonable back-up and disaster recovery procedures for the continued operation of their businesses in the event of a failure of the IT Systems. The Company and its Subsidiaries have used reasonable efforts to prevent the introduction into the IT Systems, any malware, ransomware, disabling codes or instructions, spyware, Trojan horses, worms, viruses or other software routines that would permit or cause unauthorized access to, or disruption, impairment, disablement, or destruction of the IT Systems. The IT Systems have not suffered any information security incident compromising the integrity or availability of the IT Systems, nor any failures, errors, breakdowns or other adverse events, in each case that have caused any material disruption in the operation of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries since May 1, 2017. The IT Systems are in good working order in all material respects and are sufficient in all material respects for the needs of the business of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the date hereof.

 

(h) The Company and its Subsidiaries are in material compliance, and since January 1, 2018 have been in material compliance, with all Data Protection Requirements. There is no Action pending, or to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, including by any Governmental Authority, with respect to their collection, retention, storage, security, disclosure, transfer, disposal, use, or other processing of any Personal Data. Since January 1, 2018, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not received any written notice of any claim, investigation or alleged violation of Law or Contract with respect to any Data Protection Requirement, nor has the Company notified in writing, or been required by applicable Law, regulation, or contract to notify in writing, any person or entity of any Personal Data or information security-related incident.

 

(i) Since January 1, 2018, to the Knowledge of the Company and its Subsidiaries have not experienced any material unauthorized or unlawful access, acquisition, exfiltration, manipulation, erasure, loss, use, or disclosure of Personal Data. To the Knowledge of the Company, no service provider (in the course of processing Personal Data on behalf of the Company and its Subsidiaries) has suffered any material security breach.

 

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Section 4.20 Environmental Matters.

 

(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries are, and since January 1, 2018 have been, in compliance with all Environmental Laws, which includes and has included holding and complying with all Permits required under Environmental Laws, in each case except where such failure to be, or to have been, in compliance with such Environmental Laws or Permits as has not had, and would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a material and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(b) Since January 1, 2018, none of the Company or its Subsidiaries has received any written notice from any Person regarding any actual or alleged violation of, or liability arising under, Environmental Law, except for any such matter which, individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(c) Since January 1, 2018, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has manufactured, distributed, treated, stored, disposed of, arranged for or permitted the disposal of, transported, handled, Released, or exposed any Person to, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, owned or operated any property or facility which is or was contaminated by, any Hazardous Materials, except, in each case, which has not had and would not reasonably be expected to give rise to any liability under any Environmental Laws that would have a material and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(d) Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has retained or assumed, by contract, any liabilities or obligations of any other Person arising under Environmental Law, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a material and adverse effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 4.21 Brokers’ Fees. Other than as set forth on Schedule 4.21 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, no broker, finder, financial advisor, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other similar fee, commission or other similar payment in connection with the Transactions that is payable by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.

 

Section 4.22 Related Party Transactions. Except for the Contracts set forth on Schedule 4.22 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, there are no Affiliate Agreements.

 

Section 4.23 International Trade; Anti-Corruption.

 

(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries are, and for the past five (5) years have been, in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Sanctions Laws and Trade Control Laws. Except as would not be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any of their respective directors, officers or, to the Knowledge of the Company, employees agents or other third-party Representatives acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is currently, or has been at any time in the past five (5) years: (i) a Sanctioned Person, (ii) engaged, directly or knowingly indirectly, in any dealings or transactions on behalf of, with, or otherwise involving any Sanctioned Person in violation of Sanctions Laws, or (iii) otherwise engaged, directly or knowingly indirectly, in any dealings or transactions in violation of applicable Sanctions Laws or Trade Control Laws. Except as would not be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (y) has assets, operations or business dealings located in, or otherwise directly or knowingly indirectly derives revenue from investments, activities, or transactions in or with any Sanctioned Country, or (z) directly or knowingly indirectly derives revenues from investments, activities or transactions in or with, any Sanctioned Person. In the past five (5) years, except as would not be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has exported, reexported, or transferred (in-country) any products, services, technology, technical data, or any other item for which a license, approval, license exception, registration, or similar authorization is or was required under applicable Trade Control Laws or Sanctions Laws or, to the Knowledge of the Company, by any other Governmental Authority.

 

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(b) The Company and its Subsidiaries are, and in the past five (5) years have been, in compliance in all material respects with all Anti-Corruption Laws. Except as would not be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries, nor any of their respective directors, officers, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, employees, agents or other third-party Representatives acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has in the past five (5) years (i) made any unlawful payment or unlawfully given, offered, promised, or authorized or agreed to give, solicited, or received, any money or thing of value, directly or indirectly, to or from any Government Official, any political party or official thereof or any candidate for political office; any member of any Governmental Authority; any private individual or commercial entity (including employees, agents, directors and officers of such commercial entity); or any other Person in any such case while knowing that all or a portion of such money or thing of value may be given, offered, promised, or authorized or agreed to be given, solicited, or received, directly or indirectly, to any Person or member of any Governmental Authority or any candidate for political office for the purpose of any of the following: (x) influencing any action or decision of such Person, in such Person’s official or commercial capacity, including a decision to fail to perform such Person’s official or commercial function; (y) inducing such Person to use such Person’s influence with any Governmental Authority, private individual or commercial entity to affect or influence any act or decision of such Governmental Authority, private individual or commercial entity to assist the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining business for, with, or directing business to, any Person; or (z) where such payment would constitute a bribe, kickback or illegal or improper payment to assist the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in obtaining or retaining business for, with, or directing business to, any Person; or (ii) otherwise violated any Anti-Corruption Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries have maintained accurate books and records, practices and internal controls in all material respects in compliance with Anti-Corruption Laws and have had in place practices and internal controls reasonably designed to ensure that receipts and expenses were accurately recorded and were based on accurate and sufficient supporting documentation in all material respects.

 

(c) In the past five (5) years through the date hereof, except as would not be material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole (i) there has been no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened (in writing), against the Company, or any of its Subsidiaries, or, to the Knowledge of the Company, any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents, that relates to an actual or potential violation of Sanctions Laws, Trade Control Laws, or Anti-Corruption Laws; and (ii) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has received from any Governmental Authority or any other Person any notice, inquiry, or internal or external allegation; made any voluntary or involuntary disclosure to a Governmental Authority; conducted any internal investigation or audit concerning, or has any Knowledge of any actual or potential violation or wrongdoing by the Company, its Subsidiaries, or any of their respective officers, directors, employees or agents, in each case of this Section 4.23(c) related to Trade Control Laws, Sanctions Laws, or Anti-Corruption Laws. The Company and its Subsidiaries have instituted and, at all times in the past five (5) years, maintained and enforced policies, procedures and internal controls reasonably designed to promote compliance by the Company, its Subsidiaries, and their respective officers, directors, employees, and agents, with Anti-Corruption Laws, Sanctions Laws, and Trade Control Laws.

 

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Section 4.24 Top Customers and Top Suppliers.

 

(a) Schedule 4.24(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth a true, correct and complete list of the names of the top ten (10) customers by dollar sales volume paid by such customers to the Company and its Subsidiaries for the year ended December 31, 2020 (each, a “Top Customer”). None of the Top Customers has (i) terminated or given written notice to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries expressly stating its intention to terminate its relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) given written notice to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries expressly stating that, following the date of this Agreement, it plans to reduce substantially the quantity of products or services that it purchases from the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) given written notice to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries expressly stating that, following the date of this Agreement, it desires to renegotiate any material terms of its Contract with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries provides services to such Top Customer.

 

(b) Schedule 4.24(b) of the Company Disclosure Schedules sets forth, a true, correct and complete list of the names of the top ten (10) suppliers and vendors by dollar sales volume paid by the Company and its Subsidiaries to such supplier for the year ended December 31, 2020 (each, a “Top Supplier”). None of the Top Suppliers has (i) terminated or given written notice to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries expressly stating its intention to terminate its relationship with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (ii) given written notice to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries expressly stating that, following the date of this Agreement, it plans to reduce substantially the quantity of products or services that it provides to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iii) given written notice to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries expressly stating that, following the date of this Agreement, that it desires to renegotiate any material terms of its Contract with the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries receives services or products from such Top Supplier.

 

Section 4.25 PPP Loan. The PPP Loan was obtained by the Company in accordance, in all material respects, with all applicable Laws and all applicable eligibility requirements under the Paycheck Protection Program, in each case as existing as of the time of the Company’s final application for the PPP Loan. The Company has not received written notice from any Governmental Authority asserting or threatening that any portion of the PPP Loan is not or may not be eligible for forgiveness or that the PPP Loan does not comply with applicable Laws and requirements.

 

Section 4.26 No Outside Reliance. Subject to and without limiting anything contained in Article V or any other provision hereof, the Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates and on behalf of its and their respective directors, managers, officers, employees and equityholders, acknowledge and agree that (i) such Person has made its own investigation of the Acquiror Parties and has been furnished with or given access to such documents and information about the Acquiror Parties and their businesses and operations as such Person has deemed necessary to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (ii) that neither the Acquiror Parties nor any other Person is making any representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, in respect of the Acquiror Parties or their respective businesses or operation beyond those expressly made by the Acquiror Parties in Article V, including any implied warranty or representation as to condition, merchantability, suitability or fitness for a particular purpose or trade as to any of the assets of the Acquiror Parties. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is understood that any information, documents or other materials (whether or not accessed by the Company or its Representatives) or management presentations that have been or shall hereafter be provided to the Company or any of its Affiliates, agents or Representatives are not and will not be deemed to be representations or warranties of the Acquiror Parties, and no representation or warranty is made as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the foregoing except as may be expressly set forth in Article V.

 

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Section 4.27 TID U.S. Business. To the Knowledge of the Company, the Company is not a TID U.S. business as defined at 31 C.F.R. §800.248.

 

Section 4.28 No Other Representations. Except as provided in this Article IV, neither the Company nor any other Person has made, or is making, any representation or warranty whatsoever in respect of the Company, the Company’s Subsidiaries or their respective businesses.

 

ARTICLE V

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ACQUIROR PARTIES

 

Except as set forth in the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules or in the SEC Reports filed or furnished by Acquiror through the date that is three (3) Business Days prior to the date of this Agreement (excluding (x) any disclosures in such SEC Reports under the headings “Risk Factors,” “Forward-Looking Statements” or “Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” or other disclosures that are predictive, cautionary or forward-looking in nature and (y) any exhibits or other documents appended thereto) (it being acknowledged that nothing disclosed in such SEC Reports will be deemed to modify or qualify the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.06, Section 5.07 Section 5.10 or Section 5.11), each Acquiror Party represents and warrants to the Company as follows:

 

Section 5.01 Corporate Organization. Prior to the Domestication, Acquiror has been duly incorporated and is validly existing as an exempted company in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands, and from and after the Domestication, Acquiror will be duly incorporated and validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. Acquiror has the requisite company or corporate power and authority to own, lease or operate its assets and properties and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. Each of Merger Sub 1 and Merger Sub 2 is duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation or limited liability company in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware, and has the requisite corporate or limited liability company power and authority to own, lease or operate its assets and properties and to conduct its business. Acquiror has made available to the Company true, correct and complete copies of each of the Acquiror Parties’ Organizational Documents as in effect as of the date hereof. Each of the Acquiror Parties is, and at all times has been, in compliance in all material respects with all restrictions, covenants, terms and provisions set forth in its respective Organizational Documents. Each of the Acquiror Parties is duly licensed, registered or qualified and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof) as a foreign company or corporation in all jurisdictions in which its ownership of property or the character of its activities is such as to require it to be so licensed, registered or qualified, except where failure to be so licensed or qualified would not reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Impairment Effect.

 

Section 5.02 Due Authorization.

 

(a) Each of the Acquiror Parties has all requisite company, corporate or limited liability company power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and each other Transaction Agreement to which it is or will be a party and to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby. The execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and such other Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby have been duly, validly and unanimously authorized and approved by the board of directors of each Acquiror Party and no other corporate or equivalent proceeding on the part of any Acquiror Party is necessary to authorize this Agreement or such other Transaction Agreements or any Acquiror Party’s performance hereunder or thereunder (except that obtaining the Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval is a condition to the consummation of the Mergers). This Agreement has been, and each such other Transaction Agreement (when executed and delivered by such Acquiror Party ) will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by such Acquiror Party and, assuming due authorization and execution by each other Party hereto and thereto (other than the other Acquiror Party), this Agreement constitutes, and each such other Transaction Agreement will constitute a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Acquiror Party, enforceable against each Acquiror Party in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

 

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(b) (i) Each of those Acquiror Shareholder Matters identified in clauses (i) through (iii) of the definition of Acquiror Shareholder Matters shall require approval by an affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the outstanding Acquiror Shares entitled to vote, who attend and vote thereupon (as determined in accordance with Acquiror’s Organizational Documents) at a shareholders’ meeting duly called by the board of directors of Acquiror and held for such purpose. Each of those Acquiror Shareholder Matters identified in clauses (iv) and (x) of the definition of Acquiror Shareholder Matters shall require approval by an affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Acquiror Shares entitled to vote, who attend and vote thereupon (as determined in accordance with Acquiror’s Organizational Documents) at a shareholders’ meeting duly called by the board of directors of Acquiror and held for such purpose. Each of those Acquiror Shareholder Matters identified in clauses (v) through (ix) of the definition of Acquiror Shareholder Matters may be approved by an affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding Acquiror Shares entitled to vote, who attend and vote thereupon (as determined in accordance with Acquiror’s Organizational Documents) at a shareholders’ meeting duly called by the board of directors of Acquiror and held for such purpose.

 

(c) The only votes of any of Acquiror’s capital stock necessary in connection with the entry into this Agreement by Acquiror, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the Closing, and the approval of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters are as set forth in Section 5.02(b).

 

(d) At a meeting duly called and held, the board of directors of Acquiror has unanimously: (i) determined that this Agreement and the Transactions are fair to and in the best interests of the Acquiror Shareholders, (ii) determined that the fair market value of the Company is equal to at least 80% of the amount held in the Trust Account (less any deferred underwriting commissions and taxes payable on interest earned) as of the date hereof, (iii) approved the Transactions as a Business Combination and (iv) without limiting Section 8.03, resolved to recommend to the Acquiror Shareholders approval of each of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters.

 

Section 5.03 No Conflict. Subject to the receipt of the consents, approvals, authorizations and other requirements set forth in Section 5.05 and obtaining the Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval, the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and any other Transaction Agreement to which any Acquiror Party is or will be a party, and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby do not and will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of, or result in the breach of any Acquiror Party’s Organizational Documents, (b) conflict with or result in any violation, in each case, of any provision of any Law or Governmental Order binding on or applicable to any Acquiror Party, (c) violate, conflict with, result in a breach of any provision of or the loss of any benefit under, constitute a default under, or result in the termination or acceleration of, or a right of termination, cancellation, modification, acceleration or amendment under, accelerate the performance required by, or result in the acceleration or trigger of any payment, posting of collateral (or right to require the posting of collateral), time of payment, vesting or increase in the amount of any compensation or benefit payable pursuant to, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contract to which any Acquiror Party is a party, or (d) result in the creation of any Lien upon any of the properties or assets of the Acquiror Parties (including the Trust Account), except in the case of each of clauses (b) through (d) as would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Impairment Effect.

 

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Section 5.04 Litigation and Proceedings. Since the dates of its organization, there has been no Action or, to the Knowledge of Acquiror, threatened (in writing) Actions by or against any Acquiror Party that, if adversely decided or resolved, has had, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Impairment Effect. There is no Governmental Order imposed upon any Acquiror Party that has had, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Impairment Effect. No Acquiror Party is party to any settlement or similar agreement regarding any of the matters set forth in the two preceding sentences that contains any ongoing obligations, restrictions or liabilities (of any nature) that has had, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Impairment Effect.

 

Section 5.05 Governmental Authorities; Consents. Assuming the truth and completeness of the representations and warranties of the Company and its Subsidiaries contained in this Agreement, no action by, consent, approval, permit or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority or notice, approval, consent waiver or authorization from any Governmental Authority is required on the part of any Acquiror Party with respect to such Acquiror Party’s execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements to which it is a party and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, except for (i) obtaining the consents of, or submitting notifications, filings, notices or other submissions to, the Governmental Authorities listed on Schedule 5.05 of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, (ii) the filing with the SEC of (A) the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement (and the expiration of the waiting period in Rule 14a-6(a) under the Exchange Act or, in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or written notification of the completion of the review by the SEC) and (B) such reports under Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as may be required in connection with this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, (iii) the filing of the First Certificate of Merger in accordance with the DGCL and the filing of the Second Certificate of Merger in accordance the DGCL and DLLCA, (iv) in connection with the Domestication, the applicable requirements and required approval of the Cayman Registrar, or (v) any actions, consents, approvals, permits or authorizations, designations, declarations or filings, the absence of which would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Impairment Effect.

 

Section 5.06 Trust Account.

 

(a) As of the date hereof, there is at least $253,000,000 held in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), maintained by Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, a New York limited purpose trust company, acting as trustee (the “Trustee”), pursuant to the Investment Management Trust Agreement, dated February 10, 2021, by and between Acquiror and the Trustee on file with the SEC Reports of Acquiror as of the date of this Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”). Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Account may be released except in accordance with the Trust Agreement, Acquiror’s Organizational Documents and Acquiror’s final prospectus dated April 13, 2021. Amounts in the Trust Account are invested only in United States Government securities or in money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Acquiror has performed all material obligations required to be performed by it to date under, and is not in material default, breach or delinquent in performance or any other respect (claimed or actual) in connection with, the Trust Agreement and the Trust Account, and to the Knowledge of Acquiror, no event has occurred which, with due notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default or breach thereunder. There are no Actions pending, or to the Knowledge of Acquiror, threatened with respect to the Trust Account or the funds contained therein. Acquiror has not released any money from the Trust Account (other than as permitted by the Trust Agreement). At the First Effective Time, the obligations of Acquiror to dissolve or liquidate pursuant to the Acquiror’s Organizational Documents shall terminate, and, as of the First Effective Time, Acquiror shall have no obligation whatsoever pursuant to the Acquiror’s Organizational Documents to dissolve and liquidate the assets of Acquiror by reason of the Transactions. From and after the First Effective Time, no shareholder of Acquiror shall be entitled to receive any amount from, or any amount previously held in, the Trust Account except to the extent such shareholder shall have elected to tender its Acquiror Class A Shares for redemption pursuant to the Acquiror Shareholder Redemption prior to such time. The Trust Agreement is in full force and effect and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Acquiror and the Trustee, enforceable in accordance with its terms. The Trust Agreement has not been terminated, repudiated, rescinded, amended or supplemented or otherwise modified, in any respect, and, to the Knowledge of Acquiror, no such termination, repudiation, rescission, amendment, supplement or modification is contemplated or anticipated. There are no side letters or other Contracts, arrangements or understandings, whether written or oral, with the Trustee or any other Person that would (i) cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the SEC Reports to be inaccurate or (ii) entitle any Person (other than Acquiror Shareholders who shall have elected to redeem their Acquiror Class A Shares pursuant to the Acquiror Shareholder Redemption or the underwriters of Acquiror’s initial public offering in respect of their Deferred Discount (as defined in the Trust Agreement)) to any portion of the proceeds in the Trust Account.

 

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(b) As of the date hereof, assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Company contained herein and the compliance by the Company with its obligations hereunder, Acquiror has no reason to believe that any of the conditions to the use of funds in the Trust Account will not be satisfied or funds available in the Trust Account will not be available to Acquiror on the Closing Date.

 

Section 5.07 Brokers’ Fees. Other than as set forth on Schedule 5.07 of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee, underwriting fee, deferred underwriting fee, commission or other similar payment in connection with the Transactions or any other potential Business Combination transaction considered or engaged in by or on behalf of any Acquiror Party based upon arrangements made by or on behalf of any Acquiror Party or any of its Affiliates or otherwise in respect of which any Acquiror Party, the Company or any of their Subsidiaries would have any liability or obligation.

 

Section 5.08 SEC Reports; Financial Statements; Sarbanes-Oxley Act; Undisclosed Liabilities

 

(a) Acquiror has filed or furnished in a timely manner (giving effect to permissible extensions in accordance with Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act) all required registration statements, reports, schedules, forms, statements and other documents required to be filed or furnished by it with the SEC (collectively, as they have been amended since the time of its filing and including all exhibits thereto, the “SEC Reports”). None of the SEC Reports, as of their respective dates (or if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date of this Agreement or the Closing Date, then on the date of the last such amendment or filing) contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. The audited financial statements and unaudited interim financial statements (including, in each case, the notes and schedules thereto) included in the SEC Reports complied as to form in all material respects with the published rules and regulations of the SEC with respect thereto in effect at the time of such filing, were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis during the periods involved (except as may be indicated therein or in the notes thereto) and fairly present (subject, in the case of the unaudited interim financial statements included therein, to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of complete footnotes as permitted by Form 10-Q of the SEC) in all material respects the financial position of Acquiror as of the respective dates thereof and the results of their operations and cash flows for the respective periods then ended. No Acquiror Party has any material off- balance sheet arrangements that are not disclosed in the SEC Reports.

 

(b) Acquiror has established and maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange Act). Such disclosure controls and procedures are reasonably designed to ensure that material information relating to Acquiror is made known to Acquiror’s principal executive officer and its principal financial officer. To the Knowledge of Acquiror, such disclosure controls and procedures are effective in timely alerting Acquiror’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer to material information required to be included in Acquiror’s financial statements included in Acquiror’s periodic reports required under the Exchange Act.

 

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(c) Acquiror has established and maintains systems of internal accounting controls that are designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of Acquiror’s financial reporting and the preparation of Acquiror’s financial statements in accordance with GAAP.

 

(d) Acquiror has not identified or been made aware of any, and to the Knowledge of Acquiror, there is no (i) “significant deficiency” in the internal controls over financial reporting of Acquiror, (ii) “material weakness” in the internal controls over financial reporting of Acquiror or (iii) fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees of Acquiror who have a significant role in the internal controls over financial reporting of Acquiror.

 

(e) To the Knowledge of Acquiror, there are no outstanding SEC comments from the SEC with respect to the SEC Reports. To the Knowledge of Acquiror, none of the SEC Reports filed on or prior to the date hereof is subject to ongoing SEC review or investigation as of the date hereof nor has the Acquiror received any inquiries or other notices from the SEC with respect to any such SEC Reports.

 

(f) Each director and executive officer of Acquiror has filed with the SEC on a timely basis all statements required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

 

(g) There are no outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made by Acquiror to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) or director of Acquiror.

 

Section 5.09 Business Activities.

 

(a) Since its incorporation, Acquiror has not conducted any business activities other than activities directed toward the accomplishment of a Business Combination. Except as set forth in the Acquiror’s Organizational Documents, there is no Contract or Governmental Order binding upon Acquiror or to which Acquiror is a party which has or would reasonably be expected to have the effect of prohibiting or impairing any business practice of Acquiror or any acquisition of property by Acquiror or the conduct of business by Acquiror as currently conducted or as contemplated to be conducted as of the Closing other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which would not reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Impairment Effect. Merger Subs were formed solely for the purpose of engaging in the Transactions, have not conducted any business and have no assets, liabilities or obligations of any nature other than those incident to its formation and pursuant to this Agreement and any other Transaction Agreement to which any Merger Sub is a party, as applicable, and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement and such Transaction Agreements, as applicable. Acquiror owns all of the issued and outstanding Equity Securities of Merger Subs.

 

(b) Acquiror does not own or have a right to acquire, directly or indirectly, any interest or investment (whether equity or debt) in any corporation (other than Merger Sub 1), limited liability company (other than Merger Sub 2), partnership, joint venture, business, trust or other entity. Except for this Agreement and the Transactions, no Acquiror Party has any interests, rights, obligations or liabilities with respect to, or is party to, bound by or has its assets or property subject to, in each case whether directly or indirectly, any Contract or transaction which is, or would reasonably be interpreted as constituting, a Business Combination.

 

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(c) Except for this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements or as incurred in connection with or expressly contemplated by this Agreement and/or the Transactions, including with respect to professional fees for legal and accounting advisors incurred by any Acquiror Party in connection with the Transactions, no Acquiror Party is, and at no time has been, party to any Contract with any Person that would require payments by Acquiror or any of its Subsidiaries after the date hereof in excess of $300,000 in the aggregate.

 

(d) As of the date hereof, Acquiror has no liabilities or obligations, except for liabilities or obligations (i) reflected or reserved for on Acquiror’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 or disclosed in the notes thereto, (ii) that have arisen since the date of Acquiror’s consolidated balance sheet as of December 31, 2020 in the ordinary course of the operation of business of Acquiror, (iii) incurred in connection with or contemplated by this Agreement or the Transactions, including with respect to professional fees for legal and accounting advisors incurred by any Acquiror Party in connection with the Transactions; or (iv) which would not be, or would not reasonably be expected to be, material to Acquiror or have an Acquiror Impairment Effect.

 

Section 5.10 Tax Matters.

 

(a) Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have an Acquiror Impairment Effect:

 

(i) all Tax Returns required to be filed by any Acquiror Party have been timely filed (taking into account extensions) and all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all respects;

 

(ii) all Taxes required to be paid (whether or not shown on any Tax Return) by any Acquiror Party have been duly paid;

 

(iii) no Tax audit, examination or other proceeding with respect to Taxes of any Acquiror Party is pending or has been threatened in writing;

 

(iv) each Acquiror Party has complied in all respects with all applicable Laws relating to the collection and withholding of Taxes; and

 

(v) there are no assessments, deficiencies, adjustments or other claims with respect to Taxes that have been asserted or assessed in writing by any Governmental Authority against any Acquiror Party that have not been paid or otherwise resolved.

 

(b) No Acquiror Party (or any predecessor thereof) has constituted either a “distributing corporation” or a “controlled corporation” in a distribution of stock qualifying for income tax- free treatment under Section 355 of the Code (or so much of Section 356 of the Code as relates to Section 355 of the Code).

 

(c) No Acquiror Party has been a party to any “reportable transaction” within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b)(2).

 

(d) There are no Liens with respect to material Taxes on any of the assets of any Acquiror Party, other than Permitted Liens.

 

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(e) No Acquiror Party has made a request for an advance tax ruling, request for technical advice, request for a change of any method of accounting or any similar request that is in progress or pending with any Governmental Authority with respect to any material Taxes.

 

(f) No Acquiror Party has any material liability for the Taxes of any Person (other than Acquiror or its Subsidiaries) (i) under Treasury Regulation Section 1.1502-6 (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) or (ii) as a transferee or successor.

 

(g) No written and unresolved claim has been received by any Acquiror Party from a Governmental Authority in respect of Tax in a jurisdiction where such Acquiror Party does not file Tax Returns that such Acquiror Party is or may be subject to taxation by that jurisdiction.

 

(h) No Acquiror Party will be required to include any material amount in taxable income, exclude any material item of deduction or loss from taxable income, or make any adjustment under Section 481 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) for any taxable period (or portion thereof) ending after the Closing Date as a result of any (i) installment sale, or open transaction disposition made prior to the Closing, (ii) prepaid amount received or deferred revenue recognized or received prior to the Closing outside the ordinary course of business, (iii) change in method of accounting made or requested prior to the Closing for a taxable period ending on or prior to the Closing Date, (iv) “closing agreements” described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar provision of state, local or foreign Law) executed prior to the Closing, or (v) election pursuant to Section 965(h) of the Code. No Acquiror Party has deferred, pursuant to the CARES Act or the Presidential Memorandum Deferring Payroll Tax Obligations dated August 8, 2020, any Taxes which have not been paid.

 

(i) No Acquiror Party is a party to any Tax indemnification or Tax sharing or similar agreement with respect to material Taxes (other than any such agreement solely between the Acquiror Parties and customary commercial Contracts not primarily related to Taxes ).

 

(j) No Acquiror Party has taken any action that could reasonably be expected to prevent the conversion contemplated by Section 7.11 and the Domestication from qualifying for the Conversion/Domestication Intended Tax Treatment or prevent the Mergers from qualifying for the Mergers Intended Tax Treatment, and to the Knowledge of Acquiror there are not any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to prevent the conversion contemplated by Section 7.11 and the Domestication from qualifying for the Conversion/Domestication Intended Tax Treatment or prevent the Mergers from qualifying for the Mergers Intended Tax Treatment.

 

(k) All of the membership interests in Merger Sub 2 are owned by Acquiror, and Merger Sub 2 is, and has been since formation, disregarded as an entity (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3) separate from Acquiror for U.S. federal income tax purposes.

 

Section 5.11 Capitalization.

 

(a) The authorized capital stock of Acquiror consists of 555,000,000 shares of capital stock, including (i) 500,000,000 Acquiror Class A Shares, (ii) 50,000,000 Acquiror Class B Shares and (iii) 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (“Acquiror Preferred Stock”). Schedule 5.11(a) of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules sets forth the total number and amount of all of the issued and outstanding Equity Securities of each Acquiror Party (including Acquiror Warrants), and further sets forth the amount and type of Equity Securities of any Acquiror Party owned or held by each of Sponsor and each of Sponsor’s Affiliates. From the date of this Agreement, no Equity Securities of Acquiror have been granted or issued in violation of Section 7.02. No shares of Acquiror Preferred Stock have been issued or are outstanding. All of the issued and outstanding shares of Equity Securities of the Acquiror Parties (i) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable, (ii) were issued in full compliance with applicable Law and the Acquiror Parties’ Organizational Documents and any other Contracts governing issuance of such Equity Securities and (iii) are not subject to, nor have they been issued in violation of, any purchase option, call option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of any applicable Law, Acquiror Parties’ Organizational Documents or any Contract which any Acquiror Party is a party to or otherwise bound by.

 

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(b) There are no Equity Securities of Acquiror authorized, reserved, issued or outstanding. Except as contemplated by this Agreement or the other documents contemplated hereby, and other than the Subscription Agreements, no Acquiror Party has granted any outstanding options, stock appreciation rights, warrants, rights or other securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for Equity Securities of any Acquiror Party or any other commitments or agreements providing for the issuance of additional shares, the sale of treasury shares, for the repurchase or redemption of Equity Securities of any Acquiror Party, or the value of which is determined by reference to Equity Securities of any Acquiror Party, and there are no Contracts of any kind which may obligate any Acquiror Party to issue, purchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its Equity Securities. There are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of Acquiror having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matter for which Acquiror’s stockholders may vote. Except as disclosed in the SEC Reports and except for the Sponsor Support Agreement and the Company Support Agreement, Acquiror is not a party to any stockholders agreement, voting agreement or registration rights agreement relating to Acquiror Shares or any other Equity Securities of Acquiror.

 

(c) No Acquiror Party owns any Equity Securities in any other Person (other than Equity Securities of Merger Subs owned by Acquiror) or have any right, option, warrant, conversion right, stock appreciation right, redemption right, repurchase right, agreement, arrangement or commitment of any character under which a Person is or may become obligated to issue or sell, or give any right to subscribe for or acquire, or in any way dispose of, any Equity Securities, or any securities or obligations exercisable or exchangeable for or convertible into Equity Securities of such Person.

 

(d) The Acquiror Warrants are not exercisable until the later of (x) February 16, 2022 and (y) thirty (30) days after the Closing. Subject to the terms of conditions of the Warrant Agreement, the Domesticated Acquiror Warrants will be exercisable after giving effect to the Mergers and the Domestication for one share of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock at an exercise price of eleven Dollars fifty cents ($11.50) per share.

 

(e) The Aggregate Stock Consideration and the shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock, when issued in accordance with the terms hereof, will be duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and issued in compliance with all applicable state and federal securities Laws and not subject to, and not issued in violation of, any Lien, purchase option, call option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under any provision of applicable Law, Acquiror’s Organizational Documents, or any Contract which Acquiror is a party to or otherwise bound by.

 

(f) No Acquiror Party has any indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $50,000 in the aggregate.

 

Section 5.12 NYSE Stock Market Listing. The issued and outstanding units of Acquiror, each such unit comprised of one Acquiror Class A Share and one-eighth of one Acquiror Warrant, are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbol “IACB.U”. The issued and outstanding Acquiror Class A Shares are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbol “IACB”. The issued and outstanding Acquiror Warrants are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the NYSE under the symbol “IACB WS”. As of the Closing, after giving effect to the Domestication and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement (and by the other agreements contemplated hereby) to occur prior to the Closing, Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock and Domesticated Acquiror Warrants will be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and listed for trading on the NYSE under the same symbols. There is no Action pending or, to the Knowledge of Acquiror, threatened against Acquiror by the NYSE or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister Acquiror Class A Shares (or following the Domestication, the Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock) or Acquiror Warrants (or following the Domestication, Domesticated Acquiror Warrant) or otherwise terminate the listing of such stock or warrant on the NYSE. None of Acquiror or its Affiliates has taken any action in an attempt to terminate the registration of Acquiror Class A Shares (or following the Domestication, Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock) or Acquiror Warrants (or following the Domestication, Domesticated Acquiror Warrant) under the Exchange Act except as contemplated by this Agreement. Acquiror has not received any notice from the NYSE or the SEC regarding the revocation of such listing or otherwise to the Knowledge of Acquiror, any notice regarding a threatened delisting of Acquiror Class A Shares (or following the Domestication, Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock) or the Acquiror Warrants (or following the Domestication, Domesticated Acquiror Warrant) from the NYSE or the SEC.

 

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Section 5.13 PIPE Investment. Acquiror has delivered to the Company true, correct and complete copies of each of the Subscription Agreements entered into by Acquiror with the applicable investors named therein (collectively, the “PIPE Investors”), pursuant to which the PIPE Investors have committed to provide equity financing to Acquiror in the aggregate amount of $150,000,000 (the “PIPE Investment Amount”). As of the date hereof, to the Knowledge of Acquiror, with respect to each PIPE Investor, the Subscription Agreements are in full force and effect and have not been withdrawn or terminated, or otherwise amended or modified, and no withdrawal, termination, amendment or modification is contemplated by Acquiror. Each Subscription Agreement is a legal, valid and binding obligation of Acquiror and, to the Knowledge of Acquiror, each PIPE Investor and neither the execution or delivery by any party thereto, nor the performance of any party’s obligations under any such Subscription Agreement violates any Laws. Each Subscription Agreement provides that the Company is a third party beneficiary to the extent specified in the Subscription Agreements. There are no side letters or other Contracts, or arrangements to which Acquiror, Sponsor (or any Affiliate of Sponsor) or any PIPE Investor is party or by which any of them is bound relating to any Subscription Agreement or the PIPE Investment and, as of the date hereof, Acquiror has no Knowledge of any facts or circumstances that may reasonably be expected to result in any of the conditions set forth in any Subscription Agreement not being satisfied, or the PIPE Investment Amount not being available to Acquiror, on the Closing Date. No event has occurred that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or breach on the part of Acquiror under any material term or condition of any Subscription Agreement. The Subscription Agreements contain all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of the PIPE Investors to contribute to Acquiror the applicable portion of the PIPE Investment Amount set forth in the Subscription Agreements on the terms thereof. Other than fees payable to the PIPE placement agents pursuant to those engagement letters set forth on Schedule 5.07 of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules (as in effect as of the date hereof or as hereafter modified with the prior written consent of the Company), no fees, consideration or other discounts are payable or have been agreed by or on behalf of Acquiror or to any PIPE Investor in respect of its PIPE Investment.

 

Section 5.14 Related Party Transactions. Except as expressly contemplated herein or as expressly set forth in the SEC Reports, the Sponsor Side Letter, and the Subscription Agreements, there are no Contracts, transactions, arrangements or understandings between any Acquiror Party, on the one hand, and Sponsor, any Affiliate of Sponsor or any director, officer, employee, stockholder, warrant holder or Affiliate of such Acquiror Party, on the other hand.

 

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Section 5.15 Investment Company Act; JOBS Act. No Acquiror Party is an “investment company” or a Person directly or indirectly “controlled” by or acting on behalf of an “investment company”, in each case, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Acquiror constitutes an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the JOBS Act.

 

Section 5.16 Absence of Changes. Since December 31, 2020, (a) there has not been any event or occurrence that has had, individually or in the aggregate, an Acquiror Impairment Effect and (b) the Acquiror Parties have, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or, the other Transaction Agreements, in all material respects, conducted their business and operated their properties in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice.

 

Section 5.17 No Outside Reliance. Notwithstanding anything contained in Article IV or any other provision hereof, each Acquiror Party, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates (including Sponsor) and on behalf of its and their respective directors, managers, officers, employees and equityholders, acknowledge and agree that (i) such Person has made its own investigation of the Company and its Subsidiaries and has been furnished with or given access to such documents and information about the Company and its Subsidiaries and their businesses and operations as such Person has deemed necessary to enable it to make an informed decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and (ii) that neither the Company nor any other Person is making any representation or warranty whatsoever, express or implied, in respect of the Company, its Subsidiaries or their respective businesses or operation beyond those expressly made by the Company in Article IV, including any implied warranty or representation as to condition, merchantability, suitability or fitness for a particular purpose or trade as to any of the assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is understood that any cost estimates, financial or other projections or other predictions that may be contained or referred to in the Company Disclosure Schedules or elsewhere, as well as any information, documents or other materials (including any such materials contained in any “data room” (whether or not accessed by Acquiror or its Representatives, or reviewed by Acquiror pursuant to the Confidentiality Agreement) or management presentations that have been or shall hereafter be provided to Acquiror or any of its Affiliates, agents or Representatives are not and will not be deemed to be representations or warranties of the Company, and no representation or warranty is made as to the accuracy or completeness of any of the foregoing except as may be expressly set forth in Article IV. Acquiror understands, acknowledges and agrees that any assets, properties and business of the Company and its Subsidiaries are furnished “as is”, “where is” with all faults and without any other representation or warranty of any nature whatsoever.

 

Section 5.18 No Other Representations. Except as provided in this Article V, neither Acquiror, nor Merger Sub 1, nor Merger Sub 2 nor any other Person has made, or is making, any representation or warranty whatsoever in respect of the Acquiror Parties.

 

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ARTICLE VI

COVENANTS OF THE COMPANY

 

Section 6.01 Conduct of Business. From the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Closing or the termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms (the “Interim Period”), the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, or as required by applicable Law, or as consented to in writing by Acquiror (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), use reasonable best efforts to (i) conduct and operate its business in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices in all material respects, (ii) preserve intact the current business organization of the Company and its Subsidiaries and (iii) preserve its relationships with Governmental Authorities, material suppliers, customers, vendors, lessors and other Persons having material business relationships with the Company and its Subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement, as set forth on Schedule 6.01 of the Company Disclosure Schedules or as consented to by Acquiror in writing (such consent not to be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed), or as required by applicable Law, the Company shall not, and the Company shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, during the Interim Period:

 

(a) change or amend its certificate of formation, certificate of incorporation, bylaws, limited liability company agreement or other Organizational Documents in any material respects;

 

(b) make, declare, set aside, establish a record date for or pay any dividend, return of capital or other distribution of profits or assets (whether in cash, stock or property or other combination thereof), other than any dividends, return of capital or other distributions from any wholly owned Subsidiary of the Company either to the Company or any other wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company;

 

(c) enter into a Contract that would be a Specified Contract or Real Property Lease if entered into prior to the date hereof, or modify, amend, terminate or waive any material right under any Specified Contract or any Real Property Lease, in each case other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice;

 

(d) issue, deliver, sell, transfer, pledge or dispose of or otherwise place or suffer to exist any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on, any Equity Securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, other than (i) the issuance of shares of capital stock of the Company upon the exercise of any Company Award outstanding as of the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of the applicable Company Incentive Plan and the underlying grant, award or similar agreement, (ii) the issuance of new awards of Company Options in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice; provided, however, that in no event shall the number of shares of Company Capital Stock issuable upon the exercise of such newly issued Company Options individually or in the aggregate exceed 0.5% of the total number of shares of Company Capital Stock issued and outstanding on the date hereof, or (iii) the issuance of shares of capital stock of the Company upon exercise of any Company Warrants outstanding as of the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of the warrant agreements governing such Company Warrants;

 

(e) sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease, license, sublicense, covenant not to assert, abandon, allow to lapse or expire, subject to, grant or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Permitted Liens) on, or otherwise dispose of, any material assets, rights or properties (including material Intellectual Property), other than (i) the sale of goods and services to customers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (ii) the sale or other disposition of assets or equipment deemed by the Company in its reasonable business judgment to be obsolete or otherwise warranted in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (iii) grants of non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property to customers in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices, or (iv) transactions among the Company and its wholly owned Subsidiaries or among its wholly owned Subsidiaries;

 

(f)   settle or compromise any pending or threatened Action, waive any material claims or rights, or enter into any consent decree or settlement agreement with any Governmental Authority against or affecting any of the Company or its Subsidiaries or any assets of the Company or its Subsidiaries, other than settlements or compromises where the amount paid in settlement or compromise does not exceed $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate;

 

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(g) except as required by the terms of any existing Company Benefit Plans as in effect on the date hereof or as required by Law, (i) amend, modify, adopt, enter into or terminate any Company Benefit Plan or any other benefit or compensation plan, policy, program, agreement, trust, fund or Contract that would be a Company Benefit Plan if in effect as of the date of this Agreement, except in each case in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, in such manner as is not targeted at officers or directors and as would not materially increase compensation or benefits costs, (ii) increase the compensation or benefits payable to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries other than increases to any such individuals who are not directors of the Company in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice that do not exceed 5% in the aggregate (in respect of all employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries), (iii) accelerate by any action of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, any payment, right to payment, vesting or benefit, or the funding of any payment, right to payment, vesting or benefit, payable or to become payable to any current or former director, manager, officer, employee, individual independent contractor or other service provider of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (iv) hire or engage any new employee or independent contractor with annual target compensation in excess of $500,000, (v) agree to pay any change in control payments, transaction bonuses, success bonuses, retention bonuses, severance, and other payments made to employees, officers, managers, directors, and other service providers other than in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice, (vi) implement or announce any closings, employee layoffs, furloughs, reductions-in-force, reduction in terms and conditions of employment, or other personnel actions, in each case that could implicate the WARN Act or which impacts a director or officer of the Company, or (vii) enter into, amend or terminate any collective bargaining agreement or other agreement with a labor union, works council or similar organization;

 

(h) make any loans or advance any money to any Person, except (A) prepayments and deposits paid to suppliers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (B) trade credit extended to customers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business, (C) advances or other payments among the Company and its Subsidiaries and (D) advances in the ordinary course of business of the Company or its Subsidiaries and consistent with past practice to employees, officers or directors of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for out-of-pocket expenses;

 

(i) redeem, purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire, or offer to redeem, purchase, repurchase or acquire, any Equity Securities of the Company any of its Subsidiaries other than transactions among the Company and its wholly owned Subsidiaries or among wholly owned Subsidiaries of the Company;

 

(j) adjust, split, combine, subdivide, recapitalize, reclassify or otherwise effect any change in respect of any Equity Securities of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

(k) make any change in accounting principles, or methods of financial accounting materially affecting the reported consolidated assets, liabilities or results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries, other than as may be required by GAAP or applicable Law;

 

(l) (i) acquire by merger or consolidation with, or merge or consolidate with, or purchase substantially all of the assets of or a controlling equity interest in, any corporation, partnership, association, joint venture or other business organization or division thereof, (ii) make any acquisition of any assets, business, Equity Securities or other properties in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate or (iii) adopt or enter into a plan of complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, merger, consolidation, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization of the Company or its Subsidiaries;

 

(m) make, change or revoke any material Tax election, adopt, change or revoke any material accounting method with respect to Taxes, file any material Tax Return in a manner materially inconsistent with past practice, settle or compromise any material Tax claim or Tax liability, enter into any closing agreement with respect to any material Tax, enter into any Tax sharing or similar agreement (other than any such agreement solely between the Company and its existing Subsidiaries and customary commercial Contracts not primarily related to Taxes), surrender or knowingly allow to expire any right to claim a material refund of Taxes, or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any material Tax claim, action or assessment;

 

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(n) knowingly take any action, or knowingly fail to take any action, where such action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers from qualifying for the Mergers Intended Tax Treatment;

 

(o) other than draws under the Credit Facility, and other than in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices, incur, create, assume or guarantee any indebtedness for borrowed money in excess of $5,000,000 in the aggregate;

 

(p) modify the terms of the Credit Facility in any respect that is material and adverse to the Company;

 

(q) other than in the ordinary course of business, enter into any agreement that materially restricts the ability of the Company or its Subsidiaries to engage or compete in any line of business, enter into any agreement that materially restricts the ability of the Company or its Subsidiaries to enter into a new line of business or enter into any new line of business;

 

(r) make any capital expenditures that in the aggregate exceed $2,000,000, other than any capital expenditure (or series of related capital expenditures) consistent in all material respects with the Company’s annual capital expenditures budget for periods following the date hereof, made available to Acquiror;

 

(s) accelerate any annual or other bonuses or cash incentive payments ahead of the date on which such bonuses or cash incentive payments would have been paid in the ordinary course of business for fiscal year 2021;

 

(t) enter into any Contract with any broker, finder, investment banker or other Person under which such Person is or will be entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other commission in connection with the Transactions;

 

(u) form any non-wholly owned Subsidiary;

 

(v) enter into any Affiliate Agreement;

 

(w) make any Restricted Payment;

 

(x) subject any material Owned Intellectual Property to any Copyleft License; or

 

(y) authorize, agree or enter into any Contract to do any action prohibited under Section 6.01(a) through (y).

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein (including this Section 6.01, (x) nothing herein shall prevent the Company or any of its Subsidiaries from taking any COVID-19 Measures or any action that is taken in good faith in response to COVID-19, and no such action (or failure to act) shall serve as a basis for Acquiror to terminate this Agreement or assert that any of the conditions to the Closing contained herein have not been satisfied and (y) nothing in this Section 6.01 is intended to give any Acquiror Party or any of their respective Affiliates, directly or indirectly, the right to control or direct the business or operations of the Company or its Subsidiaries prior to the Closing, and prior to the Closing, the Company and its Subsidiaries shall exercise, consistent with the terms and conditions of this Agreement, complete control and supervision over their respective businesses and operations.

 

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Section 6.02 Inspection. Subject to confidentiality obligations and similar restrictions that may be applicable to information furnished to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries by third parties that may be in the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ possession from time to time, and except for any information which (x) relates to the negotiation of this Agreement or the Transactions, (y) is prohibited from being disclosed by applicable Law or (z) on the advice of legal counsel of the Company would result in the loss of attorney-client privilege or other privilege from disclosure, the Company shall, and shall cause its Subsidiaries to, afford to Acquiror and its Representatives reasonable access during the Interim Period, and with reasonable advance notice, in such manner as to not interfere unreasonably with the normal operation of the Company and its Subsidiaries and so long as reasonably feasible or permissible under applicable Law and subject to appropriate COVID-19 Measures, to the properties, facilities, books, Tax Returns, records and appropriate officers and employees of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish such Representatives with all financial and operating data and other information concerning the affairs of the Company and its Subsidiaries that are in the possession of the Company or its Subsidiaries, in each case, as Acquiror and its Representatives may reasonably request for purposes of the Transactions; provided that such access shall not include any invasive or intrusive investigations or testing, sampling or analysis of any properties, facilities or equipment of the Company or its Subsidiaries. The Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to make alternative arrangements for such disclosure where the restrictions in the preceding sentence apply. All information obtained by Acquiror and its Representatives under this Agreement shall be subject to the Confidentiality Agreement.

 

Section 6.03 No Claim Against the Trust Account. Subject to and without limiting Section 11.05, (a) the Company acknowledges that it has read Acquiror’s final prospectus, dated April 13, 2021, the other SEC Reports and the Acquiror’s Organizational Documents and understands that Acquiror has established the Trust Account described therein for the benefit of Acquiror’s public shareholders and that disbursements from the Trust Account are available only in the limited circumstances set forth in the Trust Agreement, (b) the Company further acknowledges that, if the Transactions, or, in the event of a termination of this Agreement, another Business Combination, are not consummated by February 16, 2023 or such later date as approved by the Acquiror Shareholders to complete a Business Combination, Acquiror will be obligated to return to the Acquiror Shareholders the amounts being held in the Trust Account and (c) accordingly, the Company (on behalf of itself and its Affiliates and equityholders) hereby waives any past, present or future claims (whether based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability) of any kind in or any right to access any monies in the Trust Account and agrees not to seek recourse against the Trust Account or any funds distributed therefrom as a result of, or arising out of, in connection with or relating in any way to this Agreement or the Transactions with Acquiror, provided that notwithstanding anything herein or otherwise to the contrary (x) nothing herein shall serve to limit or prohibit the Company’s right to pursue a claim against Acquiror for legal relief against monies or other assets held outside the Trust Account, for specific performance or other equitable relief in connection with the consummation of the Transactions (including a claim for Acquiror to specifically perform its obligations under this Agreement and cause the disbursement of the balance of the cash remaining in the Trust Account (after giving effect to the Acquiror Shareholder Redemption) to the Company in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Trust Agreement), or for Fraud and (y) nothing herein shall serve to limit or prohibit any claims that the Company may have in the future against Acquiror’s assets or funds that are not held in the Trust Account (including any funds that have been released from the Trust Account (other than to its shareholders in connection with redemptions effected prior to a Business Combination) and any assets that have been purchased or acquired by Acquiror or any successor thereof or any of their respective Affiliates with any such funds or otherwise following a Business Combination). This Section 6.03 shall survive the termination of this Agreement for any reason.

 

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Section 6.04 Preparation and Delivery of Additional Company Financial Statements. As promptly as reasonably practicable following the date hereof, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to deliver to Acquiror (i) the audited consolidated balance sheets of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and the related audited consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for the years then ended, which have been audited in accordance with the standards of PCAOB (collectively, the “PCAOB Financial Statements”) and (ii) any other audited or unaudited consolidated balance sheets and the related unaudited or audited consolidated statements of income and comprehensive income, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Company and its Subsidiaries as of and for the year-to-date period ended as of the end of any other different fiscal quarter (and as of and for the same period from the previous fiscal year) or fiscal year, as applicable that is required to be included in the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement once the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2020 become stale for purposes of Regulation S-X of the Securities Act and in any other filings to be made by Acquiror with the SEC in connection with the Transactions (together with the PCAOB Financial Statements, the “Additional Financial Statements”); provided, that upon delivery of such PCAOB Financial Statements, such PCAOB Financial Statements shall be deemed “Audited Financial Statements” for the purposes of the representation and warranties set forth in Section 4.08. All such Additional Financial Statements (i) will fairly present in all material respects the consolidated financial position of the Company and its Subsidiaries as at the date thereof, and the results of its operations, stockholder’s equity and cash flows for the respective periods then ended (subject, in the case of any unaudited or interim financial statements, to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes), (ii) will be prepared in conformity with GAAP, (iii) in the case of any audited financial statements, will be audited in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB and (iv) will comply in all material respects with the applicable accounting requirements and with the rules and regulations of the SEC, the Exchange Act and the Securities Act in effect as of the respective dates thereof (including Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable). The Company shall use reasonable best efforts to deliver Additional Financial Statements for any required interim period as promptly as reasonably practicable after completion of such interim period. The auditor engaged to audit the PCAOB Financial Statements and any Additional Financial Statements, as applicable, and to review the unaudited financial statements is an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Company within the meaning of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder adopted by the SEC and the PCAOB.

 

Section 6.05 FIRPTA. At the Closing, the Company shall deliver to Acquiror a duly executed and valid certificate, dated no more than thirty (30) days prior to the Closing Date, prepared in a manner consistent and in accordance with the requirements of Treasury Regulation Sections 1.897-2(g), (h) and 1.1445-2(c)(3), certifying that no interest in the Company is, or has been during the relevant period specified in Section 897(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Code, a “U.S. real property interest” within the meaning of Section 897(c) of the Code, and a form of notice to the Internal Revenue Service prepared in accordance with the provisions of Treasury Regulations Section 1.897-2(h)(2). Notwithstanding the foregoing, the sole remedy available to any Person for any failure of the Company to provide the documentation described in this Section 6.05 shall be to make any Tax withholding (if any) that is required by applicable Law in connection with payments made pursuant to this Agreement as a result of the failure to deliver such documentation, it being understood that in no event shall any such failure to deliver the documentation described in this Section 6.05 constitute a failure of a condition to the Closing pursuant to Article IX or otherwise.

 

Section 6.06 Termination of Affiliate Arrangements. As of immediately prior to the Closing, the Company shall take all actions necessary to cause each Affiliate Agreement set forth on Schedule 6.06 of the Company Disclosure Schedules (which shall continue to be in effect following the Closing), to be terminated without any further force and effect and with no further liability thereunder to the Company or its Subsidiaries following the Closing (other than such obligations that survive in accordance with the terms of such Affiliate Agreements).

 

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Section 6.07 No Acquiror Stock Transactions. The Company acknowledges and agrees that it is aware, and that the Company’s Affiliates are aware (and, to the Knowledge of the Company, each of their respective Representatives is aware or, upon receipt of any material nonpublic information of Acquiror, will be advised) of the restrictions imposed by U.S. federal securities Laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC and NYSE promulgated thereunder or otherwise and other applicable foreign and domestic Laws on a Person possessing material nonpublic information about a publicly traded company. The Company hereby agrees that it shall not (and that the Company’s Subsidiaries shall be directed not to), while any such party is in possession of such material nonpublic information, purchase or sell any securities of Acquiror (other than to engage in the Transactions), take any other action with respect to Acquiror in violation of such Laws, or cause or encourage any third party to do any of the foregoing.

 

Section 6.08 Notification. During the Interim Period, the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to notify Acquiror, promptly upon gaining Knowledge thereof, in writing if there has occurred any event or occurrence that (i) causes any covenant or agreement of any of the Company contained in this Agreement to be breached, (ii) that renders inaccurate any representation or warranty of the Company contained in this Agreement or (iii) that would result in a Company Material Adverse Effect, in each case of clauses (i) - (iii), such that it would result in the failure of any of the conditions set forth in Section 9.02 to be satisfied on or before the Termination Date. The delivery of any such notice pursuant to this Section 6.08 shall not cure any breach of any representation, warranty, covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement or otherwise limit or affect the remedies available hereunder. In addition to the foregoing, the Company shall promptly notify Acquiror in writing if it has Knowledge of a payment or transaction which constitutes a Restricted Payment. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, the Company shall not be in breach of this Section 6.08 (including for purposes of the conditions set forth in Section 9.02 unless and to extent it has committed a Willful Breach of this Section 6.08.

 

Section 6.09 Company Stockholder Approval. The Company shall, in accordance with Section 251 of the DGCL and the Organizational Documents of the Company, (i) promptly following the Registration Statement Effective Date (and in any event within five (5) Business Days after the Registration Statement Effective Date) use its reasonable best efforts to solicit and obtain the Company Stockholder Approval in the form of an irrevocable written consent (the “Written Consent”) of each of the Specified Company Stockholders (pursuant to the Company Stockholders Support Agreement) or (ii) in the event the Company is not able to obtain the Written Consent, the Company shall (A) duly and promptly convene a meeting of the Company Stockholders for the purpose of voting solely upon the Company Stockholder Matters (either of (i) or (ii), the “Company Stockholder Approval”). The Company shall promptly notify Acquiror upon receipt of the Company Stockholder Approval. If the Company Stockholder Approval is obtained, then as promptly as reasonably practicable following the receipt of the Written Consent, the Company will prepare and deliver to the Company Stockholders who have not consented, the notice required by Sections 228(e) and 262 of the DGCL; provided that, Acquiror shall be given a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on the contents of such notice before delivery to the applicable Company Stockholders.

 

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ARTICLE VII

COVENANTS OF ACQUIROR

 

Section 7.01 Indemnification and Directors’ and Officers’ Insurance.

 

(a) From and after the Closing, Acquiror shall, and (in the case of the Company Indemnitees) cause the Surviving Entity to, indemnify and hold harmless each present and former director, officer and employee of (i) the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (the “Company Indemnitees”); and (ii) the Acquiror Parties (the “Acquiror Indemnitees” and, together with the Company Indemnitees, the “D&O Indemnitees”) against any costs or expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees), judgments, fines, claims, damages or losses incurred in connection with any claim, Action or threatened Action, whether civil, criminal, administrative, investigative or otherwise, arising out of or pertaining to matters existing or occurring at or prior to the First Effective Time, whether asserted or claimed prior to, at or after the First Effective Time, to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law (including the advancing of expenses as incurred to the fullest extent permitted under applicable Law). On the Closing Date, Acquiror shall enter into customary indemnification agreements reasonably satisfactory to the Company with the post-Closing directors and officers of Acquiror, which indemnification agreements shall continue to be effective following the Closing. Acquiror agrees that it shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, honor and perform under all indemnification agreements entered into by Acquiror, the Company or any of its subsidiaries with any D&O Indemnitee.

 

(b) Without limiting the foregoing, Acquiror shall, and shall cause the Surviving Entity and each of its Subsidiaries to, (i) maintain for a period of not less than six (6) years from the Closing provisions in its and their respective certificates of incorporation, bylaws and other Organizational Documents concerning the indemnification and exoneration (including provisions relating to expense advancement) of the D&O Indemnitees that are no less favorable to those Persons than the provisions of such certificates of incorporation, bylaws and other Organizational Documents as of the date of this Agreement and (ii) not amend, repeal or otherwise modify such provisions in any respect that would adversely affect the rights of those Persons thereunder, in each case, except as required by Law.

 

(c) For a period of six (6) years from the Closing, Acquiror shall or shall cause one or more of its Subsidiaries to maintain in effect directors’ and officers’ liability insurance covering those Persons who are currently covered by (i) the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies and (ii) the Acquiror Parties’ directors’ and officers’ liability insurance policies on terms not less favorable than the terms of such current insurance coverage; provided that if any claim is asserted or made within such six-year period, any insurance required to be maintained under this Section 7.01 shall be continued in respect of such claim until the final disposition thereof. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company and the Acquiror may (each in its own discretion) purchase, prior to the Closing, a “tail” policy, (the “D&O Tail Policy”) providing directors and officers liability insurance coverage in respect of acts or omissions existing or occurring prior to the First Effective Time for a period of six (6) years after the Closing for the benefit of the Company Indemnitees and the Acquiror Indemnities, respectively, at a price not to exceed 300% of the amount per annum paid for any such insurance in the last twelve (12)-month period prior to the date of this Agreement. If purchased, Acquiror shall, and shall cause the Surviving Entity to maintain the D&O Tail Policy in full force and effect for its full term and cause all obligations thereunder to be honored by Acquiror and the Surviving Entity.

 

(d) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement to the contrary, this Section 7.01 shall survive the consummation of the Mergers indefinitely and shall be binding, jointly and severally, on Acquiror and the Surviving Entity and all successors and assigns of Acquiror and the Surviving Entity. In the event that Acquiror or the Surviving Entity or any of their respective successors or assigns consolidates with or merges into any other Person and shall not be the continuing or surviving corporation or entity of such consolidation or merger or transfers or conveys all or substantially all of its properties and assets to any Person, then, and in each such case, proper provision shall be made so that the successors and assigns of Acquiror or the Surviving Entity, as the case may be, shall succeed to the obligations set forth in this Section 7.01.

 

(e) The D&O Indemnitees are express third-party beneficiaries of this Section 7.01 and the provisions of this Section 7.01 shall survive the Closing in accordance with their terms. The rights of each of the D&O Indemnitees hereunder shall be in addition to, and not in limitation of, any other rights such Person may have under Organizational Documents of Acquiror, the Company or its Subsidiaries (as applicable), any other indemnification Contract or applicable Law.

 

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Section 7.02 Conduct of Acquiror During the Interim Period.

 

(a) During the Interim Period, except as set forth on Schedule 7.02 of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules, as required by this Agreement (including in connection with the Domestication, the PIPE Investment, and the Secondary Sale), as consented to by the Company in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, withheld or delayed, except in the case of clause (ix) below which consent will be granted or withheld in the Company’s sole discretion), or as required by applicable Law (including Laws that are COVID-19 Measures), Acquiror shall not and shall not permit Merger Subs to:

 

(i) change, amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify any of the Trust Agreement or the Organizational Documents of Acquiror or Merger Subs;

 

(ii) (A) declare, set aside or pay any dividends on, or make any other distribution in respect of any outstanding Equity Securities of Acquiror; (B) split, combine or reclassify any Equity Securities of Acquiror; or (C) other than in connection with the Acquiror Shareholder Redemption repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, or offer to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire, any Equity Securities of Acquiror;

 

(iii) make, change or revoke any material Tax election, adopt, change or revoke any material accounting method with respect to Taxes, file any material Tax Return in a manner materially inconsistent with past practice, settle or compromise any material Tax claim or Tax liability, enter into any material closing agreement with respect to any material Tax, enter into any Tax sharing or similar agreement, surrender or allow to expire any right to claim a material refund of Taxes, or consent to any extension or waiver of the limitation period applicable to any material Tax claim, action or assessment;

 

(iv) knowingly take any action, or knowingly fail to take any action, where such action or failure to act could reasonably be expected to prevent the conversion contemplated by Section 7.11 and the Domestication from qualifying for the Conversion/Domestication Intended Tax Treatment or prevent the Mergers from qualifying for the Mergers Intended Tax Treatment;

 

(v) enter into, renew or amend in any material respect, any transaction or Contract with an Affiliate of Acquiror (including, for the avoidance of doubt, (x) the Sponsor and (y) any Person in which any Sponsor has a direct or indirect legal, contractual or beneficial ownership interest of 5% or greater);

 

(vi) waive, release, compromise, settle or satisfy any pending or threatened material claim or Action or compromise or settle any material liability;

 

(vii) incur, guarantee or otherwise become liable for (whether directly, contingently or otherwise) any indebtedness for borrowed money other than such indebtedness not exceeding $100,000 that is necessary and advisable in order to consummate the Transactions;

 

(viii) (A) offer, issue, deliver, grant or sell, or authorize or propose to offer, issue, deliver, grant or sell, any Equity Securities other than (x) issuance of Acquiror Class A Shares in connection with the exercise of any Acquiror Warrants outstanding on the date hereof, or (y) issuance of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock pursuant to the Subscription Agreements or (B) amend, modify or waive any of the material terms or rights set forth in, any Acquiror Warrant or the applicable warrant agreement, including any amendment, modification or reduction of the warrant price set forth therein;

 

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(ix) grant any consent or waiver to any Person pursuant to, or in respect of the matters set forth in, the first sentence of Section 49.5 of the Articles of Association;

 

(x) enter into, amend, supplement or otherwise modify any Contract with any broker, finder, investment banker or other Person under which such Person is or will be entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee, underwriting fee, transaction fee or other commission incurred in connection with the Transactions;

 

(xi) enter into or adopt any Acquiror Benefit Plan or any benefit or compensation plan, policy, program or arrangement that would be an Acquiror Benefit Plan if in effect as of the date of this Agreement; or

 

(xii) enter into any agreement, or otherwise become obligated, to do any action prohibited under this Section 7.02(a).

 

(b) During the Interim Period, each of the Acquiror Parties shall comply with, and continue performing under, as applicable, the Acquiror’s Organizational Documents, the Trust Agreement, the Transaction Agreements (to the extent in effect during the Interim Period) and all other Contracts to which an Acquiror Party is party.

 

Section 7.03 Trust Account Proceeds. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article IX (other than Section 9.03(g) (Domestication) and those conditions that by their nature or terms are to be satisfied at the Closing) and provision of notice thereof to the Trustee (which notice Acquiror shall provide to the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement), in accordance with and pursuant to the Trust Agreement, (a) at the Closing, Acquiror (i) shall cause any documents, opinions and notices required to be delivered to the Trustee pursuant to the Trust Agreement to be so delivered and (ii)  shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Trustee to (x) pay as and when due all amounts payable to the Acquiror Shareholders pursuant to the Acquiror Shareholder Redemption, (y) pay the amounts due to the underwriters of Acquiror’s initial public offering for their deferred underwriting commissions as, in the amount, and subject to the terms set forth in the Trust Agreement and (z) pay all remaining amounts then available in the Trust Account to Acquiror for immediate use, subject to this Agreement and the Trust Agreement, and (b) thereafter, the Trust Account shall terminate, except as otherwise provided in the Trust Agreement.

 

Section 7.04 PIPE Investment. Except with the prior written consent of the Company in respect of each instance, no Acquiror Party shall permit, enter into, grant, consent to or otherwise effect (a) any amendment, supplement or other modification to be made to, or any waiver (in whole or in part) of any provision or remedy under, or any replacements of the Subscription Agreements, (b) any side letters or other Contracts, or arrangements to which Acquiror, Sponsor (or any Affiliate of Sponsor), or any PIPE Investor is party or by which any of them is bound relating to any Subscription Agreement, the PIPE Investment or the transactions contemplated by any of them, (c) any changes to the “Closing Date” (as defined in the Subscription Agreements) other than a date that is on or before three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, or (d) or agree to, any alternative settlement procedures pursuant to Section 2(b) of the Subscription Agreements. Without limiting anything contained in this Agreement or the Subscription Agreements, Acquiror shall take, and, as applicable, cause to be taken, all actions and use reasonable best efforts to do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreements on the respective terms and subject to the conditions described therein, including maintaining in effect the Subscription Agreements and to (i) satisfy on a timely basis all conditions and covenants applicable to Acquiror in the Subscription Agreements and otherwise comply with its obligations thereunder, (ii) confer with the Company regarding timing for delivery of the Closing Notice (as defined in the Subscription Agreements), and (iii) enforce its rights under the Subscription Agreements subject to all the provisions thereof to cause the applicable PIPE Investors to pay to (or as directed by) Acquiror the full PIPE Investment Amount set forth in the Subscription Agreements in accordance with their terms. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Acquiror shall give the Company prompt written notice: (A) of any actual breach or default (or any event or circumstance that, with or without notice, lapse of time or both, could give rise to any breach or default) by any party to any Subscription Agreement to the Knowledge of Acquiror; (B) of the receipt or provision of any written notice or other written communication to or by Acquiror or any of its Representatives from or to any party to any Subscription Agreement pursuant to any such Subscription Agreement, including with respect to any actual, potential, threatened or claimed expiration, lapse, withdrawal, breach, default, termination or repudiation of any provisions of any Subscription Agreement; and (C) otherwise if Acquiror does not expect to receive all or any portion of the PIPE Investment Amount on the terms, in the manner or from the PIPE Investors as contemplated by the Subscription Agreements.

 

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Section 7.05 Inspection. Subject to confidentiality obligations and similar restrictions that may be applicable to information furnished to Acquiror by third parties that may be in Acquiror’s possession from time to time, and except for any information which (x) relates to the negotiation of this Agreement or the Transactions, (y) is prohibited from being disclosed by applicable Law, or (z) on the advice of legal counsel of Acquiror would result in the loss of attorney-client privilege or other privilege from disclosure, Acquiror shall afford to the Company, its Affiliates and their respective Representatives reasonable access during the Interim Period, and with reasonable advance notice, in such manner as to not interfere unreasonably with the normal operation of the Acquiror Parties and so long as reasonably feasible or permissible under applicable Law and subject to appropriate COVID-19 Measures, to the properties, facilities, books, Tax Returns, records and appropriate officers and employees of Acquiror, and shall use its reasonable best efforts to furnish such Representatives with all financial and operating data and other information concerning the affairs of Acquiror that are in the possession of any Acquiror Party, in each case as the Company and its Representatives may reasonably request for purposes of the Transactions. The Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to make alternative arrangements for such disclosure where the restrictions in the preceding sentence apply.

 

Section 7.06 Section 16 Matters. Prior to the First Effective Time, Acquiror shall take all commercially reasonable steps as may be required to cause any acquisition or disposition of the Acquiror Class A Share or Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock (as applicable) that occurs or is deemed to occur by reason of or pursuant to the Transactions by each Person who is or will be subject to the reporting requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act with respect to Acquiror to be exempt under Rule 16b- 3 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

 

Section 7.07 Incentive Equity Plans. Prior to the Registration Statement Effective Date, Acquiror shall approve and adopt an equity incentive plan (the “Acquiror Incentive Equity Plan”) and an employee stock purchase plan (the “Acquiror ESPP”), in the manner prescribed under applicable Laws, effective as of one (1) day prior to the Closing Date, initially reserving (A) with respect to the Acquiror Incentive Equity Plan, a number of shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock for grant thereunder (exclusive of the number of shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock subject to outstanding Company Awards as of such date of approval) equal to a number intended to represent approximately 10% of the total number of shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock that would be issued and outstanding on a fully diluted basis following the First Effective Time, and (B) with respect to the Acquiror ESPP, a number intending to represent 2% of the total number of shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock that would be issued and outstanding on a fully diluted basis following the First Effective Time. The Acquiror Incentive Equity Plan and the Acquiror ESPP will provide for customary annual increases to such share reserve not to exceed 5% and 1%, respectively, of the then outstanding shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock for a period of up to ten (10) years. Acquiror shall file with the SEC a registration statement on Form S-8 (or any successor form or comparable form in another relevant jurisdiction) relating to shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock issuable pursuant to the Acquiror Incentive Equity Plan and the Acquiror ESPP. Such registration statement shall be filed as soon as reasonably practicable after registration of shares on Form S-8 (or any successor form or comparable form in another relevant jurisdiction) first becomes available to Acquiror, and Acquiror shall use reasonable best efforts to maintain the effectiveness of such registration statement for so long as any awards issued under the Acquiror Incentive Equity Plan and the Acquiror ESPP remain outstanding.

 

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Section 7.08 Acquiror NYSE Listing. From the date hereof through the Closing, Acquiror shall ensure Acquiror remains listed as a public company on the NYSE, and shall prepare and submit to the NYSE a listing application, if required under NYSE rules, covering shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock and Domesticated Acquiror Warrants issuable in the Mergers and the Domestication to be listed on the NYSE, and shall obtain approval for the listing of such shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock and Domesticated Acquiror Warrants.

 

Section 7.09 Acquiror Public Filings. From the date hereof through the Closing, Acquiror will keep current and timely (giving effect to permissible extensions in accordance with Rule 12b-25 under the Exchange Act) file all reports required to be filed or furnished with the SEC and otherwise comply in all material respects with its reporting obligations under applicable Securities Laws.

 

Section 7.10 Acquiror Board Recommendation.

 

(a) Neither Acquiror nor the board of directors of Acquiror shall (and no committee or subgroup thereof shall) change, withdraw, withhold, amend, qualify or modify, or publicly propose to change, withdraw, withhold, amend, qualify or modify, the Acquiror Board Recommendation for any reason (each, a “Change in Recommendation”). Unless the board of directors of Acquiror has effected a Change in Recommendation pursuant to, in strict compliance with and only as expressly permitted under Section 7.10(b), the board of directors of Acquiror shall publicly reaffirm the Acquiror Board Recommendation within five (5) Business Days of receipt of a written request therefor from the Company; provided that Acquiror shall be obligated to make only two (2) such public reaffirmations.

 

(b) Prior to obtaining approval of the Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval, solely in response to an Intervening Event, the board of directors of Acquiror may make a Change in Recommendation if (and only if) (i) an Intervening Event has occurred, (ii) the board of directors of Acquiror determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside counsel (which shall include Cayman counsel) that failure to make a Change in Recommendation in response to such Intervening Event would be a breach of applicable Law, (iii) Acquiror delivers to the Company a five (5) Business Days’ prior written notice written notice (an “Intervening Event Notice”) advising the Company that the board of directors of Acquiror proposes to make such Change in Recommendation and the rationale therefor (including the material facts underlying the board’s determination), (iv) during the five (5) Business Day period following the delivery of the Intervening Event Notice (the “Consideration Period”), Acquiror shall negotiate in good faith with the Company and its Representatives, if requested by the Company, regarding any adjustments or modifications to the terms of Transaction Agreements and the Transactions, and (v) at the end of the Consideration Period, the board of director of Acquiror again makes the determination in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel (which shall include Cayman counsel) that failure to make a Change in Recommendation in response to such Intervening Event would be a breach of applicable Law (and after taking into account any adjustments or modifications proposed by the Company during the Consideration Period). For the avoidance of doubt, without limiting or qualifying the foregoing, in no event and under no circumstances shall Acquiror or the board of directors of Acquiror (or any other Person acting on behalf of any of them), directly or indirectly, effect or make any Change in Recommendation prior to the end of the Consideration Period. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Acquiror’s obligation to establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting for the purpose of seeking approval of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters shall not be affected by any proposed or actual Change in Recommendation (or the delivery of an Intervening Event Notice), and Acquiror shall establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, convene and hold the Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting and submit for the approval of Acquiror Shareholders the matters contemplated by the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement as contemplated by Section 8.02(d), regardless of whether or not there shall have occurred any proposed or actual Change in Recommendation (or whether or not an Intervening Event Notice has been delivered).

 

Section 7.11 Domestication. Subject to receipt of the Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval, prior to the First Effective Time, Acquiror shall cause the Domestication to become effective, including by (a) filing with the Delaware Secretary of State a Certificate of Domestication with respect to the Domestication, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to Acquiror and the Company, together with the Certificate of Incorporation of Acquiror in the form attached as Exhibit A to this Agreement (with such changes as may be agreed in writing by Acquiror and the Company), in each case, in accordance with the provisions thereof and applicable Law, and (b) completing and making and procuring all those filings required to be made with the Cayman Registrar in connection with the Domestication. In accordance with applicable Law and in accordance with the Organizational Documents of the Acquiror, prior to the First Effective Time, without any action on the part of any Acquiror Shareholder, (i) immediately prior to the Domestication, each then issued and outstanding Acquiror Class B Share shall convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into one Acquiror Class A Share, and (ii) immediately following the conversion described in clause (i), upon the Domestication, (x) each then issued and outstanding Acquiror Class A Share shall convert automatically, on a one-for-one basis, into a share of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock, (y) each then issued and outstanding Acquiror Warrant shall convert automatically into a Domesticated Acquiror Warrant, pursuant to the Warrant Agreement and (z) each then issued and outstanding Acquiror Unit shall convert automatically into a Domesticated Acquiror Unit.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

JOINT COVENANTS

 

Section 8.01 Efforts to Consummate.

 

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions herein, each of the Parties shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all actions and to do, or cause to be done, all things reasonably necessary or advisable to consummate and make effective as promptly as reasonably practicable the Transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the satisfaction of the closing conditions set forth in Article IX). Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each of the Parties shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain, file with or deliver to, as applicable, any Consents of, or notices to, any Governmental Authorities (including any applicable Competition Authorities) or other Persons necessary to consummate the Transactions and the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Agreements. Each Party shall (i) make any appropriate filings pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the Transactions promptly (and in any event within ten (10) Business Days) following the date of this Agreement, (ii) submit notifications (including draft notifications, as applicable), filings, notices and other required submissions pursuant to the Competition Laws of the other jurisdictions set forth on Schedule 8.01(a) of the Company Disclosure Schedules with respect to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as promptly as practicable following the date of this Agreement (and any filing fees associated with any such filings shall be paid by Acquiror) and (iii) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to any requests by any Governmental Authority (including any Competition Authorities) for additional information and documentary material that may be requested pursuant to any Competition Laws (including the HSR Act). Acquiror shall promptly inform the Company of any communication between any Acquiror Party, on the one hand, and any Governmental Authority (including any Competition Authorities), on the other hand, and the Company shall promptly inform Acquiror of any communication between the Company, on the one hand, and any Governmental Authority, on the other hand, in either case, regarding any of the Transactions or any Transaction Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, each Party and their respective Affiliates shall not extend any waiting period, review period or comparable period under the HSR Act or any other Competition Laws or enter into any agreement with any Governmental Authority not to consummate the Transactions or by the other Transaction Agreements, except with the prior written consent of Acquiror and the Company.

 

(b) During the Interim Period, the Acquiror Parties, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall give counsel for the Company (in the case of any Acquiror Party) or Acquiror (in the case of the Company), a reasonable opportunity to review in advance, and consider in good faith the views of the other in connection with, any proposed written communication to any Governmental Authority (including any Competition Authorities) relating to the Transactions or the Transaction Agreements. Each of the Parties agrees not to participate in any substantive meeting or discussion, either in person or by telephone with any Governmental Authority in connection with the Transactions unless it consults with, in the case of any Acquiror Party, the Company, or, in the case of the Company, Acquiror in advance and, to the extent not prohibited by such Competition Authority, gives, in the case of any Acquiror Party, the Company, or, in the case of the Company, Acquiror, the opportunity to attend and participate in such meeting or discussion.

 

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Acquiror Parties shall cooperate in good faith with the Competition Authorities and undertake promptly any and all action required to complete lawfully the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as soon as practicable (but in any event prior to the Termination Date) and any and all action necessary or advisable to avoid, prevent, eliminate or remove any impediment under the Competition Laws or the actual or threatened commencement of any proceeding in any forum by or on behalf of any Competition Authority or the issuance of any Governmental Order that would delay, enjoin, prevent, restrain or otherwise prohibit the consummation of the Mergers, including (i) selling, divesting, or otherwise disposing of, licensing, holding separate, or taking or committing to take any action that limits in any respect the Acquiror’s or the Company’s freedom of action with respect to, or its ability to retain, any business, products, rights, services, licenses, assets or properties of the Company and its Subsidiaries, and (ii) contesting, defending, challenging and appealing any threatened or pending proceeding, or preliminary or permanent injunction, or other Law or Governmental Order that would adversely affect, delay or prevent the ability of any Party to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby, and taking any and all other actions to prevent the entry, enactment or promulgation thereof; provided, however, that Acquiror shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries and Affiliates not to, take any action described in subsection (i) of this Section 8.01(c) that relates to, or involves, impacts, burdens or restricts, the Company or its Subsidiaries or Affiliates, or any of their respective assets, businesses or product lines, without the Company’s prior written consent in respect of each instance; provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, none of the Acquiror Parties shall be deemed to be in breach of this Section 8.01(c) for failure to take any such action described in this Section 8.01(c) as a result of any condition, delay, or withholding of the Company’s prior written consent in respect of such action.

 

(d) Acquiror shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, acquire or agree to acquire, by merging with or into or consolidating with, or by purchasing a portion of the assets of or equity in, or by any other manner, any business or any corporation, partnership, association or other business organization or division thereof, or otherwise acquire or agree to acquire any assets, or take any other action, if the entering into of a definitive agreement relating to, or the consummation of such acquisition, merger or consolidation, or the taking of any other action, would reasonably be expected to (i) impose any material delay in the obtaining of, or materially increase the risk of not obtaining, any authorizations, consents, orders or declarations of any Competition Authorities or the expiration or termination of any applicable waiting period; (ii) materially increase the risk of any Governmental Authority entering an order prohibiting the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby; (iii) materially increase the risk of not being able to remove any such order on appeal or otherwise; or (iv) materially delay or prevent the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the Agreement, (i) in the event that this Section 8.01 conflicts with any other covenant or agreement in this Agreement that is intended to specifically address any subject matter, then such other covenant or agreement shall govern and control solely to the extent of such conflict and (ii) other than for de minimis costs and expenses, in no event shall Acquiror, Merger Subs, the Company or its Subsidiaries be obligated to bear any expense or pay any fee or grant any concession in connection with obtaining any consents, authorizations or approvals pursuant to the terms of any Contract to which the Company or its Subsidiaries is a party or otherwise in connection with the consummation of the Transactions; provided that any fees relating to any filings under Competition Laws (including HSR) shall be borne in accordance with Section 11.05.

 

(f) During the Interim Period, Acquiror, on the one hand, and the Company, on the other hand, shall each notify the other in writing promptly after learning of any shareholder demands or other shareholder proceedings (including derivative claims) relating to this Agreement, any other Transaction Agreements or any matters relating thereto (collectively, the “Transaction Litigation”) commenced against, in the case of Acquiror, any of the Acquiror Parties or any of their respective Representatives (in their capacity as a Representative of an Acquiror Party) or, in the case of the Company, any Subsidiary of the Company or any of their respective Representatives (in their capacity as a Representative of the Company or its Subsidiaries). Acquiror and the Company shall each (i) keep the other reasonably informed regarding any Transaction Litigation, (ii) give the other the opportunity to, at its own cost and expense, participate in (subject to a customary joint defense agreement), the defense, settlement and compromise of any such Transaction Litigation and reasonably cooperate with the other in connection with the defense, settlement and compromise of any such Transaction Litigation, (iii) consider in good faith the other’s advice with respect to any such Transaction Litigation and (iv) reasonably cooperate with each other. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) Acquiror and the Company shall jointly control the negotiation, defense and settlement of any such Transaction Litigation, (ii) in no event shall Acquiror (or any of its Representatives), settle or compromise any Transaction Litigation without the prior written consent of the Company (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), and (iii) in no event shall the Company (or any of its Representatives), settle or compromise any Transaction Litigation without the prior written consent of the Acquiror (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned).

 

Section 8.02 Proxy Statement/Registration Statement; Shareholders’ Meeting and Approvals.

 

(a) As promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement, (x) Acquiror and the Company shall jointly prepare and, subject to receipt of the PCAOB Audited Financials, Acquiror shall file with the SEC, mutually acceptable materials which shall include the proxy statement to be filed with the SEC as part of the Registration Statement and sent to the Acquiror Shareholders relating to the Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting (such proxy statement, together with any amendments or supplements thereto, the “Proxy Statement”), and (y) Acquiror shall prepare (with the Company’s reasonable cooperation (including causing its Subsidiaries and Representatives to cooperate)) and file with the SEC the Registration Statement, in which the Proxy Statement will be included as a prospectus (the “Proxy Statement/Registration Statement”), in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of (A) the shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock, Domesticated Acquiror Warrants and units comprising such to be issued in exchange for the issued and outstanding Acquiror Class A Shares and Acquiror Warrants and units comprising such, respectively, in the Domestication, and (B) the shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock that constitute the Aggregate Stock Consideration (collectively, the “Registration Statement Securities”). The Registration Statement, to the extent permitted by applicable rules and regulations of the SEC, also will register the resale of the shares of Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock that constitute the Aggregate Stock Consideration, other than certain equity securities issuable under the Acquiror Incentive Equity Plan that are based on Domesticated Acquiror Common Stock and constitute a portion of the Aggregate Stock Consideration, which shall instead be registered pursuant to an effective registration statement on Form S-8 (or other applicable form, including Form S-1 or Form S-3). Each of Acquiror and the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement to comply with the rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, to have the Registration Statement declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable after such filing and to keep the Registration Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Transactions. In the event there is any tax opinion, comfort letter or other opinion required to be provided in connection with the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement, notwithstanding anything to the contrary, neither this provision nor any other provision in this Agreement shall require counsel to Acquiror, the Company, Merger Subs, as the case may be, or their respective tax advisors, to provide an opinion that the conversion contemplated by Section 7.11, the Domestication, or the Mergers qualify as a reorganization within the meaning of Section 368 of the Code or otherwise qualifies for the Intended Tax Treatment. Each of Acquiror and the Company agrees to furnish to the other party all information concerning itself, its Subsidiaries, officers, directors, managers, stockholders, and other equityholders and information regarding such other matters as may be reasonably necessary or advisable or as may be reasonably requested in connection with the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement, a Current Report on Form 8-K pursuant to the Exchange Act in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of Acquiror, the Company or their respective Subsidiaries to any regulatory authority (including the NYSE) in connection with the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated hereby (the “Offer Documents”). Acquiror will cause the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement to be mailed to the Acquiror Shareholders in each case promptly after the Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act (the “Registration Statement Effective Date”).

 

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(b) Prior to filing with the SEC, Acquiror will make available to the Company drafts of the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement, any Offer Document and any other documents to be filed with the SEC, both preliminary and final, and any amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement or such other document and will provide the Company with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such drafts and shall consider all such comments in good faith from the Company or its Representatives, and, except as otherwise contemplated by Section 8.05(b), Acquiror shall not file any such documents with the SEC that are prepared in connection with the Mergers and the other transactions contemplated hereby without the prior consent of the Company (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), in each case except in connection with a Change in Recommendation pursuant to, in strict compliance with and only as expressly permitted under Section 7.10(b). Acquiror will advise the Company reasonably promptly after it receives notice thereof, of: (A) the time when the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement has been filed; (B) in the event the preliminary Proxy Statement/Registration Statement is reviewed by the SEC, receipt of oral or written notification of the completion of the review by the SEC; (C) the filing of any supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement; (D) any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement; (E) any comments (written or oral) from the SEC relating to the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement and responses thereto; and (F) requests by the SEC for additional information. Acquiror shall respond to any SEC comments on the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement as promptly as reasonably practicable and shall use its reasonable best efforts to have the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement cleared by the SEC under the Exchange Act as promptly as reasonably practicable; provided that, prior to responding to any requests or comments from the SEC, Acquiror will make available to the Company drafts of any such response and provide the Company and its Representatives with a reasonable opportunity to review and comment on such drafts. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall use its reasonable best efforts in connection with Acquiror’s preparation for inclusion in the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement of pro forma financial statements that comply with the requirements of Regulation S-X under the rules and regulations of the SEC (as interpreted by the staff of the SEC).

 

(c) Each of Acquiror and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to ensure that none of the information supplied by or on its behalf for inclusion or incorporation by reference in (A) the Registration Statement will, at the time the Registration Statement is filed with the SEC, at each time at which it is amended and at the time it becomes effective under the Securities Act, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, not misleading or (B) the Proxy Statement /Registration Statement will, at the date it is first mailed to the Acquiror Shareholders or Company Stockholders, as applicable and at the time of the Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading.

 

(i) From and after the date on which the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement is mailed to the Acquiror Shareholders or Company Stockholders, as applicable, (i) the Company will give Acquiror prompt written notice of any development regarding the Company or its Subsidiaries and (ii) Acquiror will give the Company prompt written notice of any development regarding Acquiror, in either case which becomes known by the Company or Acquiror, as applicable, that would cause the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement to contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained in the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; provided that if any such development shall otherwise occur, Acquiror and the Company shall use their reasonable best efforts to promptly cause an amendment or supplement to be made to the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement, such that the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement no longer contains an untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading.

 

(ii) If, at any time prior to the Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting, there shall be discovered any information that should be set forth in an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement so that the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement would not include any misstatement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading, Acquiror shall promptly file an amendment or supplement to the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement containing such information. The Company will provide to Acquiror all information regarding the Company, its Affiliates and its business to the extent necessary for any filing contemplated by the immediately preceding sentence.

 

(iii) Acquiror shall use its reasonable best efforts to obtain all necessary state “blue sky” permits and approvals required to carry out the Transactions, and the Company shall furnish all information concerning the Company and any of its respective members or Company Stockholders as may be reasonably necessary in connection with any such action.

 

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(d) Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting. Provided that the Company complies in all material respects with is obligations under Section 6.04 hereof, Acquiror will use its reasonable best efforts to take, in accordance with applicable Law, NYSE rules and the Acquiror’s Organizational Documents, all action necessary to (i) duly call, give notice of, convene and hold a meeting of its shareholders (the “Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting”) as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Registration Statement Effective Date (but in no event later than thirty (30) Business Days after the Registration Statement Effective Date) (and will disseminate the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement as promptly as practicable after the Registration Statement Effective Date), to consider and vote upon the approval of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters and to cause such vote to be taken and (ii) provide the Acquiror Shareholders with the opportunity to elect to effect an Acquiror Shareholder Redemption. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, Acquiror may only elect (after reasonable consultation with the Company) to postpone or adjourn such Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting: (w) to the extent such postponement or adjournment is required by applicable Law, (x) to allow reasonable additional time for the filing or mailing of any supplement or amendment to the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement that the board of directors of Acquiror has determined in good faith (after consultation with outside legal counsel (including Cayman counsel)) is required by applicable Law and for such supplement or amendment to be promptly disseminated and reviewed by Acquiror Shareholders prior to the Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting for Acquiror Shareholders, (y) as of the time for which the Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting is originally scheduled (as set forth in the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement) if there are insufficient shares of Acquiror Share represented (either in person or by proxy) and voting to approve the Acquiror Shareholder Matters or to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting or (z) if a postponement or adjournment is required to solicit additional proxies for the purpose of obtaining the Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval; provided that such meeting (I) may not be adjourned to a date that is more than fifteen (15) Business Days after the date for which the Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting was originally scheduled (except to the extent required by applicable Law or otherwise agreed to by the Company in writing) and (II) shall not be held later than fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the Termination Date. Unless the board of directors of Acquiror has effected a Change in Recommendation pursuant to, in strict compliance with and only as expressly permitted under Section 7.10(b), Acquiror shall, following the Registration Statement Effective Date, use its reasonable best efforts to take all actions necessary (in its discretion or at the reasonable request of the Company) to obtain the approval of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters at the Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting, including as such Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting may be adjourned or postponed in accordance with this Agreement, including by soliciting from its shareholders proxies in favor of the Acquiror Shareholder Matters and including in the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement the Acquiror Board Recommendation. Each party shall keep the other party reasonably informed regarding all matters relating to the Acquiror Shareholder Matters and the Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting, including by promptly furnishing any voting or proxy solicitation reports received by such party in respect of such matters and similar updates regarding any Acquiror Shareholder Redemptions.

 

Section 8.03 Exclusivity.

 

(a) During the Interim Period, the Company will not, and the Company will cause its Subsidiaries not to, and shall instruct and use reasonable best efforts to cause its and their respective Representatives acting on its or their behalf not to, directly or indirectly, solicit or initiate, engage in or enter into discussions, negotiations or transactions with, or knowingly encourage, or provide any information to, any Person (other than Acquiror and its Representatives (including Sponsor)), or enter into or deliver any agreement (including any confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, term sheet, indication of interest, indicative proposal or other agreement or instrument), in each case concerning any merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar transaction involving the sale of the Equity Securities of the Company, or all or a material portion of the assets of the Company (on a consolidated basis) with any Person (other than Acquiror) (a “Company Alternative Transaction”); provided that (i) the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the Transactions and (ii) issuance of Equity Securities that is permitted under Section 6.01(d), in either case, shall not be deemed a violation of this Section 8.03(a). The Company shall as promptly as practicable advise Acquiror of any inquiry or proposal regarding a Company Alternative Transaction it or its Representatives may receive following the date hereof (including the terms related thereto). The Company shall, and shall instruct and use its reasonable best effort to cause its Representatives (including the Company Stockholders and the Company Sponsor) to, immediately discontinue any discussions or negotiations relating to any Company Alternative Transaction.

 

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(b) During the Interim Period, the Acquiror Parties will not, and the Acquiror Parties shall instruct and use reasonable best efforts to cause their Representatives (including Sponsor) acting on their behalf not to, solicit or initiate, engage in or enter into discussions, negotiations or transactions with, or knowingly encourage, or provide any information to, any Person (other than the Company and its Representatives), or enter into or deliver any agreement (including confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, term sheet, indication of interest, indicative proposal or other agreement or instrument), in each case concerning any merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with respect to any business combination transaction involving any Acquiror Party and all or a material portion of the assets and/or business of any Person (other than the Company) (each, a “SPAC Alternative Transaction”); provided that the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the Transactions shall not be deemed a violation of this Section 8.03(b). Acquiror shall as promptly as practicable advise the Company of any inquiry or proposal regarding a SPAC Alternative Transaction it or its Representatives may receive following the date hereof (including the terms related thereto). Acquiror shall, and shall instruct and use its reasonable best effort to cause its Representatives (including Sponsor) to, immediately discontinue any and all discussions or negotiations relating to any SPAC Alternative Transaction.

 

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary, no Party shall be in breach of this Section 8.03 (including for the purposes of any of the conditions set forth in Section 9.02 or Section 9.03) unless and to extent such Party has committed a Willful Breach of this Section 8.03.

 

Section 8.04 Tax Matters.

 

(a) For U.S. federal income tax purposes (and for purposes of any applicable state or local income tax that follows the U.S. federal income tax treatment), each of Acquiror, Merger Subs and the Company intend that (i) the conversion contemplated by Section 7.11 and the Domestication qualify for the Conversion/Domestication Intended Tax Treatment and (ii) the Mergers, taken together, constitute a single integrated transaction that qualifies for the Mergers Intended Tax Treatment. Acquiror, Merger Subs and the Company will prepare and file all Tax Returns consistent with the Conversion/Domestication Intended Tax Treatment and the Mergers Intended Tax Treatment and will not take any inconsistent position on any Tax Return or during the course of any audit, litigation or other proceeding with respect to Taxes, except as otherwise required by a determination within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code. Each of Acquiror, Merger Subs and the Company agrees to promptly notify all other Parties of any challenge to the Conversion/Domestication Intended Tax Treatment or the Mergers Intended Tax Treatment by any Governmental Authority. Acquiror, Merger Subs and the Company shall use reasonable best efforts to cooperate with each other and their respective counsel to document and support the treatment of the Transactions in a manner consistent with the Conversion/Domestication Intended Tax Treatment and the Mergers Intended Tax Treatment, including by providing factual customary support letters reasonably acceptable to Acquiror, Merger Subs and the Company.

 

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(b) None of Acquiror, Merger Subs or the Company shall knowingly take or cause to be taken, or knowingly fail to take or cause to be taken, any action which would reasonably be expected to prevent the Mergers from qualifying for the Mergers Intended Tax Treatment. None of Acquiror or any of its Affiliates (other than the Company and its Subsidiaries following the Closing Date) shall knowingly take or cause to be taken, or knowingly fail to take or cause to be taken, any action which would reasonably be expected to prevent the conversion contemplated by Section 7.11 or the Domestication from qualifying for the Conversion/Domestication Intended Tax Treatment.

 

(c) The Company, Acquiror and Merger Subs hereby adopt this Agreement as a “plan of reorganization” for purposes of Sections 354, 361, and 368 of the Code and within the meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.368-2(g).

 

(d) All transfer, stamp, documentary, sales, use, registration, value-added and other similar Taxes (including all applicable real estate transfer Taxes) incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby (“Transfer Taxes”) will be borne and timely paid by the Surviving Entity. Each of Acquiror, Merger Subs, the Company, the Surviving Corporation and the Surviving Entity shall use reasonable best efforts to obtain any certificate or other document from any Governmental Authority or any other Person as may be necessary to mitigate, reduce or eliminate any Transfer Tax that could be imposed in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

(e) The Company shall prepare and file, or cause to be prepared and filed, all material Tax Returns for the Company and its Subsidiaries that are required to be filed prior to the Closing Date (collectively, the “Company Prepared Returns”). Each Company Prepared Returns shall be prepared in all material respects in a manner consistent with the past practices of the Company or the relevant Subsidiary, unless otherwise required by applicable Law. The Company shall cause each Company Prepared Return that is a U.S. federal or state income Tax Return for the taxable year ending December 31, 2020 to be provided to the Acquiror for review and comment as soon as reasonably practicable before the due date of each such Company Prepared Return (taking into account any applicable extensions), and shall consider in good faith any comments that the Acquiror may provide to any such Company Prepared Return.

 

Section 8.05 Confidentiality; Publicity.

 

(a) Acquiror acknowledges that the information being provided to it in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions is subject to the terms of the Confidentiality Agreement, the terms of which are incorporated herein by reference. The Confidentiality Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement and shall apply to all information furnished thereunder or hereunder and any other activities contemplated thereby. The Company acknowledges that, in connection with the PIPE Investment, Acquiror shall be entitled to disclose, pursuant to the Exchange Act, any information contained in any presentation to the PIPE Investors, which information may include Confidential Information; provided that Acquiror provides the Company with a reasonable opportunity to review and provide comments to such presentation and the Company consents to the contents thereof; and provided that nothing in this Section 8.05(a) shall relieve any PIPE Investor from any confidentiality obligations (pursuant to Contract or otherwise) to the Company or Acquiror or any of their respective Affiliates.

 

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(b) None of Acquiror, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates shall make any public announcement or issue any public communication regarding this Agreement or the Transactions, or any matter related to the foregoing, without first obtaining the prior consent of the Company or Acquiror, as applicable (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), except (i) if such announcement or other communication is required by applicable Law, in which case, Acquiror or the Company, as applicable, shall use their reasonable best efforts to coordinate such announcement or communication with the other Party, prior to announcement or issuance; or (ii) in connection with a Change in Recommendation made pursuant to, in strict compliance with and only as expressly permitted under Section 7.10(b), in which case, the consent of the Company shall not be required to issue a public announcement of, and related specifically to, such Change in Recommendation; provided that each Party and its Affiliates may make announcements regarding the status and terms (including price terms) of this Agreement and the Transactions to their respective Representatives and indirect current or prospective limited partners or investors or otherwise in the ordinary course of their respective businesses, in each case, so long as such recipients are obligated to keep such information confidential without the consent of any other Party; and provided, further, that the foregoing shall not prohibit any Party from communicating with third parties to the extent necessary for the purpose of seeking any third party consent or with any Governmental Authorities under Section 8.01.

 

(c) Promptly after the execution of this Agreement, Acquiror and the Company shall issue a mutually agreed joint press release announcing the execution of this Agreement, which announcement will be attached to Acquiror’s Form 8-K to be filed with the SEC in connection with entering into this Agreement. Prior to Closing, the Company shall prepare a press release announcing the consummation of the Transactions hereunder, the form and substance of which shall be approved in advance by Acquiror, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed (“Closing Press Release”). Concurrently with the Closing, subject to the prior mutual consent of Acquiror and the Company (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), the Company shall issue the Closing Press Release.

 

Section 8.06 Post-Closing Directors. Except as otherwise agreed in writing by the Company and Acquiror prior to the Closing, and conditioned upon the occurrence of the Closing, Acquiror shall take all such action within its power as may be necessary or appropriate such that effective as of the First Effective Time, the board of directors of Acquiror will be comprised of such individuals determined by the Company prior to the Closing, subject applicable Law and the Acquiror Restated Charter and Acquiror Restated Bylaws; provided that Acquiror shall have the right to designate, as of the Closing, one individual (reasonably acceptable to the Company) as a Class II director (pursuant to the Acquiror Restated Charter); provided, further, that the individual set forth on Schedule 8.06 of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules shall be deemed acceptable to the Company and appointed, as of the Closing Date, as a Class II director.

 

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ARTICLE IX

CONDITIONS TO OBLIGATIONS

 

Section 9.01 Conditions to Obligations of All Parties. The obligations of the Parties to consummate, or cause to be consummated, the First Merger is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived (if legally permitted) in writing by all of the Parties:

 

(a) Competition Approvals. The applicable waiting period under the HSR Act in respect of the Transactions shall have expired or been terminated.

 

(b) No Prohibition. There shall not be in force and effect any (i) Law or (ii) Governmental Order by any Governmental Authority of competent jurisdiction, in either case, enjoining, prohibiting, or having the effect of making illegal the consummation of the First Merger.

 

(c) Net Tangible Assets. After giving effect to the Transactions (including the PIPE Investment), Acquiror shall have at least $5,000,001 of net tangible assets (as determined in accordance with Rule 3a51-1(g)(1) of the Exchange Act) immediately after the First Effective Time.

 

(d) Acquiror Shareholder Approval. The Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval shall have been obtained.

 

(e) Company Stockholder Approval. The Company Stockholder Approval shall have been obtained.

 

(f) Stock Exchange Approval. The shares constituting the Aggregate Stock Consideration shall have been authorized for listing on the NYSE, subject to official notice of issuance.

 

(g) Effectiveness of Registration Statement. The Registration Statement shall have become effective under the Securities Act and no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration Statement shall be in effect and no proceedings for that purpose are outstanding or threatened by the SEC and not withdrawn.

 

Section 9.02 Additional Conditions to Obligations of Acquiror Parties. The obligations of the Acquiror Parties to consummate, or cause to be consummated, the First Merger is subject to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions, any one or more of which may be waived (in whole or in part) in writing by Acquiror in its sole discretion:

 

(a) Representations and Warranties.

 

(i) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company, contained in Section 4.01 (Corporation Organization of the Company), Section 4.02 (Subsidiaries) Section 4.03 (Due Authorization), Section 4.08(c) (Restricted Payments) and Section 4.21 (Brokers’ Fees) (collectively, the “Specified Representations”) shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) in all material respects as of the Closing Date as though then made (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in such case, shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date).

 

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(ii) Each of the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Article IV (other than the Specified Representations and the representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 4.06 (Capitalization) and in Section 4.09(b)(x) (Absence of Certain Changes)), shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Company Material Adverse Effect” or any similar limitation set forth therein) as of the Closing Date as though then made (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in such case, shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date), except, in either case, where the failure of such representations and warranties to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Company Material Adverse Effect.

 

(iii) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 4.06 (Capitalization) shall be true and correct in all respects, other than de minimis inaccuracies, as of the Closing Date, as though then made.

 

(iv) The representations and warranties of the Company contained in Section 4.09(b)(x) (Absence of Certain Changes) shall be true and correct in all respects as of the Closing Date, as though then made.

 

(b) Agreements and Covenants. The covenants and agreements of the Company in this Agreement to be performed as of or prior to the Closing shall have been performed in all material respects.

 

(c) No Company Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, no Company Material Adverse Effect shall have occurred that is continuing.

 

(d) Officer’s Certificate. The Company shall have delivered to Acquiror a certificate, dated the Closing Date, to the effect that the conditions specified in Section 9.02(a) and Section 9.02(b) have been satisfied.

 

(e) Company Stockholder Approval. The Company shall have delivered, or caused to be delivered, to Acquiror the Company Stockholder Approval.

 

Section 9.03 Additional Conditions to the Obligations of the Company. The obligation of the Company to consummate or cause to be consummated the First Merger is subject to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions, any one or more of which may be waived (in whole or in part) in writing by the Company in its sole discretion:

 

(a) Representations and Warranties.

 

(i) Each of the representations and warranties of the Acquiror Parties contained in Article V (other than representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.11 (Capitalization)) shall be true and correct (without giving any effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or any similar limitation set forth therein) in all material respects as of the Closing Date as though then made (except to the extent such representations and warranties expressly relate to an earlier date, and in such case, shall be true and correct on and as of such earlier date).

 

(ii) The representations and warranties of the Acquiror Parties contained in Section 5.11 (Capitalization) shall be true and correct in all respects, other than de minimis inaccuracies, as of the Closing Date, as though then made.

 

(b) Agreements and Covenants. The covenants and agreements of the Acquiror Parties in this Agreement to be performed as of or prior to the Closing shall have been performed in all material respects.

 

(c) Officer’s Certificate. Acquiror shall have delivered to the Company a certificate signed by an officer of Acquiror, dated the Closing Date, certifying that, to the knowledge and belief of such officer, the conditions specified in Section 9.03(a) and Section 9.03(b) have been satisfied.

 

(d) Investor Rights Agreement. Acquiror shall have delivered to the Company a copy of the Investor Rights Agreement duly executed by Acquiror, the Sponsor and the existing holders of shares of Acquiror Class B Share.

 

(e) Available Closing Acquiror Cash. The Available Closing Acquiror Cash is no less than $250,000,000.

 

(f) Resignations of Directors and Officers. Acquiror shall have delivered to the Company written resignations effective as of the First Effective Time, of the officers and directors of Acquiror set forth on Schedule 9.03(f) of the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules.

 

(g) Domestication. The Domestication shall have been consummated as provided in Section 7.11 and a time-stamped copy of the certificate issued by the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware in relation thereto shall have been delivered to the Company.

 

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ARTICLE X

TERMINATION/EFFECTIVENESS

 

Section 10.01 Termination. This Agreement may be validly terminated and the Transactions may be abandoned at any time prior to the Closing only as follows (it being understood and agreed that this Agreement may not be terminated for any other reason or on any other basis):

 

(a) by mutual written agreement of Acquiror and the Company;

 

(b) by either Acquiror or the Company, if there shall be in effect any (i) Law or (ii) Governmental Order (other than, for the avoidance of doubt, a temporary restraining order), that (x) in the case of each of clauses (i) and (ii), permanently restrains, enjoins, makes illegal or otherwise prohibits the consummation of the First Merger, and (y) in the case of clause (ii) such Governmental Order shall have become final and non-appealable;

 

(c) by either Acquiror or the Company, if the First Effective Time has not occurred by 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on December 24, 2021 (the “Termination Date”); provided, however, that if the SEC has not declared the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement effective on or prior to November 30, 2021, the Termination Date shall be automatically extended to February 24, 2022; provided, further, that the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.01(c) will not be available to any Party whose material breach of any provision of this Agreement caused or resulted in the failure of the First Merger to be consummated by such time;

 

(d) by either Acquiror or the Company, if Acquiror fails to obtain the Required Acquiror Shareholder Approval upon vote taken thereon at the Acquiror Shareholders’ Meeting (or at a meeting of its shareholders following any adjournment or postponement thereof); provided that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 10.01(d) shall not be available to any Party if such Party has breached any of its obligations under Section 8.02;

 

(e) by Acquiror, if the Company has breached or failed to perform any of its (i) representations or warranties or (ii) covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (A) would result in the failure of a condition set forth in Section 9.02(a) or Section 9.02(b) to be satisfied at the Closing and (B) is not capable of being cured by the Company by the Termination Date or, if capable of being cured by the Company by the Termination Date, is not cured by the Company before the earlier of (x) the third (3rd) Business Day immediately prior to the Termination Date and (y) the forty fifth (45th) day following receipt of written notice from Acquiror of such breach or failure to perform: provided that Acquiror shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.01(e) if it is then in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement;

 

(f) by the Company, if any Acquiror Party has breached or failed to perform any of its respective representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement, which breach or failure to perform (A) would result in the failure of a condition set forth in Section 9.03(a) or Section 9.03(b) to be satisfied at the Closing and (B) is not capable of being cured by the Termination Date or, if capable of being cured by the applicable Acquiror Party by the Termination Date, is not cured by the applicable Acquiror Party Sub, as the case may be, before the earlier of (x) the third (3rd) Business Day immediately prior to the Termination Date and (y) the forty fifth (45th) day following receipt of written notice from the Company of such breach or failure to perform; provided that the Company shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.01(f) if it is then in material breach of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or other agreements contained in this Agreement; or

 

(g) by Acquiror, by written notice to the Company, if the Company Stockholder Approval shall not have been obtained within five (5) Business Days after the Registration Statement Effective Date; provided that Acquiror shall have no right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 10.01(g) at any time following the delivery to the Acquiror or its Representatives on its behalf of the Company Stockholder Approval, even if the Company Stockholder Approval is delivered following such five (5) Business Days period after the Registration Statement Effective Date.

 

Section 10.02 Effect of Termination. Except as otherwise set forth in this Section 10.02 or Section 11.13, in the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 10.01, this Agreement shall forthwith become void and have no effect, without any liability on the part of any Party or its Affiliates, or its Affiliates’ Representatives, other than liability of any Party for Fraud or any Willful Breach of this Agreement by such Party occurring prior to such termination. The provisions of Section 8.05(a) (Confidentiality; Publicity), this Section 10.02 (Effect of Termination) and Article XI and the Confidentiality Agreement, shall in each case survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE XI

MISCELLANEOUS

 

Section 11.01 Waiver. At any time and from time to time prior to the First Effective Time, Acquiror and the Company may, to the extent legally allowed and except as otherwise set forth herein, (a) extend the time for the performance of any of the obligations or other acts of the other Party, as applicable; (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of the other Party contained herein or in any document delivered pursuant hereto; and (c) subject to the requirements of applicable Law, waive compliance by the other Party with any of the agreements or conditions contained herein applicable to such Party (it being understood that Acquiror and Merger Subs shall each be deemed a single Party for purposes of this Section 11.01). Any agreement on the part of a Party to any such extension or waiver will be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by such Party. Any delay in exercising any right pursuant to this Agreement will not constitute a waiver of such right.

 

Section 11.02 Notices. All notices and other communications among the Parties shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (i) when delivered in person, (ii) when delivered after posting in the United States mail having been sent registered or certified mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (iii) when delivered by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service or (iv) when e-mailed during normal business hours (and otherwise as of the immediately following Business Day), addressed as follows:

 

(a)If to Acquiror or Merger Subs, prior to the Closing, to:

 

ION Acquisition Corp. 2 Ltd.

89 Medinat Hayehudim Street

Herzliya 4676672, Israel

Attention: Anthony Reich

 

Email: anthony@ion-am.com

 

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

 

White & Case LLP

1221 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Attn: Colin Diamond and Robert Chung

E-mail: cdiamond@whitecase.com, robert.chung@whitecase.com

 

and

 

Goldfarb Seligman & Co.

Ampa Tower

98 Yigal Alon Street

Tel Aviv 6789141, Israel

Attention: Aaron M. Lampert

E-mail: aaron.lampert@goldfarb.com

 

(b)If to the Company, or, following the Closing, the Surviving Corporation, or the Surviving Entity, to:

 

Innovid, Inc.

30 Irving Place, 12th floor

New York, NY 10003

Attention: Nabilah Irshad

Email: nabilah@innovid.com

 

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

 

Latham & Watkins LLP

1271 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10020

Attention: Eyal Orgad and Michael Vardanian

Email: Eyal.Orgad@lw.com; Michael.Vardanian@lw.com

 

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

 

Furth, Wilensky, Mizrachi, Knaani - Law Offices

1 Azrieli Center

Tel-Aviv 6701101, Israel

Attention: Erez Mizrachi and Nir Sadeh

E-mail: Erez@fwmk-law.co.il; nirs@fwmk-law.co.il

 

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or to such other address or addresses as the Parties may from time to time designate in writing. Without limiting the foregoing, any Party may give any notice, request, instruction, demand, document or other communication hereunder using any other means (including personal delivery, expedited courier, messenger service, ordinary mail or electronic mail), but no such notice, request, instruction, demand, document or other communication shall be deemed to have been duly given unless and until it actually is received by the Party for whom it is intended.

 

Section 11.03 Assignment. No Party shall assign this Agreement or any part hereof without the prior written consent of the other Parties. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Any attempted assignment in violation of the terms of this Section 11.03 shall be null and void, ab initio.

 

Section 11.04 Rights of Third Parties. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to confer upon or give any Person, other than the Parties, any right or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement; provided that notwithstanding the foregoing (a) in the event the Closing occurs, D&O Indemnitees are intended third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, Section 7.01, (b) the Non-Recourse Parties are intended third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, Section 11.14 and Section 11.15 and (c) Prior Counsel and each Designated Person are intended third-party beneficiaries of, and may enforce, Section 11.17.

 

Section 11.05 Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each Party shall bear its own expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions, including all fees of its legal counsel, financial advisors and accountants; provided, that, if the Closing occurs, such expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions incurred by both Parties shall be borne by the Surviving Entity. Notwithstanding anything contained in Section 6.03, if this Agreement is duly terminated prior to the Closing, Acquiror and the Company shall each bear fifty percent (50%) of the filing and similar fees relating to (A) any filings under Competition Laws (including HSR), (B) any filings with the SEC pursuant to Section 8.02 (including the Proxy Statement/Registration Statement) and (C) if mutually agreed by Acquiror and the Company, obtaining an independent market research report for use in connection with the Transactions.

 

Section 11.06 Governing Law. This Agreement, and all Actions or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the Transactions, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal substantive Laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts entered into and to be performed solely within such state, without giving effect to principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of Laws of another jurisdiction except that any matter relating to the fiduciary obligations of the board of directors of Acquiror shall be governed by the Laws of the Cayman Islands (without giving effect to principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of Laws of another jurisdiction).

 

Section 11.07 Captions; Counterparts. The captions in this Agreement are for convenience only and shall not be considered a part of or affect the construction or interpretation of any provision of this Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 

Section 11.08 Schedules and Exhibits. The Schedules and Exhibits referenced herein are a part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein. All references herein to Schedules and Exhibits shall be deemed references to such parts of this Agreement, unless the context shall otherwise require. Certain information set forth in the Company Disclosure Schedules and the Acquiror Disclosure Schedules is included solely for informational purposes. The disclosure of any information shall not be deemed to constitute an acknowledgment that such information is required to be disclosed in connection with the representations and warranties made in this Agreement, nor shall such information be deemed to establish a standard of materiality. Any disclosure made by a Party in the Schedules with reference to any section or schedule of this Agreement shall be deemed to be a disclosure with respect to all other sections or schedules to which such disclosure may apply to the extent the relevance of such disclosure to such other sections or schedules is reasonably apparent on the face of the disclosure in such Schedule.

 

Section 11.09 Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the Schedules and Exhibits to this Agreement), the other Transaction Agreements and that certain letter agreement, dated as of March 11, 2021, by and between the Company and Acquiror (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Confidentiality Agreement”), constitute the entire agreement among the Parties relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby and supersede any other agreements, whether written or oral, that may have been made or entered into by or among any of the Parties or any of their respective Subsidiaries relating to the Transactions.

 

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Section 11.10 Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified in whole or in part, only by an agreement in writing executed by each of the Parties in the same manner as this Agreement and which makes reference to this Agreement. The approval of this Agreement by the stockholders of any of the Parties shall not restrict the ability of the board of directors (or other body performing similar functions) of any of the Parties to terminate this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01 or to cause such Party to enter into an amendment to this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11.10.

 

Section 11.11 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement is held invalid or unenforceable by any court of competent jurisdiction, the other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The Parties further agree that if any provision contained herein is, to any extent, held invalid or unenforceable in any respect under the Laws governing this Agreement, they shall take any actions necessary to render the remaining provisions of this Agreement valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by Law.

 

Section 11.12 Jurisdiction; WAIVER OF TRIAL BY JURY. Any Action based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement or the Transactions shall be brought in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and if the Delaware Court of Chancery does not have or take jurisdiction over such Action, any other federal or state courts located in the State of Delaware, and each of the Parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in any such Action, waives any objection it may now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction, venue or to convenience of forum, agrees that all claims in respect of the Action shall be heard and determined only in any such court, and agrees not to bring any Action arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the Transactions in any other court. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the right of any Party to serve process in any manner permitted by Law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any other Party in any other jurisdiction, in each case, to enforce judgments obtained in any Action brought pursuant to this Section 11.12. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS.

 

Section 11.13 Enforcement. The Parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that the Parties do not perform their obligations under the provisions of this Agreement (including (x) failing to take such actions as are required of them hereunder to consummate this Agreement and (y) failing to take such actions as are required of Acquiror to consummate the PIPE Investment in accordance with the terms of the Subscription Agreements or otherwise failure by the Acquiror to comply with its obligations under Section 7.04) in accordance with its specified terms or otherwise breach such provisions. The Parties acknowledge and agree that (i) the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance, or other equitable relief, to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, without proof of damages, prior to the valid termination of this Agreement in accordance with Section 10.01, this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled under this Agreement or any Transaction Agreement, and (ii) the right of specific enforcement is an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and without that right, none of the Parties would have entered into this Agreement. Each Party agrees that it will not allege, and each Party hereby waives the defense, that the other Parties have an adequate remedy at Law or that an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at Law or equity. The Parties acknowledge and agree that any Party seeking an injunction to prevent breaches of this and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Agreement in accordance with this Section 11.13 shall not be required to provide any bond or other security in connection with any such injunction. The Parties hereby agree that, in the event that any Action is brought against either Party as contemplated by this Section 11.13, the Termination Date shall be extended until thirty (30) days following the date of resolution of such Action.

 

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Section 11.14 Non-Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the Transactions may only be brought against, the Named Parties and then only with respect to the specific obligations set forth herein with respect to such Party. Except to the extent a Named Party (and then only to the extent of the specific obligations undertaken by such Party in this Agreement) (a) no past, present or future director, officer, employee, sponsor, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney, advisor or representative or Affiliate of any Party and (b) no past, present or future director, officer, employee, sponsor, incorporator, member, partner, stockholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney, advisor or representative or Affiliate of any of the foregoing shall have any liability (whether in contract, tort, equity or otherwise) for any one or more of the representations, warranties, covenants, agreements or other obligations or liabilities of any one or more of the Company, Acquiror or Merger Subs under this Agreement of or for any claim based on, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the Transactions (each of the Persons identified in clauses (a) or (b), a “Non-Recourse Party”, and collectively, the “Non-Recourse Parties”). For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 11.14 shall not apply to any express obligation of any named party to any other Transaction Agreements under the express terms of such Transaction Agreement.

 

Section 11.15 Non-Survival. Notwithstanding anything herein or otherwise to the contrary, none of the representations, warranties, covenants, obligations or other agreements of the Parties contained in this Agreement or in any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement, including any rights arising out of any breach of such representations, warranties, covenants, obligations, agreements and other provisions, shall survive the Closing, and, from and after the Closing, no Action shall be brought and no recourse shall be had against or from any Person in respect of such non-surviving representations, warranties, covenants or agreements, other than in the case of Fraud against the Party committing such Fraud; provided that the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.26 (No Outside Reliance), Section 4.28 (No Other Representations), Section 5.17 (No Outside Reliance) and Section 5.18 (No Other Representations) shall survive, and shall not terminate at, the Closing. All such representations, warranties, covenants, obligations and other agreements shall terminate and expire upon the occurrence of the Closing (and there shall be no liability after the Closing in respect thereof). Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) those covenants and agreements contained herein that by their terms expressly require performance after the Closing shall survive the Closing but only with respect to that portion of such covenant or agreement that is expressly to be performed following the Closing, and (b) this Article XI shall survive the Closing. For the avoidance of doubt, the terms of the Investor Rights Agreement shall not be affected by this Section 11.15.

 

Section 11.16 Acknowledgements. Each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees (on its own behalf and on behalf of its respective Affiliates and its and their respective Representatives) that: (i) it has conducted its own independent investigation of the financial condition, results of operations, assets, liabilities, properties and projected operations of the other Parties (and, in the case of the Company, its Subsidiaries) and has been afforded satisfactory access to the books and records, facilities and personnel of the other Parties (and their respective Subsidiaries) for purposes of conducting such investigation; (ii) the representations and warranties in Article IV constitute the sole and exclusive representations and warranties in respect of the Company and its Subsidiaries; (iii) the representations and warranties in Article V constitute the sole and exclusive representations and warranties in respect of Acquiror and Merger Subs; (iv) except for the representations and warranties in Article IV by the Company and the representations and warranties in Article V by the Acquiror Parties, none of the Parties or any other Person (including any of the Non-Recourse Parties) makes, or has made, any other express or implied representation or warranty with respect to any Party (or any Party’s Subsidiaries), including any implied warranty or representation as to condition, merchantability, suitability or fitness for a particular purpose or trade as to any of the assets of the such Party or its Subsidiaries or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and all other representations and warranties of any kind or nature expressed or implied (including (x) regarding the completeness or accuracy of, or any omission to state or to disclose, any information, including in the estimates, projections or forecasts or any other information, document or material provided to or made available to any Party or their respective Affiliates or Representatives in certain “data rooms,” management presentations or in any other form in expectation of the Transactions, including meetings, calls or correspondence with management of any Party (or any Party’s Subsidiaries), and (y) any relating to the future or historical business, condition (financial or otherwise), results of operations, prospects, assets or liabilities of any Party (or its Subsidiaries), or the quality, quantity or condition of any Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets) are specifically disclaimed by all Parties and their respective Subsidiaries and all other Persons (including the Representatives and Affiliates of any Party or its Subsidiaries); and (v) neither Party nor any of its Affiliates is relying on any representations and warranties in connection with the Transactions except the representations and warranties in Article IV by the Company and the representations and warranties in Article V by the Acquiror Parties. The foregoing does not limit any rights of any Party (or any other Person party to any other Transaction Agreements) pursuant to any other Transaction Agreement against any other Party (or any other Person party to any other Transaction Agreements) pursuant to such Transaction Agreement to which it is a party or an express third party beneficiary thereof. Nothing in this Section 11.16 shall relieve any Party of liability in the case of Fraud against the Party committing such Fraud.

 

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Section 11.17 Waiver of Conflicts Regarding Representations; Non-Assertion of Attorney-Client Privilege.

 

(a) Conflicts of Interest. Each of the Parties acknowledge that on or prior to the Closing Date, Latham & Watkins LLP and Furth, Wilensky, Mizrachi, Knaani - Law Offices (collectively, the “Company Prior Counsel”), on the one hand, has represented the Company and its Subsidiaries and their respective Affiliates, and their respective officers, employees and directors (each such Person, in such pre-Closing capacity, a “Company Designated Person”) and White & Case LLP and Goldfarb Seligman & Co., Law Offices (collectively, the “Acquiror Prior Counsel” and together with the Company Prior Counsel, “Prior Counsel”), on the other hand, has represented the Acquiror Parties, the Sponsor, and their respective Affiliates, and their respective officers, employees and directors (each such Person, in such pre-Closing capacity, a “Acquiror Designated Person” and together with the Company Designated Persons, the “Designated Persons”) in one or more matters relating to this Agreement or any other Transaction Agreements or transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (including any matter that may be related a litigation, claim or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement or such other Transaction Agreements or in connection with such transactions) (each, an “Existing Representation”), and that, in the event of any Post-Closing Matters (x) relating to this Agreement or any other agreements or transactions contemplated hereby (including any matter that may be related to a litigation, claim or dispute arising under or related to this Agreement or such other Transaction Agreements or in connection with such transactions), and (y) in which the Surviving Entity, its Subsidiaries, and the Acquiror Parties (for the purposes of this Section 11.17, in such post-Closing capacity, the “Post-Closing Group”), on the one hand, and one or more of the applicable Designated Persons, on the other hand, are or may be adverse to each other (each, a “Post-Closing Matter”), such Designated Persons reasonably anticipate that the applicable Prior Counsel of such Designated Persons will represent them in connection with such matters. Accordingly, each of the Parties (on its own behalf and on behalf of its Subsidiaries) hereby (i) waives and shall not assert any conflict of interest arising out of or relating to such representation by such Prior Counsel in connection with one or more Post-Closing Matters (the “Post-Closing Representations”), and (ii) agrees that, in the event that a Post-Closing Matter arises, the applicable Prior Counsel of such Designated Persons may represent one or more such Designated Persons (i.e., each or one of Company Prior Counsel may represent a Company Designated Person and each or one of the Acquiror Prior Counsel may represent an Acquiror Designated Person) in such Post-Closing Matter even though the interests of such Designated Person(s) may be directly adverse to the Post-Closing Group (or any member thereof) and even though the applicable Prior Counsel of such Designated Persons may have represented the Post-Closing Group (or any member thereof) in a matter substantially related to such dispute. Without limiting the foregoing, each of the Acquiror Parties and the Company (each on behalf of itself and its Affiliates) consents to the disclosure by applicable Prior Counsel, in connection with one or more Post-Closing Representations, to the applicable Designated Persons of any information learned by such applicable Prior Counsel in the course of one or more Existing Representations, whether or not such information is subject to the attorney-client privilege (or other privilege or protections) or such applicable Prior Counsel’s duty of confidentiality in favor of and with respect to the Company, its Subsidiaries, the Acquiror Parties, the Sponsor, and/or their respective Affiliates, as the case may be, and whether or not such disclosure is made before or after the Closing.

 

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(b) Attorney-Client Privilege. Each of the Acquiror Parties and the Company (each on behalf of itself and its Affiliates) waives and shall not assert any attorney-client privilege, attorney work- product protection or expectation of client confidence with respect to any communication between the applicable Prior Counsel, on the one hand, and any corresponding Designated Person (that is not the waiving party hereunder), on the other hand, or any advice given to any such corresponding Designated Person by the applicable Prior Counsel, occurring during one or more applicable Existing Representations (collectively, “Pre-Closing Privileges”) in connection with any Post-Closing Representation, including in connection with a dispute between any such corresponding Designated Person and one or more members of the Post-Closing Group, it being the intention of the Parties that all rights to such Pre-Closing Privileges, and all rights to waiver or otherwise control such Pre-Closing Privilege, shall be retained by any such corresponding Designated Person, and shall not pass to or be claimed or used by Acquiror or the Company and its Subsidiaries, except as expressly provided in the last sentence of this Section 11.17(b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a dispute arises between any member of the Post-Closing Group, on the one hand, and a third party other than a Designated Person, on the other hand, such member of the Post-Closing Group shall (and shall cause its Affiliates to) assert the Pre-Closing Privileges on behalf of the applicable Designated Persons to prevent disclosure of Privileged Materials to such third party; provided, however, that such privilege may be waived only with the prior written consent, and shall be waived upon the written instruction, of such applicable Designated Person.

 

(c) Privileged Materials. All such Pre-Closing Privileges, and all books and records and other documents of the Company and its Subsidiaries or of the Acquiror Parties or the Sponsor, as the case may be, containing any advice or communication that is subject to any Pre-Closing Privilege (“Privileged Materials”), shall be excluded from the Transactions and, notwithstanding anything herein or otherwise to the contrary, be distributed to the applicable Designated Persons (that are not Acquiror or the Company) immediately prior to the Closing with (in the case of such books and records) no copies retained by the Company and its Subsidiaries or by the Acquiror Parties or the Sponsor, as the case may be. Absent the prior written consent of the applicable Designated Persons (that are not Acquiror or the Company), neither Acquiror nor (following the Closing) the Company shall have a right of access to Privileged Materials. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any privileged communications or information shared by the Company prior to the Closing with the Acquiror under a common interest agreement shall remain the privileged communications or information of the Surviving Entity.

 

[Signature pages follow.]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto caused this Agreement and Plan of Merger to be duly executed as of the date hereof.

 

  ION ACQUISITION CORP 2 LTD.
   
  By: /s/ Anthony Reich
  Name: Anthony Reich
  Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

  INSPIRE MERGER SUB 1, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Anthony Reich
  Name: Anthony Reich
  Title: President

 

  INSPIRE MERGER SUB 2, LLC
   
  By: /s/ Anthony Reich
  Name: Anthony Reich
  Title: President

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Merger Agreement]

 

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto caused this Agreement and Plan of Merger to be duly executed as of the date hereof.

 

  INNOVID, INC.
   
  By: /s/ Zvika Netter
  Name: Zvika Netter
  Title: Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Merger Agreement]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

ACQUIROR RESTATED CHARTER

 

See attached.

 

 

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION

OF

[INNOVID CORP.]

 

[Innovid Corp.] (the “Corporation”), a corporation organized and existing under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware (the “DGCL”), does hereby certify as follows:

 

1. The name of the Corporation is [Innovid Corp.] The Corporation was incorporated under the name [●] by the filing of its original Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on [●].

 

2. This Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation (the “Restated Certificate”), which amends, restates and further integrates the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation as heretofore in effect, has been approved by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) in accordance with Sections 242 and 245 of the DGCL, and has been adopted by the written consent of the stockholders of the Corporation in accordance with Section 228 of the DGCL.

 

3. The text of the certificate of incorporation of the Corporation, as heretofore amended, is hereby amended and restated by this Restated Certificate to read in its entirety as set forth in EXHIBIT A attached hereto.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Corporation has caused this Restated Certificate to be signed by a duly authorized officer of the Corporation, on [●], 2021.

 

  [Innovid Corp.], a Delaware corporation
     
  By:                 
  Name:  
  Title:  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Signature Page to Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

ARTICLE I

 

The name of the corporation is [Innovid Corp.] (the “Corporation”).

 

ARTICLE II

 

The address of the Corporation’s registered office in the State of Delaware is 1209 Orange Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801, County of New Castle, and the name of its registered agent at such address is The Corporation Trust Company.

 

ARTICLE III

 

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 (the “DGCL”) as it now exists or may hereafter be amended and supplemented.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

The Corporation is authorized to issue two classes of stock to be designated, respectively, “Common Stock” and “Preferred Stock.” The total number of shares of capital stock which the Corporation shall have authority to issue is [●]. The total number of shares of Common Stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is [●], having a par value of $0.0001 per share, and the total number of shares of Preferred Stock that the Corporation is authorized to issue is [●], having a par value of $0.0001 per share.

 

ARTICLE V

 

The designations and the powers, preferences, privileges and rights, and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof in respect of each class of capital stock of the Corporation are as follows:

 

A.COMMON STOCK.

 

1. General. The voting, dividend, liquidation, and other rights and powers of the Common Stock are subject to and qualified by the rights, powers and preferences of any series of Preferred Stock as may be designated by the Board of Directors of the Corporation (the “Board of Directors”) and outstanding from time to time.

 

2. Voting. Except as otherwise provided herein or expressly required by law, at all meetings of stockholders and on all matters submitted to a vote of stockholders of the Corporation generally, each holder of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to vote on each matter submitted to a vote of stockholders and shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of Common Stock held of record by such holder as of the record date for determining stockholders entitled to vote on such matter. Except as otherwise required by law, holders of Common Stock, as such, shall not be entitled to vote on any amendment to this Restated Certificate (including any Certificate of Designation (as defined below)) that relates solely to the rights, powers, preferences (or the qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof) or other terms of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock if the holders of such affected series are entitled, either separately or together with the holders of one or more other such series, to vote thereon pursuant to this Restated Certificate (including any Certificate of Designation) or pursuant to the DGCL.

 

 

 

 

Subject to the rights of any holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, the number of authorized shares of Common Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.

 

3. Dividends. Subject to applicable law and the rights and preferences of any holders of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, the holders of Common Stock, as such, shall be entitled to the payment of dividends on the Common Stock when, as and if declared by the Board of Directors in accordance with applicable law.

 

4. Liquidation. Subject to the rights and preferences of any holders of any shares of any outstanding series of Preferred Stock, in the event of any liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Corporation, whether voluntary or involuntary, the funds and assets of the Corporation that may be legally distributed to the Corporation’s stockholders shall be distributed among the holders of the then outstanding Common Stock pro rata in accordance with the number of shares of Common Stock held by each such holder.

 

B.PREFERRED STOCK

 

Shares of Preferred Stock may be issued from time to time in one or more series, each of such series to have such terms as stated or expressed herein and in the resolution or resolutions providing for the creation and issuance of such series adopted by the Board of Directors as hereinafter provided. Any share of Preferred Stock which may be redeemed, purchased or acquired by the Corporation may be reissued except as otherwise provided by law.

 

Authority is hereby expressly granted to the Board of Directors from time to time to issue the Preferred Stock in one or more series, and in connection with the creation of any such series, by adopting a resolution or resolutions providing for the issuance of the shares thereof and by filing a certificate of designation relating thereto in accordance with the DGCL (a “Certificate of Designation”), to determine and fix the number of shares of such series and such voting powers, full or limited, or no voting powers, and such designations, preferences and relative participating, optional or other special rights, and qualifications, limitations or restrictions thereof, including without limitation thereof, dividend rights, conversion rights, redemption privileges and liquidation preferences, and to increase or decrease (but not below the number of shares of such series then outstanding) the number of shares of any series as shall be stated and expressed in such resolutions, all to the fullest extent now or hereafter permitted by the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the resolution or resolutions providing for the creation and issuance of any series of Preferred Stock may provide that such series shall be superior or rank equally or be junior to any other series of Preferred Stock to the extent permitted by law and this Restated Certificate (including any Certificate of Designation). Except as otherwise required by law, holders of any series of Preferred Stock shall be entitled only to such voting rights, if any, as shall expressly be granted thereto by this Restated Certificate (including any Certificate of Designation).

 

The number of authorized shares of Preferred Stock may be increased or decreased (but not below the number of shares thereof then outstanding) by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the stock of the Corporation entitled to vote, irrespective of the provisions of Section 242(b)(2) of the DGCL.

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI

 

For the management of the business and for the conduct of the affairs of the Corporation it is further provided that:

 

A. General Powers. Except as otherwise expressly provided by the DGCL or this Restated Certificate, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board of Directors.

 

B. Number of Directors. The number of directors which shall constitute the whole Board of Directors shall be fixed exclusively by one or more resolutions adopted from time to time by the Board of Directors.

 

C. Classes of Directors. The directors of the Corporation shall be classified with respect to the time for which they severally hold office into three classes, designated as Class I, Class II and Class III. Each class shall consist, as nearly as possible, of one-third of the total number of the whole Board of Directors. The initial Class I directors shall serve for a term expiring at the first annual meeting of the stockholders following the filing and effectiveness of this Restated Certificate with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware (the “Effective Time”); the initial Class II directors shall serve for a term expiring at the second annual meeting of the stockholders following the Effective Time; and the initial Class III directors shall serve for a term expiring at the third annual meeting following the Effective Time. At each annual meeting of stockholders of the Corporation beginning with the first annual meeting of stockholders following the Effective Time, subject to any special rights of the holders of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock to elect directors, the successors of the class of directors whose term expires at that meeting shall be elected to hold office for a term expiring at the annual meeting of stockholders held in the third year following the year of their election. Each director shall hold office until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified or until his or her earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. No decrease in the number of directors shall shorten the term of any incumbent director. The Board of Directors is authorized to assign members of the Board of Directors already in office to Class I, Class II and Class III.

 

D. Term and Removal. The Board of Directors or any individual director may be removed from office at any time, but only for cause and only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote at an election of directors.

 

E. Vacancies and Newly Created Directorships. Except as otherwise provided by law, any vacancies on the Board of Directors resulting from death, resignation, disqualification, retirement, removal or other causes and any newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the number of directors shall be filled exclusively by the affirmative vote of a majority of the directors then in office, even if less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director (other than any directors elected by the separate vote of one or more outstanding series of Preferred Stock), and shall not be filled by the stockholders. Any director appointed in accordance with the preceding sentence shall hold office until the expiration of the term of the class to which such director shall have been appointed or until his or her earlier death, resignation, retirement, disqualification, or removal.

 

 

 

 

F. Amendments. In furtherance and not in limitation of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors is expressly authorized to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation. In addition to any vote of the holders of any class or series of stock of the Corporation required by applicable law or by this Restated Certificate (including any Certificate of Designation in respect of one or more series of Preferred Stock) or the Bylaws of the Corporation, the adoption, amendment or repeal of the Bylaws of the Corporation by the stockholders of the Corporation shall require the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two- thirds of the voting power of all of the then outstanding shares of voting stock of the Corporation entitled to vote generally in an election of directors.

 

G. Vote by Ballot. The directors of the Corporation need not be elected by written ballot unless the Bylaws so provide.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

The Corporation renounces any interest or expectancy of the Corporation in, or in being offered an opportunity to participate in, any Excluded Opportunity. An “Excluded Opportunity” is any matter, transaction or interest that is presented to, or acquired, created or developed by, or which otherwise comes into the possession of, any director of the Corporation who is not an employee or officer of the Corporation or any of its subsidiaries (a “Covered Person”), unless such matter, transaction or interest is presented to, or acquired, created or developed by, or otherwise comes into the possession of, a Covered Person expressly and solely in such Covered Person’s capacity as a director of the Corporation.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

A. Consent of Stockholders In Lieu of Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by the stockholders of the Corporation must be effected at an annual or special meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation, and shall not be taken by written consent in lieu of a meeting. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any action required or permitted to be taken by the holders of any series of Preferred Stock, voting separately as a series or separately as a class with one or more other such series, may be taken without a meeting, without prior notice and without a vote, to the extent expressly so provided by the applicable Certificate of Designation relating to such series of Preferred Stock, if a consent or consents in writing, setting forth the action so taken, shall be signed by the holders of outstanding shares of the relevant series of Preferred Stock having not less than the minimum number of votes that would be necessary to authorize or take such action at a meeting at which all shares entitled to vote thereon were present and voted and shall be delivered to the Corporation in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL.

 

 

 

 

B. Special Meeting of Stockholders. Subject to the special rights of the holders of one or more series of Preferred Stock, special meetings of the stockholders of the Corporation may be called, for any purpose or purposes, at any time only by or at the direction of the Board of Directors, the Chairperson of the Board of Directors, the Chief Executive Officer or President, in each case, in accordance with the Bylaws, and shall not be called by any other person or persons.

 

C. Stockholder Nominations and Introduction of Business, Etc. Advance notice of stockholder nominations for the election of directors and of other business proposed to be brought by stockholders before any meeting of the stockholders of the Corporation shall be given in the manner provided in the Bylaws of the Corporation. Any business transacted at any special meeting of stockholders shall be limited to matters relating to the purpose or purposes identified in the notice of meeting.

 

ARTICLE IX

 

No director of the Corporation shall have any personal liability to the Corporation or its stockholders for monetary damages for any breach of fiduciary duty as a director, except to the extent such exemption from liability or limitation thereof is not permitted under the DGCL as the same exists or hereafter may be amended. Any amendment, repeal or modification of this Article IX, or the adoption of any provision of this Restated Certificate inconsistent with this Article IX, shall not adversely affect any right or protection of a director of the Corporation with respect to any act or omission occurring prior to such amendment, repeal, modification or adoption. If the DGCL is amended after approval by the stockholders of this Article IX to authorize corporate action further eliminating or limiting the personal liability of directors, then the liability of a director of the Corporation shall be eliminated or limited to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as so amended.

 

ARTICLE X

 

The Corporation shall have the power to provide rights to indemnification and advancement of expenses to its current and former officers, directors, employees and agents and to any person who 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.

 

ARTICLE XI

 

Unless the Corporation consents in writing to the selection of an alternative forum, (a) the Court of Chancery (the “Chancery Court”) of the State of Delaware (or, in the event that the Chancery Court does not have jurisdiction, the federal district court for the District of Delaware or other state courts of the State of Delaware) shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, be the sole and exclusive forum for (i) any derivative action, suit or proceeding brought on behalf of the Corporation, (ii) any action, suit or proceeding asserting a claim of breach of a fiduciary duty owed by any current or former director, officer, other employee or stockholder of the Corporation to the Corporation or to the Corporation’s stockholders, (iii) any action, suit or proceeding arising pursuant to any provision of the DGCL or the Bylaws of the Corporation or this Restated Certificate (as either may be amended from time to time) or (iv) any action, suit or proceeding asserting a claim against the Corporation governed by the internal affairs doctrine; and (b) subject to the preceding provisions of this Article XI, the federal district courts of the United States of America shall be the exclusive forum for the resolution of any complaint asserting a cause of action arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. If any action the subject matter of which is within the scope of clause (a) of the immediately preceding sentence is filed in a court other than the courts in the State of Delaware (a “Foreign Action”) in the name of any stockholder, such stockholder shall be deemed to have consented to (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts in the State of Delaware in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the provisions of clause (a) of the immediately preceding sentence and (y) having service of process made upon such stockholder in any such action by service upon such stockholder’s counsel in the Foreign Action as agent for such stockholder.

 

 

 

 

To the fullest extent permitted by law, any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring or holding any interest in any security of the Corporation shall be deemed to have notice of and consented to this Article XI. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this Article XI shall not apply to suits brought to enforce any liability or duty created by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any other claim for which the federal courts of the United States have exclusive jurisdiction.

 

If any provision or provisions of this Article XI shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever, (a) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Article XI (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Article XI containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the application of such provision to other persons or entities and circumstances shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby.

 

ARTICLE XII

 

A. Amendment. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Restated Certificate to the contrary, in addition to any vote required by applicable law, the following provisions in this Restated Certificate may be amended, altered, repealed or rescinded, in whole or in part, or any provision inconsistent therewith or herewith may be adopted, only by the affirmative vote of the holders of at least 66 2/3% of the total voting power of all the then outstanding shares of stock of the Corporation entitled to vote thereon, voting together as a single class: Part B of Article V, Article VI, Article VIII, Article IX, Article X, Article XI, and this Article XII.

 

B. Severability. If any provision or provisions of this Restated Certificate shall be held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable as applied to any circumstance for any reason whatsoever: (i) the validity, legality and enforceability of such provisions in any other circumstance and of the remaining provisions of this Restated Certificate (including, without limitation, each portion of any paragraph of this Restated Certificate containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable that is not itself held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall not, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in any way be affected or impaired thereby and (ii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the provisions of this Restated Certificate (including, without limitation, each such portion of any paragraph of this Restated Certificate containing any such provision held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable) shall be construed so as to permit the Corporation to protect its directors, officers, employees and agents from personal liability in respect of their good faith service to or for the benefit of the Corporation to the fullest extent permitted by law.

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

ACQUIROR RESTATED BYLAWS

 

See attached.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amended and Restated Bylaws of

 

[Innovid Corp.]

 

(a Delaware corporation)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

  Page
Article I - Corporate Offices 1
  1.1 Registered Office 1
  1.2 Other Offices 1
     
Article II - Meetings of Stockholders 1
  2.1 Place of Meetings 1
  2.2 Annual Meeting 1
  2.3 Special Meeting 1
  2.4 Notice of Business to be Brought Before a Meeting 2
  2.5 Notice of Nominations for Election to the Board 5
  2.6 Additional Requirements for Valid Nomination of Candidates to Serve as Director and, if Elected, to be Seated as Directors 7
  2.7 Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings 8
  2.8 Quorum 9
  2.9 Adjourned Meeting; Notice 9
  2.10 Conduct of Business 9
  2.11 Voting 10
  2.12 Record Date for Stockholder Meetings and Other Purposes 10
  2.13 Proxies 11
  2.14 List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote 11
  2.15 Inspectors of Election 11
  2.16 Delivery to the Corporation 12
     
Article III - Directors 12
  3.1 Powers 12
  3.2 Number of Directors 12
  3.3 Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors 13
  3.4 Resignation and Vacancies 13
  3.5 Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone 13
  3.6 Regular Meetings 13
  3.7 Special Meetings; Notice 14
  3.8 Quorum 14
  3.9 Board Action Without a Meeting 14
  3.10 Fees and Compensation of Directors 15
     
Article IV - Committees 15
  4.1 Committees of Directors 15
  4.2 Committee Minutes 15
  4.3 Meetings and Actions of Committees 15
  4.4 Subcommittees. 16
     
Article V - Officers 16
  5.1 Officers 16
  5.2 Appointment of Officers 16

 

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  5.3 Subordinate Officers 16
  5.4 Removal and Resignation of Officers 16
  5.5 Vacancies in Offices 17
  5.6 Representation of Shares of Other Corporations 17
  5.7 Authority and Duties of Officers 17
  5.8 Compensation. 17
     
Article VI - Records 17
   
Article VII - General Matters 18
  7.1 Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments 18
  7.2 Stock Certificates 18
  7.3 Special Designation of Certificates 18
  7.4 Lost Certificates 19
  7.5 Shares Without Certificates 19
  7.6 Construction; Definitions 19
  7.7 Dividends 19
  7.8 Fiscal Year 19
  7.9 Seal 19
  7.10 Transfer of Stock 20
  7.11 Stock Transfer Agreements 20
  7.12 Registered Stockholders 20
  7.13 Waiver of Notice 20
     
Article VIII - Notice 21
  8.1 Delivery of Notice; Notice by Electronic Transmission 21
     
Article IX - Indemnification 22
  9.1 Indemnification of Directors and Officers 22
  9.2 Indemnification of Others 22
  9.3 Prepayment of Expenses 22
  9.4 Determination; Claim 23
  9.5   Non-Exclusivity of Rights 23
  9.6 Insurance 23
  9.7 Other Indemnification 23
  9.8 Continuation of Indemnification 23
  9.9 Amendment or Repeal; Interpretation 23
     
Article X - Amendments 24
   
Article XI - Definitions 24

 

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Amended and Restated Bylaws of

[Innovid Corp.] 

 

 

 

Article I - Corporate Offices

 

1.1Registered Office.

 

The address of the registered office of [Innovid Corp.] (the “Corporation”) in the State of Delaware, and the name of its registered agent at such address, shall be as set forth in the Corporation’s certificate of incorporation, as the same may be amended and/or restated from time to time (the “Certificate of Incorporation”).

 

1.2Other Offices.

 

The Corporation may have additional offices at any place or places, within or outside the State of Delaware, as the Corporation’s board of directors (the “Board”) may from time to time establish or as the business of the Corporation may require.

 

Article II - Meetings of Stockholders

 

2.1Place of Meetings.

 

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

 

2.2Annual Meeting.

 

The Board shall designate the date and time of the annual meeting. At the annual meeting, directors shall be elected and other proper business properly brought before the meeting in accordance with Section 2.4 of these Bylaws may be transacted. The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled annual meeting of stockholders.

 

2.3Special Meeting.

 

Special meetings of the stockholders may be called only by such persons and only in such manner as set forth in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

No business may be transacted at any special meeting of stockholders other than the business specified in the notice of such meeting. The Board may postpone, reschedule or cancel any previously scheduled special meeting of stockholders.

 

 

 

 

2.4Notice of Business to be Brought Before a Meeting.

 

(a) At an annual meeting of the stockholders, only such business shall be conducted as shall have been properly brought before the meeting. To be properly brought before an annual meeting, business must be (i) specified in a notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the Board, (ii) if not specified in a notice of meeting, otherwise brought before the meeting by the Board or the Chairperson of the Board or (iii) otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a stockholder present in person who (A) (1) was a record owner of shares of the Corporation both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.4 and at the time of the meeting, (2) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (3) has complied with this Section 2.4 in all applicable respects or (B) properly made such proposal in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (as so amended and inclusive of such rules and regulations, the “Exchange Act”). The foregoing clause (iii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to propose business to be brought before an annual meeting of the stockholders. The only matters that may be brought before a special meeting are the matters specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling the meeting pursuant to Section 2.7, and stockholders shall not be permitted to propose business to be brought before a special meeting of the stockholders. For purposes of this Section 2.4, “present in person” shall mean that the stockholder proposing that the business be brought before the annual meeting of the Corporation, or a qualified representative of such proposing stockholder, appear at such annual meeting. A “qualified representative” of such proposing stockholder shall be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or any other person authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders. Stockholders seeking to nominate persons for election to the Board must comply with Section 2.5 and Section 2.6 and this Section 2.4 shall not be applicable to nominations except as expressly provided in Section 2.5 and Section 2.6.

 

(b) Without qualification, for business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a stockholder, the stockholder must (i) provide Timely Notice (as defined below) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary of the Corporation (the “Secretary”) and (ii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.4. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than ninety (90) days nor more than one hundred twenty (120) days prior to the one-year anniversary of the preceding year’s annual meeting which, in the case of the first annual meeting of stockholders following the closing of the Corporation's initial underwritten public offering of common stock, the date of the preceding year's annual meeting shall be deemed to be [month, day]; provided, however, that if the date of the annual meeting is more than thirty (30) days before or more than sixty (60) days after such anniversary date, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered, or mailed and received, not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such annual meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure of the date of such annual meeting was first made by the Corporation (such notice within such time periods, “Timely Notice”). In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period (or extend any time period) for the giving of Timely Notice as described above.

 

(c) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.4, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth:

 

(i) As to each Proposing Person (as defined below), (A) the name and address of such Proposing Person (including, if applicable, the name and address that appear on the Corporation’s books and records); and (B) the class or series and number of shares of the Corporation that are, directly or indirectly, owned of record or beneficially owned (within the meaning of Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act) by such Proposing Person, except that such Proposing Person shall in all events be deemed to beneficially own any shares of any class or series of the Corporation as to which such Proposing Person has a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) and (B) are referred to as “Stockholder Information”);

 

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(ii) As to each Proposing Person, (A) the full notional amount of any securities that, directly or indirectly, underlie any “derivative security” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a-1(c) under the Exchange Act) that constitutes a “call equivalent position” (as such term is defined in Rule 16a- 1(b) under the Exchange Act) (“Synthetic Equity Position”) and that is, directly or indirectly, held or maintained by such Proposing Person with respect to any shares of any class or series of shares of the Corporation; provided that, for the purposes of the definition of “Synthetic Equity Position,” the term “derivative security” shall also include any security or instrument that would not otherwise constitute a “derivative security” as a result of any feature that would make any conversion, exercise or similar right or privilege of such security or instrument becoming determinable only at some future date or upon the happening of a future occurrence, in which case the determination of the amount of securities into which such security or instrument would be convertible or exercisable shall be made assuming that such security or instrument is immediately convertible or exercisable at the time of such determination; and, provided, further, that any Proposing Person satisfying the requirements of Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act (other than a Proposing Person that so satisfies Rule 13d-1(b)(1) under the Exchange Act solely by reason of Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(E)) shall not be deemed to hold or maintain the notional amount of any securities that underlie a Synthetic Equity Position held by such Proposing Person as a hedge with respect to a bona fide derivatives trade or position of such Proposing Person arising in the ordinary course of such Proposing Person's business as a derivatives dealer, (B) any rights to dividends on the shares of any class or series of shares of the Corporation owned beneficially by such Proposing Person that are separated or separable from the underlying shares of the Corporation, (C) any material pending or threatened legal proceeding in which such Proposing Person is a party or material participant involving the Corporation or any of its officers or directors, or any affiliate of the Corporation, (D) any other material relationship between such Proposing Person, on the one hand, and the Corporation, any affiliate of the Corporation, on the other hand, (E) any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement of such Proposing Person with the Corporation or any affiliate of the Corporation (including, in any such case, any employment agreement, collective bargaining agreement or consulting agreement), (F) a representation that such Proposing Person intends or is part of a group which intends to deliver a proxy statement or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Corporation’s outstanding capital stock required to approve or adopt the proposal or otherwise solicit proxies from stockholders in support of such proposal and (G) any other information relating to such Proposing Person that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies or consents by such Proposing Person in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (G) are referred to as “Disclosable Interests”); provided, however, that Disclosable Interests shall not include any such disclosures with respect to the ordinary course business activities of any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner; and

 

(iii) As to each item of business that the stockholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, (A) a brief description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and any material interest in such business of each Proposing Person, (B) the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration and in the event that such business includes a proposal to amend the Bylaws, the language of the proposed amendment), and (C) a reasonably detailed description of all agreements, arrangements and understandings (x) between or among any of the Proposing Persons or (y) between or among any Proposing Person and any other record or beneficial holder(s) or persons(s) who have a right to acquire beneficial ownership at any time in the future of the shares of any class or series of the Corporation or any other person or entity (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business by such stockholder; and (D) any other information relating to such item of business that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies in support of the business proposed to be brought before the meeting pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Exchange Act; provided, however, that the disclosures required by this paragraph (iii) shall not include any disclosures with respect to any broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee who is a Proposing Person solely as a result of being the stockholder directed to prepare and submit the notice required by these Bylaws on behalf of a beneficial owner.

 

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For purposes of this Section 2.4, the term “Proposing Person” shall mean (i) the stockholder providing the notice of business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the business proposed to be brought before the annual meeting is made, and (iii) any participant (as defined in paragraphs (a)(ii)-(vi) of Instruction 3 to Item 4 of Schedule 14A) with such stockholder in such solicitation.

 

(d) A Proposing Person shall update and supplement its notice to the Corporation of its intent to propose business at an annual meeting, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.4 shall be true and correct as of the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to update and supplement as set forth in this paragraph or any other Section of these Bylaws shall not limit the Corporation’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any notice provided by a stockholder, extend any applicable deadlines hereunder or enable or be deemed to permit a stockholder who has previously submitted notice hereunder to amend or update any proposal or to submit any new proposal, including by changing or adding matters, business or resolutions proposed to be brought before a meeting of the stockholders.

 

(e) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no business shall be conducted at an annual meeting that is not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 2.4. The presiding officer of the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that the business was not properly brought before the meeting in accordance with this Section 2.4, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare to the meeting and any such business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted.

 

(f) This Section 2.4 is expressly intended to apply to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting of stockholders other than any proposal made in accordance with Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act and included in the Corporation’s proxy statement. In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.4 with respect to any business proposed to be brought before an annual meeting, each Proposing Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such business. Nothing in this Section 2.4 shall be deemed to affect the rights of stockholders to request inclusion of proposals in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the Exchange Act.

 

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(g) For purposes of these Bylaws, “public disclosure” shall mean disclosure in a press release reported by a national news service or in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Sections 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act or by such other means as is reasonably designed to inform the public or stockholders of the Corporation in general of such information including, without limitation, posting on the Corporation’s investor relations website.

 

2.5Notice of Nominations for Election to the Board.

 

(a) Nominations of any person for election to the Board at an annual meeting or at a special meeting (but only if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling such special meeting) may be made at such meeting only (i) by or at the direction of the Board, including by any committee or persons authorized to do so by the Board or these Bylaws, or (ii) by a stockholder present in person (A) who was a record owner of shares of the Corporation both at the time of giving the notice provided for in this Section 2.5 and at the time of the meeting, (B) is entitled to vote at the meeting, and (C) has complied with this Section 2.5 and Section 2.6 as to such notice and nomination. For purposes of this Section 2.5, “present in person” shall mean that the stockholder proposing that the business be brought before the meeting of the Corporation, or a qualified representative of such stockholder, appear at such meeting. A “qualified representative” of such proposing stockholder shall be a duly authorized officer, manager or partner of such stockholder or any other person authorized by a writing executed by such stockholder or an electronic transmission delivered by such stockholder to act for such stockholder as proxy at the meeting of stockholders and such person must produce such writing or electronic transmission, or a reliable reproduction of the writing or electronic transmission, at the meeting of stockholders. The foregoing clause (ii) shall be the exclusive means for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board at an annual meeting or special meeting.

 

(b) (i) Without qualification, for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board at an annual meeting, the stockholder must (1) provide Timely Notice (as defined in Section 2.4) thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary, (2) provide the information, agreements and questionnaires with respect to such stockholder and its candidate for nomination as required to be set forth by this Section 2.5 and Section 2.6 and (3) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.5 and Section 2.6.

 

(ii) Without qualification, if the election of directors is a matter specified in the notice of meeting given by or at the direction of the person calling a special meeting, then for a stockholder to make any nomination of a person or persons for election to the Board at a special meeting, the stockholder must (i) provide timely notice thereof in writing and in proper form to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, (ii) provide the information with respect to such stockholder and its candidate for nomination as required by this Section 2.5 and Section 2.6 and (iii) provide any updates or supplements to such notice at the times and in the forms required by this Section 2.5. To be timely, a stockholder’s notice for nominations to be made at a special meeting must be delivered to, or mailed and received at, the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier than the one hundred twentieth (120th) day prior to such special meeting and not later than the ninetieth (90th) day prior to such special meeting or, if later, the tenth (10th) day following the day on which public disclosure (as defined in Section 2.4) of the date of such special meeting was first made.

 

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(iii) In no event shall any adjournment or postponement of an annual meeting or special meeting or the announcement thereof commence a new time period or extend any time period for the giving of a stockholder’s notice as described above.

 

(iv) In no event may a Nominating Person provide Timely Notice with respect to a greater number of director candidates than are subject to election by stockholders at the applicable meeting. If the Corporation shall, subsequent to such notice, increase the number of directors subject to election at the meeting, such notice as to any additional nominees shall be due on the later of (i) the conclusion of the time period for Timely Notice, (ii) the date set forth in Section 2.5(b)(ii) or (iii) the tenth (10th) day following the date of public disclosure (as defined in Section 2.4) of such increase.

 

(c) To be in proper form for purposes of this Section 2.5, a stockholder’s notice to the Secretary shall set forth:

 

(i) As to each Nominating Person (as defined below), the Stockholder Information (as defined in Section 2.4(c)(i), except that for purposes of this Section 2.5 the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.4(c)(i));

 

(ii) As to each Nominating Person, any Disclosable Interests (as defined in Section 2.4(c)(ii), except that for purposes of this Section 2.5 the term “Nominating Person” shall be substituted for the term “Proposing Person” in all places it appears in Section 2.4(c)(ii) and the disclosure with respect to the business to be brought before the meeting in Section 2.4(c)(ii) shall be made with respect to the election of directors at the meeting); and

 

(iii) As to each candidate whom a Nominating Person proposes to nominate for election as a director, (A) all information with respect to such candidate for nomination that would be required to be set forth in a stockholder’s notice pursuant to this Section 2.5 and Section 2.6 if such candidate for nomination were a Nominating Person, (B) all information relating to such candidate for nomination that is required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filings required to be made in connection with solicitations of proxies for election of directors in a contested election pursuant to Section 14(a) under the Exchange Act (including such candidate’s written consent to being named in the Corporation’s proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected), (C) a description of any direct or indirect material interest in any material contract or agreement between or among any Nominating Person, on the one hand, and each candidate for nomination or his or her respective associates or any other participants in such solicitation, on the other hand, including, without limitation, all information that would be required to be disclosed pursuant to Item 404 under Regulation S-K if such Nominating Person were the “registrant” for purposes of such rule and the candidate for nomination were a director or executive officer of such registrant (the disclosures to be made pursuant to the foregoing clauses (A) through (C) are referred to as “Nominee Information”), and (D) a completed and signed questionnaire, representation and agreement as provided in Section 2.6(a).

 

For purposes of this Section 2.5, the term “Nominating Person” shall mean (i) the stockholder providing the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting, (ii) the beneficial owner or beneficial owners, if different, on whose behalf the notice of the nomination proposed to be made at the meeting is made, and (iii) any other participant in such solicitation.

 

(d) A stockholder providing notice of any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall be true and correct as of the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than five (5) business days after the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to update and supplement as set forth in this paragraph or any other Section of these Bylaws shall not limit the Corporation’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any notice provided by a stockholder, extend any applicable deadlines hereunder or enable or be deemed to permit a stockholder who has previously submitted notice hereunder to amend or update any nomination or to submit any new nomination.

 

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(e) In addition to the requirements of this Section 2.5 with respect to any nomination proposed to be made at a meeting, each Nominating Person shall comply with all applicable requirements of the Exchange Act with respect to any such nominations.

 

2.6 Additional Requirements for Valid Nomination of Candidates to Serve as Director and, if Elected, to be Seated as Directors.

 

(a) To be eligible to be a candidate for election as a director of the Corporation at an annual or special meeting, a candidate must be nominated in the manner prescribed in Section 2.5 and the candidate for nomination, whether nominated by the Board or by a stockholder of record, must have previously delivered (in accordance with the time period prescribed in Section 2.5 for delivery in a notice to such candidate given by or on behalf of the Board), to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation, (i) a completed written questionnaire (in a form provided by the Corporation upon request) with respect to the background, qualifications, stock ownership and independence of such proposed nominee, and such additional information with respect to such proposed nominee as would be required to be provided by the Corporation pursuant to Schedule 14A if such proposed nominee were a participant in the solicitation of proxies by the Corporation in connection with such annual or special meeting and (ii) a written representation and agreement (in form provided by the Corporation upon request) that such candidate for nomination (A) is not and, if elected as a director during his or her term of office, will not become a party to (1) any agreement, arrangement or understanding with, and has not given and will not give any commitment or assurance to, any person or entity as to how such proposed nominee, if elected as a director of the Corporation, will act or vote on any issue or question (a “Voting Commitment”) or (2) any Voting Commitment that could limit or interfere with such proposed nominee’s ability to comply, if elected as a director of the Corporation, with such proposed nominee’s fiduciary duties under applicable law, (B) is not, and will not become a party to, any agreement, arrangement or understanding with any person or entity other than the Corporation with respect to any direct or indirect compensation or reimbursement for service as a director that has not been disclosed therein or to the Corporation, (C) if elected as a director of the Corporation, will comply with all applicable corporate governance, conflict of interest, confidentiality, stock ownership and trading and other policies and guidelines of the Corporation applicable to directors and in effect during such person’s term in office as a director (and, if requested by any candidate for nomination, the Secretary of the Corporation shall provide to such candidate for nomination all such policies and guidelines then in effect), (D) if elected as director of the Corporation, intends to serve the entire term until the next meeting at which such candidate would face re-election and (E) consents to being named as a nominee in the Corporation’s proxy statement pursuant to Rule 14a-4(d) under the Exchange Act and any associated proxy card of the Corporation and agrees to serve if elected as a director.

 

(b) The Board may also require any proposed candidate for nomination as a Director to furnish such other information as may reasonably be requested by the Board in writing prior to the meeting of stockholders at which such candidate’s nomination is to be acted upon in order for the Board to determine the eligibility of such candidate for nomination to be an independent director of the Corporation in accordance with the Corporation’s Corporate Governance Guidelines.

 

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(c) A candidate for nomination as a director shall further update and supplement the materials delivered pursuant to this Section 2.6, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided pursuant to this Section 2.6 shall be true and correct as of the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and as of the date that is ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof, and such update and supplement shall be delivered to, or mailed and received by, the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation (or any other office specified by the Corporation in any public announcement) not later than five (5) business days after the record date for stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of such record date), and not later than eight (8) business days prior to the date for the meeting or, if practicable, any adjournment or postponement thereof (and, if not practicable, on the first practicable date prior to the date to which the meeting has been adjourned or postponed) (in the case of the update and supplement required to be made as of ten (10) business days prior to the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof). For the avoidance of doubt, the obligation to update and supplement as set forth in this paragraph or any other Section of these Bylaws shall not limit the Corporation’s rights with respect to any deficiencies in any notice provided by a stockholder, extend any applicable deadlines hereunder or enable or be deemed to permit a stockholder who has previously submitted notice hereunder to amend or update any proposal or to submit any new proposal, including by changing or adding nominees, matters, business or resolutions proposed to be brought before a meeting of the stockholders.

 

(d) No candidate shall be eligible for nomination as a director of the Corporation unless such candidate for nomination and the Nominating Person seeking to place such candidate’s name in nomination has complied with Section 2.5 and this Section 2.6, as applicable. The presiding officer at the meeting shall, if the facts warrant, determine that a nomination was not properly made in accordance with Section 2.5 and this Section 2.6, and if he or she should so determine, he or she shall so declare such determination to the meeting, the defective nomination shall be disregarded and any ballots cast for the candidate in question (but in the case of any form of ballot listing other qualified nominees, only the ballots cast for the nominee in question) shall be void and of no force or effect.

 

(e) Notwithstanding anything in these Bylaws to the contrary, no candidate for nomination shall be eligible to be seated as a director of the Corporation unless nominated and elected in accordance with Section 2.5 and this Section 2.6.

 

2.7Notice of Stockholders’ Meetings.

 

Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the notice of any meeting of stockholders shall be sent or otherwise given in accordance with Section 8.1 of these Bylaws not less than ten (10) nor more than sixty (60) days before the date of the meeting to each stockholder entitled to vote at such meeting. The notice shall specify the place, if any, date and time of the meeting, the means of remote communication, if any, by which stockholders and proxy holders may be deemed to be present in person and vote at such meeting, and, in the case of a special meeting, the purpose or purposes for which the meeting is called.

 

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2.8Quorum.

 

Unless otherwise provided by law, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the holders of a majority in voting power of the stock issued and outstanding and entitled to vote, present in person, or by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business at all meetings of the stockholders. A quorum, once established at a meeting, shall not be broken by the withdrawal of enough votes to leave less than a quorum. If, however, a quorum is not present or represented at any meeting of the stockholders, then either (i) the person presiding over the meeting or (ii) a majority in voting power of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, present in person, or by remote communication, if applicable, or represented by proxy, shall have power to recess the meeting or adjourn the meeting from time to time in the manner provided in Section 2.9 of these Bylaws until a quorum is present or represented. At any recessed or adjourned meeting at which a quorum is present or represented, any business may be transacted that might have been transacted at the meeting as originally noticed.

 

2.9Adjourned Meeting; Notice.

 

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

 

2.10Conduct of Business.

 

The date and time of the opening and the closing of the polls for each matter upon which the stockholders will vote at a meeting shall be announced at the meeting by the person presiding over the meeting. The Board may adopt by resolution such rules and regulations for the conduct of the meeting of stockholders as it shall deem appropriate. Except to the extent inconsistent with such rules and regulations as adopted by the Board, the person presiding over any meeting of stockholders shall have the right and authority to convene and (for any or no reason) to recess and/or adjourn the meeting, to prescribe such rules, regulations and procedures (which need not be in writing) and to do all such acts as, in the judgment of such presiding person, are appropriate for the proper conduct of the meeting. Such rules, regulations or procedures, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the person presiding over the meeting, may include, without limitation, the following: (i) the establishment of an agenda or order of business for the meeting; (ii) rules and procedures for maintaining order at the meeting and the safety of those present (including, without limitation, rules and procedures for removal of disruptive persons from the meeting); (iii) limitations on attendance at or participation in the meeting to stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting, their duly authorized and constituted proxies or such other persons as the person presiding over the meeting shall determine; (iv) restrictions on entry to the meeting after the time fixed for the commencement thereof; and (v) limitations on the time allotted to questions or comments by participants. The presiding person at any meeting of stockholders, in addition to making any other determinations that may be appropriate to the conduct of the meeting (including, without limitation, determinations with respect to the administration and/or interpretation of any of the rules, regulations or procedures of the meeting, whether adopted by the Board or prescribed by the person presiding over the meeting), shall, if the facts warrant, determine and declare to the meeting that a matter of business was not properly brought before the meeting and if such presiding person should so determine, such presiding person shall so declare to the meeting and any such matter or business not properly brought before the meeting shall not be transacted or considered. Unless and to the extent determined by the Board or the person presiding over the meeting, meetings of stockholders shall not be required to be held in accordance with the rules of parliamentary procedure.

 

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2.11Voting.

 

Except as may be otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the DGCL, each stockholder shall be entitled to one (1) vote for each share of capital stock held by such stockholder.

 

Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, at all duly called or convened meetings of stockholders at which a quorum is present, for the election of directors, a plurality of the votes cast shall be sufficient to elect a director. Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, the rules or regulations of any stock exchange applicable to the Corporation, or applicable law or pursuant to any regulation applicable to the Corporation or its securities, each other matter presented to the stockholders at a duly called or convened meeting at which a quorum is present shall be decided by the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority in voting power of the votes cast (excluding abstentions and broker non-votes) on such matter.

 

2.12Record Date for Stockholder Meetings and Other Purposes.

 

In order that the Corporation may determine the stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at any meeting of stockholders or any adjournment thereof, the Board may fix a record date, which record date shall not precede the date upon which the resolution fixing the record date is adopted by the Board, and which record date shall, unless otherwise required by law, not be more than sixty (60) days nor less than ten (10) days before the date of such meeting. If the Board so fixes a date, such date shall also be the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote at such meeting unless the Board determines, at the time it fixes such record date, that a later date on or before the date of the meeting shall be the date for making such determination. If no record date is fixed by the Board, the record date for determining stockholders entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall be the close of business on the next day preceding the day on which notice is first given, or, if notice is waived, at the close of business on the day next preceding the day on which the meeting is held. A determination of stockholders of record entitled to notice of or to vote at a meeting of stockholders shall apply to any adjournment of the meeting; provided, however, that the Board may fix a new record date for determination of stockholders entitled to vote at the adjourned meeting; and in such case shall also fix as the record date for stockholders entitled to notice of such adjourned meeting the same or an earlier date as that fixed for determination of stockholders entitled to vote in accordance herewith at the adjourned meeting.

 

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

 

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2.13Proxies.

 

Each stockholder entitled to vote at a meeting of stockholders may authorize another person or persons to act for such stockholder by proxy authorized by an instrument in writing or by a transmission permitted by law filed in accordance with the procedure established for the meeting, but no such proxy shall be voted or acted upon after three (3) years from its date, unless the proxy provides for a longer period. The revocability of a proxy that states on its face that it is irrevocable shall be governed by the provisions of Section 212 of the DGCL. A proxy may be in the form of an electronic transmission which sets forth or is submitted with information from which it can be determined that the transmission was authorized by the stockholder.

 

2.14List of Stockholders Entitled to Vote.

 

The Corporation shall prepare, at least ten (10) days before every meeting of stockholders, a complete list of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting (provided, however, that if the record date for determining the stockholders entitled to vote is less than ten (10) days before the date of the meeting, the list shall reflect the stockholders entitled to vote as of the tenth day before the meeting date), arranged in alphabetical order, and showing the address of each stockholder and the number of shares registered in the name of each stockholder. The Corporation shall not be required to include electronic mail addresses or other electronic contact information on such list. Such list shall be open to the examination of any stockholder, for any purpose germane to the meeting for a period of at least ten (10) days prior to the meeting: (i) on a reasonably accessible electronic network, provided that the information required to gain access to such list is provided with the notice of the meeting, or (ii) during ordinary business hours, at the Corporation’s principal executive office. In the event that the Corporation determines to make the list available on an electronic network, the Corporation may take reasonable steps to ensure that such information is available only to stockholders of the Corporation. If the meeting is to be held at a place, then the list shall be produced and kept at the time and place of the meeting during the whole time thereof, and may be inspected by any stockholder who is present. If the meeting is to be held solely by means of remote communication, then the list shall also be open to the examination of any stockholder during the whole time of the meeting on a reasonably accessible electronic network, and the information required to access such list shall be provided with the notice of the meeting. Such list shall presumptively determine the identity of the stockholders entitled to vote at the meeting and the number of shares held by each of them. Except as otherwise provided by law, the stock ledger shall be the only evidence as to who are the stockholders entitled to examine the list of stockholders required by this Section 2.14 or to vote in person or by proxy at any meeting of stockholders.

 

2.15Inspectors of Election.

 

Before any meeting of stockholders, the Corporation shall appoint an inspector or inspectors of election to act at the meeting or its adjournment and make a written report thereof. The Corporation may designate one or more persons as alternate inspectors to replace any inspector who fails to act. If any person appointed as inspector or any alternate fails to appear or fails or refuses to act, then the person presiding over the meeting shall appoint a person to fill that vacancy.

 

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Such inspectors shall:

 

(i) determine the number of shares outstanding and the voting power of each, the number of shares represented at the meeting and the validity of any proxies and ballots;

 

(ii)count all votes or ballots;

 

(iii)count and tabulate all votes;

 

(iv) determine and retain for a reasonable period a record of the disposition of any challenges made to any determination by the inspector(s); and

 

(v) certify its or their determination of the number of shares represented at the meeting and its or their count of all votes and ballots.

 

Each inspector, before entering upon the discharge of the duties of inspector, shall take and sign an oath faithfully to execute the duties of inspection with strict impartiality and according to the best of such inspector’s ability. Any report or certificate made by the inspectors of election is prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein. The inspectors of election may appoint such persons to assist them in performing their duties as they determine.

 

2.16Delivery to the Corporation.

 

Whenever this Article II requires one or more persons (including a record or beneficial owner of stock) to deliver a document or information to the Corporation or any officer, employee or agent thereof (including any notice, request, questionnaire, revocation, representation or other document or agreement), such document or information shall be in writing exclusively (and not in an electronic transmission) and shall be delivered exclusively by hand (including, without limitation, overnight courier service) or by certified or registered mail, return receipt requested, and the Corporation shall not be required to accept delivery of any document not in such written form or so delivered. For the avoidance of doubt, the Corporation expressly opts out of Section 116 of the DGCL with respect to the delivery of information and documents to the Corporation required by this Article II.

 

Article III - Directors

 

3.1Powers.

 

Except as otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation or the DGCL, the business and affairs of the Corporation shall be managed by or under the direction of the Board.

 

3.2Number of Directors.

 

Subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, the total number of directors constituting the Board shall be determined from time to time by resolution of the Board. No reduction of the authorized number of directors shall have the effect of removing any director before that director’s term of office expires.

 

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3.3Election, Qualification and Term of Office of Directors.

 

Except as provided in Section 3.4 of these Bylaws, and subject to the Certificate of Incorporation, each director, including a director elected to fill a vacancy or newly created directorship, shall hold office until the expiration of the term of the class, if any, for which elected and until such director’s successor is elected and qualified or until such director’s earlier death, resignation, disqualification or removal. Directors need not be stockholders to be qualified for election or service as a director of the Corporation. The Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws may prescribe qualifications for directors.

 

3.4Resignation; Vacancies; Removal.

 

Any director may resign at any time upon notice given in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. The resignation shall take effect at the time specified therein or upon the happening of an event specified therein, and if no time or event is specified, at the time of its receipt. When one or more directors so resigns and the resignation is effective at a future date or upon the happening of an event to occur on a future date, a majority of the directors then in office, including those who have so resigned, shall have power to fill such vacancy or vacancies, the vote thereon to take effect when such resignation or resignations shall become effective, and each director so chosen shall hold office as provided in Section 3.3.

 

Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, vacancies resulting from the death, resignation, disqualification or removal of any director, and newly created directorships resulting from any increase in the authorized number of directors shall be filled only by a majority of the directors then in office, although less than a quorum, or by a sole remaining director.

 

Directors of the Corporation may be removed only as expressly provided in the Certificate of Incorporation.

 

3.5Place of Meetings; Meetings by Telephone.

 

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

 

Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, members of the Board, or any committee designated by the Board, may participate in a meeting of the Board, or any committee, by means of conference telephone or other communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other, and such participation in a meeting pursuant to this bylaw shall constitute presence in person at the meeting.

 

3.6Regular Meetings.

 

Regular meetings of the Board may be held within or outside the State of Delaware and at such time and at such place as which has been designated by the Board and publicized among all directors, either orally or in writing, by telephone, including a voice-messaging system or other system designed to record and communicate messages, facsimile, telegraph or telex, or by electronic mail or other means of electronic transmission. No further notice shall be required for regular meetings of the Board.

 

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3.7 Special Meetings; Notice.

 

Special meetings of the Board for any purpose or purposes may be called at any time by the Chairperson of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the President, the Secretary or a majority of the total number of directors constituting the Board.

 

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

 

  (i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone;
     
  (ii) sent by United States first-class mail, postage prepaid;
     
  (iii) sent by facsimile or electronic mail; or
     
  (iv) sent by other means of electronic transmission,

 

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

 

If the notice is (i) delivered personally by hand, by courier or by telephone, (ii) sent by facsimile or electronic mail, or (iii) sent by other means of electronic transmission, it shall be delivered or sent at least twenty-four (24) hours before the time of the holding of the meeting. If the notice is sent by U.S. mail, it shall be deposited in the U.S. mail at least four (4) days before the time of the holding of the meeting. The notice need not specify the place of the meeting (if the meeting is to be held at the Corporation’s principal executive office) nor the purpose of the meeting.

 

3.8 Quorum.

 

At all meetings of the Board, unless otherwise provided by the Certificate of Incorporation, a majority of the total number of directors shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business; provided that, solely for the purposes of filling vacancies pursuant to Section 3.4 of these Bylaws, a meeting of the Board may be held if a majority of the directors then in office participate in such meeting. The vote of a majority of the directors present at any meeting at which a quorum is present shall be the act of the Board, except as may be otherwise specifically provided by statute, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws. If a quorum is not present at any meeting of the Board, then the directors present thereat may adjourn the meeting from time to time, without notice other than announcement at the meeting, until a quorum is present.

 

3.9 Board Action Without a Meeting.

 

Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, any action required or permitted to be taken at any meeting of the Board, or of any committee thereof, may be taken without a meeting if all members of the Board or committee, as the case may be, consent thereto in writing or by electronic transmission. After an action is taken, the consent or consents relating thereto shall be filed with the minutes of the proceedings of the Board, or the committee thereof, in the same paper or electronic form as the minutes are maintained. Such action by written consent or consent by electronic transmission shall have the same force and effect as a unanimous vote of the Board.

 

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3.10 Fees and Compensation of Directors.

 

Unless otherwise restricted by the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws, the Board shall have the authority to fix the compensation, including fees and reimbursement of expenses, of directors for services to the Corporation in any capacity.

 

Article IV - Committees

 

4.1 Committees of Directors.

 

The Board may designate one (1) or more committees, each committee to consist, of one (1) or more of the directors of the Corporation. The Board may designate one (1) or more directors as alternate members of any committee, who may replace any absent or disqualified member at any meeting of the committee. In the absence or disqualification of a member of a committee, the member or members thereof present at any meeting and not disqualified from voting, whether or not such member or members constitute a quorum, may unanimously appoint another member of the Board to act at the meeting in the place of any such absent or disqualified member. Any such committee, to the extent provided in the resolution of the Board or in these Bylaws, shall have and may exercise all the powers and authority of the Board in the management of the business and affairs of the Corporation, and may authorize the seal of the Corporation to be affixed to all papers that may require it; but no such committee shall have the power or authority to (i) approve or adopt, or recommend to the stockholders, any action or matter expressly required by the DGCL to be submitted to stockholders for approval, or (ii) adopt, amend or repeal any bylaw of the Corporation.

 

4.2 Committee Minutes.

 

Each committee shall keep regular minutes of its meetings and report the same to the Board when required.

 

4.3 Meetings and Actions of Committees.

 

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

 

  (i) Section 3.5 (place of meetings; meetings by telephone);
     
  (ii) Section 3.6 (regular meetings);
     
  (iii) Section 3.7 (special meetings; notice);
     
  (iv) Section 3.9 (board action without a meeting); and

 

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  (v) Section 7.13 (waiver of notice),

 

with such changes in the context of those Bylaws as are necessary to substitute the committee and its members for the Board and its members. However:

 

(i) the time of regular meetings of committees may be determined either by resolution of the Board or by resolution of the committee;

 

(ii) special meetings of committees may also be called by resolution of the Board or the chairperson of the applicable committee; and

 

(iii) the Board may adopt rules for the governance of any committee to override the provisions that would otherwise apply to the committee pursuant to this Section 4.3, provided that such rules do not violate the provisions of the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law.

 

4.4 Subcommittees.

 

Unless otherwise provided in the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws or the resolutions of the Board designating the committee, a committee may create one (1) or more subcommittees, each subcommittee to consist of one (1) or more members of the committee, and delegate to a subcommittee any or all of the powers and authority of the committee.

 

Article V - Officers

 

5.1 Officers.

 

The officers of the Corporation shall include a Chief Executive Officer, Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer, a President and a Secretary. The Corporation may also have, at the discretion of the Board, a Chairperson of the Board, a Vice Chairperson of the Board, a Treasurer, one (1) or more Vice Presidents, one (1) or more [Executive][Senior] Vice Presidents, one (1) or more Assistant Treasurers, one (1) or more Assistant Secretaries, and any such other officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of these Bylaws. Any number of offices may be held by the same person. No officer need be a stockholder or director of the Corporation.

 

5.2 Appointment of Officers.

 

The Board shall appoint the officers of the Corporation, except such officers as may be appointed in accordance with the provisions of Section 5.3 of these Bylaws.

 

5.3 Subordinate Officers.

 

The Board may appoint, or empower the Chief Executive Officer or, in the absence of a Chief Executive Officer, [the President]/[the Chief Financial Officer], to appoint, such other officers and agents as the business of the Corporation may require. Each of such officers and agents shall hold office for such period, have such authority, and perform such duties as are provided in these Bylaws or as the Board may from time to time determine.

 

5.4 Removal and Resignation of Officers.

 

Subject to the rights, if any, of an officer under any contract of employment, any officer may be removed, either with or without cause, by the Board or, except in the case of an officer chosen by the Board, by any officer upon whom such power of removal may be conferred by the Board.

 

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Any officer may resign at any time by giving notice in writing or by electronic transmission to the Corporation. Any resignation shall take effect at the date of the receipt of that notice or at any later time specified in that notice. Unless otherwise specified in the notice of resignation, the acceptance of the resignation shall not be necessary to make it effective. If a resignation is made effective at a later date and the Corporation accepts the future effective date, the Board may fill the pending vacancy before the effective date if the Board provides that the successor shall not take office until the effective date. Any resignation is without prejudice to the rights, if any, of the Corporation under any contract to which the officer is a party.

 

5.5 Vacancies in Offices.

 

Any vacancy occurring in any office of the Corporation shall be filled by the Board or as provided in Section 5.2 or Section 5.3, as applicable.

 

5.6 Representation of Shares of Other Corporations.

 

The Chairperson of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, or the President of this Corporation, or any other person authorized by the Board, the Chief Executive Officer [or the President][or the Chief Financial Officer], is authorized to vote, represent and exercise on behalf of this Corporation all rights incident to any and all shares or voting securities of any other corporation or other person standing in the name of this Corporation. The authority granted herein may be exercised either by such person directly or by any other person authorized to do so by proxy or power of attorney duly executed by such person having the authority.

 

5.7 Authority and Duties of Officers.

 

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

 

5.8 Compensation.

 

The compensation of the officers of the Corporation for their services as such shall be fixed from time to time by or at the direction of the Board. An officer of the Corporation shall not be prevented from receiving compensation by reason of the fact that he or she is also a director of the Corporation.

 

Article VI - Records

 

A stock ledger consisting of one or more records in which the names of all of the Corporation’s stockholders of record, the address and number of shares registered in the name of each such stockholder, and all issuances and transfers of stock of the Corporation are recorded in accordance with Section 224 of the DGCL shall be administered by or on behalf of the Corporation. Any records administered by or on behalf of the Corporation in the regular course of its business, including its stock ledger, books of account, and minute books, may be kept on, or by means of, or be in the form of, any information storage device, or method, or one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases), provided that the records so kept can be converted into clearly legible paper form within a reasonable time and, with respect to the stock ledger, that the records so kept (i) can be used to prepare the list of stockholders specified in Sections 219 and 220 of the DGCL, (ii) record the information specified in Sections 156, 159, 217(a) and 218 of the DGCL, and (iii) record transfers of stock as governed by Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code as adopted in the State of Delaware.

 

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Article VII - General Matters

 

7.1 Execution of Corporate Contracts and Instruments.

 

The Board, except as otherwise provided in these Bylaws, may authorize any officer or officers, or agent or agents, to enter into any contract or execute any instrument in the name of and on behalf of the Corporation; such authority may be general or confined to specific instances.

 

7.2 Stock Certificates.

 

The shares of the Corporation may be be represented by certificates, provided that the Board by resolution may provide that some or all of the shares of any class or series of stock of the Corporation shall be uncertificated. Certificates for the shares of stock, if any, shall be in such form as is consistent with the Certificate of Incorporation and applicable law. Every holder of stock represented by a certificate shall be entitled to have a certificate signed by, or in the name of the Corporation by, any two officers authorized to sign stock certificates representing the number of shares registered in certificate form. [The Chairperson or Vice Chairperson of the Board, Chief Executive Officer, the President, Chief Financial Officer, any Executive Vice President, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Secretary or any Assistant Secretary of the Corporation] shall be specifically authorized to sign stock certificates. Any or all of the signatures on the certificate may be a facsimile. In case any officer, transfer agent or registrar who has signed or whose facsimile signature has been placed upon a certificate has ceased to be such officer, transfer agent or registrar before such certificate is issued, it may be issued by the Corporation with the same effect as if he or she were such officer, transfer agent or registrar at the date of issue.

 

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

 

7.3 Special Designation of Certificates.

 

If the Corporation is authorized to issue more than one class of stock or more than one series of any class, then the powers, the designations, the preferences and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights shall be set forth in full or summarized on the face or on the back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock (or, in the case of uncertificated shares, set forth in a notice provided pursuant to Section 151 of the DGCL); provided, however, that except as otherwise provided in Section 202 of the DGCL, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, there may be set forth on the face of back of the certificate that the Corporation shall issue to represent such class or series of stock (or, in the case of any uncertificated shares, included in the aforementioned notice) a statement that the Corporation will furnish without charge to each stockholder who so requests the powers, the designations, the preferences and the relative, participating, optional or other special rights of each class of stock or series thereof and the qualifications, limitations or restrictions of such preferences and/or rights.

 

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7.4 Lost Certificates.

 

Except as provided in this Section 7.4, no new certificates for shares shall be issued to replace a previously issued certificate unless the latter is surrendered to the Corporation and cancelled at the same time. The Corporation may issue a new certificate of stock or uncertificated shares in the place of any certificate theretofore issued by it, alleged to have been lost, stolen or destroyed, and the Corporation may require the owner of the lost, stolen or destroyed certificate, or such owner’s legal representative, to give the Corporation a bond sufficient to indemnify it against any claim that may be made against it on account of the alleged loss, theft or destruction of any such certificate or the issuance of such new certificate or uncertificated shares.

 

7.5 Shares Without Certificates

 

The Corporation may adopt a system of issuance, recordation and transfer of its shares of stock by electronic or other means not involving the issuance of certificates, provided the use of such system by the Corporation is permitted in accordance with applicable law.

 

7.6 Construction; Definitions.

 

Unless the context requires otherwise, the general provisions, rules of construction and definitions in the DGCL shall govern the construction of these Bylaws. Without limiting the generality of this provision, the singular number includes the plural and the plural number includes the singular.

 

7.7 Dividends.

 

The Board, subject to any restrictions contained in either (i) the DGCL or (ii) the Certificate of Incorporation, may declare and pay dividends upon the shares of its capital stock. Dividends may be paid in cash, in property or in shares of the Corporation’s capital stock.

 

The Board may set apart out of any of the funds of the Corporation available for dividends a reserve or reserves for any proper purpose and may abolish any such reserve. Such purposes shall include but not be limited to equalizing dividends, repairing or maintaining any property of the Corporation, and meeting contingencies.

 

7.8 Fiscal Year.

 

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

 

7.9 Seal.

 

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

 

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7.10 Transfer of Stock.

 

Shares of the Corporation shall be transferable in the manner prescribed by law, the Certificate of Incorporation and in these Bylaws. Shares of stock of the Corporation shall be transferred on the books of the Corporation only by the holder of record thereof or by such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, upon surrender to the Corporation of the certificate or certificates representing such shares endorsed by the appropriate person or persons (or by delivery of duly executed instructions with respect to uncertificated shares), with such evidence of the authenticity of such endorsement or execution, transfer, authorization and other matters as the Corporation may reasonably require, and accompanied by all necessary stock transfer stamps. No transfer of stock shall be valid as against the Corporation for any purpose until it shall have been entered in the stock records of the Corporation by an entry showing the names of the persons from and to whom it was transferred.

 

7.11 Stock Transfer Agreements.

 

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

 

7.12 Registered Stockholders.

 

The Corporation:

 

(i) shall be entitled to recognize the exclusive right of a person registered on its books as the owner of shares to receive dividends and to vote as such owner; and

 

(ii) shall not be bound to recognize any equitable or other claim to or interest in such share or shares on the part of another person, whether or not it shall have express or other notice thereof, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Delaware.

 

7.13 Waiver of Notice.

 

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

 

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Article VIII - Notice

 

8.1 Delivery of Notice; Notice by Electronic Transmission.

 

Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provisions of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation, or these Bylaws may be given in writing directed to the stockholder’s mailing address (or by electronic transmission directed to the stockholder’s electronic mail address, as applicable) as it appears on the records of the Corporation and shall be given (1) if mailed, when the notice is deposited in the U.S. mail, postage prepaid, (2) if delivered by courier service, the earlier of when the notice is received or left at such stockholder’s address or (3) if given by electronic mail, when directed to such stockholder’s electronic mail address unless the stockholder has notified the Corporation in writing or by electronic transmission of an objection to receiving notice by electronic mail. A notice by electronic mail must include a prominent legend that the communication is an important notice regarding the Corporation.

 

Without limiting the manner by which notice otherwise may be given effectively to stockholders, any notice to stockholders given by the Corporation under any provision of the DGCL, the Certificate of Incorporation or these Bylaws shall be effective if given by a form of electronic transmission consented to by the stockholder to whom the notice is given. Any such consent shall be revocable by the stockholder by written notice or electronic transmission to the Corporation. Notwithstanding the provisions of this paragraph, the Corporation may give a notice by electronic mail in accordance with the first paragraph of this section without obtaining the consent required by this paragraph.

 

Any notice given pursuant to the preceding paragraph shall be deemed given:

 

  (i) if by facsimile telecommunication, when directed to a number at which the stockholder has consented to receive notice;
     
  (ii) if by a posting on an electronic network together with separate notice to the stockholder of such specific posting, upon the later of (A) such posting and (B) the giving of such separate notice; and
     
  (iii) if by any other form of electronic transmission, when directed to the stockholder.

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, a notice may not be given by an electronic transmission from and after the time that (1) the Corporation is unable to deliver by such electronic transmission two (2) consecutive notices given by the Corporation and (2) such inability becomes known to the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of the Corporation or to the transfer agent, or other person responsible for the giving of notice, provided, however, the inadvertent failure to discover such inability shall not invalidate any meeting or other action.

 

An affidavit of the Secretary or an Assistant Secretary or of the transfer agent or other agent of the Corporation that the notice has been given shall, in the absence of fraud, be prima facie evidence of the facts stated therein.

 

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Article IX - Indemnification

 

9.1 Indemnification of Directors and Officers.

 

The Corporation shall indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by the DGCL as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any current or former director or officer of the Corporation who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any action, suit or proceeding, whether civil, criminal, administrative or investigative (a “Proceeding”) by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was a director or officer of the Corporation or, while serving as a director or officer of the Corporation, is or was serving at the request of the Corporation as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity (a “covered person”), including service with respect to employee benefit plans, out of the assets of the Corporation, against all liability, claims, damages, costs, and loss suffered and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, judgments, fines ERISA excise taxes or penalties and amounts paid in settlement) reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding other than such liability (if any) that they may incur by reason of their own actual fraud, willful neglect, or willful default. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, except as otherwise provided in Section 9.4, the Corporation shall be required to indemnify a person in connection with a Proceeding initiated by such person only if the Proceeding was authorized in the specific case by the Board. No covered person shall be found to have committed actual fraud, willful neglect or willful default under this Article unless or until a court of competent jurisdiction shall have made a finding to that effect. The directors, on behalf of the Corporation, may purchase and maintain insurance for the benefit of any director or officer against any liability which, by virtue of any rule of law, would otherwise attach to such person in respect of any negligence, default, breach of duty or breach of trust of which such person may be guilty in relation to the Corporation.

 

9.2 Indemnification of Others.

 

The Corporation shall have the power to indemnify and hold harmless, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law as it presently exists or may hereafter be amended, any employee or agent of the Corporation who was or is made or is threatened to be made a party or is otherwise involved in any Proceeding by reason of the fact that he or she, or a person for whom he or she is the legal representative, is or was an 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 or of a partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity, including service with respect to employee benefit plans, against all liability and loss suffered and expenses reasonably incurred by such person in connection with any such Proceeding.

 

9.3 Prepayment of Expenses.

 

The Corporation shall to the fullest extent not prohibited by applicable law pay or advance the expenses (including attorneys’ fees) incurred by any covered person, and may pay or advance the expenses incurred by any employee or agent of the Corporation, in defending any Proceeding in advance of its final disposition; provided, however, that such payment or advance of expenses in advance of the final disposition of the Proceeding shall be made only upon receipt of an undertaking by the person to repay all amounts paid or advanced (without interest) if it should be ultimately determined by final judgment or other final adjudication that the person is not entitled to be indemnified under this Article IX or otherwise.

 

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9.4 Determination; Claim.

 

If a claim for indemnification (following the final judgment or other final adjudication of such Proceeding) under this Article IX is not paid in full within sixty (60) days, or a claim for advancement of expenses under this Article IX is not paid in full within thirty (30) days, after a written claim therefor has been received by the Corporation the claimant may thereafter (but not before) file suit to recover the unpaid amount of such claim and, if successful in whole or in part, shall be entitled to be paid the expense of prosecuting such claim to the fullest extent permitted by law. In any such action the Corporation shall have the burden of proving that the claimant was not entitled to the requested indemnification or payment of expenses under applicable law.

 

9.5 Non-Exclusivity of Rights.

 

The rights conferred on any person by this Article IX shall not be exclusive of any other rights which such person may have or hereafter acquire under any statute, provision of the Certificate of Incorporation, these Bylaws, agreement, vote of stockholders or disinterested directors or otherwise.

 

9.6 Insurance.

 

The Corporation may 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 enterprise or non-profit entity against any liability asserted against him or her and incurred by him or her in any such capacity, or arising out of his or her status as such, whether or not the Corporation would have the power to indemnify him or her against such liability under the DGCL.

 

9.7 Other Indemnification.

 

The Corporation’s obligation, if any, to indemnify or advance expenses to any person who was or is serving at its request as a director, officer, employee or agent of another corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non-profit entity shall be reduced by any amount such person may collect as indemnification or advancement of expenses from such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, enterprise or non- profit enterprise.

 

9.8 Continuation of Indemnification.

 

The rights to indemnification and to prepayment of expenses provided by, or granted pursuant to, this Article IX shall continue notwithstanding that the person has ceased to be a director or officer of the Corporation and shall inure to the benefit of the estate, heirs, executors, administrators, legatees and distributees of such person.

 

9.9 Amendment or Repeal; Interpretation.

 

The provisions of this Article IX shall constitute a contract between the Corporation, on the one hand, and, on the other hand, each individual who serves or has served as a director or officer of the Corporation (whether before or after the adoption of these Bylaws), in consideration of such person’s performance of such services, and pursuant to this Article IX the Corporation intends to be legally bound to each such current or former director or officer of the Corporation. With respect to current and former directors and officers of the Corporation, the rights conferred under this Article IX are present contractual rights and such rights are fully vested, and shall be deemed to have vested fully, immediately upon adoption of theses Bylaws. With respect to any directors or officers of the Corporation who commence service following adoption of these Bylaws, the rights conferred under this provision shall be present contractual rights and such rights shall fully vest, and be deemed to have vested fully, immediately upon such director or officer commencing service as a director or officer of the Corporation. Any repeal or modification of the foregoing provisions of this Article IX shall not adversely affect any right or protection (i) hereunder of any person in respect of any act or omission occurring prior to the time of such repeal or modification or (ii) under any agreement providing for indemnification or advancement of expenses to an officer or director of the Corporation in effect prior to the time of such repeal or modification.

 

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Any reference to an officer of the Corporation in this Article IX shall be deemed to refer exclusively to the Chief Executive Officer, [President][Chief Financial Officer], and Secretary, or other officer of the Corporation appointed by (x) the Board pursuant to Article V of these Bylaws or (y) an officer to whom the Board has delegated the power to appoint officers pursuant to Article V of these Bylaws, and any reference to an officer of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall be deemed to refer exclusively to an officer appointed by the board of directors (or equivalent governing body) of such other entity pursuant to the certificate of incorporation and Bylaws (or equivalent organizational documents) of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise. The fact that any person who is or was an employee of the Corporation or an employee of any other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise has been given or has used the title of “Vice President” or any other title that could be construed to suggest or imply that such person is or may be an officer of the Corporation or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise shall not result in such person being constituted as, or being deemed to be, an officer of the Corporation or of such other corporation, partnership, joint venture, trust, employee benefit plan or other enterprise for purposes of this Article IX.

 

Article X - Amendments

 

The Board is expressly empowered to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation. The stockholders also shall have power to adopt, amend or repeal the Bylaws of the Corporation; provided, however, that such action by stockholders shall require, in addition to any other vote required by the Certificate of Incorporation or applicable law, the affirmative vote of the holders of at least two-thirds of the voting power of all the then-outstanding shares of voting stock of the Corporation with the power to vote generally in an election of directors, voting together as a single class.

 

Article XI - Definitions

 

As used in these Bylaws, unless the context otherwise requires, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

An “electronic transmission” means any form of communication, not directly involving the physical transmission of paper, including the use of, or participation in, one or more electronic networks or databases (including one or more distributed electronic networks or databases), that creates a record that may be retained, retrieved and reviewed by a recipient thereof, and that may be directly reproduced in paper form by such a recipient through an automated process.

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An “electronic mail” means an electronic transmission directed to a unique electronic mail address (which electronic mail shall be deemed to include any files attached thereto and any information hyperlinked to a website if such electronic mail includes the contact information of an officer or agent of the Corporation who is available to assist with accessing such files and information).

 

An “electronic mail address” means a destination, commonly expressed as a string of characters, consisting of a unique user name or mailbox (commonly referred to as the “local part” of the address) and a reference to an internet domain (commonly referred to as the “domain part” of the address), whether or not displayed, to which electronic mail can be sent or delivered.

 

The term “person” means any individual, general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust, business trust, joint stock company, joint venture, unincorporated association, cooperative or association or any other legal entity or organization of whatever nature, and shall include any successor (by merger or otherwise) of such entity.

 

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[Innovid Corp.]

 

Certificate of Amendment and Restatement of Bylaws

 

 

The undersigned hereby certifies that he is the duly elected, qualified, and acting Secretary of Innovid Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Corporation”), and that the foregoing Bylaws were approved on [ ● ], 2021, effective as of [ ● ], 2021 by the Corporation’s board of directors.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has hereunto set his hand this [ ● ] day of [ ● ], 2021.

 

   
  [Name]
  [General Counsel and Secretary]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

COMPANY STOCKHOLDER SUPPORT AGREEMENTS

 

See attached.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Date]

 

ION Acquisition Corp 2 Ltd.

89 Medinat Hayehudim Street

Herzliya 4676672, Israel

 

Innovid, Inc.

30 Irving Place, 12th floor

New York, NY 10003

Attention: Nabilah Irshad

Email: nabilah@innovid.com

 

Re: Company Stockholder Support Agreement

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter agreement (this “Company Stockholder Support Agreement”) is being delivered to ION Acquisition Corp 2 Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (which shall migrate to and domesticate as a Delaware corporation prior to the Closing (as defined in the Merger Agreement)) (together with its successor, “Acquiror”), and Innovid, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), by the party listed on the signature pages hereto as a “Stockholder” (the “Stockholder”) in connection with that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof, by and among Acquiror, the Company, and the other parties thereto (the “Merger Agreement”) and the transactions contemplated thereby or relating thereto (including the PIPE Investment, the “Business Combination”). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 8 hereof. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement.

 

As of the date hereof, the Stockholder is the owner of record and Beneficially Owns (as defined below) the shares of Company Capital Stock identified on Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Covered Shares”).

 

Unless the context of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words of any gender include each other gender, (ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, (iii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Company Stockholder Support Agreement, (iv) the terms “Section” and “Schedule” refer to the specified Section or Schedule of or to this Company Stockholder Support Agreement unless otherwise specified, (v) the word “including” shall mean “including without limitation,” (vi) the word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive and have the meaning represented by the term “and/or”, and (vii) the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject matter or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”.

 

In order to induce the Company and Acquiror to enter into the Merger Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Stockholder hereby agrees with the Company and, at all times prior to any valid termination of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement, Acquiror as follows:

 

1.The Stockholder irrevocably agrees that it, he or she shall, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company (whether annual or special, however called and including any adjournment or postponement thereof) or in any other circumstance in which the vote, consent or other approval of the stockholders of the Company is sought:

 

(a)vote all Covered Shares owned by it, him or her in favor of the Business Combination and each other proposal related to the Business Combination;
   
b.appear at such meeting or otherwise cause such Covered Shares to be counted as present thereat for the purpose of establishing a quorum;

 

 

 

 

c.vote (or execute and return an action by written consent), or cause to be voted, or validly execute and return and cause such consent to be granted with respect to, all of such Covered Shares against any Company Alternative Transaction or any other action that would reasonably be expected to materially frustrate the purposes of or impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the First Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of the Company under the Merger Agreement or any other agreement entered into by the Company or the Stockholder in connection with the Business Combination or result in any of the conditions set forth in Article IX of the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled, result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of the Stockholder contained in this Company Stockholder Support Agreement or change in any manner the dividend policy or capitalization of, including the voting rights of, any Company Capital Stock;
   
d.vote (or execute and return an action by written consent), or cause to be voted, or validly execute and return and cause such consent to be granted with respect to, all of such Covered Shares against any change in business, management or board of directors of the Company or any recapitalization, reorganization, liquidation or winding up of the Company (other than in connection with the Business Combination as contemplated by the Transaction Agreements); and
   
e.not redeem, or seek to redeem, any Covered Shares owned by it, him or her in connection with the Company Stockholder Approval or otherwise.

 

The obligations of the Stockholder specified in this Section 1 shall apply whether or not the First Merger or any action described above is recommended by the board of directors of the Company or if the board of directors of the Company has changed, withdrawn, withheld, amended, qualified or modified, or (privately or publicly) proposed to change, withdraw, withhold, amend, qualify or modify the Company Board Recommendation; provided that nothing herein shall amend, limit or otherwise modify any right or obligation contained in the Merger Agreement.

 

From and after the date hereof until the valid termination of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Stockholder shall not, without the prior written consent of Acquiror (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), grant any proxy, consent or power of attorney, or enter into any voting trust or other agreement or arrangement, in each case with respect to the voting of any Covered Shares and with respect to any vote on the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement or any other matters set forth in this Section 1 that is inconsistent with such Person’s obligations under this Company Stockholder Support Agreement.

 

2.The Stockholder hereby agrees and acknowledges that prior to any valid termination of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement, Acquiror would be irreparably injured in the event of a breach by the Stockholder of its, his or her obligations under Section 1 or Section 3, as applicable, of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement. Further, monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy for any breach described in the foregoing sentence and the non-breaching parties shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief, in addition to any other remedy that such parties may have in law or in equity, in the event of any such breach (without providing any bond or other security in connection with any such remedy). The Stockholder hereby agrees that it, he or she will not allege, and hereby waives the defense, that Acquiror or the Company, as applicable, has an adequate remedy at law or that an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity.

 

3.Transfers.  

 

(a)The Stockholder shall not Transfer any Covered Shares until the earlier of (i) without limiting Section 3(b), the consummation of the Closing (the “Effective Time”) or (ii) the valid termination of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement in accordance with its terms; provided, however, that such Transfer shall be permitted (x) as required or expressly contemplated by the Merger Agreement or any other Transaction Agreements, or (y) in accordance with Section 3(c).

 

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(b)In the event the Business Combination is consummated, the Stockholder shall not Transfer any Equity Securities of the Acquiror Beneficially Owned or held by it, him or her immediately following the Effective Time (the “Covered Acquiror Securities”) until the Lock-Up Termination Date. “Lock-Up Termination Date” means the earlier of (i) the date that is one hundred eighty days after the Closing Date or (ii) the “Lock-Up Termination Date” as set forth in the Sponsor Support Agreement.
   
(c)Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 3(a) or Section 3(b), Transfers of the Covered Shares or the Covered Acquiror Securities (as applicable) that are held by the Stockholder or any of its permitted transferees (that have complied with this Section 3(c)), are permitted (i) to the Company’s officers or directors, any Affiliate or any immediate family member of any of the Company’s officers or directors or any members or partners of the Stockholder or their respective Affiliates, or any Affiliates of the Stockholder; (ii) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of such individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of such individual’s immediate family, an Affiliate of such individual, or to a charitable organization; (iii) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of such individual; (iv) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (v) to a nominee or custodian of a Person to whom a Transfer would be permitted under clauses (i) through (iv) above; or (vi) to Acquiror, the Company, or the Sponsor; provided, however, that in each case of clauses (i) through (v), these permitted transferees must, before any such Transfer is effected, enter into a written agreement with the Company and Acquiror agreeing to be bound by this Company Stockholder Support Agreement (including provisions relating to voting, the Trust Account, transfer restrictions, and liquidating distributions).

 

4.The Stockholder hereby agrees that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending upon the valid termination of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement in accordance with its terms, without the prior written consent of Acquiror, the Stockholder shall not and shall instruct and use reasonable best efforts to cause its Representatives acting on its behalf not to, directly or indirectly, solicit or initiate, engage in or enter into discussions, negotiations or transactions with, or knowingly encourage, or provide any information to, any Person (other than Acquiror and its Representatives) or enter into or deliver any agreement (including confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, term sheet, indication of interest, indicative proposal or other agreement or instrument), in each case concerning any Company Alternative Transaction; provided, that, the execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the Transactions shall not be deemed a violation of this Section 4 or Section 8.03(a) of the Merger Agreement; and provided, further, that the Stockholder shall as promptly as practicable advise Acquiror of any inquiry or proposal regarding a Company Alternative Transaction it or its Representatives may receive following the date hereof (including the terms related thereto) and shall immediately discontinue any and all discussions or negotiations relating to any Company Alternative Transaction.
  
5.Solely in connection with and only for the purpose of the First Merger, to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, the Stockholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to assert, claim or perfect any rights of appraisal in connection with or rights to dissent from the First Merger that the Stockholder may have by virtue of ownership of the Covered Shares.
  
6.The Stockholder hereby represents and covenants that it has not entered into, and, prior to the valid termination of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement in accordance with its terms, shall not enter into, any Contract that could restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of the Stockholder’s obligations hereunder.
  
7.The Stockholder currently, and as of the Closing will, Beneficially Own all of the outstanding Covered Shares, except in connection with the Secondary Sale or for those Covered Shares Beneficially Owned by a permitted transferee in accordance with Section 3(c). The Covered Shares Beneficially Owned by the Stockholder as of the date hereof are set forth on Schedule A hereto. As of the date of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement, neither the Stockholder nor any of its Affiliates Beneficially Own any Company Capital Stock except as set forth on Schedule A and except for any equity awards granted under the Company Incentive Plan.

 

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8.As used herein, (i) “Beneficially Own” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act; and (ii) “Transfer” means the (a) sale or assignment of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, in each case, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder with respect to any security, (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of, or interest in, any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b).
  
9.This Company Stockholder Support Agreement and the other agreements referenced herein constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, with respect to the Stockholder. This Company Stockholder Support Agreement may not be changed, amended, modified or waived as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by Acquiror, the Company and the Stockholder.
  
10.No party hereto may assign either this Company Stockholder Support Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder, other than in conjunction with Transfers expressly permitted by Section 3 (and subject to the terms thereof), without the prior written consent of the other parties. Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 10 shall be void and ineffectual and shall not operate to transfer or assign any interest or title to the purported assignee or transferee. This Company Stockholder Support Agreement shall be binding on the Stockholder, Acquiror and the Company and their respective successors, heirs and permitted assigns or transferees.
  
11.Nothing in this Company Stockholder Support Agreement shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any Person or corporation other than the parties hereto any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements contained in this Company Stockholder Support Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors, heirs, personal representatives and permitted assigns or transferees.
  
12.This Company Stockholder Support Agreement may be executed in any number of original, electronic 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.
  
13.This Company Stockholder Support 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 Company Stockholder Support 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 Company Stockholder Support Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.
  
14.This Company Stockholder Support Agreement, and all Actions or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Company Stockholder Support Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal substantive Laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts entered into and to be performed solely within such state, without giving effect to principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of Laws of another jurisdiction. Any Action based upon, arising out of or related to this Company Stockholder Support Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and if the Delaware Court of Chancery does not have or take jurisdiction over such Action, any other federal or state courts located in the State of Delaware, and each of the parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in any such Action, waives any objection it may now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction, venue or to convenience of forum, agrees that all claims in respect of the Action shall be heard and determined only in any such court, and agrees not to bring any Action arising out of or relating to this Company Stockholder Support Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any other court. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the right of any party to serve process in any manner permitted by Law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any other party in any other jurisdiction, in each case, to enforce judgments obtained in any Action brought pursuant to this Section 14. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS COMPANY STOCKHOLDER SUPPORT AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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15.Any notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent or given in accordance with the terms of Section 11.02 of the Merger Agreement to the applicable party at its principal place of business or if to the Stockholder, to the address of such Stockholder as indicated on such Stockholder’s signature page hereto.
  
16.This Company Stockholder Support Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of (i) the Closing (other than Section 3(b), which shall remain in full force and effect), (ii) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, or (iii) the mutual agreement of the parties hereto. In the event of a valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, this Company Stockholder Support Agreement shall be of no force and effect. No such termination shall relieve the Stockholder or Acquiror from any liability resulting from a breach of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement occurring prior to such termination.
  
17.The Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to Acquiror and the Company as follows: (i) if the Stockholder is not an individual, it is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, and the Stockholder has all necessary power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Company Stockholder Support Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) if the Stockholder is an individual, such Person has full legal capacity, right and authority to execute and deliver this Company Stockholder Support Agreement and to perform his or her obligations hereunder; (iii) this Company Stockholder Support Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Stockholder and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other parties to this Company Stockholder Support Agreement, this Company Stockholder Support Agreement constitutes a legally valid and binding obligation of the Stockholder, enforceable against the Stockholder in accordance with the terms hereof (subject to the Enforceability Exceptions); (iv) the execution and delivery of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement by the Stockholder does not, and the performance by the Stockholder of his, her or its obligations hereunder will not, (A) if the Stockholder is not an individual, conflict with or result in a violation of the Organizational Documents of the Stockholder, or (B) require any consent or approval that has not been given or other action that has not been taken by any third party (including under any Contract binding upon the Stockholder or the Stockholder’s Covered Shares), in each case, to the extent such consent, approval or other action would prevent, enjoin or materially delay the performance by the Stockholder of his, her or its obligations under this Company Stockholder Support Agreement; (v) there are no Actions pending against the Stockholder or, to the knowledge of the Stockholder, threatened against the Stockholder, before (or, in the case of threatened Actions, that would be before) any arbitrator or any Governmental Authority, which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin or materially delay the performance by the Stockholder of its, his or her obligations under this Company Stockholder Support Agreement; (vi) except for fees described on Schedule 4.21 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, no financial advisor, investment banker, broker, finder or other similar intermediary is entitled to any fee or commission from the Stockholder or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the Merger Agreement or this Company Stockholder Support Agreement or any of the respective transactions contemplated thereby and hereby, in each case, based upon any arrangement or agreement made by or, to the knowledge of the Stockholder, on behalf of the Stockholder, for which Acquiror, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates would have any obligations or liabilities of any kind or nature; (vii) the Stockholder has had the opportunity to read the Merger Agreement and this Company Stockholder Support Agreement and has had the opportunity to consult with its tax and legal advisors; (viii) the Stockholder has not entered into, and shall not enter into, any agreement that would restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of the Stockholder’s obligations hereunder; (ix) the Stockholder has good title to all Covered Shares, and there exist no Liens or any other limitation or restriction affecting ownership (including, without limitation, any restriction on the right to sell or otherwise dispose of such Covered Shares (other than Transfer restrictions under the Securities Act)) affecting any such Covered Shares, other than pursuant to (A) this Company Stockholder Support Agreement, (B) the Organizational Documents of Stockholder, (C) the Organizational Documents of the Company, (D) the Merger Agreement, and (E) the Affiliate Agreements listed on Schedule 4.22 of the Company Disclosure Schedules; and (x) the Covered Shares identified on Schedule A are the only shares of Company Capital Stock Beneficially Owned or of record by the Stockholder as of the date hereof, and the Stockholder is not subject to any proxy, voting trust or other agreement or arrangement with respect to the voting of such Covered Shares, except as provided in this Company Stockholder Support Agreement, the Organizational Documents of the Company, and the Affiliate Agreements listed on Schedule 4.22 of the Company Disclosure Schedules.

 

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18.If, and as often as, (a) there are any changes in any Equity Securities of the Company by way of stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification, or through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or business combination, or by any other similar means that result in the Stockholder acquiring new shares of Company Capital Stock, (b) the Stockholder purchases or otherwise acquires beneficial ownership of any shares of Company Capital Stock after the date of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement, or (c) the Stockholder acquires the right to vote or share in the voting of any shares of Company Capital Stock after the date of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement (such shares of Company Capital Stock in clauses (a) through (c), the “New Securities”), then, in each case, such New Securities acquired or purchased by the Stockholder shall be subject to the terms of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement to the same extent as if they constituted Covered Shares of the Stockholder as of the date hereof. Nothing in this Section 18 shall limit, restrict or modify any liability or other obligation of the Company under the Merger Agreement.
  
19.Each of the parties hereto agrees to execute and deliver hereafter any further document, agreement or instrument of assignment, transfer or conveyance as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate the purposes hereof and as may be reasonably requested in writing by another party hereto.
  
20.Notwithstanding any provision of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement to the contrary, no Stockholder makes any agreement or understanding in this Company Stockholder Support Agreement in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company (if such Stockholder holds such office). Nothing in this Agreement shall affect or otherwise modify the rights and obligations of any Stockholder in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company.

 

[signature page follows]

 

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  Sincerely,
   
  STOCKHOLDER
     
  By: [ ● ]
     
  By:                             
     
  Address for Notice:
   
   
   

 

 

 

 

Acknowledged and Agreed:  
   
ION ACQUISITION CORP 2 LTD.  
     
By:    
Name:    
Title:                                        
     
     
     
Acknowledged and Agreed:  
   
INNOVID, INC.  
     
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

 

 

 

Schedule A

 

Stockholder Ownership of Company Capital Stock

 

Share Type

   Number of Shares 
Company Common Stock   [ ● ] 
Series A Preferred Stock.   [ ● ] 
Series A-1 Preferred Stock   [ ● ] 
Series B Preferred Stock   [ ● ] 
Series B-1 Preferred Stock   [ ● ] 
Series B-2 Preferred Stock   [ ● ] 
Series C Preferred Stock.   [ ● ] 
Series D Preferred Stock   [ ● ] 
Series E Preferred Stock   [ ● ] 
Series F Preferred Stock   [ ● ] 
Total   [ ● ] 

 

 

 

 

[Date]

 

ION Acquisition Corp 2 Ltd.

89 Medinat Hayehudim Street

Herzliya 4676672, Israel

 

Innovid, Inc.

30 Irving Place, 12th floor

New York, NY 10003

Attention: Nabilah Irshad

Email: nabilah@innovid.com

 

Re: Company Stockholder Support Agreement

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter agreement (this “Company Stockholder Support Agreement”) is being delivered to ION Acquisition Corp 2 Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (which shall migrate to and domesticate as a Delaware corporation prior to the Closing (as defined in the Merger Agreement)) (together with its successor, “Acquiror”), and Innovid, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), by the party listed on the signature pages hereto as a “Stockholder” (the “Stockholder”) in connection with that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof, by and among Acquiror, the Company, and the other parties thereto (the “Merger Agreement”) and the transactions contemplated thereby (including the PIPE Investment, the “Business Combination”). Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 8 hereof. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement.

 

As of the date hereof, the Stockholder is the owner of record and Beneficially Owns (as defined below) the shares of Company Capital Stock identified on Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Covered Shares”).

 

Unless the context of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words of any gender include each other gender, (ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, (iii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Company Stockholder Support Agreement, (iv) the terms “Section” and “Schedule” refer to the specified Section or Schedule of or to this Company Stockholder Support Agreement unless otherwise specified, (v) the word “including” shall mean “including without limitation,” (vi) the word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive and have the meaning represented by the term “and/or”, and (vii) the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject matter or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”.

 

In order to induce the Company and Acquiror to enter into the Merger Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Stockholder hereby agrees with the Company and, at all times prior to any valid termination of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement, Acquiror as follows:

 

1.Subject to the provisions of Sections 21-24, the Stockholder agrees that it, he or she shall, at any meeting of the stockholders of the Company (whether annual or special, however called and including any adjournment or postponement thereof) or in any other circumstance in which the vote, consent or other approval of the stockholders of the Company is sought:

 

(a)vote all Covered Shares owned by it, him or her in favor of the Business Combination;
   
(b)appear at such meeting or otherwise cause such Covered Shares to be counted as present thereat for the purpose of establishing a quorum;

 

 

 

 

(c)vote (or execute and return an action by written consent), or cause to be voted, or validly execute and return and cause such consent to be granted with respect to, all of such Covered Shares against any Company Alternative Transaction or any other action that would reasonably be expected to materially frustrate the purposes of or impede, interfere with, delay, postpone or adversely affect the First Merger or any of the other transactions contemplated by the Merger Agreement or result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of the Company under the Merger Agreement or any other agreement entered into by the Company or the Stockholder in connection with the Business Combination or result in any of the conditions set forth in Article IX of the Merger Agreement not being fulfilled, result in a breach of any covenant, representation or warranty or other obligation or agreement of the Stockholder contained in this Company Stockholder Support Agreement or change in any manner the dividend policy or capitalization of, including the voting rights of, any Company Capital Stock;
   
(d)vote (or execute and return an action by written consent), or cause to be voted, or validly execute and return and cause such consent to be granted with respect to, all of such Covered Shares against any change in business, management or board of directors of the Company or any recapitalization, reorganization, liquidation or winding up of the Company (other than in connection with the Business Combination as contemplated by the Transaction Agreements); and
   
(e)not redeem, or seek to redeem, any Covered Shares owned by it, him or her in connection with the Company Stockholder Approval or otherwise.

 

Subject to the provisions of Sections 21-24, the obligations of the Stockholder specified in this Section 1 shall apply whether or not the First Merger or any action described above is recommended by the board of directors of the Company or if the board of directors of the Company has changed, withdrawn, withheld, amended, qualified or modified, or (privately or publicly) proposed to change, withdraw, withhold, amend, qualify or modify the Company Board Recommendation; provided that nothing herein shall amend, limit or otherwise modify any right or obligation contained in the Merger Agreement.

 

Subject to the provisions of Sections 21-24, from and after the date hereof until the valid termination of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Stockholder shall not, without the prior written consent of Acquiror (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), grant any proxy, consent or power of attorney, or enter into any voting trust or other agreement or arrangement, in each case with respect to the voting of any Covered Shares and with respect to any vote on the approval and adoption of the Merger Agreement or any other matters set forth in this Section 1 that is inconsistent with such Person’s obligations under this Company Stockholder Support Agreement.

 

2.Subject to the provisions of Sections 21-24, the Stockholder hereby agrees and acknowledges that prior to any valid termination of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement, Acquiror would be irreparably injured in the event of a breach by the Stockholder of its, his or her obligations under Section 1 or Section 3, as applicable, of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement. Further, monetary damages would not be an adequate remedy for any breach described in the foregoing sentence and the non-breaching parties shall be entitled to an injunction, specific performance or other equitable relief, in addition to any other remedy that such parties may have in law or in equity, in the event of any such breach (without providing any bond or other security in connection with any such remedy). The Stockholder hereby agrees that it, he or she will not allege, and hereby waives the defense, that Acquiror or the Company, as applicable, has an adequate remedy at law or that an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity.

 

3.Transfers.

 

(a)The Stockholder shall not Transfer any Covered Shares until the earlier of (i) without limiting Section 3(b), the consummation of the Closing (the “Effective Time”) or (ii) the valid termination of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement in accordance with its terms; provided, however, that such Transfer shall be permitted (x) as required or expressly contemplated by the Merger Agreement or any other Transaction Agreements, or (y) in accordance with Section 3(c).

 

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(b)In the event the Business Combination is consummated, the Stockholder shall not Transfer any Equity Securities of the Acquiror Beneficially Owned or held by it, him or her immediately following the Effective Time (the “Covered Acquiror Securities”) until the Lock-Up Terminatio n Date. “Lock-Up Termination Date” means the date that is one hundred eighty days after the Closing Date.
   
(c)Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 3(a) or Section 3(b), Transfers of the Covered Shares or the Covered Acquiror Securities (as applicable) that are held by the Stockholder or any of its permitted transferees (that have complied with this Section 3(c)), are permitted (i) to the Company’s officers or directors, any Affiliate or any immediate family member of any of the Company’s officers or directors or any members or partners of the Stockholder or their respective Affiliates, or any Affiliates of the Stockholder; (ii) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of such individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of such individual’s immediate family, an Affiliate of such individual, or to a charitable organization; (iii) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of such individual; (iv) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (v) to a nominee or custodian of a Person to whom a Transfer would be permitted under clauses (i) through (iv) above; or (vi) to Acquiror, the Company, or the Sponsor; provided, however, that in each case of clauses (i) through (v), these permitted transferees must, before any such Transfer is effected, enter into a written agreement with the Company and Acquiror agreeing to be bound by this Company Stockholder Support Agreement (including provisions relating to voting, the Trust Account, transfer restrictions, and liquidating distributions).

 

4.The Stockholder hereby agrees that, during the period commencing on the date hereof and ending upon the valid termination of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement in accordance with its terms, without the prior written consent of Acquiror, the Stockholder shall not and shall instruct its Representatives acting on its behalf not to, directly or indirectly, solicit or initiate, engage in or enter into discussions, negotiations or transactions with, or knowingly encourage, or provide any information to, any Person (other than Acquiror and its Representatives) or enter into or deliver any agreement (including confidentiality agreement, letter of intent, term sheet, indication of interest, indicative proposal or other agreement or instrument), in each case concerning any Company Alternative Transaction; provided, that, the execution, delivery and performance of the Merger Agreement and the other Transaction Agreements and the consummation of the Transactions shall not be deemed a violation of this Section 4 or Section 8.03(a) of the Merger Agreement; and provided, further, that the Stockholder shall as promptly as practicable advise Acquiror of any inquiry or proposal regarding a Company Alternative Transaction it or its Representatives may receive following the date hereof (including the terms related thereto) and shall immediately discontinue any and all discussions or negotiations relating to any Company Alternative Transaction.
  
5.Solely in connection with and only for the purpose of the First Merger, to the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, the Stockholder hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to assert, claim or perfect any rights of appraisal in connection with or rights to dissent from the First Merger that the Stockholder may have by virtue of ownership of the Covered Shares.
  
6.The Stockholder hereby represents and covenants that it has not entered into, and, prior to the valid termination of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement in accordance with its terms, shall not enter into, any Contract that could restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of the Stockholder’s obligations hereunder.
  
7.The Stockholder currently, and as of the Closing will, Beneficially Own all of the outstanding Covered Shares, except in connection with the Secondary Sale or for those Covered Shares Beneficially Owned by a permitted transferee in accordance with Section 3(c). The Covered Shares Beneficially Owned by the Stockholder as of the date hereof are set forth on Schedule A hereto. As of the date of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement, neither the Stockholder nor any of its Affiliates Beneficially Own any Company Capital Stock except as set forth on Schedule A and except for any equity awards granted under the Company Incentive Plan.

 

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8.As used herein, (i) “Beneficially Own” has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act; and (ii) “Transfer” means the (a) sale or assignment of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, in each case, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidatio n with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations of the SEC promulgated thereunder with respect to any security, (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of, or interest in, any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b).
  
9.This Company Stockholder Support Agreement and the other agreements referenced herein constitute the entire agreement and understanding of the parties hereto in respect of the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior understandings, agreements, or representations by or among the parties hereto, written or oral, to the extent they relate in any way to the subject matter hereof or the transactions contemplated hereby, including, without limitation, with respect to the Stockholder. This Company Stockholder Support Agreement may not be changed, amended, modified or waived as to any particular provision, except by a written instrument executed by Acquiror, the Company and the Stockholder.
  
10.No party hereto may assign either this Company Stockholder Support Agreement or any of its rights, interests or obligations hereunder, other than in conjunction with transfers expressly permitted by Section 3 (and subject to the terms thereof), without the prior written consent of the other parties. Any purported assignment in violation of this Section 10 shall be void and ineffectual and shall not operate to transfer or assign any interest or title to the purported assignee or transferee. This Company Stockholder Support Agreement shall be binding on the Stockholder, Acquiror and the Company and their respective successors, heirs and permitted assigns or transferees.
  
11.Nothing in this Company Stockholder Support Agreement shall be construed to confer upon, or give to, any Person or corporation other than the parties hereto any right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement or of any covenant, condition, stipulation, promise or agreement hereof. All covenants, conditions, stipulations, promises and agreements contained in this Company Stockholder Support Agreement shall be for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their successors, heirs, personal representatives and permitted assigns or transferees.
  
12.This Company Stockholder Support Agreement may be executed in any number of original, electronic 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.
  
13.This Company Stockholder Support 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 Company Stockholder Support 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 Company Stockholder Support Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.
  
14.This Company Stockholder Support Agreement, and all Actions or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Company Stockholder Support Agreement or the transactions contemplat ed hereby, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the internal substantive Laws of the State of Delaware applicable to contracts entered into and to be performed solely within such state, without giving effect to principles or rules of conflict of laws to the extent such principles or rules would require or permit the application of Laws of another jurisdiction. Any Action based upon, arising out of or related to this Company Stockholder Support Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby shall be brought in the Delaware Court of Chancery, and if the Delaware Court of Chancery does not have or take jurisdiction over such Action, any other federal or state courts located in the State of Delaware, and each of the parties irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in any such Action, waives any objection it may now or hereafter have to personal jurisdiction, venue or to convenience of forum, agrees that all claims in respect of the Action shall be heard and determined only in any such court, and agrees not to bring any Action arising out of or relating to this Company Stockholder Support Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any other court. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the right of any party to serve process in any manner permitted by Law or to commence legal proceedings or otherwise proceed against any other party in any other jurisdiction, in each case, to enforce judgments obtained in any Action brought pursuant to this Section 14. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREB Y IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY AND ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO THIS COMPANY STOCKHOLDER SUPPORT AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

 

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15.Any notice, consent or request to be given in connection with any of the terms or provisions of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement shall be in writing and shall be sent or given in accordance with the terms of Section 11.02 of the Merger Agreement to the applicable party at its principal place of business or if to the Stockholder, to the address of such Stockholder as indicated on such Stockholder’s signature page hereto.
  
16.This Company Stockholder Support Agreement shall terminate upon the earlier to occur of (i) the Closing (other than Section 3(b), which shall remain in full force and effect), (ii) the valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, or (iii) the mutual agreement of the parties hereto. In the event of a valid termination of the Merger Agreement in accordance with its terms, this Company Stockholder Support Agreement shall be of no force and effect. No such termination shall relieve the Stockholder or Acquiror from any liability resulting from a breach of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement occurring prior to such termination.
  
17.The Stockholder hereby represents and warrants to Acquiror and the Company as follows: (i) if the Stockholder is not an individual, it is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is organized, and the Stockholder has all necessary power and authority to execute, deliver and perform this Company Stockholder Support Agreement and consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) if the Stockholder is an individual, such Person has full legal capacity, right and authority to execute and deliver this Company Stockholder Support Agreement and to perform his or her obligations hereunder; (iii) this Company Stockholder Support Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by the Stockholder and, assuming due authorization, execution and delivery by the other partie s to this Company Stockholder Support Agreement, this Company Stockholder Support Agreement constitutes a legally valid and binding obligation of the Stockholder, enforceable against the Stockholder in accordance with the terms hereof (subject to the Enforceability Exceptions); (iv) the execution and delivery of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement by the Stockholder does not, and the performance by the Stockholder of his, her or its obligations hereunder will not, (A) if the Stockholder is not an individual, conflict with or result in a violation of the Organizational Documents of the Stockholder, or (B) require any consent or approval that has not been given or other action that has not been taken by any third party (including under any Contract binding upon the Stockholder or the Stockholder’s Covered Shares), in each case, to the extent such consent, approval or other action would prevent, enjoin or materially delay the performance by the Stockholder of his, her or its obligations under this Company Stockholder Support Agreement; (v) there are no Actions pending against the Stockholder or, to the knowledge of the Stockholder, threatened against the Stockholder, before (or, in the case of threatened Actions, that would be before ) any arbitrator or any Governmental Authority, which in any manner challenges or seeks to prevent, enjoin or materially delay the performance by the Stockholder of its, his or her obligations under this Company Stockholder Support Agreement; (vi) except for fees described on Schedule 4.21 of the Company Disclosure Schedules, no financial advisor, investment banker, broker, finder or other similar intermediary is entitled to any fee or commission from the Stockholder or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the Merger Agreement or this Company Stockholder Support Agreement or any of the respective transactions contemplated thereby and hereby, in each case, based upon any arrangement or agreement made by or, to the knowledge of the Stockholder, on behalf of the Stockholder, for which Acquiror, the Company or any of their respective Affiliates would have any obligations or liabilities of any kind or nature; (vii) the Stockholder has had the opportunity to read the Merger Agreement and this Company Stockholder Support Agreement and has had the opportunity to consult with its tax and legal advisors; (viii) the Stockholder has not entered into, and shall not enter into, any agreement that would restrict, limit or interfere with the performance of the Stockholder’s obligations hereunder; (ix) the Stockholder has good title to all Covered Shares, and there exist no Liens or any other limitation or restriction affecting ownership (including, without limitation, any restriction on the right to sell or otherwise dispose of such Covered Shares (other than transfer restrictions under the Securities Act)) affecting any such Covered Shares, other than pursuant to (A) this Company Stockholder Support Agreement, (B) the Organizational Documents of Stockholder, (C) the Organizational Documents of the Company, (D) the Merger Agreement, and (E) the Affiliate Agreements listed on Schedule 4.22 of the Company Disclosure Schedules; and (x) the Covered Shares identified on Schedule A are the only shares of Company Capital Stock Beneficially Owned or of record by the Stockholder as of the date hereof, and the Stockholder is not subject to any proxy, voting trust or other agreement or arrangement with respect to the voting of such Covered Shares, except as provided in this Company Stockholder Support Agreement, the Organizational Documents of the Company, and the Affiliate Agreements listed on Schedule 4.22 of the Company Disclosure Schedules.

 

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18.If, and as often as, (a) there are any changes in any Equity Securities of the Company by way of stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification, or through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or business combination, or by any other similar means that result in the Stockholder acquiring new shares of Company Capital Stock, (b) the Stockholder purchases or otherwise acquires beneficial ownership of any shares of Company Capital Stock after the date of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement, or (c) the Stockholder acquires the right to vote or share in the voting of any shares of Company Capital Stock after the date of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement (such shares of Company Capital Stock in clauses (a) through (c), the “New Securities”), then, in each case, such New Securities acquired or purchased by the Stockholder shall be subject to the terms of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement to the same extent as if they constituted Covered Shares of the Stockholder as of the date hereof. Nothing in this Section 18 shall limit, restrict or modify any liability or other obligation of the Company under the Merger Agreement.
  

19.Each of the parties hereto agrees to execute and deliver hereafter any further document, agreement or instrument of assignment, transfer or conveyance as may be necessary or desirable to effectuate the purposes hereof and as may be reasonably requested in writing by another party hereto.
  
20.Notwithstanding any provision of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement to the contrary, the Stockholder does not make any agreement or understanding in this Company Stockholder Support Agreement in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company (if such Stockholder holds such office). Nothing in this Agreement shall affect or otherwise modify the rights and obligations of the Stockholder in his or her capacity as a director or officer of the Company.
  
21.Notwithstanding any provision of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement to the contrary, except to the extent consented to in writing by the Stockholder, the Stockholder in its sole discretion may terminate this Company Stockholder Support Agreement following any material modification or amendment to, or the waiver of any provision of, the Business Combination Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof, (i) that reduces the amount or changes the form of consideration payable to the Stockholder, (ii) in a manner that would violate Article X of the Business Combination Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof), (iii) if such amendment, modification or waiver would (x) be adverse to (A) the Stockholder relative to any Other Stockholders, or (B) the class of stock in the Company such Stockholder holds relative to any other class of stock in the Company (in each case, without the Stockholder’s prior written consent) or (y) alters the consideration to be received by the Stockholder in the Business Combination or in the Secondary Sale, including the Stockholder receiving consideration other than as set forth below in Section 24; or (iv) results in the Merger being consummated when the Available Closing Acquiror Cash is less than $250 million.
  
22.Notwithstanding any provision of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement to the contrary, except to the extent consented to in writing by the Stockholder, the Company shall prepare a detailed schedule of the consideration to be paid to the Stockholder (the “Allocation Schedule”) and agrees to provide the Stockholder a copy of the proposed Allocation Schedule at least five days prior to delivery to Acquiror and reasonably cooperate with and consult with Stockholder with respect to the Allocation Schedule. The Company agrees that the Allocation Schedule shall be prepared in accordance with the Company Organizational Documents. Further, the Company and Acquiror covenant and agree that in the event that the Business Combination is consummated, the Stockholder will receive at least the consideration set forth on Schedule B hereto.
  

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23.Notwithstanding any provision of this Company Stockholder Support Agreement to the contrary, except to the extent consented to in writing by the Stockholder, the Company and Acquiror hereby covenant and agree not to amend, modify or waive any provision of the Business Combination Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof or any schedule thereto (including the Allocation Schedule once delivered) (i) that reduces the amount or changes the form of consideration payable to such Stockholder, (ii) in a manner that would violate Article X of the Merger Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof); (iii) if such amendment, modification or waiver would be materially adverse to (A) the Stockholder relative to Other Stockholders, (B) the class of stock in the Company such Stockholder holds relative to any other class of stock in the Company or (C) alters the consideration to be received by the Stockholder in the Business Combination or in the Secondary Sale, including the Stockholder receiving consideration other than as set forth below in Section 24; or (iv) results in the Merger being consummated when the Available Closing Acquiror Cash is less than $250 million.
  
24.The Company and Acquiror agrees that the holders of Series F Preferred Stock (as defined in the Tenth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of the Company) as a group (the “F Holders”) shall be allocated a portion of the Secondary Sale Amount (“Allocated Portion”) based on the Available Closing Acquiror Cash, as set forth on Schedule B attached hereto, which Allocated Portion shall be allocated among the F Holders pro rata based on the number of shares of Series F Preferred Stock held thereby. Within the Available Closing Acquiror Cash levels set forth of Schedule B, the Allocated Portion shall be adjusted on a linear basis based on the actual Available Closing Acquiror Cash. It is agreed by Acquiror and the Stockholder that subject to the foregoing (and the terms of the Merger Agreement), the Company shall have the right to, and shall, allocate the Secondary Sale Amount in its sole discretion.

 

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  Sincerely,
     
  STOCKHOLDER
     
  By:  [ ● ]                       
     
  By:  
     
  Address for Notice:
   
   
   

 

 

 

 

Acknowledged and Agreed:  
     
ION ACQUISITION CORP 2 LTD.  
     
By:               
Name:    
Title:    
     
Acknowledged and Agreed:  
     
INNOVID, INC.  
                                                                                       
By:    
Name:    
Title:    

 

 

 

 

Schedule A

 

Stockholder Ownership of Company Capital Stock

 

Share Type   Number of
Shares
Company Common Stock   [ ● ]
Series A Preferred Stock   [ ● ]
Series A-1 Prefe rred Stock   [ ● ]
Series B Prefe rred Stock   [ ● ]
Series B-1 Pre ferred Stock   [ ● ]
Series B-2 Pre ferred Stock   [ ● ]
Series C Prefe rred Stock   [ ● ]
Series D Preferred Stock   [ ● ]
Series E Pre ferred Stock   [ ● ]
Series F Preferred Stock   [ ● ]
Total   [ ● ]

 

 

 

 

Schedule B

 

Available Closing Acquiror Cash

 

Allocated Portion

 
$ million  $ million 
250  30 
260  30 
270  30 
280  30 
290  33.1 
300  36.4 
310  39.7 
320  43 
330  46.3 
340  49.6 
350  52.9 
360  56.2 
370  59.5 
380  62.8 
390  66.1 
400  69.4 
403  70.4 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

SPONSOR SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

See attached.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ION Acquisition Corp 2 Ltd.

89 Medinat Hayehudim Street

Herzliya 4676672, Israel

 

Innovid, Inc.

30 Irving Place, 12th floor
New York, NY 10003
Attention: Nabilah Irshad
Email: nabilah@innovid.com

 

Re: Sponsor Support Agreement

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This letter agreement (this “Sponsor Support Agreement”) is being delivered to ION Acquisition Corp 2 Ltd., a Cayman Islands exempted company limited by shares (which shall migrate to and domesticate as a Delaware corporation prior to the Closing (as defined in the Merger Agreement)) (together with its successor, “Acquiror”), and Innovid, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), in connection with that certain Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of the date hereof, by and among Acquiror, the Company, and the other parties thereto (the “Merger Agreement”) and the transactions contemplated thereby or relating thereto (including the PIPE Investment, the “Business Combination”) and hereby amends and restates that certain letter, dated February 10, 2021, from ION Holdings 2, LP, a Cayman Islands exempted limited partnership (the “Sponsor”), and the undersigned individuals, each of whom is a member of Acquiror’s board of directors (the “Acquiror Board”) or management team (each, an “Insider” and collectively, the “Insiders”), to Acquiror (the “Prior Letter Agreement”), except as expressly incorporated herein under Section 21. Certain capitalized terms used herein are defined in Section 8 hereof. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Merger Agreement.

 

The Sponsor and each Insider hereby acknowledges and agrees that, as of the date hereof, except as expressly incorporated herein under Section 21, the Prior Letter Agreement is hereby terminated and is of no further force or effect without any further liability thereunder.

 

Unless the context of this Sponsor Support Agreement otherwise requires, (i) words of any gender include each other gender, (ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, (iii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereto” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Sponsor Support Agreement, (iv) the terms “Section” and “Schedule” refer to the specified Section or Schedule of or to this Sponsor Support Agreement unless otherwise specified, (v) the word “including” shall mean “including without limitation,” (vi) the word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive and have the meaning represented by the term “and/or”, and (vii) the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject matter or