EX-2.1 2 tm2319015d1_ex2-1.htm EXHIBIT 2.1

Exhibit 2.1

 

BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT

 

by and among

 

EXCELFIN ACQUISITION CORP.,

 

BETTERS MEDICAL INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED,

 

Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited,

 

Betters Medical Merger Sub, Inc.

 

and

 

TYCOON CHOICE GLOBAL LIMITED

 

dated as of June 26, 2023

 

*Certain exhibits and the schedules to this Exhibit have been omitted in accordance with Regulation S-K Item 601(a)(5). The Registrant agrees to furnish supplementally a copy of any omitted exhibit or schedule to the SEC upon its request, however the Registrant may request confidential treatment of omitted items.

 

 

 

 

Table of Contents

 

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Article I CERTAIN DEFINITIONS 4
   
1.1 Definitions 4
1.2 Construction 24
1.3 Knowledge 25
     
Article II TRANSACTIONS; CLOSING 25
   
2.1 Pre-Closing Actions 25
2.2 The Merger 26
2.3 Closing 28
2.4 Closing Deliverables 29
2.5 Exchange of Shares of SPAC Stock 30
2.6 Withholding 32
     
Article III REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE TARGET COMPANIES 32
   
3.1 Due Organization; Good Standing; Power and Authority 32
3.2 Due Authorization 33
3.3 Capitalization 33
3.4 Subsidiaries of the Company 34
3.5 No Conflict; Governmental Consents and Filings 35
3.6 Legal Compliance 35
3.7 Financial Statements 36
3.8 No Undisclosed Liabilities 37
3.9 Business Activities; Absence of Certain Changes or Events 38
3.10 Litigation 38
3.11 Company Benefit Plans 38
3.12 Labor Relations; Employment Contracts. 39
3.13 Restrictions on Business Activities 39
3.14 Title to Property 40
3.15 Taxes 40
3.16 Environmental Matters 42
3.17 No Brokers 42

 

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3.18 Intellectual Property 43
3.19 Data Privacy 45
3.20 Suppliers and Customers 46
3.21 Agreements, Contracts and Commitments 46
3.22 Insurance 48
3.23 Transactions with Target Company Related Persons 49
3.24 Absence of Certain Business Practices 49
3.25 Certain Provided Information 50
3.26 Disclaimer of Other Representations and Warranties 51
     
Article IV REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SPAC 51
   
4.1 Due Organization; Good Standing; Power and Authority 51
4.2 SPAC Subsidiaries 52
4.3 Capitalization 52
4.4 Due Authorization 53
4.5 No Conflict; Governmental Consents and Filings 53
4.6 Compliance; Approvals 54
4.7 SPAC SEC Reports and Financial Statements 54
4.8 Business Activities; Absence of Certain Changes or Events 55
4.9 Litigation 55
4.10 SPAC Material Contracts 56
4.11 SPAC Listing 56
4.12 Subscription Agreements 56
4.13 Trust Account 57
4.14 Certain Provided Information 58
4.15 Absence of Certain Business Practices 58
4.16 Investment Company Act 58
4.17 Title to Property 58
4.18 No Brokers 58
4.19 Employees; Benefit Plans 58
4.20 Taxes 59

 

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4.21 Disclaimer of Other Representations and Warranties 60
     
Article V REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BETTERS 60
   
5.1 Due Organization; Good Standing; Power and Authority 60
5.2 Due Authorization 61
5.3 Ownership 61
5.4 No Conflict; Governmental Consents and Filings 61
5.5 Legal Compliance 62
5.6 Litigation 62
5.7 Investment Representations and Warranties 62
5.8 No Brokers 63
5.9 Certain Provided Information 63
5.10 Intended Tax Treatment 63
5.11 Disclaimer of Other Representations and Warranties 63
     
Article VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES 64
   
6.1 Due Organization; Good Standing; Power and Authority 64
6.2 Due Authorization 65
6.3 Capitalization 65
6.4 No Conflict; Governmental Consents and Filings 66
6.5 Legal Compliance 67
6.6 Absence of Changes 67
6.7 Litigation 67
6.8 No Brokers 67
6.9 Certain Provided Information 68
6.10 Investment Company Act; JOBS Act 68
6.11 Business Activities 68
6.12 Intended Tax Treatment 68
6.13 Foreign Private Issuer 68
6.14 Subscription Agreements 69
6.15 Disclaimer of Other Representations and Warranties 69

 

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Article VII COVENANTS OF THE BETTERS COMPANIES 69
   
7.1 PubCo Nasdaq Listing 69
7.2 Conduct of Business of the Target Companies and the Acquisition Entities 70
7.3 SAFE Registration 73
7.4 Amendment to PubCo Governing Documents 73
7.5 Post-Closing Directors and Officers of PubCo 74
7.6 D&O Indemnification and Insurance 74
7.7 No Trading in SPAC Stock 75
7.8 Betters Shareholder Support Agreement 75
7.9 Updated Betters Financial Statements 75
7.10 Share Contribution 76
7.11 Betters Resolutions; Merger Sub Written Consent 76
7.12 Lock-Up Agreement 76
7.13 PubCo Equity Incentive Plan 76
     
Article VIII COVENANTS OF SPAC 76
   
8.1 Trust Account Payments 76
8.2 SPAC Nasdaq Listing 76
8.3 SPAC Conduct of Business 77
8.4 Additional SEC Reports 79
     
Article IX JOINT COVENANTS 80
   
9.1 Regulatory Approvals; Other Filings 80
9.2 Preparation of Proxy/Registration Statement; SPAC Stockholder Meeting and Approvals 81
9.3 Support of Transaction 85
9.4 Tax Matters 85
9.5 Stockholder Litigation 86
9.6 Alternative Transactions 87
9.7 Access to Information; Inspection 88
9.8 Delisting and Deregistration 88
9.9 Extension of SPAC Business Combination Deadline 88

 

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9.10 PIPE Investment 89
9.11 Registration Rights Agreement 89
     
Article X CONDITIONS TO CLOSING 90
   
10.1 Conditions to Obligations of all Parties 90
10.2 Conditions to Obligations of SPAC 90
10.3 Conditions to the Obligations of the Betters Companies 92
10.4 Frustration of Conditions 92
     
Article XI TERMINATION 93
   
11.1 Termination 93
11.2 Effect of Termination 94
     
Article XII MISCELLANEOUS 95
   
12.1 Trust Account Waiver 95
12.2 Waiver 96
12.3 Notices 96
12.4 Assignment 97
12.5 Rights of Third Parties 97
12.6 Expenses 98
12.7 Governing Law 98
12.8 Counterparts 98
12.9 Disclosure Letters 98
12.10 Entire Agreement 98
12.11 Amendments 99
12.12 Publicity 99
12.13 Severability 99
12.14 Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial 100
12.15 Specific Performance 100
12.16 Non-Recourse 101
12.17 Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants 101
12.18 Conflicts and Privilege 101

 

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EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit A – Form of Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement 

Exhibit B – Form of Betters Shareholder Support Agreement 

Exhibit C – Form of Sponsor Support Agreement 

Exhibit D – Form of Betters Lock-Up Agreement 

Exhibit E – Form of Insider Letter Amendment 

Exhibit F – Form of Registration Rights Agreement 

Exhibit G – Form of Certificate of Merger 

Exhibit H – Form of Surviving Corporation Charter 

Exhibit I – Form of Surviving Corporation Bylaws 

Exhibit J – Form of Post-Closing PubCo Memorandum 

Exhibit K – Form of Post-Closing PubCo Articles

 

SCHEDULES

 

Schedule I – Sponsor Members

 

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BUSINESS COMBINATION AGREEMENT

 

This Business Combination Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2023 (this “Agreement”), is made and entered into by and among (a) ExcelFin Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”), (b) Betters Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Betters”), (c) Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Betters (“PubCo”), (d) Betters Medical Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub” and, together with PubCo, each, individually, an “Acquisition Entity” and, collectively, the “Acquisition Entities”), and (e) Tycoon Choice Global Limited, a business company limited by shares incorporated under the Laws of the British Virgin Islands and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Betters (the “Company”). SPAC, Betters, PubCo, Merger Sub and the Company are sometimes referred to herein collectively as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party.”

 

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WHEREAS, SPAC is a blank check company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities;

 

WHEREAS, PubCo is a newly incorporated Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability and was formed for the purpose of participating in the Transactions and becoming the publicly traded holding company for the Company and each of its Subsidiaries (collectively, the “Target Companies”) and SPAC;

 

WHEREAS, Merger Sub is a newly incorporated Delaware corporation and was formed for the purpose of effectuating the Merger;

 

WHEREAS, prior to the Closing, Betters will contribute all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company (the “Company Shares”) to PubCo such that the Company will become a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo (the “Share Contribution”), and, upon the consummation of the Share Contribution, Betters will receive the Contribution Consideration Shares in accordance with this Agreement and the PubCo Governing Documents, which amount of Contribution Consideration Shares will reflect a pre-transaction equity value for the Company of $300,000,000;

 

WHEREAS, upon the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and in accordance with the Delaware General Corporation Law (“DGCL”), at the Effective Time, Merger Sub will merge with and into SPAC (the “Merger”), the separate existence of Merger Sub will cease and SPAC will continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo (the “Surviving Corporation”);

 

WHEREAS, at the Effective Time and as a result of the Merger, the holders of SPAC Stock will receive ordinary shares of PubCo, par value $0.0001 per share (“PubCo Ordinary Shares”), in accordance with this Agreement and the PubCo Governing Documents, and the holders of Public Warrants will receive warrants issued by PubCo for PubCo Ordinary Shares (“PubCo Warrants”) in accordance with the terms of a warrant assignment, assumption and amendment agreement to be entered into at the Closing by and among PubCo, SPAC and the Warrant Agent in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A (the “Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement”);

 

 

 

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, PubCo, SPAC, Betters, the Company and the Key Betters Shareholders have entered into a voting and support agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Betters Shareholder Support Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, (a) the Key Betters Shareholders have agreed to (i) vote (including by delivery of the duly adopted Betters Resolutions within five Business Days following the execution of this Agreement) their Betters Shares in favor of the approval and adoption of this Agreement and the Transactions in accordance with the Betters Governing Documents, (ii) refrain from transferring any of their Betters Shares prior to the Closing and (iii) waive any appraisal, dissenter’s or similar rights they may have with respect to the Transactions, and (b) Betters has agreed, in its capacity as the sole shareholder of the Company, to refrain from transferring any of its Company Shares prior to the Closing;

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, PubCo, SPAC and ExcelFin SPAC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), have entered into a voting and support agreement in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, the Sponsor has agreed to (a) vote its shares of SPAC Stock and any additional shares of SPAC Stock it acquires prior to the SPAC Stockholder Meeting in favor of each of the Transaction Proposals at the SPAC Stockholder Meeting, including the adoption of this Agreement, (b) refrain from transferring any of its shares of SPAC Stock prior to the Closing, (c) refrain from redeeming any of its shares of SPAC Stock in connection with the Merger, (d) waive its anti-dilution rights under the SPAC Charter in connection with the Transactions, (e) subject a portion of its shares of Outstanding SPAC Class B Stock to certain vesting and forfeiture terms as set forth therein, (f) surrender to SPAC for no consideration, and SPAC shall cancel, immediately prior to the Effective Time, but subject to the consummation of the Merger, all of the Private Placement Warrants, and (g) convert the Sponsor Loans into the right to receive PubCo Ordinary Shares in accordance with the terms set forth therein;

 

WHEREAS, immediately prior to the consummation of the Share Contribution, PubCo and Betters will enter into a lock-up agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D (the “Betters Lock-Up Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, Betters will agree to not sell, dispose of or otherwise transfer (except as set forth therein), for the period set forth therein, any of the PubCo Ordinary Shares that it will receive as consideration for the Share Contribution;

 

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, SPAC, the Sponsor, certain other SPAC Stockholders as set forth on Schedule I hereto (together with the Sponsor, the “Sponsor Members”) and the other parties thereto have entered into an amendment of that certain Letter Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2021, by and between the Sponsor Members and SPAC, to modify the lock-up restrictions set forth therein in the form attached hereto as Exhibit E (the “Insider Letter Amendment”);

 

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WHEREAS, on October 21, 2021, SPAC entered into a Registration Rights Agreement with the Sponsor Members (the “Sponsor Registration Rights Agreement”), and at the Closing (and subject to the consummation thereof), (a) SPAC and the Sponsor Members will terminate the Sponsor Registration Rights Agreement and (b) PubCo, Betters and the Sponsor will enter into a registration rights agreement in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit F (the “Registration Rights Agreement”) pursuant to which, among other things, PubCo will agree to provide such Persons with certain demand and piggyback registration rights with respect to the PubCo Ordinary Shares (or any securities convertible into or exercisable for PubCo Ordinary Shares) to be held by such Persons immediately following the Closing;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of SPAC (the “SPAC Board”) has (a) determined that it is fair to, advisable for and in the best interests of SPAC and its stockholders to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions, (b) approved (i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, and the documents contemplated hereby and thereby, to which SPAC is a party and (ii) the consummation of the Transactions, and (c) recommended that the SPAC Stockholders vote in favor of the Transaction Proposals at the SPAC Stockholder Meeting, including the adoption of this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Betters (the “Betters Board”) has (a) determined that it is advisable for and in the best interests of the Betters Shareholders to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions, (b) approved (i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, and the documents contemplated hereby and thereby, to which Betters is a party and (ii) the consummation of the Transactions, and (c) recommended that the Betters Shareholders approve and adopt this Agreement, the Share Contribution and the other Transactions;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of PubCo (the “PubCo Board”) has (a) determined that it is advisable for and in the best interests of PubCo and Betters, as the sole shareholder of PubCo, to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions, and (b) approved (i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, and the documents contemplated hereby and thereby, to which PubCo is a party and (ii) the consummation of the Transactions;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of Merger Sub (the “Merger Sub Board”) has (a) determined that it is fair to, advisable for and in the best interests of Merger Sub and PubCo, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions, (b) approved (i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, and the documents contemplated hereby and thereby, to which Merger Sub is a party and (ii) the consummation of the Merger and the other Transactions and (c) recommended that PubCo, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, vote in favor of adoption of this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, the board of directors of the Company (the “Company Board”) has (a) determined that it is advisable for and in the best interests of the Company and Betters, as the sole shareholder of the Company, to enter into this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions, (b) approved (i) the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, and the documents contemplated hereby and thereby, to which the Company is a party and (ii) the consummation of the Transactions, and (c) recommended that PubCo, as the sole stockholder of Merger Sub, vote in favor of adoption of this Agreement;

 

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WHEREAS, promptly following the execution of this Agreement (and in any event within five Business Days following the execution of this Agreement), (a) Betters will submit this Agreement and the Transactions to the Betters Shareholders for adoption and approval, and the Betters Shareholders will so approve and adopt this Agreement and the Transactions by resolutions adopted at a duly called, convened and quorate meeting of the Betters Shareholders in compliance with the Betters Governing Documents (the “Betters Resolutions”) and (b) PubCo will adopt this Agreement by written consent (the “Merger Sub Written Consent”);

 

WHEREAS, following the execution of this Agreement and prior to the date on which the SPAC Stockholders’ Approval is obtained, PubCo and SPAC intend to enter into Subscription Agreements with PIPE Investors pursuant to which, and on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein, such PIPE Investors will agree to purchase PubCo Ordinary Shares concurrently with the Closing (such purchase, the “PIPE Investment”); and

 

WHEREAS, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it is intended that, (a) taken together, the Share Contribution, the Merger and the PIPE Investment will qualify as a transaction under Section 351 of the Code and (b) the Merger will not result in gain being recognized under Section 367(a)(1) of the Code by any SPAC Stockholder (subject to entry into gain recognition agreements by any such stockholders required to enter into such agreements to preserve tax-free treatment under Section 367 of the Code) ((a) and (b), together, the “Intended Tax Treatment”).

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the respective representations, warranties, covenants and agreements set forth in this Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound hereby, SPAC, Betters, PubCo, Merger Sub and the Company hereby agree as follows:

 

Article I
CERTAIN DEFINITIONS

 

1.1           Definitions. As used herein, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

 

1.1.1        Action” means any action, litigation, complaint, claim, demand, charge, petition, suit, audit, examination, assessment, arbitration, settlement, stipulation, mediation, inquiry, proceeding or investigation by or before any Governmental Authority.

 

1.1.2        Affiliate” means, with respect to any specified Person, any other Person that, directly or indirectly, controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such specified Person, whether through one or more intermediaries or otherwise. The term “control” (including the terms “controlling,” “controlled by,” “under common control with” and similar correlative terms) means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of a Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by Contract or otherwise.

 

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1.1.3        Alternative Transaction” means, other than any of the Transactions, either in one transaction or a series of related transactions, (a) as to the Betters Parties, any (i) transaction involving, directly or indirectly, any Betters Company, which upon consummation thereof, would result in any Target Company becoming a public company, (ii) direct or indirect sale or transfer of (A) all or any material part of the business or assets of the Target Companies, taken as a whole, including by way of a merger, consolidation, license, transfer, sale, option, right of first refusal with respect to a sale or similar preemptive right with respect to a sale or other business combination or similar transaction, or (B) any of the Company Shares or other Equity Securities of any Betters Company, whether newly issued or already outstanding, in any case, whether such transaction takes the form of a sale or issuance of shares or other Equity Securities, dividend, distribution, merger, consolidation, license, transfer, issuance of debt securities or warrants or options, right of first refusal with respect to a sale or similar preemptive right with respect to a sale or other business combination or similar transaction, management Contract, joint venture or partnership, or otherwise, or (iii) any liquidation or dissolution (or the adoption of a plan of liquidation or dissolution) of any Betters Company, and (b) as to SPAC, any proposal or offer from any Person or group of Persons relating to, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, any transaction constituting a Business Combination.

 

1.1.4        Ancillary Agreements” means, collectively, (a) the Betters Disclosure Letter, (b) the SPAC Disclosure Letter, (c) the Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, (d) the Betters Shareholder Support Agreement, (e) the Sponsor Support Agreement, (f) the Betters Lock-Up Agreement, (g) the Insider Letter Amendment, (h) the Registration Rights Agreement, (i) the Certificate of Merger, (j) the Surviving Corporation Governing Documents, (k) the Post-Closing PubCo Governing Documents, (l) the Subscription Agreements and (m) the other agreements, certificates and instruments to be executed or delivered by any of the Parties in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement and the Transactions.

 

1.1.5        Betters Articles” means the Amended and Restated Articles of Association of Betters as adopted on September 24, 2021.

 

1.1.6        Betters Companies” means, collectively, Betters and all of its direct and indirect Subsidiaries, including PubCo, Merger Sub and each of the Target Companies.

 

1.1.7        Betters Governing Documents” means, collectively, the Betters Memorandum and the Betters Articles.

 

1.1.8        Betters Material Adverse Effect” means any Event that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, (a) a material adverse effect on the business, assets, Liabilities, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Acquisition Entities and the Target Companies, taken as a whole, or (b) materially impair or materially delay the ability of any of the Betters Companies to perform, on a timely basis, its obligations under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party or consummate the Transactions; provided, however, that for purposes of clause (a) only, in no event will any of the following Events (or the effect of any of the following Events), alone or in combination, be taken into account in determining whether a Betters Material Adverse Effect has occurred: (i) acts of war (whether such war is declared or undeclared, existing or new), hostilities, sabotage (including any internet or “cyber” attack or hacking), social or civil unrest (including demonstrations, riots or looting) or terrorism, or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war, hostilities, sabotage, social or civil unrest or terrorism, or changes in global, international, national, regional, state or local political or social conditions (including intercountry or intra-country relationships); (ii) earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, floods, mudslides, fires, explosions, accidents, pandemics (including COVID-19 and COVID-19 Measures) or other natural or man-made disasters; (iii) changes attributable to the public announcement or pendency of this Agreement or the Transactions (including the impact thereof on relationships with customers, suppliers, licensors, distributors, partners, providers, employees or Governmental Authorities, but in each case, only to the extent attributable to such announcement or pendency); (iv) changes or proposed changes in applicable Laws, regulations or interpretations thereof or decisions by courts or any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement; (v) changes or proposed changes in GAAP (or any interpretation thereof) after the date of this Agreement; (vi) any downturn in general economic conditions, including changes in the credit, debt, financial or capital markets (including changes in interest or exchange rates, prices of any security or market index or any disruption of such markets), in each case, in the PRC, the United States or anywhere else in the world; (vii) Events generally affecting the industries and markets in which the Target Companies operate; (viii) any failure to meet any projections, forecasts, guidance, estimates, milestones, budgets or financial or operating predictions of revenue, earnings, cash flow or cash position; provided, that this clause (viii) shall not prevent a determination that any Event underlying any such failure has resulted in a Betters Material Adverse Effect; (ix) any matter of which SPAC is aware on the date hereof; provided, that any change in circumstances, progression or worsening of any such matter shall not prevent a determination that such Event has resulted in a Betters Material Adverse Effect; or (x) any action expressly required by this Agreement; provided, further, however, that if any such Event related to clauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vi) or (vii) above materially and disproportionately adversely affects the business, assets, Liabilities, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Acquisition Entities and the Target Companies relative to similarly situated participants in the industries and jurisdictions in which the Target Companies conduct their respective operations, then such impact may be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

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1.1.9        Betters Memorandum” means the Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association of Betters as adopted on June 30, 2021.

 

1.1.10      Betters Parties” means, collectively, Betters, the Company, PubCo and Merger Sub.

 

1.1.11      Betters Shareholder” means any holder of any Betters Shares.

 

1.1.12      Betters Shares” means issued and outstanding shares, including ordinary shares and preferred shares, of Betters.

 

1.1.13      Betters Transaction Expenses” means any out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred or payable by any of the Betters Companies or their respective Affiliates or on behalf of any the foregoing (whether or not billed or accrued for) as a result of or in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, authorization or performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which any of the Acquisition Entities or Target Companies is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and the consummation of the Transactions, including: (a) all fees, costs, expenses, brokerage fees, commissions, finders’ fees and disbursements of financial advisors, investment banks, data room administrators, attorneys, accountants and other advisors and service providers; (b) all filing fees payable to any Governmental Authorities in connection with the Transactions that are the responsibility of any Betters Company pursuant to Section 9.1(c); (c) the portion of the costs for the preparation, filing and mailing of the Proxy/Registration Statement and the other related fees that are the responsibility of any Betters Company pursuant to Section 9.2(a)(i); and (d) any change in control bonus, transaction bonus, retention bonus, termination or severance payment, in any case, to be made to any current or former employee, individual service provider, director or officer of any of the Target Companies at or after the Closing pursuant to any agreement to which any of the Target Companies is a party prior to the Closing and which becomes payable as a direct result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transactions.

 

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1.1.14      Business Combination” has the meaning set forth in Article II of the SPAC Charter.

 

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

 

1.1.16      Cayman Companies Act” means the Companies Act (As Revised) of the Cayman Islands.

 

1.1.17      Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

 

1.1.18      Company Articles” means the Articles of Association of the Company as adopted on January 8, 2021.

 

1.1.19      Company Benefit Plans” means (a) each “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) and (b) each other retirement, non-qualified deferred compensation, disability, vacation, leave of absence, fringe benefit, severance, change-in-control, profit sharing, option, equity or equity-based, bonus, incentive, health, welfare, retiree medical, medical, dental, life insurance, pension, employee assistance or fringe benefit plan, program, agreement or arrangement sponsored, maintained, contributed to, or required to be contributed to, by any of the Target Companies for the benefit of any current or former director, officer, individual service provider or employee of any of the Target Companies or with respect to which any of the Target Companies has any Liability.

 

1.1.20      Company Governing Documents” means, collectively, the Company Memorandum and the Company Articles.

 

1.1.21      Company Intellectual Property” means, collectively, any and all (a) Owned Intellectual Property and (b) Licensed Intellectual Property.

 

1.1.22      Company Memorandum” means the Memorandum of Association of the Company as adopted on January 8, 2021.

 

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1.1.23      Contracts” means any contracts, subcontracts, agreements, arrangements, understandings, commitments, instruments, undertakings, indentures, leases, licenses, mortgages, purchase orders and other instruments or obligations of any kind, whether written or oral.

 

1.1.24      Contribution Consideration Shares” means 29,411,764 PubCo Ordinary Shares to be exchanged for the Company Shares pursuant to Section 2.1(d), which such amount is equal to a pre-transaction equity value for the Company of $300,000,000, divided by $10.20.

 

1.1.25      Copyrights” means all rights in copyrights (whether registered or unregistered) and other rights in any works of authorship of any type, in all forms, media or medium, now known or hereinafter Developed, and whether or not completed, published, or used, including all drafts, plans, sketches, artwork, layouts, copy, designs, photographs, illustrations, collections, serials, printed or graphic matter, slides, compilations, serials, promotions, audio or visual recordings, transcriptions, Software, and all derivative works, translations, adaptations and combinations of any of the foregoing, all registrations and applications therefor and all extensions, restorations, and renewals of any of the foregoing, all worldwide rights and priorities afforded under any Law with respect to any of the foregoing, and all termination rights, moral rights, author rights and all other rights associated therewith.

 

1.1.26      COVID-19” means SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19, and any evolutions or mutations thereof.

 

1.1.27      COVID-19 Measures” means any quarantine, “shelter in place,” “stay at home,” workforce reduction, social distancing, shut down, closure, sequester, workplace safety or similar applicable Law promulgated by any Governmental Authority, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the World Health Organization, in each case, in connection with or in response to COVID-19, including the CARES Act and Families First Coronavirus Response Act.

 

1.1.28      Databases” means all compilations of data, the selection and arrangement of that data, and all related documentation, including documentation regarding the procedures used in connection with the selection, collection, arrangement, processing and distribution of data contained therein to the extent they exist, together with documentation regarding the attributes of the data contained therein or the relationships among such data and documentation regarding data structures and formats, and file structures and formats, whether registered or unregistered, and any registrations or applications for registration therefor.

 

1.1.29      Develop” or “Development” means any conception, reduction to practice, invention, creation, formulation, design, enhancement, testing, discovery, editing, commercialization, modification, improvement, or development (and any contribution to the foregoing), whether independently or jointly.

 

1.1.30      Disclosure Letters” means the Betters Disclosure Letter and the SPAC Disclosure Letter.

 

1.1.31      DTC” means the Depository Trust Company.

 

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1.1.32      Environmental Laws” means all applicable foreign, federal, state, regional and local Laws as in effect on the date of this Agreement relating to: (a) Releases or threatened Releases of any Hazardous Material into the environment (including ambient air, surface water, groundwater, surface land or subsurface land); (b) the manufacture, processing, distribution, use, generation, treatment, recycling, storage, disposal, labelling, transport or handling of any Hazardous Material; (c) the protection of human health and safety (to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Material); or (d) the protection, preservation or restoration of the environment and natural resources (including air, water vapor, surface water, groundwater, drinking water supply, surface land, subsurface land, plant and animal life or any other natural resource).

 

1.1.33      Environmental Permits” means the Permits required under Environmental Laws for conducting the business of the Betters Companies as currently conducted (including any business to be conducted by the Betters Companies before the Closing).

 

1.1.34      Equity Securities” means any share, share capital, capital stock, partnership, membership, joint venture or similar interest in any Person (including any stock appreciation, phantom stock, profit participation or similar rights), and any option, warrant, right or security (including debt securities) convertible, exchangeable or exercisable therefor.

 

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

 

1.1.36      ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business, whether or not incorporated, that together with a company would be deemed to be a “single employer” within the meaning of Section 414(b), (c), (m) or (o) of the Code.

 

1.1.37      Event” means any event, state of facts, development, change, circumstance, occurrence or effect.

 

1.1.38      Exchange Act” means the United States Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

1.1.39      Export Laws” means (a) all applicable Laws imposing trade sanctions on any Person, including, all Laws administered by OFAC, all sanctions Laws or embargos imposed or administered by the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, His Majesty’s Treasury or the European Union, and all anti-boycott Laws administered by the U.S. Department of State or the Department of Treasury, and (b) all applicable Laws relating to the import, export, re-export, or transfer of information, data, goods and technology, including the Export Administration Regulations administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce, the International Traffic in Arms Regulations administered by the U.S. Department of State and the export control Laws of the United Kingdom or the European Union.

 

1.1.40      Fraud” means an act committed by a Party that constitutes common law fraud under the Laws of the State of Delaware in relation to the representations or warranties contained in this Agreement; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, “Fraud” shall not include constructive fraud, negligent misrepresentation or other similar theory.

 

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1.1.41      GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in effect from time to time.

 

1.1.42      Governing 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, the “Governing Documents” of a Delaware corporation are its certificate of incorporation and bylaws, the “Governing Documents” of a Delaware limited liability company are its limited liability company agreement and certificate of formation under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, the “Governing Documents” of a Cayman Islands exempted company with limited liability are its certificate of incorporation, memorandum of association and articles of association under the Cayman Companies Act and the “Governing Documents” of a British Virgin Islands business company are its certificate of incorporation, memorandum of association and articles of association under the BVI Companies Act (As Revised), in each case, as amended or restated from time to time.

 

1.1.43      Governmental Authority” means any federal, state, regional, provincial, municipal, local, international, supranational or foreign governmental authority or quasi-governmental, regulatory or administrative agency (which for the purposes of this Agreement shall include the SEC), governmental commission, department, board, bureau, agency, court, arbitral tribunal or panel, securities exchange or similar body or any instrumentality of any of the foregoing.

 

1.1.44      Governmental Order” means any order, judgment, injunction, decree, ruling, writ, edict, stipulation, determination, decision, verdict or award, in each case, entered, rendered or otherwise put into effect by or with any Governmental Authority.

 

1.1.45      Hazardous Materials” means any solid, liquid or gaseous material, alone or in combination, mixture or solution, which is now defined, listed, designated or identified as “hazardous” (including “hazardous substances” or “hazardous wastes”), “toxic,” a “pollutant,” “contaminant” or “regulated substance” pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law, including asbestos, urea formaldehyde, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), radon, mold and petroleum (including its derivatives, by-products or other hydrocarbons).

 

1.1.46      Indebtedness” means, with respect to any Person, without duplication, any obligations, contingent or otherwise, in respect of: (a) the principal of, and premium (if any) in respect of, all indebtedness for borrowed money (including any accrued and unpaid interest and any per diem interest accruals); (b) the principal and interest components of capitalized lease obligations under GAAP; (c) amounts drawn or claimed against (including any accrued and unpaid interest) lines or letters of credit, bank guarantees, bankers’ acceptances and other similar instruments (solely to the extent such amounts have actually been drawn and not yet settled); (d) the principal of, and premium (if any), in respect of obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes and similar instruments (including any accrued and unpaid interest); (e) the principal of, and premium (if any) in respect of, all obligations to pay the deferred and unpaid purchase price of property or equipment, including “earn outs” and “seller notes” (other than accounts payable to creditors for goods and services incurred in the Ordinary Course), whether accrued or not (including any accrued and unpaid interest); (f) all obligations of such Person in respect of acceptances issued or created; (g) all derivative, hedging, interest rate, currency, swap or similar arrangements, including swaps, caps, collars, hedges or similar agreements under which payments are obligated to be made by such Person, whether periodically or upon the happening of a contingency; (h) all obligations secured by a Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any property or asset of such Person; (i) any breakage costs, prepayment or early termination premiums, penalties or other fees or expenses payable as a result of the consummation of the Transactions in respect of any of the items in the foregoing clauses (a) through (h); and (j) all obligations of another Person referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above that are guaranteed directly or indirectly, jointly or severally, by such Person, but only to the extent such Person has agreed (contingently or otherwise) to purchase or otherwise acquire such obligations or in respect of which such Person has otherwise assured a creditor against loss.

 

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1.1.47      Intellectual Property” means all of the following: (a) Copyrights; (b) Trademarks; (c) Patents; (d) Proprietary Information (including knowledge Databases, customer lists and customer Databases); (e) all domain names, uniform resource locators and other names and locators associated with the internet, including applications and registrations thereof; (f) all rights (as such may exist or be created in any jurisdiction), whether statutory, common law or otherwise, in, arising out of, or associated with the foregoing; (g) all other intellectual property or proprietary rights now known in any jurisdiction worldwide; and (h) all rights equivalent or similar or pertaining to the foregoing, including those arising under international treaties and convention rights.

 

1.1.48      Intervening Event” means an Event that (a) is materially adverse to the businesses, assets, Liabilities, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Betters Companies, (b) is unknown by the SPAC Board as of the date of this Agreement and (c) which Event becomes known to or by the SPAC Board prior to obtaining the SPAC Stockholders’ Approval; 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, an “Intervening Event”: (i) any Alternative Transaction with respect to SPAC; (ii) any changes in the price or trading volume of SPAC Stock, SPAC Units or SPAC Warrants; (iii) any Action filed or threatened against SPAC or any member of the SPAC Board arising out of or related to the Transactions by a Person other than a Governmental Authority that was not known by, or the consequences of which were not reasonably foreseeable to, the SPAC Board as of the date hereof and that becomes known to the SPAC Board after the date hereof and prior to the SPAC Stockholder Meeting; (iv) any effect related to meeting, failing to meet or exceeding projections of the Betters Companies; (v) any action expressly required by, or required to be taken by a Party in order to comply with its express obligations under, this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; or (vi) the timing of any approval or clearance of any Governmental Authority required for the consummation of the Transactions.

 

1.1.49      Investment Company Act” means the United States Investment Company Act of 1940.

 

1.1.50      IT Systems” means, collectively, the hardware, Software, data, Databases, data communication lines, network and telecommunications equipment, platforms, servers, peripherals, computer systems, and other information technology equipment, facilities, infrastructure and documentation owned, leased or licensed by any of the Target Companies.

 

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1.1.51      JOBS Act” means the Jumpstart Our Business Startups Act of 2012.

 

1.1.52      Key Betters Shareholders” means the Persons listed in Section 1.1.52 of the Betters Disclosure Letter.

 

1.1.53      Law” means any statute, law, ordinance, code, treaty, rule, regulation or Governmental Order, in each case, that is or has been issued, enacted, adopted, passed, approved, promulgated, made, implemented or otherwise put into effect by any Governmental Authority, or any provisions or interpretations of the foregoing, including general principles of common and civil law and equity.

 

1.1.54      Leased Real Property” means all real property leased, licensed, subleased, sublicensed or otherwise used or occupied by any of the Target Companies or to which any of the Target Companies otherwise has a right to use.

 

1.1.55      Liability” or “Liabilities” means any and all liabilities and obligations, whether accrued or unaccrued, fixed or variable, known or unknown, absolute or contingent, determined or determinable or matured or unmatured.

 

1.1.56      Licensed Intellectual Property” means the Intellectual Property licensed or made available by another Person to any of the Target Companies.

 

1.1.57      Lien” means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest, license, attachment, right of first refusal, option or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, including (a) any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or lease in the nature thereof or (b) any restriction on any voting, sale, transfer, disposition or other rights, or any agreement to give any of the foregoing.

 

1.1.58      Merger Consideration Shares” means the PubCo Ordinary Shares to be exchanged for the shares of SPAC Stock pursuant to Section 2.2(g)(ii).

 

1.1.59      Nasdaq” means the Nasdaq Stock Market.

 

1.1.60      NDA” means the non-disclosure agreement, dated as of February 17, 2023, by and between SPAC and Betters.

 

1.1.61      OFAC” means the U.S. Office of Foreign Assets Control.

 

1.1.62      Open Source Software” means all Software that is distributed as “free software,” “open source software,” “shareware” or under a similar licensing or distribution model, including Software licensed, provided, or distributed under any open source license, including any license meeting the Open Source Definition (as promulgated by the Open Source Initiative) or the Free Software Foundation (as promulgated by the Free Software Foundation) or any Software that contains or is derived from any such Software.

 

1.1.63      Ordinary Course” means, with respect to an action taken by a Person, that (a) such action is consistent with the past practices of such Person and is taken in the ordinary course of the normal day-to-day operations of such Person, including (with respect to the use of such term in Article III, Article IV, Article V or Article VI as to the period prior to the date of this Agreement) any Permitted COVID-19 Measures implemented by such Person, and (b) such action complies in all material respects with all applicable Laws.

 

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1.1.64      Owned Intellectual Property” means any and all Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by any of the Target Companies.

 

1.1.65      Patents” means all (a) U.S. and foreign patents (including certificates of invention and other patent equivalents), utility models, and applications for any of the foregoing, including provisional applications, and all patents of addition, improvement patents, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisionals, reissues, re-examinations, renewals, confirmations, substitutions and extensions thereof or related thereto, and all applications or counterparts in any jurisdiction pertaining to any of the foregoing, including applications filed pursuant to any international patent Law treaty, (b) inventions, discoveries, improvements, idea submissions and invention disclosures, and (c) other patent rights and any other Governmental Authority-issued indicia of invention ownership (including inventors’ certificates, petty patents and innovation patents), together with all worldwide rights and priorities afforded under any Law with respect to any of the foregoing.

 

1.1.66      PCAOB” means the United States Public Company Accounting Oversight Board and any division or subdivision thereof.

 

1.1.67      PCAOB Financials” means (a) the audited consolidated balance sheets of Betters and the Target Companies for the years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2022, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in equity and cash flows for such years, each to be prepared in accordance with GAAP and audited in accordance with the auditing standards of the PCAOB by an internationally recognized audit firm as is reasonably acceptable to SPAC, together with an audit report thereon from the auditor, and (b) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Betters and the Target Companies as at June 30, 2023, and the related unaudited consolidated statement of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in equity and cash flows for such six-month period, prepared in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB.

 

1.1.68      Permit” means any consent, franchise, registration, variance, license, permit, exemption, concession, ratification, permission, clearance, confirmation, endorsement, waiver, grant, easement, certificate, designation, rating, qualification, order or other authorization or approval of any Person, including any Governmental Authority, or pursuant to any applicable Law, and all pending applications for any of the foregoing.

 

1.1.69      Permitted COVID-19 Measures” means any COVID-19 Measures (a) except as would not have a Betters Material Adverse Effect, to the extent referring to actions prior to the date of this Agreement, implemented prior to the date of this Agreement and disclosed to SPAC prior to the date of this Agreement, or (b) reasonably implemented by a Party following the date hereof in good faith and in response to a requirement imposed on such Party under applicable Law; provided, that such Party provides prior written notice to the other Parties at least five Business Days prior to implementation thereof (except that no such notice shall be required to be provided in advance of taking such action if it shall be impracticable to provide such advance notice, but in such case notice is provided as soon as practicable following such action).

 

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1.1.70      Permitted Liens” means: (a) Liens imposed by operation of Law arising in the Ordinary Course for amounts not yet due and payable or which are being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings and which would not in the aggregate materially adversely affect the value of, or materially adversely interfere with the use of, the assets properties subject thereto; (b) Liens on goods in transit incurred pursuant to documentary letters of credit, in each case arising in the Ordinary Course; (c) Liens for Taxes that are not yet due and payable or (i) which are being contested in good faith through appropriate proceedings and (ii) for which adequate accruals or reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP; (d) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property entered into in the Ordinary Course; (e) defects or imperfections of title, easements, encroachments, covenants, rights-of-way, conditions, matters that would be apparent from a physical inspection or current, accurate survey of such real property, restrictions and other similar charges or encumbrances that do not materially interfere with the present use of the Leased Real Property; (f) with respect to any Leased Real Property, (i) the interests and rights of the respective lessors with respect thereto, including any statutory landlord liens, (ii) any Lien permitted under a Lease, (iii) any Liens encumbering the real property of which the Leased Real Property is a part and (iv) Liens not created by any Target Company with respect to the underlying fee interest of any Leased Real Property that an accurate up-to-date survey would show, in each case of clauses (i) through (iv), that do not materially interfere with the present use of the Leased Real Property; (g) zoning, building, entitlement and other land use and Environmental Laws promulgated by any Governmental Authority that do not materially interfere with the current use of the Leased Real Property; (h) Liens arising under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement; (i) Liens listed on Section 1.1.70 of the Betters Disclosure Letter; and (j) all other Liens arising in the Ordinary Course that, individually or in the aggregate, do not and would not reasonably be expected to materially impair the use, occupancy or value of the assets of a Person.

 

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

 

1.1.72      Personal Information” means (a) all data and information that, whether alone or in combination with any other data or information, identifies, relates to, describes, is reasonably capable of being associated with, or could reasonably be linked, directly or indirectly, with a natural person, household, or his, her or its device, including name, street address, telephone number, e-mail address, photograph, social security number, driver’s license number, passport number, government-issued ID number, customer or account number, health information, financial information, credit report information, device identifiers, transaction identifier, cookie ID, browser or device fingerprint or other probabilistic identifier, IP addresses, physiological and behavioral biometric identifiers, viewing history, platform behaviors, and any other similar piece of data or information, and (b) all other data or information that is otherwise protected by any Privacy Laws or otherwise considered personally identifiable information or personal data under applicable Law.

 

1.1.73      PIPE Investors” means Persons that enter into Subscription Agreements to purchase PubCo Ordinary Shares for cash.

 

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1.1.74      PRC” means the People’s Republic of China (but solely for the purposes of this Agreement, excluding Hong Kong, the Macau Special Administrative Region and the islands of Taiwan).

 

1.1.75      Privacy Laws” means all applicable Laws concerning the privacy, secrecy, security, protection, disposal, international transfer or other Processing of Personal Information, including incident reporting and security incident notifying requirements.

 

1.1.76      Process” or “Processing” means, with respect to data, the use, collection, creation, processing, receipt, storage, recording, organization, structuring, adaption, alteration, transfer, retrieval, consultation, disclosure, dissemination, making available, alignment, combination, restriction, protection, security, erasure or destruction of such data.

 

1.1.77      Proprietary Information” means all rights under applicable Laws in and to trade secrets, confidential information, proprietary information, designs, formulas, algorithms, procedures, methods, techniques, discoveries, Developments, know-how, research and development, technical data, tools, materials, specifications, processes, inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), apparatus, creations, improvements, recordings, graphs, drawings, reports, analyses, documented and undocumented information, information and materials not generally known to the public, protocols, schematics, compositions, sketches, photographs, websites, content, images, graphics, text, artwork, audiovisual works, build instructions, Software, Databases, pricing, customer and user lists, market studies, business plans, systems, structures, architectures, devices, concepts, methods and information, together with any and all notes, analysis, compilations, lab reports, notebooks, invention disclosures, studies, summaries, and other material containing or based, in whole or in part, on any information included in the foregoing, including all copies and tangible embodiments of any of the foregoing in whatever form or medium.

 

1.1.78      PubCo Articles” means the Articles of Association of PubCo, effective as of June 16, 2023.

 

1.1.79      PubCo Governing Documents” means, collectively, the PubCo Memorandum and the PubCo Articles.

 

1.1.80      PubCo Memorandum” means the Memorandum of Association of PubCo, effective as of June 16, 2023.

 

1.1.81      PubCo Securities” means, collectively, the PubCo Ordinary Shares and the PubCo Warrants.

 

1.1.82      R&D Contract” means a Contract entered into by one or more of the Target Companies relating to the Target Companies’ Ordinary Course research and development activities and which involves aggregate expenditures by or costs to the Target Companies of less than $1,000,000.

 

1.1.83      Release” means any release, spill, emission, leaking, pumping, injection, deposit, disposal, discharge, dispersal or leaching into the environment.

 

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1.1.84      Remedial Action” means all actions required by Environmental Laws to (a) clean up, remove, treat or in any other way address any Release of any Hazardous Materials, (b) prevent the Release of any Hazardous Materials so it does not endanger or threaten to endanger public health or welfare or the environment, (c) perform pre-remedial studies and investigations or post-remedial monitoring and care or (d) correct a condition of noncompliance with Environmental Laws.

 

1.1.85      Representatives” of a Person means, collectively, the officers, directors, managers, general partners, employees, accountants, consultants, legal counsel, financial advisors, agents and other representatives of such Person.

 

1.1.86      SAFE” means the State Administration of Foreign Exchange of the PRC.

 

1.1.87      Sanctioned Country” means any country or region that is targeted by comprehensive export, import, financial or investment embargo under any Specified Business Conduct Laws.

 

1.1.88      Sanctioned Person” means: (a) any Person included on any restricted party list administered by the European Union, the United Kingdom, or the United States, including the UK Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets, the Consolidated List of Persons, Groups, or Entities Subject to EU Financial Sanctions, and the U.S. Specially Designated Nationals and Block Persons List; (b) any Person that is ordinarily resident in or organized under the Laws of a Sanctioned Country; (c) any Governmental Authority of a Sanctioned Country; or (d) any Person that is owned or controlled by one or more persons described in clauses (a), (b) or (c) above.

 

1.1.89      Sanctions” means any sanctions administered or enforced by OFAC, the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, His Majesty’s Treasury or other relevant sanctions authority.

 

1.1.90      Sarbanes-Oxley Act” means the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

1.1.91      SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

1.1.92      Securities Act” means the United States Securities Act of 1933.

 

1.1.93      Software” means all (a) computer software, programs, applications, scripts, middleware, firmware, interfaces, tools, operating systems, software code of any nature (including object code, source code, interpreted code, data files, rules, definitions and methodology derived from the foregoing) and any derivations, updates, enhancements and customization of any of the foregoing, together with all related processes, technical data, algorithms, APIs, subroutines, operating procedures, report formats, development tools, templates and user interfaces, (b) electronic data, Databases and data collections and (c) documentation, including user manuals, technical manuals, programming comments, descriptions, flow charts and other work products used to design, plan, organize and Develop any of the foregoing, and training materials related to any of the foregoing.

 

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1.1.94      SPAC Bylaws” means the Bylaws of SPAC as in effect from time to time.

 

1.1.95      SPAC Charter” means the Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation of SPAC, dated as of October 20, 2021.

 

1.1.96      SPAC Class A Common Stock” means the Class A common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of SPAC.

 

1.1.97      SPAC Class B Common Stock” means the Class B common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of SPAC.

 

1.1.98      SPAC Closing Cash” means an aggregate amount of cash equal to, without duplication, (a) as of immediately prior to the Closing, (i) the amount in the Trust Account before giving effect to any SPAC Redemptions in accordance with the SPAC Charter, less (ii) the amount required to settle all actual SPAC Redemptions in accordance with the SPAC Charter, plus (b) the aggregate proceeds to be received by PubCo from the consummation of the PIPE Investment.

 

1.1.99      SPAC Governing Documents” means, collectively, the SPAC Charter and the SPAC Bylaws.

 

1.1.100    SPAC IPO” means the initial public offering of SPAC.

 

1.1.101    SPAC Material Adverse Effect” means any Event that has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, (a) a material adverse effect on the business, assets, Liabilities, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of SPAC or (b) materially impair or materially delay the ability of SPAC to perform, on a timely basis, its obligations under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party or consummate the Transactions; provided, however, that for purposes of clause (a) only, in no event will any of the following Events (or the effect of any of the following Events), alone or in combination, be taken into account in determining whether a SPAC Material Adverse Effect has occurred: (i) acts of war (whether such war is declared or undeclared, existing or new), hostilities, sabotage (including any internet or “cyber” attack or hacking), social or civil unrest (including demonstrations, riots or looting) or terrorism, or any escalation or worsening of any such acts of war, hostilities, sabotage, social or civil unrest or terrorism, or changes in global, international, national, regional, state or local political or social conditions (including intercountry or intra-country relationships); (ii) earthquakes, hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, floods, mudslides, fires, explosions, accidents, pandemics or other natural or man-made disasters; (iii) changes attributable to the public announcement or pendency of this Agreement or the Transactions (including the impact thereof on relationships with customers, suppliers, licensors, distributors, partners, providers, employees or Governmental Authorities, but in each case, only to the extent attributable to such announcement or pendency); (iv) changes or proposed changes in applicable Laws, regulations or interpretations thereof or decisions by courts or any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement; (v) changes or proposed changes in GAAP (or any interpretation thereof) after the date of this Agreement; (vi) any downturn in general economic conditions, including changes in the credit, debt, financial or capital markets (including changes in interest or exchange rates, prices of any security or market index or any disruption of such markets), in each case, in the PRC, the United States or anywhere else in the world; (vii) Events generally affecting the industries and markets in which SPAC operates; (viii) any failure to meet any projections, forecasts, guidance, estimates, milestones, budgets or financial or operating predictions of revenue, earnings, cash flow or cash position; provided, that this clause (viii) shall not prevent a determination that any Event underlying any such failure has resulted in a SPAC Material Adverse Effect; (ix) any matter of which Betters is aware on the date hereof; provided, that any change in circumstances, progression or worsening of any such matter shall not prevent a determination that such Event has resulted in a SPAC Material Adverse Effect; or (x) any action expressly required by this Agreement; provided, further, however, that if any such Event related to clauses (i), (ii), (iv), (v), (vi) or (viii) above materially and disproportionately adversely affects the business, assets, Liabilities, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of SPAC relative to similarly situated participants in the industries and jurisdictions in which SPAC conducts its operations, then such impact may be taken into account in determining whether there has been, or would reasonably be expected to be, a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

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1.1.102    SPAC Modification in Recommendation” means any action by the SPAC Board to: (a) (i) change, withdraw, withhold, amend, modify or qualify, or publicly propose to change, withdraw, withhold, amend, modify or qualify, in a manner adverse to Betters or PubCo, the SPAC Board Recommendation, or (ii) adopt, approve, endorse or recommend, or publicly propose to adopt, approve, endorse or recommend to the SPAC Board for recommendation to the SPAC Stockholders any Alternative Transaction; (b) make any public statement inconsistent with the SPAC Board Recommendation; (c) resolve or agree to take any of the foregoing actions; or (d) authorize, cause or permit SPAC or any of its Representatives to enter into any Alternative Transaction. For the avoidance of doubt, an Intervening Event Recommendation Change shall constitute a SPAC Modification in Recommendation.

 

1.1.103    SPAC Redemption” means the election of an eligible (as determined in accordance with the SPAC Governing Documents) SPAC Stockholder to redeem all or a portion of the shares of SPAC Stock held by such SPAC Stockholder in accordance with Section 9.2 of the SPAC Charter in connection with the consummation of the Transactions.

 

1.1.104    SPAC Securities” means, collectively, the SPAC Units, the shares of SPAC Stock and the SPAC Warrants.

 

1.1.105    SPAC Stockholder” means any holder of any shares of SPAC Stock (including the Sponsor and the Public Stockholders).

 

1.1.106    SPAC Stockholders’ Approval” means the approval of the Required Transaction Proposals, in each case, by an affirmative vote of the holders of at least a majority of the outstanding shares of SPAC Stock entitled to vote, who attend and vote thereupon (as determined in accordance with the SPAC Governing Documents) at a SPAC Stockholder Meeting duly called by the SPAC Board and held for such purpose.

 

1.1.107    SPAC Transaction Expenses” means any out-of-pocket fees and expenses incurred or payable by SPAC or on its behalf (whether or not billed or accrued for) as a result of or in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, authorization or performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which SPAC is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and the consummation of the Transactions, including: (a) all fees, costs, expenses, brokerage fees, commissions, finders’ fees and disbursements of financial advisors, investment banks, data room administrators, attorneys, accountants and other advisors and service providers; (b) all fees, costs and expenses in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, authorization or performance of the Subscription Agreements and the consummation of the PIPE Investment; (c) all filing fees payable to any Governmental Authorities in connection with the Transactions that are the responsibility of SPAC pursuant to Section 9.1(c); (d) the portion of the costs for the preparation, filing and mailing of the Proxy/Registration Statement and the other related fees that are the responsibility of SPAC pursuant to Section 9.2(a)(i); and (e) any change in control bonus, transaction bonus, retention bonus, termination or severance payment, in any case, to be made to any current or former employee, individual service provider, director or officer of SPAC at or after the Closing pursuant to any agreement to which SPAC is a party prior to the Closing and which becomes payable as a direct result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the Transaction.

 

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1.1.108    SPAC Units” means units of SPAC, each unit comprising one share of SPAC Class A Common Stock and one-half of one SPAC Warrant.

 

1.1.109    Specified Business Conduct Laws” shall mean: (a) the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the U.K. Bribery Act and other applicable Laws relating to bribery or corruption; (b) all applicable Laws imposing financial, economic or trade sanctions on any Person, including all applicable Laws administered by OFAC, all sanctions Laws or embargos imposed or administered by the U.S. Department of State, the United Nations Security Council, His Majesty’s Treasury or the European Union and all applicable anti-boycott or anti-embargo Laws; (c) all applicable Laws relating to the import, export, re-export, transfer of information, data, goods and technology, including the Export Administration Regulations administered by the U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations administered by the U.S. Department of State; and (d) the Money Laundering Control Act, the Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act, The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, and all other applicable Laws relating to money laundering.

 

1.1.110    Sponsor Loans” means the loans made by the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates to SPAC.

 

1.1.111    Subscription Agreement” means a Contract executed by SPAC, PubCo and a PIPE Investor in connection with the PIPE Investment.

 

1.1.112    Subsidiary” means, with respect to a Person, (a) any corporation, general or limited partnership, limited liability company, joint venture or other association or entity in which such Person, directly or indirectly, (i) owns or controls 50% or more of the outstanding voting securities, profits interest or capital interest, (ii) is entitled to elect at least a majority of the board of directors or similar governing body, or (iii) in the case of a limited partnership, limited liability company or similar entity, is a general partner or managing member and has the power to direct the policies, management and affairs of such entity, or (b) any variable interest entity which is consolidated with such Person under applicable accounting rules.

 

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1.1.113    Surviving Corporation Governing Documents” means, collectively, the Surviving Corporation Charter and the Surviving Corporation Bylaws.

 

1.1.114    Tax Return” means any return, declaration, report, statement, information statement or other document filed or required to be filed with any Governmental Authority with respect to Taxes, including any claims for refunds of Taxes, any information returns and any amendments or supplements of any of the foregoing.

 

1.1.115    Taxes” means all federal, state, local, foreign or other taxes of any kind, charges, fees, duties, levies, customs, imposts, required deposits or other assessments in each case in the nature of or similar to a tax imposed by any Governmental Authority, including all income, gross receipts, license, payroll, employment, excise, severance, stamp, occupation, premium, windfall profits, environmental, customs duties, production, capital stock, ad valorem, value added, inventory, franchise, profits, withholding, social security (or similar), unemployment, disability, real property, personal property, sales, use, transfer, registration, alternative or add-on minimum, or estimated taxes, and including any interest, late charge, penalty, or addition thereto.

 

1.1.116    Trademarks” means all trademarks, service marks, trade names, business names, corporate names, trade dress, look and feel, product and service names, logos, brand names, slogans, 800 numbers, Internet domain names, URLs, social media usernames, handles, hashtags and account names, symbols, emblems, insignia and other distinctive identification and indicia of source of origin, whether or not registered, including all common law rights thereto, and all applications and registrations therefor, and all goodwill associated with any of the foregoing or the business connected with the use of and symbolized by the foregoing.

 

1.1.117    Transactions” means, collectively, each of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any of the Ancillary Agreements, including the Share Contribution, the Merger and the PIPE Investment.

 

1.1.118    Treasury Regulations” means the regulations promulgated under the Code by the United States Department of the Treasury (whether in final, proposed or temporary form).

 

1.1.119    Warrant Agent” means American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC.

 

DEFINED TERM SECTION
“Acquisition Entity”/“Acquisition Entities” Preamble
“Additional SEC Reports” Section 8.4
“Agreement” Preamble
“Approvals” Section 3.1
“Betters” Preamble
“Betters Audited Financial Statements” Section 3.7(a)
“Betters Board” Recitals
“Betters Cure Period” Section 11.1(g)

 

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DEFINED TERM SECTION
“Betters Disclosure Letter” Article III
“Betters Financial Statements” Section 3.7(a)
“Betters Interim Financial Statements” Section 3.7(a)
“Betters Lock-Up Agreement” Recitals
“Betters Resolutions” Recitals
“Betters Shareholder Support Agreement” Recitals
“Betters Transaction Expenses Certificate” Section 2.1(a)
“Book-Entry Shares” Section 2.5(b)(ii)
“Break-Up Fee” Section 11.2(b)
“Certificate of Merger” Section 2.2(b)
“Certificates” Section 2.5(b)(i)
“Certifications” Section 4.7(a)
“Closing” Section 2.3
“Closing Date” Section 2.3
“Company” Preamble
“Company Advised Parties” Section 12.18(f)
“Company Board” Recitals
“Company Deal Communications” Section 12.18(g)
“Company Material Contract” Section 3.21(a)
“Company Shares” Recitals
“Company Software” Section 3.18(c)(vi)
“Company Non-Recourse Party” Section 12.16(b)
“DGCL” Recitals
“D&O Indemnified Parties” Section 7.6(b)
“D&O Tail Insurance Policy” Section 7.6(b)
“D&O Tail Insurance Policy Cap” Section 7.6(b)
“Effective Time” Section 2.2(b)
“Exchange Agent” Section 2.1(c)
“Exchange Agent Agreement” Section 2.1(c)
“Exchange Fund” Section 2.5(a)
“Extension” Section 9.9
“Gain Recognition Agreement” Section 9.4(c)
“Insider Letter Amendment” Recitals
“Insurance Policies” Section 3.22
“Intended Tax Treatment” Recitals

 

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DEFINED TERM SECTION
“Intercompany Agreements” Section 2.4(a)(v)
“Interim Period” Section 7.2(a)
“Intervening Event Notice” Section 9.2(d)
“Intervening Event Recommendation Change” Section 9.2(d)
“Leases” Section 3.14(b)
“Letter of Transmittal” Section 2.5(b)(i)
“Maximum Extension Date” Section 9.9
“Merger” Recitals
“Merger Sub” Preamble
“Merger Sub Board” Recitals
“Merger Sub Share” Section 6.3(a)
“Merger Sub Written Consent” Recitals
“Most Recent Balance Sheet” Section 3.7(a)
“Most Recent Balance Sheet Date” Section 3.7(a)
“Outside Date” Section 11.1(b)
“Outstanding SPAC Class A Stock” Section 4.3(a)
“Outstanding SPAC Class B Stock” Section 4.3(a)
“Party”/“Parties” Preamble
“PIPE Investment” Recitals
“Post-Closing PubCo Articles” Section 7.4(b)
“Post-Closing PubCo Governing Documents” Section 7.4(b)
“Post-Closing PubCo Memorandum” Section 7.4(a)
“Pro Forma Betters Financial Statements” Section 7.9(a)
“Private Placement Warrants” Section 4.3(a)
“PubCo” Preamble
“PubCo Board” Recitals
“PubCo Equity Incentive Plan” Section 7.13
“PubCo Securityholder” Section 9.4(c)
“PubCo Share” Section 6.3(a)
“PubCo Ordinary Shares” Recitals
“PubCo Warrants” Recitals
“Public Stockholders” Section 4.13(a)
“Public Warrants” Section 4.3(a)
“Prior Company Counsel” Section 12.18(f)
“Prior SPAC Counsel” Section 12.18(a)

 

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DEFINED TERM SECTION
“Privileged Company Deal Communications” Section 12.18(g)
“Privileged SPAC Deal Communications” Section 12.18(b)
“Proxy/Registration Statement” Section 9.2(a)(i)
“Registration Rights Agreement” Recitals
“Regulatory Approvals” Section 9.1(a)
“Released Claims” Section 12.1
“Required Transaction Proposals” Section 9.2(a)(i)
“SAFE Rules and Regulations” Section 3.6(b)
“Share Contribution” Recitals
“Side Letters” Section 2.4(a)(vi)
“SPAC” Preamble
“SPAC Board” Recitals
“SPAC Board Recommendation” Section 9.2(b)(iv)
“SPAC Business Combination Deadline” Section 9.9
“SPAC Class A Stock” Section 4.3(a)
“SPAC Class B Stock” Section 4.3(a)
“SPAC Cure Period” Section 11.1(h)
“SPAC Deal Communications” Section 12.18(b)
“SPAC Disclosure Letter” Article IV
“SPAC D&O Indemnified Parties” Section 7.6(a)
“SPAC Financial Statements” Section 4.7(b)
“SPAC Material Contracts” Section 4.10(a)
“SPAC Non-Recourse Party” Section 12.16(b)
“SPAC SEC Reports” Section 4.7(a)
“SPAC Stock” Section 4.3(a)
“SPAC Stockholder Meeting” Section 9.2(a)(i)
“SPAC Transaction Expenses Certificate” Section 2.1(b)
“SPAC Warrants” Section 4.3(a)
“Sponsor” Recitals
“Sponsor Members” Recitals
“Sponsor Registration Rights Agreement” Recitals
“Sponsor Support Agreement” Recitals
“Stockholder Litigation” Section 9.5
“Surviving Corporation” Recitals
“Surviving Corporation Bylaws” Section 2.2(d)(ii)

 

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DEFINED TERM SECTION
“Surviving Corporation Charter” Section 2.2(d)(i)
“Target Companies” Recitals
“Target Company Related Person” Section 3.23
“Terminating Betters Breach” Section 11.1(g)
“Terminating SPAC Breach” Section 11.1(h)
“Top Customers” Section 3.20(b)
“Top Suppliers” Section 3.20(a)
“Transaction Proposals” Section 9.2(a)(i)
“Transfer Taxes” Section 9.4(e)
“Trust Account” Section 4.13(a) 
“Trust Agreement” Section 4.13(a)
“Trustee” Section 4.13(a)
“Updated Betters Financial Statements” Section 7.9(a)
“Undesignated SPAC Preferred Stock” Section 4.3(a)
“Unissued SPAC Class A Stock” Section 4.3(a)
“Unissued SPAC Class B Stock” Section 4.3(a)
“Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement” Recitals

 

1.2           Construction.

 

(a)           Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires or unless otherwise specified, (i) words of any gender shall be construed as masculine, feminine, neuter or any other gender, as applicable; (ii) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, as applicable; (iii) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “herewith,” “hereto” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement; (iv) the terms “Article,” “Section” or “clause” refer to the specified Article, Section or clause of this Agreement, and any references to a clause shall refer to the appropriate clause within the same Section in which such reference occurs; (v) the terms “Schedule” or “Exhibit” refer to the specified Schedule or Exhibit of this Agreement; (vi) the words “including,” “included,” or “includes” shall mean “including, without limitation;” (vii) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or thing extends and such phrase shall not simply mean “if;” (viii) the word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive; and (ix) any reference to a given Person includes such Person’s successors and permitted assigns.

 

(b)           Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to statutes shall include all regulations promulgated thereunder, and references to statutes or regulations shall be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing such statutes or regulations.

 

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(c)           References to “$,” “US$,” “USD” or “dollars” are to the lawful currency of the United States of America.

 

(d)           Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified. Time periods within or following which any payment is to be made or act is to be done under this Agreement shall be calculated by excluding the calendar day on which the period commences and including the calendar day on which the period ends, and by extending the period to the next following Business Day if the last calendar day of the period is not a Business Day.

 

(e)           All accounting terms used herein and not expressly defined herein shall have the meanings given to them under GAAP.

 

(f)            All references to Contracts (including this Agreement) means such Contracts as the same may from time to time be amended or supplemented or the terms thereof waived or modified, in each case to the extent provided to the applicable Party.

 

(g)           Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to SPAC with respect to periods following the Effective Time shall be construed to mean the Surviving Corporation.

 

(h)           The headings preceding the text of Articles and Sections included herein are for convenience only and shall not be deemed part of this Agreement or be given any effect in interpreting this Agreement.

 

(i)            The words “made available,” “provided” or “delivered” to a Party, or similar formulations, mean that such materials were (i) provided by electronic transmission directly to a Party’s legal counsel or financial advisors prior to such time or, (ii) if applicable, available to such Party (without material redactions) in the electronic data room hosted by SecureDocs in connection with the Transactions no later than 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on June 24, 2023 and continuously available to such Party and its legal counsel and financial advisors through the date hereof.

 

1.3           Knowledge. As used herein, (a) the phrase “to the knowledge of Betters” shall mean the actual knowledge of the individuals identified in Section 1.3 of the Betters Disclosure Letter; (b) the phrase “to the knowledge of SPAC” shall mean the actual knowledge of the individuals identified in Section 1.3 of the SPAC Disclosure Letter.

 

Article II
TRANSACTIONS; CLOSING

 

2.1           Pre-Closing Actions.

 

(a)           Betters Transaction Expenses Certificate. No sooner than five Business Days, and no later than three Business Days, prior to the Closing Date, Betters shall provide to SPAC a written report setting forth a list of all of the Betters Transaction Expenses (together with written invoices and wire transfer instructions for the payment thereof), solely to the extent such fees and expenses are incurred and expected to remain unpaid as of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date (the “Betters Transaction Expenses Certificate”). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall affect any invoices to be paid for any Betters Transaction Expenses incurred in good faith after the delivery of the Betters Transaction Expenses Certificate, which invoices shall promptly be paid by PubCo.

 

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(b)           SPAC Transaction Expenses Certificate. No sooner than five Business Days, and no later than three Business Days, prior to the Closing Date, SPAC shall deliver to Betters and PubCo a written report setting forth: (i) the aggregate amount of cash proceeds that will be required to satisfy the exercise of any SPAC Redemptions; (ii) a list of all of the SPAC Transaction Expenses (together with written invoices and wire transfer instructions for the payment thereof), solely to the extent such fees and expenses are incurred and expected to remain unpaid as of the close of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the Closing Date; (iii) the aggregate amount of any Sponsor Loans outstanding as of the Closing; and (iv) the amount of SPAC Closing Cash (the “SPAC Transaction Expenses Certificate”). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained herein shall affect any invoices to be paid for any SPAC Transaction Expenses incurred in good faith after the delivery of the SPAC Transaction Expenses Certificate, which invoices shall promptly be paid by PubCo.

 

(c)            Appointment of Exchange Agent. No later than 10 Business Days prior to the Closing, PubCo shall appoint, and Betters shall cause PubCo to appoint, an exchange agent mutually agreed among SPAC, Betters and PubCo (the “Exchange Agent”) pursuant to an exchange agent agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to SPAC (the “Exchange Agent Agreement”) for the purpose of (i) exchanging the shares of SPAC Stock for PubCo Ordinary Shares in accordance with Section 2.2(g)(ii) and (ii) delivering the PubCo Ordinary Shares in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(d)           The Share Contribution. Prior to the Closing and in accordance with this Agreement and the Company Governing Documents, Betters shall contribute, assign, transfer and convey to PubCo, and PubCo shall accept from Betters, all of the legal and beneficial title to the Company Shares, free from all Liens and together with all rights attaching to the Company Shares at the consummation of the Share Contribution (including the right to receive all distributions, returns of capital and dividends declared, paid or made in respect of the Company Shares after the consummation of the Share Contribution). In accordance with this Agreement and the Company Governing Documents, in consideration for the Share Contribution, PubCo shall issue, and Betters shall cause PubCo to issue, to Betters the Contribution Consideration Shares.

 

2.2           The Merger.

 

(a)           Merger. Upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in accordance with the DGCL, at the Effective Time, Merger Sub shall be merged with and into SPAC, the separate corporate existence of Merger Sub shall cease and SPAC, as the surviving corporation in the Merger, shall thereafter continue its corporate existence as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo.

 

(b)           Effective Time. At the Closing, the Parties shall cause a certificate of merger in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit G (the “Certificate of Merger”) in respect of the Merger to be executed and duly submitted for filing with the Delaware Secretary of State in accordance with the applicable provisions of the DGCL. The Merger shall become effective at the date and time of the filing of the Certificate of Merger (or such later time as may be agreed by the Parties and specified in such Certificate of Merger) (the “Effective Time”).

 

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(c)           Effect of the Merger. From and after the Effective Time, the effect of the Merger shall be as provided herein and in the applicable provisions of the DGCL. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, and subject thereto, at the Effective Time, all the property, rights, privileges, immunities, agreements, powers, franchises, licenses, authority, debts, Liabilities, duties and obligations of SPAC and Merger Sub shall become the property, rights, privileges, immunities, agreements, powers, franchises, licenses, debts, Liabilities, duties and obligations of the Surviving Corporation.

 

(d)           Surviving Corporation Governing Documents.

 

(i)            At the Effective Time, the SPAC Charter shall be amended and restated in its entirety in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit H (the “Surviving Corporation Charter”). The Surviving Corporation Charter shall be the certificate of incorporation of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with the DGCL and the Surviving Corporation Charter.

 

(ii)           At the Effective Time, the SPAC Bylaws shall be amended and restated in their entirety in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit I (the “Surviving Corporation Bylaws”). The Surviving Corporation Bylaws shall be the bylaws of the Surviving Corporation until thereafter amended in accordance with the DGCL and the Surviving Corporation Bylaws.

 

(e)           Directors and Officers of the Surviving Corporation.

 

(i)            At the Effective Time, the directors of the Surviving Corporation shall be the respective Persons set forth in Section 2.2(e)(i) of the Betters Disclosure Letter, each to hold office in accordance with the Surviving Corporation Governing Documents until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or their earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

(ii)           At the Effective Time, the officers of the Surviving Corporation shall be the respective officers of the Company holding such positions as set forth in Section 2.2(e)(ii) of the Betters Disclosure Letter, each to hold office in accordance with the Surviving Corporation Governing Documents until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or their earlier death, resignation or removal.

 

(f)           Effect of the Merger on Shares of Merger Sub Capital Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party, the Merger Sub Share shall automatically be converted into one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of the Surviving Corporation, which share shall constitute the only Equity Securities of the Surviving Corporation.

 

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(g)           Effect of the Merger on SPAC Securities.

 

(i)            SPAC Units. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holders of any of the SPAC Securities, each SPAC Unit that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be automatically divided, and the holder thereof shall be deemed to hold one share of SPAC Class A Common Stock and one-half of one SPAC Warrant in accordance with the terms of the applicable SPAC Unit.

 

(ii)           SPAC Stock. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holders of any of the SPAC Securities, following the separation of each SPAC Unit in accordance with Section 2.2(g)(i), each share of SPAC Stock that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be cancelled and shall cease to exist in exchange for the right to receive one validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable PubCo Ordinary Share, without interest, and the holder thereof shall cease to have any other rights in and to SPAC with respect to such share of SPAC Stock.

 

(iii)          Public Warrants. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holders of any of the SPAC Securities, following the separation of each SPAC Unit in accordance with Section 2.2(g)(i), each Public Warrant that is issued and outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time shall automatically be converted into a PubCo Warrant, without interest, in accordance with the terms of the Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement, and the holder thereof shall cease to have any other rights in and to SPAC with respect to such Public Warrant. The Parties shall take all lawful action to effect the aforesaid provisions of this Section 2.2(g)(iii), including SPAC and PubCo entering into the Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement with the Warrant Agent at the Closing. At or prior to the Effective Time, PubCo shall take all corporate actions necessary to reserve for future issuance, and shall maintain such reservation for so long as any of the PubCo Warrants remain outstanding, a sufficient number of PubCo Ordinary Shares for delivery upon the exercise of such PubCo Warrants.

 

(iv)          SPAC Securities Held in Treasury. At the Effective Time, by virtue of the Merger and without any action on the part of any Party or the holders of any of the SPAC Securities, following the separation of each SPAC Unit in accordance with Section 2.2(g)(i) and notwithstanding clauses (ii), (iii) and (iv) above or any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary, each share of SPAC Stock and each SPAC Warrant that is owned by SPAC or held in treasury immediately prior to the Effective Time shall be canceled and shall cease to exist without any conversion thereof or payment or other consideration therefor.

 

2.3           Closing. In accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement, the closing of the Merger (the “Closing”) shall take place remotely by conference call and exchange of documents and signatures in accordance with Section 12.8, subject to the satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article X (other than those conditions that by their terms are to be satisfied at the Closing, but subject to the satisfaction or waiver thereof) or at such other time and place or in such other manner as shall be agreed upon by SPAC, Betters and PubCo in writing. The date on which the Closing actually occurs is referred to in this Agreement as the “Closing Date.”

 

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2.4           Closing Deliverables.

 

(a)           At or prior to the Closing, Betters and PubCo shall deliver, or cause to be delivered:

 

(i)            to the Exchange Agent, the Merger Consideration Shares in accordance with Section 2.5(a);

 

(ii)           to SPAC, a counterpart (or counterparts) to each of the Ancillary Agreements to be entered into by PubCo or Merger Sub at the Closing, duly executed by PubCo or Merger Sub, as applicable;

 

(iii)          to SPAC, a counterpart of the Certificate of Merger, duly executed by Merger Sub;

 

(iv)          to SPAC, a certificate signed by an officer of Betters, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that the conditions specified in Sections 10.2(a), 10.2(b) and 10.2(c) have been fulfilled;

 

(v)           to SPAC, evidence in form and substance reasonably acceptable to SPAC of the termination of all intercompany agreements between Betters and any of the Target Companies (the “Intercompany Agreements”), if any;

 

(vi)          to SPAC, evidence in form and substance reasonably acceptable to SPAC of the termination of all letter agreements (excluding the Intercompany Agreements) between Betters or any of the Betters Shareholders, on the one hand, and any of the Target Companies, on the other hand (the “Side Letters”), if any;

 

(vii)         to SPAC, copies of the approvals, waivers or consents called for by Section 10.2(d); and

 

(viii)        to SPAC, such other documents or certificates as shall be reasonably determined by SPAC and PubCo to be required to consummate the Transactions.

 

(b)           At or prior to the Closing, SPAC shall deliver, or cause to be delivered, to PubCo:

 

(i)            a counterpart (or counterparts) to each of the Ancillary Agreements to be entered into by SPAC or the Sponsor at the Closing, duly executed by SPAC or the Sponsor, as applicable;

 

(ii)           a counterpart of the Certificate of Merger, duly executed by SPAC;

 

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(iii)          a certificate signed by an officer of SPAC, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying that the conditions specified in Section 10.3(a) and Section 10.3(b) have been fulfilled;

 

(iv)          written resignations of all the directors and officers of SPAC, effective as of the Effective Time; and

 

(v)           such other documents or certificates as shall be reasonably determined by SPAC and PubCo to be required to consummate the Transactions.

 

(c)           At the Closing, PubCo shall pay, or cause to be paid, by wire transfer of immediately available funds (i) all accrued and unpaid Betters Transaction Expenses as set forth in the Betters Transaction Expenses Certificate and (ii) all accrued and unpaid SPAC Transaction Expenses as set forth in the SPAC Transaction Expenses Certificate.

 

(d)           At the Closing, in accordance with the SPAC Transaction Expenses Certificate and the Sponsor Support Agreement, PubCo shall issue to the Sponsor, as full repayment of the Sponsor Loans, a number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable PubCo Ordinary Shares equal to (i) the aggregate amount outstanding under the Sponsor Loans, divided by (ii) $10.20.

 

2.5           Exchange of Shares of SPAC Stock.

 

(a)           Exchange Fund. On the Closing Date and immediately prior to the Effective Time, in accordance with the PubCo Governing Documents and the Cayman Companies Act, PubCo shall, and Betters shall cause PubCo to, issue to and deposit with the Exchange Agent, for the benefit of the SPAC Stockholders, the Merger Consideration Shares (in uncertificated or book-entry form) necessary to deliver the Merger Consideration Shares in accordance with Section 2.2(g)(ii) (the “Exchange Fund”). PubCo and Betters shall cause the Exchange Agent, pursuant to irrevocable instructions, to deliver the Merger Consideration Shares out of the Exchange Fund in accordance with this Agreement, and the Exchange Fund shall not be used for any other purpose.

 

(b)           Exchange Procedures for SPAC Stockholders.

 

(i)            Certificates. As promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, but in any event within two Business Days thereof, PubCo shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the Exchange Agent to mail to each record holder, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (but after giving effect to the division of SPAC Units pursuant to Section 2.2(g)(i)), of an outstanding certificate or certificates evidencing shares of SPAC Stock entitled to receive Merger Consideration Shares pursuant to Section 2.2(g)(ii) (“Certificates”), (A) a notice advising such holder of the effectiveness of the Merger and (B) a letter of transmittal, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to SPAC and Betters (a “Letter of Transmittal”), along with instructions for effecting the surrender of any Certificates held by such holder pursuant to the Letter of Transmittal. Within five Business Days after the surrender to the Exchange Agent of all Certificates held by such holder for cancellation, together with a Letter of Transmittal, duly completed and validly executed in accordance with the instructions thereto and such other documents as may be reasonably required by the Exchange Agent, the holder of such Certificates shall be entitled to receive in exchange therefor, and PubCo shall cause the Exchange Agent to deliver, the applicable Merger Consideration Shares, and the Certificates so surrendered shall forthwith be cancelled. Until surrendered as contemplated by this Section 2.5(b)(i), each Certificate shall be deemed at all times after the Effective Time to represent only the right to receive, upon such surrender, the applicable Merger Consideration Shares that such holder is entitled to receive in accordance with the provisions of Section 2.2(g)(ii).

 

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(ii)           Non-DTC Book-Entry Shares. As promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, PubCo shall direct the Exchange Agent to deliver to each record holder, as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (but after giving effect to the division of SPAC Units pursuant to Section 2.2(g)(i)), of shares of SPAC Stock represented by book-entry (“Book-Entry Shares”) not held through DTC, (A) a notice advising such holders of the effectiveness of the Merger and (B) a statement reflecting the applicable Merger Consideration Shares that such holder has the right to receive pursuant to Section 2.2(g)(ii).

 

(iii)          DTC Book-Entry Shares. With respect to Book-Entry Shares held through DTC, SPAC and PubCo shall cooperate to establish procedures with the Exchange Agent and DTC to ensure that the Exchange Agent will transmit to DTC or its nominees as promptly as practicable after the Effective Time, upon surrender of the shares of SPAC Stock held of record by DTC or its nominees in accordance with DTC’s customary surrender procedures, the applicable Merger Consideration Shares that DTC or its nominees have the right to receive pursuant to Section 2.2(g)(ii).

 

(c)           Full Satisfaction. The Merger Consideration Shares delivered upon the exchange of the shares of SPAC Stock in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been paid and issued in full satisfaction of all rights pertaining to such shares of SPAC Stock.

 

(d)           Adjustments to Merger Consideration Shares. The Merger Consideration Shares shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect the effect of any stock split, reverse stock split, stock dividend, reorganization, recapitalization, reclassification, combination, exchange of stock or other like change with respect to any SPAC Securities occurring on or after the date of this Agreement and prior to the Effective Time.

 

(e)           Termination of Exchange Fund. Any portion of the Exchange Fund that remains unclaimed by the SPAC Stockholders with respect to the Merger Consideration Shares for six months after the Effective Time shall be delivered to PubCo, and any SPAC Stockholders who have not theretofore complied with this Section 2.5 shall thereafter look only to PubCo for the applicable Merger Consideration Shares. Any portion of the Exchange Fund with respect to the Merger Consideration Shares remaining unclaimed by SPAC Stockholders, as may be applicable, as of a date which is immediately prior to such time as such amounts would otherwise escheat to or become property of any Governmental Authority shall, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, become the property of PubCo free and clear of any claims or interest of any person previously entitled thereto. PubCo shall hold any such PubCo Ordinary Shares in treasury in accordance with applicable Law.

 

(f)            No Liability. None of the Exchange Agent, SPAC, PubCo, the Surviving Corporation or any of their respective Affiliates shall be liable to any SPAC Stockholder for any such shares of SPAC Stock (or dividends or distributions with respect thereto) or cash delivered to a public official pursuant to any abandoned property, escheat or similar Law in accordance with this Section 2.5.

 

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(g)           Lost Certificates. If any Certificate shall have been lost, stolen or destroyed, upon the making of an affidavit of that fact by the Person claiming such Certificate to be lost, stolen or destroyed, the Exchange Agent shall deliver in exchange for such lost, stolen or destroyed Certificate, the Merger Consideration Shares, as the case may be, that such holder is otherwise entitled to receive pursuant to, and in accordance with, the provisions of Section 2.2(g)(ii).

 

2.6           Withholding. Each of PubCo, the Surviving Corporation and the Company and their agents shall be entitled to deduct and withhold from the consideration otherwise payable pursuant to this Agreement such amounts as it is required to deduct and withhold with respect to the making of such payment under the Code, or any provision of state, local or non-U.S. Tax Law; provided, that PubCo, the Surviving Corporation and the Company or their agents, as applicable, shall (a) use commercially reasonable efforts to provide notice of any withholding that it either intends to make (or cause to be made) in connection with consideration payable or that is otherwise deliverable pursuant to this Agreement (other than any withholding required in connection with amounts properly treated as compensation for applicable Tax purposes) at least five days prior to the date of the relevant payment and (b) reasonably cooperate to reduce or eliminate any such requirement to deduct or withhold to the extent permitted by Law. To the extent that amounts are so withheld by PubCo, the Surviving Corporation or the Company or their agents, as the case may be, and 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.

 

Article III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE TARGET COMPANIES

 

Except as disclosed in the disclosure letter dated as of the date of this Agreement and delivered by Betters to SPAC on the date of this Agreement, subject to and in accordance with Section 12.9 (the “Betters Disclosure Letter”), Betters and the Company hereby represent and warrant to SPAC as follows:

 

3.1           Due Organization; Good Standing; Power and Authority. The Company (a) is a business company limited by shares incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the British Virgin Islands and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, (b) is duly qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which it is conducting its business and (c) is in possession of all material grants, consents, approvals, waivers, authorizations and Permits of, and has delivered all material notices to and made all material declarations and material filings with, any Governmental Authorities (collectively, “Approvals”) necessary to own, lease and operate the assets and properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except, in the case of clause (b), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect. The Company has provided to SPAC true, correct and complete copies of the Company Governing Documents, as amended to date and as currently in effect. The Company is not in violation of any provisions of the Company Governing Documents in any material respect.

 

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3.2           Due Authorization. Except as described in Section 3.2 of the Betters Disclosure Letter, the Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to (a) execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and (b) carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the Transactions. The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and the consummation by the Company of the Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by all requisite action on the part of the Company, and no other proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and to consummate the Transactions. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which the Company is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party have been, or shall be when delivered, duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof and thereof by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitute, or when delivered shall constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with their terms, except insofar as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by principles governing the availability of equitable remedies.

 

3.3           Capitalization.

 

(a)           Section 3.3(a) of the Betters Disclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date of this Agreement, the number of authorized Equity Securities of each class of Equity Securities of the Company, the number of issued and outstanding Equity Securities of each class of Equity Securities of the Company, the record owners thereof and the number of Equity Securities of each class (as applicable) owned by each such record owner. After giving effect to the Share Contribution, PubCo shall own all of the issued and outstanding Equity Securities of the Company, free and clear of all Liens other than (i) as may be set forth in the Company Governing Documents and (ii) any restrictions on sales of securities under applicable securities Laws.

 

(b)           The Equity Securities of the Company as set forth in Section 3.3(a) of the Betters Disclosure Letter (i) are duly authorized, validly issued, and, except as set forth on Section 3.3(b) of the Betters Disclosure Letter, fully paid and non-assessable, (ii) were issued in compliance with applicable Laws and the Company Governing Documents, (iii) were not issued in breach or violation of preemptive rights, purchase option, call or right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar rights or any Contract and (iv) are free and clear of all Liens other than (A) as may be set forth in the Company Governing Documents and (B) any restrictions on sales of securities under applicable securities Laws.

 

(c)           Except as described in Section 3.3(a), there are no issued and outstanding Equity Securities of the Company or any Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound obligating it to issue, sell, purchase, register for sale or redeem or otherwise acquire any Equity Securities or debt securities. The Company has not granted any outstanding options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, restricted stock or other equity-based awards to any current or former employee or service provider. Except for this Agreement and the Betters Shareholder Support Agreement, there are no voting trusts, proxies, shareholder agreements or any other Contracts to which the Company is a party or by which the Company is bound with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the Equity Securities of the Company.

 

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3.4           Subsidiaries of the Company.

 

(a)           A true, correct and complete list of the Company’s Subsidiaries as of the date hereof, together with the jurisdiction of incorporation of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries, is disclosed in Section 3.4(a) of the Betters Disclosure Letter.

 

(b)           Each of the Company’s Subsidiaries (i) is a corporation or other organization duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization and has all requisite corporate or other organizational company power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, (ii) is duly qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which it is conducting its business and (iii) is in possession of all material Approvals necessary to own, lease and operate the assets and properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except, in the case of clause (ii), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect. The Company has provided to SPAC true, correct and complete copies of the Governing Documents of each of its Subsidiaries, as amended to date and as currently in effect. None of the Company’s Subsidiaries is in violation of any provisions of its respective Governing Documents in any material respect.

 

(c)           Section 3.4(c) of the Betters Disclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date of this Agreement, the number of authorized Equity Securities of each class of Equity Securities of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries, the number of issued and outstanding Equity Securities of each class of Equity Securities of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries, the record owners thereof and the number of Equity Securities of each class (as applicable) owned by each such record owner.

 

(d)           The Equity Securities of each of the Company’s Subsidiaries as set forth in Section 3.4(c) of the Betters Disclosure Letter (i) are duly authorized, validly issued, and, except as set forth on Section 3.4(d) of the Betters Disclosure Letter, fully paid and non-assessable, (ii) were issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable Laws and the Governing Documents of the applicable Subsidiary of the Company, (iii) were not issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights, purchase option, call option or right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar rights under any Contract to which such Subsidiary is a party and (iv) are free and clear of all Liens other than (A) as may be set forth in the Governing Documents of the applicable Subsidiary of the Company and (B) any restrictions on sales of securities arising under applicable securities Laws.

 

(e)           Except as described in Section 3.4(c), there are no issued and outstanding Equity Securities of any of the Company’s Subsidiaries or any Contracts to which any Subsidiary of the Company is a party or by which any Subsidiary of the Company is bound obligating it to issue, sell, purchase, register for sale or redeem or otherwise acquire any Equity Securities or debt securities. No Subsidiary of the Company has granted any outstanding options, stock appreciation rights, restricted stock units, restricted stock or other equity-based awards to any current or former employee or service provider. There are no voting trusts, proxies, shareholder agreements or any other Contracts to which any Subsidiary of the Company is a party or by which any Subsidiary of the Company is bound with respect to the voting or transfer of any of its Equity Securities.

 

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3.5           No Conflict; Governmental Consents and Filings.

 

(a)           The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party do not, and the performance by the Company of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party will not (i) conflict with or violate the Company Governing Documents, (ii) assuming that the Approvals referred to in Section 3.5(b) are duly and timely obtained or made, conflict with or violate any applicable Laws or (iii) violate, conflict with, result in any breach of or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give to any third party any rights of consent, termination, suspension, withdrawal, amendment, acceleration or cancellation under, or result in the creation of a Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) on any of the properties or assets of the Target Companies pursuant to any Company Material Contracts, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           The execution and delivery by the Company of this Agreement, and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party does not, and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder will not, require any Approvals, except for: (i) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or “Blue Sky” Permits or approvals; (ii) the Approvals set forth in Section 3.5(b) of the Betters Disclosure Letter; and (iii) where the failure to obtain any such Approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.6           Legal Compliance.

 

(a)           Except as disclosed in Section 3.6 of the Betters Disclosure Letter, each of the Target Companies has complied with and is not in violation of any applicable Laws with respect to the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its business, except for any failures to comply with or violations of applicable Laws which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, all Approvals of the Governmental Authorities of the PRC that are required to be obtained or made in respect of, as applicable, each of the Target Companies with respect to its establishment, capital structure, business and operations as it is now being conducted, including the Approvals of the State Administration for Market Regulation of the PRC (formerly the State Administration for Industry and Commerce), the Ministry of Commerce of the PRC, the National Development and Reform Commission of the PRC, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of the PRC, SAFE, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security of the PRC, the Fire and Rescue Department Ministry of Emergency Management and the State Administration of Taxation of the PRC, and their respective local counterparts, if required, have been duly completed in accordance with the applicable Laws of the PRC, except for any such Approvals the absence of which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect. Each of the Target Companies, if established or operating in the PRC, has been conducting its business activities within its permitted scope of business, and has been operating its business in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws and with all requisite Approvals of the Governmental Authorities of the PRC. Except as disclosed in Section 3.6 of the Betters Disclosure Letter, no written, or to the knowledge of Betters, oral notice of any non-compliance by any of the Target Companies with any applicable Laws has been received by Betters or any of the Target Companies, which would, or would reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, be material to the business of the Target Companies, taken as a whole.

 

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(b)           To the knowledge of Betters, each holder or beneficial owner of any Equity Securities of any of the Target Companies who is a PRC resident and subject to any of the registration or reporting requirements of the SAFE circulars or any other applicable SAFE rules and regulations (collectively, the “SAFE Rules and Regulations”) has complied with such reporting or registration requirements under the SAFE Rules and Regulations with respect to its investment in such Target Company, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect. None of the Target Companies or any of their respective directors or officers, nor, to the knowledge of Betters, any holder or beneficial owner of any Equity Securities of any of the Target Companies, has received any inquiry, notification, warning or any other similar form of official correspondence from SAFE or any of its local branches with respect to any actual or alleged non-compliance with the SAFE Rules and Regulations.

 

3.7           Financial Statements.

 

(a)           True, correct and complete copies of (i) (A) the audited consolidated balance sheet of Betters and the Target Companies for the year ended December 31, 2021, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in equity and cash flows for such year, and (B) the audited consolidated balance sheet of Betters and the Target Companies as at May 31, 2022, and the related audited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in equity and cash flows for such five-month period, in each case, together with the auditor’s reports thereon (collectively, the “Betters Audited Financial Statements”), and (ii) (A) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of Betters and the Target Companies for the year ended December 31, 2022, and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in equity and cash flows for such year, and (B) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet (the “Most Recent Balance Sheet”) of Betters and the Target Companies as at April 30, 2023 (the “Most Recent Balance Sheet Date”), and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations and comprehensive loss, changes in equity and cash flows for such four-month period (collectively, the “Betters Interim Financial Statements” and together with the Betters Audited Financial Statements, the “Betters Financial Statements”), have been made available to SPAC.

 

(b)           Except as disclosed in Section 3.7(b) of the Betters Disclosure Letter, the Betters Financial Statements (i) comply as to form and were prepared in accordance with GAAP applied on a consistent basis throughout the periods involved, subject only in the case of the Betters Interim Financial Statements, to normal and recurring year-end adjustments and the absence of notes, (ii) fairly and accurately present in all material respects the financial position, results of operations and cash flows of Betters and the Target Companies as at the dates thereof and for the periods indicated and (iii) were derived from and accurately reflect the books and records of Betters and the Target Companies and are complete and accurate within the meaning of GAAP in all material respects.

 

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(c)           Each of Betters and the Target Companies maintains books and records reflecting its assets and Liabilities and has established and maintained proper and adequate internal controls in accordance with applicable Law which are sufficient to provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are executed with management’s authorization, (ii) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of the consolidated financial statements of Betters and the Target Companies and to maintain accountability for each such entity’s assets and Liabilities, (iii) access to each such entity’s assets is permitted only in accordance with management’s authorization and (iv) adequate procedures are implemented to effect the collection of accounts, notes and other receivables on a timely basis. The financial books and records of Betters and the Target Companies are complete and accurate in all material respects and have been maintained in the Ordinary Course. To the knowledge of Betters, none of Betters or any of the Target Companies has been subject to, or involved in, any fraud by management or other employees who have a significant role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal controls over financial reporting of Betters or any Target Company. During the past three years, none of Betters or any of the Target Companies or, to the knowledge of Betters, any of their respective Representatives, has received any written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim regarding the accounting or auditing practices, procedures, methodologies or methods of Betters or any Target Company or their respective internal accounting controls, including any material written complaint, allegation, assertion or claim that Betters or any Target Company has engaged in questionable accounting or auditing practices.

 

(d)           None of Betters or the Target Companies, or, to the knowledge of Betters, the independent auditors of Betters and the Target Companies, has identified or been made aware of (i) any significant deficiency or material weakness in the system of internal accounting controls utilized by Betters or the Target Companies, (ii) any fraud that involves Betters or the Target Companies’ management or other employees who have a significant role in the preparation of financial statements or the internal controls over financial reporting of Betters or any Target Company or (iii) any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.

 

(e)           As of the date hereof, the Target Companies do not have any Indebtedness (inclusive of principal and any accrued but unpaid interest with respect to such Indebtedness) in excess of $1,000,000 other than (i) Indebtedness disclosed in the Betters Financial Statements or (ii) as is set forth on Section 3.7(e) of the Betters Disclosure Letter.

 

(f)            Except as contemplated by this Agreement or as disclosed in Section 3.7(f) of the Betters Disclosure Letter, there are no outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made by Betters or any Target Company to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act) or director of any Target Company.

 

3.8           No Undisclosed Liabilities. No Target Company has any material Liabilities of a nature required to be disclosed on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, except: (a) Liabilities set forth in the Most Recent Balance Sheet; (b) Liabilities arising in the Ordinary Course after the Most Recent Balance Sheet Date (none of which arises out of or is in connection with any breach of Contract, breach of representation or warranty, tort, infringement, or violation of applicable Law); (c) Liabilities arising under or in connection with this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements or the consummation of the Transactions; or (d) Liabilities set forth in Section 3.8 of the Betters Disclosure Letter.

 

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3.9           Business Activities; Absence of Certain Changes or Events. Except as contemplated by this Agreement or as disclosed in Section 3.9 of the Betters Disclosure Letter, since December 31, 2022, (a) each of the Target Companies has conducted its business in the Ordinary Course and (b) there has not occurred any Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.10         Litigation. Except as disclosed in Section 3.10 of the Betters Disclosure Letter or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect, there is (a) no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened, Action against any of the Target Companies or any of their respective properties or assets, or any of their respective directors or officers with regard to their actions as such; (b) no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened, audit, examination or investigation by any Governmental Authority against any of the Target Companies or any of their respective properties or assets, or any of their respective directors or officers with regard to their actions as such; (c) no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened, Action by any of the Target Companies against any third party; (d) no settlement or similar agreement (whether in effect or pending) that imposes any ongoing obligation or restriction on any of the Target Companies; and (e) no Governmental Order imposed upon, and no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened, Governmental Order to be imposed upon any of the Target Companies or any of their respective properties or assets, or any of their respective directors or officers with regard to their actions as such.

 

3.11         Company Benefit Plans.

 

(a)           Section 3.11(a) of the Betters Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and complete list, as of the date of this Agreement, of each material Company Benefit Plan. None of the Target Companies has at any time maintained, established, operated, sponsored, participated in or contributed to any Company Benefit Plan subject to Section 302 or Title IV of ERISA, and none of the Target Companies, nor any of their respective ERISA Affiliates, has any Liability under any plan subject to Title IV of ERISA.

 

(b)           To the knowledge of Betters, the execution, delivery and performance by the Company of this Agreement and any Ancillary Agreements and the consummation of the Transactions, will not result in any payment (whether of severance pay or otherwise), acceleration, vesting, distribution, increase in benefits or obligation to fund benefits with respect to any current or former employee of any of the Target Companies.

 

(c)           Except as set forth on Section 3.11(c) of the Betters Disclosure Letter, each Company Benefit Plan has been established, funded, maintained and administered in compliance in all material respects with its terms and all applicable Laws, and all contributions required to be made with respect to any Company Benefit Plan on or before the date of this Agreement have been timely made or accrued and reflected in the financial statements of the Target Companies to the extent required by GAAP and in accordance with all applicable Laws.

 

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3.12         Labor Relations; Employment Contracts.

 

(a)           Betters has made available to SPAC a true, correct and complete roster of all (i) employees of each of the Target Companies and (ii) all individuals engaged as independent contractors and consultants of each of the Target Companies (other than those employed or retained by third-party corporate entities).

 

(b)           Except as disclosed in Section 3.12(b) of the Betters Disclosure Letter, none of the Target Companies is a party to any collective bargaining agreement or other similar labor Contract applicable to persons employed by any of the Target Companies, and, to the knowledge of Betters, there is no organizing activity involving any of the Target Companies that is pending by any labor organization or employee union.

 

(c)           There is no (i) pending strike, work stoppage, slowdown, lockout or arbitration against or involving any of the Target Companies involving any employee of any of the Target Companies or (ii) unfair labor practice charge, or grievance or complaint pending by or on behalf of any employee or former employee of any of the Target Companies or any labor organization to which any Target Company has been given written notice, except, in each case, as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d)           No judgment, consent decree or arbitration award imposes continuing material remedial obligations or otherwise materially limits or affects the ability of any Target Company to manage its employees, service providers or job applicants.

 

(e)           Except as disclosed in Section 3.12(e) of the Betters Disclosure Letter, each of the Target Companies is in compliance in all material respects with all applicable Laws relating to labor and employment matters, including Laws relating to wages (including minimum wage and overtime), housing funds, social insurance contributions, hours or work, child labor, discrimination, withholdings and deductions, classification and payment of employees, independent contractors and consultants, employment equity, “mass layoffs” or “plant closings” or with respect to collective bargaining, occupational health and safety, workers’ compensation and immigration.

 

(f)            Except as disclosed in Section 3.12(f) of the Betters Disclosure Letter, or as would not, and would not reasonably be expected to, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect (i) none of the Target Companies is liable for any arrears of wages or penalties with respect thereto, and (ii) there are no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened Actions against any of the Target Companies by any employee or former employee of any of the Target Companies in connection with such employee’s employment or termination of employment by any of the Target Companies.

 

3.13         Restrictions on Business Activities. Except as disclosed in Section 3.13 of the Betters Disclosure Letter, there is no Contract or Governmental Order binding upon any of the Target Companies or its assets or properties or to which Betters or any of the Target Companies is a party which has the effect of prohibiting or materially impairing (a) any business practice of any of the Target Companies, (b) any acquisition of property by any of the Target Companies or (c) the conduct of business by any of the Target Companies as currently conducted, other than such effects which would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

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3.14         Title to Property.

 

(a)           Except as disclosed in Section 3.14(b) of the Betters Disclosure Letter, none of the Target Companies owns any parcels of real property or any real property interests, and no Target Company has any options or Contracts under which any Target Company has a right to purchase, lease or otherwise acquire, or the obligation to sell, lease or otherwise divest, any real property or interests in real property.

 

(b)           Section 3.14(b) of the Betters Disclosure Letter contains a true, correct and complete list of all leases, subleases and similar occupancy Contracts providing for the use or occupancy of real property entered into by any of the Target Companies (the “Leases”). Betters has made available to SPAC true, correct and complete copies of the Leases and all extensions, amendments, modifications and supplements thereto, if applicable, and in the case of any oral Lease, a written summary of the material terms of such Lease. A Target Company has valid leasehold title to all of the Leases, free and clear of all Liens, except for Permitted Liens. Each of the Leases are in full force and effect and is a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Target Company party thereto, and to the knowledge of Betters, the counterparty thereto, enforceable against such counterparty in accordance with its terms, except insofar as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by principles governing the availability of equitable remedies. No Event has occurred which (whether with or without notice, lapse of time or both or the happening or occurrence of any other Event) would constitute a material default on the part of a Target Company or, to the knowledge of Betters, any other party under any of the Leases, and none of Betters or any Target Company has received written notice of any such default. There exists no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened condemnation, confiscation, occupation or eminent domain Action with respect to, or which could adversely affect, the continued use and enjoyment of the leasehold interests of the Target Companies under the Leases.

 

(c)           Each Target Company has good and marketable title to, or a valid leasehold interest in or right to use, all of its material tangible assets, free and clear of all Liens other than (a) Permitted Liens, (b) the rights of lessors under leasehold interests, (c) Liens set forth on the Most Recent Balance Sheet and (d) Liens set forth on Section 3.14(c) of the Betters Disclosure Letter.

 

3.15         Taxes.

 

(a)            All income and other material Tax Returns required to be filed by any of the Target Companies have been timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file), and all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects.

 

(b)            Each of the Target Companies has timely paid in full all of its income and other material Taxes which are due and payable (whether or not shown as due on any Tax Return).

 

(c)            All material Taxes required by applicable Tax Laws to be withheld by any of the Target Companies from amounts owing to any employee, creditor or other Person have been withheld and paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority in a timely manner, and each of the Target Companies has complied in all material respects with all applicable withholding and related reporting requirements with respect to such Taxes.

 

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(d)            No claim, assessment or material deficiency for any material Taxes has been asserted or assessed by any Governmental Authority against any of the Target Companies, which deficiency has not been resolved and paid in full, including any penalties or interest thereon. No Tax audit, examination or other proceeding by any Governmental Authority is currently pending or threatened in writing against any of the Target Companies with respect to any Taxes due from such entity.

 

(e)            None of the Target Companies has consented to extend the time in which any Tax may be assessed or collected by any Governmental Authority (other than pursuant to extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the Ordinary Course), which extension is still in effect.

 

(f)             There are no Liens (other than Permitted Liens) with respect to Taxes on any of the assets or properties of any of the Target Companies.

 

(g)            None of the Target Companies has made a request for or entered into any closing agreement, private letter ruling, advance pricing agreement, advance tax ruling or similar agreement with any Governmental Authority with respect to Taxes, which would or would reasonably be expected to materially impact the Taxes of PubCo, the Surviving Corporation or any of the Target Companies after the Closing Date.

 

(h)            None of the Target Companies is a party to any Tax indemnification, Tax sharing, Tax allocation or similar Tax agreement that will be binding on any Target Company with respect to any period following the Closing Date, or has any Liability for Taxes of any other Person by operation of Law or Contract, in each case, other than (i) any such agreements solely between the Target Companies and (ii) customary commercial Contracts (or Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course), the principle purpose of which is not Tax.

 

(i)             All the material Tax incentives, grants, subsidies, concessions, abatements and other similar forms of assistance from Governmental Authorities under Tax Laws that were claimed by any of the Target Companies were claimed in compliance with applicable Tax Laws, and all conditions for claiming such benefits have been fulfilled by the Target Companies in all material respects. Neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, nor the consummation of the Transactions, would affect the continued validity and effectiveness of any such material Tax incentives, grants, subsidies, concessions, abatements and other similar forms of assistance from Governmental Authorities under Tax Laws, except as would not have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

(j)             Within the three-year period ending on the date of this Agreement, no claim that is currently outstanding has been made in writing by any Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where any of the Target Companies does not file Tax Returns that such Target Company is or may be subject to taxation in that jurisdiction.

 

(k)            The Company, its “qualified subsidiaries” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-3(c)(5)(vii)) or its “qualified partnerships” (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-3(c)(5)(viii)), each such party has (i) been engaged in an active trade or business outside the United States (within the meaning of Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-2(d)(2), (3) and (4)) for the entire 36-month period immediately prior to the Closing Date and (ii) no intention to substantially dispose of, or discontinue, such trade or business.

 

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(l)             None of the Target Companies has taken or agreed to take any action not contemplated by this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements or any related ancillary documents that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

3.16         Environmental Matters. Except as disclosed in Section 3.16 of the Betters Disclosure Letter or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect:

 

(a)           No Action is pending, or to the knowledge of Betters, threatened against any Target Company or any assets or properties of any Target Company alleging that such Target Company is in violation of any Environmental Law or Environmental Permit or has any Liability under any Environmental Law.

 

(b)           No Approval which has not already been obtained, or which is in the process of being obtained as disclosed in Section 3.16(b) of the Betters Disclosure Letter, by the applicable Target Companies is required under any Environmental Laws or Environmental Permits in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements or the consummation of the Transactions.

 

(c)           Each Target Company is and during the past three years has been in compliance with all Environmental Laws, including obtaining, maintaining in good standing, and complying with all Environmental Permits, and no Action is pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened to revoke, modify in any respect or terminate any such Environmental Permit.

 

(d)           (i) No Target Company is the subject of any outstanding or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened Governmental Order in respect of any (A) Environmental Laws, (B) Remedial Action, or (C) Release or threatened Release of any Hazardous Materials, and (ii) no Target Company has assumed, contractually or by operation of Law, any outstanding Liabilities of any other Person under any Environmental Laws.

 

(e)           No Target Company has manufactured, treated, stored, disposed of, arranged for or permitted the disposal of, generated, handled or Released any Hazardous Materials, or owned or operated any property or facility, in a manner that has given rise, or would reasonably be expected to give rise, to any Liability of any Target Company under Environmental Laws.

 

3.17         No Brokers. Except as disclosed in Section 3.17 of the Betters Disclosure Letter, no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other similar commission in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by any of the Target Companies.

 

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3.18         Intellectual Property.

 

(a)           Section 3.18(a) of the Betters Disclosure Letter lists, as of the date of this Agreement, each registration of or application to register Owned Intellectual Property, specifying for each item: (i) the title of the item, if applicable; (ii) the owner; (iii) the jurisdiction in which such item has been issued, registered or filed; (iv) the issuance, registration or application date; and (v) the issuance, filing, registration or application number (as applicable).

 

(b)           All Owned Intellectual Property is subsisting, and to the knowledge of Betters, valid and enforceable in accordance with applicable Law.

 

(c)           Except as disclosed in Section 3.18(c) of the Betters Disclosure Letter:

 

(i)            A Target Company (A) solely holds the entire right, title and interest in and to all Owned Intellectual Property, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), without obligation to pay royalties, licensing fees or other fees, or otherwise account to any third party with respect to such Owned Intellectual Property, and (B) has rights to use, pursuant to a valid and enforceable written license, sublicense or agreement, all Licensed Intellectual Property, free and clear of all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), except as would not be material to the business of the Target Companies, taken as a whole. The Company Intellectual Property constitutes in all material respects all Intellectual Property necessary for, the operation of the business of the Target Companies, taken as a whole, as currently conducted.

 

(ii)           Except as would not be material to the business of the Target Companies, taken as a whole, none of the Target Companies, including in connection with the operation of its businesses and activities, are currently infringing, misappropriating or otherwise violating, or have infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated in the last three years, any Intellectual Property of any Person. There are no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened in writing Actions against any of the Target Companies involving any claim of infringement, unauthorized use, misappropriation or other violation of any Intellectual Property of any Person or challenging the ownership, registration, validity, enforceability, or use of any Owned Intellectual Property.

 

(iii)          To the knowledge of Betters, and except as would not be material to the business of the Target Companies, taken as a whole, no Owned Intellectual Property has been in the last three years or is being infringed, misappropriated or otherwise violated by any Person.

 

(iv)          (A) No funding, facilities or personnel of any Governmental Authority, university or research center were used, to Develop, create, or reduce to practice, in whole or in part, any Owned Intellectual Property material to the business of the Target Companies taken as a whole, and (B) no Governmental Authority, university, college, other educational institution, multi-national, bi-national or international or research center owns or otherwise holds, or has the right to obtain, any rights to any Owned Intellectual Property (or any rights to Intellectual Property created by any of the Target Companies) material to the business of the Target Companies taken as a whole. None of the Target Companies is now, and has never been, a member or promoter of, or a contributor to, any industry standards body or any similar organization that requires any Target Company to grant or offer to any other Person any license or other right to any Owned Intellectual Property material to the business of the Target Companies, taken as a whole.

 

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(v)           Each of the Target Companies has taken commercially reasonable efforts to protect and maintain the secrecy and confidentiality of all Proprietary Information owned or held by the Target Companies that is material to the business of the Target Companies, taken as a whole, and to the knowledge of Betters, such Proprietary Information has not been subject to unauthorized access or disclosure by a third party.

 

(vi)          The consummation of the Transactions will not result in the release of source code for material Software owned or purported to be owned by any of the Target Companies (“Company Software”). No source code for any Company Software that is material to any Target Company has been (or is required to be) delivered, licensed or made available, directly or indirectly, and by or on behalf of, any Target Company to any escrow agent, or other Person who is not an employee, officer, consultant or independent contractor or vendor required to keep such source code confidential and only use such source code for the benefit of a Target Company.

 

(vii)         To the knowledge of Betters, none of the Company Software contains any bug, defect or error that is materially affecting the use, functionality or performance of such Company Software.

 

(viii)        None of the Target Companies is in breach in any material respect of any terms or conditions of any relevant licenses of Open Source Software. No Company Software incorporates, is integrated with, or links to any Open Source Software in such a manner that, taking into account the current conduct of the Target Companies, requires any of the Target Companies to distribute any proprietary source code for any Company Software under the terms of a license to such Open Source Software, and, to the knowledge of Betters, there would be no reasonable basis for such a claim to be made by a third party. During the past three years, none of the Target Companies has received any such written claim from a third party.

 

(ix)          The IT Systems are in good working condition to effectively perform in all material respects all information technology operations necessary to conduct the business of the Target Companies as currently conducted, taken as a whole. Each Target Company has implemented commercially reasonable safeguards and controls to protect Owned Intellectual Property, Company Software, Proprietary Information and any Personal Information under its control, where applicable, against loss, damage, and unauthorized access, use, modification, or other misuse. To the knowledge of Betters, none of the Target Companies has experienced within the past three years any material disruption to the IT Systems that has not been corrected. Each Target Company has implemented and maintains commercially reasonable measures, consistent with industry practice, that are designed or intended (A) to provide for the back-up and recovery of all data and information of the business of such Target Company (including such data and information that is stored on magnetic or optical media in the Ordinary Course), (B) to safeguard the security of the IT Systems, and (C) to, where there is a disruptive event, replace or substitute affected IT Systems without causing a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(x)           Except as would not be material to the business of the Target Companies, taken as a whole, to the knowledge of Betters, none of the Company Software or other IT Systems contain any “back door,” “drop dead device,” “time bomb,” “Trojan horse,” “virus,” or “worm” (as such terms are commonly understood in the software industry) or any other malicious Software or device that is (A) disrupting, disabling, harming or otherwise impeding the operation of, or providing unauthorized access to, a computer system or network or other device on which such Software or device is stored or installed or (B) damaging or destroying any data or file without the user’s consent.

 

(xi)          Except as would not be material to the business of the Target Companies, taken as a whole, to the knowledge of Betters, there has been no unauthorized intrusion or breach of the security of the IT Systems in the three years prior to the date hereof.

 

(xii)         Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, the representations and warranties set forth in this Section 3.18 shall be the only representations or warranties of the Company in this Agreement with respect to any actual or alleged infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Intellectual Property and nothing in this Section 3.18 shall be deemed, construed, or interpreted to constitute a representation with respect to infringement, misappropriation or other violation of any Intellectual Property.

 

3.19         Data Privacy.

 

(a)           To the knowledge of Betters, each Target Company complies in all material respects with all applicable Privacy Laws. The Target Companies (i) have implemented and maintain appropriate policies and procedures in relation to the Processing of Personal Information (including cross-border transfer) and other mechanisms designed to ensure and monitor compliance with such policies and procedures, (ii) maintain, in all material respects, records of their Personal Information Processing activities as required under applicable Privacy Laws, (iii) have made all material disclosures to, and obtained all appropriate and material consents, approvals or authorizations from customers, employees, directors, officers, consultants, contractors and other applicable Persons as required under applicable Privacy Laws to Process such Personal Information lawfully and in accordance with applicable Privacy Laws, and (iv) filed all material registrations required under applicable Privacy Laws with the applicable data protection authority, in each case to the extent required under applicable Privacy Laws.

 

(b)           Each Target Company has implemented and maintains appropriate technical and organizational measures designed or otherwise intended to protect Personal Information and other data relating to the business of the Target Companies, taken as a whole, against breaches and cybersecurity incidents. Each Target Company has undertaken and resolved or is in the process of resolving in good faith, any material issues identified by any surveys, audits, or assessments (including any risk assessments and risk analyses) of all areas of its business and operations, in each case, required in accordance with applicable Privacy Laws. To the knowledge of Betters, in the past two (2) years, there has been no material loss of, damage to, unauthorized access to, or unauthorized use, modification, or misuse of, any Personal Information in the possession or control of a Target Company.

 

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(c)            In the past two (2) years, no Target Company has (i) been subject to any actual or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened investigation, notice or request from any Governmental Authority in relation to its data Processing or cybersecurity activities or (ii) received any actual or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened claim from any individual or Governmental Authority alleging any breach of applicable Privacy Laws. The Processing of Personal Information by the Target Companies is carried out in accordance with applicable Privacy Laws, and where applicable, with appropriate safeguards for any transfer of such Personal Information, in all material respects.

 

3.20         Suppliers and Customers.

 

(a)           Section 3.20(a) of the Betters Disclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date of this Agreement, the top 10 suppliers based on the aggregate dollar value of the Target Companies’ transaction volume with such counterparties during the trailing four months for the period between January 1, 2023 and ending April 30, 2023 (the “Top Suppliers”).

 

(b)           Section 3.20(b) of the Betters Disclosure Letter sets forth, as of the date of this Agreement, the top 10 customers based on the aggregate dollar value of the Target Companies’ transaction volume with such counterparties during the trailing four months for the period between January 1, 2023 and ending April 30, 2023 (the “Top Customers”).

 

(c)           Except as set forth on Section 3.20(c) of the Betters Disclosure Letter, none of the Top Suppliers or the Top Customers has, as of the date of this Agreement, delivered to any of the Target Companies written notice of its intention to terminate, cancel or materially limit or materially and adversely modify any of its existing business with a Target Company (other than due to the expiration of an existing Contract), and there is no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened material Action made by any Top Supplier or Top Customer against any of the Target Companies or their respective businesses, properties or assets.

 

3.21         Agreements, Contracts and Commitments.

 

(a)           Section 3.21(a) of the Betters Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and complete list of each Company Material Contract that is in effect as of the date of this Agreement. For purposes of this Agreement, “Company Material Contract” shall mean each of the following Contracts to which, as of the date of this Agreement, any Target Company is a party (other than, in each case, any Leases, Contracts relating to labor and employment matters which are addressed in Section 3.12 hereof and Contracts relating to insurance policies which are addressed in Section 3.22 hereof):

 

(i)            any Contract, other than an R&D Contract, reasonably expected to result in future payments to or by any Target Company in excess of $500,000 per annum;

 

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(ii)           any Contract (other than Contracts evidencing Indebtedness, which are addressed in Section 3.21(a)(iv) hereof) under or in respect of which the Company presently has any Liability in excess of $500,000;

 

(iii)          any Contract that purports to limit in any material respect the localities in which the business of any Target Company is conducted, including any non-compete Contracts or Contracts limiting the ability of any Target Company to solicit customers or employees;

 

(iv)          any Contract that evidences Indebtedness (whether incurred, assumed, guaranteed or secured by any asset) of or to any Target Company having an outstanding amount (inclusive of principal and any accrued but unpaid interest with respect to such Indebtedness) in excess of $1,000,000;

 

(v)           any Contract that is related to the formation, creation, management, control, governance or operation of any joint venture, partnership, profit-sharing, limited liability company or similar arrangement;

 

(vi)          any Contract for (A) the sale of a material portion of the business, properties or tangible assets of the Target Companies, other than in the Ordinary Course, or (B) the acquisition by any Target Company of any operating business, properties or assets, whether by merger, purchase or sale of stock or assets or otherwise (other than Contracts for the purchase of inventory or supplies entered into in the Ordinary Course);

 

(vii)         any Contract with a Top Supplier or Top Customer which involves transactions in an amount in excess of $500,000 per annum;

 

(viii)        any Contract for the employment or hiring or engagement for services of any director, officer or employee of any of the Target Companies that provides for annual base compensation in excess of $250,000 and that is not terminable by such Target Company with notice without material cost or other Liability (except as required by applicable Law);

 

(ix)          any Contract (other than a Contract with a customer or a vendor entered into in the Ordinary Course or a Contract containing customary mutual indemnification obligations) that obligates any of the Target Companies to provide continuing indemnification;

 

(x)           any Contract that is a labor agreement, collective bargaining agreement or other labor-related agreement or arrangement with any labor union, labor organization, works council or other employee-representative body;

 

(xi)          any Contract (other than Contracts evidencing Indebtedness, which are addressed in Section 3.21(a)(iv) hereof) that obligates the Target Companies, individually or collectively, to make any capital expenditure with a remaining outstanding commitment in excess of $250,000 (including pursuant to any joint venture);

 

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(xii)         any Contract that relates to a settlement of any Action entered into by any Target Company under which any Target Company has outstanding obligations in excess of $500,000 (other than customary confidentiality or non-disparagement obligations);

 

(xiii)        any Contract pursuant to which any Target Company grants a license to use any material Intellectual Property, other than (A) licenses for unmodified commercially available Software licensed on standard terms, (B) Contracts executed with customers of the business that include non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property in association with the sale of goods and services, and (C) non-exclusive licenses of Intellectual Property granted in the Ordinary Course;

 

(xiv)        any Contract that grants another Person (other than another Target Company or any manager, director or officer of any Target Company) a power of attorney, other than Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course; and

 

(xv)         any Contract that will be required to be filed with the Proxy/Registration Statement under applicable SEC requirements or would otherwise be required to be filed by any Target Company as an exhibit for a Form F-1 pursuant to Items 601(b)(1), (2), (4), (9) or (10) of Regulation S-K under the Securities Act as if such Target Company was the registrant.

 

(b)           Except as otherwise set forth in Section 3.21(b) of the Betters Disclosure Letter, each Company Material Contract is in full force and effect and, to the knowledge of Betters, is valid and binding upon and enforceable in all material respects against each of the parties thereto, except insofar as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by principles governing the availability of equitable remedies.

 

(c)           No Target Company nor, to the knowledge of Betters, any other party to any Company Material Contract is in breach of or in default under, and no Event has occurred which with notice or lapse of time or both would become a breach of or default under, or permit termination or acceleration by the other party, under such Company Material Contract, and no party to any Company Material Contract has given written notice to any Target Company of any claim of any such breach, default or Event, in each case, except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

(d)           No Target Company has received or delivered written or, to the knowledge of Betters, oral notice of an intention by any party to any such Company Material Contract to terminate such Company Material Contract or amend the terms thereof, other than modifications in the Ordinary Course that do not adversely affect the Target Companies in any material respect.

 

3.22         Insurance. True, correct and complete copies of (or, to the extent such policies are not available, policy binders with respect to) any insurance policies held by, or for the benefit of, any of the Target Companies as of the date of this Agreement (collectively, the “Insurance Policies”), have been made available to SPAC. All premiums and other amounts owed with respect to the Insurance Policies have been timely paid in accordance with the terms of such policies, there have been no lapses in insurance coverage, and no Target Company has received any written notice from any insurer under any of the Insurance Policies canceling or materially adversely amending any such policy or denying renewal of coverage thereunder. To the knowledge of Betters, each Insurance Policy (a) is valid, binding, enforceable and in full force and effect and (b) will continue to be valid, binding, enforceable, and in full force and effect on identical terms following the consummation of the Share Contribution. No Target Company has or maintains any self-insurance or co-insurance programs. No Target Company has in the past three years made any insurance claim in excess of $250,000. To the knowledge of Betters, no Event has occurred, and no condition or circumstance exists, that would reasonably be expected to (with or without notice or lapse of time) give rise to or serve as a basis for the denial of any such insurance claim. No Target Company has in the past three years made any material claim against an Insurance Policy as to which the insurer is denying coverage.

 

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3.23         Transactions with Target Company Related Persons. Except as disclosed on Section 3.23 of the Betters Disclosure Letter, none of Betters, any Betters Shareholders, any officers, managers, directors or employees of any of the Target Companies or any of their respective Affiliates, nor any immediate family member of any of the foregoing (each, a “Target Company Related Person”), is presently, or in the past three years has been, a party to any Contract with a Target Company (in each case, other than (x) pursuant to a Company Benefit Plan or (y) any Contract with respect to such Person’s status as a holder of Equity Securities of any Target Company), including any Contract (a) providing for the furnishing of services by (other than as officers, managers, directors, employees or independent contractors of any Target Company), (b) providing for the rental of real or personal property from, or (c) otherwise requiring payments to (other than for services or expenses as officers, managers, directors, employees or independent contractors of any Target Company in the Ordinary Course) any Target Company Related Person or any Person in which any Target Company Related Person has a position as an officer, manager, director, trustee or partner or in which any Target Company Related Person has any direct or indirect ownership interest (other than the ownership of securities representing no more than 2% of the outstanding voting power or economic interests of a publicly traded company), in each case, (i) other than this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement, and (ii) except as would not be material to the business of the Target Companies, taken as a whole. Except as set forth on Section 3.23 of the Betters Disclosure Letter, no Target Company Related Person owns any material real or personal property or right, tangible or intangible (including Intellectual Property), which is used in the business of any Target Company.

 

3.24         Absence of Certain Business Practices.

 

(a)           During the past three years, no Target Company, nor, to the knowledge of Betters, any of their respective Representatives acting on their behalf has (i) used any funds for unlawful contributions, gifts, entertainment or other unlawful expenses relating to political activity, (ii) promised, made or offered to make any unlawful payment or provided or offered to provide anything of value to any official or employee of a Governmental Authority, to foreign or domestic political parties or campaigns or violated any provision of any Specified Business Conduct Laws in any material respect or (iii) made any other unlawful payment. During the past three years, no Target Company, nor, to the knowledge of Betters, any of their respective Representatives acting on their behalf has directly or knowingly indirectly, given or agreed to give any unlawful gift or similar unlawful benefit in any material amount to any customer, supplier, official or employee of a Governmental Authority or other Person who is or may be in a position to help or hinder any Target Company or assist any Target Company in connection with any actual or proposed transaction. No Action involving a Target Company with respect to the any of the foregoing is pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened.

 

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(b)           During the past three years, the operations of each Target Company are and have been conducted at all times and in all material respects in compliance with all Specified Business Conduct Laws in all applicable jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder and any related or similar rules, regulations or guidelines, issued, administered or enforced by any Governmental Authority that have jurisdiction over the Target Companies, and no Action involving a Target Company with respect to the any of the foregoing is pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened.

 

(c)           No Target Company or any of its directors or officers, or, to the knowledge of Betters, any other Representative acting on behalf of a Target Company is currently (i) a Sanctioned Person, (ii) organized, resident, or located in, or a national of a comprehensively Sanctioned Country or (iii) in the aggregate, 50% or greater owned, directly or indirectly, or otherwise controlled, by a person identified in clauses (i) or (ii), and, to the knowledge of Betters, no Target Company has, directly or indirectly, used any funds, or loaned, contributed or otherwise made available such funds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, in connection with any sales or operations in any Sanctioned Country or for the purpose of financing the activities of any Person currently subject to, or otherwise in violation in any material respect of, any Specified Business Conduct Laws or Export Laws in the last three years. In the past three years, no Target Company or any of its respective directors or officers, or, to the knowledge of Betters, any other Representative acting on behalf of a Target Company has engaged in any conduct, activity or practice that would constitute a violation in any material respect of any Specified Business Conduct Laws or Export Laws. No Action involving a Target Company with respect to the any of the foregoing is pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened.

 

3.25         Certain Provided Information. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by Betters or the Company or their respective Representatives expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference: (a) in any current report on Form 8-K or 6-K, and any exhibits thereto or any other report, form, registration or other filing made with any Governmental Authority (including the SEC) with respect to the Transactions; (b) in the Proxy/Registration Statement; or (c) in the mailings or other distributions to the SPAC Stockholders, PIPE Investors or prospective investors with respect to the consummation of the Transactions (including any amendment to any of the documents identified in clauses (a) through (c)), will, when filed, made available, mailed or distributed, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.26, no representation or warranty is made by Betters or the Company with respect to information or statements included or incorporated by reference in any of the documents identified in clauses (a) through (c) that were not supplied by or on behalf of Betters or the Company for use therein.

 

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3.26         Disclaimer of Other Representations and Warranties. THE COMPANY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND THE OTHER TARGET COMPANIES) THAT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN ARTICLE IV (OR IN THE ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS), NEITHER SPAC NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES HAS MADE, IS MAKING, OR SHALL BE DEEMED TO MAKE ANY (AND THE COMPANY HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS RELIANCE ON ANY) REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, TO ANY OF THE TARGET COMPANIES, ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES OR ANY OTHER PERSON, WITH RESPECT TO SPAC OR ANY OF ITS BUSINESSES, ASSETS OR PROPERTIES, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO CONDITION, VALUE, QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, USAGE, SUITABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, FUTURE RESULTS, PROPOSED BUSINESSES OR FUTURE PLANS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY: (A) NEITHER SPAC NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE DEEMED TO MAKE TO ANY OF THE TARGET COMPANIES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY MADE BY SPAC IN ARTICLE IV; AND (B) NEITHER SPAC NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES HAS MADE, IS MAKING, OR SHALL BE DEEMED TO MAKE TO ANY OF THE TARGET COMPANIES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES OR ANY OTHER PERSON ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO: (I) THE INFORMATION DISTRIBUTED OR MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM BY OR ON BEHALF OF SPAC IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS; (II) ANY MANAGEMENT PRESENTATION, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM OR SIMILAR DOCUMENT; OR (III) ANY FINANCIAL PROJECTION, FORECAST, ESTIMATE, BUDGET OR SIMILAR ITEM RELATING TO SPAC OR ITS BUSINESS, ASSETS, LIABILITIES, PROPERTIES, FINANCIAL CONDITION, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND PROJECTED OPERATIONS. THE COMPANY HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES (ON BEHALF OF ITSELF AND THE OTHER TARGET COMPANIES) THAT IT HAS NOT RELIED ON ANY PROMISE, REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT IS NOT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN ARTICLE IV OF THIS AGREEMENT. 

 

Article IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF SPAC

 

Except as disclosed in the disclosure letter dated as of the date of this Agreement and delivered by SPAC to Betters on the date of this Agreement, subject to and in accordance with Section 12.9 (the “SPAC Disclosure Letter”), SPAC hereby represents and warrants to the other Parties as follows:

 

4.1           Due Organization; Good Standing; Power and Authority. SPAC is duly incorporated and is validly existing as a corporation in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease or operate its assets and properties and to conduct its business as it is now being conducted. The copies of the SPAC Governing Documents most recently filed with the SPAC SEC Reports are true, correct and complete and are in effect as of the date of this Agreement. The SPAC is, and at all times has been, in compliance in all material respects with all restrictions, covenants, terms and provisions set forth in the SPAC Governing Documents. The SPAC is duly licensed or qualified and in good standing as a foreign 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 or qualified, except where failure to be so licensed or qualified would not have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

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4.2           SPAC Subsidiaries. SPAC has no direct or indirect Subsidiaries or participations in joint ventures or other entities, and does not own, directly or indirectly, any Equity Securities or other interests or investments (whether equity or debt) in any Person, whether incorporated or unincorporated.

 

4.3           Capitalization.

 

(a)           As of the date of this Agreement: (i) 4,788,792 shares of SPAC Class A Common Stock (the “Outstanding SPAC Class A Stock”) are outstanding; (ii) 5,750,000 shares of SPAC Class B Common Stock (the “Outstanding SPAC Class B Stock”) are outstanding; (iii) 1,000,000 shares of preferred stock, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Undesignated SPAC Preferred Stock”) are undesignated; (iv) 195,211,208 (assuming no forward purchase units of SPAC are issued) shares of Class A Common Stock (the “Unissued SPAC Class A Stock” and, together with the Outstanding SPAC Class A Stock, the “SPAC Class A Stock”), are authorized but unissued, and available for issuance; (v) 44,250,000 (assuming no forward purchase units of SPAC are issued) shares of Class B Common Stock (the “Unissued SPAC Class B Stock” and, together with the Outstanding SPAC Class B Stock, the “SPAC Class B Stock”, and together with the SPAC Class A Stock and the Undesignated SPAC Preferred Stock, the “SPAC Stock”) are authorized but unissued, and available for issuance; (vi) 11,700,000 private placement warrants to purchase one share of SPAC Class A Common Stock (the “Private Placement Warrants”) are outstanding; and (vii) 11,500,000 public warrants to purchase one share of SPAC Class A Common Stock (the “Public Warrants”, and together with the Private Placement Warrants, the “SPAC Warrants”) are outstanding. All outstanding shares of SPAC Stock are duly authorized, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and all SPAC Warrants are duly authorized and validly issued, and no SPAC Securities are subject to or issued in violation of any purchase option, right of first refusal, preemptive right, subscription right or any similar right under the Laws of the State of Delaware, the SPAC Governing Documents or any Contract to which SPAC is a party. The outstanding SPAC Securities were issued in compliance in all material respects with applicable Laws and are not otherwise subject to a substantial risk of forfeiture within the meaning of Code Section 83. To the knowledge of SPAC, no outstanding Public Warrants are exercisable for (whether or not such Public Warrants are currently eligible to be exercised) any fractional shares of SPAC Stock.

 

(b)           Except as set forth in Section 4.3(b) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter, there are no subscriptions, calls, options, warrants, rights or other Equity Securities convertible into or exchangeable or exercisable for shares of SPAC Stock or any other Contracts to which SPAC is a party or by which SPAC is bound obligating SPAC to issue or sell any Equity Securities of SPAC. Except as set forth in Section 4.3(b) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter: (i) there are no outstanding contractual obligations of SPAC to repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any Equity Securities of SPAC; (ii) there are no outstanding bonds, debentures, notes or other debt securities of SPAC having the right to vote (or convertible into, or exchangeable for, securities having the right to vote) on any matter for which SPAC Stockholders may vote; (iii) SPAC is not a party to any stockholders agreement, voting agreement or registration rights agreement relating to SPAC Stock or any other Equity Securities of SPAC; (iv) SPAC does not own any Equity Securities in any other Person; and (v) there are no securities or instruments issued by or to which SPAC is a party containing anti-dilution or similar provisions that will be triggered by the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Subscription Agreements, in each case, that have not been or will not be waived on or prior to the Closing Date.

 

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4.4           Due Authorization. SPAC has the requisite power and authority to (a) execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and (b) carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the Transactions (including the Merger), subject to receipt of the SPAC Stockholders’ Approval. The execution and delivery by SPAC of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party, and the consummation by SPAC of the Transactions (including the Merger) have been duly and validly authorized by the SPAC Board, and no other proceedings on the part of SPAC are necessary to authorize this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party or to consummate the Transactions, other than obtaining the SPAC Stockholders’ Approval. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party have been, or shall be when delivered, duly and validly executed and delivered by SPAC and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof and thereof by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of SPAC, enforceable against SPAC in accordance with their terms, except insofar as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by principles governing the availability of equitable remedies.

 

4.5           No Conflict; Governmental Consents and Filings.

 

(a)           Neither the execution, delivery and performance by SPAC of this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party, nor (assuming the SPAC Stockholders’ Approval is obtained) the consummation of the Transactions shall: (i) conflict with or violate the SPAC Governing Documents; (ii) assuming that the Approvals referred to in Section 4.5(b) are duly and timely obtained or made, conflict with or violate any applicable Laws; or (iii) violate, conflict with, result in any breach of or constitute a default (or an Event that with notice or lapse of time or both would become a default) under, or materially impair their respective rights or alter the rights or obligations of any third party under, or give to others any rights of consent, termination, amendment, acceleration or cancellation of, or result in the creation of a Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) on any of the properties or assets of SPAC pursuant to, any SPAC Material Contracts, except, with respect to clauses (ii) and (iii) as would not have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           The execution and delivery by SPAC of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party, does not, and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder will not, require any Approvals, except: (i) for the filing of the Certificate of Merger in accordance with the DGCL; (ii) for applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, “Blue Sky” Permits or approvals; (iii) for the SPAC Stockholders’ Approval; and (iv) where the failure to obtain such Approvals would not have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

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4.6           Compliance; Approvals. Since its incorporation, SPAC has complied in all material respects with, and has not been in violation in any material respect of, any applicable Laws with respect to the conduct of its business, or the ownership or operation of its business. Since the date of its incorporation, no investigation or review by any Governmental Authority with respect to SPAC has been pending or, to the knowledge of SPAC, threatened. Except as set forth in Section 4.6 of the SPAC Disclosure Letter, no written or, to the knowledge of SPAC, oral notice of non-compliance with any applicable Laws has been received by SPAC. SPAC is in possession of all Approvals necessary to own, lease and operate the properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except where the failure to have such Approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to SPAC.

 

4.7           SPAC SEC Reports and Financial Statements.

 

(a)            Except as set forth in Section 4.7(a) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter, SPAC has, since the SPAC IPO, filed all forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents, including any exhibits thereto, required to be filed or furnished by SPAC with the SEC under the Exchange Act or the Securities Act as of the date of this Agreement, together with any amendments, restatements or supplements thereto (all of the foregoing filed prior to the date of this Agreement, the “SPAC SEC Reports”), on or prior to the filing deadline therefor (taking into account any extension of time within which to file). All SPAC SEC Reports and all certifications and statements required by (i) Rule 13a-14 or 15d-14 under the Exchange Act or (ii) 18 U.S.C. § 1350 (Section 906) of the Sarbanes Oxley Act with respect to any of the foregoing (collectively, the “Certifications”), are available on the SEC’s Electronic Data-Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval system (EDGAR) in full without redaction or have otherwise been provided by SPAC to Betters. The SPAC SEC Reports were prepared in all material respects in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, and the rules and regulations thereunder. The SPAC SEC Reports did not at the time they were filed with the SEC contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit 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 Certifications are each true and correct. As of the date of this Agreement, each director and executive officer of SPAC has filed with the SEC on a timely basis all statements required with respect to SPAC by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act and the rules and regulations thereunder. As used in this Section 4.7, the term “file” shall be broadly construed to include any manner in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or otherwise made available to the SEC.

 

(b)           The financial statements and notes contained or incorporated by reference in the SPAC SEC Reports (the “SPAC Financial Statements”) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition and the results of operations, changes in stockholders’ equity and cash flows of SPAC as at the respective dates of, and for the periods referred to, in such financial statements, all in accordance in all material respects with (i) GAAP and (ii) Regulation S-X or Regulation S-K, as applicable, subject, in the case of interim financial statements, to normal recurring year-end adjustments (the effect of which will not, individually or in the aggregate, be material to SPAC) and the omission of notes to the extent permitted by Regulation S X or Regulation S-K, as applicable. SPAC has no off-balance sheet arrangements that are not disclosed in the SPAC SEC Reports. As of the date of this Agreement, no financial statements other than those of SPAC are required by GAAP to be included in the consolidated financial statements of SPAC.

 

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(c)            SPAC has established and maintained a system of internal controls, including disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. SPAC’s internal controls and disclosure controls and procedures are sufficient to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of SPAC’s financial reporting and the preparation of the SPAC Financial Statements in accordance with GAAP.

 

(d)           There are no outstanding loans or other extensions of credit made by SPAC to any executive officer (as defined in Rule 3b-7 under the Exchange Act), director or employee of SPAC. SPAC has not taken any action prohibited by Section 402 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.

 

(e)           SPAC has not identified or been made aware of (i) any significant deficiency or material weakness in the system of internal accounting controls utilized by SPAC, (ii) any fraud that involves SPAC’s management or other employees who have a significant role in the preparation of the SPAC Financial Statements or the internal accounting controls utilized by SPAC or (iii) any claim or allegation regarding any of the foregoing.

 

(f)            Except as disclosed in Section 4.7(f) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter, as of the date hereof, there are no outstanding SEC comments from the SEC with respect to the SPAC SEC Reports, and, to the knowledge of SPAC, none of the SPAC SEC Reports filed on or prior to the date hereof is subject to ongoing SEC review or investigation as of the date hereof.

 

4.8           Business Activities; Absence of Certain Changes or Events.

 

(a)           Since its incorporation, SPAC has not conducted any business activities other than activities directed toward the accomplishment of a Business Combination. Except as set forth in the SPAC Governing Documents, there is no agreement, commitment or Governmental Order binding upon SPAC or to which SPAC is a party which has had, or would reasonably be expected to have, the effect of prohibiting or impairing any business practice of SPAC or any acquisition of property by SPAC or the conduct of business by SPAC as currently conducted, other than such effects, individually or in the aggregate, which have not had a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           Except as contemplated by this Agreement, SPAC has in all material respects conducted its business in the Ordinary Course since the SPAC IPO, and there has not been any SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.9           Litigation. There are no Actions pending or, to the knowledge of SPAC, threatened, against or otherwise relating to SPAC, before any Governmental Authority: (a) challenging or seeking to enjoin, alter or materially delay the consummation of the Transactions; or (b) that would, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to be material to SPAC. As of the date hereof, there is no material unsatisfied judgment or any material open injunction binding upon SPAC.

 

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4.10         SPAC Material Contracts.

 

(a)           Section 4.10 of the SPAC Disclosure Letter sets forth a true, correct and complete list of each “material contract” (as such term is defined in Regulation S-K of the SEC) that is in effect as of the date of this Agreement to which SPAC is a party (the “SPAC Material Contracts”).

 

(b)           Each SPAC Material Contract was entered into at arm’s length and in the Ordinary Course. Except for any SPAC Material Contract that has terminated or will terminate upon the expiration of the stated term thereof prior to the Closing Date, (i) such SPAC Material Contracts are in full force and effect and represent the legal, valid and binding obligations of SPAC and, to the knowledge of SPAC, represent the legal, valid and binding obligations of the other parties thereto and are enforceable by SPAC in accordance with their terms, except insofar as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by principles governing the availability of equitable remedies, (ii) none of SPAC or, to the knowledge of SPAC, any other party thereto is in breach of or default under (or would be in breach of or default under but for the existence of a cure period) any such SPAC Material Contract in any material respect, (iii) SPAC has not received any written or, to the knowledge of SPAC, oral claim or notice of material breach of or material default under any such SPAC Material Contract, (iv) to the knowledge of SPAC, no Event has occurred which, individually or together with other Events, would reasonably be expected to result in a material breach of or a material default under any such SPAC Material Contract by the SPAC or, to the knowledge of SPAC, any other party thereto (in each case, with or without notice or lapse of time or both) and (v) SPAC has not received written notice from any other party to any such Contract that such party intends to terminate or not renew any such SPAC Material Contract.

 

4.11         SPAC Listing. The issued and outstanding SPAC Units are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “XFINU.” The issued and outstanding shares of SPAC Class A Stock are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “XFIN.” The issued and outstanding SPAC Warrants are registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and are listed for trading on the Nasdaq under the symbol “XFINW.” SPAC is a member in good standing with the Nasdaq and is in compliance in all material respects with the rules of the Nasdaq. There is no action or proceeding pending or, to the knowledge of SPAC, threatened in writing against SPAC by the Nasdaq, the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority or the SEC with respect to any intention by such entity to deregister the SPAC Units, the shares of SPAC Class A Stock or SPAC Warrants or to terminate the listing of SPAC on the Nasdaq. None of SPAC or any of its Affiliates has taken any action to terminate the registration of the SPAC Units, the SPAC Class A Stock or SPAC Warrants under the Exchange Act.

 

4.12         Subscription Agreements. The Subscription Agreements will be, upon execution thereof, legal, valid and binding obligations of SPAC and, to the knowledge of SPAC, the PIPE Investor party to each such Subscription Agreement. The SPAC Closing Cash will be sufficient to enable SPAC to pay all of the SPAC Transaction Expenses accrued and unpaid as of the Closing.

 

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4.13         Trust Account.

 

(a)           As of the date hereof, SPAC has no less than $50,000,000 in a trust account (the “Trust Account”), maintained and invested pursuant to that certain Investment Management Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”), dated as of October 20, 2021, by and between SPAC and U.S. Bank National Association (the “Trustee”) for the benefit of SPAC’s public stockholders (the “Public Stockholders”), with such funds invested in United States Government securities or money market funds meeting certain conditions under Rule 2a-7 promulgated under the Investment Company Act. Other than pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the Subscription Agreements, the obligations of SPAC under this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements are not subject to any conditions regarding SPAC’s, the Sponsor’s, their respective Affiliates’, or any other Person’s ability to obtain financing for the consummation of the Transactions.

 

(b)           The Trust Agreement has not been amended or modified and, to the knowledge of SPAC with respect to Trustee, is valid and in full force and effect and is enforceable in accordance with its terms, except insofar as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by principles governing the availability of equitable remedies. SPAC has complied in all material respects with the terms of the Trust Agreement and is not in material breach thereof or material default thereunder, and there does not exist under the Trust Agreement any Event which, with the giving of notice or the lapse of time, would constitute such a breach or default by SPAC or, to the knowledge of SPAC, the Trustee. There are no separate Contracts, side letters or other understandings (whether written or unwritten, express or implied): (i) between SPAC and the Trustee that would cause the description of the Trust Agreement in the SPAC SEC Reports to be inaccurate in any material respect; or (ii) that would entitle any Person (other than Public Stockholders who have elected to redeem their shares of SPAC Class A Stock pursuant to a SPAC Redemption) to any portion of the proceeds in the Trust Account. Prior to the Closing, none of the funds held in the Trust Account may be released except: (A) to pay income and franchise taxes from any interest income earned on the funds in the Trust Account; and (B) to redeem shares of SPAC Class A Stock in accordance with the provisions of the SPAC Governing Documents. There are no Actions pending or, to the knowledge of SPAC, threatened in writing with respect to the Trust Account.

 

(c)           As of the date hereof, assuming the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the Betters Parties contained herein and the compliance by Betters Parties with their respective obligations hereunder, SPAC 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 SPAC on the Closing Date.

 

(d)           Except as set forth on Section 4.13(d) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter, as of the date hereof, SPAC does not have, or have any present intention, agreement, arrangement or understanding to enter into or incur, any obligations with respect to or under any Indebtedness. The aggregate amount outstanding under the Sponsor Loans as of the date hereof is set forth on Section 4.13(d) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter.

 

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4.14         Certain Provided Information. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by SPAC or its Representatives expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference: (a) in any current report on Form 8-K or 6-K, and any exhibits thereto or any other report, form, registration or other filing made with any Governmental Authority (including the SEC) with respect to the Transactions; (b) in the Proxy/Registration Statement; or (c) in the mailings or other distributions to the SPAC Stockholders, PIPE Investors or prospective investors with respect to the consummation of the Transactions (including any amendment to any of the documents identified in clauses (a) through (c)), will, when filed, made available, mailed or distributed, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 4.14, no representation or warranty is made by SPAC with respect to information or statements included or incorporated by reference in any of the documents identified in clauses (a) through (c) that were not supplied by or on behalf of SPAC for use therein.

 

4.15         Absence of Certain Business Practices. As of the date of this Agreement, (a) SPAC is, to the knowledge of SPAC, in compliance with all applicable Specified Business Conduct Laws, except where the failure to be in compliance with such Laws would not have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect, (b) SPAC has not (i) received written notice of or made a voluntary, mandatory or directed disclosure to any Governmental Authority relating to any actual violation of any Specified Business Conduct Law or (ii) been a party to or the subject of any pending or, to the knowledge of SPAC, threatened Actions by or before any Governmental Authority related to any actual violation of any Specified Business Conduct Law, except, in each case, to the extent any such notice, disclosure, Action or investigation would not have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.16         Investment Company Act. SPAC is not 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.

 

4.17         Title to Property. SPAC (a) does not own or lease any real or personal property, and (b) other than this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements, is not a party to any agreement or option to purchase any real property, personal property or other material interest therein.

 

4.18         No Brokers. Except as disclosed in Section 4.18 of the SPAC Disclosure Letter, no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other similar commission in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement based upon arrangements made by SPAC or any of its Affiliates.

 

4.19         Employees; Benefit Plans. Except as disclosed in Section 4.19 of the SPAC Disclosure Letter, SPAC has never had any employees. Other than reimbursement of any out-of-pocket expenses incurred by SPAC’s officers and directors in connection with activities on SPAC’s behalf in an aggregate amount not in excess of the amount of cash held by SPAC outside of the Trust Account, SPAC has no unsatisfied material liability with respect to any current or former employee. SPAC does not currently maintain or have any direct liability under any benefit plan, and neither the execution and delivery of this Agreement or the other Ancillary Agreements nor the consummation of the Transactions will, either alone or in connection with any other event: (a) result in any payment (including severance, unemployment compensation, golden parachute, bonus or otherwise) becoming due to any director, officer or employee of SPAC; (b) result in the acceleration of the time of payment or vesting of any such benefits; or (c) give rise to any “excess parachute payment” as defined in Section 280G(b)(1) of the Code or any excise tax owing under Section 4999 of the Code.

 

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4.20         Taxes.

 

(a)           All income and other material Tax Returns required to be filed by SPAC have been timely filed (taking into account any extension of time within which to file), and all such Tax Returns are true, correct and complete in all material respects.

 

(b)           SPAC has timely paid in full all of its income and other material Taxes which are due and payable (whether or not shown as due on any Tax Return).

 

(c)           All material Taxes required by applicable Tax Laws to be withheld by SPAC from amounts owing to any employee, creditor or other Person have been withheld and paid over to the appropriate Governmental Authority in a timely manner, and SPAC has complied in all material respects with all applicable withholding and related reporting requirements with respect to such Taxes.

 

(d)           No claim, assessment or deficiency for any material Taxes has been asserted or assessed by any Governmental Authority against SPAC, which deficiency has not been resolved and paid in full, including any penalties or interest thereon. No Tax audit, examination or other proceeding by any Governmental Authority is currently threatened in writing against SPAC with respect to any Taxes due from such entity.

 

(e)           SPAC has not consented to extend the time in which any Tax may be assessed or collected by any Governmental Authority (other than pursuant to extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the Ordinary Course), which extension is still in effect.

 

(f)            There are no Liens (other than Permitted Liens) with respect to Taxes on any of the assets or properties of SPAC.

 

(g)           SPAC is not a party to any Tax indemnification, Tax sharing, Tax allocation or similar Tax agreement that will be binding on any Target Company with respect to any period following the Closing Date, or has any Liability for Taxes of any other Person by operation of Law or Contract, in each case, other than (i) any such agreements solely between the Target Companies and (ii) customary commercial Contracts (or Contracts entered into in the Ordinary Course), the principle purpose of which is not Tax.

 

(h)           No claim has been made in writing by any Governmental Authority in a jurisdiction where SPAC does not file Tax Returns that SPAC is or may be subject to taxation in that jurisdiction.

 

(i)            SPAC has not taken or agreed to take any action not contemplated by this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements or any related ancillary documents that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment.

 

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4.21         Disclaimer of Other Representations and Warranties. SPAC HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN ARTICLES III, V AND VI, NONE OF THE TARGET COMPANIES, BETTERS OR THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES, NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE SUBSIDIARIES, NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES, HAS MADE, IS MAKING, OR SHALL BE DEEMED TO MAKE ANY (AND SPAC HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS RELIANCE ON ANY) REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, TO SPAC, ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES OR ANY OTHER PERSON, WITH RESPECT TO THE TARGET COMPANIES, BETTERS OR THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES OR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE DIRECTORS, OFFICERS, MANAGERS, EMPLOYEES, BUSINESSES, ASSETS OR PROPERTIES, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO CONDITION, VALUE, QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, USAGE, SUITABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, FUTURE RESULTS, PROPOSED BUSINESSES OR FUTURE PLANS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY: (A) NONE OF THE TARGET COMPANIES, BETTERS OR THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE DEEMED TO MAKE TO SPAC OR ITS AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY MADE BY SUCH PARTIES IN ARTICLES III, V AND VI; AND (B) NONE OF THE TARGET COMPANIES, BETTERS OR THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES HAS MADE, IS MAKING, OR SHALL BE DEEMED TO MAKE TO THE SPAC, ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES OR ANY OTHER PERSON ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO: (I) THE INFORMATION DISTRIBUTED OR MADE AVAILABLE TO SPAC OR ITS REPRESENTATIVES OR AFFILIATES BY OR ON BEHALF OF THE TARGET COMPANIES, BETTERS OR THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, THE ANCILLARY AGREEMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS; (II) ANY MANAGEMENT PRESENTATION, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM OR SIMILAR DOCUMENT; OR (III) ANY FINANCIAL PROJECTION, FORECAST, ESTIMATE, BUDGET OR SIMILAR ITEM RELATING TO THE TARGET COMPANIES, BETTERS OR THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE BUSINESSES, ASSETS, LIABILITIES, PROPERTIES, FINANCIAL CONDITIONS, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS AND PROJECTED OPERATIONS. SPAC HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS NOT RELIED ON ANY PROMISE, REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT IS NOT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN ARTICLES III, V OR VI OF THIS AGREEMENT.

 

Article V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF BETTERS

 

Except as disclosed in the Betters Disclosure Letter, Betters hereby represents and warrants to SPAC as follows:

 

5.1           Due Organization; Good Standing; Power and Authority. Betters (a) is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, (b) is duly qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which it is conducting its business and (c) is in possession of all material Approvals necessary to own its interest in the Acquisition Entities and Target Companies, except, in the case of clause (b), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect. Betters has provided to SPAC true, correct and complete copies of the Betters Governing Documents, as amended to date and as currently in effect. Betters is not in violation of any provisions of the Betters Governing Documents in any material respect.

 

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5.2           Due Authorization. Except as disclosed in Section 5.2 of the Betters Disclosure Letter, Betters has all requisite corporate power and authority to (a) execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and (b) carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the Transactions, including the Share Contribution. The execution and delivery by Betters of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and the consummation by Betters of the Transactions, including the Share Contribution, have been duly and validly authorized by the Betters Board, and no other proceedings on the part of Betters are necessary to authorize this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party or to consummate the Transactions, including the Share Contribution, other than adopting and delivering the Betters Resolutions. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party have been, or shall be when delivered, duly and validly executed and delivered by Betters and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof and thereof by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitute, or when delivered shall constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligation of Betters, except insofar as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by principles governing the availability of equitable remedies.

  

5.3           Ownership. Betters owns good, valid and marketable title to all of the Company Shares and all of the Equity Securities of PubCo, in each case free and clear of any and all Liens (other than those imposed by applicable securities Laws or the Company Governing Documents). Except for this Agreement, the Betters Shareholder Support Agreement or as set forth in Section 5.3 of the Betters Disclosure Letter, there are no voting trusts, proxies, shareholder agreements or any other written agreements or understandings to which Betters is a party or by which Betters or any of the properties or assets of Betters is bound with respect to the voting or transfer of any of the Company Shares. Upon the consummation of the Share Contribution in accordance with this Agreement, the entire legal and beneficial interest in such Company Shares, and good, valid and marketable title to such Company Shares, free and clear of all Liens (other than those imposed by applicable securities Laws, the Company Governing Documents or those incurred by PubCo), will pass to PubCo.

 

5.4           No Conflict; Governmental Consents and Filings.

 

(a)           The execution and delivery by Betters of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party do not, and the performance by Betters of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party will not (i) conflict with or violate the Betters Governing Documents, (ii) assuming that the Approvals referred to in Section 5.4(b) are duly and timely obtained or made, conflict with or violate any applicable Laws or (iii) violate, conflict with, result in any breach of or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give to any third party any rights of consent, termination, suspension, withdrawal, amendment, acceleration or cancellation under, or result in the creation of a Lien (other than any Permitted Lien) on any of the Company Shares or upon any of the properties or assets of Betters pursuant to, any Contracts to which Betters is a party or by which Betters or any of its properties or assets is bound, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)           The execution and delivery by Betters of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party does not, and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder will not, require any Approvals, except for: (i) any filings required by Nasdaq, the SEC or any applicable Law of Governmental Order with respect to the Transactions, including the Share Contribution; (ii) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or “Blue Sky” Permits or approvals; (iii) the Approvals set forth in Section 5.4(b) of the Betters Disclosure Letter; and (iv) where the failure to obtain any such Approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.5           Legal Compliance. Betters has complied with and is not in violation of (a) its Governing Documents and (b) any applicable Laws with respect to (i) prior to the consummation of the Share Contribution, the ownership of the Company Shares, (ii) the conduct of its business or (iii) the ownership of any of its properties or assets, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for any failures to comply with, or violations of, applicable Laws that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect. No written, or to the knowledge of Betters, oral notice of any such failures to comply with, or violations of, applicable Laws has been received by Betters which would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.6           Litigation. Except as disclosed in Section 5.6 of the Betters Disclosure Letter or as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect, there is (a) no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened, Action against Betters or any of its properties or assets, or any of its directors or officers with regard to their actions as such; (b) no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened, audit, examination or investigation by any Governmental Authority against Betters or any of its properties or assets, or any of its directors or officers with regard to their actions as such; (c) no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened, Action by Betters against any third party; (d) no settlement or similar agreement (whether in effect or pending) that imposes any ongoing obligation or restriction on Betters; and (e) no Governmental Order imposed upon, and no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened, Governmental Order to be imposed upon Betters or any of its properties or assets, or any of its directors or officers with regard to their actions as such.

 

5.7           Investment Representations and Warranties. Betters does not have any Contract with any Person to sell, transfer or grant any rights of participation to such Person, or to any third party, with respect to the Contribution Consideration Shares. Betters (a) has carefully read and understands in their entirety this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and all materials provided by or on behalf of SPAC, PubCo or their respective Representatives to Betters or its Representatives pertaining to an investment in PubCo, (b) is fully aware of the contents of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and such materials and the meaning, intent and legal effect hereof and thereof, (c) has the requisite corporate power and authority to execute this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and has executed, or will execute this Agreement and such Ancillary Agreements free from coercion, duress or undue influence, and (d) has consulted, as Betters has deemed advisable, with its own attorneys, accountants and investment advisors and other Representatives with respect to the investment contemplated hereby and its suitability for Betters. Betters acknowledges that the Contribution Consideration Shares may be subject at any time to dilution for Events not under the control of Betters. Betters has completed its independent inquiry, including with consultation, as Betters has deemed advisable, with its own attorneys, accountants and investment advisors and other Representatives in determining the legal, Tax, financial and other consequences of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and the Transactions, including the Share Contribution, and the suitability of this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and the Transactions, including the Share Contribution, for Betters and its particular circumstances.

 

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5.8           No Brokers. Except as disclosed in Section 5.8 of the Betters Disclosure Letter, no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other similar commission in connection with the Transactions, including the Share Contribution, based upon arrangements made by Betters.

 

5.9           Certain Provided Information. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by Betters or its Representatives expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference: (a) in any current report on Form 8-K or 6-K, and any exhibits thereto or any other report, form, registration or other filing made with any Governmental Authority (including the SEC) with respect to the Transactions; (b) in the Proxy/Registration Statement; or (c) in the mailings or other distributions to the SPAC Stockholders, PIPE Investors or prospective investors with respect to the consummation of the Transactions (including any amendment to any of the documents identified in clauses (a) through (c)), will, when filed, made available, mailed or distributed, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 5.9, no representation or warranty is made by Betters with respect to information or statements included or incorporated by reference in any of the documents identified in clauses (a) through (c) that were not supplied by or on behalf of Betters for use therein.

 

5.10         Intended Tax Treatment. Betters has not taken, or agreed to take, any action not contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreements that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment. Betters has no plan or intention to liquidate (or to be caused to liquidate) following the consummation of the Transactions.

 

5.11         Disclaimer of Other Representations and Warranties. BETTERS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN ARTICLE IV, NEITHER SPAC NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES HAS MADE, IS MAKING, OR SHALL BE DEEMED TO MAKE ANY (AND BETTERS HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS RELIANCE ON ANY) REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, TO ANY OF THE BETTERS COMPANIES, ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES OR ANY OTHER PERSON, WITH RESPECT TO SPAC OR ANY OF ITS BUSINESSES, ASSETS OR PROPERTIES, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO CONDITION, VALUE, QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, USAGE, SUITABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, FUTURE RESULTS, PROPOSED BUSINESSES OR FUTURE PLANS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY: (A) NEITHER SPAC NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE DEEMED TO MAKE TO ANY OF THE BETTERS COMPANIES, ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES OR ANY THIRD PARTY ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY MADE BY SPAC IN ARTICLE IV; AND (B) NEITHER SPAC NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES HAS MADE, IS MAKING OR SHALL BE DEEMED TO MAKE TO ANY OF THE BETTERS COMPANIES, ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES OR ANY THIRD PARTY ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO: (I) THE INFORMATION DISTRIBUTED OR MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM BY OR ON BEHALF OF SPAC IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS; (II) ANY MANAGEMENT PRESENTATION, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM OR SIMILAR DOCUMENT; OR (III) ANY FINANCIAL PROJECTION, FORECAST, ESTIMATE, BUDGET OR SIMILAR ITEM RELATING TO SPAC OR ITS BUSINESS, ASSETS, LIABILITIES, PROPERTIES, FINANCIAL CONDITION, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OR PROJECTED OPERATIONS. BETTERS HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS NOT RELIED ON ANY PROMISE, REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT IS NOT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN ARTICLE IV OF THIS AGREEMENT.

 

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Article VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES

 

Except as disclosed in the Betters Disclosure Letter, Betters and the Acquisition Entities hereby represent and warrant to SPAC as follows:

 

6.1           Due Organization; Good Standing; Power and Authority.

 

(a)           PubCo (i) is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, (ii) is duly qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which it is conducting its business and (iii) is in possession of all Approvals necessary to own, lease and operate the assets and properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect. PubCo has provided to SPAC true, correct and complete copies of the PubCo Governing Documents, as amended to date and as currently in effect. PubCo is not in violation of any provisions of the PubCo Governing Documents in any material respect. PubCo is not in violation of any provisions of the PubCo Governing Documents in any material respect.

 

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(b)           Merger Sub (i) is a corporation duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware and has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and properties and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, (ii) is duly qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which it is conducting its business and (iii) is in possession of all Approvals necessary to own, lease and operate the assets and properties it purports to own, operate or lease and to carry on its business as it is now being conducted, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect. Merger Sub has provided to SPAC true, correct and complete copies of the Governing Documents of Merger Sub, as amended to date and as currently in effect. Merger Sub is not in violation of any provisions of its Governing Documents of Merger Sub in any material respect.

 

6.2           Due Authorization. Each of the Acquisition Entities has all requisite corporate power and authority to (a) execute, deliver and perform this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and (b) carry out its obligations hereunder and thereunder and to consummate the Transactions, subject, in the case of the Merger, to obtaining the Merger Sub Written Consent, which shall be obtained within 5 Business Days of the execution and delivery of this Agreement. The execution and delivery by each of the Acquisition Entities of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and the consummation by such Acquisition Entity of the Transactions have been duly and validly authorized by the PubCo Board, the Merger Sub Board and the shareholders of PubCo, and no other proceedings on the part of such Acquisition Entity are necessary to authorize this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party or to consummate the Transactions, other than obtaining the Merger Sub Written Consent, which shall be obtained within five Business Days of the execution and delivery of this Agreement. This Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which each of the Acquisition Entities is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party have been, or shall be when delivered, duly and validly executed and delivered by such Acquisition Entity and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery hereof and thereof by the other parties hereto and thereto, constitute, or when delivered shall constitute, the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Acquisition Entity, enforceable against such Acquisition Entity in accordance with their terms, except insofar as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or by principles governing the availability of equitable remedies.

 

6.3           Capitalization.

 

(a)            (i) The authorized share capital of PubCo consists of one PubCo Ordinary Share, of which one PubCo Ordinary Share (the “PubCo Share”) is issued and outstanding and owned (beneficially and of record) by Betters, free and clear of all Liens other than (A) as may be set forth in the PubCo Governing Documents and (B) any restrictions on sales of securities under applicable securities Laws, and (ii) the authorized shares of capital stock of Merger Sub consist of one share of common stock, par value $0.0001 per share, of which one share of common stock (the “Merger Sub Share”) is issued and outstanding and owned (beneficially and of record) by PubCo, free and clear of all Liens other than (i) as may be set forth in the Governing Documents of Merger Sub and (ii) any restrictions on sales of securities under applicable securities Laws. The PubCo Share and the Merger Sub Share, and any PubCo Ordinary Shares that will be issued pursuant to the Transactions, (i) are, or will be prior to such issuance, duly authorized, and are, or will be at the time of issuance, validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable, (ii) were, or will be, issued in compliance with applicable Laws and the PubCo Governing Documents or the Governing Documents of Merger Sub, as applicable, and (iii) were not, and will not be, issued in breach or violation of any preemptive rights, purchase option, call or right of first refusal, right of first offer or similar rights or any Contract.

 

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(b)           Except as described in Section 6.3(a), there are no issued and outstanding Equity Securities of any of the Acquisition Entities or any Contracts to which any Acquisition Entity is a party or by which any Acquisition Entity is bound obligating it to issue, sell, purchase, register for sale or redeem or otherwise acquire any Equity Securities or debt securities. Except for this Agreement and the Betters Shareholder Support Agreement, there are no voting trusts, proxies, shareholder agreements or any other Contracts to which any of the Acquisition Entities is a party or by which any of the Acquisition Entities or any of the properties or assets is bound with respect to the voting or transfer of any Equity Securities of the Acquisition Entities.

 

(c)           PubCo does not, and will not, own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any Person, other than, (i) as of the date of this Agreement, Merger Sub, (ii) as of immediately prior to the Closing and following the consummation of the Share Contribution, Merger Sub and each of the Target Companies, and (iii) as of immediately following the Closing, each of the Target Companies and the Surviving Corporation. Merger Sub does not own or control, directly or indirectly, any interest in any Person.

 

6.4           No Conflict; Governmental Consents and Filings.

 

(a)            The execution and delivery by each of the Acquisition Entities of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party do not, and the performance by each of the Acquisition Entities of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party will not: (i) conflict with or violate the Governing Documents of PubCo or Merger Sub, as applicable; (ii) assuming that the Approvals referred to in Section 6.4(b) are duly and timely obtained or made, conflict with or violate any Law applicable to any of the Acquisition Entities or any of its properties or assets; or (iii) violate, conflict with, result in any breach of or constitute a default (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both) under, or give to any third party any rights of consent, termination, suspension, withdrawal, amendment, acceleration or cancellation under, or result in the creation of a Lien (other than any Permitted Lien or those imposed by applicable securities Laws) on any of the PubCo Ordinary Shares or the shares of capital stock of Merger Sub or upon any of the properties or assets of any of the Acquisition Entities pursuant to, any Contracts to which any of the Acquisition Entities is a party or by which any of the Acquisition Entities or any of its properties or assets is bound, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

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(b)           The execution and delivery by each of the Acquisition Entities of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which it is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party does not, and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder will not, require any Approvals, except for: (i) the filing of the Certificate of Merger in accordance with the DGCL; (ii) any filings required by Nasdaq, the SEC or any applicable Law of Governmental Order with respect to the Transactions; (iii) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act or “Blue Sky” Permits or approvals; (iv) the Approvals described in Section 6.4(b) of the Betters Disclosure Letter; and (v) where the failure to obtain such Approvals would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.5           Legal Compliance. Each of the Acquisition Entities has complied with and is not in violation of (a) its Governing Documents and (b) any applicable Laws with respect to (i) from and after the consummation of the Share Contribution, the ownership by PubCo of the Company Shares, (ii) the conduct of its business or (iii) the ownership of any of its properties or assets, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for any failures to comply with, or violations of, applicable Laws that would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect. No written, or to the knowledge of Betters, oral notice of any such failures to comply with, or violations of, applicable Laws has been received by Betters or any of the Acquisition Entities which would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.6           Absence of Changes. Since the date of its incorporation, (a) none of the Acquisition Entities has conducted any business (other than with respect to the negotiation, preparation, execution, authorization or performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which such Acquisition Entity is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and the consummation of the Transactions), and (b) there has not occurred any Event that would, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

6.7           Litigation. Except as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect, there is (a) no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened, Action against any of the Acquisition Entities or any of its properties or assets, or any of its directors or officers with regard to their actions as such; (b) no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened, audit, examination or investigation by any Governmental Authority against any of the Acquisition Entities or any of its properties or assets, or any of its directors or officers with regard to their actions as such; (c) no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened, Action by any of the Acquisition Entities against any third party; (d) no settlement or similar agreement (whether in effect or pending) that imposes any ongoing obligation or restriction on any of the Acquisition Entities; and (e) no Governmental Order imposed upon, and no pending or, to the knowledge of Betters, threatened, Governmental Order to be imposed upon any of the Acquisition Entities or any of their respective properties or assets, or any of their respective directors or officers with regard to their actions as such.

 

6.8           No Brokers. Except as disclosed in Section 6.7 of the Betters Disclosure Letter, no broker, finder, investment banker or other Person is entitled to any brokerage fee, finders’ fee or other similar commission in connection with the Transactions based upon arrangements made by any of the Acquisition Entities.

 

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6.9           Certain Provided Information. None of the information supplied or to be supplied by any of the Acquisition Entities or its Representatives expressly for inclusion or incorporation by reference: (a) in any current report on Form 8-K or 6-K, and any exhibits thereto or any other report, form, registration or other filing made with any Governmental Authority (including the SEC) with respect to the Transactions; (b) in the Proxy/Registration Statement; or (c) in the mailings or other distributions to the SPAC Stockholders, PIPE Investors or prospective investors with respect to the consummation of the Transactions (including any amendment to any of the documents identified in clauses (a) through (c)), will, when filed, made available, mailed or distributed, as the case may be, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.9, no representation or warranty is made by any of the Acquisition Entities with respect to information or statements included or incorporated by reference in any of the documents identified in clauses (a) through (c) that were not supplied by or on behalf of any of the Acquisition Entities for use therein. All documents that any Acquisition Entity is responsible for filing with the SEC in connection with the Transactions will comply as to form and substance in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the Securities Act and the Exchange Act.

 

6.10         Investment Company Act; JOBS Act. No Acquisition Entity 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. No Acquisition Entity constitutes an “emerging growth company” within the meaning of the JOBS Act.

 

6.11         Business Activities. Each Acquisition Entity was formed solely for the purpose of effecting the Transactions and has not engaged in any business activities or conducted any operations other than in connection with the Transactions and has no, and at all times prior to the Closing except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements and the Transactions will have no, assets, Liabilities or obligations of any kind or nature whatsoever other than those incident to its formation.

 

6.12         Intended Tax Treatment. None of the Acquisition Entities has taken, or agreed to take, any action not contemplated by this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreements that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment. PubCo has no plan or intention to liquidate the Company or the Surviving Corporation (or to cause the Company or the Surviving Corporation to liquidate for federal income tax purposes) following the Transactions. No election has been made by or on behalf of PubCo or Merger Sub pursuant to Treasury Regulations Section 301.7701-3 to change the classification of such entities for U.S. federal income tax purposes from their default classification pursuant to such Treasury Regulations.

 

6.13         Foreign Private Issuer. PubCo is, and shall be at all times commencing from the date that is 30 days prior to the initial filing of the Proxy/Registration Statement with the SEC through the Closing, a foreign private issuer as defined in Rule 405 under the Securities Act.

 

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6.14         Subscription Agreements. Each Subscription Agreement will be, upon execution thereof, a legal, valid and binding obligation of PubCo and, to the knowledge of Betters, the PIPE Investor party to such Subscription Agreement. The Subscription Agreements will contain all of the conditions precedent to the obligations of the PIPE Investors to contribute to PubCo the applicable subscription price thereunder on the terms set forth therein.

 

6.15         Disclaimer of Other Representations and Warranties. EACH OF THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT, EXCEPT AS EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN ARTICLE IV, NEITHER SPAC NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES HAS MADE, IS MAKING, OR SHALL BE DEEMED TO MAKE ANY (AND EACH OF THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES HEREBY EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS RELIANCE ON ANY) REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY WHATSOEVER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AT LAW OR IN EQUITY, TO ANY OF THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES, ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES OR ANY OTHER PERSON, WITH RESPECT TO SPAC OR ANY OF ITS BUSINESSES, ASSETS OR PROPERTIES, OR OTHERWISE, INCLUDING ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY AS TO CONDITION, VALUE, QUALITY, MERCHANTABILITY, USAGE, SUITABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, FUTURE RESULTS, PROPOSED BUSINESSES OR FUTURE PLANS. WITHOUT LIMITING THE FOREGOING AND NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING TO THE CONTRARY: (A) NEITHER SPAC NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE DEEMED TO MAKE TO ANY OF THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES, ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES OR ANY THIRD PARTY ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY OTHER THAN AS EXPRESSLY MADE BY SPAC IN ARTICLE IV; AND (B) NEITHER SPAC NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES HAS MADE, IS MAKING OR SHALL BE DEEMED TO MAKE TO ANY OF THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES, ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES OR REPRESENTATIVES OR ANY THIRD PARTY ANY REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, WITH RESPECT TO: (I) THE INFORMATION DISTRIBUTED OR MADE AVAILABLE TO THEM BY OR ON BEHALF OF SPAC IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT AND THE TRANSACTIONS; (II) ANY MANAGEMENT PRESENTATION, CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION MEMORANDUM OR SIMILAR DOCUMENT; OR (III) ANY FINANCIAL PROJECTION, FORECAST, ESTIMATE, BUDGET OR SIMILAR ITEM RELATING TO SPAC OR ITS BUSINESS, ASSETS, LIABILITIES, PROPERTIES, FINANCIAL CONDITION, RESULTS OF OPERATIONS OR PROJECTED OPERATIONS. EACH OF THE ACQUISITION ENTITIES HEREBY ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS NOT RELIED ON ANY PROMISE, REPRESENTATION OR WARRANTY THAT IS NOT EXPRESSLY SET FORTH IN ARTICLE IV OF THIS AGREEMENT.

  

Article VII
COVENANTS OF THE BETTERS COMPANIES

 

7.1           PubCo Nasdaq Listing. From the date of this Agreement through the Closing, PubCo shall apply for, and shall use best efforts to cause, the PubCo Ordinary Shares and the PubCo Warrants to be issued in connection with the Transactions to be approved for listing on the Nasdaq and accepted for clearance by the DTC, subject to official notice of issuance, prior to the Closing Date.

 

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7.2           Conduct of Business of the Target Companies and the Acquisition Entities.

 

(a)            Except (i) as expressly permitted by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements (including the consummation of the Share Contribution and the PIPE Investment), (ii) as expressly required by applicable Law, (iii) as disclosed in Section 7.2(a) of the Betters Disclosure Letter or (iv) as expressly consented to by SPAC in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably conditioned, delayed or withheld), from the date of this Agreement through the earlier of the Closing or valid termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article XI (such period, the “Interim Period”), the Company and each of the Acquisition Entities shall, and Betters shall cause each of the Target Companies and each of the Acquisition Entities to, operate its business in the Ordinary Course.

 

(b)           Without limiting the generality of Section 7.2(a), except (w) as expressly permitted by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements (including the consummation of the Share Contribution and the PIPE Investment), (x) as expressly required by applicable Law; (y) as disclosed in Section 7.2(b) of the Betters Disclosure Letter or (z) as consented to by SPAC in writing, none of the Target Companies or Acquisition Entities shall, and Betters shall cause each of the Target Companies and each of the Acquisition Entities to not:

  

(i)            change, modify or amend the Governing Documents of any Target Company or any Acquisition Entity;

 

(ii)           form or establish a Subsidiary;

 

(iii)          make or declare any dividend or distribution to any shareholders or members, as applicable, of any Target Company or any Acquisition Entity or make any other distribution in respect of any Target Company’s or any Acquisition Entity’s Equity Securities, except dividends and distributions by a wholly owned Subsidiary of a Target Company to such Target Company or another wholly owned Subsidiary of such Target Company;

 

(iv)          split, subdivide, combine, reclassify, recapitalize or otherwise amend any terms of any Equity Securities of any of the Target Companies or any of the Acquisition Entities, except for any such transaction by a wholly owned Subsidiary of a Target Company that remains a wholly owned Subsidiary of such Target Company after consummation of such transaction;

 

(v)           purchase, repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any issued and outstanding Equity Securities of any Target Company or any Acquisition Entity, except for transactions between a Target Company and any wholly owned Subsidiary of such Target Company;

 

(vi)          sell, assign, transfer, convey, lease or otherwise dispose of any material assets or properties of any Target Company or any Acquisition Entity having a value in excess of $1,000,000, except for (A) dispositions of equipment in the Ordinary Course, (B) sales of inventory in the Ordinary Course, (C) transactions solely among the Target Companies or (D) transactions pursuant to Contracts existing on the date hereof;

 

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(vii)         acquire any ownership interest in any real property;

 

(viii)        acquire by merger or consolidation with, or merge or consolidate with, or purchase substantially all or a material portion of the equity or assets of, any corporation, partnership, association, joint venture or other business organization or division thereof;

 

(ix)          except as otherwise required by applicable Law or pursuant to existing Company Benefit Plans as in effect on the date of this Agreement, (A) grant any equity or equity based awards or severance, retention, change in control or termination or similar pay, except in connection with the promotion, hiring or termination of employment of any employee in the Ordinary Course, (B) make any change in its key management structure, including the hiring of additional senior executive officers (other than such hiring to fill vacancies in the Ordinary Course) or the termination of existing senior executive officers, other than terminations for cause or due to death or disability, (C) terminate, adopt, enter into or materially amend any Company Benefit Plan, (D) increase the cash compensation or bonus opportunity of any officer or director by more than 10%, except in the Ordinary Course, (E) establish any trust or take any other action to secure the payment of any compensation payable by it or its Subsidiaries or (F) except in the Ordinary Course, take any action to amend or waive any performance or vesting criteria or to accelerate the time of payment or vesting of any compensation or benefit payable by it or any of its Subsidiaries;

  

(x)            (A) make, change or revoke any material election in respect of Taxes, except to comply with GAAP or applicable Law, or settle or compromise any material United States federal, state, local or non-United States Tax claim or Liability, except in the Ordinary Course, or (B) change any annual Tax accounting period, adopt or change any material method of Tax accounting, amend any material Tax Returns or file claims for material Tax refunds, enter into any material “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar Law) with any Governmental Authority with respect to any Tax, waive or extend any statute of limitations period in respect of a material amount of Taxes (other than pursuant to extensions of time to file Tax Returns obtained in the Ordinary Course), settle any material Tax claim, audit or assessment, or surrender any right to claim a material Tax refund, offset or other reduction in a material Tax Liability;

 

(xi)           take, agree to take, or fail to take, any action that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment;

 

(xii)          issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant or encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant or encumbrance of, any Equity Securities of any Acquisition Entity or Target Company;

 

(xiii)         adopt a plan of, or otherwise enter into or effect a, complete or partial liquidation, dissolution, restructuring, recapitalization or other reorganization (other than the Share Contribution), merge or consolidate with any Person or be acquired by any Person, or file for bankruptcy;

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(xiv)        waive, release, settle, compromise or otherwise resolve any Action, except where such waivers, releases, settlements or compromises or other resolutions involve only the payment of monetary damages in an amount less than $250,000 in the aggregate;

 

(xv)         other than Indebtedness existing as of the date hereof, incur, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness, except for borrowed money, the principal amount of which does not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate;

 

(xvi)        enter into, renew or amend in any material respect, (A) any transaction or Contract with a Target Company Related Person that would require disclosure of such transaction or Contract under Item 404 of Regulation S-K promulgated by the SEC, (B) any Contract between any Target Company or any Acquisition Entity and any broker, finder, investment banker or financial advisor with respect to any of the Transactions or (C) any Contract that, had such Contract been entered into on or before the date of this Agreement, would have been required to be disclosed pursuant to Section 3.21(a) of the Betters Disclosure Letter;

  

(xvii)       limit the right of any Target Company to engage in any line of business or in any geographic area, to Develop, market or sell products or services, or to compete with any Person;

 

(xviii)      (A) sell, transfer or license any material Company Intellectual Property to any Person, other than non-exclusive licenses in the Ordinary Course, (B) abandon, withdraw, dispose of, permit to lapse or fail to preserve any material Company Intellectual Property, other than in the Ordinary Course or (C) disclose any Proprietary Information owned or held by any Target Company in the Ordinary Course to any Person who has not entered into a written confidentiality agreement and is not otherwise subject to confidentiality obligations;

 

(xix)         grant, create, assume or otherwise incur any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) on any of properties or assets of any of the Target Companies or the Acquisition Entities;

 

(xx)          make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person (including to any officer, director, agent or consultant of any Target Company or Acquisition Entity, other than business expenses advanced to officers or directors of any Target Company in the Ordinary Course), make any change in its existing borrowing or lending arrangements for or on behalf of such Persons, or enter into any “keep well” or similar agreement to maintain the financial condition of any Person;

 

(xxi)         other than in connection with the preparation of the PCAOB Financials, amend or make any changes to the accounting policies, methods, principles or practices of any Target Company or Acquisition Entity, unless required by GAAP or applicable Law;

 

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(xxii)        enter into any (i) material line of business or (ii) business that is unrelated to the business of the Target Companies, taken as a whole, as currently conducted;

 

(xxiii)       take any action that is reasonably likely to prevent, delay or impede the consummation of the Transactions; or

 

(xxiv)       enter into any agreement or otherwise make a binding commitment to do any action prohibited under this Section 7.2.

 

Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to give to SPAC or any of its Affiliates, directly or indirectly, rights to control or direct the operations of any Target Company or any Acquisition Entity during the Interim Period.

 

(c)            During the Interim Period, other than as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect, the Company and each of the Acquisition Entities shall, and Betters shall cause each of the other Betters Companies to, (i) comply with, and continue performing under, its Governing Documents and all Company Material Contracts to which it is a party and (ii) comply with all applicable Laws. If, during the Interim Period, any Target Company or any Acquisition Entity (A) receives written notice of, any actual, alleged or potential violation of any applicable Law, (B) becomes a party to or the subject of any pending (or to the knowledge of Betters, threatened) Action by or before any Governmental Authority (including receipt of any subpoena) related to any actual, alleged or potential violation of any applicable Law, or (C) to the knowledge of Betters, otherwise becomes aware of any actual, alleged or potential violation of any applicable Law, it shall provide written notice to SPAC within one Business Day of the discovery of the actual, alleged or potential violation.

  

(d)            Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, each of the Betters Companies agrees that, during the Interim Period, it shall take the actions, or refrain from taking the actions, as applicable, as set forth in Section 7.2(d) of the Betters Disclosure Letter.

 

7.3           SAFE Registration. Each of the Betters Companies shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to assist in the preparation of any required applications to SAFE by holders of SPAC Securities who are PRC residents for the registration of their respective holdings (whether direct or indirect) of PubCo Ordinary Shares or PubCo Warrants in accordance with the requirements of applicable SAFE Rules and Regulations and provide such holders of SPAC Securities with such information relating to the Betters Companies as is required for any such applications.

 

7.4           Amendment to PubCo Governing Documents.

 

(a)           Prior to the consummation of the Share Contribution, Betters shall cause the PubCo Memorandum to be amended and restated in its entirety in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit J (the “Post-Closing PubCo Memorandum”). The Post-Closing PubCo Memorandum shall be the memorandum of association of PubCo until thereafter amended in accordance with the Cayman Companies Act and the Post-Closing PubCo Memorandum.

 

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(b)           Prior to the consummation of the Share Contribution, Betters shall cause the PubCo Articles to be amended and restated in its entirety in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit K (the “Post-Closing PubCo Articles” and together with the Post-Closing PubCo Memorandum, the “Post-Closing PubCo Governing Documents”). The Post-Closing PubCo Articles shall be the articles of association of PubCo until thereafter amended in accordance with the Cayman Companies Act and the Post-Closing PubCo Articles.

 

7.5           Post-Closing Directors and Officers of PubCo. Subject to the terms of the PubCo Governing Documents, PubCo shall take all such action within its power as may be necessary or appropriate such that, immediately following the Closing:

 

(a)           the PubCo Board shall consist of seven directors, of whom (i) one will be designated by SPAC following consultation with Betters, (ii) four will be designated by Betters following consultation with SPAC and (iii) two will be mutually agreed by SPAC and Betters, and of which four must meet the standards of independence of companies subject to the rules and regulations of Nasdaq, and which shall comply with all diversity requirements under applicable Law, each such director to hold office in accordance with the Post-Closing PubCo Governing Documents until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or their earlier death, resignation or removal. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Section 7.5(a) shall impose or imply any obligations with respect to any future nomination, appointment, designation or election of directors to the PubCo Board and all future vacancies on PubCo Board shall be filled in accordance with Post-Closing PubCo Governing Documents;

  

(b)           the officers of the Company holding such positions as set forth in Section 7.5(b) of the Betters Disclosure Letter shall be appointed as the officers of PubCo, each such officer to hold office in accordance with the Post-Closing PubCo Governing Documents until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified, or their earlier death, resignation or removal; and

 

(c)           Ms. Haimei Wu will serve as the Chairman of the PubCo Board.

 

7.6           D&O Indemnification and Insurance.

 

(a)           The Parties agree that all rights to exculpation, indemnification and advancement of expenses existing in favor of the current or former directors and officers of SPAC (the “SPAC D&O Indemnified Parties”) as provided in the SPAC Governing Documents as in effect on the date of this Agreement, or under any indemnification, employment or other similar agreements between any SPAC D&O Indemnified Party and SPAC in effect on the date hereof and disclosed in Section 7.6(a) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter, shall survive the Closing and continue in full force and effect in accordance with the terms of such agreements to the extent permitted by applicable Law. For a period of six years after the Effective Time, PubCo shall cause the Governing Documents of PubCo and the Surviving Corporation to contain provisions no less favorable with respect to exculpation and indemnification of and advancement of expenses to SPAC D&O Indemnified Parties than are set forth as of the date of this Agreement in the SPAC Governing Documents, to the extent permitted by applicable Law. The provisions of this Section 7.6(a) shall survive the Closing and are intended to be for the benefit of, and shall be enforceable by, each of the SPAC D&O Indemnified Parties and their respective heirs and representatives.

 

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(b)           PubCo shall obtain and fully pay the premium for a “tail” insurance policy that provides coverage for up to a six-year period from the Closing Date, for the benefit of the directors and officers of PubCo, SPAC and the Company (the “D&O Indemnified Parties”), with insurance coverage that shall be substantially comparable to and in any event not less favorable in the aggregate than the insurance coverage under SPAC’s existing policy in any material respect or, if substantially comparable insurance coverage is unavailable, the best available coverage (the “D&O Tail Insurance Policy”); provided, however, in no event shall Betters or PubCo be required to expend for the D&O Tail Insurance Policy an annual premium amount in excess of 300% of the most expensive most recent aggregate annual premium paid or payable by any of SPAC or any Betters Companies for any such insurance policy for the 12-month period ended on the date of this Agreement (the “D&O Insurance Policy Cap”). PubCo shall (i) use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the D&O Tail Insurance Policy at an annual premium amount that is less than the D&O Tail Insurance Policy Cap, (ii) cause the D&O Tail Insurance Policy to be effective and bound as of the Closing Date and maintained in full force and effect for its full term, and (iii) cause the other Parties to honor all obligations under the D&O Tail Insurance Policy. SPAC shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to assist PubCo in obtaining the D&O Tail Insurance Policy at an annual premium amount that is less than the D&O Tail Insurance Policy Cap.

 

7.7           No Trading in SPAC Stock. Each of the Betters Parties acknowledges and agrees that it and each other Betters Company is aware of the restrictions imposed by U.S. federal securities Laws and the rules and regulations of the SEC and Nasdaq (as applicable) promulgated thereunder or otherwise and other applicable Laws on a Person possessing material nonpublic information about a publicly traded company. Each of the Betters Parties hereby agrees that, while it is in possession of such material nonpublic information, it shall not purchase or sell any SPAC Securities (except with the prior written consent of SPAC), take any other action with respect to SPAC in violation of such Laws or cause or encourage any third party to do any of the foregoing.

 

7.8           Betters Shareholder Support Agreement. In the event any Key Betters Shareholder fails to comply in any material respect with his, her or its obligations under the Betters Shareholder Support Agreement in a timely manner, Betters shall utilize the proxy granted to it by such Key Betters Shareholder under the Betters Shareholder Support Agreement to act for such Key Betters Shareholder in accordance with the terms and conditions of the Betters Shareholder Support Agreement, the Cayman Companies Act and other applicable Law.

 

7.9           Updated Betters Financial Statements.

 

(a)           As soon as reasonably practicable following the date of this Agreement, Betters shall deliver to SPAC true, correct and complete copies of (i) the PCAOB Financial Statements and (ii) pro forma financial statements in respect of Betters and the Target Companies as of and for the year ended December 31, 2022, prepared in accordance with GAAP and the auditing standards of the PCAOB (the “Pro Forma Betters Financial Statements”, together with the PCAOB Financial Statements, the “Updated Betters Financial Statements”).

 

(b)           Upon delivery of the Updated Betters Financial Statements, such financial statements (other than the Pro Forma Betters Financial Statements) shall be deemed to be included in “Betters Audited Financial Statements” for the purposes of this Agreement and the representations and warranties set forth in Section 3.7.

 

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7.10         Share Contribution. Prior to the Closing, Betters shall consummate the Share Contribution in accordance with this Agreement and the Company Governing Documents.

 

7.11         Betters Resolutions; Merger Sub Written Consent. Within five Business Days of the date of this Agreement, Betters shall deliver to SPAC (a) the duly adopted Betters Resolutions and (b) the Merger Sub Written Consent, in each case in accordance with applicable Law.

 

7.12         Lock-Up Agreement. Immediately prior to the consummation of the Share Contribution, PubCo and Betters shall enter into the Betters Lock-Up Agreement.

 

7.13         PubCo Equity Incentive Plan. Prior to the Share Contribution, PubCo shall approve (and Betters as the sole shareholder of PubCo shall approve) and adopt an equity incentive plan in a form reasonably acceptable to SPAC with a total pool of awards equal to 10% of the PubCo Ordinary Shares to be issued and outstanding (on a fully diluted basis) as of the Closing (to be adjusted as appropriate to reflect any share splits, share dividends, reverse share splits, combinations, reorganizations, reclassifications or similar events affecting the PubCo Ordinary Shares following the consummation of the Transactions, rounded down to the nearest whole share), with such changes or modifications thereto as SPAC and PubCo shall mutually agree (the “PubCo Equity Incentive Plan”). Within seven Business Days following the expiration of the 60-day period following the date PubCo has filed a current Form 10 information statement with the SEC reflecting its status as an entity that is not a shell company, PubCo will file an effective registration statement on Form S-8 (or other applicable form) with respect to the PubCo Ordinary Shares issuable under the PubCo Equity Incentive Plan.

  

Article VIII
COVENANTS OF SPAC

 

8.1           Trust Account Payments. Upon satisfaction or waiver of the conditions set forth in Article X and provision of notice thereof to the Trustee (which notice SPAC shall provide to the Trustee in accordance with the terms of the Trust Agreement), (a) in accordance with, subject to and pursuant to the Trust Agreement and the SPAC Governing Documents, at the Closing, SPAC (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 (A) pay as and when due all amounts payable to SPAC Stockholders pursuant to any SPAC Redemptions, and (B) immediately thereafter, disburse all remaining amounts then available in the Trust Account as directed by SPAC, subject to this Agreement and the Trust Agreement, for the following (in the following order of priority): (1) (x) the payment of the SPAC Transaction Expenses and the repayment of any amounts owed to the Sponsor or its Affiliates, in accordance with Section 2.4(c), and (y) the payment of the Betters Transaction Expenses; and (2) to PubCo, for immediate use for working capital and general corporate purposes, the balance of the assets in the Trust Account after payment of the amounts required under the foregoing, and (b) thereafter, the Trust Account shall terminate, except as otherwise provided therein.

 

8.2           SPAC Nasdaq Listing. From the date of this Agreement until the Closing, SPAC shall use reasonable best efforts to ensure that the SPAC Stock, SPAC Warrants and SPAC Units remain listed on Nasdaq.

 

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8.3           SPAC Conduct of Business.

 

(a)           Except (i) as expressly permitted by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, (ii) as expressly required by applicable Law, (iii) as disclosed in Section 8.3(a) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter or (iv) as expressly consented to by Betters in writing (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), during the Interim Period, SPAC shall operate its business in the Ordinary Course.

 

(b)           Without limiting the generality of Section 8.3(a), except (w) as expressly permitted by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements, (x) as expressly required by applicable Law, (y) as disclosed in Section 8.3(b) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter or (z) as consented to by Betters in writing, SPAC shall not:

 

(i)            change, modify or amend the Trust Agreement or the SPAC Governing Documents;

 

(ii)           form or establish a Subsidiary;

  

(iii)          make or declare any dividend or distribution to the SPAC Stockholders or make any other distributions in respect of its Equity Securities;

 

(iv)          split, combine, reclassify, recapitalize or otherwise amend any terms of any of its Equity Securities;

 

(v)           purchase, repurchase, redeem or otherwise acquire any of its issued and outstanding Equity Securities, other than a redemption of SPAC Stock (prior to the Effective Time) made as part of a SPAC Redemption;

 

(vi)          merge, consolidate or amalgamate with or into, or acquire (by purchasing a substantial portion of the assets of or equity in, or by any other manner) any other Person or business, or be acquired by any other Person;

 

(vii)         (A) make, change or revoke any material election in respect of Taxes, except to comply with GAAP or applicable Law, or settle or compromise any material United States federal, state, local or non-United States Tax claim or Liability, except in the Ordinary Course, or (B) change any annual Tax accounting period, adopt or change any material method of Tax accounting, amend any material Tax Returns or file claims for material Tax refunds, enter into any material “closing agreement” as described in Section 7121 of the Code (or any similar Law) with any Governmental Authority with respect to any Tax, waive or extend any statute of limitations period in respect of a material amount of Taxes, settle any material Tax claim, audit or assessment, or surrender any right to claim a material Tax refund, offset or other reduction in a material Tax Liability;

 

(viii)        take, agree to take, or fail to take, any action that could reasonably be expected to prevent the Transactions from qualifying for the Intended Tax Treatment;

 

(ix)          enter into, renew or amend in any material respect, any transaction or Contract (A) with an Affiliate of SPAC, other than any transaction or Contract pursuant to which the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates provides debt financing to SPAC or with the prior written consent of Betters, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed, (B) with any SPAC Stockholder except as permitted or contemplated by this Agreement or the Ancillary Agreements or (C) with any Person in which the Sponsor has a direct or indirect legal, contractual or beneficial ownership interest of 5% or greater;

 

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(x)           other than (A) Indebtedness existing as of the date hereof or (B) debt financing provided by the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates to SPAC in the Ordinary Course (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any fees, loans or expenses incurred by SPAC in connection with seeking an extension of the SPAC Business Combination Deadline), incur, assume or guarantee any Indebtedness;

 

(xi)          make any material change in its accounting principles, policies, procedures or methods unless required by GAAP or applicable Law;

 

(xii)          (A) issue, sell, pledge, dispose of, grant or encumber, or authorize the issuance, sale, pledge, disposition, grant or encumbrance of, any shares of SPAC Stock or rights exercisable for or convertible into shares of SPAC Stock, or (B) grant any options, warrants or other equity-based awards with respect to SPAC Stock not outstanding on the date of this Agreement;

  

(xiii)         waive, release, settle, compromise or otherwise resolve any Action, except where such waivers, releases, settlements or compromises or other resolutions involve only the payment of monetary damages in an amount less than $250,000 in the aggregate;

 

(xiv)        except as otherwise required by applicable Law, (A) make any change in its key management structure, including the hiring of additional officers (other than such hiring to fill vacancies in the Ordinary Course) or the termination of existing officers, other than terminations for cause or due to death or disability, including entering into any employment, collective bargaining, consulting or similar arrangement with any such Persons, (B) increase the cash compensation or bonus opportunity of any officer or director, except in the Ordinary Course, (C) establish any trust or take any other action to secure the payment of any compensation payable by it or (D) except in the Ordinary Course, take any action to amend or waive any performance or vesting criteria or to accelerate the time of payment or vesting of any compensation or benefit payable by it;

 

(xv)         except as otherwise required by applicable Law, (A) hire, or otherwise enter into any employment, collective bargaining, consulting or similar agreement with, any officer or director of SPAC, (B) grant any increase in the compensation of any officer or director of SPAC, (C) adopt any “employee benefit plan” (within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA) for the benefit of any current or former officer or director, or (D) materially amend any existing agreement with any current or former officer or director;

 

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(xvi)        make any loans, advances or capital contributions to, or investments in, any other Person (including to any of its officers, directors, agents or consultants, other than business expenses advanced to officers or directors in the Ordinary Course), make any change in its existing borrowing or lending arrangements for or on behalf of such Persons, or enter into any “keep well” or similar agreement to maintain the financial condition of any Person;

 

(xvii)       liquidate, dissolve, reorganize or otherwise wind-up its business and operations; or

 

(xviii)      enter into any agreement or otherwise make a binding commitment to do any action prohibited under this Section 8.3(b).

 

Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be construed to give to Betters or any other Betters Company or any of their respective Affiliates, directly or indirectly, rights to control or direct the operations of SPAC during the Interim Period.

 

(c)            During the Interim Period, other than as would not, individually or in the aggregate, have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect, SPAC shall (i) comply with, and continue performing under, its Governing Documents and all SPAC Material Contracts and (ii) comply with all applicable Laws. If, during the Interim Period, SPAC (A) receives written notice of, any actual, alleged or potential violation of any applicable Law, (B) becomes a party to or the subject of any pending (or to the knowledge of SPAC, threatened) Action by or before any Governmental Authority (including receipt of any subpoena) related to any actual, alleged or potential violation of any applicable Law, or (C) to the knowledge of SPAC, otherwise becomes aware of any actual, alleged or potential violation of any applicable Law, it shall provide written notice to Betters within one Business Day of the discovery of the actual, alleged or potential violation.

  

(d)            Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, SPAC agrees that, during the Interim Period, it shall take the actions, or refrain from taking the actions, as applicable, as set forth in Section 8.3(d) of the SPAC Disclosure Letter.

 

8.4           Additional SEC Reports. Between the date of this Agreement and the Effective Time or the earlier termination of this Agreement, SPAC will keep current and file (taking into account any permitted extensions of time within which to file) all of the forms, reports, schedules, statements and other documents required to be filed by SPAC with the SEC, including all necessary amendments and supplements thereto, and otherwise comply in all material respects with applicable securities Laws (the “Additional SEC Reports”); provided, that any failure of SPAC to timely file any Additional SEC Reports that is caused by the failure of SPAC’s independent registered public accounting firm to consent to the filing of SPAC’s financial statements (despite SPAC having exercised its reasonable best efforts to secure such consent in a timely manner consistent with the Ordinary Course), or otherwise as a result of a delay by SPAC’s independent registered public accounting firm, shall not be deemed to be a breach of this Section 8.4; and provided, further, that a later filing of any required materials shall cure any previous failure to previously file such materials for purposes of this Section 8.4. All Additional SEC Reports (including any financial statements or schedules included therein) (i) shall be prepared in all material respects in accordance with the requirements of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, as the case may be, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and (ii) will not, at the time they are filed, or, if amended, as of the date of such amendment, contain any untrue statement of a material fact or fail 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 were made, not misleading. The financial statements and notes contained or incorporated by reference in any Additional SEC Reports shall be deemed to be included in “SPAC Financial Statements” for the purposes of this Agreement and the representations and warranties set forth in Section 4.7(b). As used in this Section 8.4, the term “file” shall be broadly construed to include any manner in which a document or information is furnished, supplied or otherwise made available to the SEC. SPAC shall consult with Betters regarding any Additional SEC Reports which discuss or refer to this Agreement or the Transactions and will consider in good faith any comments to such Additional SEC Reports provided by Betters.

 

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Article IX
JOINT COVENANTS

  

9.1           Regulatory Approvals; Other Filings.

 

(a)            Each of the Parties shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate in good faith with any Governmental Authority and to undertake promptly any and all action required to obtain any necessary or advisable regulatory approvals, consents, Actions, nonactions or waivers in order to complete lawfully the Transactions, under the Laws set forth and described in Section 9.1(a) of their respective Disclosure Letter (the “Regulatory Approvals”) as soon as practicable (but in any event prior to the Outside Date) and any and all action necessary to consummate the Transactions as contemplated hereby. Each of the Parties shall take such action as may be required to cause the expiration or termination of the waiting, notice or review periods under any applicable Regulatory Approval with respect to the Transactions as promptly as practicable after the execution of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, nothing contained in this Section 9.1(a), Section 9.1(b) or Section 9.3 shall require or obligate any Party, or any of their respective Affiliates, to agree or otherwise take any commercially impracticable action or accept any condition or restriction in order to obtain any Regulatory Approvals.

 

(b)            With respect to each of the Regulatory Approvals and any other requests, inquiries, Actions or other proceedings by or from Governmental Authorities, each of the Parties shall, (i) to the extent required by applicable Laws, promptly submit all notifications, reports, and other filings required to be submitted to a Governmental Authority in order to obtain the Regulatory Approvals; (ii) use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any necessary clearance, approval, consent or Regulatory Approval under any applicable Laws prescribed or enforceable by any Governmental Authority for the Transactions, and resolve any objections as may be asserted by any Governmental Authority with respect to the Transactions; and (iii) cooperate fully with each other in the defense of such matters. To the extent not prohibited by applicable Law, each of the Betters Companies shall promptly furnish to SPAC, and SPAC shall promptly furnish to Betters, copies of any substantive notices or written communications received by such Party or any of its Affiliates from any Governmental Authority with respect to the Transactions, and each such Party shall permit counsel to the other Parties an opportunity to review in advance, and each such Party shall consider in good faith the views of such counsel in connection with any proposed substantive written communications by such Party or its Affiliates to any Governmental Authority concerning the Transactions; provided, however, that none of the Parties shall enter into any agreement with any Governmental Authority relating to any Regulatory Approval related to the Transactions without the written consent of the other Parties. To the extent not prohibited by Law, each of the Betters Companies agrees to provide SPAC and its counsel, and SPAC agrees to provide to Betters and its counsel, the opportunity, on reasonable advance notice, to participate in any substantive meetings or discussions, either in person or by telephone or electronic means, between such party or any of its Affiliates or Representatives, on the one hand, and any Governmental Authority, on the other hand, concerning or in connection with the Transactions. Each of the Parties agrees to make, or cause to be made, all filings, to provide all information reasonably required of such Party and to reasonably cooperate with each other, in each case, in connection with obtaining the Regulatory Approvals; provided, further, that such Parties shall not be required to provide information to the extent that (A) any applicable Law requires it or its Affiliates to restrict or prohibit access to such information, (B) in the reasonable judgment of such Party, the information is subject to confidentiality obligations to a third party, (C) in the reasonable judgment of such Party, the information is commercially sensitive and disclosure of such information would have a material impact on the business, assets, Liabilities, results of operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of such Party, or (D) disclosure of any such information would be reasonably likely to result in the loss or waiver of the attorney-client, work product or other applicable privilege.

 

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(c)            Each of SPAC and Betters shall be responsible for and pay any and all filing fees payable to any Governmental Authorities that it incurs (or in the case of Betters, any such fees that it or any other Betters Company incurs) in connection with the Transactions.

 

9.2           Preparation of Proxy/Registration Statement; SPAC Stockholder Meeting and Approvals.

 

(a)            Proxy/Registration Statement.

 

(i)            As promptly as reasonably practicable after the execution of this Agreement, Betters, PubCo and SPAC shall prepare and mutually agree upon, and PubCo shall file with the SEC, a proxy/registration statement on Form F-4 (as amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Proxy/Registration Statement”) relating to the meeting of the SPAC Stockholders (including any adjournment or postponement thereof, the “SPAC Stockholder Meeting”) (A) in connection with the registration under the Securities Act of the PubCo Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Agreement, (B) to provide the Public Stockholders an opportunity to have their shares of SPAC Stock redeemed in a SPAC Redemption and (C) to solicit proxies from SPAC Stockholders for the approval and adoption of (1) this Agreement, the Ancillary Agreements and the Transactions, (2) any other proposals as the SEC (or staff member thereof) may indicate are necessary in its comments to the Proxy/Registration Statement or correspondence related thereto, (3) any other proposals as determined by SPAC, Betters and PubCo to be necessary or appropriate in connection with the Transactions and (4) adjournment of the SPAC Stockholder Meeting, if necessary, to permit further solicitation of proxies in case there are not sufficient votes to approve and adopt any of the foregoing (such proposals in clauses (1) through (4), collectively, the “Transaction Proposals” and such proposals in clauses (1) and (3), the “Required Transaction Proposals”).

 

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(ii)           Each Betters Company and SPAC shall furnish all information concerning such party as SPAC or Betters may reasonably request in connection with such actions and the preparation of the Proxy/Registration Statement. Each of Betters, PubCo and SPAC shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to (A) cause the Proxy/Registration Statement when filed with the SEC to comply in all material respects with all Laws applicable thereto, including all rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC, (B) respond as promptly as reasonably practicable to and resolve all comments received from the SEC concerning the Proxy/Registration Statement, (C) cause the Proxy/Registration Statement to be declared effective under the Securities Act as promptly as practicable and (D) keep the Proxy/Registration Statement effective as long as is necessary to consummate the Transactions. Prior to the effective date of the Proxy/Registration Statement, Betters, SPAC and PubCo shall take all action required under any applicable federal or state securities Laws in connection with the issuance of PubCo Ordinary Shares pursuant to this Agreement. Each of Betters, SPAC and PubCo also agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain all necessary state securities Law or “Blue Sky” Permits and Approvals required to carry out the Transactions, and Betters, PubCo and SPAC shall furnish all information concerning the Betters Companies (in the case of Betters and PubCo) or SPAC (in the case of SPAC) and any of their respective members, stockholders or shareholders as may be reasonably requested in connection with any such action. As promptly as practicable after finalization and effectiveness of the Proxy/Registration Statement, SPAC shall mail (or cause to be mailed) the Proxy/Registration Statement to the SPAC Stockholders. Each of SPAC, PubCo and Betters shall furnish to the other such parties all information concerning itself and its Subsidiaries, and its and their respective officers, directors, managers, stockholders, shareholders 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 filing of the Proxy/Registration Statement, a current report of SPAC on Form 8-K or a current report of PubCo on Form 6-K pursuant to the Exchange Act in connection with the Transactions, or any other statement, filing, notice or application made by or on behalf of SPAC, PubCo, Betters or any of their respective Affiliates to any regulatory authority (including Nasdaq) in connection with the Transactions.

  

(iii)          Betters, on the one hand, and SPAC, on the other, shall each be responsible for and pay one-half of the cost for the preparation, filing and mailing of the Proxy/Registration Statement and other related fees. SPAC shall comply in all material respects with all applicable rules and regulations promulgated by the SEC or Nasdaq, the SPAC Governing Documents and this Agreement in the distribution of the Proxy/Registration Statement, any solicitation of proxies thereunder, the calling and holding of the SPAC Stockholder Meeting and a SPAC Redemption.

 

(iv)          Any filing of, or amendment or supplement to, the Proxy/Registration Statement will be mutually prepared and agreed upon by SPAC, PubCo and Betters. PubCo and Betters will advise SPAC, and SPAC will advise PubCo and Betters, as applicable, of the time when the Proxy/Registration Statement has become effective or any supplement or amendment thereto has been filed, of the issuance of any stop order, of the suspension of the qualification of PubCo Ordinary Shares to be issued or issuable in connection with this Agreement for offering or sale in any jurisdiction, or of any request by the SEC for amendment of the Proxy/Registration Statement or SEC comments thereon and responses thereto or requests by the SEC for additional information and responses thereto, in each case promptly after receiving such notice or communication, and shall provide each other with a reasonable opportunity to provide comments or propose amendments to any such filing. SPAC, PubCo and Betters shall cooperate and mutually agree upon (such agreement not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) any response to comments of the SEC or its staff with respect to the Proxy/Registration Statement and any amendments filed in response thereto.

 

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(v)           If, at any time prior to the Closing, any Event relating to SPAC or its officers or directors is discovered by SPAC which should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy/Registration Statement, a current report of SPAC on Form 8-K or a current report of PubCo on Form 6-K, SPAC shall promptly inform Betters and PubCo. If, at any time prior to the Closing, any Event relating to a Betters Company, or any of their respective Subsidiaries or their respective officers or directors, is discovered by a Betters Company which should be set forth in an amendment or a supplement to the Proxy/Registration Statement, a current report of SPAC on Form 8-K or a current report of PubCo on Form 6-K, Betters shall promptly inform SPAC. Thereafter, SPAC, PubCo and Betters shall promptly cooperate in the preparation of an appropriate amendment or supplement to the Proxy/Registration Statement describing or correcting such information and shall promptly file such amendment or supplement with the SEC and, to the extent required by Law, disseminate such amendment or supplement to the SPAC Stockholders.

  

(b)           SPAC Stockholders’ Approval.

 

(i)            Prior to or as promptly as reasonably practicable after the Proxy/Registration Statement is declared effective under the Securities Act, SPAC shall establish a record date for, duly call, give notice of, and convene and hold the SPAC Stockholder Meeting (and in any event, such meeting shall be held not more than 30 days after the date on which the Proxy/Registration Statement is mailed to the SPAC Stockholders) for the purpose of voting on the Transaction Proposals and obtaining the SPAC Stockholders’ Approval (including any adjournment or postponement of such meeting for the purpose of soliciting additional proxies in favor of the adoption of this Agreement), providing SPAC Stockholders with the opportunity to elect to redeem their shares pursuant to a SPAC Redemption and such other matters as may be mutually agreed to by SPAC and Betters. SPAC will use its reasonable best efforts to (A) solicit from the SPAC Stockholders proxies in favor of the adoption of this Agreement and the Transaction Proposals, including the SPAC Stockholders’ Approval, and will take all other action reasonably necessary or advisable to obtain such proxies and the SPAC Stockholders’ Approval and (B) obtain the vote or consent of the SPAC Stockholders required by and in compliance with all applicable Law, Nasdaq rules (as applicable) and the SPAC Charter; provided, that none of SPAC, the Sponsor or any of their Affiliates shall be required to pay any additional consideration to any SPAC Stockholder in order to obtain the SPAC Stockholders’ Approval.

 

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(ii)           SPAC (A) shall consult with Betters regarding the record date and the date of the SPAC Stockholder Meeting and (B) shall not adjourn or postpone the SPAC Stockholder Meeting without the prior written consent of Betters (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed); provided, however, that SPAC may adjourn or postpone the SPAC Stockholder Meeting without any such consent (1) to the extent necessary to ensure that any supplement or amendment to the Proxy/Registration Statement that SPAC reasonably determines (following consultation with Betters) is necessary to comply with applicable Laws, is provided to the SPAC Stockholders in advance of a vote on the adoption of this Agreement, (2) if, as of the time that the SPAC Stockholder Meeting is originally scheduled, there are insufficient shares of SPAC Stock represented at such meeting (either in person or by proxy) to constitute a quorum necessary to conduct the business of the SPAC Stockholder Meeting, (3) if, as of the time that the SPAC Stockholder Meeting is originally scheduled, adjournment or postponement of the SPAC Stockholder Meeting is necessary to enable SPAC to solicit additional proxies required to obtain the SPAC Stockholders’ Approval, or (4) in the event that, as a result of SPAC Redemptions submitted by SPAC Stockholders prior to the SPAC Stockholder Meeting, SPAC reasonably believes that the conditions set forth in Section 10.3(c) would not be satisfied as of the Closing; provided, further, that in addition to the exceptions specified in the foregoing provision, SPAC may postpone or adjourn the SPAC Stockholder Meeting on one occasion without the consent of Betters so long as the date of the SPAC Stockholder Meeting is not postponed or adjourned more than an aggregate of 15 consecutive days.

  

(iii)          To the extent practicable, and in any event subject to the SPAC’s obligations under applicable Law, SPAC shall provide Betters with (A) reasonable updates with respect to the tabulated vote counts received by SPAC and (B) the right to review and discuss all material communication sent to SPAC Stockholders with respect to the SPAC Stockholder Meeting.

 

(iv)          The Proxy/Registration Statement shall include a statement to the effect that the SPAC Board has unanimously recommended that the SPAC Stockholders vote in favor of the Transaction Proposals at the SPAC Stockholder Meeting (such statement, the “SPAC Board Recommendation”).

 

(c)           None of the SPAC Board, the Betters Board, the PubCo Board, the Merger Sub Board or the Company Board, nor any committee thereof, shall withhold, withdraw, qualify, amend or modify or publicly propose or resolve to withhold, withdraw, qualify, amend or modify, the recommendation of such governing body in favor of the approval of this Agreement or the Transactions.

 

(d)           Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, at any time prior to obtaining the SPAC Stockholders’ Approval, solely in response to an Intervening Event, the SPAC Board, acting on the recommendation of a majority of the members of the SPAC Board, may make a SPAC Modification in Recommendation (an “Intervening Event Recommendation Change”) if it determines in good faith, after consultation with its outside legal counsel, that failure to do so would constitute a breach of the SPAC Board’s fiduciary duties to the SPAC Stockholders under applicable Law; provided, however, that the SPAC Board shall not be entitled to make, or agree to resolve to make, any Intervening Event Recommendation Change unless (i) SPAC provides written notice (“Intervening Event Notice”) to Betters advising it that the SPAC Board is proposing to make an Intervening Event Recommendation Change at least five Business Days in advance thereof (including the material facts and information constituting the basis for such determination) and that the failure to make an Intervening Event Recommendation Change would constitute a breach of the SPAC Board’s fiduciary duties to the SPAC Stockholders under applicable Law, (ii) during such five Business Day period, SPAC and its Representatives shall have negotiated in good faith with Betters and its Representatives regarding any changes or modifications proposed by Betters to this Agreement as would enable the SPAC Board to proceed with the SPAC Board Recommendation and not make such Intervening Event Recommendation Change and (iii) SPAC may make an Intervening Event Recommendation Change only if SPAC Board, after considering in good faith any changes or modifications to the terms and conditions of this Agreement proposed by Betters during such five Business Day period (or applicable period), continues to determine in good faith, and reaffirms in writing to Betters on the fifth Business Day immediately following the day on which it delivered the Intervening Event Notice, that failure to make such Intervening Event Recommendation Change would constitute a breach of the SPAC Board’s fiduciary duties to the SPAC Stockholders under applicable Law.

 

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9.3           Support of Transaction. Betters shall, and shall cause the other Betters Companies to, and SPAC shall, (a) use reasonable best efforts to obtain all material Approvals that any Betters Company or SPAC, as applicable, are required to obtain in order to consummate the Transactions, and (b) take or cause such other action as may be reasonably necessary or as the other may reasonably request to satisfy the conditions of Article X or otherwise to comply with this Agreement and to consummate the Transactions as soon as practicable; provided, that, notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, nothing in this Agreement shall require any Betters Company or SPAC or any of their respective Affiliates to (i) commence or threaten to commence, pursue or defend against any Action (without limiting the express obligations to make regulatory filings under Section 9.1), whether judicial or administrative, (ii) seek to have any stay or other Governmental Order vacated or reversed, (iii) propose, negotiate, commit to or effect by consent decree, hold separate order or otherwise, the sale, divestiture, licensing or disposition of any assets or businesses of the Target Companies or the Acquisition Entities, (iv) take or commit to take actions that limit the freedom of action of any of the Target Companies or the Acquisition Entities or SPAC with respect to, or the ability to retain, control or operate, or to exert full rights of ownership in respect of, any of the businesses, product lines or assets of any of the Target Companies or the Acquisition Entities or SPAC or (v) bear any material expense, pay any material fee or grant any financial, legal or other accommodation to any other Person (for the avoidance of doubt, without limiting the express obligations of such parties under the terms of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements).

 

9.4           Tax Matters.

 

(a)           None of SPAC, the Surviving Corporation or any of the Betters Companies shall take any action, or fail to take any action, which would cause the Transactions to fail to qualify for the Intended Tax Treatment. PubCo shall cause the Surviving Corporation and the Company not to liquidate for U.S. federal income tax purposes following the Closing for a period of at least two years after the Closing Date. Betters shall not liquidate or be caused to liquidate for U.S. federal income tax purposes following the Closing for a period of at least two years after the Closing Date; provided that PubCo shall bear the cost of maintaining Betters after the Closing and any costs associated with effecting post-Closing exchanges of Betters Shares for PubCo Securities.

 

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(b)           Each of the Parties agrees to promptly notify the other Parties of any challenge to the Intended Tax Treatment by any Governmental Authority. Each of the Parties agrees to file all Tax Returns and other informational returns on a basis consistent with the Intended Tax Treatment unless otherwise required pursuant to a “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313(a) of the Code (or any similar state, local or non-U.S. Law) or a change in applicable Law.

 

(c)           If any holder of PubCo Ordinary Shares or PubCo Warrants immediately after the Closing (a “PubCo Securityholder”) provides notice to PubCo that it is a “five percent transferee shareholder” (as defined in Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-3(c)(5)(ii)) as a result of the Transactions and intends to enter into a “gain recognition agreement” in accordance with Treasury Regulations Sections 1.367(a)-3(c)(1)(iii) and 1.367(a)-8, PubCo agrees to use its commercially reasonable efforts to cooperate with such PubCo Securityholder, upon written request and at the sole expense of such PubCo Securityholder, to (i) furnish to such PubCo Securityholder such information as is it reasonably requests in connection with, and is reasonably necessary to complete, such PubCo Securityholder’s preparation of a gain recognition agreement in accordance with Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-8 (a “Gain Recognition Agreement”) and (ii) provide such PubCo Securityholder with written notice as promptly as reasonably practicable upon becoming aware that PubCo or any of its Affiliates (including, following the Closing, the Surviving Corporation and the Target Companies) has entered, or will enter, into a transaction (or series of related transactions) that would reasonably be expected to constitute a “triggering event” as described in Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-(8)(j) under the terms of such PubCo Securityholder’s Gain Recognition Agreement to the extent such PubCo Securityholder has furnished such Gain Recognition Agreement to PubCo (or any new Gain Recognition Agreement subsequently entered into by such PubCo Securityholder thereafter).

  

(d)           Following the Closing Date, PubCo shall, and shall cause the Surviving Corporation, to comply with the tax reporting obligations set forth in Treasury Regulations Section 1.367(a)-(3)(c)(6).

 

(e)           All transfer, documentary, sales, use, real property, stamp, stamp duty reserve tax, registration, value added or other similar Taxes (including any fees, costs and associated penalties and interest associated therewith) (“Transfer Taxes”) incurred in connection with this Agreement shall be borne by PubCo. The Parties shall cooperate in filing all necessary Tax Returns and other documentation with respect to all such Transfer Taxes, and PubCo shall timely pay (or cause to be timely paid) to the applicable Governmental Authority such Transfer Taxes.

 

9.5           Stockholder Litigation. Betters and PubCo shall promptly advise SPAC, and SPAC shall promptly advise Betters and PubCo, as the case may be, in writing of any Action commenced (or to the knowledge of Betters or the knowledge of SPAC, as applicable, threatened) on or after the date of this Agreement against such Party, any of its Subsidiaries or any of its directors by any Betters Shareholder or SPAC Stockholder relating to this Agreement or the Transactions (any such Action, “Stockholder Litigation”), and such Party shall keep the other Parties reasonably informed regarding any such Stockholder Litigation. Each of the Parties shall reasonably cooperate with the other Parties in connection with the defense, settlement and compromise of any such Stockholder Litigation. Betters and PubCo shall give SPAC the opportunity to participate in the defense or settlement of any such Stockholder Litigation brought against Betters or PubCo, any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective directors, and no such settlement shall be agreed to without SPAC’s prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). SPAC shall give Betters the opportunity to participate in the defense or settlement of any such Stockholder Litigation brought against SPAC or any of its directors, and no such settlement shall be agreed to without the prior written consent of Betters (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed).

 

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9.6           Alternative Transactions.

  

(a)           During the Interim Period, none of the Parties shall, and each of them shall cause their respective Representatives and Affiliates to not, except to the extent necessary to consummate the PIPE Investment, (i) initiate any negotiations with any Person with respect to, or provide any non-public information or data concerning any of the Parties or their respective Subsidiaries, to any Person relating to an Alternative Transaction or afford to any Person access to the business, properties, assets or personnel of any Party or its Subsidiaries in connection with an Alternative Transaction, (ii) enter into any acquisition agreement, merger agreement or similar definitive agreement, or any letter of intent, memorandum of understanding or agreement in principle, or any other agreement relating to an Alternative Transaction, (iii) grant any waiver, amendment or release under any confidentiality agreement or the anti-takeover Laws of any state relating to an Alternative Transaction, or (iv) otherwise knowingly facilitate, solicit or encourage any such inquiries, proposals, discussions, or negotiations or any effort or attempt by any Person to make an Alternative Transaction. Each of the Parties shall, and shall cause its Representatives and Affiliates to, immediately cease any and all existing discussions or negotiations with any Person conducted heretofore with respect to any Alternative Transaction. Without limiting the foregoing, the Parties agree that any violation of the restrictions set forth in this Section 9.6 by a Party or its Affiliates or Representatives shall be deemed to be a breach of this Section 9.6 by such Party.

 

(b)           If SPAC or any of its Affiliates or Representatives receives any written proposal with respect to any Alternative Transaction, then SPAC shall (i) promptly notify Betters in writing, which notice shall include the material terms and conditions of such proposal in reasonable detail, and (ii) keep Betters reasonably informed on a current basis of, and in any case, promptly upon receipt of any of the foregoing, including any material modifications to such offer or information.

 

(c)           If any Betters Company or any of their respective Affiliates or Representatives receives any written proposal with respect to any Alternative Transaction, then Betters shall (i) promptly notify SPAC in writing, which notice shall include the material terms and conditions of such proposal in reasonable detail, and (ii) keep SPAC reasonably informed on a current basis of, and in any case, promptly upon receipt of any of the foregoing, including any material modifications to such offer or information.

 

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9.7           Access to Information; Inspection. During the Interim Period, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, each of SPAC and the Betters Parties shall, and shall cause each of its Subsidiaries to, (a) afford to each of the other Parties and its Representatives reasonable access, during normal business hours and with reasonable advance notice, in such manner as to not materially interfere with the Ordinary Course of its operations, to all of its respective assets, properties, facilities, books, Contracts, Tax Returns, records and appropriate officers, employees and other personnel, and shall furnish such Representatives with all financial and operating data and other information concerning its affairs that are in its possession as such Representatives may reasonably request, and (b) cooperate with each other Party and its Representatives regarding all due diligence matters, including document requests. All information obtained by SPAC and the Betters Parties and their respective Representatives pursuant to the foregoing shall be kept confidential by the Party receiving such information subject to the NDA. Notwithstanding the foregoing, none of SPAC or the Betters Parties shall be required to directly or indirectly provide access to or disclose information where the access or disclosure would violate its obligations of confidentiality or similar legal restrictions with respect to such information, jeopardize the protection of attorney-client privilege or contravene applicable Law (it being agreed that the Parties shall use their reasonable best efforts to cause such information to be provided in a manner that would not result in such jeopardy or contravention) or violate any applicable Laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 9.7 does not afford access rights for the purpose of conducting environmental testing or sampling. 

  

9.8           Delisting and Deregistration. Betters, PubCo and SPAC shall use their respective reasonable best efforts to cause the SPAC Units, SPAC Stock and SPAC Rights to be delisted from Nasdaq (or be succeeded by the respective PubCo Securities) and to terminate the registration of SPAC with the SEC pursuant to Sections 12(b), 12(g) and 15(d) of the Exchange Act (or be succeeded by PubCo) as of the Effective Time or as soon as practicable thereafter.

 

9.9           Extension of SPAC Business Combination Deadline. If the Transactions are not consummated by October 25, 2023 (the “SPAC Business Combination Deadline”), then SPAC shall use its, and shall cause its Affiliates to use their, reasonable best efforts to obtain the approval of the SPAC Stockholders to approve an extension of the SPAC Business Combination Deadline to a date that is mutually agreed between SPAC and Betters and reasonably necessary to consummate the Transactions (which date shall not be later than June 25, 2024) (an “Extension” and such date, the “Maximum Extension Date”). In connection with any Extension, PubCo shall be responsible for the amount of any extension payments to be made by SPAC into the Trust Account as set forth on Section 9.9 of the Betters Disclosure Letter for the duration of such Extension, and all other fees and expenses incurred or payable in connection with any such Extension (including any amounts in excess of the amount set forth on Section 9.9 of the Betters Disclosure Letter) shall be borne by SPAC. SPAC shall take, and shall cause its Affiliates to take, such actions as may be reasonably necessary to effectuate any such Extension, including holding one or more special meetings of the SPAC Stockholders, including all necessary adjournments or postponements thereof, to approve one or more amendments to the SPAC Charter to so extend the SPAC Business Combination Deadline. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, SPAC shall not be obligated to extend the Business Combination Deadline beyond the Maximum Extension Date. The later of (a) October 25, 2023 and (b) the date to which the SPAC Business Combination Date is extended in accordance with this Section 9.9 is referred to as the “Outside Date.”

 

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9.10         PIPE Investment.

 

(a)            During the Interim Period, each of SPAC and PubCo shall take, or cause to be taken, and Betters, Merger Sub, and the Company shall cooperate with each of SPAC and PubCo in the taking of, all actions and do, or cause to be done, all things necessary, proper or advisable to consummate the PIPE Investment (i) concurrently with the Closing and (ii) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Subscription Agreements, including maintaining in effect the Subscription Agreements and to: (A) provide, upon written request, the other Parties with such information and assistance as is reasonably requested in connection with the negotiation, preparation and execution of the Subscription Agreements and the consummation of the PIPE Investment; (B) satisfy on a timely basis all conditions and covenants applicable to such Party in the Subscription Agreements and otherwise comply with its obligations thereunder; (C) in the event that all conditions in the Subscription Agreements (other than those conditions that by their nature are to be satisfied at the PIPE Closing (as defined in the Subscription Agreements), but subject to their satisfaction at the PIPE Closing) have been satisfied, consummate the PIPE Investment concurrently with the Closing; (D) confer with the other Parties regarding timing of the PIPE Closing; (E) deliver notices to the PIPE Investors sufficiently in advance of the PIPE Closing to cause them to fund the PIPE Investment Amount as far in advance of the PIPE Closing as permitted by the Subscription Agreements; and (F) cause each PIPE Investor to pay to (or as directed by) PubCo its applicable portion of the PIPE Investment Amount as set forth in the applicable Subscription Agreement and upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein. PubCo shall take all actions required under the Subscription Agreements with respect to the timely issuance and delivery of the PubCo Ordinary Shares issuable in connection with the PIPE Investment, whether in certificate or book-entry form, as and when required under any such Subscription Agreements. To the extent PubCo enters into any Subscription Agreements (or any other Contract related to the issuance of any Equity Securities) with respect to the PIPE Investment to which SPAC is not a party, PubCo shall provide SPAC with each such Contract prior to its execution and provide SPAC reasonable time to review and comment thereon and shall consider in good faith any comments from SPAC with respect to any such Contract.

  

(b)            Without limiting the generality of Section 9.10(a), PubCo shall give SPAC prompt (and, in any event, within three Business Days) written notice: (i) of any breach or default (or any Event that, with notice, could give rise to any breach or default) by any party to any Subscription Agreement known to PubCo or of which PubCo becomes aware; (ii) of the receipt of any written notice or other communication from any party to any Subscription Agreement with respect to any actual, potential or claimed expiration, lapse, withdrawal, breach, default, termination or repudiation by such party to any Subscription Agreement or any provisions of any Subscription Agreement; and (iii) if PubCo does not expect to receive all or any portion of the PIPE Investment Amount on the terms or in the manner contemplated by the Subscription Agreements.

 

9.11         Registration Rights Agreement. At the Closing, (a) SPAC and the Sponsor Members shall terminate the Sponsor Registration Rights Agreement and (b) PubCo, Betters and the Sponsor shall enter into the Registration Rights Agreement.

 

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Article X
CONDITIONS TO CLOSING

 

10.1         Conditions to Obligations of all Parties. The obligation of each Party to consummate, or cause to be consummated, the Transactions, as applicable, is subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions, any one or more of which may be waived (if permissible under applicable Law) in writing by SPAC and Betters (on behalf of itself and the other Betters Companies):

 

(a)           SPAC Stockholders’ Approval. The SPAC Stockholders’ Approval shall have been obtained.

 

(b)           Regulatory Approvals. All Regulatory Approvals shall have been obtained.

 

(c)           Listing; Effectiveness of Proxy/Registration Statement. (i) The PubCo Ordinary Shares and the PubCo Warrants to be issued in connection with the Closing shall have been approved for listing on Nasdaq, subject only to official notice of issuance thereof, and (ii) the Proxy/Registration Statement shall have been declared effective under the Securities Act, no stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Proxy/Registration Statement shall then remain in effect and no proceedings for the purpose of suspending the effectiveness of the Proxy/Registration Statement shall have been initiated by the SEC and not withdrawn.

  

(d)           No Law or Governmental Order. No Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) or Governmental Order that is then in effect and which has the effect of making the Transactions illegal or which otherwise prevents or prohibits consummation of the Transactions.

 

(e)           No Action. There shall not be any Action initiated by any Governmental Authority of its own volition (and not acting at the direction, suggestion, or recommendation, whether directly or indirectly, by or on behalf of any Party hereto) that remains pending and is reasonably expected to enjoin or otherwise restrict the consummation of the Transactions.

 

(f)            PIPE Investment. The PIPE Investment shall have been consummated substantially concurrently with the Closing.

 

(g)           Net Tangible Assets. After giving effect to the Closing (including the consummation of the PIPE Investment), SPAC shall have net tangible assets of at least $5,000,001 on its pro forma consolidated balance sheet.

 

10.2         Conditions to Obligations of SPAC. The obligation of SPAC to consummate, or cause to be consummated, the Transactions, as applicable, is subject to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions, any one or more of which may be waived (if permissible under applicable Law) in writing by SPAC:

 

(a)           Representations and Warranties.

 

(i)            Each of the representations and warranties (A) of the Target Companies contained in Sections 3.1 (Due Organization; Good Standing; Power and Authority), 3.2 (Due Authorization), 3.4 (Subsidiaries of the Company) and 3.17 (No Brokers), (B) of Betters contained in Sections 5.1, (Due Organization; Good Standing; Power and Authority), 5.2 (Due Authorization) and 5.8 (No Brokers) and (C) of the Acquisition Entities contained in Sections 6.1, (Due Organization; Good Standing; Power and Authority), 6.2 (Due Authorization) and 6.8 (No Brokers) shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as though then made, except with respect to such representations and warranties which speak as to a particular date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of such date.

 

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(ii)           Each of the representations and warranties (A) of the Target Companies contained in Section 3.3 (Capitalization), (B) of Betters contained in Section 5.3, (Ownership) and (C) of the Acquisition Entities contained in Section 6.3 (Capitalization) shall be true and correct in all respects, other than de minimis inaccuracies, on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as though then made, except with respect to such representations and warranties which speak as to a particular date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of such date.

  

(iii)          All of the other representations and warranties (A) of the Target Companies contained in Article III, (B) of Betters contained in Article V and (C) of the Acquisition Entities contained in Article VI shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as though then made, except with respect to such representations and warranties which speak as to a particular date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of such date, except for, in each case, any failures to be so true and correct that (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “Betters Material Adverse Effect” or any other similar materiality qualification set forth herein), individually or in the aggregate, have not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           Covenants, Obligations and Agreements. Each of the covenants and obligations of each of the Betters Parties to be performed or complied with as of or prior to the Closing shall have performed and complied with in all material respects.

 

(c)           No Betters Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred a Betters Material Adverse Effect that is continuing.

 

(d)           Approvals. All approvals, waiver or consents from any third parties set forth and described in Section 10.2(d) of the Betters Disclosure Letter shall have been obtained.

 

(e)           Closing Deliverables. (i) Betters and PubCo shall have delivered to SPAC each of the items listed in Section 2.4(a), and (ii) PubCo shall have paid the items contemplated by Section 2.4(c).

 

(f)            Share Contribution. The Share Contribution shall have been consummated, and Betters shall have provided SPAC with evidence reasonably acceptable to SPAC of the consummation of the Share Contribution.

 

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10.3         Conditions to the Obligations of the Betters Companies. The obligation of each of the Betters Companies to consummate, or cause to be consummated, the Transactions, as applicable, is subject to the satisfaction of the following additional conditions, any one or more of which may be waived (if permissible under applicable Law) in writing by Betters (on behalf of itself and each of the other Betters Companies):

 

(a)           Representations and Warranties.

 

(i)            Each of the representations and warranties of SPAC contained in Sections 4.1 (Due Organization; Good Standing; Power and Authority), 4.2 (SPAC Subsidiaries), 4.4 (Due Authorization) and 4.18 (No Brokers) shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as though then made, except with respect to such representations and warranties which speak as to a particular date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of such date.

 

(ii)           Each of the representations and warranties of SPAC contained in Section 4.3 (Capitalization) shall be true and correct in all respects, other than de minimis inaccuracies, on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as though then made, except with respect to such representations and warranties which speak as to a particular date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of such date.

 

(iii)          All of the other representations and warranties of SPAC contained in Article IV shall be true and correct in all respects on and as of the date hereof and on and as of the Closing Date as though then made, except with respect to such representations and warranties which speak as to a particular date, which representations and warranties shall be true and correct on and as of such date, except for, in each case, any failures to be so true and correct that (without giving effect to any limitation as to “materiality” or “SPAC Material Adverse Effect” or any other similar materiality qualification set forth herein), individually or in the aggregate, have not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

(b)           Covenants, Obligations and Agreements. Each of the covenants and obligations of SPAC to be performed or complied with as of or prior to the Closing shall have performed and complied with in all material respects.

 

(c)           No SPAC Material Adverse Effect. Since the date of this Agreement, there shall not have occurred a SPAC Material Adverse Effect that is continuing.

 

(d)           Closing Deliverables. SPAC shall have delivered to PubCo each of the items listed in Section 2.4(b).

 

(e)           SPAC Closing Cash. The SPAC Closing Cash shall not be less than $15,000,000.

 

10.4         Frustration of Conditions. No Party may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in this Article X to be satisfied if such failure was caused by the failure of such Party or its Affiliates (or, with respect to the Company, any Target Company or Betters) to act in good faith or to take such actions as may be necessary to cause the conditions of the other Parties hereto to be satisfied as required by Section 9.3.

 

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Article XI
TERMINATION

 

11.1         Termination. This Agreement may be terminated and the Transactions abandoned at any time prior to the Closing:

 

(a)           by mutual written consent of Betters and SPAC;

 

(b)           by written notice from Betters or SPAC to the other if any of the conditions set forth in Article X have not been satisfied or waived by the Outside Date; provided, however, that the right to terminate this Agreement under this Section 11.1(b) shall not be available to a Party if a breach or violation by such Party or its Affiliates (or with respect to Betters, any of the Betters Companies) of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation under this Agreement was the proximate cause of, or proximately resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or before the Outside Date;

  

(c)           by written notice from Betters or SPAC to the other if any Governmental Authority shall have enacted, issued, promulgated, enforced or entered any Law (whether temporary, preliminary or permanent) or Governmental Order that is then in effect and which has become final and nonappealable and has the effect of making the consummation of the Transactions illegal or otherwise preventing or prohibiting the consummation of the Transactions;

 

(d)           by written notice from Betters to SPAC within 10 Business Days after there has been a SPAC Modification in Recommendation;

 

(e)           by written notice from Betters or SPAC to the other if the SPAC Stockholders’ Approval shall not have been obtained by reason of the failure to obtain the required vote of the SPAC Stockholders at the SPAC Stockholder Meeting or at any adjournment or postponement thereof;

 

(f)            by written notice from SPAC to Betters if either the Betters Resolutions or the Merger Sub Written Consent has not been delivered to SPAC within five Business Days after the execution of this Agreement;

 

(g)           by written notice from SPAC to Betters if (i) there has been a breach by any of the Betters Parties of any of their respective representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of such Parties shall have become untrue or inaccurate, in each case, such that the conditions specified in Section 10.2(a) or Section 10.2(b) would not be satisfied at the Closing (a “Terminating Betters Breach”) (or, if such Terminating Betters Breach is curable by the Betters Parties through the exercise of reasonable best efforts, then, for a period of up to 20 Business Days after receipt by Betters of written notice from SPAC of such Terminating Betters Breach (the “Betters Cure Period”)), and (ii) the Terminating Betters Breach is incapable of being cured or is not cured within the earlier of (A) the Betters Cure Period or (B) the Outside Date; provided, that SPAC shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11.1(g) if at such time SPAC is in material uncured breach of this Agreement which would result in a failure of any condition set forth in Sections 10.3(a) or 10.3(b) to be satisfied at the Closing; or

 

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(h)           by written notice to SPAC from Betters if (i) there has been a breach by SPAC of any of its representations, warranties, covenants or agreements set forth in this Agreement, or if any representation or warranty of SPAC shall have become untrue or inaccurate, in each case, such that the conditions specified in Section 10.3(a) or Section 10.3(b) would not be satisfied at the Closing (a “Terminating SPAC Breach”) (or, if such Terminating SPAC Breach is curable by SPAC through the exercise of reasonable best efforts, then, for a period of up to 20 Business Days after receipt by SPAC of written notice from Betters of such Terminating SPAC Breach (the “SPAC Cure Period”)), and (ii) the Terminating SPAC Breach is incapable of being cured or is not cured within the earlier of (A) the SPAC Cure Period or (B) the Outside Date; provided, that Betters shall not have the right to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section 11.1(h) if at such time any Betters Party is in material uncured breach of this Agreement which would result in a failure of any condition set forth in Sections 10.2(a) or 10.2(b) to be satisfied at the Closing.

 

11.2         Effect of Termination.

 

(a)            In the event of the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 11.1, this Agreement shall forthwith become null and void and have no further force or effect, without any Liability on the part of any Party or its Affiliates or its and their respective officers, directors, managers, stockholders, shareholders, members, partners or other Representatives, except that (i) the provisions of this Section 11.2 and Article XII and the NDA shall survive any termination of this Agreement and (ii) nothing in this Section 11.2 shall be deemed to release any Party from any Liability (A) for any willful and material breach of this Agreement occurring prior to such termination or (B) in respect of any claim for Fraud.

 

(b)            In the event of the termination of this Agreement by Betters pursuant to Section 11.1(b) (unless a breach or violation by SPAC or the Sponsor (in the case of the Sponsor Support Agreement) of any representation, warranty, covenant or obligation under this Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement was the proximate cause of, or proximately resulted in, the failure of the Closing to occur on or before the Outside Date), Betters shall pay to SPAC, within five Business Days after termination of this Agreement by SPAC, a break-up fee (the “Break-Up Fee”) in an amount in cash equal to the lesser of (i) the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses of SPAC in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, authorization or performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements to which SPAC is, or will become pursuant to this Agreement, a party and the consummation of the Transactions, including but not limited to due diligence costs, attorneys’ fees and filing fees payable to the SEC in connection with SPAC’s reporting requirements or in connection with extending the SPAC Business Combination Deadline (but for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any expenses, costs or fees relating to any negotiations with other possible target businesses for a Business Combination), and (ii) $6,000,000 (and for the avoidance of doubt, notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, under no circumstances shall the amount payable by Betters in connection with any Break-Up Fee exceed $6,000,000 in the aggregate).

 

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Article XII
MISCELLANEOUS

 

12.1         Trust Account Waiver. Each of the Betters Parties, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, acknowledges that, as described in the final prospectus of SPAC, dated October 20, 2021 and filed with the SEC on October 10, 2021 (File No: 333-260038) available at www.sec.gov, substantially all of SPAC’s assets consist of the cash proceeds of the SPAC IPO and private placements of its securities occurring simultaneously with the SPAC IPO, and substantially all of those proceeds (including overallotment securities acquired by SPAC’s underwriters) have been deposited in the Trust Account for the benefit of the Public Stockholders (including overallotment shares acquired by the underwriters of SPAC). Each Betters Party understands and acknowledges that, except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to SPAC to pay its Taxes (and up to $100,000 in dissolution expenses), cash in the Trust Account may be disbursed only (i) to the Public Stockholders that elect to redeem their shares of SPAC Stock if SPAC completes a Business Combination or in connection with an extension of the deadline to consummate a Business Combination, (ii) to the Public Stockholders if SPAC fails to complete a Business Combination within the applicable deadline after the closing of the SPAC IPO (as such date has been and may be further extended by amendment to the SPAC Governing Documents with the consent of the SPAC Stockholders) and (iii) to SPAC after or concurrently with the consummation of a Business Combination. For and in consideration of SPAC entering into this Agreement and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each Betters Party, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, hereby agrees that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, neither it nor any of its Affiliates do now or shall at any time hereafter have any right, title, interest or claim of any kind in or to any monies in the Trust Account or distributions therefrom, nor shall such Persons make any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom), regardless of whether such claim arises as a result of, in connection with or relating in any way to this Agreement, or any proposed or actual business relationship between SPAC or its Representatives, on the one hand, and any Betters Company or its Representatives, on the other hand, or any other matter, and regardless of whether such claim arises based on contract, tort, equity or any other theory of legal liability (any and all such claims are collectively referred to hereinafter as the “Released Claims”). Each Betters Party, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, hereby irrevocably waives any Released Claims that it or any of its Affiliates may have against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) now or in the future as a result of, or arising out of, any negotiations, contracts or agreements with SPAC or its Representatives and agrees to not seek recourse against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) for any reason whatsoever. Each Betters Party, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, hereby acknowledges and agrees that such irrevocable waiver is material to this Agreement and specifically relied upon by SPAC and its Affiliates to induce SPAC to enter into this Agreement, and such Betters Party further intends and understands such waiver to be valid, binding and enforceable against it and each of its Affiliates under applicable Law. To the extent that any Betters Company or any of its Affiliates commences any Action based upon, in connection with, relating to or arising out of any matter relating to SPAC or its Representatives, which Action seeks, in whole or in part, monetary relief against SPAC or its Representatives, such Betters Company, on its own behalf and on behalf of its Affiliates, hereby acknowledges and agrees that its and its Affiliates’ sole remedy shall be against funds held outside of the Trust Account and that such claim shall not permit it or any of its Affiliates (or any Person claiming on behalf of any of the foregoing or in lieu of any of them) to have any claim against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) or any amounts contained therein. This Section 12.1 will survive any termination of this Agreement for any reason and continue indefinitely. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) nothing herein shall prohibit any of the Betters Parties from pursuing a claim against SPAC for legal relief against monies or other assets held outside the Trust Account (other than distributions therefrom directly or indirectly to the Public Stockholders), for specific performance or other equitable relief in connection with the consummation of the Transactions (including a claim for SPAC 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 any SPAC Redemption) in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, including Section 8.1, and the Trust Agreement) so long as such claim would not affect SPAC’s ability to fulfill its obligations to effectuate any SPAC Redemption and (y) nothing herein shall serve to limit or prohibit any claims that the Betters Parties may have in the future against SPAC’s assets or funds that are not held in the Trust Account (including any funds that have been released from the Trust Account and any assets that have been purchased or acquired with any such funds, but excluding distributions from the Trust Account directly or indirectly to the Public Stockholders).

 

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12.2         Waiver. Any Party to this Agreement may, at any time prior to the Closing, by action taken by its board of directors or officers or Persons thereunto duly authorized, (a) extend the time for the performance of the obligations or acts of the other Parties hereto, (b) waive any inaccuracies in the representations and warranties of another Party hereto that are contained in this Agreement or (c) waive compliance by the other Parties hereto with any of the agreements or conditions contained in this Agreement, but such extension or waiver shall be valid only if set forth in an instrument in writing signed by the Party granting such extension or waiver.

 

12.3         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) on the day following mailing if sent by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service, or (iv) when delivered by email during normal business hours at the location of the recipient, and otherwise on the next following Business Day, addressed as follows:

 

(a)            If to SPAC, to:

 

ExcelFin Acquisition Corp.
473 Jackson St., Suite 300
San Francisco, California 94111
Email: JRagan@paperexcellence.com
Attention: Joe Ragan

 

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP
2601 Olive Street, 17th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75201
Email: Alain.Dermarkar@shearman.com
Attention: Alain Dermarkar

 

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and

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP
Bank of America Tower
800 Capitol Street, Suite 2200
Houston, Texas 77002
Email: Bill.Nelson@shearman.com
Attention: Bill Nelson

 

(b)            If to any Betters Party, to:

 

Room 202, 2/F, Baide Building, Building 11, No.15
Rongtong Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Email: Qiuquan@baidemed.com
Attention: Quan Qiu

 

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Dechert LLP
24/F, North Tower, Beijing Kerry Centre
1 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing, China 100020
Email: yang.wang@dechert.com;
stephen.leitzell@dechert.com
Attention: Yang Wang; Stephen Leitzell

  

or to such other address or addresses as the Parties may from time to time designate in writing in accordance with this Section 12.3.

 

12.4         Assignment. No Betters Party shall assign this Agreement or any part hereof without the prior written consent of SPAC, and SPAC shall not assign this Agreement or any part hereof without the prior written consent of Betters, and any of the foregoing transfers without prior written consent shall be void. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

 

12.5         Rights of Third Parties. Nothing expressed or implied in this Agreement is intended or shall be construed to (a) confer upon or give any Person (including any equityholder, any current or former director, manager, officer, employee or independent contractor of any Target Company, or any participant in any Company Benefit Plan or other Contract (or any dependent or beneficiary thereof)), other than the Parties, any right or remedies under or by reason of this Agreement, (b) establish, amend or modify any Company Benefit Plan or any Contract or (c) limit the right of PubCo or any Target Company or any of their respective Affiliates to amend, terminate or otherwise modify any Company Benefit Plan or other Contract following the Closing.

 

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12.6         Expenses. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, including in Section 7.6(b), Section 9.2(a)(iii) and Section 11.2(b), each Party shall be responsible for and pay its own expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the Transactions, including all fees of its legal counsel, financial advisers and accountants; provided, that if the Closing shall occur, in accordance with Section 2.4(c), PubCo shall pay or cause to be paid the Betters Transaction Expenses and the SPAC Transaction Expenses.

 

12.7         Governing Law. This Agreement, and all claims 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 Laws of the State of Delaware, 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; provided, that the fiduciary duties of the Betters Board shall be governed by the Laws of the Cayman Islands.

 

12.8         Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, and by different Parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all Parties had signed the same document, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Copies of executed counterparts of this Agreement transmitted by electronic transmission (including by email or in .pdf format) or facsimile as well as electronically or digitally executed counterparts (such as DocuSign) shall have the same legal effect as original signatures and shall be considered original executed counterparts of this Agreement.

  

12.9         Disclosure Letters. The Betters Disclosure Letter and the SPAC Disclosure Letter (including, in each case, any section thereof) referenced herein are hereby incorporated as a part of this Agreement as if fully set forth herein. Any disclosure made by a Party in the applicable Disclosure Letter, or any section thereof, with reference to any section of this Agreement or section of the applicable Disclosure Letter shall be deemed to be a disclosure with respect to such other applicable sections of this Agreement or sections of the applicable Disclosure Letter if it is reasonably apparent on the face of such disclosure that such disclosure is responsive to such other section of this Agreement or section of the applicable Disclosure Letter. Certain information set forth in the Disclosure Letters is included solely for informational purposes and may not be required to be disclosed pursuant to this Agreement. 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.

 

12.10       Entire Agreement. This Agreement (together with the Betters Disclosure Letter and the SPAC Disclosure Letter), the NDA and the Ancillary Agreements constitute the entire agreement among the Parties relating to the Transactions 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 (including the Letter of Intent between SPAC and the Company, dated as of April 3, 2023, as amended pursuant to that certain Letter Amendment between SPAC and the Company, dated as of May 5, 2023). No representations, warranties, covenants, understandings or agreements, oral or otherwise, relating to the Transactions exist between the Parties except as expressly set forth or referenced in this Agreement (together with the Betters Disclosure Letter and the SPAC Disclosure Letter), the NDA and the Ancillary Agreements.

 

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12.11       Amendments. This Agreement may be amended or modified in whole or in part, only by a duly authorized agreement in writing executed by all of the Parties in accordance with the specifications contained in Section 12.8 and which makes reference to this Agreement.

 

12.12       Publicity.

 

(a)           Prior to the Closing, all press releases or other public communications or announcements relating to the Transactions, and the method and timing of the release for publication thereof, shall be subject to the prior mutual approval of SPAC and Betters, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed by either Party; provided, that each of SPAC and Betters may make any such press release, public communication or announcement which it in good faith believes is required to comply with any applicable Law (including pursuant to the rules of any national securities exchange), in which case SPAC or Betters, as applicable, shall use their commercially reasonable efforts to coordinate such press release, public communication or other announcement with the other Party prior to announcement or issuance thereof, and allow the other Party a reasonable opportunity to comment thereon (which such comments shall be considered by SPAC or Betters, as applicable, in good faith); provided, further, that no Party shall be required to obtain consent pursuant to this Section 12.12(a) to the extent any proposed press release or statement is substantially equivalent to any press release or other public communication or announcement that has previously been made public without breach of the obligations under this Section 12.12(a). For the avoidance of doubt, nothing contained in this Section 12.12 shall prevent SPAC or Betters or their respective Affiliates from making non-public announcements or furnishing customary summarized information regarding this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby to their current and prospective investors.

  

(b)           The restrictions in Section 12.12(a) shall not apply to the extent that a public announcement is required by applicable securities Law, any Governmental Authority or stock exchange rule; provided, however, that in such an event, the Party making such required announcement shall, if permitted by applicable Law, use its reasonable best efforts to consult with the other Party in advance as to its form, content and timing and consider in good faith any comments of the other Party. Disclosures resulting from the Parties’ efforts to satisfy or obtain approval or early termination in connection with the Regulatory Approvals and to make any related filing shall be deemed not to violate this Section 12.12.

 

12.13       Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, such term or provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition, invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, and all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The Parties further agree that if any term or provision contained herein is, to any extent, held prohibited by or invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, the Parties shall take any actions necessary to render the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law and, to the extent necessary, shall amend or otherwise modify this Agreement to replace any term or provision contained herein that is held prohibited by or invalid, illegal or unenforceable with a valid, legal and enforceable term or provision giving effect to the original intent of the Parties.

 

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12.14       Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial.

 

(a)            Any Action based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement or the Transactions must be brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, to the extent such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, the Complex Commercial Litigation Division of the Delaware Superior Court, New Castle County), or, if it has or can acquire jurisdiction, in the United States District Court for the District 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 related 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 applicable Law or to commence Actions 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 12.14.

  

(b)            EACH PARTY HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICBALE LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY PROCEEDING (I) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR UNDER ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR (II) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY ANCILLARY AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO OR ANY FINANCING IN CONNECTION WITH THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE. EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (B) EACH SUCH PARTY UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (C) EACH SUCH PARTY MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (D) EACH SUCH PARTY HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 12.14.

 

12.15       Specific Performance. The Parties agree that irreparable damage could occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their specific terms or are otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, specific performance or other equitable relief to prevent actual or threatened breaches of this Agreement and to enforce the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in addition to any other remedy to which any party is entitled at Law or in equity. In the event that any Action shall be brought in equity to enforce the provisions of this Agreement, no Party shall allege, and each Party hereby waives the defense, that there is an adequate remedy at Law, and each Party agrees to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection therewith.

 

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12.16       Non-Recourse.

 

(a)            Solely with respect to the Parties, 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 Parties as named parties hereto; and

 

(b)            Except to the extent a Party (and then only to the extent of the specific obligations undertaken by such Party), (i) no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, manager, partner, stockholder, shareholder, Affiliate, agent, attorney, advisor or other Representative of any Target Company or any Acquisition Entity (each, a “Company Non-Recourse Party”) or of SPAC (each, a “SPAC Non-Recourse Party”) and (ii) no past, present or future director, officer, employee, incorporator, member, manager, partner, stockholder, shareholder, Affiliate (including the Sponsor), agent, attorney, advisor or other Representative of a Company Non-Recourse Party or a SPAC Non-Recourse Party 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 Parties under this Agreement for any claim based on, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the Transactions.

 

12.17       Non-Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Except as otherwise contemplated by Section 11.2, none of the representations, warranties, covenants, obligations or other agreements in this Agreement or in any Ancillary Agreement or certificate (including confirmations therein), statement or instrument 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 the foregoing shall terminate and expire upon the occurrence of the Closing (and there shall be no Liability after the Closing in respect thereof), except for (a) those covenants and agreements contained herein or therein that by their terms expressly apply in whole or in part after the Closing, including but not limited to the covenants and agreements contained in Section 7.6, Section 9.4(a) and Section 9.4(b), and then only with respect to any breaches occurring after the Closing and (b) this Article XII.

 

12.18       Conflicts and Privilege.

 

(a)           SPAC and the Betters Parties hereby agree that, in the event a dispute with respect to this Agreement or the Transactions arises after the Closing between or among the Surviving Corporation or the Sponsor, on the one hand, and any Betters Company, on the other hand, that Shearman & Sterling LLP (or any of its successors that represented SPAC or the Sponsor prior to the Closing (“Prior SPAC Counsel”)) may represent the Sponsor in such dispute even though the interests of the Sponsor may be directly adverse to those of the Surviving Corporation, and even though such counsel may have represented SPAC in a matter substantially related to such dispute, or may be handling ongoing matters for SPAC or the Sponsor. All communication between or among Prior SPAC Counsel, on the one hand, and the Surviving Corporation or the Sponsor, on the other hand, shall remain privileged after the Closing and the privilege and the expectation of client confidence relating thereto shall belong solely to the Sponsor, shall be controlled by the Sponsor and shall not pass to or be claimed by any Betters Party or the Surviving Corporation following the Closing. Notwithstanding the foregoing, any privileged communications or information shared by any Betters Company prior to the Closing with SPAC or the Sponsor (in any capacity) under a common interest agreement shall remain the privileged communications or information of such Betters Company following the Closing.

 

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(b)           Each of the Betters Parties further agrees, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, that, after the Closing, all communications in any form or format whatsoever between or among any of Prior SPAC Counsel, SPAC or the Sponsor, or any of their respective Representatives that relate in any way to the negotiation, preparation, execution, authorization or performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements or the consummation of the Transactions or, beginning on the date of this Agreement, any dispute arising under this Agreement (collectively, the “SPAC Deal Communications”) shall be deemed to be retained and owned by the Sponsor, shall be controlled by the Sponsor and shall not pass to or be claimed by any Betters Company or the Surviving Corporation after the Closing. All SPAC Deal Communications that are attorney-client privileged (the “Privileged SPAC Deal Communications”) shall remain privileged after the Closing and the privilege and the expectation of client confidence relating thereto shall belong solely to the Sponsor, shall be controlled by the Sponsor and shall not pass to or be claimed by any Betters Company or the Surviving Corporation after the Closing; provided, further, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a waiver by the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates of any applicable privileges or protections that can or may be asserted to prevent disclosure of any such communications to any third party.

  

(c)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a dispute arises between any Betters Company or the Surviving Corporation, on the one hand, and a third party other than the Sponsor, on the other hand, the Sponsor may assert the attorney-client privilege to prevent the disclosure of the Privileged SPAC Deal Communications to such third party, and no Betters Company nor the Surviving Corporation may waive such privilege with respect to Privileged Company Deal Communications without the prior written consent of the Sponsor. In the event that any Betters Company or the Surviving Corporation is legally required by Governmental Order to access or obtain a copy of all or a portion of the Privileged SPAC Deal Communications, PubCo shall, as promptly as practicable (and, in any event, within two Business Days after becoming aware thereof) notify the Sponsor in writing (including by making specific reference to this Section 12.18) so that the Sponsor can seek a protective order; provided, further, that the Betters Companies and the Surviving Corporation agree to use all commercially reasonable efforts to assist therewith.

 

(d)           To the extent that files or other materials maintained by Prior SPAC Counsel constitute property of its clients, only the Sponsor shall hold such property rights, and Prior SPAC Counsel shall have no duty to reveal or disclose any such files or other materials or any Privileged SPAC Deal Communications by reason of any attorney-client relationship between Prior SPAC Counsel, on the one hand, and any Betters Company or the Surviving Corporation after the Closing, on the other hand, so long as such files or other materials would be subject to a privilege or protection if they were being requested in a proceeding by an unrelated third party.

 

(e)           Betters agrees, on behalf of itself and each of the Betters Companies and the Surviving Corporation after the Closing, (i) to the extent that the Surviving Corporation or any Betters Company after the Closing receives or takes physical possession of any SPAC Deal Communications, (A) such physical possession or receipt shall not, in any way, be deemed a waiver by the Sponsor or any other Person of the privileges or protections described in this Section 12.18, and (B) none of the Betters Companies nor the Surviving Corporation after the Closing shall assert any claim that the Sponsor or any other Person waived the attorney-client privilege, attorney work-product protection or any other right or expectation of client confidence applicable to any such materials or communications, (ii) not to access or use the SPAC Deal Communications, including by way of review of any electronic data, communications or other information, or by seeking to have the Surviving Corporation or any Betters Company waive the attorney-client or other privilege, or by otherwise asserting that the Surviving Corporation or any Betters Company after the Closing has the right to waive the attorney-client or other privilege and (iii) not to seek to obtain the SPAC Deal Communications from Prior SPAC Counsel so long as such SPAC Deal Communications would be subject to a privilege or protection if they were being requested in a proceeding by an unrelated third party.

 

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(f)            Each of the Parties acknowledges and agrees that Dechert LLP (“Prior Company Counsel”) has acted as counsel to the Betters Companies in various matters involving a range of issues and as counsel to the Betters Companies in connection with the negotiation, preparation, execution, authorization or performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements and the consummation of the Transactions. In connection with any matter or dispute under this Agreement, SPAC hereby irrevocably waives and agrees not to assert any conflict of interest arising from or in connection with (i) Prior Company Counsel’s prior representation of the Betters Companies and (ii) Prior Company Counsel’s representation of any member of the Betters Companies (collectively, the “Company Advised Parties”) prior to and after the Closing.

 

(g)           SPAC further agrees that all communications in any form or format whatsoever between or among any of Prior Company Counsel, any of the Betters Companies, or any of their respective Representatives that relate in any way to the negotiation, preparation, execution, authorization or performance of this Agreement and the Ancillary Agreements or the consummation of the Transactions or, beginning on the date of this Agreement, any dispute arising under this Agreement (collectively, the “Company Deal Communications”) shall be deemed to be retained and owned collectively by the Surviving Corporation and the Company Advised Parties, shall be controlled by PubCo on behalf of the Surviving Corporation and the Company Advised Parties and shall not pass to or be claimed the Sponsor. All Company Deal Communications that are attorney-client privileged (the “Privileged Company Deal Communications”) shall remain privileged after the Closing and the privilege and the expectation of client confidence relating thereto shall belong solely to PubCo, shall be controlled by PubCo on behalf of the Surviving Corporation and the Company Advised Parties and shall not pass to or be claimed by the Sponsor; provided, further, that nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a waiver by the Sponsor or any of its Affiliates of any applicable privileges or protections that can or may be asserted to prevent disclosure of any such communications to any third party.

 

(h)           Notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that a dispute arises between the Sponsor, on the one hand, and a third party other than any Company Advised Party or the Surviving Corporation, on the other hand, PubCo may assert the attorney-client privilege to prevent the disclosure of the Privileged Company Deal Communications to such third party.

 

(i)            To the extent that files or other materials maintained by Prior Company Counsel constitute property of its clients, only the Surviving Corporation and the Company Advised Parties shall hold such property rights, and Prior Company Counsel shall have no duty to reveal or disclose any such files or other materials or any Privileged Company Deal Communications by reason of any attorney-client relationship between Prior Company Counsel, on the one hand, and the Surviving Corporation and the Company Advised Parties after the Closing, on the other hand so long as such files or other materials would be subject to a privilege or protection if they were being requested in a proceeding by an unrelated third party.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have hereunto caused this Business Combination Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  SPAC:
     
  ExcelFin Acquisition Corp.
   
     
  By: /s/ Joe Ragan
    Name: Joe Ragan
    Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Business Combination Agreement]

 

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties have hereunto caused this Business Combination Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

  BETTERS:
   
  Betters Medical Investment Holdings Limited
   
   
  By: /s/ Haimei Wu
    Name: Haimei Wu
    Title: Director
   
  COMPANY:
   
  Tycoon Choice Global Limited
   
   
  By: /s/ Haimei Wu
    Name: Haimei Wu
    Title: Director
   
  PUBCO:
   
  Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited
   
   
  By: /s/ Haimei Wu
    Name: Haimei Wu
    Title: Sole Director
   
  MERGER SUB:
   
  Betters Medical Merger Sub, Inc.
   
   
  By: /s/ Haimei Wu
    Name: Haimei Wu
    Title: Sole Director

 

[Signature Page to Business Combination Agreement]

 

 

 

EXHIBIT A

 

Form of Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement

 

 

 

 

Exhibit A

 

WARRANT ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT

 

THIS WARRANT ASSIGNMENT, ASSUMPTION AND AMENDMENT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated [●], 2023, is made by and among ExcelFin Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”), Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“PubCo”), and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, a limited liability trust company organized and existing under the laws of the State of New York, as warrant agent (in such capacity, the “Warrant Agent”) and amends the Public Warrant Agreement, dated October 20, 2021, by and between SPAC and the Warrant Agent (the “Existing Warrant Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Existing Warrant Agreement.

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Existing Warrant Agreement, SPAC issued 23,000,000 Units, each consisting of one share of Class A Common Stock of SPAC, par value $0.0001 per share (“SPAC Class A Common Stock”) and one-half of one whole public warrant (the “Warrants”);

 

WHEREAS, on June 26, 2023, SPAC, Betters Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Betters”), PubCo, Betters Medical Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”), and Tycoon Choice Global Limited, a business company limited by shares incorporated under the Laws of the British Virgin Islands and a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of Betters (the “Company”), entered into a business combination agreement (as amended, modified or supplemented, from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, SPAC and the Warrant Agent entered into that certain Private Warrant Agreement, dated as of October 21, 2021 (the “Private Warrant Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement and that certain Sponsor Support Agreement, dated as of June 26, 2023, by and among Sponsor, SPAC and PubCo (the “Sponsor Support Agreement”), Sponsor, as the record holder of all of the Private Placement Warrants (as defined in the Private Warrant Agreement), shall cancel for no consideration all of the Private Placement Warrants, subject to and in accordance with the terms set forth in the Sponsor Support Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, SPAC and the Warrant Agent wish to terminate the Private Warrant Agreement, with such termination effective as of the date hereof;

 

WHEREAS, all of the Warrants are governed by the Existing Warrant Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, Merger Sub will merge with and into SPAC, the separate existence of Merger Sub will cease and SPAC will continue as the surviving corporation of the Merger as a direct, wholly owned subsidiary of PubCo (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement, the “Merger”), and as a result of the Merger, the holders of shares of SPAC Stock (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) shall become holders of ordinary shares of PubCo (the “PubCo Ordinary Shares”);

 

WHEREAS, upon the consummation of the Merger, as provided in Section 4.5 of the Existing Warrant Agreement, the Warrants will no longer be exercisable for shares of SPAC Class A Common Stock but instead will be exercisable (subject to the terms of the Existing Warrant Agreement, as amended hereby) for PubCo Ordinary Shares;

 

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WHEREAS, the SPAC Board (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) has determined that the consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement will constitute a Business Combination;

 

WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, SPAC desires to assign all of its right, title and interest in the Existing Warrant Agreement to PubCo and PubCo wishes to accept such assignments; and

 

WHEREAS, Section 9.9 of the Existing Warrant Agreement provides that SPAC and the Warrant Agent may amend such Existing Warrant Agreement without the consent of any Registered Holders as the parties thereto may deem necessary or desirable provided such amendment does not adversely affect the rights of the Registered Holders in any material respect under such Existing Warrant Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.Assignment and Assumption; Consent

 

1.1            Assignment and Assumption. As of and with effect on and from the Closing (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement, the “Closing”): SPAC hereby assigns to PubCo all of SPAC’s right, title and interest in and to the Existing Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby); PubCo hereby assumes, and agrees to pay, perform, satisfy and discharge in full, as the same become due, all of SPAC’s liabilities and obligations under the Existing Warrant Agreement (as amended hereby) arising on, from and after the Closing.

 

1.2            Consent. The Warrant Agent hereby consents to (i) the assignment of the Existing Warrant Agreement by SPAC to PubCo pursuant to Section 1.1 hereof and the assumption of the Existing Warrant Agreement by PubCo from SPAC pursuant to Section 1.1 hereof, in each case effective as of the Closing, and (ii) the continuation of the Existing Warrant Agreement (as amended by this Agreement), in full force and effect from and after the Closing.

 

2.Amendment of Existing Warrant Agreement

 

2.1            Effective as of the Closing, SPAC and the Warrant Agent hereby amend the Existing Warrant Agreement as provided in this Section 2 and acknowledge and agree that the amendments to the Existing Warrant Agreement set forth in this Section 2 are to provide for the delivery of Alternative Issuance pursuant to Section 4.5 of the Existing Warrant Agreement (in connection with the Merger and the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement).

 

2.2            Conversion of SPAC Warrants. Pursuant to Section 2.2(g)(iii) of the Business Combination Agreement, each Warrant that is outstanding immediately prior to the Effective Time (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) shall automatically be converted at the Effective Time into a PubCo Warrant (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), without interest, representing a right to acquire that number of PubCo Ordinary Shares equal to the number of shares of SPAC Class A Common Stock set forth in such Warrant, on substantially the same terms as were in effect immediately prior to the Effective Time under the Existing Warrant Agreement.

 

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2.3            Detachability of Warrants. Section 2.4 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

“[INTENTIONALLY OMITTED.]”

 

2.4            References to the “Company”. All references to “the Company” in the Existing Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be references to “PubCo”.

 

2.5            References to Shares of Common Stock. All references to “shares of Common Stock” in the Existing Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be references to “PubCo Ordinary Shares”.

 

2.6            References to the Business Combination. All references to “Business Combination” in the Existing Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be references to the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, and all references to “the completion of the Business Combination” and all variations thereof in the Existing Warrant Agreement (including all Exhibits thereto) shall be references to the Closing.

 

2.7            Notice Clause. Section 9.2 of the Existing Warrant Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced with the following:

 

Notices. Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the Warrant Agent or by the holder of any Warrant to or on PubCo shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by PubCo with the Warrant Agent), as follows:

 

If to PubCo, to:

Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited
Room 202, 2/F, Baide Building, Building 11

No.15 Rongtong Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Attention: Quan Qiu

Email: Qiuquan@baidemed.com

 

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

 

Dechert LLP
24/F, North Tower, Beijing Kerry Centre
1 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing, China 100020

Attention: Yang Wang; Stephen Leitzell

Email: yang.wang@dechert.com; stephen.leitzell@dechert.com

 

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Any notice, statement or demand authorized by this Agreement to be given or made by the holder of any Warrant or by PubCo to or on the Warrant Agent shall be sufficiently given when so delivered if by hand or overnight delivery or if sent by certified mail or private courier service within five (5) days after deposit of such notice, postage prepaid, addressed (until another address is filed in writing by the Warrant Agent with PubCo), as follows:

 

 American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

 6201 15th Avenue

 Brooklyn, NY 11219

  Attention: Felix Orihuela

 Email: FOrihuela@astfinancial.com

 

3.Miscellaneous Provisions.

 

3.1            Effectiveness of the Amendment. Each of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the effectiveness of this Agreement shall be expressly subject to the occurrence of the Merger and substantially contemporaneous occurrence of the Closing and shall automatically be terminated and shall be null and void if the Business Combination Agreement shall be terminated for any reason.

 

3.2            Successors. All the covenants and provisions of this Agreement by or for the benefit of PubCo, SPAC or the Warrant Agent shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

 

3.3            Applicable Law; Jurisdiction. The validity, interpretation, and performance of this Agreement and the Warrants shall be governed in all respects by the laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to conflicts of law principles that would result in the application of the substantive laws of another jurisdiction. PubCo hereby agrees that any action, proceeding or claim against it arising out of or relating in any way to this Agreement shall be brought and enforced in the courts of the City of New York, County of New York, State of New York, the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York or the federal district courts of the United States, and irrevocably submits to such jurisdiction, which jurisdiction shall be exclusive. PubCo hereby waives any objection to such exclusive jurisdiction and any argument that such courts represent an inconvenient forum. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the provisions of this paragraph will not apply to suits brought to enforce (i) any liability or duty created by the Exchange Act or the rules and regulations thereunder for which Section 27 of the Exchange Act creates exclusive federal jurisdiction, (ii) with respect to suits brought in federal courts, any duty or liability created by the Securities Act or the rules and regulations thereunder for which Section 22 of the Securities Act creates concurrent jurisdiction for federal and state courts or (iii) any other claim for which the federal district courts of the United States of America are the sole and exclusive forum. Any person or entity purchasing or otherwise acquiring any interest in the Warrants shall be deemed to have notice of and to have consented to the forum provisions in this Section 3.3. If any action, the subject matter of which is within the scope of the forum provisions above, is filed in a court other than a court located within the City of New York, County of New York, State of New York or the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (a “foreign action”) in the name of any holder of the Warrants, such holder of the Warrants shall be deemed to have consented to (x) the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located within the State of New York or the United States District Court for the District of New York in connection with any action brought in any such court to enforce the forum provisions (an “enforcement action”), and (y) having service of process made upon such holder of the Warrants in any such enforcement action by service upon such holder’s counsel in the foreign action as agent for such holders of the Warrants.

 

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3.4            Counterparts; Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in any number of original or facsimile counterparts and each of such counterparts shall for all purposes be deemed to be an original, and all such counterparts shall together constitute but one and the same instrument. A signature to this Agreement transmitted electronically shall have the same authority, effect and enforceability as an original signature.

 

3.5            Effect of Headings. The section headings herein are for convenience only and are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the interpretation thereof.

 

3.6            Severability. This Agreement shall be deemed severable, and the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision hereof shall not affect the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or of any other term or provision hereof. Furthermore, in lieu of any such invalid or unenforceable term or provision, the parties hereto intend that there shall be added as a part of this Agreement a provision as similar in terms to such invalid or unenforceable provision as may be possible and be valid and enforceable.

 

3.7            Termination of Private Warrant Agreement. SPAC and the Warrant Agent hereby agree that, effective as of the Closing, the Private Warrant Agreement is hereby terminated and of no further force or effect.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.

 

EXCELFIN ACQUISITION CORP.

 

  By:             
    Name:
    Title:

 

  BAIRD MEDICAL INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
   
  By:             
    Name:
    Title:

 

  AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC as Warrant Agent
   
  By:                   
    Name:
    Title:

 

[Signature Page to Warrant Assignment, Assumption and Amendment Agreement]

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT B

 

Form of Betters Shareholder Support Agreement

 

 

 

 

Exhibit B

 

BETTERS SHAREHOLDER SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

This BETTERS SHAREHOLDER SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of June 26, 2023, by and among Betters Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Betters”), Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Betters (“PubCo”), Tycoon Choice Global Limited, a business company limited by shares incorporated under the Laws of the British Virgin Islands and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Betters (the “Company”), the person(s) identified on Schedule A hereto who hold Betters Shares (as defined below) (each, a “Betters Shareholder” and collectively the “Betters Shareholders”) and ExcelFin Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “SPAC”).

 

WHEREAS, PubCo, SPAC, Betters Medical Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of PubCo (“Merger Sub”), Betters and the Company are concurrently herewith entering into a Business Combination Agreement (as the same may be amended, restated or supplemented, the “Business Combination Agreement”; capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Business Combination Agreement) pursuant to which, among other things, (a) prior to the Closing, Betters will contribute all of the issued and outstanding shares of the Company (the “Company Shares”) to PubCo such that the Company will become a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of PubCo (the “Share Contribution”), and, upon the consummation of the Share Contribution, Betters will receive the Contribution Consideration Shares in accordance with the terms of the Business Combination Agreement and the PubCo Governing Documents, and (b) Merger Sub will merge with and into SPAC, with SPAC continuing as the surviving corporation and as a direct, wholly-owned Subsidiary of PubCo (the “Merger”);

 

WHEREAS, each Betters Shareholder is, as of the date of this Agreement, the sole legal owner of the number of outstanding shares of Betters (“Betters Shares”) set forth opposite such Betters Shareholder’s name on Schedule A hereto (such Betters Shares owned by the Betters Shareholders, together with any additional Betters Shares or other Equity Securities of Betters (including any securities convertible into or exercisable for Betters Shares or other share capital of Betters), whether by purchase, as a result of a share dividend, share split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange or change of such shares, or upon the exercise or conversion of any securities, acquired by the Betters Shareholders after the date hereof and prior to the Outside Date being collectively referred to herein as the “Betters Shareholder Shares”);

 

WHEREAS, Betters is, as of the date of this Agreement, the sole legal owner of all of the Company Shares; and

 

WHEREAS, in order to induce SPAC to enter into the Business Combination Agreement and the Sponsor to enter into the Sponsor Support Agreement, PubCo, Betters, the Company and the Betters Shareholders desire to enter into this Agreement.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, which are incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth below, and the representations, warranties, covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement and the Business Combination Agreement, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

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ARTICLE I
Representations and Warranties of Betters Shareholders

 

Each Betters Shareholder hereby represents and warrants, severally and not jointly, to Betters, the Company, PubCo and the SPAC as follows:

 

1.1            Organization and Standing; Authorization. Such Betters Shareholder, (a) if a natural person, is of legal age to execute this Agreement and is legally competent to do so, and (b) if the Betters Shareholder is not a natural person, (i) has been duly organized and is validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of its jurisdiction of formation, (ii) has all requisite corporate or limited liability power and authority, as applicable, to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted, and (iii) has all requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. If the Betters Shareholder is not a natural person, the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized and no other corporate proceedings on the part of such Betters Shareholder are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

1.2            Binding Agreement. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by such Betters Shareholder and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of such Shareholder, enforceable against such Betters Shareholder in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or similar Laws affecting creditor’s rights generally and to general principles of equity (collectively, the “Enforceability Exceptions”).

 

1.3            Governmental Approvals. No consent of or filing or notification with any Governmental Authority on the part of such Betters Shareholder is required to be obtained or made in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by such Betters Shareholder of this Agreement or the consummation by such Betters Shareholder of the transactions contemplated hereby, other than (a) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and/ or any state “blue sky” securities Laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, (b) any Approvals which may be required in connection with the Transactions as contemplated by or described or disclosed in the Business Combination Agreement, and (c) where the failure to obtain or make such consents or to make such filings or notifications has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the ability of such Betters Shareholder to enter into and perform this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

1.4            Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with any of the provisions hereof by such Betters Shareholder will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of the Governing Documents of such Betters Shareholder, if and as applicable, (b) conflict with or violate any Law or required Approval applicable to such Betters Shareholder or any of its properties or assets, or (c) (i) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, (ii) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (iii) result in the termination, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of, (iv) accelerate the performance required by such Betters Shareholder under, (v) result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (vi) give rise to any obligation to make payments or provide compensation under, (vii) result in the creation of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any of the properties or assets of such Betters Shareholder under, (viii) give rise to any obligation to obtain any third party Approval from any Person or (ix) give any Person the right to declare a default, exercise any remedy, accelerate the maturity or performance, cancel, terminate or modify any material right, benefit, obligation or other term under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, any material Contract of such Betters Shareholder, except, (1) in each case, as otherwise set forth in that certain shareholders’ agreement, dated July 5, 2021 (the “Betters Shareholders Agreement”), among Betters and one or more of its shareholders (which the parties hereto understand is being amended and restated in connection with the Transaction), and (2) for any deviations from the foregoing clauses (b) or (c) that has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a material adverse effect on the ability of such Betters Shareholder to enter into and perform this Agreement and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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1.5            Betters Shareholder Shares. As of the date of this Agreement, such Betters Shareholder has sole legal and beneficial ownership of the Betters Shareholder Shares set forth opposite such Shareholder’s name on Schedule A hereto, and all such Betters Shareholder Shares are owned by such Shareholder free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, Liens pursuant to the Betters Shareholders Agreement, the Betters Governing Documents or applicable federal or state securities Laws. Other than the Betters Shareholder Shares, such Betters Shareholder does not legally or beneficially own any ordinary shares, preference shares or any other share capital of Betters or securities that are convertible into or exercisable for ordinary shares, preference shares or other share capital of Betters. Such Betters Shareholder has the sole right to vote the Betters Shareholder Shares, and none of the Betters Shareholder Shares is subject to any voting trust or other agreement, arrangement or restriction with respect to the voting of the Betters Shareholder Shares, except as contemplated by this Agreement, the Betters Shareholders Agreement, or the Betters Governing Documents.

 

1.6            Business Combination Agreement. Such Betters Shareholder understands and acknowledges that PubCo, SPAC, Betters and the Company are entering into the Business Combination Agreement in reliance upon such Betters Shareholder’s execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

1.7            Adequate Information. Such Betters Shareholder has adequate information concerning the business of SPAC, PubCo, Betters and the Company to make an informed decision regarding this Agreement and the Transactions and has independently, and based on such information as such Betters Shareholder has deemed appropriate, made its own analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Such Betters Shareholder acknowledges that SPAC, PubCo, Betters and the Company have not made and do not make any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, of any kind or character except as expressly set forth in this Agreement. Such Betters Shareholder acknowledges that the agreements contained herein with respect to the Betters Shareholder Shares held by such Betters Shareholder are irrevocable unless the Business Combination Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms and shall only terminate upon the termination of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE II
Representations and Warranties of Betters

 

Betters hereby represents and warrants to the Betters Shareholders, PubCo, the Company and SPAC as follows:

 

2.1            Organization and Standing. Betters is an exempted company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands. Betters has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. Betters is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where failure to be so qualified or licensed would not, and would not reasonably be expected to, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

2.2            Authorization; Binding Agreement. Betters has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by the Betters Board and, other than the Betters Resolutions, no other corporate proceedings on the part of Betters are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by Betters and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of Betters, enforceable against Betters in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

 

2.3            Governmental Approvals. No consent of or filing or notification with any Governmental Authority on the part of Betters is required to be obtained or made in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by Betters of this Agreement or the consummation by Betters of the transactions contemplated hereby, other than (a) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and/ or any state “blue sky” securities Laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, (b) any Approvals which may be required in connection with the Transactions as contemplated by or described or disclosed in the Business Combination Agreement, and (c) where the failure to obtain or make such consents or to make such filings or notifications has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

2.4            Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with any of the provisions hereof by Betters will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of the Betters Governing Documents, (b) conflict with or violate any Law or required Approval applicable to Betters or any of its properties or assets, or (c) (i) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, (ii) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (iii) result in the termination, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of, (iv) accelerate the performance required by Betters under, (v) result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (vi) give rise to any obligation to make payments or provide compensation under, (vii) result in the creation of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any of the properties or assets of Betters under, (viii) give rise to any obligation to obtain any third party Approval from any Person or (ix) give any Person the right to declare a default, exercise any remedy, accelerate the maturity or performance, cancel, terminate or modify any material right, benefit, obligation or other term under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, any material Contract of Betters, except for any deviations from the foregoing clauses (b) or (c) that has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

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2.5            Company Shares. As of the date of this Agreement, Betters has sole legal and beneficial ownership of the Company Shares set forth opposite Betters’ name on Schedule A hereto, and all the Company Shares are owned by Betters free and clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, Liens pursuant to the Company Governing Documents or applicable federal or state securities Laws. Other than the Company Shares, Betters does not legally or beneficially own any ordinary shares, preference shares or any other share capital of the Company or securities that are convertible into or exercisable for ordinary shares, preference shares or other share capital of the Company. Betters has the sole right to vote the Company Shares, and none of the Company Shares is subject to any voting trust or other agreement, arrangement or restriction with respect to the voting of the Company Shares, except as contemplated by this Agreement or the Company Governing Documents.

 

2.6            Adequate Information. Betters is a sophisticated shareholder and has adequate information concerning the business and financial condition of SPAC, PubCo and the Company to make an informed decision regarding this Agreement and the Transactions and has independently and without reliance upon SPAC, PubCo or the Company, and based on such information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Betters acknowledges that SPAC, PubCo and the Company have not made and do not make any representation or warranty, whether express or implied, of any kind or character except as expressly set forth in this Agreement. Betters acknowledges that the agreements contained herein with respect to the Company Shares held by it are irrevocable unless the Business Combination Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms and shall only terminate upon the termination of this Agreement.

 

ARTICLE III
Representations and Warranties of SPAC

 

SPAC hereby represents and warrants to the Betters Shareholders, PubCo, Betters and the Company as follows:

 

3.1            Organization and Standing. SPAC is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the State of Delaware. SPAC has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. SPAC is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where failure to be so qualified or licensed would not, and would not reasonably be expected to, have a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

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3.2            Authorization; Binding Agreement. SPAC has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by the SPAC Board and, other than obtaining the SPAC Stockholders’ Approval, no other corporate proceedings on the part of SPAC are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by SPAC and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of SPAC, enforceable against SPAC in accordance with its terms and subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

 

3.3            Governmental Approvals. No consent of or filing or notification with any Governmental Authority on the part of SPAC is required to be obtained or made in connection with the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or the consummation by SPAC of the transactions contemplated hereby, other than (a) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and/ or any state “blue sky” securities Laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, (b) any Approvals which may be required in connection with the Transactions as contemplated by or described or disclosed in the Business Combination Agreement, and (c) where the failure to obtain or make such consents or to make such filings or notifications has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

3.4            Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with any of the provisions hereof by SPAC will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of any SPAC Governing Documents, (b) conflict with or violate any Law or required Approval applicable to SPAC or any of its properties or assets, or (c) (i) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, (ii) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (iii) result in the termination, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of, (iv) accelerate the performance required by SPAC under, (v) result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (vi) give rise to any obligation to make payments or provide compensation under, (vii) result in the creation of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any of the properties or assets of SPAC under, (viii) give rise to any obligation to obtain any third party Approval from any Person or (ix) give any Person the right to declare a default, exercise any remedy, accelerate the maturity or performance, cancel, terminate or modify any right, benefit, obligation or other term under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, any material Contract of SPAC, except for any deviations from the foregoing clauses (b) or (c) that has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a SPAC Material Adverse Effect.

 

ARTICLE IV
Representations and Warranties of the Company

 

The Company hereby represents and warrants to the Betters Shareholders, PubCo, Betters and SPAC as follows:

 

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4.1            Organization and Standing. The Company is a business company limited by shares duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the British Virgin Islands. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. The Company is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where failure to be so qualified or licensed would not, and would not reasonably be expected to, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.2            Authorization; Binding Agreement. The Company has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by the Company Board and Betters, as the sole shareholder of the Company, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of the Company are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Company and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of the Company, enforceable against the Company in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

 

4.3            Governmental Approvals. No consent of or filing or notification with any Governmental Authority on the part of the Company is required to be obtained or made in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by the Company of this Agreement or the consummation by the Company of the transactions contemplated hereby, other than (a) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and/ or any state “blue sky” securities Laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, (b) any Approvals which may be required in connection with the Transaction as contemplated by or described or disclosed in the Business Combination Agreement, and (c) where the failure to obtain or make such consents or to make such filings or notifications has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

4.4            Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with any of the provisions hereof by the Company will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of the Company Governing Documents, (b) conflict with or violate any Law or required Approval applicable to the Company or any of its properties or assets, or (c) (i) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, (ii) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (iii) result in the termination, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of, (iv) accelerate the performance required by the Company under, (v) result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (vi) give rise to any obligation to make payments or provide compensation under, (vii) result in the creation of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any of the properties or assets of the Company under, (viii) give rise to any obligation to obtain any third party Approval from any Person or (ix) give any Person the right to declare a default, exercise any remedy, accelerate the maturity or performance, cancel, terminate or modify any material right, benefit, obligation or other term under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, any material Contract of the Company, except for any deviations from the foregoing clauses (b) or (c) that has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

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ARTICLE V
Representations and Warranties of PubCo

 

PubCo hereby represents and warrants to the Betters Shareholders, Betters, the Company and SPAC as follows:

 

5.1            Organization and Standing. PubCo is an exempted company duly incorporated, validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the Cayman Islands. PubCo has all requisite corporate power and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and to carry on its business as now being conducted. PubCo is duly qualified or licensed and in good standing to do business in each jurisdiction in which the character of the properties owned, leased or operated by it or the nature of the business conducted by it makes such qualification or licensing necessary, except where failure to be so qualified or licensed would not, and would not reasonably be expected to, have a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.2            Authorization; Binding Agreement. PubCo has all requisite corporate power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform its obligations hereunder and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby have been duly and validly authorized by the PubCo Board, and no other corporate proceedings on the part of PubCo are necessary to authorize the execution and delivery of this Agreement or to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by PubCo and, assuming the due authorization, execution and delivery of this Agreement by the other parties hereto, constitutes the valid and binding obligation of PubCo, enforceable against PubCo in accordance with its terms, subject to the Enforceability Exceptions.

 

5.3            Governmental Approvals. No consent of or filing or notification with any Governmental Authority on the part of PubCo is required to be obtained or made in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by PubCo of this Agreement or the consummation by PubCo of the transactions contemplated hereby, other than (a) applicable requirements, if any, of the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and/ or any state “blue sky” securities Laws, and the rules and regulations thereunder, (b) any Approvals which may be required in connection with the Transactions as contemplated by or described or disclosed in the Business Combination Agreement, and (c) where the failure to obtain or make such consents or to make such filings or notifications has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

5.4            Non-Contravention. The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby and compliance with any of the provisions hereof by PubCo will not (a) conflict with or violate any provision of the PubCo Governing Documents, (b) conflict with or violate any Law or required Approval applicable to PubCo or any of its properties or assets, or (c) (i) violate, conflict with or result in a breach of, (ii) constitute a default (or an event which, with notice or lapse of time or both, would constitute a default) under, (iii) result in the termination, withdrawal, suspension, cancellation or modification of, (iv) accelerate the performance required by PubCo under, (v) result in a right of termination or acceleration under, (vi) give rise to any obligation to make payments or provide compensation under, (vii) result in the creation of any Lien (other than a Permitted Lien) upon any of the properties or assets of PubCo under, (viii) give rise to any obligation to obtain any third party Approval from any Person or (ix) give any Person the right to declare a default, exercise any remedy, accelerate the maturity or performance, cancel, terminate or modify any material right, benefit, obligation or other term under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of, any material Contract of PubCo, except for any deviations from clauses (b) or (c) that has not had, and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Betters Material Adverse Effect.

 

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ARTICLE VI

Agreement to Vote; Certain Other Covenants of the Betters Shareholders

 

Each Betters Shareholder covenants and agrees with SPAC, PubCo, Betters and the Company during the term of this Agreement as follows:

 

6.1            Agreement to Vote.

 

(a)            In Favor of the Business Combination Agreement and the Transactions. At any meeting of the shareholders of Betters called to seek the adoption and approval of the Business Combination Agreement and the Transactions (the “Betters Special Resolution”), or at any adjournment thereof, or in connection with any written consent of the shareholders of Betters or in any other circumstances upon which a vote, consent or other approval with respect to the Business Combination Agreement, any other Ancillary Agreements, the Share Contribution, the Merger, or any other Transactions is sought, each Betters Shareholder shall (i) if a meeting is held, appear at such meeting or otherwise cause its Betters Shareholder Shares to be counted as present at such meeting for purposes of establishing a quorum, and (ii) vote or cause to be voted its Shareholder Shares in favor of granting the Betters Special Resolution or such action by written consent or, if there are insufficient votes in favor of granting the Betters Special Resolution and no such written consent can be obtained, in favor of the adjournment or postponement of such meeting of the shareholders of Betters to a later date but not past the Outside Date.

 

(b)            Against Other Transactions. At any meeting of shareholders of Betters or at any adjournment thereof, or in connection with any written consent of the shareholders of Betters or in any other circumstances upon which such Betters Shareholder’s vote, consent or other approval is sought, such Betters Shareholder shall vote (or cause to be voted) its Betters Shareholder Shares (including by proxy, withholding class vote and/or written consent, if applicable) against (i) any business combination agreement, merger agreement or merger (other than the Business Combination Agreement and the Transactions), scheme of arrangement, business combination, consolidation, combination, sale of substantial assets, reorganization, recapitalization, dissolution, liquidation or winding up of or by Betters or the Company or any public offering of any shares of Betters or the Company, or, in case of a public offering only, a newly-formed holding company of Betters or the Company or such material Subsidiaries, other than in connection with the Transactions, (ii) any Alternative Transaction relating to Betters or the Company, and (iii) other than any amendment to the Betters Governing Documents expressly permitted under the terms of, consented to under, or required in connection with the Transactions under the Business Combination Agreement, any amendment of the Betters Governing Documents.

 

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6.2            No Transfer. Other than (x) pursuant to this Agreement or the Business Combination Agreement, (y) upon the written consent of Betters and SPAC or (z) to an Affiliate of such Betters Shareholder (provided that such Affiliate shall enter into a written agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to SPAC and Betters agreeing to be bound by this Agreement to the same extent as such Betters Shareholder was with respect to such transferred Betters Shareholder Shares), from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of (1) the date of termination of this Agreement and (2) the Closing Date, such Betters Shareholder shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) (a) sell, offer to sell, contract or agree to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant any option, right or warrant to purchase or otherwise transfer, dispose of or agree to transfer or dispose of (including by gift, tender or exchange offer, merger or operation of law), directly or indirectly, encumber or establish or increase a put equivalent position or liquidate or decrease a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) promulgated thereunder, any Betters Shareholder Shares, (b) enter into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any Betters Shareholder Shares, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (c) publicly announce any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (a) or (b) (the actions specified in clauses (a)-(c), collectively, “Transfer”), or enter into any Contract, option or other arrangement (including any profit sharing arrangement) with respect to the Transfer of, any Betters Shareholder Shares to any Person other than in accordance with the Business Combination Agreement and the Transactions, (ii) grant any proxies or enter into any voting arrangement, whether by proxy, voting agreement, voting trust, voting deed or otherwise (including pursuant to any loan of Betters Shareholder Shares), or enter into any other agreement, with respect to any Betters Shareholder Shares, in each case, other than as set forth in this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement, any shareholders’ agreement to be entered into in place of the Betters Shareholders Agreement (if applicable), or the voting and other arrangements under the Betters Governing Documents, (iii) take any action that would make any representation or warranty of such Betters Shareholder herein untrue or incorrect, or have the effect of preventing or disabling such Betters Shareholder from performing its obligations hereunder, or (iv) commit or agree to take any of the foregoing actions or take any other action or enter into any Contract that makes any of its representations or warranties contained herein untrue or incorrect in any material respect or would have the effect of preventing or materially delaying such Betters Shareholder from performing any of its obligations hereunder. Any action attempted to be taken in violation of the preceding sentence will be null and void. Each Betters Shareholder agrees, and covenants to, SPAC, PubCo, Betters and the Company, that such Betters Shareholder shall not request that Betters register the Transfer (by book-entry or otherwise) of any certificated or uncertificated interest representing any of the Betters Shareholder Shares, and Betters shall not recognize any such Transfer.

 

6.3            Waiver of Appraisal and Dissenters’ Rights. Each of the Betters Shareholders hereby irrevocably waives, and agrees not to exercise or assert, any dissenters’ or appraisal rights under Cayman Islands Law and any other similar statute in connection with the Transactions and the Business Combination Agreement.

 

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6.4            Revocation of Prior Proxies. Each Betters Shareholder represents and warrants that any proxies heretofore given in respect of the Betters Shareholder Shares that may still be in effect are not irrevocable, and such proxies have been or are hereby revoked to the extent such prior proxies conflict with the proxy granted in Section 8.2.

 

ARTICLE VII
Covenants of Betters

 

Betters covenants and agrees with SPAC, the Company and PubCo during the term of this Agreement as follows:

 

7.1            No Transfer. Other than (x) pursuant to this Agreement or the Business Combination Agreement or (y) upon the written consent of SPAC and PubCo, from the date of this Agreement until the earlier of (1) the date of termination of this Agreement and (2) the Closing Date, Betters shall not, directly or indirectly, (i) Transfer or enter into any Contract, option or other arrangement (including any profit sharing arrangement) with respect to the Transfer of, any Company Shares to any Person other than pursuant to the Share Contribution, (ii) grant any proxies or enter into any voting arrangement, whether by proxy, voting agreement, voting trust, voting deed or otherwise (including pursuant to any loan of Company Shares), or enter into any other agreement, with respect to any Company Shares, in each case, other than as set forth in this Agreement or the voting and other arrangements under the Company Governing Documents, (iii) take any action that would make any representation or warranty of Betters untrue or incorrect in any material respect, or have the effect of preventing or disabling Betters from performing its obligations hereunder, or (iv) commit or agree to take any of the foregoing actions or take any other action or enter into any Contract that would reasonably be expected to make any of its representations or warranties contained herein untrue or incorrect or would have the effect of preventing or delaying Betters from performing any of its obligations hereunder. Any action attempted to be taken in violation of the preceding sentence shall be null and void. Betters agrees, and covenants to, SPAC and PubCo, that Betters shall not request that the Company register the Transfer (by book-entry or otherwise) of any certificated or uncertificated interest representing any of the Company Shares, and the Company shall not recognize any such Transfer.

 

ARTICLE VIII
Additional Agreements of the Parties

 

8.1            Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earliest of (a) the Effective Time, (b) the unanimous written agreement of all the parties hereto and (c) the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms (the earliest such date under clauses (a), (b) and (c) being referred to herein as the “Termination Date”), and upon such termination, no party hereto shall have any liability hereunder other than for its willful and material breach of this Agreement prior to such termination; provided, however, that no party to this Agreement shall be relieved from any liability to the other parties hereto resulting from a willful breach of this Agreement.

 

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8.2            Appointed Representative. Each Betters Shareholder hereby grants an irrevocable power of attorney to, and constitutes and appoints as its proxy, Betters (the “Appointed Representative”), with full power and authority in its name and on its behalf to (a) act in the absolute discretion of the Appointed Representative with respect to all matters relating to this Agreement, including execution and delivery of any amendment of, or supplement to, this Agreement, any waiver of any condition under, or right arising out of, this Agreement, and any termination of this Agreement; (b) in general, do all things and to perform all acts, including negotiating, executing and delivering all agreements, certificates, receipts, instructions, and other instruments, contemplated by, or deemed advisable to complete the transactions contemplated by, this Agreement; (c) vote its Betters Shareholder Shares as contemplated in Section 6.1; and (d) perform its duties and fulfill the obligations of such Betters Shareholder under this Agreement, including but not limited to, its obligations under Article VI. The appointment of the Appointed Representative and the irrevocable power of attorney and proxy granted pursuant to this Section 8.2 (i) shall be in addition to, and shall not be deemed to supersede or revoke, any other power of attorney or proxy granted hereunder, (ii) is coupled with an interest and bestows on Betters full power to vote and act for such Betters Shareholder with respect to the aforementioned matters, (iii) shall be effective as of the date hereof and will terminate immediately on the Termination Date and (iv) shall not, without the prior written consent of Betters, be superseded or revoked by any power of attorney or proxy granted by such Betters Shareholder simultaneously herewith or subsequent hereto. The Appointed Representative shall not be liable for any act done or omitted hereunder as Appointed Representative while acting in good faith and in the exercise of reasonable judgment. Each Betters Shareholder shall severally in equal proportion indemnify the Appointed Representative and hold the Appointed Representative harmless against any loss or expense incurred without negligence or bad faith on the part of the Appointed Representative and arising out of or in connection with the acceptance or administration of their duties hereunder.

 

8.3            Further Assurances. Each Betters Shareholder shall, from time to time, (a) execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, such additional or further consents, documents and other instruments as SPAC, PubCo, Betters or the Company may reasonably request for the purpose of effectively carrying out the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement, the other Ancillary Agreements and the Transactions and (ii) refrain from exercising any veto right, consent right or similar right (whether under the Betters Governing Documents or the Companies Act of the Cayman Islands) which would impede, disrupt, prevent or otherwise adversely affect the consummation of the Transactions.

 

8.4            Enforcement of Rights under Repurchase Agreement. Each of Betters and Auto King (as defined on Schedule A) hereby covenants and agrees to enforce all of its rights and remedies under that certain Shares Repurchase Agreement, dated as of even date herewith, by and among BOCI Investment Limited, a company incorporated under the Laws of Hong Kong, whose registered office is at 26/F, Bank of China Tower, 1 Garden Road, Central, Hong Kong (“BOCI”), Auto King, Ms. Wu Haimei and Betters (the “Repurchase Agreement”), to cause BOCI to comply with its covenants and agreements under, and to consummate the transactions contemplated by, the Repurchase Agreement, in each case, in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth therein. Each of Betters and Auto King acknowledges and agrees that (a) the terms and conditions set forth in this Section 8.4 are a material inducement for SPAC to enter into the Business Combination Agreement and (b) if either Betters or Auto King fails to comply with its obligations under this Section 8.4, the SPAC shall be entitled an injunction or injunctions, specific performance or other equitable relief to cause each of Betters and Auto King to exercise all of its rights and remedies under the Repurchase Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE IX
General Provisions

 

9.1            Notice. All notices and other communications among the parties hereto shall be in writing and shall be deemed to have been duly given (a) when delivered in person, (b) when delivered after posting in the United States mail having been sent registered or certified mail return receipt requested, postage prepaid, (c) on the day following mailing if sent by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service, or (d) when delivered by email during normal business hours at the location of the recipient, and otherwise on the next following Business Day, to the Company, PubCo, Betters and SPAC in accordance with Section 12.3 of the Business Combination Agreement and to such Betters Shareholder at its address set forth set forth on Schedule A hereto (or at such other address for a party hereto as shall be specified by like notice).

 

9.2            Disclosure. Each of the Betters Shareholders authorizes SPAC, PubCo, Betters and the Company to publish and disclose in any announcement or disclosure required by the SEC or the Nasdaq, such Betters Shareholder’s identity and ownership of the Betters Shareholder Shares and the nature of such Betters Shareholder’s obligations under this Agreement.

 

9.3            Miscellaneous. The provisions of Sections 12.4 – 12.8, 12.10 – 12.17 of the Business Combination Agreement are incorporated herein by reference, mutatis mutandis, as if set forth in full herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has duly executed this Agreement, all as of the date first written above.

 

  PubCo:
   
  BAIRD MEDICAL INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
   
  Signature:  
  Name: Haimei Wu
  Title: Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has duly executed this Agreement, all as of the date first written above.

 

  Betters:
   
  BETTERS MEDICAL INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
   
  Signature:  
  Name: Haimei Wu
  Title: Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has duly executed this Agreement, all as of the date first written above.

 

  Company:
   
  TYCOON CHOICE GLOBAL LIMITED
   
  Signature:  
  Name: Haimei Wu
  Title: Director

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has duly executed this Agreement, all as of the date first written above.

 

  SPAC:
   
  EXCELFIN ACQUISITION CORP.
   
  Signature:  
  Name: Joe Ragan
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each party hereto has duly executed this Agreement, all as of the date first written above.

 

  Betters Shareholder:
   
  AUTO KING INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
   
  Signature:  
  Name: Haimei Wu
  Title: Director

 

[Signature Page to Betters Shareholder Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

Schedule A

 

Betters Shares

 

Betters Shareholder & Notice Address   Number of Betters
Shares

Auto King International Limited (“Auto King”)

  6,010,191

 

Company Shares

 

Company Shareholder & Notice Address   Number of Company
Shares

Betters Medical Investment Holdings Limited

  1

 

Schedule A

 

 

 

EXHIBIT C

 

Form of Sponsor Support Agreement

 

 

 

 

Exhibit C

 

SPONSOR SUPPORT AGREEMENT

 

THIS SPONSOR SUPPORT AGREEMENT, dated as of June 26, 2023 (this “Agreement”), is made and entered into by and among ExcelFin SPAC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), ExcelFin Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”), and Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“PubCo”).

 

WHEREAS, SPAC, PubCo, Betters Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Betters”), Betters Medical Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of PubCo, and Tycoon Choice Global Limited, a business company limited by shares incorporated under the Laws of the British Virgin Islands and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Betters (the “Company”), propose to enter into, concurrently herewith, a business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”; capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Business Combination Agreement), which provides for, among other things, a business combination between SPAC and the Company;

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Sponsor owns of record 5,750,000 shares of SPAC Class B Common Stock (all such shares of SPAC Stock and any shares of SPAC Stock of which ownership of record or the power to vote is hereafter acquired by the Sponsor prior to the termination of this Agreement being referred to herein as the “Shares”);

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Sponsor owns of record all of the Private Placement Warrants, and the Sponsor agrees to cancel for no consideration all of the Private Placement Warrants, subject to and in accordance with the terms set forth in this Agreement;

 

WHEREAS, as of the date hereof, the Sponsor is the lender under the Sponsor Loans, and the parties hereto agree that all of the Sponsor Loans shall be converted into the right of the Sponsor to receive PubCo Ordinary Shares at the Effective Time, subject to and in accordance with the terms set forth in this Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS, in order to induce SPAC, PubCo and the Company to enter into the Business Combination Agreement and the Key Betters Shareholders to enter into the Betters Shareholder Support Agreement, the Sponsor desires to enter into this Agreement with respect to the Shares.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and of the mutual covenants and agreements contained herein, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, and intending to be legally bound, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1.  Agreement to Vote. The Sponsor hereby agrees to vote, at any meeting of the SPAC Stockholders, including the SPAC Stockholder Meeting, and in any action by written consent of the SPAC Stockholders, all Shares held by the Sponsor at such time in favor of the approval and adoption of the Business Combination Agreement and the Transactions and all other Transaction Proposals.

 

2. Warrant Cancellation. The Sponsor hereby agrees that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, but subject to consummation of the Merger, all of the Private Placement Warrants, which are owned of record by the Sponsor, shall be surrendered to SPAC for no consideration and cancelled by SPAC effective as of immediately prior to the Effective Time.

 

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3.  Conversion of Sponsor Loans. Each of the parties hereto agrees that, immediately prior to the Effective Time, but subject to the consummation of the Merger, all of the unpaid balances under the Sponsor Loans shall be converted, as full repayment therefor, into the right of the Sponsor to receive from PubCo a number of validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable PubCo Ordinary Shares equal to (a) the aggregate amount outstanding under its Sponsor Loans, divided by (b) $10.20.

 

4.  Transfer of Shares. The Sponsor agrees that it shall not, prior to the Closing, directly or indirectly, (a) sell, assign, transfer (including by operation of Law), lien, pledge, dispose of or otherwise encumber any of the Shares or otherwise agree to do any of the foregoing, except for a sale, assignment or transfer pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, (b) deposit any Shares into a voting trust or enter into a voting Contract or grant any proxy or power of attorney with respect thereto that is inconsistent with this Agreement or (c) enter into any Contract, option or other arrangement or undertaking with respect to the direct or indirect acquisition or sale, assignment, transfer (including by operation of Law) or other disposition of any Shares; provided, that the foregoing shall not prohibit the transfer of any Shares by the Sponsor to one or more of its Affiliates, but only if such Affiliate executes this Agreement or a joinder agreeing to become a party to this Agreement.

 

5.  No Redemption of Sponsor Shares. The Sponsor hereby agrees to abstain from exercising any redemption rights of any Shares held by it in connection with the SPAC Stockholders’ Approval.

 

6.  Waiver of Anti-Dilution Protections. The Sponsor hereby waives, subject to, and conditioned upon, the occurrence of the Closing, its right to an adjustment of the Conversion Ratio (as defined in Section 4.3(b) of the SPAC Charter) with respect to any conversion of its shares of SPAC Class B Common Stock in connection with the Transactions.

 

7.  Earnout Shares. The parties hereto hereby agree that (x) 3,150,000 PubCo Ordinary Shares, representing 70% of the PubCo Ordinary Shares to be held by the Sponsor immediately following the Effective Time, shall be fully vested and freely tradable, subject only to the restrictions set forth in that certain Letter Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2021, by and among SPAC, the Sponsor and the individuals signatory thereto, (as amended by that certain Insider Letter Amendment, dated June 26, 2023, the “Insider Letter”), and (y) 1,350,000 PubCo Ordinary Shares, representing the remaining 30% of the PubCo Ordinary Shares to be held by the Sponsor immediately following the Effective Time, shall be subject to vesting and forfeiture as described below (the “Earnout Shares”).

 

(a)            The Earnout Shares shall become fully vested if, at any time from the Effective Time through the date that is the fifth anniversary of the Effective Time, the VWAP of PubCo Ordinary Shares is greater than or equal to $12.50 (the “Price Target”) over any 20 trading days within any 30-day trading period (the “Triggering Event”); provided, that the Price Target shall be equitably adjusted for any share splits, share dividends, reorganizations, combinations, recapitalizations and similar transactions affecting the PubCo Ordinary Shares. For purposes hereof, “VWAP” means, for any security as of any date(s), the dollar volume-weighted average price for such security on the principal securities exchange or securities market on which such security is then traded during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg through its “HP” function (set to weighted average) or, if the foregoing does not apply, the dollar volume-weighted average price of such security in the over-the-counter market on the electronic bulletin board for such security during the period beginning at 9:30:01 a.m., New York time, and ending at 4:00:00 p.m., New York time, as reported by Bloomberg, or, if no dollar volume-weighted average price is reported for such security by Bloomberg for such hours, the average of the highest closing bid price and the lowest closing ask price of any of the market makers for such security as reported by OTC Markets Group Inc.

 

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(b)            In the event that there is a Change of Control of PubCo after the Effective Time and prior to the date that is the fifth anniversary of the Effective Time, the Earnout Shares (to the extent not already fully vested in connection with the Triggering Event) shall become fully vested immediately prior to such Change of Control, such that the holders of the Earnout Shares shall be entitled to receive in such Change of Control the consideration which would have been issuable or payable to them in such Change of Control (including the right to elect to receive different forms of consideration) if they had held the Earnout Shares immediately prior to the consummation thereof. For purposes hereof, a “Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events: (i) any Person or any group of Persons acting together which would constitute a “group” for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of PubCo representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of, or economic interests in, PubCo’s then outstanding voting securities; (ii) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of PubCo with any other corporation or other entity, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, either (A) the PubCo board of directors immediately prior to the merger or consolidation does not constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the company surviving the merger or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary of another Person, the ultimate parent thereof, or (B) the voting securities of PubCo immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not continue to represent, or are not converted into, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary of another Person, the ultimate parent thereof; (iii) the shareholders of PubCo approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of PubCo or there is consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale, lease or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by PubCo of 50% or more of the assets of PubCo and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

(c)            Within five Business Days after the occurrence of the Triggering Event or a Change of Control of PubCo, PubCo shall cause its transfer agent to note the vesting of the Earnout Shares on its share ledger records. If any of the Earnout Shares are represented by certificates, within the five Business Day time period set forth in the foregoing sentence, PubCo shall issue new certificates without any restrictive legends to the holders thereof in exchange for the legended certificates.

 

(d)            If by the fifth anniversary of the Effective Time the Earnout Shares shall not have vested, the Earnout Shares shall be forfeited and shall be delivered in certificated or book-entry form to PubCo for cancellation for no consideration and shall cease to represent any interest in PubCo, effective as of such date.

 

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8.  Representations and Warranties. The Sponsor hereby represents and warrants to SPAC and PubCo as follows:

 

(a)            The execution, delivery and performance by the Sponsor of this Agreement and the consummation by the Sponsor of the transactions contemplated hereby do not and will not (i) conflict with or violate any Law applicable to the Sponsor, (ii) require any consent, approval or authorization of, declaration, filing or registration with, or notice to, any Person, (iii) result in the creation of any encumbrance on any Shares (other than under this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement and the other Ancillary Agreements), or (iv) if applicable, conflict with or result in a breach of or constitute a default under any provision of the Governing Documents of the Sponsor.

 

(b)            As of the date of this Agreement, the Sponsor owns exclusively of record and has good and valid title to 5,750,000 shares of SPAC Class B Common Stock, free and clear of any Liens, other than pursuant to (i) this Agreement, (ii) applicable securities Laws, (iii) the SPAC Governing Documents and (iv) the Insider Letter, and as of the date of this Agreement, the Sponsor has the sole power (as currently in effect) to vote and the right, power and authority to sell, transfer and deliver such Shares, and the Sponsor does not own, directly or indirectly, any other Shares.

 

(c)            The Sponsor has the power, authority and capacity to execute, deliver and perform this Agreement, and this Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the Sponsor.

 

9.  Termination. This Agreement and the obligations of the parties hereto under this Agreement shall automatically terminate upon the earliest of: (a) the Effective Time; (b) the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms; and (c) the mutual written agreement of all the parties hereto. Upon termination of this Agreement, no party hereto shall have any further obligations or Liabilities under this Agreement; provided, however, that such termination shall not relieve any party hereto from any Liability for a willful and material breach of this Agreement occurring prior to its termination.

 

10.  Miscellaneous.

 

(a)             Except as otherwise provided herein, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party hereto incurring such costs and expenses, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated.

 

(b)            All notices and other communications among the parties hereto 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) on the day following mailing if sent by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service, or (iv) when delivered by email during normal business hours at the location of the recipient, and otherwise on the next following Business Day, addressed as follows:

 

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If to the Sponsor or, prior to the Closing, SPAC, to:

 

ExcelFin Acquisition Corp.
ExcelFin SPAC LLC
473 Jackson St., Suite 300
San Francisco, California 94111
Email: JRagan@paperexcellence.com
Attention: Joe Ragan

 

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP
2601 Olive Street, 17th Floor
Dallas, Texas 75201
Email: Alain.Dermarkar@shearman.com
Attention: Alain Dermarkar

 

and

 

Shearman & Sterling LLP
Bank of America Tower
800 Capitol Street, Suite 2200
Houston, Texas 77002
Email: Bill.Nelson@shearman.com
Attention: Bill Nelson

 

If to PubCo or SPAC from and after the Closing, to:

 

Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited

Room 202, 2/F, Baide Building, Building 11

No.15 Rongtong Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou
Email: Qiuquan@baidemed.com
Attention: Quan Qiu

 

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Dechert LLP
24/F, North Tower, Beijing Kerry Centre
1 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing, China 100020
Email: yang.wang@dechert.com;
stephen.leitzell@dechert.com
Attention: Yang Wang; Stephen Leitzell

 

or to such other address or addresses as the parties hereto may from time to time designate in writing in accordance with this Section 10(b).

 

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(c)            If any term or provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, such term or provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition, invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, and all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The parties hereto further agree that if any term or provision contained herein is, to any extent, held prohibited by or invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, the parties hereto shall take any actions necessary to render the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law and, to the extent necessary, shall amend or otherwise modify this Agreement to replace any term or provision contained herein that is held prohibited by or invalid, illegal or unenforceable with a valid, legal and enforceable term or provision giving effect to the original intent of the parties hereto.

 

(d)            (i) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires or unless otherwise specified, (A) words of any gender shall be construed as masculine, feminine, neuter or any other gender, as applicable; (B) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, as applicable; (C) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “herewith,” “hereto” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement; (D) the term “Section” refers to the specified Section of this Agreement; (E) the words “including,” “included,” or “includes” shall mean “including, without limitation;” (F) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or thing extends and such phrase shall not simply mean “if;” (G) the word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive; and (H) any reference to a given Person includes such Person’s successors and permitted assigns. (ii) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to statutes shall include all regulations promulgated thereunder, and references to statutes or regulations shall be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing such statutes or regulations. (iii) References to “$,” “US$,” “USD” or “dollars” are to the lawful currency of the United States of America. (iv) Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified. (v) Time periods within or following which any payment is to be made or act is to be done under this Agreement shall be calculated by excluding the calendar day on which the period commences and including the calendar day on which the period ends, and by extending the period to the next following Business Day if the last calendar day of the period is not a Business Day. (vi) All references to Contracts (including this Agreement) means such Contracts as the same may from time to time be amended or supplemented or the terms thereof waived or modified, in each case to the extent provided to the applicable party hereto. (vii) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to SPAC with respect to periods following the Effective Time shall be construed to mean the Surviving Corporation. (viii) The headings preceding the text of Sections included herein are for convenience only and shall not be deemed part of this Agreement or be given any effect in interpreting this Agreement.

 

(e)            This Agreement is intended to create, and creates, a contractual relationship and is not intended to create, and does not create, any agency, partnership, joint venture or any like relationship between the parties hereto.

 

(f)            This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and supersedes any other agreements, whether written or oral, that may have been made or entered into by or among any of the parties hereto.

 

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(g)            This Agreement may be amended or modified in whole or in part, only by a duly authorized agreement in writing executed by all of the parties hereto in accordance with the specifications contained in Section 10(l) and which makes reference to this Agreement.

 

(h)            No party hereto shall assign this Agreement or any part hereof without the prior written consent of the other parties hereto, and any such transfer without prior written consent shall be void. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

 

(i)             The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage could occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their specific terms or are otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties hereto shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, specific performance or other equitable relief to prevent actual or threatened breaches of this Agreement and to enforce the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in addition to any other remedy to which any party hereto is entitled at Law or in equity. In the event that any Action shall be brought in equity to enforce the provisions of this Agreement, no party hereto shall allege, and each party hereto hereby waives the defense, that there is an adequate remedy at Law, and each party hereto agrees to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection therewith.

 

(j)             This Agreement, and all claims or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, 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.

 

(k)            Any Action based upon, arising out of or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby must be brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, to the extent such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, the Complex Commercial Litigation Division of the Delaware Superior Court, New Castle County), or, if it has or can acquire jurisdiction, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and each of the parties hereto 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 related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any other court. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any manner permitted by applicable Law or to commence Actions 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 10(k).

 

(l)             This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Copies of executed counterparts of this Agreement transmitted by electronic transmission (including by email or in .pdf format) or facsimile as well as electronically or digitally executed counterparts (such as DocuSign) shall have the same legal effect as original signatures and shall be considered original executed counterparts of this Agreement.

 

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(m)           Without further consideration, each party hereto shall execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered such additional documents and instruments and take all such further action as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(n)            This Agreement shall not be effective or binding upon any party hereto until after such time as the Business Combination Agreement is executed and delivered by the Parties.

 

(o)            EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICBALE LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY PROCEEDING (I) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR (II) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES HERETO MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY HERETO CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY HERETO WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (II) EACH SUCH PARTY HERETO UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (III) EACH SUCH PARTY HERETO MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (IV) EACH SUCH PARTY HERETO HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 10(O).

 

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  EXCELFIN SPAC LLC
   
   
  By:
  Name: Joe Ragan
  Title: Authorized Signatory
   
  EXCELFIN ACQUISITION CORP.
   
   
  By:         
  Name: Joe Ragan
  Title: Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer

 

[Signature Page to Sponsor Support Agreement]

 

 

 

  BAIRD MEDICAL INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
   
  By:          
  Name: Haimei Wu
  Title: Director

 

[Signature Page to Sponsor Support Agreement]

 

 

 

 

 

EXHIBIT D

 

Form of Betters Lock-Up Agreement

 

 

 

 

Exhibit D

 

LOCK-UP AGREEMENT

 

THIS LOCK-UP AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is made and entered into as of [●], 2023, by and between Betters Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (the “Holder”), and Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Betters (“PubCo”). Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Business Combination Agreement (as defined below).

 

WHEREAS, PubCo, the Holder, ExcelFin Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (“SPAC”), Betters Medical Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of PubCo, and Tycoon Choice Global Limited, a business company limited by shares incorporated under the Laws of the British Virgin Islands and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of the Holder (the “Company”), entered into a business combination agreement, dated as of June 26, 2023 (the “Business Combination Agreement”), which provides for, among other things, a business combination between SPAC and the Company, and immediately following the consummation of such transactions, the Holder will hold 29,411,764 PubCo Ordinary Shares (together with any securities paid as dividends or distributions with respect to such securities or into which such securities are exchanged or converted, the “Shares”); and

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement, and in view of the valuable consideration to be received by the Holder thereunder, PubCo and the Holder desire to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the Shares shall become subject to the limitations on disposition and other restrictions as set forth herein.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises set forth above, which are incorporated in this Agreement as if fully set forth below, and intending to be legally bound hereby, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 

1.            Definitions. For purposes of this Agreement:

 

(a)            the term “Change of Control” means the occurrence, after the Closing Date, of any of the following events: (i) any Person or any group of Persons acting together which would constitute a “group” for purposes of Section 13(d) of the Exchange Act is or becomes the beneficial owner, directly or indirectly, of securities of PubCo representing more than 50% of the combined voting power of, or economic interests in, PubCo’s then outstanding voting securities; (ii) there is consummated a merger or consolidation of PubCo with any other corporation or other entity, and, immediately after the consummation of such merger or consolidation, either (A) the Pubco board of directors immediately prior to the merger or consolidation does not constitute at least a majority of the board of directors of the company surviving the merger or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary of another Person, the ultimate parent thereof, or (B) the voting securities of PubCo immediately prior to such merger or consolidation do not continue to represent, or are not converted into, more than 50% of the combined voting power of the then outstanding voting securities of the Person resulting from such merger or consolidation or, if the surviving company is a Subsidiary of another Person, the ultimate parent thereof; or (iii) the shareholders of PubCo approve a plan of complete liquidation or dissolution of PubCo or there is consummated an agreement or series of related agreements for the sale, lease or other disposition, directly or indirectly, by PubCo of 50% or more of the assets of PubCo and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

 

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(b)            the term “Immediate Family” means, with respect to any natural person, any of the following: (i) such person’s spouse; (ii) the siblings of such person and his or her spouse; and (iii) the direct descendants and ascendants (including adopted and step children and parents) of such person and his or her spouses and siblings;

 

(c)            the term “Lock-Up Period” means the period beginning on the date of the consummation of the Share Contribution and ending on the earlier of: (i) the date that is six months after the Closing Date; or (ii) the consummation of a Change of Control of PubCo;

 

(d)            the term “Lock-Up Shares” means the Shares, and for the avoidance of any doubt shall exclude (i) PubCo Ordinary Shares acquired in the public market after the Closing Date and (ii) PubCo Ordinary Shares acquired pursuant to a transaction exempt from registration under the Securities Act after the Closing Date;

 

(e)            the term “Permitted Transferees” means any Person to whom the Holder is permitted to transfer Lock-Up Shares prior to the expiration of the Lock-Up Period pursuant to Section 2(a); and

 

(f)             the term “Transfer” means the (i) sale of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of, or agree to dispose of, 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, with respect to, any security, (ii) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another Person, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise, or (iii) public announcement of any intention to effect any transaction specified in clause (i) or (ii).

 

2.            Lock-Up Provisions.

 

(a)            Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 2(b), the Holder or any of its Permitted Transferees may Transfer any or all of the Lock-Up Shares during the Lock-Up Period: (i) to the Holder’s officers, directors, managers or management committee members; (ii) to any Affiliates of the Holder or such Affiliate’s officers, directors, managers or management committee members; (iii) in the case of any such Permitted Transferee being 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 or to a charitable organization; (iv) in the case of any such Permitted Transferee being an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of such individual; (v) in the case of any such Permitted Transferee being an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order; (vi) to any partners (general or limited), members, shareholders or holders of similar Equity Securities of the Holder (or, in each case, its nominee or custodian) or any of their respective Affiliates; (vii) by virtue of applicable Law or the Holder’s Governing Documents upon liquidation or dissolution of the Holder; (viii) in connection with any pledge, hypothecation or other granting of a security interest in the Lock-Up Shares to one or more lending institutions as collateral or security for any borrowing or the incurrence of any indebtedness by the Holder (provided, that such borrowing or incurrence of indebtedness is secured by a portfolio of assets or Equity Securities issued by multiple issuers); (ix) pursuant to a bona fide tender offer, merger, consolidation or other similar transaction, in each case, made to all holders of PubCo Ordinary Shares, involving a Change of Control (including negotiating and entering into an agreement providing for any such transaction); provided, that in the event that such tender offer, merger, consolidation or other such transaction is not completed, all Lock-Up Shares shall remain subject to the provisions of Section 2(b); or (x) to the Holder; provided, however, that, in the case of clauses (i) through (ix), any such Permitted Transferees shall enter into a written agreement agreeing to be bound by the provisions set forth in this Section 2 prior to or concurrently with such Transfer.

 

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(b)            The Holder hereby agrees that it shall not, and shall cause any of its Permitted Transferees to not, Transfer any Lock-Up Shares during the Lock-Up Period.

 

(c)            During the Lock-Up Period, each certificate (if any are issued) evidencing any Lock-Up Shares shall be stamped or otherwise imprinted with a legend in substantially the following form, in addition to any other applicable legends:

 

“THE SECURITIES REPRESENTED BY THIS CERTIFICATE ARE SUBJECT TO RESTRICTIONS ON TRANSFER SET FORTH IN A LOCK-UP AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF [●], 2023, BY AND BETWEEN THE ISSUER OF SUCH SECURITIES (THE “ISSUER”) AND THE ISSUER’S SECURITY HOLDER NAMED THEREIN, AS AMENDED. A COPY OF SUCH LOCK-UP AGREEMENT WILL BE FURNISHED WITHOUT CHARGE BY THE ISSUER TO THE HOLDER HEREOF UPON WRITTEN REQUEST.”

 

Promptly upon the expiration of the Lock-Up Period, PubCo shall take all reasonable steps required to remove such legend from the certificates evidencing the Lock-Up Shares, including issuing new share certificates (if any are issued) in respect of the Lock-Up Shares.

 

(d)            For the avoidance of any doubt, the Holder shall retain all of its rights as a shareholder of PubCo with respect to the Lock-Up Shares during the Lock-Up Period, including the right to vote any Lock-Up Shares.

 

3.            Miscellaneous.

 

(a)            Adjustment. The share prices of the Lock-Up Shares will be equitably adjusted on account of any changes in the equity securities of PubCo that occur after the Closing Date by way of stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification, or through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or business combination, or by any other means.

 

(b)            Transfers. If any Transfer is made or attempted contrary to the provisions of this Agreement, such Transfer shall be null and void ab initio, and PubCo shall refuse to recognize any such transferee of the Lock-Up Shares as one of its shareholders for any purpose. In order to enforce this Section 3(b), PubCo may impose stop-transfer instructions with respect to any relevant Lock-Up Shares (and any permitted transferees and assigns thereof), as applicable, until the expiration of the Lock-Up Period.

 

(c)            Binding Effect; Assignment. No party hereto shall assign this Agreement or any part hereof without the prior written consent of the other party hereto, and any such transfer without prior written consent shall be void. Subject to the foregoing, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective permitted successors and assigns.

 

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(d)            Third Parties. Nothing contained in this Agreement or in any instrument or document executed by any party hereto in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby shall create any rights in, or be deemed to have been executed for the benefit of, any Person that is not a party hereto or thereto or a successor or permitted assign of such a party.

 

(e)            Governing Law; Jurisdiction. This Agreement, and all claims or causes of action based upon, arising out of, or related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the Laws of the State of Delaware, 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 Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby must be brought in the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware (or, to the extent such court does not have subject matter jurisdiction, the Complex Commercial Litigation Division of the Delaware Superior Court, New Castle County), or, if it has or can acquire jurisdiction, in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware, and each of the parties hereto 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 related to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby in any other court. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed to affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any manner permitted by applicable Law or to commence Actions 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 3(e).

 

(f)            WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICBALE LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY PROCEEDING (I) ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR (II) IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY, IN EACH CASE, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY AND THAT THE PARTIES HERETO MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OF A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE PARTIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY HERETO CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (I) NO REPRESENTATIVE OF ANY OTHER PARTY HERETO HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY HERETO WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER, (II) EACH SUCH PARTY HERETO UNDERSTANDS AND HAS CONSIDERED THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS WAIVER, (III) EACH SUCH PARTY HERETO MAKES THIS WAIVER VOLUNTARILY AND (IV) EACH SUCH PARTY HERETO HAS BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 3(F).

 

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(g)            Interpretation. (i) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires or unless otherwise specified: (A) words of any gender shall be construed as masculine, feminine, neuter or any other gender, as applicable; (B) words using the singular or plural number also include the plural or singular number, respectively, as applicable; (C) the terms “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “herewith,” “hereto” and derivative or similar words refer to this entire Agreement; (D) the term “Section” refers to the specified Section of this Agreement; (E) the words “including,” “included,” or “includes” shall mean “including, without limitation;” (F) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or thing extends and such phrase shall not simply mean “if;” (G) the word “or” shall be disjunctive but not exclusive; and (H) any reference to a given Person includes such Person’s successors and permitted assigns. (ii) Unless the context of this Agreement otherwise requires, references to statutes shall include all regulations promulgated thereunder, and references to statutes or regulations shall be construed as including all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending or replacing such statutes or regulations. (iii) Whenever this Agreement refers to a number of days, such number shall refer to calendar days unless Business Days are specified. (iv) Time periods within or following which any act is to be done under this Agreement shall be calculated by excluding the calendar day on which the period commences and including the calendar day on which the period ends, and by extending the period to the next following Business Day if the last calendar day of the period is not a Business Day. (v) All references to Contracts (including this Agreement) means such Contracts as the same may from time to time be amended or supplemented or the terms thereof waived or modified, in each case to the extent provided to the applicable party hereto. (vi) The headings preceding the text of Sections included herein are for convenience only and shall not be deemed part of this Agreement or be given any effect in interpreting this Agreement.

 

(h)            Notices. All notices and other communications among the parties hereto 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) on the day following mailing if sent by FedEx or other nationally recognized overnight delivery service, or (iv) when delivered by email during normal business hours at the location of the recipient, and otherwise on the next following Business Day, addressed as follows:

 

If to the Holder, to:

 

18/F, Ovest, 77 Wing Lok Street

Sheung Wan, Hong Kong
Email: Quan Qiu
Attention: Qiuquan@baidemed.com

 

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Dechert LLP
24/F, North Tower, Beijing Kerry Centre
1 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing, China 100020
Email: yang.wang@dechert.com;

 

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stephen.leitzell@dechert.com
Attention: Yang Wang; Stephen Leitzell

 

If to PubCo, to:

 

Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited
Room 202, 2/F, Baide Building, Building 11

No.15 Rongtong Street, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou

Attention: Quan Qiu

Email: Qiuquan@baidemed.com

 

with copies (which shall not constitute notice) to:

 

Dechert LLP
24/F, North Tower, Beijing Kerry Centre
1 Guanghua Road, Chaoyang District
Beijing, China 100020
Email: yang.wang@dechert.com
Attention: Yang Wang

 

or to such other address or addresses as the parties hereto may from time to time designate in writing in accordance with this Section 3(h).

 

(i)             Severability. If any term or provision of this Agreement is held to be prohibited by or invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, such term or provision shall be ineffective only to the extent of such prohibition, invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, and all other terms and provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect. The parties hereto further agree that if any term or provision contained herein is, to any extent, held prohibited by or invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, the parties hereto shall take any actions necessary to render the remaining terms and provisions of this Agreement valid and enforceable to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law and, to the extent necessary, shall amend or otherwise modify this Agreement to replace any term or provision contained herein that is held prohibited by or invalid, illegal or unenforceable with a valid, legal and enforceable term or provision giving effect to the original intent of the parties hereto.

 

(j)             Specific Performance. The parties hereto agree that irreparable damage could occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement are not performed in accordance with their specific terms or are otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that PubCo shall be entitled to an injunction or injunctions, specific performance or other equitable relief to prevent actual or threatened breaches of this Agreement and to enforce the terms and provisions of this Agreement, in addition to any other remedy to which it is entitled at Law or in equity. In the event that any Action shall be brought in equity to enforce the provisions of this Agreement, the Holder shall not allege, and the Holder hereby waives the defense, that there is an adequate remedy at Law, and the Holder agrees to waive any requirement for the securing or posting of any bond in connection therewith.

 

(k)            Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto relating to the transactions contemplated hereby and supersedes any other agreements, whether written or oral, that may have been made or entered into by or among any of the parties hereto relating to the transactions contemplated hereby; provided, that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing shall not affect the rights and obligations of the Parties under the Business Combination Agreement or any Ancillary Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement shall limit any of the rights or remedies of PubCo or any of the obligations of the Holder under any other agreement between the Holder and PubCo, or any certificate or instrument executed by the Holder in favor of PubCo, and nothing in any other agreement, certificate or instrument shall limit any of the rights or remedies of PubCo or any of the obligations of the Holder under this Agreement. No representations, warranties, covenants, understandings or agreements, oral or otherwise, relating to the transactions contemplated hereby exist between the parties hereto except as expressly set forth or referenced in this Agreement.

 

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(l)             Further Assurances. Without further consideration, each party hereto shall execute and deliver or cause to be executed and delivered such additional documents and instruments and take all such further action as may be reasonably necessary to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement.

 

(m)           Costs and Expenses. Except as otherwise provided herein, all costs and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby shall be paid by the party hereto incurring such costs and expenses, whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated.

 

(n)            Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in two or more counterparts, and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Copies of executed counterparts of this Agreement transmitted by electronic transmission (including by email or in .pdf format) or facsimile as well as electronically or digitally executed counterparts (such as DocuSign) shall have the same legal effect as original signatures and shall be considered original executed counterparts of this Agreement.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.

 

  HOLDER:
   
  BETTERS MEDICAL INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
   
  By:         
  Name:
  Title:
   
  PUBCO:
   
  BAIRD MEDICAL INVESTMENT HOLDINGS LIMITED
   
  By:  
  Name:
  Title:

 

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EXHIBIT E

 

Form of Insider Letter Amendment

 

 

 

 

Exhibit E

 

June 26, 2023

 

ExcelFin Acquisition Corp. 

473 Jackson St., Suite 300 

San Francisco, California 94111

 

Re: Insider Letter Amendment

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

This amendment (this “Amendment”) is being delivered to you in accordance with Section 12 of that certain Letter Agreement, dated as of October 20, 2021 (the “Letter Agreement”), by and among ExcelFin Acquisition Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), ExcelFin SPAC LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), and the individuals signatory thereto, each of whom is an officer, director or board advisor of the Company (each, an “Insider” and collectively, the “Insiders”).

 

In connection with that certain business combination agreement (the “Business Combination Agreement”), dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Company, Betters Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company (“Betters”), Baird Medical Investment Holdings Limited, a Cayman Islands exempted company and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Betters (“PubCo”), Betters Medical Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of PubCo, and Tycoon Choice Global Limited, a business company limited by shares incorporated under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and a direct, wholly owned Subsidiary of Betters, the parties hereto desire to amend certain provisions of the Letter Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Business Combination Agreement.

 

In connection with the Business Combination Agreement, and simultaneously with the exec