SC TO-T/A

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

 

 

SCHEDULE TO

TENDER OFFER STATEMENT UNDER SECTION 14(d)(1) OR 13(e)(1)

OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

(Amendment No. 1)

 

 

Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation

(Name of Subject Company (Issuer))

FP Credit Partners II, L.P. (Offeror)

FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. (Offeror)

(Name of Filing Persons (identifying status as offeror, issuer or other person))

Class A Ordinary Shares, par value $0.0001 per share

(Title of Class of Securities)

G04119106

(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)

Steve Eisner

Francisco Partners

1114 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10036

Tel: 646-434-1343

(Name, address, and telephone numbers of person authorized to receive notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)

 

 

Copies of communications to:

Ryan D. Maierson, Esq.

Erika L. Weinberg, Esq.

Latham & Watkins LLP

1271 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10020

Tel: (212) 906-1200

 

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Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.

 

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Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer.

Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:

 

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third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.

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issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.

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going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3.

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amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2.

Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer:  ☐

 

 

 


SCHEDULE TO

This Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO (this “Schedule TO”) is being filed by FP Credit Partners II, L.P. and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. (the “Offerors”). This Schedule TO relates to an offer (the “Offer”) by the Offerors to purchase up to 7,500,000 outstanding Class A ordinary shares of Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (the “Company”), with a nominal or par value of $0.0001 each per share (the “Class A Shares”), at the tender offer price of $10.00 in cash per Class A Share, without interest on the purchase price and less any applicable withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions described in the Offer to Purchase (as defined below) and in the related Letter of Transmittal, dated December 5, 2022 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Letter of Transmittal”). Each Class A Share was sold in the Company’s initial public offering, which closed on February 19, 2021 (the “IPO”), pursuant to a prospectus dated February 16, 2021, as part of a unit (each, a “Unit”), each of which contained one Class A Share and one-fifth of one redeemable warrant (the “Public Warrants”). The Offer is subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated December 5, 2022 (the “Offer to Purchase”), a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(1)(A), and in the related Letter of Transmittal, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit (a)(1)(B).

This Schedule TO is intended to satisfy the reporting requirements of Rule 14d-1 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The information in the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal is incorporated herein by reference as set forth below.

The Offer is being made pursuant to the Commitment Letter, dated as of October 3, 2022, among the Company, Movella Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Movella”), Motion Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and FP Credit Partners, L.P., on behalf of certain of its managed funds, affiliates, financing parties or investment vehicles, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit (b)(ii).

Item 1. Summary Term Sheet.

The information set forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase entitled “Summary” is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2. Subject Company Information.

(a)    Name and Address. The name of the issuer is Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation. The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 1950 University Avenue, Suite 350, Palo Alto, CA 94303. The Company’s telephone number is (650) 321-4910.

(b)    Securities. The subject securities include the Company’s Class A Shares. According to the Company, as of the close of business on December 2, 2022, there were 32,500,000 Class A Shares issued and outstanding.

(c)    Trading Market and Price. The information set forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase entitled “The Offer—6. Price Range of Class A Shares” is incorporated herein by reference.

The Class A Shares are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Nasdaq”) under the symbol “PFDR.”

Item 3. Identity and Background of Filing Person.

(a)    Name and Address. The name of the filing persons are FP Credit Partners II, L.P. and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. The business address and telephone of the Offerors is Maples Corporate Services Limited, P.O. Box 309, Ugland House, Grand Cayman KY1-1104, Cayman Islands and 646-434-1343. As of December 5, 2022, neither FP Credit Partners II, L.P. nor FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. beneficially own any Class A Shares or Public Warrants.

(b) Business and Background of Filing Person. The principal business of both FP Credit Partners II, L.P. and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P., is to make investments in technology and technology-enabled companies.

(c) Not applicable.

 

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Item 4. Terms of the Transaction.

(a)    Material Terms. The information set forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase entitled “The Offer” is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 5. Past Contracts, Transactions, Negotiations and Agreements.

(a)    Agreements Involving the Subject Company’s Securities. The information set forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase entitled “The Offer8. Transactions and Agreements Concerning the Company’s Securities” is incorporated herein by reference.

(b) Significant Corporate Events. The information in the section of the Offer to Purchase entitled “The Offer5. Background and Purpose of the Offer” is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 6. Purposes of the Transaction and Plans or Proposals.

(a)    Purposes. The information set forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase entitled “The Offer 5. Background and Purpose of the Offer” is incorporated herein by reference.

(c)    Plans. Except as described in the section of the Offer to Purchase entitled “The Offer —5. Background and Purpose of the Offer,” which is incorporated by reference herein, there are no plans on the part of the Offerors or their affiliates that would result in: (1) any extraordinary transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (2) any purchase, sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries; (3) any material change in the present dividend rate or policy, indebtedness or capitalization of the Company; (4) any change in the present board of directors or management of the Company, including any plans or proposals to change the number or the term of directors or to fill any existing vacancies on the board, or to change any material term of the employment contract of any executive officer; (5) any other material change in the Company’s corporate structure or business; (6) any class of equity securities of the Company to be delisted from the Nasdaq; or (7) any class of equity securities of the Company becoming eligible for termination of registration under section 12(g)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”).

Item 7. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration.

(a)    Source of Funds. The information set forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase entitled “The Offer 7. Source and Amount of Funds” is incorporated herein by reference.

(b)    Conditions. The information set forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase entitled “The Offer 9. Conditions; Termination; Waivers; Extensions; Amendments” is incorporated herein by reference.

(d)    Borrowed Funds. The information set forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase entitled “The Offer 7. Source and Amount of Funds” is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 8. Interest in Securities of the Subject Company.

(a)    Securities Ownership. As of December 5, 2022, neither FP Credit Partners II, L.P. nor FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. beneficially own any Class A Shares or Public Warrants.

(b)    Securities Transactions. Not applicable.

Item 9. Persons/Assets, Retained, Employed, Compensated or Used.

(a)    Solicitations or Recommendations. The information set forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase entitled “The Offer13. Fees and Expenses” is incorporated herein by reference. The Offerors are not making any recommendation as to whether holders of Class A Shares should tender Class A Shares in the Offer. No later than ten business days from the date of the Offer to Purchase, the Company is required by law to publish, send or give a statement disclosing whether its board of directors either recommends acceptance or rejection of the Offer, expresses no opinion and remains neutral toward the Offer or is unable to take a position with respect to the Offer.

 

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Item 10. Financial Statements.

(a)    Financial Information. Not applicable.

(b)    Pro Forma Information. Not applicable.

Item 11. Additional Information.

(a)    Agreements, Regulatory Requirements and Legal Proceedings.

(1)    The information set forth in the section of the Offer to Purchase entitled “The Offer 5. Background and Purpose of the Offer” is incorporated herein by reference.

(2)    None.

(3)    Not applicable.

(4)    Not applicable.

(5)    None.

(c)    Not applicable.

 

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INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

(a)(1)(A)   Offer to Purchase dated December 5, 2022.*
(a)(1)(B)   Form of Letter of Transmittal.*
(a)(1)(C)   Form of Letter to Clients of Brokers, Dealers, Banks, Trust Companies and Other Nominees.*
(a)(1)(D)   Form of Summary Advertisement, published December 5, 2022 in The New York Times.*
(a)(5)(A)   Form of Press Release issued by FP Credit Partners II, L.P. and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P., dated December 5, 2022.*
(b)(i)   Note Purchase Agreement, dated November 14, 2022, among Movella Inc., the guarantors from time to time party thereto, the purchasers from time to time party thereto and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB.*
(b)(ii)   Commitment Letter, dated October 3, 2022, by and among FP Credit Partners, L.P., Movella Inc., Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation and Motion Merger Sub, Inc.*
(d)(i)   Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2022, by and among Movella Inc., Pathfinder Acquisition LLC and the other parties named therein.*
(d)(ii)   Form of Transaction Support Agreement, by and among Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, Movella Inc., Pathfinder Acquisition LLC and certain shareholders of Movella Holdings Inc.*
(d)(iii)   Form of Voting Agreement, by and among Movella Holdings Inc., Pathfinder Acquisition LLC, Movella Inc., and certain shareholders of Movella Holdings Inc.*
(d)(iv)   Equity Grant Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2022, by and between Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, FP Credit Partners II, L.P. and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P.*
(g)   Not applicable.
(h)   Not applicable.
107   Filing Fee Table.*

 

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Filed herewith.

 

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SIGNATURE

After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.

Dated: December 5, 2022

 

FP CREDIT PARTNERS II, L.P.
By:   FP Credit Partners GP II, L.P.
Its:   General Partner
By:   FP Credit Partners GP II Management, LLC
Its:   General Partner
By:  

/s/ Scott Eisenberg

Name: Scott Eisenberg
Title: Managing Director
FP CREDIT PARTNERS PHOENIX II, L.P.
By:   FP Credit Partners GP II, L.P.
Its:   General Partner
By:   FP Credit Partners GP II Management, LLC
Its:   General Partner
By:  

/s/ Scott Eisenberg

Name: Scott Eisenberg
Title: Managing Director

 

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EX-99.(a)(1)(A)
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Exhibit (a)(1)(A)

OFFER TO PURCHASE

UP TO 7,500,000 CLASS A ORDINARY SHARES

OF

PATHFINDER ACQUISITION CORPORATION

AT A PURCHASE PRICE OF $10.00 IN CASH PER CLASS A ORDINARY SHARE

 

THE OFFER PERIOD AND YOUR RIGHT TO WITHDRAW CLASS A SHARES THAT YOU TENDER WILL EXPIRE AT 11:59 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON JANUARY 4, 2023, UNLESS THE OFFER PERIOD IS EXTENDED OR EARLIER TERMINATED. THE OFFERORS MAY EXTEND THE OFFER PERIOD AT ANY TIME.

FP Credit Partners II, L.P. (“FPCP”) and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. (“FPCPP” and, together with FPCP, the “Offerors,” “we,” “us” or “our”), hereby offer to purchase up to 7,500,000 outstanding Class A ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value (“Class A Shares”), of Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (the “Company” or “Pathfinder”), held by persons other than the Offerors or their affiliates, at a purchase price of $10.00 in cash per Class A Share tendered, without interest on the purchase price and less any applicable withholdings taxes. Each of the Class A Shares was sold, together with one-fifth of one redeemable warrant exercisable for one Class A Share (each whole warrant, a “Public Warrant”), as part of the units (the “Units”) issued in the Company’s initial public offering (the “IPO”) pursuant to a prospectus dated February 16, 2021 (the “IPO Prospectus”). The Offerors are making an offer, upon the terms and conditions in this Offer to Purchase (this “Offer to Purchase”) and the related Letter of Transmittal (together with this Offer to Purchase, the “Offer”), including the “odd lot” and proration provisions described in “The Offer, Section 1. General Terms.” The “Offer Period” is the period commencing on December 5, 2022 and ending at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 4, 2023, or such later date to which the Offerors may extend the Offer (the “Expiration Date,” and 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time on the Expiration Date, the “Expiration Time”).

Because of the proration and “odd lot” priority provisions described in this Offer to Purchase, fewer than all of the Class A Shares tendered may be purchased if Class A Shares representing more than $75.0 million in value are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn. Class A Shares tendered but not purchased in the Offer, including Class A Shares not purchased because of proration, will be returned to the tendering shareholders at the Offerors’ expense promptly after the expiration of the Offer. See “The Offer, Section 1. General Terms” and “The Offer, Section 2. Procedure for Tendering Class A Shares.”

The Class A Shares are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Nasdaq”) under the symbol “PFDR.” On December 2, 2022, the last reported sales price of the Class A Shares was $9.96. Holders of Class A Shares should obtain current market quotations for the Class A Shares before deciding whether to tender their Class A Shares pursuant to the Offer.

The Offer relates to the Class A Shares, each of which trades through the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”). Any and all outstanding Class A Shares held by persons other than the Offerors and their affiliates are eligible to be tendered pursuant to the Offer. According to the Company, as of the close of business on December 2, 2022, there were 32,500,000 Class A Shares outstanding, all of which were held by persons other than the Offerors and their affiliates.

The Offer is not conditioned upon receipt of financing or any minimum number of Class A Shares being tendered by shareholders but is subject to certain other conditions. See “The Offer, Section 1. General Terms” and “The Offer, Section 9. Conditions; Termination; Waivers; Extensions; Amendments.”

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If you elect to tender Class A Shares in response to the Offer, please follow the instructions in this Offer to Purchase and the related documents, including the Letter of Transmittal.

If you tender your Class A Shares, you may withdraw your tendered Class A Shares before the Expiration Time and retain them on their terms by following the instructions herein.

See “The Offer, Section 11. Risk Factors” for a discussion of information that you should consider before tendering Class A Shares in the Offer.

The Offer will commence on December 5, 2022 and end on the Expiration Date.

A detailed discussion of the Offer is contained in this Offer to Purchase. We may amend or terminate the Offer at any time with requisite notice, as further described in this Offer to Purchase. Holders of Class A Shares are strongly encouraged to read this entire package of materials, and the publicly filed information about the Company referenced herein, as well as any supplemental disclosure regarding the Offer before making a decision regarding the Offer.

NONE OF THE OFFERORS, AMERICAN STOCK TRANSFER & TRUST COMPANY, LLC, THE DEPOSITARY FOR THE OFFER (“AST” OR THE “DEPOSITARY”), OR D.F. KING & CO. INC., THE INFORMATION AGENT FOR THE OFFER (THE “INFORMATION AGENT”), MAKES ANY RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER YOU SHOULD TENDER CLASS A SHARES. EACH HOLDER OF A CLASS A SHARE MUST MAKE HIS, HER, THEIR OR ITS OWN DECISION AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER SOME OR ALL OF HIS, HER, THEIR OR ITS CLASS A SHARES.

NO LATER THAN TEN BUSINESS DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS OFFER TO PURCHASE, THE COMPANY IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO PUBLISH, SEND OR GIVE TO YOU A STATEMENT DISCLOSING WHETHER ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS EITHER RECOMMENDS ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE OFFER, EXPRESSES NO OPINION AND REMAINS NEUTRAL TOWARD THE OFFER OR IS UNABLE TO TAKE A POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFER. YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE INFORMATION SET FORTH IN THAT STATEMENT BEFORE YOU TENDER YOUR CLASS A SHARES IN THE OFFER.

Neither the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of the Offer or passed upon the merits or fairness of the Offer or the accuracy or adequacy of the disclosure in this Offer to Purchase or the Letter of Transmittal. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.


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IMPORTANT PROCEDURES

If you want to tender some or all of your Class A Shares, you must do one of the following before the Expiration Time:

 

   

if your Class A Shares are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, contact the nominee and have the nominee tender your Class A Shares for you, which typically can be done electronically;

 

   

if you hold Class A Share certificates in your own name, complete and sign the Letter of Transmittal according to its instructions, and deliver the Letter of Transmittal, together with any required signature guarantee, the certificates for your Class A Shares and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, to AST;

 

   

if you are an institution participating in DTC, called the “book-entry transfer facility” in this Offer to Purchase, tender your Class A Shares according to the procedure for book-entry transfer described under “The Offer, Section 2. Procedure for Tendering Class A Shares”; or

 

   

if you are the holder of Units, which are each comprised of one fifth of one Public Warrant and one Class A Share, you must separate the Class A Shares from the Units prior to tendering your Class A Shares pursuant to the Offer. If your Units are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, you must instruct such nominee to do so or, if you hold Units registered in your own name, you must contact the Depositary directly and instruct it to do so. If you fail to cause your Class A Shares to be separated in a timely manner before the Offer expires, you will not be able to validly tender such Class A Shares prior to the expiration of the Offer.

We are not providing for guaranteed delivery procedures. Therefore, shareholders of the Company must allow sufficient time for the necessary tender procedures to be completed during normal business hours of the Depositary.

TO TENDER YOUR CLASS A SHARES, YOU MUST CAREFULLY FOLLOW THE PROCEDURES DESCRIBED IN THIS OFFER TO PURCHASE, THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND THE OTHER DOCUMENTS DISCUSSED HEREIN RELATED TO THE OFFER.

THE OFFER RELATES TO THE CLASS A SHARES, EACH OF WHICH TRADES THROUGH DTC. ANY AND ALL OUTSTANDING CLASS A SHARES (OTHER THAN THOSE HELD BY THE OFFERORS AND THEIR AFFILIATES) ARE ELIGIBLE TO BE TENDERED PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. ACCORDING TO THE COMPANY, AS OF THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON DECEMBER 2, 2022, THERE WERE 32,500,000 CLASS A SHARES OUTSTANDING, ALL OF WHICH WERE HELD BY PERSONS OTHER THAN THE OFFERORS AND THEIR AFFILIATES.


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     Page  
SUMMARY      5  
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS      8  
THE BUSINESS COMBINATION      14  
THE OFFER      16  

1.  GENERAL TERMS

     16  

2.  PROCEDURE FOR TENDERING CLASS A SHARES

     18  

3.  WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS

     21  

4.  PURCHASE OF CLASS A SHARES AND PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE

     21  

5.  BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE OFFER

     22  

6.  PRICE RANGE OF CLASS A SHARES

     25  

7.  SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS

     25  

8.  TRANSACTIONS AND AGREEMENTS CONCERNING THE COMPANY’S SECURITIES

     25  

9.  CONDITIONS; TERMINATION; WAIVERS; EXTENSIONS; AMENDMENTS

     26  

10.  MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

     27  

11.  RISK FACTORS

     31  

12.  THE DEPOSITARY AND THE INFORMATION AGENT

     31  

13.  FEES AND EXPENSES

     31  

14.  ADDITIONAL INFORMATION; MISCELLANEOUS

     32  

We are not making the Offer to holders of Class A Shares in any jurisdiction where it would be illegal to do so. However, we may, at our discretion, take any actions necessary for us to make the Offer to holders of Class A Shares in any such jurisdiction.

You should rely only on the information contained in this Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal to which we have referred you. We have not authorized anyone to provide you with information or to make any representation in connection with the Offer other than those contained in this Offer to Purchase or in the Letter of Transmittal. If anyone makes any recommendation or gives any information or representation regarding the Offer, you should not rely upon that recommendation, information or representation as having been authorized by us, the Depositary or the Information Agent for the Offer. No later than ten business days from the date of this Offer to Purchase, the Company is required by law to publish, send or give to you a statement disclosing whether its board of directors either recommends acceptance or rejection of the Offer, expresses no opinion and remains neutral toward the Offer or is unable to take a position with respect to the Offer. You should carefully read the information set forth in that statement before you tender your Class A Shares in the Offer. You should not assume that the information provided in the Offer is accurate as of any date other than the date as of which it is shown, or if no date is otherwise indicated, the date as of this Offer to Purchase.

 

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SUMMARY

Unless otherwise stated in this Offer to Purchase, references to “we,” “our,” “us,” or the “Offerors” refers collectively to FP Credit Partners II, L.P. and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. References to the “Company” or “Pathfinder” refer to Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation. You should also carefully consider the information provided under the heading “Risk Factors” beginning on page .

 

The Company

Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability. The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 1950 University Avenue, Suite 350, Palo Alto, CA 94303. The Company’s telephone number is (650) 321-4910.

 

The Offerors

FP Credit Partners II, L.P. (“FPCP”) and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. (“FPCPP” and, together with FPCP, the “Offerors, “we, “us,” or “our”). Our principal executive offices are located at 1114 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10036. Our telephone number is 646-434-1343.

 

The Class A Shares

According to the Company, as of the close of business on December 2, 2022, the Company had 32,500,000 Class A Shares outstanding, all of which were held by persons other than the Offerors and their affiliates. The Offer relates to the Class A Shares, each of which trades through DTC.

Market Price of the

Class A Shares

The Class A Shares are listed on the Nasdaq under the symbol “PFDR.” On December 2, 2022, the last reported sales price for the Class A Shares was $9.96.

 

The Offer

The Offer is to permit holders of Class A Shares to tender any and all outstanding Class A Shares for a purchase price of $10.00 in cash for each Class A Share tendered. The Offerors will accept up to $75.0 million of outstanding Class A Shares. See “The Offer, Section 1. General Terms.

 

Purpose of the Offer

The Offer is being made to all holders of Class A Shares other than the Offerors and their affiliates. The purpose of the Offer is to comply with provisions of the Commitment Letter, dated as of October 3, 2022 (the “Commitment Letter”) among the Company, Movella Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Movella”), Motion Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and FP Credit Partners, L.P., on behalf of certain of its managed funds, affiliates, financing parties or investment vehicles (collectively, “Francisco Partners”), which contemplated that the Offerors would conduct the Offer for up to $75.0 million of the Company’s Class A Shares in connection with providing up to $75.0 million of financing to support the transactions (collectively, the “Business Combination”) as contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement (as hereunder defined). See “The Offer, Section 5.B. Background and Purpose of the Offer—Establishment of Offer Terms and Purpose of the Offer.” The Commitment Letter is attached to the Schedule TO as Exhibit (b)(ii) thereto.

 

Expiration Date of Offer

11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 4, 2023, or such later date to which we may extend the Offer. Except as may be extended, there will be no subsequent offering period for the Offer. All Class A

 

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Shares and related paperwork must be received by the Depositary by this time, as instructed herein. See “The Offer, Section 9. Conditions; Termination; Waivers; Extensions; Amendments.

 

Withdrawal Rights

If you tender your Class A Shares, you may withdraw your tendered Class A Shares at any time until the Expiration Time, as described in greater detail under “The Offer, Section 3. Withdrawal Rights.

 

Conditions of the Offer

The Offer is not conditioned upon the receipt of financing or any minimum number of Class A Shares being tendered by shareholders but is subject to certain other conditions. See “The Offer, Section 1. General Terms” and “The Offer, Section 9. Conditions; Termination; Waivers; Extensions; Amendments.”

 

  Fewer than all of the Class A Shares tendered may be purchased if Class A Shares representing more than $75.0 million in value are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn.

 

  We will not accept for payment, purchase or pay for any Class A Shares tendered, and may terminate or amend the Offer or may postpone the acceptance for payment of, or the purchase of and the payment for Class A Shares tendered, subject to the rules under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), if at any time on or after the commencement of the Offer and before the Expiration Time, there has been instituted or is pending any action, suit or proceeding by any government or governmental, regulatory or administrative agency, authority or tribunal or by any other person, domestic, foreign or supranational, before any court, authority, agency or other tribunal that (i) directly or indirectly challenges or seeks to make illegal, or to delay or otherwise directly or indirectly to restrain, prohibit or otherwise affect the making of the Offer, the acquisition of some or all of the Class A Shares pursuant to the Offer or (ii) in our reasonable judgment and regardless of the circumstances giving rise to the event or events (other than any action or omission to act by us), makes it inadvisable to proceed with the Offer or with acceptance for payment.

 

  The foregoing is for our sole benefit with respect to the Offer and may be asserted by us regardless of the circumstances (other than any action or omission to act by us) giving rise to any condition, and may be waived by us, in whole or in part, in our discretion until the Offer shall have expired or been terminated. Our failure at any time to exercise the foregoing rights will not be deemed a waiver of any right. However, once the Offer has expired, then all of the conditions to the Offer must have been satisfied or waived. In certain circumstances, if we waive the conditions described above, we may be required to extend the Expiration Date. Any determination by us concerning the events described above will be final and binding on all parties. See “The Offer, Section 9. Conditions; Termination; Waivers; Extensions; Amendments.

 

No Recommendations

None of the Offerors, the Depositary or the Information Agent makes any recommendation as to whether to tender Class A Shares. You must make your own decision as to whether to tender some or all of your Class A Shares. No later than ten business days from the date of

 

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this Offer to Purchase, the Company is required by law to publish, send or give to you a statement disclosing whether its board of directors either recommends acceptance or rejection of the Offer, expresses no opinion and remains neutral toward the Offer or is unable to take a position with respect to the Offer. You should carefully read the information set forth in that statement before you tender your Class A Shares in the Offer. See “The Offer, Section 1.C. General Terms—No Recommendation; Holder’s Own Decision.

 

How to Tender Class A Shares

To tender your Class A Shares, you must complete the actions described herein under “The Offer, Section 2. Procedure for Tendering Class A Shares” before the Offer expires.

 

Questions or Assistance

Please direct questions or requests for assistance, or for additional copies of this Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal or other materials to the Information Agent. The contact information for the Information Agent is located on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase.

 

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QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS

Who is offering to purchase the Class A Shares?

The Offerors are making an offer to buy your Class A Shares.

What is the background and purpose of the Offer?

In connection with the Business Combination Agreement, the Company, Merger Sub, Movella and Francisco Partners entered into the Commitment Letter, pursuant to which Francisco Partners or certain of its affiliates committed $75 million of financing to support the Business Combination. Under the terms of the Commitment Letter, Francisco Partners or its affiliates committed to, among other things, launch the Offer for the purchase of up to $75.0 million of Class A Shares.

What will happen if I do not tender my Class A Shares?

If you do not tender your Class A Shares, you will continue to be a shareholder in the Company. See “Questions and AnswersWhat will happen in the recently announced Business Combination?” for a description of the treatment of Class A Shares in the Business Combination if you continue to hold your Class A Shares until the Business Combination.

For information regarding the tax consequences relating to the tender of your Class A Shares please see “The Offer, Section 10. Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences” herein.

What will happen in the recently announced Business Combination?

On October 3, 2022, the Company entered into a Business Combination Agreement (as may be amended from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, and subject to the terms and conditions contained therein, Pathfinder will domesticate as a corporation incorporated in the State of Delaware (the “Domestication”) and following the Domestication, Merger Sub will merge with and into Movella, with Movella as the surviving company of the merger and, after giving effect to such merger, continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of Pathfinder (the “Merger”). Specifically, in connection with the Domestication, on the date on which the closing of the Business Combination occurs (the “Closing Date”) prior to the time at which the Merger becomes effective (the “Effective Time”), among other things, (i) Pathfinder will be renamed “Movella Holdings Inc.” (“New Movella”), and (ii) each issued and outstanding Class A Share will convert automatically by operation of law, on a one-for-one basis, into one share of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of New Movella (“New Movella Common Stock”). At the Effective Time, each share of capital stock of Movella outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares held by dissenting holders of shares of common stock, par value $0.01 per share, of Movella (“Movella Common Stock”) who demand appraisal of such shares and comply with Section 262 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) will be exchanged for New Movella Common Stock and each outstanding option to purchase shares of Movella Common Stock (“Movella Option”) (whether vested or unvested) will be cancelled and extinguished in exchange for an option to purchase New Movella Common Stock (on an as-converted basis) in each case, under the plan proposed to be adopted in connection with the Stock Incentive Proposal (as defined in the Registration Statement) and subject to the same terms and conditions as applied to the Movella Option immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than those rendered inoperative by the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement), with the new number of options and exercise price as set forth therein, and based on an implied Movella pre-transaction equity value of $375 million, subject to certain adjustments. The New Movella Common Stock and the New Movella warrants are expected to be listed on Nasdaq.

 

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What Will Happen If The Offer Is Undersubscribed?

In the event that Class A Shares representing less than $75.0 million in value are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, subject to the terms and conditions of this Offer, we will purchase all such tendered Class A Shares.

What Happens If Shares Representing More Than $75.0 Million In Value Are Tendered? Will Tendered Shares Be Prorated?

In the event that Class A Shares representing more than $75.0 million in value are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, we will accept Class A Shares for purchase in the following order of priority:

 

   

First, we will purchase all “odd lots” of less than 100 Class A Shares from shareholders who properly tender all of their Class A Shares and who do not properly withdraw them before the Expiration Time; and

 

   

Second, after purchasing all the “odd lots” that were properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, we will purchase Class A Shares from all other holders who properly tender Class A Shares and who do not properly withdraw them before the Expiration Time, on a pro rata basis, with appropriate adjustments to avoid purchases of fractional shares, until we have acquired Class A Shares representing $75.0 million in value.

Therefore, we may not purchase all of the Class A Shares that you tender even if you properly tender and do not properly withdraw them. See “The Offer, Section 1. General Terms.”

If I Own Fewer Than 100 Class A Shares And I Tender All Of My Class A Shares, Will I Be Subject To Proration?

If you own beneficially or of record fewer than 100 Class A Shares in the aggregate, properly tender all of your Class A Shares and do not properly withdraw them before the Expiration Time, and complete the section entitled Odd Lots in the Letter of Transmittal, we will purchase all of your Class A Shares without subjecting them to the proration procedure. See “The Offer, Section 1. General Terms.”

Are There Any Conditions To The Offer?

The Offer is not conditioned upon the receipt of financing or any minimum number of Class A Shares being tendered by shareholders but is subject to a number of conditions that must be satisfied or waived by us prior to the Expiration Time. See “The Offer, Section 1. General Terms” and “The Offer, Section 9. Conditions; Termination; Waivers; Extensions; Amendments.

What will happen if the Business Combination is not consummated?

If the Company is not able to consummate the Business Combination with Movella nor able to complete another business combination by February 19, 2023 (unless such date is extended in accordance with Pathfinder’s existing amended and restated memorandum and articles of association (the “Existing Governing Documents”)), the Company will (i) cease all operations except for the purpose of winding up, (ii) as promptly as reasonably possible but not more than ten business days thereafter, redeem the Class A Shares, at a per-share price, payable in cash, equal to the aggregate amount then on deposit in the trust account, including interest earned on the funds held in the trust account and not previously released to the Company to pay its taxes, if any (less up to $100,000 of interest to pay dissolution expenses), divided by the number of then outstanding Class A Shares, which redemption will completely extinguish the rights of the holders of Class A Shares immediately prior to such redemption as shareholders of the Company (including the right to receive further liquidating distributions, if any), subject to applicable law, and (iii) as promptly as reasonably possible following such

 

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redemption, subject to the approval of the Company’s remaining shareholders and Board of Directors of the Company, liquidate and dissolve, subject in the cases of clauses (ii) and (iii), to the Company’s obligations under Cayman Islands law to provide for claims of creditors and the requirements of other applicable laws.

How many Class A Shares are the Offerors offering to purchase?

The Offerors are offering to purchase up to 7,500,000 of Class A Shares.

What will be the purchase price for the Class A Shares and what will be the form of payment?

The purchase price for the Offer is $10.00 per Class A Share, in cash, without interest on the purchase price and less any applicable withholdings taxes. If you properly tender your Class A Shares in the Offer and the Offer is not terminated, we will pay you the purchase price of $10.00 per Class A Share promptly, subject in the event of proration to the time necessary to determine the applicable proration factor, after the Expiration Date. Under no circumstances will we pay interest on the purchase price, including but not limited to, by reason of any delay in making payment.

Are Public Warrants or Units included in the Offer?

No. The Offer is only for Class A Shares. You may not tender Public Warrants or Units (each Unit consisting of one Class A Share and one fifth of one Public Warrant). If you wish to tender your Class A Shares included in such Units, you must first separate the Class A Shares from the Units prior to tendering your Class A Shares pursuant to the Offer. Upon consummation of the Business Combination, each issued and outstanding whole Public Warrant to purchase Class A Shares will automatically represent the right to purchase one new share of New Movella Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share, on the terms and conditions set forth in the Pathfinder warrant agreement. If your Units are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, you must instruct your nominee to do so, or if you hold Units registered in your own name, you must contact Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, directly and instruct them to do so. If you fail to cause your Class A Shares to be separated in a timely manner before the Offer expires, you will not be able to validly tender such Class A Shares prior to the Expiration Date.

How will the Offerors pay for the Class A Shares?

The Offerors intend to pay the consideration for the Offer using cash on hand.

How long do I have to tender my Class A Shares?

You may tender your Class A Shares pursuant to the Offer until the Offer expires. The Offer will expire at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 4, 2023 or such later time and date to which we may extend the Offer.

If a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee holds your Class A Shares, it is likely such nominee has established an earlier deadline for you to act to instruct such nominee to accept the Offer on your behalf. We urge you to contact your nominee to find out the nominee’s deadline.

We are not providing for guaranteed delivery procedures. Therefore, shareholders of the Company must allow sufficient time for the necessary tender procedures to be completed during normal business hours of the Depositary.

Can the Offer be extended, amended or terminated?

We may elect to extend or amend the Offer for any reason. If we extend the Offer, we will delay the acceptance of any Class A Shares that have been tendered pursuant to the Offer prior to such extension. We can also terminate the Offer under certain circumstances.

 

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How will I be notified if the Offer is extended or amended?

If the Offer is extended, we will make a public announcement of the extension no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on the first business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date of the Offer. We will announce any amendment to the Offer by making a public announcement of the amendment.

How do I tender my Class A Shares?

If you desire to tender all or any portion of your Class A Shares prior to the Expiration Time, you must do one of the following:

 

   

if your Class A Shares are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, contact the nominee and have the nominee tender your Class A Shares for you, which typically can be done electronically;

 

   

if you hold Class A Shares certificates in your own name, complete and sign the Letter of Transmittal according to its instructions, and deliver the Letter of Transmittal, together with any required signature guarantee, the certificates for your Class A Shares and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, to AST;

 

   

if you are an institution participating in DTC, called the “book-entry transfer facility” in this Offer to Purchase, tender your Class A Shares according to the procedure for book-entry transfer described under “The Offer, Section 2. Procedure for Tendering Class A Shares”; or

 

   

if you are the holder of Units, you must separate the Class A Shares from the Units prior to tendering your Class A Shares pursuant to the Offer. If your Units are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, you must instruct such nominee to do so or, if you hold Units registered in your own name, you must contact the Depositary directly and instruct it to do so. If you fail to cause your Class A Shares to be separated in a timely manner before the Offer expires, you will not be able to validly tender such Class A Shares prior to the expiration of the Offer.

We are not providing for guaranteed delivery procedures. Therefore, shareholders of the Company must allow sufficient time for the necessary tender procedures to be completed during normal business hours of the Depositary.

Until what time can I withdraw previously tendered Class A Shares?

You may withdraw your tendered Class A Shares at any time before the Expiration Time and, unless theretofore accepted for payment by us pursuant to the Offer, you may also withdraw your tendered Class A Shares at any time sixty (60) days after the commencement of the Offer (including after the Expiration Date), which is December 5, 2022, unless theretofore accepted for payment by us pursuant to the Offer.

How do I withdraw Class A Shares previously tendered?

If you hold Class A Shares registered in your own name you must deliver on a timely basis a written notice of your withdrawal to the Depositary at the address appearing on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase. Your notice of withdrawal must specify your name, the number of Class A Shares to be withdrawn and the name of the registered holder of such Class A Shares. Some additional requirements apply if the Class A Shares to be withdrawn have been delivered to the Depositary or if your Class A Shares have been tendered under the procedure for book-entry transfer set forth in “The Offer, Section 2. Procedure for Tendering Class A Shares. If your Class A Shares are registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee, you must contact such nominee to withdraw your Class A Shares. It is possible they have an earlier deadline for you to act to instruct them to withdraw Class A Shares on your behalf.

 

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Has the Company or its board of directors adopted a position on the Offer?

None of the Offerors, the Information Agent, or the Depositary is making any recommendation to you as to whether you should tender or refrain from tendering your Class A Shares pursuant to the Offer. You must make your own decision as to whether to tender your Class A Shares and, if so, how many Class A Shares to tender. In doing so, you should read carefully the information in this Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal. No later than ten business days from the date of this Offer to Purchase, the Company is required by law to publish, send or give to you a statement disclosing whether its board of directors either recommends acceptance or rejection of the Offer, expresses no opinion and remains neutral toward the Offer or is unable to take a position with respect to the Offer. You should carefully read the information set forth in that statement before you tender your Class A Shares in the Offer. You should discuss whether to tender your Class A Shares with your own broker or other financial advisor, if any.

Will the Offerors, or any of the Company’s directors and executive officers tender Class A Shares in the Offer?

Neither the Offerors nor any of the Company’s directors and executive officers intend to participate in the Offer.

What is the recent market price for the Class A Shares?

On December 2, 2022, the most recent practicable date prior to the date of this Offer to Purchase, the closing price of the Class A Shares reported on the Nasdaq was $9.96 per Class A Shares. You are urged to obtain current market quotations for the Class A Shares before deciding whether to tender your Class A Shares.

Will I have to pay brokerage fees and commissions if I tender my Class A Shares?

If you are a registered holder of Class A Shares and you tender your Class A Shares directly to the Depositary, you will not incur any brokerage fees or commissions.

If you hold your Class A Shares through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee and such nominee will tender Class A Shares on your behalf, such nominee may charge you a fee for doing so. We urge you to consult your nominee to determine whether any charges will apply.

When and how will I receive payment for Class A Shares that I tender pursuant to the Offer?

The Offerors will purchase Class A Shares validly tendered as of the Expiration Date for a purchase price of $10.00 per Class A Share. Class A Shares will only be accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer after timely receipt by the Depositary of a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or copy thereof), or any Agent’s Message in the case of a book-entry transfer and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal.

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, payment for Class A Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made by deposit of the purchase price with the Depositary, which will act as agent for tendering shareholders for the purpose of receiving payments from the Offerors and transmitting such payments to tendering shareholders whose Class A Shares have been accepted for payment.

Under no circumstances will the Offerors pay interest on the purchase price, including, but not limited to, by reason of any delay in making payment.

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What are the U.S. federal income tax consequences if I tender my Class A Shares?

The receipt of cash for your tendered Class A Shares generally will be treated, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as a taxable sale of the Class A Shares so tendered. See “The Offer, Section 10. Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences.

Whom do I contact if I have questions about the Offer?

For additional information or assistance and to request additional copies of this Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal and other Offer documents, you may contact D.F. King & Co., Inc., the Information Agent, at the telephone numbers and address set forth on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase.

 

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THE BUSINESS COMBINATION

The following is a brief summary of the transactions contemplated in connection with the Business Combination. Any description of the Business Combination in this Offer to Purchase is qualified in all respects by reference to the text of (i) the Business Combination Agreement, dated October 3, 2022, by and among the Company, Movella and Merger Sub (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), which was filed with the SEC on October 31, 2022 as Exhibit 2.1 to the Company’s registration statement on Form S-4 (the “Registration Statement”). As contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, if approved by the Pathfinder shareholders, Pathfinder will transfer by way of continuation from the Cayman Islands to the State of Delaware and domesticate as a Delaware corporation, pursuant to which Pathfinder’s jurisdiction of incorporation will be changed from the Cayman Islands to the State of Delaware (the “Domestication”). Following the Domestication, Merger Sub will merge with and into Movella, with Movella as the surviving company of the merger and, after giving effect to such merger, continuing as a wholly owned subsidiary of Pathfinder (the “Merger”).

Specifically, in connection with the Domestication, on the date on which the closing of the Business Combination occurs (the “Closing Date”) prior to the Effective Time (as defined below): (i) each issued and outstanding Class A ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A ordinary shares”), and each issued and outstanding Class B ordinary share, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class B ordinary shares”), of Pathfinder will be converted into one share of common stock, par value $0.00001 per share, of New Movella (the “New Movella Common Stock”); (ii) each issued and outstanding whole warrant to purchase Class A ordinary shares of Pathfinder will automatically represent the right to purchase one share of New Movella Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share on the terms and conditions set forth in the Pathfinder warrant agreement; (iii) the governing documents of Pathfinder will be amended and restated and become the certificate of incorporation and the bylaws of New Movella as described in the Registration Statement; and (iv) Pathfinder’s name will change to “Movella Holdings Inc.” (“New Movella”). In connection with clauses (i) and (ii) of this paragraph, each issued and outstanding unit of Pathfinder that has not been previously separated into the underlying Class A ordinary shares of Pathfinder and the underlying warrants of Pathfinder prior to the Domestication will be cancelled and will entitle the holder thereof to one share of New Movella Common Stock and one-fifth of one warrant representing the right to purchase one share of New Movella Common Stock at an exercise price of $11.50 per share on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Pathfinder warrant agreement.

On the Closing Date, promptly following the consummation of the Domestication, Merger Sub will merge with and into Movella, with Movella as the surviving company in the Merger and, after giving effect to the Merger, Movella will be a wholly owned subsidiary of New Movella (the time that the Merger becomes effective being referred to as the “Effective Time”). In accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Business Combination Agreement, at the Effective Time, each share of Movella Common Stock outstanding as of immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than any shares held by dissenting holders of shares of Movella Common Stock who demand appraisal of such shares and comply with Section 262 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware) will be exchanged for shares of New Movella Common Stock and each outstanding Movella option to purchase a share of Movella Common Stock (a “Movella Option”) (whether vested or unvested) will be cancelled and extinguished in exchange for an option to purchase New Movella Common Stock (on an as-converted basis) in each case, under the plan proposed to be adopted in connection with the Stock Incentive Proposal (as defined in the Registration Statement) and subject to the same terms and conditions as applied to the Movella Option immediately prior to the Effective Time (other than those rendered inoperative by the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement), with the new number of options and exercise price as set forth therein, and based on an implied Movella pre-transaction equity value of $375 million, subject to certain adjustments.

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amounts required to be funded by Francisco Partners under the Commitment Letter and the fulfillment of other customary closing conditions. The New Movella Common Stock and the New Movella warrants are expected to be listed on Nasdaq.

 

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THE OFFER

Risks of Participating In the Offer

Participation in the Offer involves a number of risks, including, but not limited to, the risks identified in Section 11 below. Holders should carefully consider these risks and are urged to speak with their personal financial, investment and/or tax advisors as necessary before deciding whether to participate in the Offer. In addition, we strongly encourage you to read this Offer to Purchase in its entirety and review the documents referred to in Sections 8 and 14.

 

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GENERAL TERMS

The Offer is to permit holders of Class A Shares to tender outstanding Class A Shares for a purchase price of $10.00 in cash per Class A Share tendered. A holder may tender as few or as many Class A Shares as the holder elects.

If the Offer is oversubscribed as described below, Class A Shares properly tendered and not properly withdrawn will be subject to proration, except for “odd lots.” Except as described herein, withdrawal rights expire at the Expiration Time. Because of the proration provisions of the Offer, not all of the Class A Shares tendered may be purchased if more than $75.0 million in value of Class A Shares are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn. All Class A Shares tendered and not purchased in the Offer, including Class A Shares not purchased because of proration, will be returned to the tendering shareholders at our expense promptly following the Expiration Time.

You may tender some or all of your Class A Shares on these terms. The Offer relates to the Class A Shares, each of which trades through DTC. Any and all outstanding Class A Shares are eligible to be tendered pursuant to the Offer. According to the Company, as of the close of business on December 2, 2022, there were 32,500,000 Class A Shares outstanding, all of which were held by persons other than the Offerors and their affiliates.

If you elect to tender Class A Shares in response to the Offer, please follow the instructions in this Offer to Purchase and the related documents, including the Letter of Transmittal.

If you tender your Class A Shares, you may withdraw your tendered Class A Shares before the Expiration Time and retain them on their terms in accordance with the procedures set forth in “Section 3. Withdrawal Rights.”

 

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Period of Offer

The Offer will only be open for a period beginning on December 5, 2022 and ending on the Expiration Date and there will be no subsequent offering period for the offer. We expressly reserve the right, in our sole discretion, at any time or from time to time, prior to the Expiration Time, to extend the period of time during which the Offer is open. There can be no assurance, however, that we will exercise our right to extend the Offer.

 

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Partial Tender Permitted

If you choose to participate in the Offer, you may tender less than all of your Class A Shares pursuant to the terms of the Offer. The Offer is not conditioned on any minimum number of Class A Shares being tendered.

 

  C

No Recommendation; Holder’s Own Decision

NONE OF THE OFFERORS, THE DEPOSITARY OR THE INFORMATION AGENT, MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATION AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER CLASS A SHARES. EACH HOLDER OF A CLASS A SHARE MUST MAKE HIS, HER, THEIR OR ITS OWN DECISION AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER SOME OR ALL OF HIS, HER, THEIR OR ITS CLASS A SHARES.

 

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NO LATER THAN TEN BUSINESS DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS OFFER TO PURCHASE, THE COMPANY IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO PUBLISH, SEND OR GIVE TO YOU A STATEMENT DISCLOSING WHETHER ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS EITHER RECOMMENDS ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE OFFER, EXPRESSES NO OPINION AND REMAINS NEUTRAL TOWARD THE OFFER OR IS UNABLE TO TAKE A POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFER. YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE INFORMATION SET FORTH IN THAT STATEMENT BEFORE YOU TENDER YOUR CLASS A SHARES IN THE OFFER.

 

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Extensions of the Offer

We expressly reserve the right, in our sole discretion, and at any time or from time to time, prior to the Expiration Time, to extend the period of time during which the Offer is open. There can be no assurance, however, that we will exercise our right to extend the Offer. If we extend the Offer, we will give notice of such extension by public announcement no later than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on the first business day after the previously scheduled Expiration Date of the Offer.

 

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Priority of Purchases.

If Class A Shares representing more than $75.0 million in value (or such greater value as we may elect to purchase, subject to applicable law) are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, we will accept Class A Shares for purchase in the following order of priority:

 

   

First, we will purchase all “odd lots” of less than 100 Class A Shares from shareholders who properly tender all of their Class A Shares and who do not properly withdraw them before the Expiration Time; and

 

   

Second, after purchasing all the “odd lots” that were properly tendered and not properly withdrawn, we will purchase Class A Shares from all other holders who properly tender Class A Shares and who do not properly withdraw them before the Expiration Time, on a pro rata basis, with appropriate adjustments to avoid purchases of fractional shares, until we have acquired the value of Class A Shares representing $75.0 million in value.

Therefore, we may not purchase all of the Shares that you tender even if you properly tender and do not properly withdraw them.

 

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Odd Lots.

The term “odd lots” means all Class A Shares tendered by any person (an “Odd Lot Holder”) who owned beneficially or of record a total of fewer than 100 Class A Shares and so certified in the appropriate place on the Letter of Transmittal. To qualify for the odd lot preference, an odd lot holder must tender all Class A Shares owned in accordance with the procedures described in “The Offer, Section 4. Purchase of Class A Shares and Payment of Purchase Price.” Odd lots will be accepted for payment before any proration of the purchase of other tendered Class A Shares. Any Odd Lot Holder wishing to tender all of the shareholder’s Class A Shares in the Offer must complete the section entitled “Odd Lots” in the Letter of Transmittal. See “The Offer, Section 2. Procedure for Tendering Class A Shares.”

 

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Proration.

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proration by press release promptly after the Expiration Time. Shareholders may obtain such preliminary information from the Information Agent and may be able to obtain such information from their brokers or financial advisors.

All Class A Shares tendered but not purchased in to the Offer, including Class A Shares not purchased because of proration, will be returned to the tendering shareholders at the Offerors’ expense promptly (which, in the event of proration, will not be until a reasonable period after the final proration factor has been calculated) following the Expiration Time.

As described in “Section 10. Material U.S. Federal Income Tax Consequences,” the number of Class A Shares that we will purchase from a shareholder pursuant to the Offer may affect the United States federal income tax consequences to the shareholder of the purchase and, therefore, may be relevant to a shareholder’s decision whether or not to tender Class A Shares. The Letter of Transmittal affords each shareholder who tenders Class A Shares registered in such shareholder’s name directly to the Depositary the opportunity to designate the order of priority in which Class A Shares tendered are to be purchased in the event of proration. In the event the shareholder does not designate the order and fewer than all Class A Shares are purchased due to proration, the Depositary will select the order of Class A Shares purchased.

 

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PROCEDURE FOR TENDERING CLASS A SHARES

 

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Proper Tender of Class A Shares

The Offer is available only for outstanding Class A Shares. The Company has outstanding Units, each consisting of one Class A Shares and one fifth of one Public Warrant. The Units were issued pursuant to the IPO Prospectus. You may tender Class A Shares that are included in Units, but to do so you must first separate such Class A Shares from the Units prior to tendering such Class A Shares.

If you hold Units registered in your own name, you must deliver the certificate for such Units to Continental Stock Transfer & Trust Company, the Company’s transfer agent, with written instructions to separate such Units into Class A Shares and Public Warrants. This must be completed far enough in advance of the Expiration Date of the Offer to permit the mailing of the Class A Share certificates back to you so that you may then tender into the Offer the certificates received upon the separation of the Units.

If a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee holds your Units, you must instruct such nominee to separate your Class A Shares from the Units. Your nominee must send written instructions by facsimile to the Depositary. Such written instructions must include the number of Units to be split and the nominee holding such Units. Your nominee must also initiate electronically, using DTC’s deposit withdrawal at custodian (DWAC) system, a withdrawal of the relevant Units and a deposit of an equal number of Class A Shares and Public Warrants. This must be completed far enough in advance of the Expiration Date of the Offer to permit your nominee to tender into the Offer the Class A Shares received upon the separation of the Units. While this is typically done electronically the same business day, you should allow at least one full business day to accomplish the separation. If you fail to cause your Class A Shares to be separated in a timely manner before the Offer expires, you will not be able to validly tender such Class A Shares prior to the Expiration Date.

Once separation is executed, to validly tender Class A Shares pursuant to the Offer, a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal or photocopy thereof, together with any required signature guarantees, must be received by the Depositary at its address set forth on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase prior to the Expiration Time. The method of delivery of all required documents is at the option and risk of the tendering holders of Class A Shares. If delivery is by mail, the Company recommends registered mail with return receipt requested (properly insured). In all cases, sufficient time should be allowed to assure timely delivery.

In the Letter of Transmittal, the tendering holders of Class A Shares must: (i) set forth his, her, their or its name and address; (ii) set forth the number of Class A Shares tendered; and (iii) set forth the number of the Class A Share certificate(s) representing such Class A Shares.

 

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Where Class A Shares are tendered by a registered holder of Class A Shares who has completed the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” on the Letter of Transmittal, all signatures on the Letters of Transmittal must be guaranteed by an “Eligible Institution.”

An “Eligible Institution” is a bank, broker, dealer, credit union, savings association or other entity that is a member in good standing of the Securities Transfer Agents Medallion Program or a bank, broker, dealer, credit union, savings association or other entity which is an “eligible guarantor institution,” as that term is defined in Rule 17Ad-15 promulgated under the Exchange Act.

If the Class A Shares are registered in the name of a person other than the signer of the Letter of Transmittal, the Class A Shares must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate instruments of assignment, in either case signed exactly as the name(s) of the registered owner(s) appear on the Class A Shares, with the signature(s) on the Class A Shares or instruments of assignment guaranteed.

A tender of Class A Shares pursuant to the procedures described below in this Section 2 will constitute a binding agreement between the tendering holder and the Offerors upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, including the “odd lot” and proration provisions described in “Section 1. General Terms.”

ALL DELIVERIES IN CONNECTION WITH THE OFFER, INCLUDING A LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND CLASS A SHARES, MUST BE MADE TO THE DEPOSITARY OR THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY.

NO DELIVERIES SHOULD BE MADE TO THE COMPANY, AND ANY DOCUMENTS DELIVERED TO THE COMPANY WILL NOT BE FORWARDED TO THE DEPOSITARY OR THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY AND THEREFORE WILL NOT BE DEEMED TO BE PROPERLY TENDERED. IN ALL CASES, SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENSURE TIMELY DELIVERY.

BOOK-ENTRY DELIVERY. The Depositary will establish an account for the Class A Shares at DTC for purposes of the Offer, within two business days after the date of this Offer to Purchase. Any financial institution that is a participant in DTC’s system may make book-entry delivery of Class A Shares by causing DTC to transfer such Class A Shares into the Depositary’s account in accordance with DTC’s procedure for such transfer. Even though delivery of Class A Shares may be effected through book-entry transfer into the Depositary’s account at DTC, a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or copy thereof), with any required signature guarantee, or an Agent’s Message (as defined below), and any other required documentation, must in any case be transmitted to and received by the Depositary at its address set forth on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase prior to the Expiration Time. We are not providing for guaranteed delivery procedures. Therefore, shareholders of the Company must allow sufficient time for the necessary tender procedures to be completed during normal business hours of the Depositary. Delivery of the Letter of Transmittal (or other required documentation) to DTC does not constitute delivery to the Depositary. The term “Agent’s Message” means a message, transmitted by DTC to, and received by, the Depositary and forming a part of a Book-Entry Confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the participant in DTC exchanging the Class A Shares that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Letter of Transmittal and that the Company may enforce such agreement against the participant. The term “Book-Entry Confirmation” means a timely confirmation of a book-entry transfer of Class A Shares into the Depositary’s account at DTC.

CLASS A SHARES HELD IN STREET NAME. If Class A Shares are held through a direct or indirect DTC participant, such as a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other financial intermediary, you must instruct that holder to tender your Class A Shares on your behalf. A letter of instructions is included in these materials, and as an exhibit to the Schedule TO. The letter may be used by you to instruct a custodian to tender and deliver Class A Shares on your behalf.

 

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Unless the Class A Shares being tendered are delivered to the Depositary by 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 4, 2023 (the Expiration Date) accompanied by a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal or a properly transmitted Agent’s Message, we may, at our option, treat such tender as invalid. Payment upon tender of Class A Shares will be made only against the valid tender of Class A Shares.

NO GUARANTEED DELIVERY. We are not providing for guaranteed delivery procedures. Therefore, shareholders of the Company must allow sufficient time for the necessary tender procedures to be completed during normal business hours of the Depositary.

 

  B

Determination of Validity

All questions as to the form of documents and the validity, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for purchase of any tenders of Class A Shares will be determined by the Offerors, in their sole discretion, and their determination will be final and binding, subject to the judgment of any court that might provide otherwise. The Offerors reserve the absolute right, subject to the judgment of any court that might provide otherwise, to reject any or all tenders of Class A Shares that they determine are not in proper form or reject tenders of Class A Shares that may, in the opinion of the Offerors’ counsel, be unlawful. The Offerors also reserve the absolute right, subject to the judgment of any court that might provide otherwise, to waive any defect or irregularity in any tender of Class A Shares. Neither the Offerors nor any other person will be under any duty to give notice of any defect or irregularity in tenders, nor will any of them incur any liability for failure to give any such notice.

 

  C

Tender Constitutes an Agreement

A tender of Class A Shares made pursuant to any method of delivery set forth herein will also constitute an acknowledgement by the tendering holder of Class A Shares that: (i) the Offer is discretionary and may be extended, modified, suspended or terminated by us as provided herein; (ii) such holder of Class A Shares is voluntarily participating in the Offer; (iii) the future value of the Class A Shares is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty; (iv) such holder of Class A Shares has read this Offer to Purchase; (v) such holder of Class A Shares has consulted his, her, their or its tax and financial advisors with regard to how the Offer will impact the specific situation of the tendering holder of Class A Shares; (vi) any foreign exchange obligations triggered by the tender of Class A Shares by such holder or receipt of proceeds are solely his, her, their or its responsibility and (vii) regardless of any action that we take with respect to any or all income/capital gains tax, social security or insurance tax, transfer tax or other tax-related items (“Tax Items”) related to the Offer and the disposition of Class A Shares, such holder of Class A Shares acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax Items is and remains his, her, their or its sole responsibility. In that regard, a tender of Class A Shares authorizes us to withhold all applicable Tax Items potentially payable by a tendering holder of Class A Shares. The Offerors’ acceptance for payment of Class A Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer will constitute a binding agreement between the tendering holder of Class A Shares and us upon the terms and subject to certain conditions of the Offer, including the “odd lot” and proration provisions described in “Section 1. General Terms.”

 

  D

Signature Guarantees

Except as otherwise provided below, all signatures on a Letter of Transmittal by a person residing in or tendering Class A Shares in the United States must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. Signatures on a Letter of Transmittal need not be guaranteed if (i) the Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder of the Class A Share(s) tendered therewith and such holder has not completed the box entitled “Special Issuance Instructions” in the Letter of Transmittal or (ii) such Class A Share(s) are tendered for the account of an Eligible Institution. See Instructions 1 and 5 of the Letter of Transmittal.

 

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3.

WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS

Tenders of Class A Shares made pursuant to the Offer may be rescinded at any time prior to the Expiration Time. If the Offer Period is extended, you may withdraw your tendered Class A Shares at any time until the extended Expiration Time. In addition, tendered Class A Shares that are not accepted by us for purchase any time within sixty (60) days after the commencement of the Offer (including after the Expiration Date), which is December 5, 2022, may thereafter be withdrawn by you until such time as the Class A Shares are accepted by us for purchase.

To be effective, a written notice of withdrawal must be timely received by the Depositary at its address identified on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase. Any notice of withdrawal must specify the name of the holder who tendered the Class A Shares for which tenders are to be withdrawn and the number of Class A Shares to be withdrawn. If the Class A Shares to be withdrawn have been delivered to the Depositary, a signed notice of withdrawal must be submitted to the Depositary prior to release of such Class A Shares. In addition, such notice must specify the name of the registered holder (if different from that of the tendering holder of Class A Shares) and the serial numbers shown on the particular certificates evidencing the Class A Shares to be withdrawn. Withdrawal may not be cancelled, and Class A Shares for which tenders are withdrawn will thereafter be deemed not validly tendered for purposes of the Offer. However, Class A Shares for which tenders are withdrawn may be tendered again by following one of the procedures described in Section 2 at any time prior to the Expiration Time.

A holder of Class A Shares desiring to withdraw tendered Class A Shares previously delivered through DTC should contact the DTC participant through which such holder holds his, her, their or its Class A Shares. In order to withdraw previously tendered Class A Shares, a DTC participant may, prior to the Expiration Time, withdraw its instruction previously transmitted through the WARR PTS function of DTC’s ATOP procedures by (i) withdrawing its acceptance through the WARR PTS function or (ii) delivering to the Depositary by mail, hand delivery or fax, a notice of withdrawal of such instruction. The notices of withdrawal must contain the name and number of the DTC participant. A withdrawal of an instruction must be executed by a DTC participant as such DTC participant’s name appears on its transmission through the WARR PTS function to which such withdrawal relates. A DTC participant may withdraw a tendered Class A Shares only if such withdrawal complies with the provisions described in this paragraph.

A holder who tendered his, her, their or its Class A Shares other than through DTC should send written notice of withdrawal to the Depositary specifying the name of the holder of Class A Shares who tendered the Class A Shares being withdrawn. All signatures on a notice of withdrawal must be guaranteed by a Medallion Signature Guarantor; provided, however, that signatures on the notice of withdrawal need not be guaranteed if the Class A Shares being withdrawn are held for the account of an Eligible Institution. Withdrawal of a prior Class A Share tender will be effective upon receipt of the notice of withdrawal by the Depositary. Selection of the method of notification is at the risk of the holder of such Class A Shares and notice of withdrawal must be timely received by the Depositary.

All questions as to the form and validity (including time of receipt) of any notice of withdrawal will be determined by the Offerors, in their sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding, subject to the judgment of any court that might provide otherwise. Neither the Offerors nor any other person will be under any duty to give notification of any defect or irregularity in any notice of withdrawal or incur any liability for failure to give any such notification, subject to the judgment of any court that might provide otherwise.

 

4.

PURCHASE OF CLASS A SHARES AND PAYMENT OF PURCHASE PRICE

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, including the “odd lot” and proration provisions described in “Section 1. General Terms,” the Offerors will purchase Class A Shares validly tendered as of the Expiration Date for a purchase price of $10.00 per Class A Share, representing an aggregate purchase price of $75.0 million. In all cases, Class A Shares will only be accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer after timely

 

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receipt by the Depositary of a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or copy thereof), or any Agent’s Message in the case of a book-entry transfer and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal.

In the event of proration, we will determine the proration factor and pay for those tendered Class A Shares accepted for payment promptly after the Expiration Time. We will announce the final results of any proration and commence payment for Class A Shares purchased promptly after the Expiration Time.

For purposes of the Offer, the Offerors will be deemed to have accepted for purchase, subject to the Odd Lot priority and proration, Class A Shares that are validly tendered and for which tenders are not withdrawn, unless the Offerors give written notice to the holder of Class A Shares of their non-acceptance prior to the Expiration Time.

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, payment for Class A Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made by deposit of the purchase price with the Depositary, which will act as agent for tendering shareholders for the purpose of receiving payments from the Offerors and transmitting such payments to tendering shareholders whose Class A Shares have been accepted for payment.

Under no circumstances will the Offerors pay interest on the purchase price, including, but not limited to, by reason of any delay in making payment. In addition, if certain events occur, we may not be obligated to purchase Class A Shares in the Offer.

If any tendered Class A Shares are not accepted for payment for any reason pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Offer (including those not purchased because of proration), or if Certificates are submitted evidencing more Class A Shares than are tendered, unless a shareholder specified otherwise in the Letter of Transmittal, Certificates evidencing unpurchased Class A Shares will be returned, without expense to the tendering shareholder (or, in the case of Class A Shares tendered by book-entry transfer into the Depositary’s account at DTC pursuant to the procedure set forth in “Section 2. Procedure for Tendering Class A Shares,” such Class A Shares will be credited to an account maintained at DTC) within a reasonable time after determination of the final proration factor.

We urge holders of Class A Shares who hold Class A Shares through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to consult their nominee to determine whether transaction costs are applicable if they tender Class A Shares through their nominee and not directly to the Depositary.

 

5.

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE OF THE OFFER

 

  A

Information Concerning the Company and the Offerors

Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation was incorporated on December 18, 2020 as a Cayman Islands exempted company for the purpose of effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The Company has neither engaged in any operations nor generated any revenue to date. Based on the Company’s business activities, it is a “shell company” as defined under the Exchange Act because it has no operations and nominal assets consisting almost entirely of cash. On February 19, 2021, the Company consummated its IPO, with each Unit consisting of one Class A Share and one fifth of one Public Warrant.

Each of FP Credit Partners II, L.P. and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. is a Cayman Islands Exempted Limited Partnership formed for purposes of investing in technology and technology-enabled companies.

The Company’s principal executive offices are located at 1950 University Avenue, Suite 350, Palo Alto, CA 94303 and the Company’s telephone number is (650) 321-4910. The Offerors’ principal executive offices are located at 1114 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor, New York, NY 10036 and the Offerors’ telephone number is 646-434-1343.

 

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  B

Establishment of Offer Terms and Purpose of the Offer

The Offer is being made to all holders of Class A Shares other than the Offerors and their affiliates. The purpose of the Offer is to comply with Francisco Partners’ obligations under the Commitment Letter in connection with Francisco Partners’ commitments thereunder to provide up to $75.0 million of financing to support the Business Combination.

In connection with the Business Combination Agreement, the Company, Merger Sub, Movella and Francisco Partners entered into the Commitment Letter, pursuant to which Francisco Partners or certain of its affiliates committed $75.0 million of financing to support the Business Combination. Under the terms of the Commitment Letter, Francisco Partners committed (i) to launch the Offer for the purchase of up to $75.0 million of the Class A Shares and (ii) to the extent the total amount tendered and actually purchased upon expiration of the Offer is less than $75.0 million, to purchase from the Company an amount of New Movella Common Stock equal to the difference between $75.0 million and the amount purchased by the Offerors in the Offer (the “Private Placement”), which would occur prior to or substantially concurrently with the closing of the Business Combination. The Class A Shares purchased in the Offer and the shares of New Movella Common Stock purchased in the Private Placement are collectively referred to herein as the “FP Shares.”

Pursuant to the Commitment Letter, on October 14, 2022 (the “NPA Closing Date”) Movella entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “NPA”) with certain of its subsidiaries, as guarantors, certain affiliates of Francisco Partners, as purchasers (the “Purchasers”) and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Purchasers. On the NPA Closing Date, Movella issued and the Purchasers purchased $25 million of senior secured notes (the “Pre-Close Facility”), the proceeds of which Movella used on the NPA Closing Date to refinance certain existing debt of Movella and its subsidiaries and pay certain transaction costs and expenses associated with the financing arrangements contemplated by the Commitment Letter, and the balance of which was made available to Movella for working capital, and for other general corporate purposes.

Under the NPA, in exchange for the entry into a non-redemption agreement for the FP Shares, Movella will be deemed to issue to the Purchasers at the closing of the Business Combination $75 million of venture-linked secured notes (the “VLN Facility,” and collectively with the Pre-Close Facility, the Tender Offer, and the Private Placement, the “Transactions”). Pursuant to the VLN Facility, the Company (which will be renamed “Movella Holdings Inc.” upon the consummation of the Business Combination) will have the right, subject to certain exceptions, (i) to cause the holders of the FP Shares to sell all or a portion of their FP Shares at any time and at any price at its sole discretion and (ii) to repurchase all or a portion of the FP Shares, in each case over the life of the VLN Facility, and a percentage of the proceeds (which percentage is a function of when proceeds are generated, based on a predetermined schedule with a sliding scale) of any such sale or repurchase may be applied by Movella as a credit against the principal amount of the VLN Facility upon a voluntary or mandatory prepayment, repayment or refinancing event, in each case, of the VLN Facility in full. If the Business Combination is consummated, the VLN Facility will mature five years after the closing thereof.

If deemed advanced, the VLN Facility will be comprised of the aggregate amount of the proceeds from the Tender Offer and the Private Placement, and would refinance the Pre-Close Facility in full and be available for other general corporate purposes. If the Business Combination is not consummated and the VLN Facility is not deemed issued, the Pre-Close Facility shall continue under modified terms, including a 3-year maturity. Upon the consummation of the Business Combination, the Company will join and become a party to the NPA, and will enter into certain other customary documents in connection with the NPA. The availability of the VLN Facility and the launch of the Offer and, if applicable, the consummation of the Private Placement, are subject to the satisfaction of certain customary conditions and closing conditions (as applicable), including in the case of the VLN Facility, the consummation of the Business Combination.

The NPA also contemplates that, if the Business Combination is consummated and the VLN Facility is deemed issued, Francisco Partners shall have the right, subject to approval of New Movella, to designate one independent director to the board of New Movella to serve until such time as the then extant term of such director

 

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expires immediately following the VLN Facility having been paid in full. If the Business Combination is not consummated, Francisco Partners shall not have any board designation rights but shall instead be entitled to receive all information provided to members of the Movella board, subject to certain exceptions.

The obligations under the NPA and the other Note Documents (as defined in the NPA) are secured by substantially all of Movella’s and certain of its subsidiaries’ assets and, upon consummation of the Business Combination, will be secured by substantially all of the assets of New Movella. The NPA has certain customary events of default, representations and warranties, and affirmative and negative covenants.

Under the terms of the Commitment Letter, Francisco Partners acted as sole lead arranger and sole lead bookrunner in connection with the Pre-Close Facility and the VLN Facility. Movella paid certain customary fees and expenses in connection with the Transactions on the NPA Closing Date. Pursuant to the Commitment Letter and concurrently with the entry into the NPA, the Company entered into an Equity Grant Agreement (the “Equity Grant Agreement,”) by and among the Company and the Offerors. Pursuant to the Equity Grant Agreement, the Company agreed to grant 1,000,000 shares of New Movella Common Stock to the Offerors on the closing date of the Business Combination, subject to, among other things, the Offerors acquiring $75 million of (i) Pathfinder’s Class A ordinary shares pursuant to the Offer, (ii) New Movella Common Stock pursuant to the Private Placement or (iii) a combination thereof. The Equity Grant Agreement is attached to the Schedule TO as Exhibit (d)(iv) thereto.

The Offerors are giving holders of Class A Shares an opportunity to tender their Class A Shares at $10.00 per share. Only Class A Shares properly tendered at the purchase price, and not properly withdrawn, will be purchased pursuant to the Offer. All Class A Shares tendered and not purchased pursuant to the Offer will be returned to the tendering holders of Class A Shares at our expense promptly following the Expiration Date or the termination of the Offer. See “The Offer, Section 2. Procedure for Tendering Class A Shares.

 

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Plans, Proposals or Negotiations

Except as set forth in the section entitled “The Business Combination,” this Section 5 and Section 8 hereunder, there are no present plans, proposals or negotiations by the Offerors that relate to or would result in:

 

   

any extraordinary corporate transaction, such as a merger, reorganization or liquidation, involving the Company or any of its subsidiaries;

 

   

a purchase, sale or transfer of a material amount of assets of the Company or any of its subsidiaries;

 

   

any material change in the present dividend rate or policy, or indebtedness or capitalization of the Company;

 

   

any change in the present board of directors or management of the Company, including, but not limited to, any plans or proposals to change the number or the term of directors, to fill any existing vacancies on the board or to change any material term of the employment contract of any executive officer;

 

   

any other material change in the Company’s corporate structure or business;

 

   

any class of equity security of the Company being delisted from a national securities exchange;

 

   

any class of equity security of the Company becoming eligible for termination of registration pursuant to Section 12(g)(4) of the Exchange Act;

 

   

the suspension of the Company’s obligation to file reports pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act;

 

   

the acquisition by any person of additional securities of the subject company, or the disposition of securities of the subject company; or

 

   

changes in the Company’s Existing Governing Documents or other governing instruments or other actions that could impede the acquisition of control of the Company by any person.

 

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NONE OF THE OFFERORS, THE DEPOSITARY OR INFORMATION AGENT MAKE ANY RECOMMENDATION TO ANY HOLDER OF CLASS A SHARES AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER SOME OR ALL OF THEIR CLASS A SHARES. EACH HOLDER OF CLASS A SHARES MUST MAKE HIS OR HER OWN DECISION AS TO WHETHER TO TENDER THEIR CLASS A SHARES.

NO LATER THAN TEN BUSINESS DAYS FROM THE DATE OF THIS OFFER TO PURCHASE, THE COMPANY IS REQUIRED BY LAW TO PUBLISH, SEND OR GIVE TO YOU A STATEMENT DISCLOSING WHETHER ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS EITHER RECOMMENDS ACCEPTANCE OR REJECTION OF THE OFFER, EXPRESSES NO OPINION AND REMAINS NEUTRAL TOWARD THE OFFER OR IS UNABLE TO TAKE A POSITION WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFER. YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY READ THE INFORMATION SET FORTH IN THAT STATEMENT BEFORE YOU TENDER YOUR CLASS A SHARES IN THE OFFER.

 

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PRICE RANGE OF CLASS A SHARES

The Class A Shares are listed on the Nasdaq under the symbol “PFDR.” On December 2, 2022, the last reported sale prices for the Class A Shares was $9.96. The following table sets forth the high and low sales prices for the Class A Shares for the periods shown:

 

     Class A Shares  
     High      Low  

Fiscal 2021

     

Second Quarter(1)

   $ 10.02      $ 9.70  

Third Quarter

   $ 9.935      $ 9.74  

Fourth Quarter

   $ 9.97      $ 9.70  

Fiscal 2022

     

First Quarter

   $ 9.79      $ 9.69  

Second Quarter

   $ 9.84      $ 9.77  

Third Quarter

   $ 9.935      $ 9.80  

 

(1)

Beginning on April 13, 2021.

 

7.

SOURCE AND AMOUNT OF FUNDS

The Offerors intend to pay the consideration for the Offer using cash on hand.

 

8.

TRANSACTIONS AND AGREEMENTS CONCERNING THE COMPANY’S SECURITIES

Registration Rights

Concurrently with the execution of the Business Combination Agreement, the Company entered into a registration and shareholder rights agreement (the “Shareholder Rights Agreement”) by and among the Company, Pathfinder Acquisition LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), Movella, Francisco Partners and certain other equityholders of Movella from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “Investors”), to be effective upon the closing of the Business Combination, pursuant to which, among other things, the Investors have been granted certain customary registration rights. The Shareholder Rights Agreement is attached to the Schedule TO as Exhibit (d)(i) thereto.

Pursuant to the Shareholder Rights Agreement, the Sponsor and the Legacy Pathfinder Holders (as defined in the Shareholder Rights Agreement) have agreed that, subject to certain customary exceptions, they will not effect any sale or distribution of New Movella equity securities during the period commencing on the Business Combination Date and ending on the earlier of (a) the date that is three hundred and sixty five (365) days following the Business Combination Date and (b) (i) the first date on which the closing price of the New Movella Common Stock has been greater than or equal to $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share subdivisions, share

 

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capitalizations, share consolidations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) measured using the daily closing price for any 20 trading days within a 30-trading day period commencing at least one hundred and fifty (150) days after the Business Combination Date or (y) the date on which New Movella completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all New Movella’s shareholders having the right to exchange their New Movella Common Stock for cash, securities or other property. Each other Investor, including Francisco Partners, has agreed that, subject to certain customary exceptions, he, she, or it shall not effect any sale or distribution of New Movella Common Stock (other than any FP Shares) during the period commencing on the Business Combination Date and ending on the date that is one hundred and eighty (180) days following the Business Combination Date.

Support Agreement

On November 14, 2022, concurrently with the execution of the NPA, the Offerors entered into a transaction support agreement with the Company, the Sponsor and Movella (the “FP Transaction Support Agreement”), whereby the Offerors agreed, among other things, (i) be bound by and subject to certain covenants and agreements related to, or in furtherance of, the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement and the ancillary documents thereto, (ii) vote all equity securities of the Company that the Offerors and their affiliates have or acquire record and beneficial ownership of (the “Subject Securities”), and grant a proxy to the Company (or its applicable designee) to vote such Subject Securities, in each case, in favor of the Business Combination Agreement, the transactions contemplated thereby and certain other proposals to be presented to the shareholders of the Company, (iii) not to directly or indirectly transfer equity securities of the Company on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the FP Transaction Support Agreement and (iv) to refrain from redeeming or tendering any Subject Securities. The form of FP Transaction Support Agreement is attached to the Schedule TO as Exhibit (d)(ii) thereto.

Voting Agreement

Subject to and effective as of the date of the consummation of the Business Combination, New Movella, the Sponsor, the Offerors and Movella have agreed to enter into a voting agreement, pursuant to which the Offerors will agree to, among other things, vote all Class A Shares beneficially owned by them in favor of any and all recommendations of the New Movella board. The form of voting agreement is attached to the Schedule TO as Exhibit (d)(iii).

 

9.

CONDITIONS; TERMINATION; WAIVERS; EXTENSIONS; AMENDMENTS

Notwithstanding any other provision of the Offer, we will not accept for payment, purchase or pay for any Class A Shares tendered, and may terminate or amend the Offer or may postpone the acceptance for payment of, or the purchase of and the payment for Class A Shares tendered, subject to the rules under the Exchange Act, if at any time on or after the commencement of the Offer and before the Expiration Time, there has been instituted or is pending any action, suit or proceeding by any government or governmental, regulatory or administrative agency, authority or tribunal or by any other person, domestic, foreign or supranational, before any court, authority, agency or other tribunal that (i) directly or indirectly challenges or seeks to make illegal, or to delay or otherwise directly or indirectly restrain, prohibit or otherwise affect the making of the Offer or the acquisition of some or all of the Class A Shares pursuant to the Offer or, (ii) in our reasonable judgment and regardless of the circumstances giving rise to the event or events (other than any action or omission to act by us), makes it inadvisable to proceed with the Offer or with acceptance for payment.

The foregoing is for our sole benefit with respect to the Offer and may be asserted by us regardless of the circumstances (other than any action or omission to act by us) giving rise to any condition, and may be waived by us, in whole or in part, in our discretion until the Offer shall have expired or been terminated. However, once the Offer has expired, then all of the conditions to the Offer must have been satisfied or waived. In certain circumstances, if we waive the conditions described above, we may be required to extend the Expiration Date, and if the condition is material, we will promptly disclose our decision whether or not to waive such condition. Any determination by us concerning the events described above will be final and binding on all parties; provided, however, holders of Class A Shares are not foreclosed from challenging such determinations in a court of competent jurisdiction.

 

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Because of the proration and “odd lot” priority provisions described in this Offer to Purchase, fewer than all of the Class A Shares tendered may be purchased if Class A Shares representing more than $75.0 million in value are properly tendered and not properly withdrawn. Class A Shares tendered but not purchased in the Offer, including Class A Shares not purchased because of proration, will be returned to the tendering shareholders at the Offerors’ expense promptly after the expiration of the Offer. See “The Offer, Section 1. General Terms” and “The Offer, Section 2. Procedure for Tendering Class A Shares.” In the event that we terminate the Offer, all Class A Shares tendered by holders of Class A Shares in connection with the Offer will be returned to such holder of Class A Shares.

Subject to applicable securities laws and the terms and conditions set forth in this Offer to Purchase, we expressly reserve the right (but will not be obligated), at any time or from time to time, prior to the Expiration Time, regardless of whether or not any of the events set forth above shall have occurred or shall have been determined by us to have occurred, to (a) waive any and all conditions of the Offer, (b) extend the Offer or (c) otherwise amend the Offer in any respect. The rights reserved by us in this paragraph are in addition to our rights to terminate the Offer described above. Irrespective of any amendment to the Offer, all Class A Shares previously tendered pursuant to the Offer and not accepted for purchase or withdrawn will remain subject to the Offer and may be accepted thereafter for purchase by us.

If we materially change the terms of the Offer or the information concerning the Offer, we will extend the Offer if and to the extent required by Rules 14d-4(d)(1), 14d-6(c) and 14e-1 promulgated under the Exchange Act. These rules and certain related releases and interpretations of the SEC provide that the minimum period during which a tender offer must remain open following material changes in the terms of the Offer or information concerning the Offer (other than a change in price or a change in percentage of securities sought) will depend on the facts and circumstances, including the relative materiality of the terms or information; however, in no event will the Offer remain open for fewer than five business days following such a material change in the terms of, or information concerning, the Offer. If (i) we make any change to increase or decrease the price to be paid for Class A Shares, and (ii) the Offer is scheduled to expire at any time earlier than the expiration of a period ending on the tenth business day from, and including, the date that notice of an increase or decrease is first published, sent or given to holders of Class A Shares, the Offer will be extended until the expiration of such period for ten business days. For purposes of the Offer, a “business day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or U.S. federal holiday and consists of the time period from 12:01 a.m. through 12:00 midnight, New York City time.

Pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 14d-1, we have filed the Schedule TO with the SEC which contains additional information with respect to the Offer. The Schedule TO, including the exhibits and any amendments thereto, may be examined, and copies may be obtained, at the same places and in the same manner as set forth under “The Offer, Section 14. Additional Information; Miscellaneous” in this Offer to Purchase.

 

10.

MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES

The following is a summary of the material U.S. federal income tax consequences to U.S. Holders and Non-U.S. Holders (each as defined below) of Class A Shares who tender their Class A Shares for cash pursuant to the Offer. The discussion below of the U.S. federal income tax consequences to “U.S. Holders” will apply to a beneficial owner of the Class A Shares that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes:

 

   

an individual citizen or resident of the United States;

 

   

a corporation (or other entity treated as a corporation) that is created or organized (or treated as created or organized) in or under the laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia;

 

   

an estate whose income is includible in gross income for U.S. federal income tax purposes regardless of its source; or

 

   

a trust if (i) a U.S. court can exercise primary supervision over the trust’s administration and one or more U.S. persons are authorized to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (ii) it has a valid election in effect under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person.

 

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If a beneficial owner of the Class A Shares is not described above as a U.S. Holder and is not an entity or arrangement treated as a partnership or other pass-through entity for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such owner will be considered a “Non-U.S. Holder.” The material U.S. federal income tax consequences applicable specifically to Non-U.S. Holders are described below under the heading “Non-U.S. Holders.”

This discussion is based on the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), its legislative history, Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, published rulings and court decisions, all as currently in effect. These authorities are subject to change or differing interpretations, possibly on a retroactive basis.

This discussion does not address all aspects of U.S. federal income taxation that may be relevant to any particular holder based on such holder’s individual circumstances. In particular, this discussion considers only holders that own the Class A Shares as capital assets within the meaning of Section 1221 of the Code, and does not address the potential application of the alternative minimum tax or consequences under the Medicare tax on net investment income. In addition, this discussion does not address the U.S. federal income tax consequences to holders that are subject to special rules, including:

 

   

financial institutions or financial services entities;

 

   

broker-dealers;

 

   

taxpayers that are subject to the mark-to-market accounting rules under Section 475 of the Code;

 

   

tax-exempt entities;

 

   

governments or agencies or instrumentalities thereof;

 

   

insurance companies;

 

   

regulated investment companies;

 

   

real estate investment trusts;

 

   

certain former citizens or former long-term residents of the United States;

 

   

persons that actually or constructively own 5 percent or more of our shares;

 

   

persons that acquired the Class A Shares in connection with employee share incentive plans or otherwise as compensation;

 

   

persons that hold the Class A Shares as part of a straddle, constructive sale, hedging, conversion or other integrated transaction; or

 

   

persons whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar.

This discussion does not address any aspect of U.S. federal non-income tax laws, such as gift or estate tax laws, state, local or non-U.S. tax laws or, except as discussed herein, any tax reporting obligations of a holder of the Class A Shares. Additionally, this discussion does not consider the tax treatment of partnerships (including entities or arrangements treated as partnerships for U.S. federal income tax purposes) or other pass-through entities or persons who hold Class A Shares through such entities. If a partnership (or other entity or arrangement classified as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes) is the beneficial owner of the Class A Shares, the U.S. federal income tax treatment of a partner in the partnership generally will depend on the status of the partner and the activities of the partnership.

We have not sought, and will not seek, a ruling from the IRS as to any U.S. federal income tax consequence described herein. The IRS may disagree with the descriptions herein, and its determination may be upheld by a court. Moreover, there can be no assurance that future legislation, regulations, administrative rulings or court decisions will not adversely affect the accuracy of the statements in this discussion.

 

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THIS DISCUSSION IS ONLY A SUMMARY OF THE MATERIAL U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES OF THE OFFER TO HOLDERS OF CLASS A SHARES. EACH HOLDER OF CLASS A SHARES IS URGED TO CONSULT ITS OWN TAX ADVISOR WITH RESPECT TO THE PARTICULAR TAX CONSEQUENCES TO SUCH INVESTOR OF THE OFFER, INCLUDING THE APPLICABILITY AND EFFECT OF ANY STATE, LOCAL, AND NON-U.S. TAX LAWS, AS WELL AS U.S. FEDERAL TAX LAWS AND ANY APPLICABLE TAX TREATIES.

U.S. Holders

Exchange of Class A Shares Pursuant to the Offer

The exchange of Class A Shares for cash pursuant to the Offer will be a taxable sale of the Class A Shares for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Subject to the discussion below under “Passive Foreign Investment Company Consequences,” a U.S. Holder will recognize capital gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between the amount of cash received and the U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the Class A Shares. A U.S. Holder’s adjusted tax basis in the Class A Shares generally will equal the U.S. Holder’s acquisition cost of the Class A Shares, and if the U.S. Holder purchased a Unit consisting of Class A Shares and Public Warrants, the cost of such Unit must be allocated between the Class A Shares and the Public Warrants that comprised such Unit based on their relative fair market values at the time of the purchase. Any such capital gain or loss will be long-term capital gain or loss if the U.S. Holder’s holding period for the Class A Shares exceeds one year. A U.S. Holder must calculate gain or loss separately for each block of Class A Shares exchanged pursuant to the Offer (generally, Class A Shares acquired at the same cost in a single transaction). Long-term capital gain recognized by a non-corporate U.S. Holder may be eligible for reduced rates of tax. The deduction of capital losses is subject to limitations. Special rules may apply to losses realized by a U.S. Holder upon a taxable disposition of Class A Shares if, within a period beginning thirty (30) days before the date of such disposition and ending thirty (30) days after such date, such U.S. Holder has acquired (by purchase or by an exchange on which the entire amount of gain or loss was recognized), or has entered into a contract or option so to acquire, substantially identical stock or securities.

Passive Foreign Investment Company Consequences

A foreign (i.e., non-U.S.) corporation will be classified as a “passive foreign investment company” (“PFIC”) for U.S. federal income tax purposes if either (i) at least 75% of its gross income in a taxable year, including its pro rata share of the gross income of any corporation in which it is considered to own at least 25% of the shares by value, is passive income or (ii) at least 50% of its assets in a taxable year (ordinarily determined based on fair market value and averaged quarterly over the year), including its pro rata share of the assets of any corporation in which it is considered to own at least 25% of the shares by value, are held for the production of, or produce, passive income. Passive income generally includes dividends, interest, rents and royalties (other than rents or royalties derived from the active conduct of a trade or business) and gains from the disposition of passive assets.

Because Pathfinder is a blank check company, with no current active business, based upon the composition of its income and assets, Pathfinder believes it likely is classified as a PFIC for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Although Pathfinder’s PFIC status is determined annually, an initial determination that Pathfinder is a PFIC for any taxable year will generally apply for subsequent years to a U.S. Holder who held Class A Shares while Pathfinder was a PFIC, whether or not Pathfinder meets the test for PFIC status in those subsequent years.

If Pathfinder is determined to be a PFIC for any taxable year (or portion thereof) that is included in the holding period of a U.S. Holder of Class A Shares and the U.S. Holder does not or did not make either a timely qualified electing fund (“QEF”) election for Pathfinder’s first taxable year as a PFIC in which the U.S. Holder holds or held (or is deemed to hold) Class A Shares or a mark-to-market election, each as described below, such U.S. Holder generally will be subject to special rules with respect to any gain recognized by the U.S. Holder on its tender of Class A Shares for cash in the Offer. Under these rules:

 

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the U.S. Holder’s gain will be allocated ratably over the U.S. Holder’s holding period for its Class A Shares;

 

   

the amount allocated to the U.S. Holder’s taxable year in which the U.S. Holder recognized the gain, or to the period in the U.S. Holder’s holding period before the first day of Pathfinder’s first taxable year in which it was a PFIC, will be taxed as ordinary income;

 

   

the amount allocated to other taxable years (or portions thereof) of the U.S. Holder and included in its holding period will be taxed at the highest tax rate in effect for that year and applicable to the U.S. Holder; and

 

   

an additional tax equal to the interest charge generally applicable to underpayments of tax will be imposed on the U.S. Holder with respect to the tax attributable to each such other taxable year of the U.S. Holder.

A U.S. Holder generally may avoid the PFIC tax consequences described above in respect of Class A Shares tendered for cash in the Offer if it makes or has made and maintained a timely and valid election to treat Pathfinder as a “qualified electing fund” under Section 1295 of the Code for the taxable year that is the first year in the U.S. Holder’s holding period of public shares during which Pathfinder qualified as a PFIC (a “QEF Election”). If a U.S. Holder makes or has made a timely QEF Election, any gain recognized on the Class A Shares in the Offer generally will be treated as capital gain and no additional tax or interest charge will be imposed under the PFIC rules.

Alternatively, a U.S. Holder generally may avoid the PFIC tax consequences described above in respect of Class A Shares if the Class A Shares constitute “marketable stock” and, at the close of the first taxable year in which the U.S. Holder holds or held (or is deemed to hold) Class A Shares makes or has made an election under Section 1296 of the Code (a “mark-to-market election”). If a U.S. Holder makes or has made a timely mark-to-market election, any gain recognized on the Class A Shares in the Offer generally will be taxable as ordinary income.

THE RULES RELATING TO PFICS AND QEF AND MARK-TO-MARKET ELECTIONS ARE COMPLEX AND ARE AFFECTED BY VARIOUS FACTORS IN ADDITION TO THOSE DESCRIBED ABOVE. U.S. HOLDERS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISORS WITH RESPECT TO THE IMPACT OF PFIC STATUS ON THEIR DECISION TO PARTICIPATE IN THE OFFER AND IRS INFORMATION REPORTING OBLIGATIONS WITH RESPECT TO THE OFFER.

Non-U.S. Holders

A Non-U.S. Holder generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on any gain or loss attributable to a sale or other disposition of Class A Shares unless such gain or loss is effectively connected with its conduct of a trade or business in the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, is attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base that such holder maintains in the United States) or the Non-U.S. Holder is an individual who is present in the United States for 183 days or more in the taxable year of sale or other disposition and certain other conditions are met (in which case, any gain from United States sources, such as any gain recognized on a disposition of Class A Shares, generally is subject to tax at a 30% rate or a lower applicable tax treaty rate).

Gains that are effectively connected with the Non-U.S. Holder’s conduct of a trade or business in the United States (and, if required by an applicable income tax treaty, are attributable to a permanent establishment or fixed base in the United States) generally will be subject to U.S. federal income tax (but not the Medicare contribution tax) at the same regular U.S. federal income tax rates applicable to a comparable U.S. Holder and, in the case of a Non-U.S. Holder that is a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, may also be subject to an additional branch profits tax at a 30% rate or a lower applicable tax treaty rate.

Backup Withholding and Information Reporting

 

 

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In general, information reporting for U.S. federal income tax purposes should apply to the proceeds from sales and other dispositions of Class A Shares by a U.S. Holder to or through a U.S. office of a broker. Payments made (and sales and other dispositions effected at an office) outside the United States will be subject to information reporting in limited circumstances.

In addition, backup withholding of U.S. federal income tax, currently at a rate of 24%, generally will apply to proceeds from sales and other dispositions of Class A Shares by a U.S. Holder who:

 

   

fails to provide an accurate taxpayer identification number;

 

   

is notified by the IRS that backup withholding is required; or

 

   

fails to comply with applicable certification requirements.

A Non-U.S. Holder generally will eliminate the requirement for information reporting and backup withholding by providing certification of its foreign status, under penalties of perjury, on a duly executed applicable IRS Form W-8 or by otherwise establishing an exemption.

We will withhold all taxes required to be withheld by law from any amounts otherwise payable to any holder of Class A Shares, including tax withholding required by the backup withholding rules. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, the amount of any backup withholding will be allowed as a credit against a U.S. Holder’s or a Non-U.S. Holder’s U.S. federal income tax liability and may entitle such holder to a refund, provided that the requisite information is timely furnished to the IRS. Holders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the application of backup withholding and the availability of and procedure for obtaining an exemption from backup withholding in their particular circumstances.

 

11.

RISK FACTORS

You should carefully consider the following risk factors in addition to the other information included in this Offer to Purchase before you decide whether to tender Class A Shares in the Offer. We caution you not to place undue reliance on the forward-looking statements contained in this Offer to Purchase, which speak only as of the date of this Offer to Purchase.

There is no guarantee that your decision whether to tender your Class A Shares in the Offer will put you in a better future economic position.

We can give no assurance as to the price at which a holder of Class A Shares may be able to sell its Class A Shares in the future following the completion of the Offer. Certain events following the closing of an initial business combination involving the Company may cause an increase in the prices of the Class A Shares, which could result in a lower value realized now than you might realize in the future had you not agreed to tender your Class A Shares. Similarly, if you do not tender your Class A Shares, you will bear the risk of ownership of your Class A Shares after the Offer, and there can be no assurance that you can sell your Class A Shares in the future for an amount equal to or greater than the purchase price pursuant to the Offer. You should consult your own individual tax and/or financial advisor for assistance on how this may affect your individual situation. You should consult your own individual tax and/or financial advisor for assistance on how the tender of your Class A Shares may affect your individual situation.

 

12.

THE DEPOSITARY AND THE INFORMATION AGENT

We have retained American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC to act as the Depositary, and D.F. King & Co., Inc. to act as the Information Agent, in each case in connection with the Offer. All deliveries, correspondence and questions sent or presented to the Depositary or the Information Agent relating to the Offer should be directed to the addresses, e-mail addresses or telephone numbers set forth on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase.

 

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13.

FEES AND EXPENSES

The Information Agent and the Depositary will receive reasonable and customary compensation for their respective services, will be reimbursed by us for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and will be indemnified against certain liabilities in connection with the Offer, including certain liabilities under the federal securities laws.

We will not pay any fees or commissions to brokers, dealers or other persons (other than fees to the Information Agent as described above) for soliciting tenders of Class A Shares pursuant to the Offer. Holders of Class A Shares holding Class A Shares through a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee are urged to consult such nominees to determine whether transaction costs may apply if holders of Class A Shares tender Class A Shares through such nominees and not directly to the Depositary. We will, however, upon request, reimburse brokers, dealers, commercial banks, trust companies and other nominees for customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by them in forwarding the Offer and related materials to the beneficial owners of Class A Shares held by them as a nominee or in a fiduciary capacity. No broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee has been authorized to act as our agent or the agent of the Information Agent or the Depositary for purposes of the Offer.

 

14.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION; MISCELLANEOUS

The Offerors have filed with the SEC a Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO, of which this Offer to Purchase is a part. This Offer to Purchase does not contain all of the information contained in the Schedule TO and the exhibits to the Schedule TO. The Offerors recommend that holders review the Schedule TO, including the exhibits and the information incorporated by reference in the Schedule TO, and other materials that have been filed by the Company with the SEC before making a decision on whether to accept the Offer.

You can obtain any of the documents incorporated by reference in this Offer to Purchase from the SEC’s website at the address described above. You may also request a copy of these filings, at no cost, by writing or telephoning the Information Agent for the Offer at the telephone numbers and address set forth on the back cover page of this Offer to Purchase.

Each person to whom a copy of this Offer to Purchase is delivered may obtain a copy of any or all of the referenced documents, other than exhibits to such documents, unless such exhibits are specifically incorporated by reference into such documents, at no cost. Requests should be directed to the Company’s Chief Financial Officer at:

Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation

1950 University Avenue, Suite 350

Palo Alto, CA 94303

Sincerely,

FP Credit Partners II, L.P.

FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P.

1114 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10036

 

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The Depositary is American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC. The Letter of Transmittal and certificates representing Class A Shares, and any other required documents should be sent or delivered by each holder of Class A Shares or such holder’s broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee to the Depositary at one of its addresses set forth below.

THE DEPOSITARY FOR THE OFFER IS:

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

IF DELIVERING BY MAIL, HAND OR COURIER:

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, New York 11219

Attention: Corporate Actions

CONFIRM BY TELEPHONE:

Telephone: (718) 921-8200

THE INFORMATION AGENT FOR THE OFFER IS:

D.F. King & Co., Inc.

48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor

New York, NY 10005

Attention: Michael Horthman

Toll Free: (866) 207-3626

Banks and Brokers Call: (212) 269-5550

Email: pfdr@dfking.com

Any question or request for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent at the address, phone number or email address listed above.

Requests for additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal or other documents related to the offer may also be directed to the Information Agent.

 

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EX-99.(a)(1)(B)

Exhibit (a)(1)(B)

Letter of Transmittal to Tender Class A Ordinary Shares

of

PATHFINDER ACQUISITION CORPORATION

at a Purchase Price of $10.00 in Cash Per Class A Ordinary Share Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated December 5, 2022 by

FP Credit Partners II, L.P. and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P.

The undersigned represents that I (we) have full authority to tender without restriction the certificate(s) listed below. You are hereby authorized and instructed to deliver to the address indicated below (unless otherwise instructed in the boxes in the following page) a check representing a cash payment for Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation (“PFDR”) (collectively, the “Shares”) tendered pursuant to this Letter of Transmittal, at a price of $10.00 in cash per Share, without interest on the purchase price and less any applicable withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, dated December 5, 2022 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase” and, together with this Letter of Transmittal, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer”).

THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 11:59 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 4, 2023, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (SUCH DATE AND TIME, AS IT MAY BE EXTENDED, THE “EXPIRATION DATE”) OR EARLIER TERMINATED.

Method of delivery of the certificate(s) is at the option and risk of the owner thereof.     See Instruction 2.

Mail or deliver this Letter of Transmittal, together with the certificate(s) representing your shares, to:

 

LOGO

 

If delivering by hand, express mail, courier,

or other expedited service:

 

American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., LLC

Operations Center

Attn: Reorganization Department

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, New York 11219

  

By mail:

 

American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., LLC

Operations Center

Attn: Reorganization Department

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, New York 11219

 

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Pursuant to the offer of FP Credit Partners II, L.P. (“FPCP”) and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. (“FPCPP” and, together with FPCP, “Purchaser”) to purchase up to $75.0 million of outstanding Shares of PFDR, the undersigned encloses herewith and tenders the following certificate(s) representing Shares of PFDR:

 

DESCRIPTION OF SHARES TENDERED

 

Name(s) and Address(es) of Registered Owner(s)

(If blank, please fill in exactly as name(s) appear(s) on share
certificate(s))

  Shares TENDERED
(attached additional list if necessary)
 
    Certificated Shares**         
    Certificate
Number(s)*
     Total Number
of Shares
Represented by
Certificate(s)*
     Number of Shares
Tendered**
     Book Entry
Shares
Tendered
 
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
          
    Total Shares           
 

 

 




 

* Need not be completed by book-entry
shareholders.

** Unless otherwise indicated, it will be assumed
that all Class A ordinary shares represented by
certificates described above are being tendered
hereby.

 

 
 

 
 
 
 

 

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PLEASE READ THE INSTRUCTIONS ACCOMPANYING THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL CAREFULLY BEFORE COMPLETING THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.

IF YOU WOULD LIKE ADDITIONAL COPIES OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL OR ANY OF THE OTHER OFFERING DOCUMENTS, YOU SHOULD CONTACT THE INFORMATION AGENT, D.F. KING AT (866) 207-3626 and pfdr@dfking.com.

You have received this Letter of Transmittal in connection with the offer of FP Credit Partners, II L.P. (“FPCP”) and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. (“FPCPP” and, together with FPCP, “Purchaser”), to purchase up to $75.0 million of outstanding Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”), of Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (“PFDR”), at a price of $10.00 in cash per Share, without interest on the purchase price and less any applicable withholding taxes, as described in the Offer to Purchase, dated December 5, 2022 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase” and, together with this Letter of Transmittal, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer”).

You should use this Letter of Transmittal to deliver to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company (the “Depositary”) Shares represented by share certificates, or held in book-entry form on the books of PFDR, for tender. If you are delivering your Shares by book-entry transfer to an account maintained by the Depositary at The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), you must use an Agent’s Message (as defined in Instruction 2 below). In this Letter of Transmittal, shareholders who deliver certificates representing their Shares are referred to as “Certificate Shareholders,” and shareholders who deliver their Shares through book-entry transfer are referred to as “Book-Entry Shareholders.”

Delivery of documents to DTC will not constitute delivery to the Depositary.

We are not providing for guaranteed delivery procedures. Therefore, shareholders of the Company must allow sufficient time for the necessary tender procedures to be completed during normal business hours of the Depositary.

 

  CHECK HERE IF TENDERED SHARES ARE BEING DELIVERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER TO THE ACCOUNT MAINTAINED BY THE DEPOSITARY WITH DTC AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING (ONLY FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS THAT ARE PARTICIPANTS IN DTC MAY DELIVER SHARES BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER):
  Name of Tendering
  Institution:  

    

  DTC Participant
  Number:  

    

  Transaction Code
  Number:  

    

NOTE: SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED BELOW.

PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.

 

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Ladies and Gentlemen:

The undersigned hereby tenders to FP Credit Partners II, L.P. (“FPCP”) and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. (“FPCPP” and, together with FPCP, “Purchaser”), the above-described Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Shares”), of Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands Exempted company incorporated with limited liability (“PFDR”), at a price of $10.00 in cash per Share, without interest on the purchase price and less any applicable withholding taxes, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and this Letter of Transmittal (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, this “Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer”). The undersigned understands that Purchaser reserves the right to transfer or assign, from time to time, in whole or in part, to one or more of its affiliates, the right to purchase the Shares tendered herewith.

On the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer (including, if the Offer is extended or amended, the terms and conditions of such extension or amendment), subject to, and effective upon, acceptance for payment and payment for the Shares validly tendered herewith, and not properly withdrawn, prior to the Expiration Date in accordance with the terms of the Offer, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to, or upon the order of, Purchaser, all right, title and interest in and to all of the Shares being tendered hereby and any and all cash dividends, distributions, rights, other Shares or other securities issued or issuable in respect of such Shares on or after December 5, 2022 (collectively, “Distributions”). In addition, the undersigned hereby irrevocably appoints American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Depositary”) the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact and proxy of the undersigned with respect to such Shares and any Distributions with full power of substitution (such proxies and power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest in the tendered shares) to the full extent of such shareholder’s rights with respect to such Shares and any Distributions (a) to deliver certificates representing Shares (the “Share Certificates”) and any Distributions, or transfer of ownership of such Shares and any Distributions on the account books maintained by DTC, together, in either such case, with all accompanying evidence of transfer and authenticity, to or upon the order of Purchaser, (b) to present such Shares and any Distributions for transfer on the books of PFDR, and (c) to receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of such Shares and any Distributions, all in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.

The undersigned hereby irrevocably appoints each of the designees of Purchaser the attorneys-in-fact and proxies of the undersigned, each with full power of substitution, to the full extent of such shareholder’s rights with respect to the Shares tendered hereby which have been accepted for payment and with respect to any Distributions. The designees of Purchaser will, with respect to the Shares and any associated Distributions for which the appointment is effective, be empowered to exercise all voting and any other rights of such shareholder, as they, in their sole discretion, may deem proper at any annual, special, adjourned or postponed meeting of PFDR’s shareholders, by written consent in lieu of any such meeting or otherwise. This proxy and power of attorney shall be irrevocable and coupled with an interest in the tendered Shares. Such appointment is effective when, and only to the extent that, Purchaser accepts the Shares tendered with this Letter of Transmittal for payment pursuant to the Offer. Upon the effectiveness of such appointment, without further action, all prior powers of attorney, proxies and consents given by the undersigned with respect to such Shares and any associated Distributions will be revoked and no subsequent powers of attorney, proxies, consents or revocations may be given (and, if given, will not be deemed effective). Purchaser reserves the right to require that, in order for Shares to be deemed validly tendered, immediately upon Purchaser’s acceptance for payment of such Shares, Purchaser must be able to exercise full voting, consent and other rights, to the extent permitted under applicable law, with respect to such Shares and any associated Distributions, including voting at any meeting of shareholders or executing a written consent concerning any matter.

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the Shares and any Distributions tendered hereby and, when the same are accepted for payment by Purchaser, Purchaser will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges and encumbrances and the same will not be subject to any adverse claim. The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned is the registered owner of the Shares, or the

 

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Share Certificate(s) have been endorsed to the undersigned in blank, or the undersigned is a participant in DTC whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of the Shares. The undersigned will, upon request, execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Depositary or Purchaser to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment and transfer of the Shares and any Distributions tendered hereby. In addition, the undersigned shall promptly remit and transfer to the Depositary for the account of Purchaser any and all Distributions in respect of the Shares tendered hereby, accompanied by appropriate documentation of transfer and, pending such remittance or appropriate assurance thereof, Purchaser shall be entitled to all rights and privileges as owner of any such Distributions and may withhold the entire purchase price or deduct from the purchase price the amount or value thereof, as determined by Purchaser in its sole discretion.

It is understood that the undersigned will not receive payment for the Shares unless and until the Shares are accepted for payment and until the Share Certificate(s) owned by the undersigned are received by the Depositary at the address set forth above, together with such additional documents as the Depositary may require, or, in the case of Shares held in book-entry form, ownership of Shares is validly transferred on the account books maintained by DTC, and until the same are processed for payment by the Depositary.

IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF THE SHARES, THE SHARE CERTIFICATE(S) AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS (INCLUDING DELIVERY THROUGH DTC) IS AT THE OPTION AND RISK OF THE UNDERSIGNED AND THAT THE RISK OF LOSS OF SUCH SHARES, SHARE CERTIFICATE(S) AND OTHER DOCUMENTS SHALL PASS ONLY AFTER THE DEPOSITARY HAS ACTUALLY RECEIVED THE SHARES OR SHARE CERTIFICATE(S) (INCLUDING, IN THE CASE OF A BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER, BY BOOK-ENTRY CONFIRMATION (AS DEFINED BELOW)). IF DELIVERY IS BY MAIL, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS BE SENT BY PROPERLY INSURED REGISTERED MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED. DELIVERY WILL BE DEEMED EFFECTIVE AND RISK OF LOSS AND TITLE WILL PASS FROM THE OWNER ONLY WHEN RECEIVED BY THE DEPOSITARY. IN ALL CASES, SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENSURE TIMELY DELIVERY.

All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred pursuant to this Letter of Transmittal shall not be affected by, and shall survive, the death or incapacity of the undersigned and any obligation of the undersigned hereunder shall be binding upon the heirs, executors, administrators, trustees in bankruptcy, personal representatives, successors and assigns of the undersigned. Except as stated in the Offer to Purchase, this tender is irrevocable.

The undersigned understands that the acceptance for payment by Purchaser of Shares tendered pursuant to one of the procedures described in Section 2 of the Offer to Purchase and in the instructions hereto will constitute a binding agreement between the undersigned and Purchaser upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.

Unless otherwise indicated herein under “Special Payment Instructions,” please issue the check for the purchase price in the name(s) of, and/or return any Share Certificates representing Shares not tendered or accepted for payment to, the registered owner(s) appearing under “Description of Shares Tendered.” Similarly, unless otherwise indicated under “Special Delivery Instructions,” please mail the check for the purchase price and/or return any Share Certificates representing Shares not tendered or accepted for payment (and accompanying documents, as appropriate) to the address(es) of the registered owner(s) appearing under “Description of Shares Tendered.” In the event that both the Special Delivery Instructions and the Special Payment Instructions are completed, please issue the check for the purchase price and/or issue any Share Certificates representing Shares not tendered or accepted for payment (and any accompanying documents, as appropriate) in the name of, and deliver such check and/or return such Share Certificates (and any accompanying documents, as appropriate) to, the person or persons so indicated. Unless otherwise indicated herein in the box titled “Special Payment Instructions,” please credit any Shares tendered hereby or by an Agent’s Message and delivered by book-entry transfer, but which are not purchased, by crediting the account at DTC designated above. The undersigned recognizes that Purchaser has no obligation pursuant to the Special Payment Instructions to transfer any Shares from the name of the registered owner thereof if Purchaser does not accept for payment any of the Shares so tendered.

 

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SPECIAL PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS

(See Instructions 1, 4, 5 and 7)

To be completed ONLY if Share Certificate(s) not tendered or not accepted for payment and/or the check for the purchase price in consideration of Shares accepted for payment are to be issued in the name of someone other than the undersigned or if Shares tendered by book-entry transfer which are not accepted for payment are to be returned by credit to an account maintained at DTC other than that designated above.

 

Issue:    ☐    Check and/or    ☐    Share Certificates to:
Name:  

    

 
  (Please Print)  
Address:  

    

      

    

 

    

 
  (Include Zip Code)  

    

 
  (Tax Identification or Social Security Number)  
  Credit Shares tendered by book-entry transfer that are not accepted for payment to the DTC account set forth below.

    

 
  (DTC Account Number)  

SPECIAL DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS

(See Instructions 1, 4, 5 and 7)

To be completed ONLY if Share Certificate(s) not tendered or not accepted for payment and/or the check for the purchase price of Shares accepted for payment are to be sent to someone other than the undersigned or to the undersigned at an address other than that shown in the box titled “Description of Shares Tendered” above.

 

 

Deliver:    ☐    Check(s) and/or    ☐    Share Certificates to:
Name:  

    

 
  (Please Print)  
Address:  

    

      

    

 

    

 
  (Include Zip Code)  

 

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IMPORTANT—SIGN HERE

(U.S. Holders Please Also Complete the Enclosed IRS Form W-9)

(Non-U.S. Holders Please Obtain and Complete IRS Form W-8BEN or Other Applicable IRS Form W-8)

 

                                                                                                                                                          

(Signature(s) of Shareholder(s))

Dated:                 , 2022

(Must be signed by registered owner(s) exactly as name(s) appear(s) on Share Certificate(s) or on a security position listing or by person(s) authorized to become registered owner(s) by certificates and documents transmitted herewith. If signature is by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please set forth full title and see Instruction 5. For information concerning signature guarantees, see Instruction 1.)

 

Name(s):                                                                                                                                                          
(Please Print)
Capacity (full title):                                                                                                                                         
Address:                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                          
(Include Zip Code)
Area Code and Telephone Number:                                                                                                               
Email Address:                                                                                      

Tax Identification or

Social Security No.:                                                                                                                                         

GUARANTEE OF SIGNATURE(S)

(For use by Eligible Institutions only;

see Instructions 1 and 5)

 

Name of Firm:                                                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                                                          
(Include Zip Code)
Authorized Signature:                                                                                                                                     
Name:                                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                          
(Please Type or Print)
Area Code and Telephone Number:                                                                                                               
Dated:                 , 20    

                                                                                                                                                          

Place medallion guarantee in space below:

 

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INSTRUCTIONS

Forming Part of the Terms and Conditions of the Offer

1. Guarantee of Signatures. Except as otherwise provided below, all signatures on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by a financial institution (including most commercial banks, savings and loan associations and brokerage houses) that is a member in good standing of a recognized Medallion Program approved by the Securities Transfer Association, Inc., including the Security Transfer Agents Medallion Program, the New York Stock Exchange Medallion Signature Program and the Stock Exchanges Medallion Program (each, an “Eligible Institution”). Signatures on this Letter of Transmittal need not be guaranteed (a) if this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered owner(s) (which term, for purposes of this document, includes any participant in any of DTC’s systems whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of the Shares) of Shares tendered herewith and such registered owner has not completed the box titled “Special Payment Instructions” or the box titled “Special Delivery Instructions” on this Letter of Transmittal or (b) if such Shares are tendered for the account of an Eligible Institution. See Instruction 5.

2. Delivery of Letter of Transmittal and Certificates or Book-Entry Confirmations. This Letter of Transmittal is to be completed by shareholders if Share Certificates are to be forwarded herewith. If tenders are to be made pursuant to the procedures for tender by book-entry transfer set forth in Section 2 of the Offer to Purchase, an Agent’s Message must be utilized. A manually executed facsimile of this document may be used in lieu of the original. Share Certificates representing all physically tendered Shares, or confirmation of any book-entry transfer into the Depositary’s account at DTC of Shares tendered by book-entry transfer (“Book-Entry Confirmation”), as well as this Letter of Transmittal properly completed and duly executed with any required signature guarantees, or an Agent’s Message in the case of a book-entry transfer, and any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal, must be received by the Depositary at its address set forth herein prior to the Expiration Date. Please do not send your Share Certificates directly to Purchaser or PFDR.

We are not providing for guaranteed delivery procedures. Therefore, shareholders of the Company must allow sufficient time for the necessary tender procedures to be completed during normal business hours of the Depositary.

A properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) must accompany each such delivery of Share Certificates to the Depositary.

The term “Agent’s Message” means a message, transmitted through electronic means by DTC to, and received by, the Depositary and forming part of a Book-Entry Confirmation, which states that DTC has received an express acknowledgment from the participant in DTC tendering the Shares which are the subject of such Book-Entry Confirmation that such participant has received and agrees to be bound by the terms of this Letter of Transmittal and that Purchaser may enforce such agreement against the participant. The term “Agent’s Message” also includes any hard copy printout evidencing such message generated by a computer terminal maintained at the Depositary’s office.

THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF THE SHARES, THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING DELIVERY THROUGH DTC, IS AT THE ELECTION AND RISK OF THE TENDERING SHAREHOLDER. DELIVERY OF ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS WILL BE DEEMED MADE AND RISK OF LOSS OF THE SHARE CERTIFICATES SHALL PASS ONLY WHEN ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY THE DEPOSITARY (INCLUDING, IN THE CASE OF A BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER, BY BOOK-ENTRY CONFIRMATION). IF SUCH DELIVERY IS BY MAIL, IT IS RECOMMENDED THAT ALL SUCH DOCUMENTS BE SENT BY PROPERLY INSURED REGISTERED MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED. IN ALL CASES, SUFFICIENT TIME SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO ENSURE TIMELY DELIVERY.

No alternative, conditional or contingent tenders will be accepted and no fractional Shares will be purchased. All tendering shareholders, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), waive any right to receive any notice of the acceptance of their Shares for payment.

 

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All questions as to validity, form and eligibility (including time of receipt) of the tender of any Share Certificate hereunder, including questions as to the proper completion or execution of any Letter of Transmittal or other required documents and as to the proper form for transfer of any certificate of Shares, will be determined by Purchaser in its sole and absolute discretion (which may delegate power in whole or in part to the Depositary) which determination will be final and binding. Purchaser reserves the absolute right to reject any and all tenders determined by it not to be in proper form or the acceptance for payment of or payment for which may be unlawful. Purchaser also reserves the absolute right to waive any defect or irregularity in the tender of any Shares or Share Certificate(s) whether or not similar defects or irregularities are waived in the case of any other shareholder. A tender will not be deemed to have been validly made until all defects and irregularities have been cured or waived. Purchaser and the Depositary shall make reasonable efforts to notify any person of any defect in any Letter of Transmittal submitted to the Depositary.

3. Inadequate Space. If the space provided herein is inadequate, the certificate numbers and/or the number of Shares should be listed on a separate schedule attached hereto and separately signed on each page thereof in the same manner as this Letter of Transmittal is signed.

4. Partial Tenders (Applicable to Certificate Shareholders Only). If fewer than all the Shares evidenced by any Share Certificate delivered to the Depositary are to be tendered, fill in the number of Shares which are to be tendered in the column titled “Number of Shares Tendered” in the box titled “Description of Shares Tendered.” In such cases, new certificate(s) for the remainder of the Shares that were evidenced by the old certificate(s) but not tendered will be sent to the registered owner, unless otherwise provided in the appropriate box on this Letter of Transmittal, as soon as practicable after the Expiration Date. All Shares represented by Share Certificates delivered to the Depositary will be deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated.

5. Signatures on Letter of Transmittal; Share Powers and Endorsements. If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered owner(s) of the Shares tendered hereby, the signature(s) must correspond with the name(s) as written on the face of the Share Certificate(s) without alteration or any other change whatsoever.

If any Shares tendered hereby are owned of record by two or more joint owners, all such owners must sign this Letter of Transmittal.

If any tendered Shares are registered in the names of different holder(s), it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many separate Letters of Transmittal (or facsimiles thereof) as there are different registrations of such Shares.

If this Letter of Transmittal or any certificates or share powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing, and proper evidence satisfactory to Purchaser of their authority so to act must be submitted.

If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered owner(s) of the Shares listed and transmitted hereby, no endorsements of Share Certificates or separate share powers are required unless payment is to be made to, or Share Certificates representing Shares not tendered or accepted for payment are to be issued in the name of, a person other than the registered owner(s), in which case the Share Certificates representing the Shares tendered by this Letter of Transmittal must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate share powers, in either case, signed exactly as the name(s) of the registered owner(s) or holder(s) appear(s) on the Share Certificates. Signatures on such Share Certificates or share powers must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person other than the registered owner(s) of the Share(s) listed, the Share Certificate(s) must be endorsed or accompanied by the appropriate share powers, in either case, signed exactly as the name or names of the registered owner(s) or holder(s) appear(s) on the Share Certificate(s). Signatures on such Share Certificates or share powers must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution.

 

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6. Transfer Taxes. Purchaser will pay any transfer taxes with respect to the transfer and sale of Shares to it or to its order pursuant to the Offer (for the avoidance of doubt, transfer taxes do not include United States federal income or backup withholding taxes). If, however, payment of the purchase price is to be made to, or (in the circumstances permitted hereby) if Share Certificates not tendered or accepted for payment are to be registered in the name of, any person other than the registered owner(s), or if tendered Share Certificates are registered in the name of any person other than the person signing this Letter of Transmittal, the amount of any transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered owner(s) or such person) payable on account of the transfer to such person will be deducted from the purchase price unless satisfactory evidence of the payment of such taxes, or exemption therefrom, is submitted.

Except as provided in this Instruction 6, it will not be necessary for transfer tax stamps to be affixed to the Share Certificates listed in this Letter of Transmittal.

7. Special Payment and Delivery Instructions. If a check for the purchase price is to be issued, and/or Share Certificates representing Shares not tendered or accepted for payment are to be issued or returned to, a person other than the signer(s) of this Letter of Transmittal or to an address other than that shown in the box titled “Description of Shares Tendered” above, the appropriate boxes on this Letter of Transmittal should be completed. Shareholders delivering Shares tendered hereby or by Agent’s Message by book-entry transfer may request that Shares not purchased be credited to an account maintained at DTC as such shareholder may designate in the box titled “Special Payment Instructions” herein. If no such instructions are given, all such Shares not purchased will be returned by crediting the same account at DTC as the account from which such Shares were delivered.

8. Requests for Assistance or Additional Copies. Questions or requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent at the email address or telephone numbers set forth below or to your broker, dealer, commercial bank or trust company. Additional copies of the Offer to Purchase, this Letter of Transmittal and other tender offer materials may be obtained from the Information Agent as set forth below, and will be furnished at Purchaser’s expense.

9. Backup Withholding. Under U.S. federal income tax laws, the Depositary will be required to withhold a portion of the amount of any payments made to certain shareholders pursuant to the Offer. In order to avoid such backup withholding, each tendering shareholder that is a United States person (for U.S. federal income tax purposes), must provide the Depositary with such shareholder’s correct taxpayer identification number (“TIN”) and certify that such shareholder is not subject to such backup withholding by completing the attached Form W-9. Certain shareholders (including, among others, corporations, non-resident foreign individuals and foreign entities) are not subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements. A tendering shareholder who is a foreign individual or a foreign entity should complete, sign, and submit to the Depositary the appropriate Form W-8. A Form W-8BEN may be obtained from the Depositary or downloaded from the Internal Revenue Service’s website at the following address: http://www.irs.gov. Failure to complete the Form W-9 will not, by itself, cause Shares to be deemed invalidly tendered, but may require the Depositary to withhold a portion of the amount of any payments made of the purchase price pursuant to the Offer.

NOTE: FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THE FORM W-9 MAY RESULT IN BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF A PORTION OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO YOU PURSUANT TO THE OFFER. PLEASE REVIEW THE “IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION” SECTION BELOW.

10. Waiver of Conditions. Subject to the terms and conditions of the Business Combination Agreement (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the conditions of the Offer may be waived by Purchaser in whole or in part at any time and from time to time in its sole discretion.

IMPORTANT: THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL (OR A MANUALLY EXECUTED FACSIMILE COPY THEREOF) OR AN AGENT’S MESSAGE, TOGETHER WITH SHARE CERTIFICATE(S) OR BOOK-ENTRY CONFIRMATION AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, MUST BE RECEIVED BY THE DEPOSITARY PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.

 

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IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION

Under United States federal income tax law, a shareholder that is a non-exempt United States person (for U.S. federal income tax purposes) whose tendered Shares are accepted for payment, is required by law to provide the Depositary (as payer) with such shareholder’s correct TIN on Form W-9 below. If such shareholder is an individual, the TIN is such shareholder’s social security number. If the Depositary is not provided with the correct TIN, the shareholder may be subject to penalties imposed by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) and payments that are made to such shareholder with respect to Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer may be subject to backup withholding.

If backup withholding applies, backup withholding at the applicable rate (currently at a rate of 24%) will apply on any payments of the purchase price made to the shareholder. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, the tax liability of persons subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund or credit may be obtained from the IRS provided that the required information is furnished to the IRS.

Form W-9

To prevent backup withholding on payments that are made to a United States shareholder with respect to Shares purchased pursuant to the Offer or converted in the Merger (as defined in the Offer to Purchase), as applicable, the shareholder is required to notify the Depositary of such shareholder’s correct TIN by completing Form W-9 certifying, under penalties of perjury, (i) that the TIN provided on Form W-9 is correct (or that such shareholder is awaiting a TIN), (ii) that such shareholder is not subject to backup withholding because (a) such shareholder has not been notified by the IRS that such shareholder is subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, (b) the IRS has notified such shareholder that such shareholder is no longer subject to backup withholding or (c) such shareholder is exempt from backup withholding, and (iii) that such shareholder is a U.S. person.

What Number to Give the Depositary

Each United States shareholder is generally required to give the Depositary its social security number or employer identification number. If the tendering shareholder has not been issued a TIN and has applied for a number or intends to apply for a number in the near future, the shareholder should write “Applied For” in Part I, sign and date the Form W-9. Notwithstanding that “Applied For” is written in Part I, the Depositary apply backup withholding on all payments of the purchase price to such shareholder until a TIN is provided to the Depositary. Such amounts will be refunded to such tendering shareholder if a TIN is provided to the Depositary within 60 days. We note that your Form W-9, including your TIN, may be transferred from the Depositary to the Paying Agent, in certain circumstances.

Please consult your accountant or tax advisor for further guidance regarding the completion of IRS Form W-9, IRS Form W-8BEN, or another version of IRS Form W-8 to claim exemption from backup withholding, or contact the Depositary.

 

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Form      W-9

(Rev. October 2018)

Department of the Treasury

Internal Revenue Service

 

Request for Taxpayer

Identification Number and Certification

 

  u   Go to www.irs.gov/FormW9 for instructions and the latest information.

 

Give Form to the

requester. Do not

send to the IRS.

Print or type

See

Specific Instructions

on page 2.

 

 

1 Name (as shown on your income tax return). Name is required on this line; do not leave this line blank.

 

    
 

2 Business name/disregarded entity name, if different from above

 

                   
  3  Check appropriate box for federal tax classification of the person whose name is entered on line 1. Check only
one of the following seven boxes.
 

4 Exemptions (codes apply only to
certain entities, not individuals; see
instructions on page 3):

 

Exempt payee code
(if any)                                

 

Exemption from FATCA reporting
code (if any)                            

 

(Applies to accounts maintained outside the U.S.)

 

    Individual/sole Proprietor
    or single-member LLC     
         

    

 

C Corporation    

    

 

    

 

S Corporation    

    

 

    

 

Partnership    

    

 

    

 

Trust/estate

    

 

 

  Limited liability company. Enter the  tax classification (C=C corporation, S=S corporation,
P=Partnership)   u                     

 

Note: Check the appropriate box in the line above for the tax classification of the single-member owner.
Do not check LLC it the LLC is classified as a single-member LLC that is disregarded from the owner
unless the owner of the LLC is another LLC that is not disregarded from the owner for U.S. federal tax
purposes. Otherwise, a single-member LLC that is disregarded from the owner should check the
appropriate box for the tax classification of its owner.

 

  Other (see instructions)  u

 

 

 

5 Address (number, street, and apt. or suite no.) See instructions.

    

 

 

 

    Requester’s name and address (optional)

           
 

 

6 City, state, and ZIP code

 

                                       
    

 

7 List account number(s) here (optional)

 

                                       

 

Part I    Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)

 

Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. The TIN provided must match the name given on line 1 to avoid backup withholding. For individuals, this is generally your social security number (SSN). However, for a resident alien, sole proprietor, or disregarded entity, see the instructions for Part I, later. For other entities, it is your employer identification number (EIN). If you do not have a number, see How to get a TIN, later.

 

Note: If the account is in more than one name, see the instructions for line 1. Also see What Name and Number To Give the Requester for guidelines on whose number to enter.

                 
 

Social security number

         

     

               
  or
 

Employer identification number

     

                           
Part II    Certification

Under penalties of perjury, I certify that:

 

1.   The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me); and

 

2.   I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding; and

 

3.   I am a U.S. citizen or other U.S. person (defined below); and

 

4.   The FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that I am exempt from FATCA reporting is correct.

Certification instructions. You must cross out item 2 above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because you have failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return. For real estate transactions, item 2 does not apply. For mortgage interest paid, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, contributions to an individual retirement arrangement (IRA), and generally, payments other than interest and dividends, you are not required to sign the certification, but you must provide your correct TIN. See the instructions for Part II, later.

 

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General Instructions

Section references are to the Internal Revenue Code unless otherwise noted.

Future developments. For the latest information about developments related to Form W-9 and its instructions, such as legislation enacted after they were published, go to www.irs.gov/FormW9.

Purpose of Form

An individual or entity (Form W-9 requester) who is required to file an information return with the IRS must obtain your correct taxpayer identification number (TIN) which may be your social security number (SSN), individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN), adoption taxpayer identification number (ATIN), or employer identification number (EIN), to report on an information return the amount paid to you, or other amount reportable on an information return. Examples of information returns include, but are not limited to, the following.

Form 1099-INT (interest earned or paid)

Form 1099-DIV (dividends, including those from stocks or mutual funds)

Form 1099-MISC (various types of income, prizes, awards, or gross proceeds)

Form 1099-B (stock or mutual fund sales and certain other transactions by brokers)

Form 1099-S (proceeds from real estate transactions)

Form 1099-K (merchant card and third party network transactions)

Form 1098 (home mortgage interest), 1098-E (student loan interest), 1098-T (tuition)

Form 1099-C (canceled debt)

Form 1099-A (acquisition or abandonment of secured property)

Use Form W-9 only if you are a U.S. person (including a resident alien), to provide your correct TIN.

If you do not return Form W-9 to the requester with a TIN, you might be subject to backup withholding. See What is backup withholding. later.

 

 

 

 

  Cat. No. 10231X  

Form W-9 (Rev. 10-2018)


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By signing the filled-out form, you:

1. Certify that the TIN you are giving is correct (or you are waiting for a number to be issued),

2. Certify that you are not subject to backup withholding, or

3. Claim exemption from backup withholding if you are a U.S. exempt payee. If applicable, you are also certifying that as a U.S. person, your allocable share of any partnership income from a U.S. trade or business is not subject to the withholding tax on foreign partners’ share of effectively connected income, and

4. Certify that FATCA code(s) entered on this form (if any) indicating that you are exempt from the FATCA reporting, is correct. See What is FATCA reporting, later, for further information.

Note: If you are a U.S. person and a requester gives you a form other than Form W-9 to request your TIN, you must use the requester’s form if it is substantially similar to this Form W-9.

Definition of a U.S. person. For federal tax purposes, you are considered a U.S. person if you are:

An individual who is a U.S. citizen or U.S. resident alien;

A partnership, corporation, company, or association created or organized in the United States or under the laws of the United States;

An estate (other than a foreign estate); or

A domestic trust (as defined in Regulations section 301.7701-7).

Special rules for partnerships. Partnerships that conduct a trade or business in the United States are generally required to pay a withholding tax under section 1446 on any foreign partners’ share of effectively connected taxable income from such business. Further, in certain cases where a Form W-9 has not been received, the rules under section 1446 require a partnership to presume that a partner is a foreign person, and pay the section 1446 withholding tax. Therefore, if you are a U.S. person that is a partner in a partnership conducting a trade or business in the United States, provide Form W-9 to the partnership to establish your U.S. status and avoid section 1446 withholding on your share of partnership income.

In the cases below, the following person must give Form W-9 to the partnership for purposes of establishing its U.S. status and avoiding withholding on its allocable share of net income from the partnership conducting a trade or business in the United States.

In the case of a disregarded entity with a U.S. owner, the U.S. owner of the disregarded entity and not the entity;

In the case of a grantor trust with a U.S. grantor or other U.S. owner, generally, the U.S. grantor or other U.S. owner of the grantor trust and not the trust; and

In the case of a U.S. trust (other than a grantor trust), the U.S. trust (other than a grantor trust) and not the beneficiaries of the trust.

Foreign person. If you are a foreign person or the U.S. branch of a foreign bank that has elected to be treated as a U.S. person, do not use Form W-9. Instead, use the appropriate Form W-8 or Form 8233 (see Pub. 515, Withholding of Tax on Nonresident Aliens and Foreign Entities).

Nonresident alien who becomes a resident alien. Generally, only a nonresident alien individual may use the terms of a tax treaty to reduce or eliminate U.S. tax on certain types of income. However, most tax treaties contain a provision known as a “saving clause.” Exceptions specified in the saving clause may permit an exemption from tax to continue for certain types of income even after the payee has otherwise become a U.S. resident alien for tax purposes.

If you are a U.S. resident alien who is relying on an exception contained in the saving clause of a tax treaty to claim an exemption from U.S. tax on certain types of income, you must attach a statement to Form W-9 that specifies the following five items.

1. The treaty country. Generally, this must be the same treaty under which you claimed exemption from tax as a nonresident alien.

2. The treaty article addressing the income.

3. The article number (or location) in the tax treaty that contains the saving clause and its exceptions.

4. The type and amount of income that qualifies for the exemption from tax.

5. Sufficient facts to justify the exemption from tax under the terms of the treaty article.

Example. Article 20 of the U.S.-China income tax treaty allows an exemption from tax for scholarship income received by a Chinese student temporarily present in the United States. Under U.S. law, this student will become a resident alien for tax purposes if his or her stay in the United States exceeds 5 calendar years. However, paragraph 2 of the first Protocol to the U.S.-China treaty (dated April 30, 1984) allows the provisions of Article 20 to continue to apply even after the Chinese student becomes a resident alien of the United States. A Chinese student who qualifies for this exception (under paragraph 2 of the first protocol) and is relying on this exception to claim an exemption from tax on his or her scholarship or fellowship income would attach to Form W-9 a statement that includes the information described above to support that exemption.

If you are a nonresident alien or a foreign entity, give the requester the appropriate completed Form W-8 or Form 8233.

Backup Withholding

What is backup withholding? Persons making certain payments to you must under certain conditions withhold and pay to the IRS 24% of such payments. This is called “backup withholding.” Payments that may be subject to backup withholding include interest, tax-exempt interest, dividends, broker and barter exchange transactions, rents, royalties, nonemployee pay, payments made in settlement of payment card and third party network transactions, and certain payments from fishing boat operators. Real estate transactions are not subject to backup withholding.

You will not be subject to backup withholding on payments you receive if you give the requester your correct TIN, make the proper certifications, and report all your taxable interest and dividends on your tax return.

Payments you receive will be subject to backup withholding if:

1. You do not furnish your TIN to the requester,

2. You do not certify your TIN when required (see the instructions for Part II for details).

3. The IRS tells the requester that you furnished an incorrect TIN,

4. The IRS tells you that you are subject to backup withholding because you did not report all your interest and dividends on your tax return (for reportable interest and dividends only), or

5. You do not certify to the requester that you are not subject to backup withholding under 4 above (for reportable interest and dividend accounts opened after 1983 only).

Certain payees and payments are exempt from backup withholding. See Exempt payee code, later, and the separate Instructions for the Requester of Form W-9 for more information.

Also see Special rules for partnerships, earlier.

What is FATCA Reporting?

The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) requires a participating foreign financial institution to report all United States account holders that are specified United States persons. Certain payees are exempt from FATCA reporting. See Exemption from FATCA reporting code, later, and the Instructions for the Requester of Form W-9 for more information.

Updating Your Information

You must provide updated information to any person to whom you claimed to be an exempt payee if you are no longer an exempt payee and anticipate receiving reportable payments in the future from this person. For example, you may need to provide updated information if you are a C corporation that elects to be an S corporation, or if you no longer are tax exempt. In addition, you must furnish a new Form W-9 if the name or TIN changes for the account; for example, if the grantor of a grantor trust dies.

 


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Penalties

Failure to furnish TIN. If you fail to furnish your correct TIN to a requester, you are subject to a penalty of $50 for each such failure unless your failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful neglect.

Civil penalty for false information with respect to withholding. If you make a false statement with no reasonable basis that results in no backup withholding, you are subject to a $500 penalty.

Criminal penalty for falsifying information. Willfully falsifying certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal penalties including fines and/or imprisonment.

Misuse of TINs. If the requester discloses or uses TINs in violation of federal law, the requester may be subject to civil and criminal penalties.

Specific Instructions

Line 1

You must enter one of the following on this line; do not leave this line blank. The name should match the name on your tax return.

If this Form W-9 is for a joint account (other than an account maintained by a foreign financial institution (FFI)), list first, and then circle, the name of the person or entity whose number you entered in Part I of Form W-9. If you are providing Form W-9 to an FFI to document a joint account, each holder of the account that is a U.S. person must provide a Form W-9.

a. Individual. Generally, enter the name shown on your tax return. If you have changed your last name without informing the Social Security Administration (SSA) of the name change, enter your first name, the last name as shown on your social security card, and your new last name.

Note: ITIN applicant: Enter your individual name as it was entered on your Form W-7 application, line 1a. This should also be the same as the name you entered on the Form 1040/1040A/1040EZ you filed with your application.

b. Sole proprietor or single-member LLC. Enter your individual name as shown on your 1040/1040A/1040 EZ on line 1. You may enter your business, trade, or “doing business as” (DBA) name on line 2.

c. Partnership, LLC that is not a single-member LLC, C corporation, or S corporation. Enter the entity’s name as shown on the entity’s tax return on line 1 and any business, trade, or DBA name on line 2.

d. Other entities. Enter your name as shown on required U.S. federal tax documents on line 1. This name should match the name shown on the charter or other legal document creating the entity. You may enter any business, trade, or DBA name on line 2.

e. Disregarded entity. For U.S. federal tax purposes, an entity that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner is treated as a “disregarded entity.” See Regulations section 301.7701-2(c)(2)(iii). Enter the owner’s name on line 1. The name of the entity entered on line 1 should never be a disregarded entity. The name on line 1 should be the name shown on the income tax return on which the income should be reported. For example, if a foreign LLC that is treated as a disregarded entity for U.S. federal tax purposes has a single owner that is a U.S. person, the U.S. owner’s name is required to be provided on line 1. If the direct owner of the entity is also a disregarded entity, enter the first owner that is not disregarded for federal tax purposes. Enter the disregarded entity’s name on line 2, “Business name/disregarded entity name.” If the owner of the disregarded entity is a foreign person, the owner must complete an appropriate Form W-8 instead of a Form W-9. This is the case even if the foreign person has a U.S. TIN.

Line 2

If you have a business name, trade name, DBA name, or disregarded entity name, you may enter it on line 2.

Line 3

Check the appropriate box on line 3 for the U.S. federal tax classification of the person whose name is entered on line 1. Check only one box on line 3.

IF the entity/person on line 1 is a(n) . . .   THEN check the box for . . .
• Corporation   Corporation

• Individual

• Sole proprietorship, or

• Single-member limited liability company (LLC) owned by an individual and disregarded for U.S. federal tax purposes.

  Individual/sole proprietor or single-member LLC

• LLC treated as a partnership for U.S. federal tax purposes,

• LLC that has filed Form 8832 or 2553 to be taxed as a corporation, or

• LLC that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner but the owner is another LLC that is not disregarded for U.S. federal tax purposes.

 

Limited liability company and enter the appropriate tax classification.

(P= Partnership; C= C corporation; or S= S corporation)

• Partnership   Partnership
• Trust/estate   Trust/estate

Line 4, Exemptions

If you are exempt from backup withholding and/or FATCA reporting, enter in the appropriate space on line 4 any code(s) that may apply to you.

Exempt payee code.

Generally, individuals (including sole proprietors) are not exempt from backup withholding.

Except as provided below, corporations are exempt from backup withholding for certain payments, including interest and dividends.

Corporations are not exempt from backup withholding for payments made in settlement of payment card or third party network transactions.

Corporations are not exempt from backup withholding with respect to attorneys’ fees or gross proceeds paid to attorneys, and corporations that provide medical or health care services are not exempt with respect to payments reportable on Form 1099-MISC.

The following codes identify payees that are exempt from backup withholding. Enter the appropriate code in the space in line 4.

1—An organization exempt from tax under section 501(a), any IRA, or a custodial account under section 403(b)(7) if the account satisfies the requirements of section 401(f)(2)

2—The United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities

3—A state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. commonwealth or possession, or any of their political subdivisions or instrumentalities

4—A foreign government or any of its political subdivisions, agencies, or instrumentalities

5—A corporation

6—A dealer in securities or commodities required to register in the United States, the District of Columbia, or a U.S. commonwealth or possession

7—A futures commission merchant registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission

8—A real estate investment trust

9—An entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940

10—A common trust fund operated by a bank under section 584(a)

11—A financial institution

12—A middleman known in the investment community as a nominee or custodian

13—A trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947

 


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The following chart shows types of payments that may be exempt from backup withholding. The chart applies to the exempt payees listed above, 1 through 13.

 

IF the payment is for . . .   THEN the payment is exempt for . . .
Interest and dividend payments   All exempt payees except for 7
Broker transactions   Exempt payees 1 through 4 and 6 through 11 and all C corporations. S corporations must not enter an exempt payee code because they are exempt only for sales of noncovered securities acquired prior to 2012.
Barter exchange transactions and patronage dividends   Exempt payees 1 through 4
Payments over $600 required to be reported and direct sales over $5,000¹   Generally, exempt payees 1 through 52
Payments made in settlement of payment card or third party network transactions   Exempt payees 1 through 4

 

1 

See Form 1099-MISC, Miscellaneous Income, and its instructions.

 

2 

However, the following payments made to a corporation and reportable on Form 1099-MISC are not exempt from backup withholding: medical and health care payments, attorneys’ fees, gross proceeds paid to an attorney reportable under section 6045(f), and payments for services paid by a federal executive agency.

Exemption from FATCA reporting code. The following codes identify payees that are exempt from reporting under FATCA. These codes apply to persons submitting this form for accounts maintained outside of the United States by certain foreign financial institutions. Therefore, if you are only submitting this form for an account you hold in the United States, you may leave this field blank. Consult with the person requesting this form if you are uncertain if the financial institution is subject to these requirements. A requester may indicate that a code is not required by providing you with a Form W-9 with “Not Applicable” (or any similar indication) written or printed on the line for a FATCA exemption code.

A—An organization exempt from tax under section 501(a) or any individual retirement plan as defined in section 7701(a)(37)

B—The United States or any of its agencies or instrumentalities

C—A state, the District of Columbia, a U.S. commonwealth or possession, or any of their political subdivisions or instrumentalities

D—A corporation the stock of which is regularly traded on one or more established securities markets, as described in Regulations section 1.1472-1(c)(1)()

E—A corporation that is a member of the same expanded affiliated group as a corporation described in Regulations section 1.1472-1(c)(1)(i)

F—A dealer in securities, commodities, or derivative financial instruments (including notional principal contracts, futures, forwards, and options) that is registered as such under the laws of the United States or any state

G—A real estate investment trust

H—A regulated investment company as defined in section 851 or an entity registered at all times during the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940

I—A common trust fund as defined in section 584(a)

J—A bank as defined in section 581

K—A broker

L—A trust exempt from tax under section 664 or described in section 4947(a)(1)

M—A tax exempt trust under a section 403(b) plan or section 457(g) plan

Note: You may wish to consult with the financial institution requesting this form to determine whether the FATCA code and/or exempt payee code should be completed.

Line 5

Enter your address (number, street, and apartment or suite number). This is where the requester of this Form W-9 will mail your information returns. If this address differs from the one the requester already has on file, write NEW at the top. If a new address is provided, there is still a chance the old address will be used until the payor changes your address in their records.

Line 6

Enter your city, state, and ZIP code.

Part I. Taxpayer Identification Number (TIN)

Enter your TIN in the appropriate box. If you are a resident alien and you do not have and are not eligible to get an SSN, your TIN is your IRS individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN). Enter it in the social security number box. If you do not have an ITIN, see How to get a TIN below.

If you are a sole proprietor and you have an EIN, you may enter either your SSN or EIN.

If you are a single-member LLC that is disregarded as an entity separate from its owner, enter the owner’s SSN (or EIN, if the owner has one). Do not enter the disregarded entity’s EIN. If the LLC is classified as a corporation or partnership, enter the entity’s EIN.

Note: See What Name and Number To Give the Requester, later, for further clarification of name and TIN combinations.

How to get a TIN. If you do not have a TIN, apply for one immediately. To apply for an SSN, get Form SS-5, Application for a Social Security Card, from your local SSA office or get this form online at www.SSA.gov. You may also get this form by calling 1-800-772-1213. Use Form W-7, Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number, to apply for an ITIN, or Form SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, to apply for an EIN. You can apply for an EIN online by accessing the IRS website at www.irs.gov/Businesses and clicking on Employer Identification Number (EIN) under Starting a Business. Go to www.irs.gov/Forms to view, download, or print Form W-7 and/or Form SS-4. Or, you can go to www.irs.gov/OrderForms to place an order and have Form W-7 and/or SS-4 mailed to you within 10 business days.

If you are asked to complete Form W-9 but do not have a TIN, apply for a TIN and write “Applied For” in the space for the TIN, sign and date the form, and give it to the requester. For interest and dividend payments, and certain payments made with respect to readily tradable instruments, generally you will have 60 days to get a TIN and give it to the requester before you are subject to backup withholding on payments. The 60-day rule does not apply to other types of payments. You will be subject to backup withholding on all such payments until you provide your TIN to the requester.

Note: Entering “Applied For” means that you have already applied for a TIN or that you intend to apply for one soon.

Caution: A disregarded U.S. entity that has a foreign owner must use the appropriate Form W-8.

Part II. Certification

To establish to the withholding agent that you are a U.S. person, or resident alien, sign Form W-9. You may be requested to sign by the withholding agent even if item 1, 4, or 5 below indicates otherwise.

For a joint account, only the person whose TIN is shown in Part I should sign (when required). In the case of a disregarded entity, the person identified on line 1 must sign. Exempt payees, see Exempt payee code, earlier.

Signature requirements. Complete the certification as indicated in items 1 through 5 below.

1. Interest, dividend, and barter exchange accounts opened before 1984 and broker accounts considered active during 1983. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification.

2. Interest, dividend, broker, and barter exchange accounts opened after 1983 and broker accounts considered inactive

 


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during 1983. You must sign the certification or backup withholding will apply. If you are subject to backup withholding and you are merely providing your correct TIN to the requester, you must cross out item 2 in the certification before signing the form.

3. Real estate transactions. You must sign the certification. You may cross out item 2 of the certification.

4. Other payments. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification unless you have been notified that you have previously given an incorrect TIN. “Other payments” include payments made in the course of the requester’s trade or business for rents, royalties, goods (other than bills for merchandise), medical and health care services (including payments to corporations), payments to a nonemployee for services, payments made in settlement of payment card and third party network transactions, payments to certain fishing boat crew members and fishermen, and gross proceeds paid to attorneys (including payments to corporations).

5. Mortgage interest paid by you, acquisition or abandonment of secured property, cancellation of debt, qualified tuition program payments (under section 529), ABLE accounts (under section 529A), IRA, Coverdell ESA, Archer MSA or HSA contributions or distributions, and pension distributions. You must give your correct TIN, but you do not have to sign the certification.

What Name and Number To Give the Requester

 

   
For this type of account:   Give name and SSN of:
 

1.  Individual

 

The individual

 

2.  Two or more individuals (joint account) other than an account maintained by an FFI

  The actual owner of the account or, if combined funds, the first individual on the account 1
 

3.  Two or more U.S. persons (joint account maintained by an FFI)

 

Each holder of the account

 

4.  Custodial account of a minor (Uniform Gift to Minors Act)

 

The minor 2

 

5.  a. The usual revocable savings trust (grantor is also trustee)

 

The grantor-trustee 1

 

b. So-called trust account that is not a legal or valid trust under state law

 

The actual owner 1

 

6.  Sole proprietorship or disregarded entity owned by an individual

 

The owner 3

 

7.  Grantor trust filing under Optional Form 1099 Filing Method 1 (see Regulations section 1.671-4(b)(2)(i) (A))

 

The grantor *

   
For this type of account:   Give name and EIN of:
 

8.  Disregarded entity not owned by an individual

 

The owner

 

9.  A valid trust, estate, or pension trust

 

Legal entity 4

 

10. Corporation or LLC electing corporate status on Form 8832 or Form 2553

 

The corporation

 

11. Association, club, religious, charitable, educational, or other tax- exempt organization

 

The organization

 

12. Partnership or multi-member LLC

 

The partnership

 

13. A broker or registered nominee

 

The broker or nominee

 

14. Account with the Department of Agriculture in the name of a public entity (such as a state or local government, school district, or prison) that receives agricultural program payments

 

The public entity

 

15. Grantor trust filing under the Form 1041 Filing Method or the Optional Form 1099 Filing Method 2 (see Regulations section 1.671-4(b)(2)(i)(B))

 

The trust

 

1 

List first and circle the name of the person whose number you furnish. If only one person on a joint account has an SSN, that person’s number must be furnished.

2 

Circle the minor’s name and furnish the minor’s SSN.

 

3 

You must show your individual name and you may also enter your business or DBA name on the “Business name/disregarded entity” name line. You may use either your SSN or EIN (if you have one), but the IRS encourages you to use your SSN.

 

4 

List first and circle the name of the trust, estate, or pension trust. (Do not furnish the TIN of the personal representative or trustee unless the legal entity itself is not designated in the account title.) Also see Special rules for partnerships, earlier.

*Note: The grantor also must provide a Form W-9 to trustee of trust.

Note: If no name is circled when more than one name is listed, the number will be considered to be that of the first name listed.

Secure Your Tax Records From Identity Theft

Identity theft occurs when someone uses your personal information such as your name, SSN, or other identifying information, without your permission, to commit fraud or other crimes. An identity thief may use your SSN to get a job or may file a tax return using your SSN to receive a refund.

To reduce your risk:

Protect your SSN,

Ensure your employer is protecting your SSN, and

Be careful when choosing a tax preparer.

If your tax records are affected by identity theft and you receive a notice from the IRS, respond right away to the name and phone number printed on the IRS notice or letter.

If your tax records are not currently affected by identity theft but you think you are at risk due to a lost or stolen purse or wallet, questionable credit card activity or credit report, contact the IRS Identity Theft Hotline at 1-800-908-4490 or submit Form 14039.

For more information, see Pub. 5027, Identity Theft Information for Taxpayers.

Victims of identity theft who are experiencing economic harm or a systemic problem, or are seeking help in resolving tax problems that have not been resolved through normal channels, may be eligible for Taxpayer Advocate Service (TAS) assistance. You can reach TAS by calling the TAS toll-free case intake line at 1-877-777-4778 or TTY/TDD 1-800-829-4059.

Protect yourself from suspicious emails or phishing schemes. Phishing is the creation and use of email and websites designed to mimic legitimate business emails and websites. The most common act is sending an email to a user falsely claiming to be an established legitimate enterprise in an attempt to scam the user into surrendering private information that will be used for identity theft.

The IRS does not initiate contacts with taxpayers via emails. Also, the IRS does not request personal detailed information through email or ask taxpayers for the PIN numbers, passwords, or similar secret access information for their credit card, bank, or other financial accounts.

If you receive an unsolicited email claiming to be from the IRS, forward this message to phishing@irs.gov. You may also report misuse of the IRS name, logo, or other IRS property to the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration (TIGTA) at 1-800-366-4484. You can forward suspicious emails to the Federal Trade Commission at spam@uce.gov or report them at www.ftc.gov/complaint. You can contact the FTC at www.ftc.gov/idtheft or 877-IDTHEFT (877-438-4338). If you have been the victim of identity theft, see www.ldentityTheft.gov and Pub. 5027.

Visit www.irs.gov/ldentityTheft to learn more about identity theft and how to reduce your risk.

 

 

Privacy Act Notice

Section 6109 of the Internal Revenue Code requires you to provide your correct TIN to persons (including federal agencies) who are required to file information returns with the IRS to report interest, dividends, or certain other income paid to you; mortgage interest you paid; the acquisition or abandonment of secured property; the cancellation of debt; or contributions you made to an IRA, Archer MSA, or HSA. The person collecting this form uses the information on the form to file information returns with the IRS, reporting the above information. Routine uses of this information include giving it to the Department of Justice for civil and criminal litigation and to cities, states, the District of Columbia, and U.S. commonwealths and possessions for use in administering their laws. The information also may be disclosed to other countries under a treaty, to federal and state agencies to enforce civil and criminal laws, or to federal law enforcement and intelligence agencies to combat terrorism. You must provide your TIN whether or not you are required to file a tax return. Under section 3406, payers must generally withhold a percentage of taxable interest, dividend, and certain other payments to a payee who does not give a TIN to the payer. Certain penalties may also apply for providing false or fraudulent information.


IMPORTANT TAX INFORMATION

Under current U.S. federal income tax law, a Shareholder who tenders PFDR share certificates that are accepted for exchange may be subject to backup withholding. In order to avoid such backup withholding, the Shareholder must provide the Depositary with such Shareholder’s correct taxpayer identification number and certify that such shareholder is not subject to such backup withholding by completing the attached Form W-9 or appropriate Form W-8. In general, if a shareholder is an individual, the taxpayer identification number is the Social Security number of such individual. If the Depositary is not provided with the correct taxpayer identification number, the Shareholder may be subject to penalties imposed by the Internal Revenue Service.

Certain shareholders (including, among others, all corporations and certain foreign individuals) are not subject to these backup withholding and reporting requirements. In order to satisfy the Depositary that a non-U.S. person qualifies as an exempt recipient, such Shareholder must submit a statement, signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to that individual’s exempt status, on the appropriate Form W-8, or successor form. Such statements can be obtained at www.irs.gov.

Failure to provide a Form W-9 or appropriate Form W-8 will not, by itself, cause the PFDR share certificates to be deemed invalidly tendered, but may require the Depositary to withhold a portion of the amount of any payments made pursuant to the Offer. Backup withholding is not an additional federal income tax. Rather, the federal income tax liability of a person subject to backup withholding will be reduced by the amount of tax withheld. If withholding results in an overpayment of taxes, a refund may be obtained provided that the required information is furnished to the Internal Revenue Service.

NOTE: FAILURE TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THE FORM W-9 OR APPROPRIATE FORM W-8 MAY RESULT IN BACKUP WITHHOLDING OF A PORTION OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO YOU PURSUANT TO THE MERGER.

 

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LOGO

The Depositary for the Offer to Purchase is:

 

If delivering by hand, express mail, courier,

or other expedited service:

 

American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., LLC

Operations Center

Attn: Reorganization Department

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, New York 11219

  

By mail:

 

American Stock Transfer & Trust Co., LLC

Operations Center

Attn: Reorganization Department

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, New York 11219

DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL TO AN ADDRESS OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE WILL NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY TO THE DEPOSITARY.

Any questions or requests for assistance may be directed to the Information Agent at its telephone number and location listed below. Requests for additional copies of this Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal may be directed to the Information Agent at the address, telephone numbers or email address listed below. You may also contact your broker, dealer, commercial bank or trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Offer.

The Information Agent for the Offer is:

D.F. KING & CO., INC.

48 WALL STREET, 22ND FLOOR

NEW YORK, NY 10005

ATTENTION: MICHAEL HORTHMAN

SHAREHOLDERS CALL (TOLL-FREE): (866) 207-3626

BANKS AND BROKERS CALL: (212) 269-5550

BY EMAIL: PFDR@DFKING.COM

 

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EX-99.(a)(1)(C)

Exhibit (a)(1)(C)

LETTER TO BROKERS, DEALERS,

COMMERCIAL BANKS, TRUST COMPANIES AND OTHER NOMINEES

of

PATHFINDER ACQUISITION CORPORATION

at a Purchase Price of $10.00 in Cash Per Class A Ordinary Share Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated December 5, 2022 by

FP Credit Partners II, L.P. and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P.

 

THE OFFER (AS DEFINED BELOW) AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 11:59 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON JANUARY 4, 2023, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (SUCH DATE AND TIME, AS IT MAY BE EXTENDED, THE “EXPIRATION DATE,” AND 11:59 P.M. ON SUCH EXPIRATION DATE, THE “EXPIRATION TIME”) OR EARLIER TERMINATED.

 

Dated: December 5, 2022

To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,

Trust Companies and Other Nominees:

Enclosed are the Offer to Purchase dated December 5, 2022 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the “Offer”), which together set forth the offer of FP Credit Partners II, L.P. (“FPCP”) and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. (“FPCPP” and, together with FPCP, the “Offeror”), to purchase up to $75.0 million of outstanding Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Shares”) of Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (the “Company” or “Pathfinder”), at a price of $10.00 in cash per Class A Share (the “Purchase Price”), without interest on the purchase price and less any applicable withholding taxes, as described in the Offer to Purchase. The Offer is made solely upon the terms and conditions in the Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal. The Offer will be open until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 4, 2023, or such later time and date to which the Offeror may extend. The period during which the Offer is open, giving effect to any withdrawal or extension, is referred to as the “Offer Period.” The date and time at which the Offer Period ends is referred to as the “Expiration Time.”

This Offer is being made to all holders of Class A Shares. According to the Company, as of the close of business on December 2, 2022, there were 32,500,000 Class A Shares outstanding. Pursuant to the Offer, the Offeror is offering to purchase up to an aggregate of $75.0 million of Class A Shares at a purchase price of $10.00 in cash per Class A Share tendered for purchase.

The Class A Shares are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Nasdaq”) under the symbol “PFDR.”

Each holder of Class A Shares whose Class A Shares are purchased pursuant to the Offer will receive $10.00 in cash, without interest on the purchase price and less any applicable withholding taxes, for each Class A Share tendered by such holder and purchased. Any holder of Class A Shares that participates in the Offer may tender some or all of its Class A Shares for purchase.

The Offeror reserves the right to redeem any of the Class A Shares, as applicable, pursuant to their current terms at any time, including prior to the completion of the Offer.

THE OFFER IS NOT MADE TO THOSE HOLDERS OF CLASS A SHARES WHO RESIDE IN STATES OR OTHER JURISDICTIONS WHERE AN OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.

Enclosed with this letter are copies of the following documents:

 

  1.

The Offer to Purchase;


  2.

The Letter of Transmittal, for your use in accepting the Offer, tendering Class A Shares for purchase and for the information of your clients for whose accounts you hold Class A Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee. Manually signed copies of the Letter of Transmittal may be used to tender Class A Shares;

 

  3.

A form of letter which may be sent by you to your clients for whose accounts you hold Class A Shares registered in your name or in the name of your nominee, including an Instructions Form provided for obtaining each such client’s instructions with regard to the Offer; and

 

  4.

A return envelope addressed to American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC (the “Depositary”).

The Offer is not conditioned on a minimum number of Class A Shares being tendered. Certain conditions to the Offer are described in the section of the Offer to Purchase entitled “The Offer, Section 9. Conditions; Termination; Waivers; Extensions; Amendments.”

We urge you to contact your clients promptly. Please note that the Offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 4, 2023, unless the offer is extended or earlier terminated.

The Offeror will not pay any fees or commissions to any broker, dealer or other person (other than the Depositary, the information agent, dealer manager and certain other persons, as described in the section of the Offer to Purchase entitled “The Offer, Section 13. Fees and Expenses”) for soliciting tenders of Class A Shares pursuant to the Offer. However, the Offeror will, on request, reimburse you for customary clerical and mailing expenses incurred by you in forwarding copies of the enclosed materials to your clients for whose accounts you hold Class A Shares.

Any questions you have regarding the Offer should be directed to, and additional copies of the enclosed materials may be obtained from, the information agent in the Offer:

The Information Agent for the Offer is:

D.F. King & Co., Inc.

48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor

New York, NY 10005

Attention: Michael Horthman

Toll Free: (866) 207-3626

Banks and Brokers Call: (212) 269-5550

Email: pfdr@dfking.com

Very truly yours,

FP Credit Partners II, L.P. and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P.

Nothing contained in this letter or in the enclosed documents shall constitute you or any other person the agent of the Offeror, the Depositary, the dealer manager, the information agent or any affiliate of any of them, or authorize you or any other person to give any information or use any document or make any statement on behalf of any of them in connection with the Offer other than the enclosed documents and the statements contained therein.


LETTER TO CLIENTS OF BROKERS, DEALERS,

COMMERCIAL BANKS, TRUST COMPANIES AND OTHER NOMINEES

Offer to Purchase

at a Purchase Price of $10.00 in Cash Per Class A Ordinary Share

of

PATHFINDER ACQUISITION CORPORATION

Pursuant to the Offer to Purchase dated December 5, 2022 by

FP Credit Partners II, L.P. and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P.

 

 

THE OFFER (AS DEFINED BELOW) AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 11:59 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON JANUARY 4, 2023, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (SUCH DATE AND TIME, AS IT MAY BE EXTENDED, THE “EXPIRATION DATE,” AND 11:59 P.M. ON SUCH EXPIRATION DATE, THE “EXPIRATION TIME”) OR EARLIER TERMINATED.

Dated: December 5, 2022

To Our Clients:

Enclosed for your consideration are the Offer to Purchase dated December 5, 2022 (the “Offer to Purchase), and the related Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the “Offer”), which together set forth the offer of FP Credit Partners II, L.P. (“FPCP”) and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. (“FPCPP” and, together with FPCP, the “Offeror”), to purchase up to $75.0 million of outstanding Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (the “Class A Shares”) of Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (the “Company” or “Pathfinder”), at a price of $10.00 in cash per Class A Share (the “Purchase Price”), without interest on the purchase price and less any applicable withholding taxes, as described in the Offer to Purchase. The Offer is made solely upon the terms and conditions in the Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal. The Offer will be open until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 4, 2023, or such later time and date to which the Offeror may extend. The period during which the Offer is open, giving effect to any withdrawal or extension, is referred to as the “Offer Period.” The date and time at which the Offer Period ends is referred to as the “Expiration Time.”

This Offer is being made to all holders of Class A Shares. According to the Company, as of the close of business on December 2, 2022, there were 32,500,000 Class A Shares outstanding. Pursuant to the Offer, the Offeror is offering to purchase up to an aggregate of $75.0 million of Class A Shares at a purchase price of $10.00 in cash per Class A Share tendered for purchase.

The Class A Shares are listed on the Nasdaq Capital Market (the “Nasdaq”) under the symbol “PFDR.”

Each holder of Class A Shares whose Class A Shares are purchased pursuant to the Offer will receive $10.00 in cash, without interest on the purchase price and less any applicable withholding taxes, for each Class A Share tendered by such holder and purchased. Any holder of Class A Shares that participates in the Offer may tender some or all of its Class A Shares for purchase.

The Offeror reserves the right to redeem any of the Class A Shares, as applicable, pursuant to their current terms at any time, including prior to the completion of the Offer.

THE OFFER IS NOT MADE TO THOSE HOLDERS OF CLASS A SHARES WHO RESIDE IN STATES OR OTHER JURISDICTIONS WHERE AN OFFER, SOLICITATION OR SALE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL.

Please follow the instructions in this document and the related documents, including the accompanying Letter of Transmittal, to cause your Class A Shares to be tendered for purchase pursuant to the Offer.


On the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, the Offeror will allow the purchase of all Class A Shares properly tendered before the Expiration Date and not properly withdrawn, at a purchase price of $10.00 in cash, without interest on the purchase price and less any applicable withholding taxes, for each Class A Share so tendered.

We or our nominees are the holder of record of Class A Shares held for your account. A tender of such Class A Shares can be made only by us as the holder of record and pursuant to your instructions.

We are sending you the Letter of Transmittal for your information only; you cannot use it to purchase and tender Class A Shares we hold for your account.

Please instruct us as to whether you wish us to tender for purchase any or all of the Class A Shares held by us for your account, on the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer.

Please note the following:

 

  1.

Your Class A Shares may be purchased at the purchased rate of $10.00 in cash, without interest on the purchase price and less any applicable withholding taxes, for every one of your Class A Shares properly tendered for purchase.

 

  2.

The Offer is not conditioned on a minimum number of Class A Shares being tendered. The Offer is made solely upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal. In particular, please see “The Offer, Section 9. Conditions; Termination; Waivers; Extensions; Amendments” in the Offer to Purchase.

 

  3.

The Offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 4, 2023, unless the offer is extended or earlier terminated.

If you wish to have us tender any or all of your Class A Shares for purchase pursuant to the Offer, please so instruct us by completing, executing, detaching and returning to us the attached Instructions Form. If you authorize us to tender your Class A Shares, we will tender for purchase all of your Class A Shares unless you specify otherwise on the attached Instruction Form.

Your prompt action is requested. Your Instruction Form should be forwarded to us in ample time to permit us to submit a tender on your behalf before the Expiration Date. Please note that the Offer and withdrawal rights will expire at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 4, 2023, unless the offer is extended or earlier terminated.

Neither the board of directors of the Company, the Company nor any of its management, its board of directors, the dealer manager, the information agent, or the Depositary for the Offer is making any recommendation as to whether holders of Class A Shares should tender Class A Shares for purchase in the Offer. The Company has not authorized any person to make any recommendation. You should carefully evaluate all information in the Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal, and should consult your own investment and tax advisors. You must decide whether to have your Class A Shares tendered and, if so, how many Class A Shares to have tendered. In doing so, you should read carefully the information in the Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal.


Instructions Form

Offer To Purchase Up to 7,500,000 Class A Ordinary Shares

Par Value $0.0001 Per Share

Of

PATHFINDER ACQUISITION CORPORATION

At A Purchase Price Of $10.00 In Cash Per Class A Ordinary Share

The undersigned acknowledges receipt of your letter and the enclosed Offer to Purchase dated December 5, 2022 (the “Offer to Purchase”), and the related Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the “Offer”), which together set forth the offer of FP Credit Partners II, L.P. (“FPCP”) and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. (“FPCPP” and, together with FPCP, the the “Offeror”), to purchase up to $75.0 million of outstanding Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share (“Class A Shares”) of Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (the “Company” or “Pathfinder”), at a price of $10.00 in cash per Class A Share (the “Purchase Price”), without interest on the purchase price and less any applicable withholding taxes, as described in the Offer to Purchase.

The undersigned hereby instructs you to tender for purchase the number of Class A Shares indicated below or, if no number is indicated, all Class A Shares you hold for the account of the undersigned, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal.

By participating in the Offer, the undersigned acknowledges that: (i) the Offer is made solely only upon the terms and conditions in the Offer to Purchase and in the Letter of Transmittal; (ii) the Offer will be open until 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 4, 2023, unless the offer is extended or earlier terminated (the period during which the Offer is open, giving effect to any withdrawal or extension, is referred to as the “Offer Period”); (iii) the Offer is established voluntarily by the Offeror, it is discretionary in nature, and it may be extended, modified, suspended or terminated by the Offeror as provided in the Offer to Purchase; (iv) the undersigned is voluntarily participating in the Offer and is aware of the conditions of the Offer; (v) the future value of Class A Shares is unknown and cannot be predicted with certainty; (vi) the undersigned has received and read the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal; and (vii) regardless of any action that the Offeror takes with respect to any or all income/capital gains tax, social security or insurance, transfer tax or other tax-related items (“Tax Items”) related to the Offer and the disposition of Class A Shares, the undersigned acknowledges that the ultimate liability for all Tax Items is and remains the responsibility solely of the undersigned. In that regard, the undersigned authorizes the Offeror to withhold all applicable Tax Items legally payable by the undersigned.

Number of Class A Shares to be tendered by you for the account of the undersigned:

 

*

Unless otherwise indicated it will be assumed that all Class A Shares held by us for your account are to be tendered.


Signature(s):                                                                              
Name(s):                                                                                       
(Please Print)
Taxpayer Identification Number:                                              
Address(es):                                                                              
                                                                                                      
                            (Including Zip Code)
Area Code/Phone Number:                                                      
Date:                                                                                           

 

4

EX-99.(a)(1)(D)

Exhibit (a)(1)(D)

This announcement is neither an offer to buy nor a solicitation of an offer to sell securities. Such offer is being made solely by the Offer to Purchase (as defined below) provided to shareholders of record and is not being made to, and tenders will not be accepted from or on behalf of, shareholders residing in any state in which making or accepting the offer would violate that jurisdiction’s laws. In those jurisdictions where the securities, Blue Sky, or other laws require the offer to be made by a licensed broker or dealer, the offer shall be deemed to be made on behalf of the Purchasers (as defined below) only by one or more registered dealers licensed under the laws of such jurisdiction.

NOTICE OF OFFER TO PURCHASE FOR CASH:

Up to 7,500,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of

PATHFINDER ACQUISITION CORPORATION

at a price of $10.00 per Share

by: FP Credit Partners II, L.P. and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P.

FP Credit Partners II, L.P. (“FPCP”) and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. (“FPCPP” and, together with FPCP, the “Purchasers”) are offering to purchase for cash up to 7,500,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, (the “Class A Shares”) of Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands Exempted company incorporated with limited liability (the “Company”) at a price of $10.00 in cash per Class A Share (the “Purchase Price”), without interest on the purchase price and less any applicable withholding taxes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchasers’ Offer to Purchase, dated December 5, 2022 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal, dated December 5, 2022 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the “Offer” and the “Tender Offer Documents”). THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 11:59 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON JANUARY 4, 2023, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (SUCH DATE AND TIME, AS IT MAY BE EXTENDED, THE “EXPIRATION DATE,” AND 11:59 P.M. ON THE EXPIRATION DATE, THE “EXPIRATION TIME”) OR EARLIER TERMINATED.

On December 2, 2022, the last reported sales price of the Class A Shares was $9.96. According to the Company, as of the close of business on December 2, 2022, there were 32,500,000 Class A Shares outstanding, all of which were held by persons other than the Purchasers and their affiliates.

Funding for the purchase of the Class A Shares will be provided through the Purchasers’ available cash on hand. The Offer is not being made for the purpose of acquiring or influencing control of the business of the Company. The Offer will expire at 11:59 p.m., Eastern Time, on January 4, 2023, unless and until the Purchasers, in their sole discretion, shall have extended the Expiration Date. The Purchasers will not provide a “subsequent offering period” (as defined under the Exchange Act (as defined below)) following the Expiration Date. If the Purchasers make a material change in the terms of the Offer, or if they waive a material condition to the Offer, the Purchasers will extend the Offer and disseminate additional tender offer materials to the extent required by Rules 14d-4(d)(1) and 14d-6(d) under the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). The minimum period during which the Offer must remain open following any material change in the terms of the Offer is generally 10 business days to allow for adequate dissemination to shareholders. Accordingly, if prior to the Expiration Date, the Purchasers increase (other than increases of not more than two percent of the outstanding Class A Shares) or decrease the number of Class A Shares being sought, or increase or decrease the consideration offered pursuant to the Offer, and if the Offer is scheduled to expire at any time earlier than the period ending on the tenth business day from the date that notice of such increase or decrease is first published, sent or given to shareholders, the Offer will be extended at least until the expiration of such tenth business day. For purposes of the Offer, a “business day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or federal holiday and consists of the time period from 12:01 a.m. through midnight, Eastern Time.

Shareholders wishing to tender Class A Shares must follow the procedures set forth in the Offer to Purchase and in the related Letter of Transmittal.

Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer, the Purchasers will accept for payment and pay the Purchase Price for Class A Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer promptly after the Expiration Date. In all cases, payment for Class A Shares tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the Offer will be made promptly, subject to possible delay in the event of proration, but only after timely receipt by the Depositary of:


(i) certificates for Class A Shares or a timely book-entry confirmation of the deposit of Class A Shares into the Depositary’s account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility (as defined in the Offer to Purchase); (ii) a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or manually signed facsimile of the Letter of Transmittal), including any required signature guarantee (or, in the case of a book-entry transfer, an Agent’s Message (as defined in the Offer to Purchase) in lieu of the Letter of Transmittal); and (iii) any other required documents. Under no circumstances will the Purchasers pay interest on the purchase price, regardless of any extension of the Offer or any delay in making payment for the Class A Shares.

Tenders of Class A Shares made pursuant to the Offer are irrevocable, except that shareholders who tender their Class A Shares in response to the Offer will have the right to withdraw their tendered Class A Shares at any time prior to the Expiration Time by sending to American Stock Transfer and Trust Company, LLC (the “Depositary”) at one of its addresses listed on the back cover of the Offer to Purchase, a written notice of withdrawal specifying the name of the person who tendered Class A Shares for which tenders are to be withdrawn, the number of Class A Shares to be withdrawn and the name of the registered holder of such Class A Shares. If Class A Shares have been tendered pursuant to the procedure for book entry transfer as set forth in Section 2—“Procedure for Tendering Class A Shares” of the Offer to Purchase, any notice of withdrawal must also specify the name and number of the account at The Depository Trust Company to be credited with the withdrawn Class A Shares. See Section 3—“Withdrawal Rights” of the Offer to Purchase. If tendering shareholders tender more than the number of Class A Shares that the Purchasers seek to purchase pursuant to the Offer for those Class A Shares, the Purchasers will first purchase all “odd lots” of less than 100 Class A Shares from shareholders who properly tender all of their Class A Shares and who do not properly withdraw them before the Expiration Time, and after purchasing such “odd lots,” will purchase Class A Shares from all other shareholders who properly tender Class A Shares and who do not properly withdraw them before the Expiration Time, on a pro rata basis, with appropriate adjustments to avoid purchases of fractional shares, until the Purchasers have acquired Class A Shares representing $75.0 million in value.

The Purchasers will determine all questions as to the form and validity, including time of receipt, of any notice of withdrawal, in their sole discretion, which determination will be final and binding on all parties, subject to a stockholder’s right to challenge the Purchasers’ determination in a court of competent jurisdiction. None of the Purchasers, the Depositary, D.F. King & Co., Inc., the Information Agent for the Offer (the “Information Agent”), or any other person will be obligated to give notice of any defects or irregularities in any notice of withdrawal, nor will any of the foregoing incur any liability for failure to give any such notification.

The exchange of Class A Shares for the Purchase Price pursuant to the Offer will be a taxable transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes. See Section 10—“Material United States Federal Income Tax Consequences” of the Offer to Purchase for a more detailed discussion of the tax treatment of the Offer. Each holder of Class A Shares should consult with its tax advisor as to the particular tax consequences to such holder of exchanging Class A Shares for cash in the Offer.

The terms of the Offer are more fully set forth in the formal Tender Offer Documents which are available from the Purchasers at the Purchasers’ expense. The Tender Offer Documents contain terms and conditions and the information required by Rule 14d-6(d)(1) under the Exchange Act, which are incorporated herein by reference. The Tender Offer Documents contain important information, including tax information, which should be read carefully before any decision is made with respect to the Offer.

None of the Purchasers, the Depositary or the Information Agent for the Offer, makes any recommendation as to whether you should tender Class A Shares. Each holder of a Class A Share must make his, her, their or its own decision as to whether to tender some or all of his, her, their or its Class A Shares.

The Purchasers have requested the Company’s list of holders of Class A Shares and security position listings for the purpose of disseminating the Offer to holders of Class A Shares. Copies of the Offer to Purchase and the related Letter of Transmittal will be mailed to record and beneficial holders of Class A Shares whose names appear on the Company’s list of holders of Class A Shares and will be furnished, for subsequent transmittal to beneficial owners of Class A Shares, to brokers, banks and similar persons whose name appears or whose nominee appears on the Company’s list of holders of Class A Shares or, if applicable, who are listed as participants in a clearing agency’s security position listing. The Offer is explained in detail in those materials.


For copies of the Tender Offer Documents, call the Information Agent at (866) 207-3626 (toll free) or banks and brokers call (212) 269-5550, make a written request addressed to 48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor, New York, NY 10005, Attn: Michael Horthman, or email to pfdr@dfking.com.

THE DEPOSITARY FOR THE OFFER IS:

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC

6201 15th Avenue

Brooklyn, New York 11219

Attention: Corporate Actions

Telephone: (718) 921-8200

THE INFORMATION AGENT FOR THE OFFER IS:

D.F. King & Co., Inc.

48 Wall Street, 22nd Floor

New York, NY 10005

Attention: Michael Horthman

Toll Free: (866) 207-3626

Banks and Brokers Call: (212) 269-5550

Email: pfdr@dfking.com

December 5, 2022

EX-99.(a)(5)(A)

Exhibit (a)(5)(A)

FP Credit Partners II, L.P. and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. Commence Tender Offer for up to 7,500,000 Class A Ordinary Shares of Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation

NEW YORK, December 5, 2022 - FP Credit Partners II, L.P. (“FPCP”) and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. (“FPCPP” and together with FPCP, the “Purchasers”) have commenced a cash tender offer to purchase up to an aggregate of 7,500,000 Class A Ordinary shares, $0.0001 par value per share (each, a “Class A Share”), of Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands Exempted company incorporated with limited liability (NASDAQ: PFDR) (the “Company”), at a price of $10.00 in cash per Class A Share, without interest on the purchase price and less any applicable withholding taxes. Each of the Class A Shares was sold, together with one-fifth of one redeemable warrant exercisable for one Class A Share, as part of the units issued in the Company’s initial public offering pursuant to a prospectus dated February 16, 2021. Beginning on April 9, 2021, holders of the units sold in the Company’s initial public offering were able to elect to separate the units into their component parts and begin trading the Class A Shares and warrants separately. The Purchasers are making an offer, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchasers’ Offer to Purchase, dated December 5, 2022 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Offer to Purchase”) and in the related Letter of Transmittal, dated December 5, 2022 (as it may be amended or supplemented from time to time, the “Letter of Transmittal” and, together with the Offer to Purchase, the “Offer”). THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 11:59 P.M., EASTERN TIME, ON JANUARY 4, 2023, UNLESS THE OFFER IS EXTENDED (SUCH DATE AND TIME, AS IT MAY BE EXTENDED, THE “EXPIRATION DATE,” AND 11:59 P.M. ON THE EXPIRATION DATE, THE “EXPIRATION TIME”) OR EARLIER TERMINATED.

The Offer is subject to customary closing conditions. There is no financing condition to the Offer.

Holders interested in tendering their Class A Shares must do so in accordance with the procedures set forth in the Offer to Purchase. Complete terms and conditions of the Offer are set forth in the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and other related materials, which are being filed today by the Purchasers with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”).

Copies of the Offer to Purchase, Letter of Transmittal and other related materials are available free of charge from D.F. King & Co., Inc., the information agent for the Offer. Questions regarding the Offer and requests for assistance in connection with the Offer may be directed to D.F. King by contacting (866) 207-3626 (toll free). Banks and brokers may contact D.F. King at (212) 269-5550. American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC is acting as depositary for the Offer.

About Francisco Partners

Francisco Partners is a leading global investment firm that specializes in partnering with technology and technology-enabled businesses. Since its launch over 20 years ago, Francisco Partners has invested in more than 400 technology companies, making it one of the most active and longstanding investors in the technology industry. With approximately $45 billion in capital raised, the firm invests in opportunities where its deep sectoral knowledge and operational expertise can help companies realize their full potential. For more information on Francisco Partners, please visit www.franciscopartners.com.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the federal securities laws. These forward-looking statements generally are identified by the words “believe,” “project,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “intend,” “strategy,” “future,” “opportunity,” “plan,” “may,” “should,” “will,” “would,” “will be,” “will continue,” “will likely result,” and similar expressions. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ materially from the forward-looking statements in this release. You should carefully consider these and other uncertainties described in the Offer to Purchase and the other tender offer documents that have been or will be delivered to you or filed by the Purchasers with the SEC. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made. Readers are cautioned not to put undue reliance on forward-looking statements. None of the Purchasers or any of their affiliates give any assurance that they will achieve their expectations. The inclusion of any statement in this press release does not constitute an admission by the Purchasers, their affiliates or any other person that the events or circumstances described in such statement are material.

No Offer or Solicitation

This press release is provided for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to purchase or a solicitation of an offer to sell any securities, nor is it a substitute for the tender offer materials that the Purchasers are filing today (or that the Company will file) with the SEC, including among other materials a tender offer statement on Schedule TO containing the Offer to Purchase, the Letter of Transmittal, and other materials relating to the Offer. HOLDERS OF CLASS A SHARES ARE URGED TO READ THESE DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY BECAUSE THEY CONTAIN IMPORTANT INFORMATION THAT HOLDERS SHOULD CONSIDER BEFORE MAKING ANY DECISION REGARDING TENDERING THEIR CLASS A SHARES. The Offer to Purchase and related Letter of Transmittal will be made available free of charge at the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov.

Contacts

Whit Clay

Sloane & Company

wclay@sloanepr.com

917-601-6012

EX-99.(b)(i)

Exhibit (b)(i)

NEITHER THIS NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT NOR THE NOTES ISSUED HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THE REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS OF THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933, AS AMENDED (THE “SECURITIES ACT”), OR QUALIFIED PURSUANT TO ANY APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAW OR THE SECURITIES LAWS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. THE NOTES ISSUED UNDER THIS NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT MAY BE RESOLD ONLY IF REGISTERED PURSUANT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE SECURITIES ACT AND QUALIFIED PURSUANT TO APPLICABLE STATE SECURITIES LAWS OR IF AN EXEMPTION FROM SUCH REGISTRATION AND QUALIFICATION IS AVAILABLE, EXCEPT UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHERE NEITHER SUCH REGISTRATION, QUALIFICATION OR EXEMPTION IS REQUIRED BY LAW. THE NOTES ISSUED UNDER THIS NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT MAY NOT BE RESOLD OR TRANSFERRED EXCEPT AS SET FORTH IN THIS NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, AND, IN ADDITION, EACH PERSON OR ENTITY THAT ACQUIRES OR ACCEPTS ANY NOTE ISSUED UNDER THIS NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT BY SUCH ACQUISITION OR ACCEPTANCE AGREES TO COMPLY WITH THE TRANSFER RESTRICTIONS SET FORTH IN THIS NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, AND FURTHER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES TO THE PROVISIONS SET FORTH HEREIN AND THEREIN.

THE NOTES HEREUNDER HAVE BEEN OR WILL BE ISSUED WITH ORIGINAL ISSUE DISCOUNT (“OID”) FOR U.S. FEDERAL INCOME TAX PURPOSES. THE ISSUE PRICE, AMOUNT OF OID, ISSUE DATE AND YIELD TO MATURITY OF SUCH NOTES MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE ISSUER BY CONTACTING: MOVELLA INC., 2570 NORTH FIRST STREET, SUITE 300, SAN JOSE, CA 95131 ATTN: CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, E-MAIL: INVESTORS@MOVELLA.COM.

NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

dated as of November 14, 2022

among

MOVELLA INC.,

as the Issuer,

the Guarantors from time to time party hereto,

the Purchasers from time to time party hereto

and

Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB,

as Agent

$75,000,000 Senior Secured Notes


TABLE OF CONTENTS

Page

 

ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS      1  

1.01

  Defined Terms      1  

1.02

  Other Interpretive Provisions      36  

1.03

  Accounting Terms      37  

1.04

  Times of Day      38  

1.05

  Rates      38  
ARTICLE II THE NOTES      39  

2.01

  Authorization and Issuance of Notes      39  

2.02

  [Reserved]      39  

2.03

  Issuance and Sale of Securities      39  

2.04

  Notes      39  

2.05

  Closing Date and Merger Closing Date      40  

2.06

  [Reserved]      40  

2.07

  Prepayments      40  

2.08

  Repayment of Notes      45  

2.09

  Interest; Other Amounts      46  

2.10

  Reduction or Termination of Commitments      47  

2.11

  Computation of Interest      47  

2.12

  Payments Generally      47  

2.13

  No Purchase of Notes      48  

2.14

  Sharing of Payments by Purchasers      48  

2.15

  SOFR Provisions      48  
ARTICLE III TAXES      51  

3.01

  Taxes      51  

3.02

  Survival      52  

3.03

  Mitigation of Obligations      52  
ARTICLE IV GUARANTY      53  

4.01

  The Guaranty      53  

4.02

  Obligations Unconditional      53  

4.03

  Reinstatement      54  

4.04

  Certain Additional Waivers      54  

4.05

  Remedies      54  

4.06

  Rights of Contribution      54  

4.07

  Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee      55  

4.08

  Condition of Guarantors      55  
ARTICLE V CONDITIONS PRECEDENT      55  

5.01

  Conditions to Effectiveness of Agreement and Purchase of Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes      55  

5.02

  Conditions to Deemed Purchase of Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes      60  


ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES      62  

6.01

  Existence, Qualification and Power      62  

6.02

  Authorization; No Contravention      62  

6.03

  Governmental Authorization; Other Consents      62  

6.04

  Binding Effect      63  

6.05

  Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect      63  

6.06

  Litigation      64  

6.07

  No Default or Event of Default      64  

6.08

  Ownership of Property; Liens      64  

6.09

  Environmental and Safety Laws      64  

6.10

  Insurance      65  

6.11

  Tax Returns and Payments      65  

6.12

  ERISA Compliance      65  

6.13

  Subsidiaries and Capitalization; Management Fees      66  

6.14

  Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act      67  

6.15

  Disclosure      67  

6.16

  Compliance with Laws      67  

6.17

  Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.      67  

6.18

  Solvency      70  

6.19

  Perfection of Security Interests in the Collateral      70  

6.20

  Business Locations      70  

6.21

  Sanctions Concerns; Anti-Corruption Laws; PATRIOT Act      70  

6.22

  Limited Offering of Notes      71  

6.23

  Registration Rights; Issuance Taxes      71  

6.24

  Material Contracts      72  

6.25

  Employee Agreements; Data Privacy      72  

6.26

  Labor Matters      73  

6.27

  Affected Financial Institution      73  

6.28

  Ranking of Notes      73  

6.29

  Regulation H      73  
ARTICLE VI-A. REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASERS      73  
ARTICLE VII AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS      74  

7.01

  Financial Statements; Purchaser Calls      74  

7.02

  Certificates; Other Information      75  

7.03

  Notices      77  

7.04

  Payment of Obligations      78  

7.05

  Preservation of Existence, Etc.      78  

7.06

  Maintenance of Properties      78  

7.07

  Maintenance of Insurance      78  

7.08

  Compliance with Laws      79  

7.09

  Books and Records      79  

7.10

  Inspection Rights      79  

7.11

  Use of Proceeds      80  

7.12

  Additional Subsidiaries      80  

7.13

  ERISA Compliance      81  

7.14

  Pledged Assets      81  

7.15

  Compliance with Material Contracts      82  

7.16

  Deposit Accounts      82  

7.17

  [Reserved]      82  

7.18

  Intellectual Property      82  

7.19

  Anti-Corruption Laws      83  


7.20

  Post-Closing Obligations      83  

7.21

  Governance Rights      83  

7.22

  Collateral Access Agreements      84  
ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS      85  

8.01

  Liens      85  

8.02

  Investments      87  

8.03

  Indebtedness      89  

8.04

  Fundamental Changes      91  

8.05

  Dispositions      91  

8.06

  Restricted Payments      92  

8.07

  Change in Nature of Business      93  

8.08

  Transactions with Affiliates      93  

8.09

  Burdensome Agreements      93  

8.10

  Use of Proceeds      94  

8.11

  Prepayment of Other Indebtedness      95  

8.12

  Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, Jurisdiction of Formation and Form of Entity; Certain Amendments      95  

8.13

  Ownership of Subsidiaries      96  

8.14

  Sale Leasebacks      96  

8.15

  Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws      96  

8.16

  Limitations on Activities of Acquiror      96  

8.17

  Financial Covenant      97  
ARTICLE IX EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES      97  

9.01

  Events of Default      97  

9.02

  Remedies Upon Event of Default      100  

9.03

  Application of Funds      101  
ARTICLE X [RESERVED]      102  
ARTICLE XI AGENT      102  

11.01

  Appointment and Authority      102  

11.02

  [Reserved]      102  

11.03

  Exculpatory Provisions      102  

11.04

  Reliance by the Agent      103  

11.05

  Delegation of Duties      104  

11.06

  Resignation or Removal of the Agent      104  

11.07

  Non-Reliance on the Agent and Other Purchasers      105  

11.08

  Agent May File Proofs of Claim      105  
ARTICLE XII MISCELLANEOUS      106  

12.01

  Amendments, Etc.      106  

12.02

  Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies      107  

12.03

  No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement      108  

12.04

  Expenses; Indemnity; and Damage Waiver      109  

12.05

  Marshalling; Payments Set Aside      111  

12.06

  Successors and Assigns; Transfers      111  

12.07

  Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality      114  

12.08

  Set-off      115  

12.09

  Interest Rate Limitation      115  


12.10

  Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness      115  

12.11

  Survival of Representations and Warranties      116  

12.12

  Severability      116  

12.13

  Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.      116  

12.14

  Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury      117  

12.15

  Judgment Currency      118  

12.16

  Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents      118  

12.17

  USA PATRIOT Act; Beneficial Ownership Regulation      119  

12.18

  No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship      119  

12.19

  Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions      119  

12.20

  Conflicts      120  

12.21

  Collateral and Guaranty Matters      120  

12.22

  Publicity      121  

12.23

  Tax Treatment      121  

12.24

  Parallel Liability      121  

12.25

  Waiver of Sovereign Immunity      122  

SCHEDULES

 

I

  Notes

6.06

  Litigation

6.07

  No Default or Event of Default

6.10

  Insurance

6.13(a)

  Subsidiaries

6.13(b)

  Capitalization

6.17

  Intellectual Property

6.20(a)

  Locations of Real Property

6.20(b)

  Taxpayer and Organizational Identification Numbers

6.20(c)

  Changes in Legal Name, State of Organization and Structure

6.23

  Registration Rights

6.24(a)

  Material Contracts

6.24(b)

  Certain Contractual Obligations

7.15

  Compliance with Material Contracts

7.20

  Post-Closing Obligations

8.01

  Liens Existing on the Closing Date

8.02

  Investments Existing on the Closing Date

8.03

  Indebtedness Existing on the Closing Date

12.02

  Certain Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS

 

A-1

  Form of Pre-Merger Senior Secured Note

A-2

  Form of Venture-Linked Senior Secured Note

B

  Form of Assignment and Assumption

C

  Form of Compliance Certificate

D

  Form of Joinder Agreement

E-1

  Form of Notice of Continuation or Conversion

E-2

  Form of Notice of Issuance

F

  Form of Solvency Certificate

G

  Form of Transaction Support Agreement


NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT

This NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT is entered into as of November 14, 2022 (this “Agreement”), among MOVELLA INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Issuer”), the Guarantors (as defined herein) from time to time party hereto, the Purchasers (as defined herein) from time to time party hereto and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as administrative agent and collateral agent for the Purchasers (together with its successors and permitted assigns in such capacity, the “Agent”).

WHEREAS, in connection with that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2022 (the “BCA Signing Date”) (together with the schedules and exhibits thereto, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the “BCA”), by and among the Issuer, Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (“PFDR”), and on and after the Domestication (as defined in the BCA), Movella Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Acquiror”) and Motion Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Acquiror (“Merger Sub”), among other things, Merger Sub intends to merge with, and into, the Issuer (the “Merger”), with the Issuer surviving the Merger as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Acquiror;

WHEREAS, on the date hereof, the FP Purchasers have entered into that certain transaction support agreement attached hereto as Exhibit H and PFDR and the FP Purchasers have entered into that certain Equity Grant Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Issuer has proposed to (a) issue and sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers have agreed to purchase, on the Closing Date, Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes, in an aggregate original principal amount of $25,000,000, and (b) make an issuance and deemed sale to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers have agreed to make a deemed purchase of, on the Merger Closing Date, Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes, in an aggregate original principal amount of $75,000,000, in each case, in the amounts and for the consideration (including via a deemed purchase, as applicable), as set forth on Schedule I and upon the terms and conditions hereinafter provided.

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS AND ACCOUNTING TERMS

1.01 Defined Terms.

As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

2022 NPA” means that certain Note Purchase Agreement dated as of March 8, 2022, among the Issuer and the investors listed on Schedule A attached thereto, as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in a manner permitted by Section 8.12.

2022 Note Documents” means the 2022 NPA and the Notes (as defined in the 2022 NPA) issued thereunder.

ABR” means, for any day, a rate per annum equal to the highest of (a) the Prime Rate in effect on such day, (b) the Federal Funds Rate in effect on such day plus 0.50% and (c) Term SOFR for a three-month tenor as in effect on such day plus 1.00%. Any change in the ABR due to a change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or Term SOFR shall be effective from and including the effective date of such change in the Prime Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or Term SOFR, respectively.

 

1


ABR Note” means on and after the occurrence of the VLN Termination Date, a Pre-Merger Senior Secured Note that bears interest based on the ABR.

ABR Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR”.

ACOA Facility” (a) the Contribution Agreement dated January 26, 2012 for Project No. 200017 between Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (“ACOA”) and Leader Interactive Technologies Limited, (b) the Contribution Agreement dated September 18, 2013 for Project No 202964 between ACOA and Leader Interactive Technologies Limited, and (c) the Contribution Agreement dated December 10, 2018 for Project No. 212543 between ACOA and Kinduct Technologies Inc., in each case as amended prior to the Closing Date and as further amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time as permitted under this Agreement and the other Note Documents.

Acquiror” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

Acquisition” means, with respect to any Person, the acquisition by such Person, in a single transaction or in a series of related transactions, of (a) assets of another person which constitute all or substantially all of the assets of such Person, or of any division, line of business or other business unit of such Person or (b) at least a majority of the Voting Stock of another Person, whether or not involving a merger, amalgamation or consolidation with such other Person and whether for cash, property, services, assumption of Indebtedness, securities or otherwise.

Affected Financial Institution” means (a) any EEA Financial Institution or (b) any UK Financial Institution.

Affiliate” means, with respect to a specified Person, (a) another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified and (b) other than with respect to any Purchaser and the Agent, any manager, officer or director of such Person.

Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

Agent Fee Letter” means that certain letter agreement dated the Closing Date between the Issuer and the Agent, as amended, modified, supplemented or amended and restated from time to time.

Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

Applicable Liability Reduction Credit” has the meaning given to such term in Section 2.07(d)(i).

Applicable Rate” means, for any day, as to any SOFR Note or ABR Note, as the case may be, the applicable percentages per annum as set forth below:

 

Date

   SOFR Notes     ABR Notes  

From the VLN Termination Date until the date immediately prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date

     9.25     8.25

On and after the first anniversary of the Closing Date until the date immediately prior to the second anniversary of the Closing Date

     9.75     8.75

On and after the second anniversary of the Closing Date, and thereafter

     10.25     9.25

 

2


Approved Bank” has the meaning specified in the definition of Cash Equivalents.

Approved Fund” means any Fund that is administered or managed by (a) a Purchaser, (b) an Affiliate of a Purchaser or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers or manages a Purchaser.

Assignment and Assumption” means an assignment and assumption agreement entered into by a Purchaser and a Person to which Notes are being transferred, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto.

Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, (a) in respect of any Capital Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP, (b) in respect of any Synthetic Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount of the remaining lease payments under the relevant lease that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP if such lease were accounted for as a Capital Lease and (c) in respect of any Securitization Transaction of any Person, the outstanding principal amount of such financing, after taking into account reserve accounts and making appropriate adjustments, determined by the Required Purchasers in their reasonable judgment.

Audited Financial Statements” means the audited consolidated balance sheet of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2021 and December 31, 2020, and the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive loss, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal years of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, including the notes thereto, audited by independent public accountants of recognized national standing and prepared in conformity with GAAP.

Available Tenor” means, as of any date of determination and with respect to the then-current Benchmark, as applicable, (a) if such Benchmark is a term rate, any tenor for such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining the length of an interest period pursuant to this Agreement or (b) otherwise, any payment period for interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark (or component thereof) that is or may be used for determining any frequency of making payments of interest calculated with reference to such Benchmark pursuant to this Agreement, in each case, as of such date and not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any tenor for such Benchmark that is then-removed from the applicable determination of the interest period pursuant to Section 2.15(c)(iv).

Bail-In Action” means the exercise of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by the applicable Resolution Authority in respect of any liability of an Affected Financial Institution.

Bail-In Legislation” means, (a) with respect to any EEA Member Country implementing Article 55 of Directive 2014/59/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union, the implementing law, rule, regulation or requirement for such EEA Member Country from time to time which is described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule, and (b) with respect to the United Kingdom, Part I of the United Kingdom Banking Act 2009 (as amended from time to time) and any other law, regulation or rule applicable in the United Kingdom relating to the resolution of unsound or failing banks, investment firms or other financial institutions or their affiliates (other than through liquidation, administration or insolvency proceedings).

 

3


BCA” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

BCA Signing Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

Benchmark” means, initially, the Term SOFR Reference Rate; provided that if a Benchmark Transition Event has occurred with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate or the then-current Benchmark, then “Benchmark” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement to the extent that such Benchmark Replacement has replaced such prior benchmark rate pursuant to Section 2.15(c).

Benchmark Replacement” means with respect to any Benchmark Transition Event, the sum of: (a) the alternate benchmark rate that has been selected by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers in consultation with the Issuer) giving due consideration to (i) any selection or recommendation of a replacement benchmark rate or the mechanism for determining such a rate by the Relevant Governmental Body or (ii) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a benchmark rate as a replacement to the then-current Benchmark for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time and (b) the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment. If the Benchmark Replacement as so determined would be less than the Index Floor, such Benchmark Replacement will be deemed to be the Index Floor for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Note Documents.

Benchmark Replacement Adjustment” means, with respect to any replacement of the then-current Benchmark with an Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement, the spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, (which may be a positive or negative value or zero) that has been selected by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers in consultation with the Issuer) giving due consideration to (a) any selection or recommendation of a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement by the Relevant Governmental Body or (b) any evolving or then-prevailing market convention for determining a spread adjustment, or method for calculating or determining such spread adjustment, for the replacement of such Benchmark with the applicable Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement for Dollar-denominated syndicated credit facilities at such time.

Benchmark Replacement Date” means the earliest to occur of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(a) in the case of clause (a) or (b) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the later of (i) the date of the public statement or publication of information referenced therein and (ii) the date on which the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) permanently or indefinitely ceases to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(b) in the case of clause (c) of the definition of “Benchmark Transition Event,” the first date on which such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) has been determined and announced by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) to be non-representative; provided, that such non-representativeness will be determined by reference to the most recent statement or publication referenced in such clause (c) and even if any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) continues to be provided on such date.

 

4


For the avoidance of doubt, the “Benchmark Replacement Date” will be deemed to have occurred in the case of clause (a) or (b) with respect to any Benchmark upon the occurrence of the applicable event or events set forth therein with respect to all then-current Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

Benchmark Transition Event” means the occurrence of one or more of the following events with respect to the then-current Benchmark:

(a) a public statement or publication of information by or on behalf of the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that such administrator has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof), permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof);

(b) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof), the Federal Reserve Board, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, an insolvency official with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), a resolution authority with jurisdiction over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component) or a court or an entity with similar insolvency or resolution authority over the administrator for such Benchmark (or such component), which states that the administrator of such Benchmark (or such component) has ceased or will cease to provide all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) permanently or indefinitely, provided that, at the time of such statement or publication, there is no successor administrator that will continue to provide any Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or such component thereof); or

(c) a public statement or publication of information by the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof) announcing that all Available Tenors of such Benchmark (or such component thereof) are not, or as of a specified future date will not be, representative.

For the avoidance of doubt, a “Benchmark Transition Event” will be deemed to have occurred with respect to any Benchmark if a public statement or publication of information set forth above has occurred with respect to each then-current Available Tenor of such Benchmark (or the published component used in the calculation thereof).

Benchmark Transition Start Date” means, in the case of a Benchmark Transition Event, the earlier of (a) the applicable Benchmark Replacement Date and (b) if such Benchmark Transition Event is a public statement or publication of information of a prospective event, the ninetieth (90th) day prior to the expected date of such event as of such public statement or publication of information (or if the expected date of such prospective event is fewer than ninety (90) days after such statement or publication, the date of such statement or publication).

Benchmark Unavailability Period” means the period (if any) (a) beginning at the time that a Benchmark Replacement Date has occurred if, at such time, no Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Note Document in accordance with Section 2.5(c) and (b) ending at the time that a Benchmark Replacement has replaced the then-current Benchmark for all purposes hereunder and under any Note Document in accordance with Section 2.15(c).

 

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Beneficial Ownership Certification” shall mean a certification regarding beneficial ownership as required by the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

Beneficial Ownership Regulation” shall mean 31 C.F.R. § 1010.230.

BIA” means the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) as amended from time to time (or any successor statute).

Bid” means each outstanding bid, quotation or proposal by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries that (i) with respect to Government Contracts, if accepted or awarded could lead to a Government Contract and (ii) with respect to Government Subcontracts, if accepted or awarded could lead to a Government Subcontract.

Board of Directors” means (a) with respect to a corporation, the board of directors of the corporation or any committee thereof duly authorized to act on behalf of such board, (b) with respect to a partnership, the Board of Directors of the general partner of the partnership, (c) with respect to a limited liability company, the managing member or members or any controlling committee of managing members thereof, and (d) with respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person serving a similar function.

Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, New York, New York.

Businesses” means, at any time, a collective reference to the businesses operated by the Notes Parties and their respective Subsidiaries at such time.

Canadian Guarantor” means each Guarantor that is formed or organized pursuant to the laws of Canada or a province or territory thereof.

Capital Lease” means, as applied to any Person, any lease of any property by that Person as lessee which, in accordance with GAAP (subject to the final sentence of Section 1.03(b)), is required to be accounted for as a capital lease on the balance sheet of that Person.

Cash Burn” means, for any period, the sum of the operating expenses and capital expenditures made by a Person in such period.

Cash Equivalents” means, as at any date, (a) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States or any agency or instrumentality thereof (provided, that, the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof) having maturities of not more than twelve months from the date of acquisition, (b) Dollar denominated time deposits and certificates of deposit of (i) any United States commercial bank of recognized standing having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 or (ii) any bank whose short-term commercial paper rating from S&P is at least A-1 or the equivalent thereof or from Moody’s is at least P-1 or the equivalent thereof (any such bank being an “Approved Bank”), in each case with maturities of not more than 270 days from the date of acquisition, (c) commercial paper and variable or fixed rate notes issued by any Approved Bank (or by the parent company thereof) or any variable rate notes issued by, or guaranteed by, any domestic corporation rated A-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by S&P or P-1 (or the equivalent thereof) or better by Moody’s and maturing within six months of the date of acquisition, (d) repurchase agreements entered into by any Person with a bank or trust company (including any of the Purchasers) or recognized securities dealer having capital and surplus in excess of $500,000,000 for direct obligations issued by or fully guaranteed by the United States in which such Person shall have a perfected first priority security interest (subject to no other Liens) and having, on the date of purchase thereof, a fair market value of at least

 

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100% of the amount of the repurchase obligations, (e) Investments, classified in accordance with GAAP as current assets, in money market investment programs registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, which are administered by reputable financial institutions having capital of at least $500,000,000 and the portfolios of which are limited to Investments of the character described in the foregoing subdivisions (a) through (d), and (f) any other investments permitted by the Issuer’s investment policy as such policy is in effect from time to time, and as consented to by the Required Purchasers (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), together with any amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications thereto that the Required Purchasers shall have consented to for purposes of this definition (which consent will not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). In the case of any Investments made in a country outside the United States of America, Cash Equivalents shall also include (i) Canadian dollars, Euros or other local currencies in countries in which a Note Party or its Subsidiaries operate and (ii) in the case of any Non-U.S. Subsidiary, short-term investments of comparable credit quality and tenor to those described in clauses (a) through (f) above which are customarily used for cash management purposes in any country in which such Non-U.S. Subsidiary operates.

Change in Law” means the occurrence, after the date of this Agreement, of any of the following: (a) the adoption or taking effect of any law, rule, regulation or treaty, (b) any change in any law, rule, regulation or treaty or in the administration, interpretation, implementation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority or (c) the making or issuance of any request, rule, guideline or directive (whether or not having the force of law) by any Governmental Authority; provided that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines or directives thereunder or issued in connection therewith and (ii) all requests, rules, guidelines or directives promulgated by the Bank for International Settlements, the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (or any successor or similar authority) or the United States or foreign regulatory authorities, in each case pursuant to Basel III, shall in each case be deemed to be a “Change in Law”, regardless of the date enacted, adopted or issued.

Change of Control” means the occurrence of any of the following events:

(a) a liquidation, dissolution, winding-up of the affairs of the Issuer or, except as permitted under Section 8.04, the Issuer effecting any merger or consolidation (other than the Merger); or

(b) at any time prior to consummation of the Merger, any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) shall have (i) acquired beneficial ownership or control of 50% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting and/or economic interest in the Equity Interests of the Issuer, or (ii) obtained the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the members of the Board of Directors (or similar governing body) of the Issuer; or

(c) at any time on or after consummation of the Merger, any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) shall have (i) acquired beneficial ownership or control of 35% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting interest in the Equity Interests of the Acquiror or (ii) obtained the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the members of the Board of Directors (or similar governing body) of the Acquiror;

(d) any “change of control” or similar event (however denominated) shall occur under any indenture, credit agreement or other agreement with respect to Material Indebtedness of any Note Party;

 

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(e) the Issuer shall cease to directly or indirectly own, beneficially and of record (other than a director’s qualifying shares of investments by foreign nationals to the extent mandated by applicable Laws), all of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Subsidiary of the Issuer, except as permitted under Section 8.04 or with respect to Specified Asset Sales; or

(f) after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror shall cease to directly own, beneficially and of record, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Issuer;

provided that, the Merger shall not constitute a Change of Control.

Closing Date” means the date hereof.

Collateral” means a collective reference to all real and personal property with respect to which Liens in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, are purported to be granted pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents; provided, that for the avoidance of doubt, Collateral shall not include any Excluded Property.

Collateral Access Agreement” means an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent pursuant to which a lessor of real property on which Collateral is stored or otherwise located, or a warehouseman, processor or other bailee of inventory or other property owned by any Note Party, acknowledges the Liens of the Agent and waives (or, if approved by the Agent, subordinates) any Liens held by such Person on such property, and permits the Agent reasonable access to any Collateral stored or otherwise located thereon.

Collateral Documents” means a collective reference to the Security Agreement, the Pledge Agreement, the Deposit Account Control Agreements, the Perfection Certificate, the Collateral Access Agreements, the Real Estate Security Documents, the IP Security Agreements, the Reaffirmation Agreement and any other collateral or security documents as may be executed and delivered by the Note Parties pursuant to the terms of this Agreement or pursuant to the terms of any other Note Document.

Commitments” shall mean, with respect to each Purchaser (to the extent applicable), such Purchaser’s Pre-Merger Commitment and VLN Commitment.

Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit C.

Common Reporting Standard” means the standard for automatic exchange of financial account information in tax matters (which includes the Commentaries), developed by the OECD, with G20 countries.

Conforming Changes” means, with respect to either the use or administration of Term SOFR or the use, administration, adoption or implementation of any Benchmark Replacement, any technical, administrative or operational changes (including changes to the definition of “ABR,” the definition of “Business Day,” the determination of any interest period or any similar or analogous definition (or the addition of a concept of “interest period”), the definition of “U.S. Government Securities Business Day,” timing and frequency of determining rates and making payments of interest, timing of issuance requests or prepayment, conversion or continuation notices, the applicability and length of lookback periods or observation shifts, the applicability of Section 2.15(e), and other technical, administrative or operational matters) that Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers) decides may be appropriate to reflect the adoption and implementation of any such rate or to permit the use and administration thereof by the Agent in a manner substantially consistent with market practice (or, if the Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers) decides that adoption of any portion

 

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of such market practice is not administratively feasible or if the Agent determines that no market practice for the administration of any such rate exists, in such other manner of administration as Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers) decides is reasonably necessary in connection with the administration of this Agreement and the other Note Documents).

Connection Income Taxes” means Other Connection Taxes that are imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated) or that are franchise Taxes or branch profits Taxes.

Consenting Party” has the meaning specified in Section 12.22.

Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” means, for any period, an amount equal to (a) Consolidated Net Income for such period, plus to the extent reducing Consolidated Net Income, the sum, without duplication, of:

(i) Consolidated Interest Expense,

(ii) any provision for taxes or other taxes measured by income or profits and foreign withholding taxes paid or accrued for such period,

(iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization for such period,

(iv) the amount of any equity-based or non-cash compensation charges or expenses, including any such charges or expenses arising from grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights, incurred by the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement; provided that the aggregate amount added back to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to this clause (iv) shall not exceed $5,000,000 for such period,

(v) other non-cash or unrealized charges, losses or expenses (including (x) as a result of any fair value adjustment, revaluation of assets (including as a result of purchase accounting) or with respect to derivatives and (y) asset impairment charges (including impairment of intangibles or goodwill)) reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period (excluding any such non-cash charge, loss or expense to the extent that it represents an accrual or reserve for a potential cash charge in any future period or amortization of a prepaid cash charge that was paid in a prior period),

(vi) non-recurring costs and expenses directly incurred in connection with the Transactions,

(vii) proceeds received from any business interruption insurance to the extent such proceeds are not otherwise included in Consolidated Net Income,

(viii) any net losses, charges, expenses, costs or other payments (including all fees, expenses or charges related thereto) (w) from disposed, abandoned or discontinued operations, (x) in respect of facilities no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business, abandoned, closed, disposed or discontinued operations and any losses on disposal of abandoned, closed or discontinued operations, (y) in respect of strategic market reviews, stay or sign-on bonuses, integration-related bonuses, restructuring, consolidation, severance or discontinuance of any portion of operations, employees and/or management, or (z) attributable to business dispositions or asset dispositions (other than in the ordinary course of business) as determined in good faith by the Issuer,

 

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(ix) any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense already included in Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA) related to any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, Disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence, modification or repayment of any Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement (including any refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (A) such fees, expenses or charges related to this Agreement, (B) any amendment or other modification thereof or of other Indebtedness and (C) any such expenses or charges to the extent covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions and actually indemnified or reimbursed or, so long as the Issuer determines that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement to the extent such amount is indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such determination, and

(x) (A) business optimization expenses, other restructuring charges or reserves and (B) without duplication and net of amounts actually realized, other pro forma “run rate,” cost savings, operating expense reductions, other operating improvements and synergies;

provided that, the aggregate amount added back to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clauses (a)(v) through (a)(x) of this defined term shall not exceed $2,500,000 for such period; and provided, further that, for the avoidance of doubt and without duplication, any non-cash or unrealized charge, loss or expense added back to Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA pursuant to clause (a)(v) that is attributable to or based upon the value or revaluation of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes or any embedded derivative feature thereof shall not be subject to the foregoing $2,500,000 limitation set forth in the immediately preceding proviso, so long as such non-cash or unrealized charge, loss or expense also reduced Consolidated Net Income in such period;

minus (b) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income, the sum, without duplication, of: (i) non-cash gains for such period (excluding any such non-cash gain to the extent it represents the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash gain in any prior period) and all other non-cash items of income for such period and (ii) the amount of any expenses or charges covered by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any issuance of Equity Interests, Investment, Disposition, recapitalization or the incurrence, modification or repayment of any Indebtedness permitted by this Agreement added to Consolidated Net Income in a previous period pursuant to clause (a)(ix) above to the extent not indemnified or reimbursed within 365 days of the date of determination by the Issuer that a reasonable basis exists for indemnification or reimbursement.

Consolidated Interest Expense” shall mean, with respect to any period, total consolidated interest expense (including interest attributable to Capital Lease obligations in accordance with GAAP) of, prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer, and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror, and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, with respect to all outstanding Indebtedness of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries (including, without limitation, all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed by, prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer, and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror, and its Subsidiaries with respect to letters of credit and bankers’ acceptance financing net of interest income of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries).

Consolidated Net Income” means, for any period, the consolidated net income (or loss) of, prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror, and its Subsidiaries for such period, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that there shall be excluded, without duplication:

(a) the income (or loss) of any Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or is merged into or consolidated with the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or that Person’s assets are acquired by the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries;

 

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(b) the income (or loss) of any Person that is not a Subsidiary of the Issuer, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting; provided that Consolidated Net Income shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid in cash or Cash Equivalents (or to the extent subsequently converted into cash or Cash Equivalents) to the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries by such Person in such period;

(c) the undistributed earnings of any Subsidiary of the Issuer to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Subsidiary is not at the time permitted by operation of the terms of its Organization Documents or any Contractual Obligation (other than under any Note Document) or Requirement of Law applicable to such Subsidiary;

(d) any after-tax effect of any extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual items (including gains or losses and all fees and expenses relating thereto) for such period; and

(e) the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income.

Contractual Minimum Return” means, with respect to any Note, the applicable contractual minimum return set forth for such Note in the Fee Letter, and more specifically illustrated therein, in each case measured from the Merger Closing Date (in the case of Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes) or from the Closing Date (in the case of Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes) to the applicable date of repayment of such Note.

Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.

Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, a Person shall be deemed to be Controlled by another Person if such other Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors, managing general partners or the equivalent.

Corresponding Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 12.24.

De Minimis Disposition Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 2.07(b)(i).

Debt Fund Affiliate” shall mean any affiliate of a Disqualified Institution that is a bona fide debt fund or an investment vehicle that is engaged in the making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans, bonds and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course which is managed, sponsored or advised by any Person controlling, controlled by or under common control with such Disqualified Institution, and for which no personnel involved with the investment of such Disqualified Institution, (a) makes any investment decisions or (b) has access to any information (other than information publicly available) relating to the Issuer or any entity that forms a part of the Issuer’s business (including subsidiaries of the Issuer).

 

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Debt Issuance” means the issuance by any Note Party or any Subsidiary of any Indebtedness other than Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03.

Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the BIA, the Companies’ Creditors Arrangements Act (Canada), and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of the United States, Canada or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to the sum of (a) the otherwise applicable interest rate at any time pursuant to Section 2.09(a) plus (b) three percent (3.00%) per annum, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

Deposit Account” means any “deposit account”, “securities account” or “commodity account” (each as defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code) and any other investment account, securities account or other account in which funds are held or invested to or for the credit or account of any Note Party.

Deposit Account Control Agreement” means any account control agreement by and among a Note Party, the applicable depository bank and the Agent, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent.

Designated Jurisdiction” means any country or territory which is itself the subject of country-wide or territory-wide Sanctions (as of the date of this Agreement, Cuba, Iran, North Korea, Syria, the Crimea region of Ukraine, the so-called People’s Republic of Luhansk, and the so-called People’s Republic of Donetsk).

Disclosing Party” has the meaning specified in Section 12.22.

Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale and Leaseback Transaction or any issuance by any Subsidiary of its Equity Interests) of any property by any Note Party or any Subsidiary, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith, but excluding the following: (a) the sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of inventory in the ordinary course of business, (b) the sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition in the ordinary course of business of surplus, obsolete or worn out equipment no longer used or useful in the conduct of business of any Note Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (c) any sale, lease, license, transfer or other disposition of property to any Note Party or any Subsidiary; provided, that, if the transferor of such property is a Note Party, (i) the transferee thereof must be a Note Party or (ii) such transaction is permitted under Section 8.02, (d) the abandonment or other disposition of any Intellectual Property that is not material or is no longer used or useful in any material respect in the business of any Note Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (e) (i) the non-exclusive licensing of Intellectual Property in the ordinary course of business; (ii) the exclusive licensing of non-Material Intellectual Property to a third party in the ordinary course of business (including in connection with a commercial arrangement) or that the Issuer determines in its reasonable business judgment would not materially and adversely affect the business of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; (iii) the non-exclusive licensing of Intellectual Property that constitutes Collateral between

 

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Subsidiaries and prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer, and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror, or any other Subsidiary that does not adversely interfere in any material respect with the business of any Note Party and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole; and (iv) the licensing, transfer or other Disposition of Intellectual Property that does not constitute Collateral between Subsidiaries and prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer, and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror, or any other Subsidiary that does not adversely affect the Secured Parties in any material respect, (f) any Involuntary Disposition, (g) dispositions of cash and Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business pursuant to transactions permitted hereunder, (h) dispositions consisting of the sale, transfer, assignment or other disposition of unpaid accounts receivable in connection with the collection, compromise or settlement thereof in a commercially reasonable manner and not as part of a financing transaction, (i) any issuance of Equity Interests by, prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer, and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror, and (j) any surrender or waiver of contract rights or settlement, release, recovery on or surrender of contract, tort or other claims that would not materially and adversely affect the business of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries, taken as a whole.

Disqualification Event” has the meaning specified in Section 6.23(c).

Disqualified Capital Stock” means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event, (a) matures (excluding any maturity as the result of an optional redemption by the issuer thereof) or is mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise, or is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, prior to the one hundred and eighty-first (181st) day after the Maturity Date, (b) requires the payment of any cash dividends at any time prior to the one hundred and eighty-first (181st) day after the Maturity Date, (c) contains any repurchase obligation which may come into effect prior to payment in full of all Obligations; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the payment in full of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes in connection with the substantially concurrent consummation of the deemed purchase of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes on the Merger Closing Date shall not be deemed to be a payment in full of all Obligations, or (d) is convertible into or exchangeable (unless at the sole option of the issuer thereof) for (i) debt securities or (ii) any Equity Interests referred to in clause (a), (b) or (c) above, in each case at any time prior to the one hundred and eighty-first (181st) day after the Maturity Date.

Disqualified Institutions” means (a) those banks, financial institutions or other entities separately identified in writing by the Issuer to the Agent on or prior to the Closing Date (provided, that such list may be updated by the Issuer from time to time to include any other Person reasonably acceptable to the Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers)), or to any Affiliates of such banks, financial institutions or other entities that are reasonably identifiable as Affiliates by virtue of their names or that are identified to the Agent in writing by the Issuer from time to time; provided, that no such identification after the Closing Date pursuant to this clause (a) shall apply retroactively to disqualify any Person that has previously acquired a valid assignment or participation of an interest in any of the Commitments or Notes with respect to amounts previously acquired and (b) competitors of the Note Parties or any of their Subsidiaries identified in writing by the Issuer to the Agent from time to time (and Affiliates of such entities that are reasonably identifiable as Affiliates of such entities by virtue of their names or that are identified to the Agent in writing by the Issuer from time to time (other than a Debt Fund Affiliate)).

Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

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Dutch Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary incorporated in the Netherlands.

Earn Out Obligations” means, with respect to an Acquisition, all obligations of the Note Parties or any Subsidiary to make earn out or other contingency payments (including purchase price adjustments, non-competition and consulting agreements, royalty payments and sale, development and other milestone payments) pursuant to the documentation relating to such Acquisition. For purposes of determining the aggregate consideration paid for an Acquisition at the time of such Acquisition, the amount of any Earn Out Obligations shall be deemed to be the maximum amount of the earn-out payments in respect thereof as specified in the documents relating to such Acquisition. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Earn Out Obligations shall exclude indemnity obligations with respect to an Acquisition.

EEA Financial Institution” means (a) any credit institution or investment firm established in any EEA Member Country which is subject to the supervision of an EEA Resolution Authority, (b) any entity established in an EEA Member Country which is a parent of an institution described in clause (a) of this definition, or (c) any financial institution established in an EEA Member Country which is a subsidiary of an institution described in clauses (a) or (b) of this definition and is subject to consolidated supervision with its parent.

EEA Member Country” means any of the member states of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, and Norway.

EEA Resolution Authority” means any public administrative authority or any person entrusted with public administrative authority of any EEA Member Country (including any delegee) having responsibility for the resolution of any EEA Financial Institution.

Eligible Assets” means long-term assets that are used or useful in the same or a similar line of business as the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries were engaged in on the Closing Date (or any reasonable extension or expansions thereof).

Environmental Laws” means any and all federal, state, local, foreign and other applicable statutes, laws, regulations, ordinances, rules, judgments, orders, decrees, permits, concessions, grants, franchises, licenses, agreements or governmental restrictions relating to pollution and the protection of the environment or the release of any materials into the environment, including those related to hazardous substances or wastes, air emissions and discharges to waste or public systems.

Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities), of the Issuer, any other Note Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

Equity Grant Agreement” means that certain Grant Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, by and among PFDR and the FP Purchasers, whereby PFDR has agreed to issue 1,000,000 shares of the Acquiror’s common stock concurrently with, and subject to, the Merger.

Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in) such Person, all of the securities convertible into or exchangeable for shares of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests in)

 

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such Person or warrants, rights or options for the purchase or acquisition from such Person of such shares (or such other interests), and all of the other ownership or profit interests in such Person (including partnership, member, membership or trust interests therein), whether voting or nonvoting, and whether or not such shares, warrants, options, rights or other interests are outstanding on any date of determination.

Equity Purchase Documents” means, collectively, the Subscription Agreements, the TO Statement, the Offer to Purchase, and any other definitive documents in respect of the Private Placement or the Tender Offer, and all other agreements or instruments in connection with the foregoing.

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

ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) under common control with the Issuer within the meaning of Section 414(b) or (c) of the Internal Revenue Code (or Sections 414(m) and (o) of the Internal Revenue Code for purposes of provisions relating to Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code).

ERISA Event” means (a) a Reportable Event with respect to a Pension Plan, (b) the withdrawal of the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiple Employer Plan subject to Section 4063 of ERISA during a plan year in which such entity was a “substantial employer” as defined in Section 4001(a)(2) of ERISA or a cessation of operations that is treated as such a withdrawal under Section 4062(e) of ERISA, (c) a complete or partial withdrawal by the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan or the receipt by the Issuer or its ERISA Affiliates of notice from any Multiemployer Plan that it is in “reorganization” or “insolvency” (within the meaning of Title IV of ERISA), (d) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate, the treatment of a Pension Plan amendment as a termination under Sections 4041 or 4041A of ERISA, (e) the institution by the PBGC of proceedings to terminate a Pension Plan, (f) any event or condition which constitutes grounds under Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any Pension Plan, (g) the determination that any Pension Plan is considered an at-risk plan or a plan in endangered or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Internal Revenue Code or Sections 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA, (h) the imposition of any liability under Title IV of ERISA, other than for PBGC premiums due but not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA, upon the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate, (i) the failure by the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate to meet the minimum funding requirements of Sections 412 and 430 of the Internal Revenue Code or Sections 302 and 303 of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan, whether or not waived, the failure to make by its due date a required installment under Section 430(j) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 303(j) of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan, the failure to make any required contribution to a Multiemployer Plan, or the filing pursuant to Section 412(c) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 302(c) of ERISA of an application for a waiver of the minimum funding standard with respect to any Pension Plan, or (j) the imposition of a lien pursuant to Section 436(f) or 430(k) of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 206(g)(5) or 303(k) of ERISA with respect to any Pension Plan.

EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule” means the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule published by the Loan Market Association (or any successor person), as in effect from time to time.

EU Blocking Regulation” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.21(a).

Event of Default” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.01.

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

 

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Excluded Accounts” means (a) Deposit Accounts established solely for payroll purposes in such amounts as are required to be paid to employees of the Note Parties or any of their Subsidiaries within the immediately succeeding two payroll cycles, (b) Deposit Accounts established solely for employee wage and benefit payments to or for the benefit of a Note Party’s employees, (c) Deposit Accounts used to hold collateral in connection with Liens permitted pursuant to Sections 8.01(r) and 8.01(t), and (e) Deposit Accounts the aggregate daily balance in which does not at any time exceed (i) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date: (x) $10,000 individually and (y) $50,000 in the aggregate and (ii) on and after the Merger Closing Date: (x) $100,000 individually and (y) $1,000,000 in the aggregate; provided that any Deposit Account maintained by any Note Party in Canada shall not constitute an Excluded Account.

Excluded Equity Interests” means (a) any Equity Interests with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers) and the Issuer (as agreed to in writing), the cost or other consequences (including material adverse tax consequences) of pledging such Equity Interests in favor of the Secured Parties shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Purchasers therefrom, (b) in the case of any issuer organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia, any Equity Interests of such issuer to the extent the pledge thereof would violate any applicable Requirements of Law (including any legally effective requirement to obtain the consent of any Governmental Authority unless such consent has been obtained) after giving effect to the applicable anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and other applicable law, and (c) any Equity Interests in any Person that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary to the extent that, and only for so long as, a pledge thereof to secure the Obligations (i) is prohibited by any applicable Contractual Obligation then in effect permitted by this Agreement and binding on such Equity Interests, (ii) requires the consent of any other party to any such Contractual Obligation (other than a Note Party or an Affiliate of a Note Party) that has not been obtained (it being understood that the foregoing shall not be deemed to obligate any Note Party or any Subsidiary to obtain any such consent, except with respect to any Hong Kong Subsidiary, which shall be required to take reasonable efforts to obtain such consent) or (iii) would give any other party to any such Contractual Obligation (other than a Note Party or an Affiliate of a Note Party) the right to terminate its obligations thereunder, except, in each case of this clause (c) to the extent any such prohibition, restriction, requirement or other limitation on the pledge of such Equity Interests is rendered ineffective by Section 9-406 or 9-408 of the Uniform Commercial Code, the PPSA or other applicable law; provided, however, that Excluded Equity Interests shall not include any Proceeds (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code or the PPSA (as applicable)), substitutions or replacements of any assets referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above (unless such Proceeds, substitutions or replacements would constitute assets referred to in clauses (a) through (c) above).

Excluded Property” means, with respect to any Note Party, including any Person that becomes a Note Party after the Closing Date as contemplated by Section 7.12, (a) any property that, subject to the terms of Section 8.09, is subject to a Lien of the type described in Section 8.01(i) pursuant to documents that prohibit such Note Party from granting any other Liens in such property, (b) any United States intent-to-use trademark applications to the extent that, and solely during the period in which, the grant of a security interest therein would impair the validity or enforceability of such intent-to-use trademark applications under applicable federal law; provided, that, upon submission and acceptance by the United States Patent and Trademark Office of an amendment to allege use pursuant to 15 U.S.C. Section 1060(a) (or any successor provision), such intent-to-use trademark application shall no longer constitute “Excluded Property” and shall be considered Collateral, (c) any general intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other instrument of a Note Party if the grant of a security interest in such general intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other instrument in the manner contemplated by the Collateral Documents, under the terms thereof or under applicable Law, is prohibited and would result in the termination thereof or give the other parties thereto the right to terminate, accelerate or otherwise alter such Note Party’s rights, titles and interests thereunder

 

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(including upon the giving of notice or lapse of time or both); provided, that, (x) any such limitation described in this clause (c) on the security interests granted under the Collateral Documents shall only apply to the extent that any such prohibition would not be rendered ineffective pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable Law or principles of equity and (y) in the event of the termination or elimination of any such prohibition or the requirement for any consent contained in any applicable Law, general intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other instrument, to the extent sufficient to permit any such item to become Collateral, a security interest in such general intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other instrument shall be automatically and simultaneously granted under the applicable Collateral Document and such general intangible, permit, lease, license, contract or other instrument shall no longer constitute “Excluded Property” and shall be considered Collateral, (d) any vehicles, aircraft, aircraft engines and other assets subject to certificates of title, except to the extent perfected by filing a financing statement in the appropriate form in the applicable jurisdiction under the Uniform Commercial Code, the PPSA or without any perfection steps, (e) any asset with respect to which the Agent has confirmed in writing to the Issuer its determination that the costs or other consequences (including adverse tax consequences) of providing a security interest in is excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Purchasers, (f) any asset or property to the extent and for so long as the grant of a security interest in such asset or property in favor of the Agent would be prohibited by applicable requirement of Law or regulation or would require the consent of any Governmental Authority after giving effect to the anti-assignment provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code or the PPSA (as applicable) of any relevant jurisdiction and other applicable law, (g) all Excluded Equity Interests, (h) property securing obligations in connection with the incurrence of a Lien permitted under Sections 8.01(r) or Section 8.01(t), and (i) any fee owned real property with a fair market value of $1,000,000 or less.

Excluded Taxes” means any of the following Taxes imposed on or with respect to a Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment to a Recipient, (a) Taxes imposed on or measured by net income (however denominated), franchise Taxes, and branch profits Taxes, in each case, (i) imposed as a result of such Recipient being organized under the laws of, or having its principal office in the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (or any political subdivision thereof) or (ii) that are Other Connection Taxes, (b) U.S. federal withholding Taxes imposed on amounts payable to or for the account of such Recipient with respect to an applicable interest in a Note pursuant to a law in effect on the date on which such Recipient acquires such interest in the Note except to the extent that, pursuant to Section 3.01, amounts with respect to such Taxes were payable either to such Recipient’s assignor immediately before such Recipient became a party hereto (c) Taxes attributable to such Recipient’s failure to comply with Section 3.01(c) and (d) any withholding Taxes imposed under FATCA.

Extraordinary Receipts” means any cash or Cash Equivalents actually received by or paid to or for the account of any Person not in the ordinary course of business, including tax refunds, pension plan reversions, proceeds of insurance, condemnation awards (and payments in lieu thereof) (other than (i) Net Cash Proceeds of any Involuntary Disposition, (ii) any proceeds received as a result of the Merger within thirty (30) days of the Merger and (iii) indemnity payments).

FATCA” means Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Internal Revenue Code as of the Closing Date (or any amended or successor version that is substantively comparable and not materially more onerous to comply with) and any current or future regulations thereunder, official interpretations thereof, any agreement entered into pursuant to Section 1471(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue Code and any treaty, law, regulation or intergovernmental agreements entered into (which facilitates the implementation of any law or regulation) thereunder.

Flood Hazard Property” has the meaning specified in the definition of Real Estate Security Documents.

 

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Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, a floating rate equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions among members of the Federal Reserve System, as determined by Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers), which determination shall be final, binding and conclusive (absent manifest error).

Fee Letter” means that certain amended and restated letter agreement dated the Closing Date among the Issuer, the Purchasers the FP Purchasers, and the Agent, and acknowledged by the Acquiror and Merger Sub, as amended, modified, supplemented or amended and restated from time to time.

FP Purchasers” means FP Credit Partners II, L.P. and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P., each of which will purchase Class A Common Stock of the Acquiror in the Tender Offer and, if necessary, the Private Placement.

FP Share Call” has the meaning given to such term in the Fee Letter.

FP Shares” means the Equity Interests of the Acquiror purchased by the FP Purchasers in the Tender Offer and, if necessary, the Private Placement.

Francisco Partners” means FP Credit Partners, L.P., on behalf of certain of its managed funds, affiliates, financing parties or investment vehicles.

FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

Fund” means any Person (other than a natural Person) that is (or will be) engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in notes, loans and/or similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course of its activities.

GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the Accounting Principles Board and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and statements and pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board, consistently applied and as in effect from time to time.

Governmental Authority” means the government of the United States or any other nation (including Canada), or of any political subdivision thereof, whether state or local, and any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government (including any supra-national bodies such as the European Union or the European Central Bank).

Government Contract” means each contract between the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries and any governmental entity and each Bid with respect to Government Contracts.

Government Subcontract” means each contract between the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries and any prime contractor or upper-tier subcontractor relating to a contract between such Person and any governmental entity, and each Bid with respect to Government Subcontracts.

Guarantee” means, as to any Person, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of

 

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such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness or other obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien). The amount of any Guarantee shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith. The term “Guarantee” as a verb has a corresponding meaning.

Guarantors” means (a) each Subsidiary of the Issuer identified as a “Guarantor” on the signature pages hereto, (b) each other Person that joins as a Guarantor pursuant to Section 7.12 or Section 7.20(b) and (c) upon the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror (and “Guarantor” shall mean, as the context may require, each of them individually), together with their successors and permitted assigns. As of the Closing Date, the Guarantors are Movella Technologies N.A. Inc., Movella Canada Company, Kinduct Technologies, Inc., and Griffin Holdings Limited.

Guaranty” means the Guaranty made by the Guarantors in favor of the Secured Parties pursuant to Article IV.

Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or other pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any Environmental Law.

Hong Kong” means the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China.

Hong Kong Subsidiary” means each Subsidiary incorporated in Hong Kong.

Immaterial Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Issuer that (a) individually constitutes or holds less than five percent (5.0%) of the Issuer’s consolidated total assets or generates less than five percent (5.0%) of the Issuer’s consolidated total revenue, and (b) when taken together with all then existing Immaterial Subsidiaries, such Subsidiary and such Immaterial Subsidiaries, in the aggregate, would constitute or hold less than five percent (5.0%) of the Issuer’s consolidated total assets or generate less than five percent (5.0%) of the Issuer’s consolidated total revenue, in each case of the foregoing clauses as of the last day of, or for, the most recently ended fiscal period for which financial statements were required to have been delivered pursuant Section 7.01(a) or (b). Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Immaterial Subsidiary may own any Intellectual Property that is material to the Note Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole. As of the Closing Date, the Immaterial Subsidiaries are, Movella Technet Co. Ltd., Movella Taiwan Co. Limited, Mcube International Limited, MXKHS Technologies India Private Limited, Ten Degrees International Limited, mCube Technet Co. Ltd (Shanghai –Zhangjiang), and M3C Co., Ltd.

 

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Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a) all obligations, whether current or long-term, for borrowed money (including the Obligations) and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

(b) all purchase money Indebtedness;

(c) the principal portion of all obligations under conditional sale or other title retention agreements relating to property purchased by such Person or any Subsidiary thereof (other than customary reservations or retentions of title under agreements with suppliers entered into in the ordinary course of business);

(d) all obligations arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments;

(e) all obligations in respect of the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, to the extent such obligation (i) has not been delinquent for more than (x) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, 120 days and (y) on or after the Merger Closing Date, 180 days after its due date or (ii) is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted), including any Earn Out Obligations that have become a liability on the balance sheet in accordance with GAAP;

(f) the Attributable Indebtedness of Capital Leases, Securitization Transactions and Synthetic Leases;

(g) all obligations of such Person to purchase, redeem, retire, defease or otherwise make any payment in respect of any Disqualified Capital Stock in such Person or any other Person, valued, in the case of a redeemable preferred interest, at the greater of its voluntary or involuntary liquidation preference plus accrued and unpaid dividends;

(h) all Indebtedness of others secured by (or for which the holder of such Indebtedness has an existing right, contingent or otherwise, to be secured by) any Lien on, or payable out of the proceeds of production from, property owned or acquired by such Person, whether or not the obligations secured thereby have been assumed;

(i) the Swap Termination Value of any Swap Contract;

(j) all Guarantees with respect to outstanding Indebtedness of the types specified in clauses (a) and (h) above of any other Person; and

(k) all Indebtedness of the types referred to in clauses (a) through (i) above of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person or a Subsidiary thereof is a general partner or joint venturer, unless such Indebtedness is expressly made non-recourse to such Person or such Subsidiary;

provided that notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to include (1) prepaid or deferred revenue arising in the ordinary course of business, (2) purchase price holdbacks arising in the ordinary course of business in respect of a portion of the purchase price of an asset to satisfy warrants or other unperformed obligations of the seller of such asset (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, Earn Out Obligations), (3) any obligations attributable to the exercise of appraisal rights and the settlement of any claims or actions (whether actual, contingent or potential) with respect thereto or (4) asset retirement obligations and obligations in respect of workers’ compensation (including pensions and retiree medical care) that are not overdue by more than sixty (60) days.

 

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For purposes hereof, the amount of any direct obligation arising under letters of credit (including standby and commercial), bankers’ acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds and similar instruments shall be the maximum amount available to be drawn thereunder.

Indemnified Taxes” means (a) Taxes, other than Excluded Taxes, imposed on or with respect to any payment made by or on account of any obligation of the Issuer under any Note and (b) to the extent not otherwise described in (a), Other Taxes.

Indemnitee” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.04(b).

Index Floor” means 1.0%.

Information” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.07.

Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property and proprietary rights of any kind, whether registered or unregistered, which may exist or be created under the laws of any jurisdiction worldwide, including: (a) all rights relating to the protection of inventions, including patents and patent applications; (b) works of authorship, copyrightable works, registered and unregistered copyrights, authors’ rights, moral rights, and registrations and applications for registration thereof; (c) all rights in registered and unregistered trademarks, service marks, trade names, corporate names, logos, trade dress, designs, packaging, domain names, and registrations and applications for registration thereof, together with all goodwill associated with any of the foregoing; (d) mask works and registrations and applications for registration thereof; (e) computer software, including source code, object code, firmware, algorithms and databases; (f) trade secrets, know-how and proprietary information, including technical data, customer lists, formulae, methods, processes, research and development information, inventions, discoveries, designs, drawings, databases, specifications, and all derivatives and improvements thereof; (g) all actions and rights to sue at law or in equity for past, present or future infringement or other impairment of any of the foregoing, including the right to receive all proceeds and damages therefrom; (h) all rights to obtain renewals, reissues, reexaminations, continuations, continuations-in-part, divisions or other extensions of legal protections pertaining thereto; and (i) any right, in any jurisdiction, analogous to those set forth herein.

Intellectual Property Licenses” has the meaning specified in Section 6.17(c).

Interest Payment Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.09(c).

Interim Financial Statements” means the unaudited consolidated balance sheets of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2021 and June 30, 2022 and the related unaudited consolidated statements of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows for the six month periods then ended.

Internal Revenue Code” means the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986.

Internal Revenue Service” means the United States Internal Revenue Service.

Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee or assumption of debt of, or purchase or other acquisition of any other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person and any arrangement pursuant to which the investor Guarantees Indebtedness of such other Person, or (c) an Acquisition. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

 

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Involuntary Disposition” means any loss of, damage to or destruction of, or any condemnation or other taking for public use of, any property of any Note Party or any of their Subsidiaries.

IP Security Agreement” means notices of grant of security interest in the form required by the Security Agreement executed and delivered by a Note Party.

Issuer” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

Issuer Covered Person” means, with respect to the Issuer as an “issuer” for purposes of Rule 506 promulgated under the Securities Act, any Person listed in the first paragraph of Rule 506(d)(1) and, after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror.

Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit D executed and delivered by Acquiror in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.20 or a Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.12.

Junior Debt Payment” has the meaning specified in Section 8.11.

Key Employee” means any executive-level employee (including, division director and vice president-level positions) as well as any employee who, either alone or in concert with others, develops, invents, programs, or designs any material Note Party Intellectual Property.

Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state and local statutes, treaties, rules, binding guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and binding administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including any binding interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority, in each case whether or not having the force of law.

Liability Reduction Credit Formula” has the meaning given to such term in the Fee Letter, and more specifically illustrated therein.

Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement in the nature of a security interest of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

Master Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of Swap Contract.

Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse change in, or a material adverse effect upon, the business, assets, properties, liabilities (actual or contingent), or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries taken as a whole, (b) a material impairment of the rights and remedies of the Agent or any Purchaser under any Note Document to which it is a party or a material impairment in the perfection, value or

 

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priority of the Agent’s security interests in the Collateral, (c) a material impairment of the ability of the Note Parties, taken as a whole, to perform their obligations under any Note Document to which it is a party, or (d) a material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any Note Party of any Note Document to which it is a party.

Material Contracts” means (a) the 2022 Note Documents, (b) those agreements listed on Schedule 6.24(a), (c) after the Closing Date, any contract, agreement, license or other Contractual Obligation that, at any time of determination, is anticipated to contribute more than (i) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, $500,000 of revenue on an annual basis or require payment of more than $500,000 in any year and (ii) on or after the Merger Closing Date, $3,000,000 of revenue on an annual basis or require payment of more than $3,000,000 in any year and (d) any other agreements, instruments, license or other Contractual Obligation to which the Note Parties or any Subsidiary is a party, and the breach, nonperformance, cancellation or termination of which, or the failure of which to renew, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Material Indebtedness” means Indebtedness having an aggregate outstanding principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount.

Material Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property, whether currently owned by (or purported to be owned by), or subject to a license, covenant not to sue or similar right or immunity to (or purported to be subject to a license, covenant not to sue or similar right or immunity to) any Note Party or any Subsidiary of a Note Party, or acquired, developed, obtained by or otherwise subject to a license, covenant not to sue or similar right of immunity to a Note Party or any Subsidiary of a Note Party after the date hereof that is, in each case, material to or necessary for the current, planned, or anticipated business or operations of the Note Parties or any of their Subsidiaries or that the loss of which could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Material Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not an Immaterial Subsidiary.

Maturity Date” means (a) (i) the date that is the fifth (5th) anniversary of the Merger Closing Date or (ii) if the VLN Termination Date occurs, November 14, 2025 or (b) if earlier, such earlier date on which the Notes are accelerated pursuant to Section 9.02 hereof; provided, that, if such date is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the first Business Day immediately succeeding such date.

Maximum Rate” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.09.

Merger” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

Merger Closing Date” means the date on which the conditions specified in Section 5.02 are satisfied (or waived in accordance with Section 12.01).

Merger Sub” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.

Moody’s” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

Mortgages” means the mortgages, deeds of trust or deeds to secure debt that purport to grant to the Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, a security interest in the fee interest of any Note Party in real property located in the U.S. (other than Excluded Property).

 

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Multiemployer Plan” means any employee benefit plan of the type described in Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA, to which the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate makes or is obligated to make contributions, or during the preceding five plan years, has made or been obligated to make contributions.

Multiple Employer Plan” means a Pension Plan which has two or more contributing sponsors (including the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate) at least two of whom are not under common control, as such a plan is described in Section 4064 of ERISA.

Net Cash Proceeds” means the aggregate cash or Cash Equivalents actually received by any Note Party or any Subsidiary in respect of any Disposition, Debt Issuance, Involuntary Disposition or Extraordinary Receipts, net of (a) reasonable direct costs incurred in connection therewith (including legal, accounting and investment banking fees, and sales commissions), (b) taxes (including in connection with a repatriation of funds) paid or payable as a result thereof, (c) in the case of any Disposition or Involuntary Disposition, the amount necessary to retire any Indebtedness secured by a Permitted Lien (ranking senior to any Lien of the Agent) on the related property, (d) in the case of any Extraordinary Receipt, (i) reasonable direct costs incurred in connection with the collection of such proceeds, awards or other payments and (ii) so long as no Default or Event of Default exists, insurance and condemnation proceeds that are applied to the repair or replacement of the applicable property within 90 days after receipt thereof; it being understood that “Net Cash Proceeds” shall include any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the sale or other disposition of any non-cash consideration received by any Note Party or any Subsidiary in any Disposition, Debt Issuance, Involuntary Disposition or Extraordinary Receipt, (e) the amount of any reasonable reserve established in accordance with GAAP against any liabilities (other than any taxes deducted pursuant to clause (b) above) (i) associated with the assets that are the subject of such prepayment event and (ii) retained by Note Parties or any of their Subsidiaries; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such reserve (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such a prepayment event occurring on the date of such reduction, (f) in the case of any Disposition, Debt Issuance, Involuntary Disposition or Extraordinary Receipts, by a non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary, the pro rata portion of the Net Cash Proceeds thereof (calculated without regard to this clause (f)) attributable to non-controlling interests and not available for distribution to or for the account of the Note Parties or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary as a result thereof and (g) in the case of any Disposition, any funded escrow established pursuant to the documents evidencing any such sale or disposition to secure any indemnification obligations or adjustments to the purchase price associated with any such sale or disposition; provided that the amount of any subsequent reduction of such escrow (other than in connection with a payment in respect of any such liability) shall be deemed to be Net Cash Proceeds of such a Disposition occurring on the date of such reduction solely to the extent that Note Parties or any of their Subsidiaries receives cash in an amount equal to the amount of such reduction.

Non-U.S. Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is not a U.S. Subsidiary.

Note” or “Notes” shall mean the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes and the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes, individually or collectively, as applicable.

Note Documents” means this Agreement, each Note, each Joinder Agreement, the Fee Letter, the Agent Fee Letter and the Collateral Documents.

Note Parties” means, collectively, the Issuer and each Guarantor.

Note Party Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property (including Registered Intellectual Property) owned, controlled, licensed, used or held for use by any Note Party or Subsidiary in connection with the operation of the business of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries as now conducted and as currently proposed to be conducted.

 

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Notice of Continuation or Conversion” shall mean a written notice of continuation or conversion substantially in the form of Exhibit E-1.

Notice of Issuance” shall mean a written notice of borrowing substantially in the form of Exhibit E-2.

Obligations” means (a) all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Note Party arising under any Note Document or otherwise with respect to any Note (including any PIK Interest) and (b) all costs and expenses incurred in connection with enforcement and collection of the foregoing, including the fees, charges and disbursements of counsel, in each case, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Note Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding.

OFAC” means the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury.

Offer to Purchase” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(l)(i).

Organization Documents” means, (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation, articles of association, memorandum of association, certificates of registration and/or and its bylaws (as applicable), (b) with respect to any limited liability company, its constitution, its certificate or articles of formation or organization, articles of association, business registration certificate and/or operating agreement (as applicable), and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization, including in each case of the foregoing the equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any non-U.S. jurisdiction, and any agreement, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

Other Connection Taxes” means, with respect to any Recipient, Taxes imposed as a result of a present or former connection between such Recipient and the jurisdiction imposing such Tax (other than connections arising from such Recipient having executed, delivered, become a party to, performed its obligations under, received payments under, received or perfected a security interest under, engaged in any other transaction pursuant to or enforced any Note Document, or sold or assigned an interest in any Note or Note Document).

Other Taxes” means all present or future stamp, court or documentary, intangible, recording, filing or similar Taxes that arise from any payment made under, from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, from the receipt or perfection of a security interest under, or otherwise with respect to, any Note Document, except any such Taxes that are Other Connection Taxes imposed with respect to an assignment (other than an assignment made pursuant to Section 3.03).

Parallel Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 12.24.

 

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Participant” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.06(h).

Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 12.06(h).

Pathfinder Related Party Transactions” has the meaning specified in the BCA.

PATRIOT Act” means the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)).

PBGC” means the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation or any successor thereto.

Pension Funding Rules” means the rules of the Internal Revenue Code and ERISA regarding minimum required contributions (including any installment payment thereof) to Pension Plans and set forth in Section 412, 430, 431, 432 and 436 of the Internal Revenue Code and Sections 302, 303, 304 and 305 of ERISA.

Pension Plan” means any employee pension benefit plan (including a Multiple Employer Plan or a Multiemployer Plan) that is maintained or is contributed to by the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate and that is either covered by Title IV of ERISA or is subject to minimum funding standards under Section 412 of the Internal Revenue Code or Section 412 of ERISA.

Perfection Certificate” means (i) that certain Perfection Certificate dated as of the Closing Date executed by the applicable Note Parties and certified to the Secured Parties, (ii) that certain perfection certificate substantially in the form delivered on the Closing Date, executed and delivered by Acquiror in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.20 and (iii) any perfection certificate executed and delivered by a Subsidiary in accordance with the provisions of Section 7.12.

Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Term SOFR”.

Permitted Acquisition” means any acquisition by the Issuer or any Subsidiary, whether by purchase, merger, amalgamating, consolidation or otherwise, of all or substantially all of the assets of, or any business line, unit or division of, any Person or of a majority of the outstanding Equity Interests of any Person, and all Investments undertaken to consummate such acquisition transaction; provided that:

(a) such acquisition is not a hostile or contested acquisition;

(b) such assets, business line, unit, division or Person, as applicable shall be in a business permitted by Section 8.07 hereof;

(c) after giving pro forma effect to such Acquisition, (i) the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries shall be in compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 8.17 as of the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter ending on or after June 30, 2024 as if such transaction had occurred on such day and (ii) the amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Note Parties that are held in Deposit Accounts subject to a Control Agreement (or the foreign equivalent of such) shall be equal to or exceed the projected amount of Cash Burn for such acquired Person and its Subsidiaries for the twelve month period immediately after the consummation of such acquisition;

(d) (i) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of such Person for the Test Period ended as of the last day of the most recently ended fiscal quarter, shall not be less than negative $1,000,000 (i.e. negative $1,000,000 Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA) and (ii) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of all such Persons acquired during the term of this Agreement shall not be less than negative $3,000,000 (i.e. negative $3,000,000 Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA);

 

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(e) (i) such Person becomes a Subsidiary; or (ii) such Person, assets, line of business, unit or division, in each case, in one transaction or a series of related transactions, is merged, consolidated, or amalgamated with or into, or transfers or conveys substantially all of its assets to (or is acquired by) or is liquidated into the Issuer or a Subsidiary;

(f) the total consideration, including maximum potential total amount of all deferred payment obligations (including earn-outs and consideration paid in Qualified Capital Stock of the Acquiror) and Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.03(j) assumed or incurred for all Permitted Acquisitions during the term of this Agreement, shall not exceed $50,000,000 (the “Permitted Acquisition Cap”); provided that the Indebtedness assumed for all such Permitted Acquisitions during the term of this Agreement shall not exceed $10,000,000; provided further, that no Equity Interests constituting all or a portion of such acquisition consideration shall require any payments or other distributions of cash or property in respect thereof, or any purchases, redemptions or other acquisitions thereof for cash or property, in each case prior to the 91st day following the date that all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted) have been paid in full; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the payment in full of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes on the Merger Closing Date shall not be deemed to be a payment in full of all Obligations;

(g) all actions required to be taken with respect to any such newly created or acquired Person or assets, in each case as applicable in order to satisfy the requirements of Sections 7.12 and 7.14, to the extent required, shall have been taken (or arrangements for the taking of such actions after the consummation of the Permitted Acquisition shall have been made);

(h) the aggregate amount of Investments made by Note Parties in Persons that do not become (or that are not amalgamated, merged or consolidated with or into, or substantially all of the assets or assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or a division of which are not transferred or conveyed to, or are not liquidated into) Note Parties pursuant to Permitted Acquisitions shall not exceed $2,500,000;

(i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing or would result from the execution of such agreement and the consummation of such acquisition;

(j) at least five (5) Business Days prior to the proposed date of the consummation of such acquisition, the Issuer shall have delivered to the Agent and the Purchasers a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Issuer certifying that such acquisition complies with this definition (which certificate shall have attached thereto reasonably detailed backup data and calculations demonstrating such compliance (or in the case of Cash Burn, subject to supporting documentation reasonably acceptable to the Required Purchasers));

(k) all transactions in connection therewith shall be consummated, in all material respects, in accordance with all applicable Requirements of Law; and

(l) no Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall, in connection with any such transaction, assume or remain liable with respect to any Indebtedness or contingent obligation (including any material tax or ERISA liability) of the related seller or the assets, business line, unit, division or Person acquired, except to the extent permitted to be incurred under Section 8.03.

Permitted Acquisition Cap” has the meaning specified in the definition of Permitted Acquisition.

 

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Permitted Liens” means, at any time, Liens in respect of property of any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries permitted to exist at such time pursuant to the terms of Section 8.01.

Permitted Successors and Assigns” means (a) to the extent the VLN Termination Date has occurred, with respect to any Purchaser, such Person’s successors and assigns and (b) to the extent the VLN Termination Date has not occurred, with respect to any Purchaser, a managed fund, Affiliate, financing party or investment vehicle of, Francisco Partners or an Approved Fund of Francisco Partners.

Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

Personal Information” has the meaning specified in Section 6.25(b).

PIK Interest” means, as of any date of determination, the aggregate amount of all interest that has been paid in kind and added to the principal balance of the Notes in accordance with Section 2.09(c) on or prior to such date of determination.

Plan” means any employee benefit plan, within the meaning of Section 3(3) of ERISA, maintained for employees of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries or to which the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries is required to contribute on behalf of any of its employees or otherwise has any liability.

Pledge Agreement” means the pledge agreement dated as of the Closing Date executed in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, by each of the Note Parties, as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.

PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act (Nova Scotia) including the regulations thereto, as amended from time to time (or any successor statute) or similar legislation of any other jurisdiction the laws of which are required by such legislation to be applied in connection with the issue, perfection, enforcement, validity or effect of security interests; provided that if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any Lien created hereunder or under any other Note Document on the Collateral is governed by the personal property security legislation or other applicable legislation with respect to personal property security in effect in a jurisdiction in Canada other than the Province of Nova Scotia, “PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act or such other applicable legislation (including the Civil Code (Quebec)) in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction in Canada for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

Pre-Merger Commitment” shall mean, in the case of each Purchaser that is a Purchaser on the Closing Date, its obligation to purchase Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes from the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.01(a), in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule I under the caption Pre-Merger Commitment or in any Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Purchaser becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate amount of the Pre-Merger Commitments as of the Closing Date is $25,000,000.

Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.01(a).

Prime Rate” is the rate of interest per annum from time to time published in the money rates section of The Wall Street Journal or any successor publication thereto as the “prime rate” then in effect; provided that if such rate of interest, as set forth from time to time in the money rates section of The Wall Street Journal, becomes unavailable for any reason as determined by Agent, the “Prime Rate” shall mean the rate of interest per annum announced by Agent as its prime rate in effect at its principal office in the State of Delaware (such Agent announced Prime Rate not being intended to be

 

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the lowest rate of interest charged by Agent in connection with extensions of credit to debtors); provided further, that, in the event such rate of interest is less than zero percent (0.0%) per annum, such rate shall be deemed to be zero percent (0.0%) per annum for purposes of this Agreement.

Private Placement” means a sale to the FP Purchasers, immediately prior to the consummation of the Merger (but after the Domestication (as defined in the BCA as of the BCA Signing Date)), in a private placement pursuant to a subscription agreement in the form attached to the Fee Letter as Exhibit B thereto (the “Subscription Agreement”), of an aggregate amount of Acquiror’s common stock equal to (i) $75,000,000 less (ii) the aggregate amount of PFDR’s Class A Ordinary Shares tendered and purchased in the Tender Offer.

Pro Forma Balance Sheet” means the unaudited pro forma condensed combined balance sheet of the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries as of June 30, 2022, after giving effect to the Transactions as if the Transactions been consummated on June 30, 2022, as included in the Form S-4 registration statement of PFDR filed with the SEC on October 31, 2022.

Process Letter” has the meaning specified in Section 5.01(q)

Purchaser” or “Purchasers” means each Person that has executed and delivered this Agreement as a “Purchaser” and such Person’s Permitted Successors and Assigns.

Purchaser FP Share Sale” has the meaning given to such term in the Fee Letter.

Purchaser-Related Person” has the meaning specified in Section 12.04(c).

Qualified Capital Stock” of any Person means any Equity Interests of such Person that are not Disqualified Capital Stock.

Qualified Equity Sale” has the meaning given to such term in the Fee Letter.

Real Estate Security Documents” means with respect to the fee interest of any Note Party in any real property located in the U.S.:

(a) a fully executed and notarized Mortgage encumbering the fee interest of such Note Party in such real property;

(b) if requested by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers, acting reasonably), maps or plats of an as-built survey of the sites of such real property certified to the Agent and the title insurance company issuing the policies referred to in clause (c) of this definition in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Required Purchasers and such title insurance company, dated a date satisfactory to the Required Purchasers and such title insurance company by an independent professional licensed land surveyor, which maps or plats and the surveys on which they are based shall be sufficient to delete any standard printed survey exception contained in the applicable title policy and be made in accordance with the Minimum Standard Detail Requirements for Land Title Surveys jointly established and adopted by the American Land Title Association and the National Society of Professional Surveyors, Inc. in 2016 with items 2, 3, 4, 6(b), 7(a), 7(b)(1), 7(c), 8, 9, 10, 11(a), 13, 14, 16,17, 18 and 19 on Table A thereof completed;

 

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(c) ALTA mortgagee title insurance policies issued by a nationally recognized title insurance company selected by the Issuer and reasonably acceptable to the Required Purchasers with respect to such real property, insuring that the Mortgage covering such real property creates a valid and enforceable first priority mortgage lien on such real property, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except Permitted Liens, which title insurance policies shall otherwise be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Purchasers and shall include such customary endorsements as are reasonably requested by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers) and are available in the applicable jurisdiction;

(d) evidence as to (i) whether such real property is in an area designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as having special flood or mud slide hazards (a “Flood Hazard Property”) and (ii) if such real property contains improvements situated in a Flood Hazard Property, (x) whether the community in which such real property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, (y) the applicable Note Party’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from the Agent (1) as to the fact that such real property is a Flood Hazard Property and (2) as to whether the community in which each such Flood Hazard Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program and (z) copies of insurance policies or certificates of insurance of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries (as applicable) evidencing flood insurance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Purchasers and naming the Agent and its successors and/or assigns as lender loss payee;

(e) if requested by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers, acting reasonably), a Phase I environmental assessment report, as to such real property, in form and substance and from professional firms reasonably acceptable to the Required Purchasers;

(f) if requested by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers, acting reasonably), evidence reasonably satisfactory to the Required Purchasers that such real property, and the uses of such real property, are in compliance in all material respects with all applicable zoning laws (the evidence submitted as to which should include the zoning designation made for such real property, the permitted uses of such real property under such zoning designation and, if available, zoning requirements as to parking, lot size, ingress, egress and building setbacks); and

(g) if requested by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers), a customary opinion of legal counsel to the Note Party granting the Mortgage on such real property, addressed to the Agent and each Purchaser, in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Required Purchasers.

Recipient” means any Purchaser and any other recipient of any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Note Party under any Note Document.

Registered Intellectual Property” has the meaning specified in Section 6.17(b).

Related Parties” means, with respect to any Person, such Person’s Affiliates and the partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, attorneys, accountants, administrators, managers, advisors, sub-advisors and representatives of such Person and of such Person’s Affiliates.

Relevant Governmental Body” means the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or a committee officially endorsed or convened by the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or any successor thereto.

 

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Reportable Event” means any of the events set forth in Section 4043(c) of ERISA, other than events for which the thirty-day notice period has been waived.

Required Purchasers” means, as of any date, the Purchasers holding a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Notes outstanding on such date; provided, that any Notes held by any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries shall be excluded.

Requirement of Law” shall mean, as to any Person, such Person’s Organization Documents, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its property is subject.

Resolution Authority” means an EEA Resolution Authority or, with respect to any UK Financial Institution, a UK Resolution Authority.

Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, chief financial officer, chief operating officer, chief legal officer, general counsel, treasurer, assistant treasurer, director, secretary, executive chairman or vice president of finance of a Note Party and, solely for purposes of the delivery of certificates pursuant to Sections 5.01 or 7.12(b), the director, secretary or any assistant secretary of a Note Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Note Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Note Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Note Party.

Restricted Payment” means (a) any dividend or other distribution, direct or indirect, on account of any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Equity Interests of any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, (b) any redemption, retirement, sinking fund or similar payment, purchase or other acquisition for value, direct or indirect, of any shares (or equivalent) of any class of Equity Interests of any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, (c) any payment made to retire, or to obtain the surrender of, any outstanding warrants, options or other rights to acquire shares of any class of Equity Interests of any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries, now or hereafter outstanding, and (d) any payment made in respect of management, consulting, transaction or similar advisory fees to or for the account of any holder (or any Affiliate of any holder) of the Equity Interests of any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries other than (i) customary consulting fees paid to any consultant of any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) compensation arrangements approved by, prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the board of directors (or appropriate committee thereof) of the Issuer and, on and after the Merger Closing Date, the board of directors (or appropriate committee thereof) of the Acquiror, and other normal and reasonable compensation and reimbursement of expenses of officers and directors, including indemnification agreements.

S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services or any successor by merger or consolidation to its business.

Sale and Leaseback Transaction” means, with respect to any Note Party or any Subsidiary, any arrangement, directly or indirectly, with any Person whereby the Note Party or such Subsidiary shall sell or transfer any property used or useful in its business, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and thereafter rent or lease such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold or transferred.

 

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Sanction(s)” means any sanction administered or enforced by the United States government (including OFAC and the U.S. Department of State), and any other applicable sanctions administered or enforced by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any Member State of the European Union, the Government of Canada, the United Kingdom, including His Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority of the United States, United Nations, European Union, United Kingdom or Canada.

SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

Secured Parties” means (a) each Purchaser and its Permitted Successors and Assigns and (b) the Agent and its permitted successors and assigns.

Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.

Securitization Transaction” means, with respect to any Person, any financing transaction or series of financing transactions (including factoring arrangements) pursuant to which such Person or any Subsidiary of such Person may sell, convey or otherwise transfer, or grant a security interest in, accounts, payments, receivables, rights to future lease payments or residuals or similar rights to payment to a special purpose subsidiary or affiliate of such Person.

Security Agreement” means the security agreement dated as of the Closing Date executed in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, by each of the Note Parties, as amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.

SOFR” means a rate equal to the secured overnight financing rate administered by the SOFR Administrator.

SOFR Administrator” means the Federal Reserve Bank of New York (or a successor administrator of the secured overnight financing rate).

SOFR Note” means on and after the occurrence of the VLN Termination Date, Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes that accrue interest at a rate based on Term SOFR.

Solvent” or “Solvency” means, with respect to any Person as of a particular date, that on such date (a) such Person is able to pay its debts and other liabilities, contingent obligations and other commitments as they mature in the ordinary course of business, (b) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay as such debts and liabilities mature in their ordinary course, (c) such Person is not engaged in a business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in a business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute unreasonably small capital after giving due consideration to the prevailing practice in the industry in which such Person is engaged or is to engage, (d) the fair value of the property of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person and (e) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured. In computing the amount of contingent liabilities at any time, it is intended that such liabilities will be computed at the amount which, in light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability.

Special Qualified Refinancing” has the meaning given to such term in the Fee Letter, and more specifically illustrated therein.

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Specified Asset Sale” has the meaning given to such term in the Fee Letter.

Specified BCA Representations” means the representations and warranties made by or with respect to the Issuer and its Subsidiaries in the BCA.

Specified Representations” means the representations and warranties of the Note Parties set forth in Sections 6.01(a) and (b)(ii), 6.02(a), 6.02(c), 6.04, 6.14, 6.18, 6.19, 6.21(a) (with respect to the use of proceeds of the Notes), 6.21(b) (with respect to the use of proceeds of the Notes) and 6.21(c).

SQR PIK Amount” has the meaning given to such term in the Fee Letter.

SQR Premium” has the meaning given to such term in the Fee Letter.

Subscription Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Private Placement”.

Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of Voting Stock is at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer, prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Issuer or, after the Merger Closing Date, a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Acquiror.

Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s) and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the mark-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined based upon one or more mid-market or other readily available quotations provided by any recognized dealer in such Swap Contracts (which may include a Purchaser or any Affiliate of a Purchaser).

Synthetic Lease” means any synthetic lease, tax retention operating lease, off-balance sheet loan or similar off-balance sheet financing arrangement whereby the arrangement is considered borrowed money indebtedness for tax purposes but is classified as an operating lease or does not otherwise appear on a balance sheet under GAAP.

 

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Taxes” means all present or future taxes, levies, imposts, duties, deductions, withholdings (including backup withholding), assessments, fees or other charges imposed by any Governmental Authority, including any interest, additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto.

Tax Treatment” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.23.

Tender Offer” means the tender offer by the FP Purchasers for up to $75,000,000 of the Class A Common Shares of the Acquiror at $10.00 per share on the terms described in the TO Statement and the Offer to Purchase.

Term SOFR” means,

(a) for any calculation with respect to a SOFR Note, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a three-month tenor on the day (such day, the “Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to the first day of such tenor, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such Periodic Term SOFR Determination Day, and

(b) for any calculation with respect to an ABR Note on any day, the Term SOFR Reference Rate for a tenor of one month on the day (such day, the “ABR Term SOFR Determination Day”) that is two (2) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such day, as such rate is published by the Term SOFR Administrator; provided, however, that if as of 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) on any ABR Term SOFR Determination Day the Term SOFR Reference Rate for the applicable tenor has not been published by the Term SOFR Administrator and a Benchmark Replacement Date with respect to the Term SOFR Reference Rate has not occurred, then Term SOFR will be the Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor as published by the Term SOFR Administrator on the first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day for which such Term SOFR Reference Rate for such tenor was published by the Term SOFR Administrator so long as such first preceding U.S. Government Securities Business Day is not more than three (3) U.S. Government Securities Business Days prior to such ABR Term SOFR Determination Day;

provided, further, that if Term SOFR determined as provided above (including pursuant to the proviso under clause (a) or clause (b) above) shall ever be less than the Index Floor, then Term SOFR shall be deemed to be the Index Floor.

Term SOFR Administrator” means CME Group Benchmark Administration Limited (CBA) (or a successor administrator of the Term SOFR Reference Rate selected by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers in their reasonable discretion)).

Term SOFR Reference Rate” means the forward-looking term rate based on SOFR.

Test Period” means, as of any date of determination, the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of, prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer, and on and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror, ended on or prior to such time (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which financial statements for the last quarter or fiscal year in such period have been or were required to

 

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have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) (in the case of the fourth fiscal quarter of any fiscal year) or Section 7.01(b) (in the case of each of the first three fiscal quarters of any fiscal year), as applicable.

Threshold Amount” means (x) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, $1,000,000 and (y) on and after the Merger Closing Date, $5,000,000.

TO Statement” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.01(l)(i).

Transaction Expenses” means any fees, costs, or expenses incurred, paid or payable by the Issuer or any of their respective Affiliates in connection with the Transactions, this Agreement and the other Note Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

Transactions” means, collectively, the transactions constituting or contemplated by this Agreement and the other Note Documents and any prepayment, repayment, repurchase, prepayment, or defeasance of Indebtedness of the Issuer in connection therewith, the Merger and the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing (including in connection with the BCA and the payment of the fees, costs and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing (including the Transaction Expenses)).

Treasury Regulations” means the regulations, including temporary regulations, promulgated by the United States Treasury Department under the Internal Revenue Code, as such regulations may be amended from time to time (including the corresponding provisions of any future regulations).

UK Financial Institution” means any BRRD Undertaking (as such term is defined under the PRA Rulebook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Prudential Regulation Authority) or any person subject to IFPRU 11.6 of the FCA Handbook (as amended from time to time) promulgated by the United Kingdom Financial Conduct Authority, which includes certain credit institutions and investment firms, and certain affiliates of such credit institutions or investment firms.

UK Resolution Authority” means the Bank of England or any other public administrative authority having responsibility for the resolution of any UK Financial Institution.

Unadjusted Benchmark Replacement” means the applicable Benchmark Replacement excluding the related Benchmark Replacement Adjustment.

Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York; provided, that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any security interest in any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, “Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof or of the other Note Documents relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

U.S. Government Securities Business Day” means any day except for (a) a Saturday, (b) a Sunday or (c) a day on which the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association recommends that the fixed income departments of its members be closed for the entire day for purposes of trading in United States government securities.

 

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U.S. Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia.

Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes” shall have the meaning specified in Section 2.01(b).

VLN Commitment” means, in the case of each Purchaser that is a VLN Purchaser on the Merger Closing Date, its obligation to make a deemed purchase of Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes from the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.01(b), in an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount set forth opposite such VLN Purchaser’s name on Schedule I under the caption VLN Commitment or in any Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Purchaser becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The aggregate amount of the VLN Commitments as of the Closing Date is $75,000,000.

VLN Purchaser” shall mean, as of any date of determination, any Purchaser that holds all or a portion of the outstanding Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes or VLN Commitment on such date.

VLN Termination Date” means the earlier to occur of (a) the termination of the BCA in accordance with its terms prior to the Merger Closing Date and (b) April 30, 2023, if the Merger has not been consummated on or prior to April 30, 2023 (or such later date as may be mutually agreed to by the Purchasers and the Issuer).

Voting Stock” means, with respect to any Person, Equity Interests issued by such Person the holders of which are ordinarily, in the absence of contingencies, entitled to vote for the election of directors (or persons performing similar functions) of such Person, even though the right so to vote has been suspended by the happening of such a contingency.

Wholly-Owned Subsidiary” means any Person 100% of whose Equity Interests are at the time owned by the Issuer (or, after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror) directly or indirectly through other Persons 100% of whose Equity Interests are at the time owned, directly or indirectly, by the Issuer (or, after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror).

Withholding Agent” means any Note Party, and any other Person required by applicable Law to withhold or deduct amounts from a payment made by or on account of any obligation of any Note Party under any Note Document.

Write-Down and Conversion Powers” means, with respect to any EEA Resolution Authority, the write-down and conversion powers of such EEA Resolution Authority from time to time under the Bail-In Legislation for the applicable EEA Member Country, which write-down and conversion powers are described in the EU Bail-In Legislation Schedule.

1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions.

With reference to this Agreement and each other Note Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Note Document:

(a) The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document (including the Note Documents

 

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and any Organization Document) shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced or supplemented from time to time (subject to any restrictions set forth herein or in any other Note Document), (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, (iii) the words “hereto”, “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import when used in any Note Document, shall be construed to refer to such Note Document in its entirety and not to any particular provision thereof, (iv) all references in an Note Document to Articles, Sections, Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules shall be construed to refer to Articles and Sections of, and Preliminary Statements, Exhibits and Schedules to, the Note Document in which such references appear, (v) any reference to any law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing or interpreting such law and any reference to any law or regulation shall, unless otherwise specified, refer to such law or regulation as amended, modified, extended, restated, replaced or supplemented from time to time, and (vi) the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all real and personal property and tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts, contract rights and Intellectual Property.

(b) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including;” the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding;” and the word “through” means “to and including.”

(c) Section headings herein and in the other Note Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Note Document.

(d) Any reference herein to a merger, transfer, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, shall be deemed to apply to a division of or by a limited liability company, or an allocation of assets to a series of a limited liability company (or the unwinding of such a division or allocation), as if it were a merger, transfer, amalgamation, consolidation, assignment, sale, disposition or transfer, or similar term, as applicable, to, of or with a separate Person. Any division of a limited liability company shall constitute a separate Person hereunder (and each division of any limited liability company that is a Subsidiary, joint venture or any other like term shall also constitute such a Person or entity).

1.03 Accounting Terms.

(a) Generally. Except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein, all accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP applied on a consistent basis, as in effect from time to time, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and (b), except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein; provided, however, that, calculations of Attributable Indebtedness under any Synthetic Lease or the implied interest component of any Synthetic Lease shall be made by the Issuer in accordance with accepted financial practice and consistent with the terms of such Synthetic Lease. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with any covenant contained herein, including the calculation of Consolidated Net Income for purposes of calculating Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA, Indebtedness of, prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer, and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror, and its Subsidiaries shall be deemed to be carried at 100% of the outstanding principal amount thereof, and the effects of FASB ASC 825 and FASB ASC 470-20 on financial liabilities shall be disregarded.

 

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(b) Changes in GAAP. Issuer will provide a written summary of material changes in GAAP and in the consistent application thereof with each annual and quarterly financial statement delivered in accordance with Section 7.01. If at any time any change in GAAP would affect the computation of any financial requirement set forth in any Note Document, and either the Issuer or the Required Purchasers shall so request, the Purchasers and Issuer shall negotiate in good faith to amend such requirement to preserve the original intent thereof in light of such change in GAAP (subject to the approval of the Required Purchasers); provided, that, until so amended, (i) such requirement shall continue to be computed in accordance with GAAP prior to such change therein and (ii) the Issuer shall provide to the Purchasers financial statements and other documents required under this Agreement or as requested hereunder setting forth a reconciliation between calculations of such requirement made before and after giving effect to such change in GAAP. Notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Agreement, all terms of an accounting or financial nature used herein shall be construed, and all computations of amounts and ratios referred to herein shall be made, without giving effect to any change to GAAP occurring as a result of the implementation of ASU 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board or any other proposals issued by the Financial Accounting Standards Board in connection therewith, in each case if such change would require treating any lease (or similar arrangement conveying the right to use) as a capital lease where such lease (or similar arrangement) was not required to be so treated under GAAP as in effect prior to such change.

(c) Consolidation of Variable Interest Rate Entities. All references herein to consolidated financial statements of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries or the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries or to the determination of any amount for the Issuer and its Subsidiaries or the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis or any similar reference shall, in each case, be deemed to include each variable interest entity that the Issuer is required to consolidate pursuant to FASB ASC 810 as if such variable interest entity was a Subsidiary as defined herein.

1.04 Times of Day.

Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to United States Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

1.05 Rates. The Agent does not warrant or accept responsibility for, and shall not have any liability with respect to (a) the continuation of, administration of, submission of, calculation of or any other matter related to ABR, Term SOFR or SOFR, or any component definition thereof or rates referred to in the definition thereof, or any alternative, successor or replacement rate thereto (including any Benchmark Replacement), including whether the composition or characteristics of any such alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) will be similar to, or produce the same value or economic equivalence of, or have the same volume or liquidity as, ABR, Term SOFR, SOFR or any other Benchmark prior to its discontinuance or unavailability or (b) the effect, implementation or composition of any Conforming Changes. The Agent and its affiliates or other related entities may engage in transactions that affect the calculation of ABR, Term SOFR, SOFR, any alternative, successor or replacement rate (including any Benchmark Replacement) or any relevant adjustments thereto, in each case, in a manner adverse to the Issuer. The Agent may select information sources or services in its reasonable discretion to ascertain ABR, Term SOFR, SOFR or any other Benchmark, in each case pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, and shall have no liability to the Issuer, any Purchaser or any other person or entity for damages of any kind, including direct or indirect, special, punitive, incidental or consequential damages, costs, losses or expenses (whether in tort, contract or otherwise and whether at law or in equity), for any error or calculation of any such rate (or component thereof) provided by any such information source or service.

 

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ARTICLE II

THE NOTES

2.01 Authorization and Issuance of Notes.

(a) The Issuer has duly authorized the issuance, sale and delivery of its Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes on the Closing Date to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-1 hereto which Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes shall not exceed for any such Purchaser the Pre-Merger Commitment of such Purchaser and, in the aggregate, the Pre-Merger Commitment of $25,000,000. All such notes originally issued pursuant to this paragraph (a) being collectively called the “Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes” and individually a “Pre-Merger Senior Secured Note”. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein but subject in all cases to restrictions on transfer and assignment solely to Purchasers and Permitted Successors and Assigns as set forth in Section 12.06, the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes will, upon the occurrence of the Closing Date, be immediately separable and transferable.

(b) The Issuer has duly authorized the issuance, deemed sale and delivery of its Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes on the Merger Closing Date to be substantially in the form of Exhibit A-2 hereto, which Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes shall not exceed for any such Purchaser the VLN Commitment of such Purchaser and, in the aggregate, the VLN Commitment of a deemed amount of $75,000,000. All such notes originally issued pursuant to this paragraph (b) being collectively called the “Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes” and individually a “Venture-Linked Senior Secured Note”. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein but subject in all cases to restrictions on transfer and assignment solely to Purchasers and Permitted Successors and Assigns the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes will, upon the occurrence of the Merger Closing Date, be immediately separable and transferable.

2.02 [Reserved].

2.03 Issuance and Sale of Securities. Subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, on the Closing Date and the Merger Closing Date, as applicable, the Issuer will issue and sell (or will be deemed to issue and sell, as applicable) the Notes to each of the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, and each of the Purchasers, severally and not jointly, shall purchase from the Issuer the Notes to be purchased by each of them, in each case in amounts, with respect to each Purchaser, equal to its Pre-Merger Commitment or VLN Commitment, as applicable.

2.04 Notes. The Notes issued pursuant hereto shall evidence the principal amounts of all Notes sold hereunder, and the date and principal amount of each purchase and sale (or deemed purchase and sale, as applicable) of the Notes to the Purchasers by the Issuer, as well as each payment or prepayment made on account of the principal thereof, and, in each case, the resulting aggregate unpaid principal balance thereof, shall be recorded by each Purchaser on its books in accordance with this Agreement and the methodologies more specifically set forth in the Fee Letter; provided, that failure by any Purchaser to make any such recordation shall not affect the obligations of the Issuer hereunder or under any Note. Each such recordation by a Purchaser made in accordance with this Agreement and such methodologies shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes in the absence of manifest error. For the avoidance of doubt, it is understood and agreed that the payment at any time of the applicable Contractual Minimum Return required to be paid in connection with any prepayment, repayment or acceleration of all or any portion of the then outstanding Notes shall be deemed to also be a concurrent payment in full of the Obligations constituting both (i) accrued and unpaid interest (other than accrued and unpaid default interest, if any) on the principal amount of the Notes so prepaid, repaid or accelerated and (ii) all PIK Interest on the principal amount of the Notes so prepaid, repaid or accelerated (it being understood that any other Obligations, including with respect to any remaining outstanding principal amount of the Notes after the deemed payment of such PIK Interest, shall be paid or deemed paid separately by the Issuer).

 

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2.05 Closing Date and Merger Closing Date.

(a) Closing Date. The sale and delivery of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes to be issued pursuant to Section 2.01(a) shall take place remotely via the electronic exchange of documents and signatures on the Closing Date (or such other time and place as the parties shall agree). At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date (or, in each case, such shorter notice period as is approved by the Required Purchasers) the Issuer shall deliver to the Agent a Notice of Issuance. On the Closing Date, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein, the Issuer will deliver to each Purchaser a Note or Notes registered in such Purchaser’s name or in the name of its nominee, such Notes to be duly executed and dated the Closing Date in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes allocated to such Purchaser as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule I attached hereto under the column “Pre-Merger Commitment”, against such Purchaser’s delivery to the Agent and the Agent’s delivery to the Issuer of immediately available funds in the amount set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule I attached hereto under the column “Pre-Merger Commitment”. Each Purchaser may specify by two (2) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Issuer the denominations for its Note or Notes (or, in the absence of such notice, one Note registered in such Purchaser’s name in such aggregate principal amount).

(b) Merger Closing Date. The deemed sale and delivery of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes to be issued pursuant to Section 2.01(b) shall take place remotely via the electronic exchange of documents and signatures on the Merger Closing Date (or such other time and place as the parties shall agree). At least three (3) Business Days prior to the Merger Closing Date (or, in each case, such shorter notice period as is approved by the Required Purchasers) the Issuer shall deliver to the Agent a Notice of Issuance. On the Merger Closing Date, subject to satisfaction of the conditions set forth herein, the Issuer will deliver to each Purchaser a Note or Notes registered in such Purchaser’s name or in the name of its nominee, such Notes to be duly executed and dated the Merger Closing Date in the aggregate principal amount of the Notes allocated to such Purchaser as set forth opposite such Purchaser’s name on Schedule I attached hereto under the column “VLN Commitment”. Each Purchaser may specify by two (2) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Issuer the denominations for its Note or Notes (or, in the absence of such notice, one Note registered in such Purchaser’s name in such aggregate principal amount).

2.06 [Reserved].

2.07 Prepayments.

(a) Voluntary Prepayments.

(i) The Issuer may, upon written notice from the Issuer to the Purchasers, voluntarily prepay the outstanding principal of the Notes, in whole or in part; provided, that, (A) such notice must be received not later than 11:00 a.m. five (5) Business Days prior to the date of prepayment and (B) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding).

 

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(ii) Each notice delivered pursuant to clause (i) above shall specify the date, the amount of such prepayment and, to the extent applicable (upon the payment or prepayment of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes in full), the application of any Applicable Liability Reduction Credits as set forth in Section 2.07(d). The Issuer shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein (but may be conditioned upon the prepayment of indebtedness or the consummation of a specified transaction, in each case, to the extent specified in such notice). Any prepayment of the principal of the Notes pursuant to this Section 2.07(a) shall be accompanied by:

(x) to the extent such prepayment is being made prior to the occurrence of the Merger Closing Date, (1) all fees, costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts (including any default interest) due and payable hereunder at the time of prepayment and, with respect to any such costs and expenses, invoiced to the Issuer at least two (2) Business Days prior to the prepayment, and (2) the applicable Contractual Minimum Return with respect to the principal amount of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes so prepaid;

(y) to the extent such prepayment is being made on or after the VLN Termination Date, (1) all fees, costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts (including any default interest) due and payable hereunder at the time of prepayment and, with respect to any such costs and expenses, invoiced to the Issuer at least two (2) Business Days prior to the prepayment and (2) the greater of (A) all accrued and unpaid interest (other than default interest) on the principal amount of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes so prepaid and (B) the applicable Contractual Minimum Return with respect to the principal amount of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes so prepaid; and

(z) to the extent such payment is being made after the Merger Closing Date (and for the avoidance of doubt, the deemed funding of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes), (1) all fees, costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts (including any accrued and unpaid default interest) due and payable hereunder at the time of prepayment and, with respect to any such costs and expenses, invoiced to the Issuer at least two (2) Business Days prior to the prepayment and (2) the greater of (A) all accrued and unpaid interest (other than default interest) on the principal amount of the Notes prepaid and (B) the applicable Contractual Minimum Return with respect to the principal amount of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes so prepaid, subject to the application of any Applicable Liability Reduction Credits if the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes are being prepaid in full, as set forth in Section 2.07(d).

Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Notes of the Purchasers in accordance with their respective pro rata share in respect of each of the Notes regardless of whether at such time any Purchaser owns FP Shares that were the subject of a Qualified Equity Sale.

(b) Mandatory Prepayments.

(i) Dispositions and Involuntary Dispositions. No later than the third Business Day following the receipt by any Note Party or any Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition (including, for the avoidance of doubt, a Specified Asset Sale) or Involuntary Disposition, the Issuer shall prepay the Notes (subject to the payment of any applicable Contractual Minimum Return and, if the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes are being paid or prepaid in full, the application of any Applicable Liability Reduction Credits as set forth in Section 2.07(d)), in an aggregate amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds; provided that (x) so long as no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and (y) to the extent that the aggregate Net Cash Proceeds of all Dispositions, Involuntary Dispositions and Extraordinary Receipts in any fiscal year do not exceed $5,000,000 in excess of the De Minimis Disposition Proceeds specified below, the Issuer shall have the option,

 

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directly or through the applicable Subsidiary, to invest such Net Cash Proceeds in Eligible Assets (1) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, within 90 days of the date of such Disposition or Involuntary Disposition or (2) on or after the Merger Closing Date, (A) within twelve months following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds or (B) if the Issuer or any Subsidiary enters into a legally binding commitment to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds within twelve months following receipt thereof, within the later of (I) twelve months following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds and (II) 180 days of the date of such legally binding commitment; provided further, that so long as no Default or Event of Default exists at the time prepayment would otherwise be required pursuant to this Section 2.07(b)(i), the Issuer shall not be required to use the Net Cash Proceeds of all Dispositions, Involuntary Dispositions and Extraordinary Receipts received by the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries not exceeding $10,000,000 in the aggregate in such fiscal year (the “De Minimis Disposition Proceeds”) to prepay the Notes (for the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto agree that so long as no Default or Event of Default exists at the time prepayment would otherwise be required pursuant to this Section 2.07(b)(i), if the Net Cash Proceeds of all Dispositions, Involuntary Dispositions and Extraordinary Receipts received by the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries exceed the De Minimis Disposition Proceeds in any such fiscal year, only the Net Cash Proceeds in excess of the De Minimis Disposition Proceeds and not reinvested per this clause (i) shall be required to be used to prepay the Notes in accordance with this Section 2.07(b)(i)). Any prepayment pursuant to this clause (i) shall be applied as set forth in clause (v) below.

(ii) Extraordinary Receipts. No later than the third Business Day following the receipt by any Note Party or any Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Extraordinary Receipts (other than so long as no Default or Event of Default exists at the time prepayment would otherwise be required pursuant to this Section 2.07(b)(ii) and where the Net Cash Proceeds of all Extraordinary Receipts, Dispositions, and Involuntary Dispositions received by the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries do not exceed the De Minimis Disposition Proceeds in such fiscal year, in which case no prepayment shall be required), apply 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds to prepay the Notes (subject to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest or any applicable Contractual Minimum Return and, if the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes are being paid or prepaid in full, the application of any Applicable Liability Reduction Credits as set forth in Section 2.07(d)). Any prepayment pursuant to this clause (ii) shall be applied as set forth in clause (v) below.

(iii) Debt Issuance. No later than one Business Day following the receipt by any Note Party or any Subsidiary of the Net Cash Proceeds of any Debt Issuance, prepay the Notes (subject to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest or any applicable Contractual Minimum Return and, if the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes are being paid or prepaid in full, the application of any Applicable Liability Reduction Credits as set forth in Section 2.07(d)) in an aggregate amount equal to 100% of such Net Cash Proceeds. Any prepayment pursuant to this clause (iii) shall be applied as set forth in clause (v) below.

(iv) Merger Closing Date. On the Merger Closing Date, the Issuer shall use the proceeds of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes to prepay the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes in full, together with (x) any accrued and unpaid interest thereon, at a per annum rate equal to 9.25% and (y) default interest, if any, in each case of the foregoing subclauses (x) and (y), based upon the actual number of days elapsed from the Closing Date to the Merger Closing Date. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, it is agreed that with respect to any mandatory prepayment being made pursuant to Section 2.07(b)(iv), interest on the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes shall accrue as set forth herein. All prepayments under Section 2.07(b)(iv) shall be applied (A) to payment of any accrued and unpaid default interest, if any, (B) to payment of accrued and unpaid interest, if applicable, and (C) thereafter, to the payment of principal.

 

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(v) Application of Mandatory Prepayments. The Issuer shall provide the Agent and each Purchaser with written notice of any payment to be made under this Section 2.07(b)(i) through (iii) at least two (2) Business Days prior to the date such payment is required to be under this Section 2.07(b). Each notice delivered pursuant to the foregoing sentence shall specify the date, the amount of such prepayment and to the extent applicable, if the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes are being prepaid in full, the application of any Applicable Liability Reduction Credits as set forth in Section 2.07(d). The Agent will promptly notify each Purchaser holding Notes to be prepaid in accordance with such prepayment notice of the contents of such prepayment notice and of such Purchaser’s pro rata share of the estimated prepayment. Each Purchaser may reject all (but not less than all) of its pro rata share of any mandatory prepayment of Notes required to be made pursuant to Section 2.07(b)(i) and (ii) (other than the application of any Applicable Liability Reduction Credits if the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes are being prepaid in full) (such declined amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”) by providing written notice (each, a “Rejection Notice”) to the Agent and the Issuer, no later than 2:00 p.m. one (1) Business Day prior to the date of such prepayment. If a Purchaser fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Agent within the time frame specified above, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory prepayment of Notes. Any Declined Proceeds may be retained by the Issuer to be used for any purpose not prohibited hereunder and under the other Note Documents. All prepayments under Section 2.07(b)(i) through (iii) not constituting Declined Proceeds shall be applied (i) to all costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts due and payable hereunder, (ii) to payment of accrued and unpaid default interest, if any, (iii) to the payment of the greater of (x) accrued and unpaid interest on the amount so prepaid and (y) the payment of the applicable Contractual Minimum Return, and (iv) thereafter, to the payment of principal subject to the last sentence of Section 2.04. All prepayments under Section 2.07(b)(iv) shall be applied as set forth in such Section.

(c) Change of Control. Upon the occurrence of a Change of Control, the Issuer shall, unless otherwise directed by the Required Purchasers, immediately prepay all of the Notes (subject to the payment of accrued and unpaid interest or any applicable Contractual Minimum Return and any Applicable Liability Reduction Credits as set forth in Section 2.07(d)) plus all other Obligations (it being understood and agreed that the payment pursuant to this clause (c) shall be in addition to, but without duplication of, any other right and remedy that any Secured Party under the Note Documents has as a result of an Event of Default arising from the occurrence of such Change of Control).

(d) Liability Reduction Credit Formula. Solely to the extent the Merger Closing Date has occurred:

(i) No later than the second Business Day following the consummation of a Qualified Equity Sale by the Issuer, the Issuer shall deliver to the Agent and each Purchaser a written notice setting forth (i) the date and gross proceeds of such sale and (ii) the credit available to the Issuer as a result of applying such gross proceeds to the Liability Reduction Credit Formula as set forth in the Fee Letter (each such credit, an “Applicable Liability Reduction Credit”). As set forth in the Fee Letter, in connection with a Default Purchaser Sale (as defined in the Fee Letter) such notice shall be delivered by the applicable FP Purchaser(s) and not the Issuer.

(ii) Each Applicable Liability Reduction Credit shall be applied at such time as the outstanding Obligations with respect to the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes are paid in full (or required to be paid in full, including if the Obligations are accelerated for any reason).

 

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Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, all Applicable Liability Reduction Credits shall be applied:

first, to the greater of (A) all accrued and unpaid interest (other than default interest) on the principal amount of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes so paid or prepaid and (B) the applicable Contractual Minimum Return with respect to the then outstanding amount principal amount of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes so paid or prepaid;

second, to the extent that the application of the Applicable Liability Reduction Credit is due to a Default Purchaser Sale (as defined in the Fee Letter), any accrued and unpaid default interest; and

third, to the then remaining outstanding principal amount of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes so paid or prepaid.

To the extent any amounts are owing by the Issuer after the application of the Applicable Liability Reduction Credits in connection with such a payment or prepayment in full of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes, the Issuer shall pay any such outstanding Obligations under the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes in cash in an amount required to pay such Obligations in full on such date.

(iii) All Applicable Liability Reduction Credits shall be applied to the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes pursuant to the terms set forth in this Agreement and shall be applied to such Notes and be binding on each Purchaser in accordance with its respective pro rata share in respect of the then-outstanding aggregate principal amount of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes, regardless of whether at the time of any such Qualified Equity Sale or the application of any Applicable Liability Reduction Credit any such Purchaser owns or has any interest in the FP Shares that were the subject of such Qualified Equity Sale.

(e) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that if the Obligations are accelerated for any reason, including because of (i) default, (ii) the commencement of any insolvency proceeding or other proceeding pursuant to any Debtor Relief Laws, or (iii) the sale, disposition or encumbrance (including that by operation of law or otherwise), the Contractual Minimum Return, if any, that is required to be paid pursuant to the Fee Letter, determined as of the date of acceleration will also be due and payable as though said Indebtedness was voluntarily prepaid as of such date and shall constitute part of the Obligations, in view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual damages and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of each Purchaser’s lost profits as a result thereof. Any Contractual Minimum Return payable in accordance with the immediately preceding sentence shall be presumed to be the liquidated damages sustained by each Purchaser as the result of the early termination and the Issuer agrees that it is reasonable under the circumstances currently existing. The Contractual Minimum Return, if any is required to be paid pursuant to the Fee Letter, shall also be payable (i) in the event the Obligations (and/or this Agreement or the Notes evidencing the Obligations) are satisfied or released by foreclosure (whether by power of judicial proceeding), deed in lieu of foreclosure or by any other means and/or (ii) upon the satisfaction, release, payment, restructuring, reorganization, replacement, reinstatement, defeasance or compromise of any of the Obligations (and/or this Agreement or the Notes evidencing the Obligations) in any insolvency proceeding or other proceeding pursuant to any Debtor Relief Laws, foreclosure (whether by power of judicial proceeding or otherwise), deed in lieu of foreclosure or by any other means or the making of a distribution of any kind in any insolvency proceeding to the Agent, for the account of the Purchasers, in full or partial satisfaction of the Obligations. THE ISSUER EXPRESSLY WAIVES THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS

 

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OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE CONTRACTUAL MINIMUM RETURN IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACCELERATION INCLUDING IN CONNECTION WITH ANY VOLUNTARY OR INVOLUNTARY ACCELERATION OF THE OBLIGATIONS PURSUANT TO ANY INSOLVENCY PROCEEDING OR OTHER PROCEEDING PURSUANT TO ANY DEBTOR RELIEF LAWS OR PURSUANT TO A PLAN OF REORGANIZATION. The Issuer expressly agrees that: (A) the Contractual Minimum Return is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel; (B) the Contractual Minimum Return shall be payable notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is made; (C) there has been a course of conduct between the Purchasers and the Issuer giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the Contractual Minimum Return; and (D) the Issuer shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this paragraph. The Issuer expressly acknowledges that its agreement to pay Contractual Minimum Return to Purchasers as herein described is a material inducement to Purchasers to provide the Commitments and purchase the Notes.

(f) Special Qualified Refinancings.

(i) The Issuer may, upon written notice from the Issuer to the Purchasers, elect to prepay the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes, in whole or in part; provided, that (w) such notice must be received not later than 11:00 a.m. five (5) Business Days prior to the date of prepayment, (x) any such prepayment shall be in a minimum principal amount of $5,000,000 or a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof (or, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding), (y) such prepayment is made using proceeds from a Special Qualified Transaction that has been consummated no earlier than eight (8) Business Days prior to the date of prepayment and (z) the conditions with respect to Special Qualified Refinancings as set forth in the Fee Letter have been met.

(ii) Each notice delivered pursuant to clause (i) above shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment. The Issuer shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein (but may be conditioned upon the occurrence of the applicable Special Qualified Transaction, in each case, to the extent specified in such notice). Any prepayment of the outstanding Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes pursuant to this Section 2.07(f) shall be accompanied by (x) all fees, costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts (including any accrued and unpaid default interest) due and payable hereunder at the time of prepayment, (y) the SQR Premium, and (z) the SQR PIK Amount and any other accrued and unpaid interest on the amount so prepaid at the time of prepayment.

(iii) Each such prepayment shall be applied (v) to all costs, expenses, indemnities and other amounts due and payable hereunder, (w) to payment of accrued and unpaid default interest, if any, (x) to payment of the SQR Premium, (y) to payment of the SQR PIK Amount and the payment of any other accrued and unpaid interest, and (z) thereafter, to the payment of principal. Each such prepayment shall be applied to the Notes of the Purchasers in accordance with their respective pro rata share in respect of each of the Notes regardless of whether at such time any Purchaser owns FP Shares.

2.08 Repayment of Notes.

The Issuer shall repay the outstanding principal amount of the Notes, together with all accrued and unpaid interest and all other Obligations, on the Maturity Date, subject to the last sentence of Section 2.04. Notes repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed.

 

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2.09 Interest; Other Amounts.

(a) Pre-Default Rate. Subject to the provisions of subsection (b) below, the Notes shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof at a rate per annum of nine and one quarter percent (9.25%); provided, however, that upon the occurrence of the VLN Termination Date, the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes shall thereafter bear interest at a rate per annum equal to, at the election of the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.15(a), either (i) ABR plus the Applicable Rate or (ii) Term SOFR plus the Applicable Rate.

(b) Default Rate. Upon the occurrence of and during the continuance of any Event of Default, all (i) outstanding Obligations shall bear interest during the continuance of such Event of Default at an interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws and (ii) accrued and unpaid interest (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable in cash on demand.

(c) Interest Generally. Subject to the Fee Letter, the last sentence of Section 2.04, Section 2.07(b)(iv) and Section 2.09(b)(ii), interest on the Notes shall be due and payable (i) in-kind, and be added to the principal balance of the Notes, in arrears on the last Business Day of each calendar quarter, commencing with the calendar quarter ending immediately after the first to occur of (x) the Merger Closing Date and (y) the VLN Termination Date, (ii) on the Merger Closing Date, (iii) on the VLN Termination Date, (iv) the date of any prepayment or repayment of the Notes (including any acceleration thereof and subject to payment of any applicable Contractual Minimum Return, if greater), (v) the Maturity Date (subject to payment of any Contractual Minimum Return, if greater) and (vi) at such other times as may be specified herein (each such date an “Interest Payment Date”). Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

(d) Fee Letters. The Issuer shall pay (i) to Agent, solely for its own account, an annual administration fee in respect of the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Agent Fee Letter and (ii) to the Purchasers the fees in the amounts and on the dates set forth in the Fee Letter.

(e) Interest Act (Canada).

(i) For purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), whenever any interest or fee under this Agreement or the Notes is calculated using a rate based on a number of days less than a full year, such rate determined pursuant to such calculation, when expressed as an annual rate, is equivalent to (i) the applicable rate; (ii) multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year in which the period for which such interest or fee is payable (or compounded) ends; and (iii) divided by the number of days based on which such rate is calculated. The principle of deemed reinvestment of interest does not apply to any interest calculation under this Agreement. The rates of interest stipulated in this Agreement are intended to be nominal rates and not effective rates or yields.

(ii) If any provision of this Agreement would oblige a Canadian Guarantor to make any payment of interest or other amount payable to any Purchaser in an amount or calculated at a rate which would result in a receipt by that Purchaser of “interest” at a “criminal rate” (as such terms are construed under the Criminal Code (Canada)), then, notwithstanding such provision, such amount or rate shall be deemed to have been adjusted with retroactive effect to the maximum amount or rate of interest, as the case may be, as would not so result in a receipt by that Purchaser of “interest” at a “criminal rate”, such adjustment to be effected, to the extent necessary (but only to the extent necessary), as follows:

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(B) thereafter, by reducing any fees, commissions, costs, expenses, premiums and other amounts required to be paid to the affected Purchaser which would constitute interest for purposes of Section 347 of the Criminal Code (Canada).

2.10 Reduction or Termination of Commitments.

(a) The Pre-Merger Commitments shall terminate on the Closing Date, contemporaneously with the issuance of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes.

(b) The VLN Commitments shall terminate in full on the earlier to occur of (i) the Merger Closing Date, upon the issuance and deemed sale of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes and (ii) the VLN Termination Date.

2.11 Computation of Interest.

All computations of interest shall be made on the basis of a 365/366-day year and actual days elapsed. Interest shall accrue on the Notes for the day on which the Notes are issued, and shall not accrue on the Notes, or any portion thereof, for the day on which the Notes or such portion is paid.

2.12 Payments Generally.

(a) General. All payments to be made by the Issuer shall be made free and clear of and without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Subject to the Fee Letter and Section 9.03, all payments of principal, interest, prepayment and repayment premiums, Contractual Minimum Return and fees on the Notes and all other Obligations payable by any Note Party under the Note Documents shall be due, without any presentment thereof, directly to the Purchasers, at such office or bank account as may be specified by each Purchaser from time to time by written notice to the Issuer. The Note Parties will make such payments in Dollars, in immediately available funds not later than 2:00 p.m., on the date due, marked for attention as indicated, or in such other manner or to such other account in the United States and at a bank as the Purchasers may from time to time direct in writing. All payments received by the Purchasers after 2:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue in respect of such succeeding Business Day. If any payment to be made by the Issuer shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest.

(b) Obligations of Purchasers are Several. The obligations of the Purchasers hereunder to purchase the Notes and to make payments pursuant to Section 12.04(d) are several and not joint. The failure of any Purchaser to purchase the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be purchased by it or to make any payment under Section 12.04(d) on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Purchaser of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Purchaser shall be responsible for the failure of any other Purchaser to purchase the aggregate principal amount of the Notes to be purchased by it or to make its payment under Section 12.04(d).

(c) Funding Source. Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Purchaser to obtain the funds to purchase any Note in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Purchaser that it has obtained or will obtain the funds to purchase any Note in any particular place or manner.

 

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2.13 No Purchase of Notes. No Note Party or any of their respective Affiliates may acquire directly or indirectly any of the outstanding Notes, without the prior written consent of the Required Purchasers.

2.14 Sharing of Payments by Purchasers.

If any Purchaser shall, by exercising any right of setoff or otherwise, obtain payment in respect of any principal of or interest on its portion of any Note resulting in such Purchaser’s receiving payment of a proportion of the aggregate amount of the Note and accrued interest thereon greater than its pro rata share thereof as provided herein, then such Purchaser shall (a) notify the other Purchasers of such fact and (b) purchase for cash at face value, but without recourse, ratably from each of the other Purchasers such amount of the Notes held by each such other Purchaser (or interest therein), so that the benefit of all such payments shall be shared by the Purchasers ratably in accordance with the aggregate amount of principal of and accrued interest on their respective portions of the Notes and other amounts owing them; provided, that:

(i) if any such purchase is made by any Purchaser, and if such excess payment or part thereof is thereafter recovered from such purchasing Purchaser, the related purchases from the other Purchasers shall be rescinded ratably and the purchase price restored as to the portion of such excess payment so recovered, but without interest; and

(ii) the provisions of this Section 2.14 shall not be construed to apply to (x) any payment made by or on behalf of the Issuer pursuant to and in accordance with the express terms of this Agreement or (y) any payment obtained by a Purchaser as consideration for the assignment of any of its portion of the Notes to any assignee, other than an assignment to the Issuer or any Subsidiary (as to which the provisions of this Section shall apply).

2.15 SOFR Provisions.

(a) SOFR Election. Subject to the provisions of Section 9.02(c), (i) on the VLN Termination Date, any then-outstanding portion of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes shall be converted to SOFR Notes and (ii) after the VLN Termination Date, commencing on the last Business Day of the fiscal quarter ending immediately after the VLN Termination Date and on the last Business Day of each fiscal quarter thereafter, Issuer shall elect that the then-outstanding portion of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes be continued or converted to SOFR Notes or ABR Notes, as applicable; provided that (x) each such election must be made pursuant to an irrevocable Notice of Continuation or Conversion delivered to the Agent by 11:00 am on such last Business Day and (y) no ABR Note may convert to a SOFR Note after the date that is one fiscal quarter prior to the Maturity Date. In the absence of a Notice of Continuation or Conversion submitted to Agent and so long as a Default or Event of Default has not occurred and is continuing, all Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes that are ABR Notes shall automatically be continued as ABR Notes and all Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes that are SOFR Notes shall automatically be continued as SOFR Notes.

(b) Temporary Inability to Determine Benchmark. If the Agent shall be notified by Required Purchasers that: (i) the Term SOFR or any then-current Benchmark cannot be determined pursuant to the definition thereof, (ii) adequate and reasonable methods do not exist for ascertaining the Benchmark, (iii) the Benchmark, as determined by Required Purchasers, will not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to Purchasers of funding their Notes accruing interest based upon the Benchmark, or (iv) the making or funding of Notes accruing interest based upon the Benchmark has become impracticable, in each case of clauses (i)-(iv), other than as a result of an event described in Section 2.15(c) below; then, in any such case, the Agent shall promptly provide notice of such determination to the Issuer and the Purchasers (which shall be conclusive and binding on the Issuer and the Purchasers), and (x) any request for a conversion to or continuation of any such Note shall be automatically withdrawn and shall be deemed a request for an ABR Note and (y) each such Note will immediately become an ABR Note.

 

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(c) Benchmark Replacement Setting.

(i) Benchmark Replacement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Note Document, upon the occurrence of a Benchmark Transition Event, the Agent in consultation with the Required Purchasers may amend this Agreement to replace the then-current Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement. Any such amendment with respect to a Benchmark Transition Event will become effective at 5:00 p.m. on the fifth (5th) Business Day after the Agent has posted such proposed amendment to all Purchasers and Issuer so long as the Agent has not received, by such time, written notice of objection to such amendment from the Required Purchasers. No replacement of a Benchmark with a Benchmark Replacement pursuant to this Section 2.15(c) will occur prior to the applicable Benchmark Transition Start Date.

(ii) Benchmark Replacement Conforming Changes. In connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement, the Agent will have the right to make Conforming Changes from time to time and, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Note Document, any amendments implementing such Conforming Changes will become effective without any further action or consent of any other party to this Agreement or any other Note Document.

(iii) Notices; Standards for Decisions and Determinations. The Agent will promptly notify the Issuer and the Purchasers of (x) the implementation of any Benchmark Replacement and (y) the effectiveness of any Conforming Changes in connection with the use, administration, adoption or implementation of a Benchmark Replacement. The Agent will notify Issuer of (i) the removal or reinstatement of any tenor of a Benchmark pursuant to Section 2.15(c)(iv); and (ii) the commencement of any Benchmark Unavailability Period. Any determination, decision or election that may be made by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers) or, if applicable, any Purchaser (or group of Purchasers) pursuant to this Section 2.15(c), including any determination with respect to a tenor, rate or adjustment or of the occurrence or non-occurrence of an event, circumstance or date and any decision to take or refrain from taking any action or any selection, will be conclusive and binding absent manifest error and may be made in its or their sole discretion and without consent from any other party to this Agreement or any other Note Document, except, in each case, as expressly required pursuant to this Section 2.15(c).

(iv) Unavailability of Tenor of Benchmark. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Note Document, at any time (including in connection with the implementation of a Benchmark Replacement), (x) if the then-current Benchmark is a term rate (including the Term SOFR Reference Rate) and either (1) any tenor for such Benchmark is not displayed on a screen or other information service that publishes such rate from time to time as selected by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers) or (2) the regulatory supervisor for the administrator of such Benchmark has provided a public statement or publication of information announcing that any tenor for such Benchmark is not or will not be representative, then the Agent may modify the applicable provisions applicable to such Benchmark (or component thereof) or such Benchmark settings at or after such time to remove such unavailable or non-representative tenor and (y) if a tenor that was removed pursuant to clause (x) above either (1) is subsequently displayed on a screen or information service for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement) or (2) is not, or is no longer, subject to an announcement that it is or will no longer be representative for a Benchmark (including a Benchmark Replacement), then the Agent (acting at the direction of the Required Purchasers) may modify the applicable provisions, including any interest period, applicable to such Benchmark (or component thereof) or such Benchmark settings at or after such time to reinstate such previously removed tenor.

 

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(v) Benchmark Unavailability Period. Upon Issuer’s receipt of notice of the commencement of a Benchmark Unavailability Period, any outstanding affected SOFR Notes will be deemed to have been converted into ABR Notes immediately.

(d) Illegality. If any Purchaser determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Purchaser to perform any of its obligations hereunder or to make, maintain or fund or charge interest with respect to any Note or to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or Term SOFR, then, on notice thereof by such Purchaser to the Issuer through the Agent, (i) any obligation of such Purchasers to issue, make, maintain, fund or charge interest with respect to any Note or continue SOFR Notes or to convert ABR Notes to SOFR Notes shall be suspended and (ii) the interest rate on which ABR Notes is determined shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Agent without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “ABR”, in each case until each affected Purchaser notifies the Agent and the Issuer that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist. Upon receipt of such notice, (x) the Issuer shall, upon demand from such Purchaser (with a copy to the Agent), prepay or, if applicable, convert all SOFR Notes of such Purchaser to ABR Notes (the interest rate on which ABR Notes of such Purchaser shall, if necessary to avoid such illegality, be determined by the Agent without reference to clause (c) of the definition of “ABR”), on the Interest Payment Date therefor, if all affected Purchasers may lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Notes to such day, or immediately, if any Purchaser may not lawfully continue to maintain such SOFR Notes to such day, in each case until the Agent is advised in writing by each affected Purchaser that it is no longer illegal for such Purchaser to determine or charge interest rates based upon SOFR, the Term SOFR Reference Rate or Term SOFR. Upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Issuer shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 2.15(e).

(e) Breakage Fees. In the event of (i) default by the Issuer in making a conversion into or continuation of SOFR Notes after the Issuer has given a notice requesting the same in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement, (ii) default by the Issuer in making any prepayment of SOFR Notes after the Issuer has given a notice thereof in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement (which notice has not been revoked in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement), or (iii) the making of a prepayment or conversion of SOFR Notes on a day that is not an Interest Payment Date, the Issuer shall compensate each Purchaser for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. A certificate as to any amounts payable pursuant to this Section 2.15 submitted to the Issuer (with a copy to the Agent) by any Purchaser shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. The Issuer shall pay such Purchaser the amount shown as due on any such certificate within three Business Days after receipt thereof. This Section 2.15(e) shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of the Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder.

(f) Increased Costs. If, after the Closing Date, any Change in Law: (i) shall impose, modify or deem applicable any reserve (including any reserve imposed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, or any successor thereto, but excluding any reserve included in the determination of Term SOFR pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement), special deposit, compulsory loan, insurance charge or similar requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of, or credit extended or participated in by any Purchaser, (ii) subjects any Recipient to Taxes (other than (A) Indemnified Taxes, (B) Taxes described in clauses (b) through (d) of the definition of Excluded Taxes and (C) Connection Income Taxes) on its

 

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loans, loan principal, letters of credit, commitments, or other obligations, or its deposits, reserves, other liabilities or capital attributable thereto or (iii) shall impose on any Purchaser any other condition, cost, or expense (other than Taxes) affecting its SOFR Notes; and the result of anything described in clauses (i) through (iii) above is to increase the cost to (or to impose a cost on) such Purchaser of maintaining any SOFR Note, or to reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by such Purchaser under this Agreement, then upon demand by such Purchaser, Issuer shall promptly pay directly to such Purchaser such additional amount as will compensate such Purchaser for such increased cost or such reduction.

ARTICLE III

TAXES

3.01 Taxes.

(a) All payments of principal and interest on the Notes and all other amounts payable hereunder to any Recipient shall be made free and clear of and without deduction or withholding for or on account of any Taxes. If any withholding or deduction of any Tax from any payment by or on account of any obligation of any Note Party hereunder is required pursuant to any applicable Law, then (i) the applicable Withholding Agent shall be entitled to make such withholding or deduction and shall pay directly to the relevant Governmental Authority the full amount required to be so withheld or deducted within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by applicable law, (ii) the applicable Withholding Agent shall promptly forward to the Purchasers an official receipt or other documentation satisfactory to the Required Purchasers evidencing such payment to such Governmental Authority and (iii) if such Tax is an Indemnified Tax, the sum payable by the applicable Note Party shall be increased by such additional amount or amounts as is necessary to ensure that the net amount actually received by the applicable Recipient will equal the full amount such Recipient would have received had no such withholding or deduction been required.

(b) The Issuer shall indemnify each Recipient, within ten (10) days after demand therefor, for the full amount of any Indemnified Taxes with respect to any Note Document or any payment thereunder (including Indemnified Taxes imposed on or attributable to amounts payable under this Section 3.01) payable or paid by such Recipient or required to be withheld or deducted from a payment by such Recipient and any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, whether or not such Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority.

(c) Each Purchaser, including any Purchaser that purports to become an assignee of an interest pursuant to Section 12.06 after the Closing Date, shall execute and deliver to the Issuer on or prior to the date that such Purchaser becomes a party hereto (and from time to time thereafter upon the reasonable request of the Issuer), one or more (as the Issuer may reasonably request) duly completed and executed copies of any forms, certificates or documents reasonably requested by the Issuer certifying as to such Purchaser’s entitlement to any available exemption from or reduction of withholding or deduction of Taxes.

(d) Each Purchaser agrees that if any form or certification it previously delivered pursuant to this Section 3.01 expires or becomes obsolete or inaccurate in any respect, it shall promptly update such form or certification or promptly notify the Issuer of its inability to do so.

 

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(e) Each of the parties to the Agreement shall, within ten (10) days of a reasonable request by another party to the Agreement, supply to that other party:

(i) such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status under FATCA as that other party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other party’s compliance with FATCA, and

(ii) such forms, documentation and other information relating to its status as that other party reasonably requests for the purposes of that other party’s compliance with any other law, regulation, or exchange of information regime, such as the Common Reporting Standard.

(f) If a Purchaser determines, in its sole discretion exercised in good faith, that it has received a refund of any Taxes as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this Section 3.01 (including by the payment of additional amounts pursuant to this Section 3.01), it shall pay to the indemnifying party an amount equal to such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes giving rise to such refund), net of all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses (including Taxes) of such indemnified party and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant Governmental Authority with respect to such refund). Such indemnifying party, upon the request of such indemnified party, shall repay to such indemnified party the amount paid over pursuant to this Section 3.01(f) (plus any penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant Governmental Authority) in the event that such indemnified party is required to repay such refund to such Governmental Authority. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 3.01(f), in no event will the indemnified party be required to pay any amount to an indemnifying party pursuant to this Section 3.01(f) the payment of which would place the indemnified party in a less favorable net after-Tax position than the indemnified party would have been in if the Tax subject to indemnification and giving rise to such refund had not been deducted, withheld or otherwise imposed and the indemnification payments or additional amounts with respect to such Tax had never been paid. This Section 3.01(f) shall not be construed to require any indemnified party to make available its Tax returns (or any other information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to the indemnifying party or any other Person.

3.02 Survival.

All of the Note Parties’ obligations under this Article III shall survive any transfer of the Notes, the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of the Obligations hereunder and the resignation or replacement of the Agent.

3.03 Mitigation of Obligations.

If the Issuer is required to pay any Indemnified Taxes or additional amounts to any Purchaser or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Purchaser pursuant to Section 3.01, then at the request of the Issuer, such Purchaser shall use commercially reasonable efforts to designate a different lending office for purchasing its Notes hereunder or to assign its rights and obligations hereunder to another of its offices, branches or Affiliates, if, in the judgment of such Purchaser such designation or assignment (i) would eliminate or reduce amounts payable pursuant to Section 3.01 as the case may be, in the future, and (ii) in each case, would not subject such Purchaser to any unreimbursed cost or expense and would not otherwise be disadvantageous to such Purchaser. The Issuer hereby agrees to pay all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of counsel) incurred by any Purchaser in connection with any such designation or assignment.

 

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ARTICLE IV

GUARANTY

4.01 The Guaranty.

Each of the Guarantors hereby jointly and severally guarantees to each Secured Party as hereinafter provided, as primary obligor and not as surety, the prompt payment of the Obligations of the Issuer and any other Guarantors in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) strictly in accordance with the terms thereof. The Guarantors hereby further agree that if any of the Obligations are not paid in full when due (whether at stated maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise), the Guarantors will, jointly and severally, promptly pay the same, without any demand or notice whatsoever, and that in the case of any extension of time of payment or renewal of any of the Obligations, the same will be promptly paid in full when due (whether at extended maturity, as a mandatory prepayment, by acceleration or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of such extension or renewal.

Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained herein or in any other of the Note Documents, the obligations of each Guarantor under this Agreement and the other Note Documents shall be limited to an aggregate amount equal to the largest amount that would not render such obligations subject to avoidance under the Debtor Relief Laws or any comparable provisions of any applicable state or federal or other applicable law.

4.02 Obligations Unconditional.

The obligations of the Guarantors under Section 4.01 are joint and several, absolute and unconditional, irrespective of the value, genuineness, validity, regularity or enforceability of any of the Note Documents, or any other agreement or instrument referred to therein, or any substitution, release, impairment or exchange of any other guarantee of or security for any of the Obligations, and, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, irrespective of any law or regulation or other circumstance whatsoever which might otherwise constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of a surety or guarantor, it being the intent of this Section 4.02 that the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances. Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of subrogation, indemnity, reimbursement or contribution against the Issuer or any other Guarantor for amounts paid under this Article IV until such time as the Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted) have been paid in full; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the payment in full of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes in connection with the substantially concurrent consummation of the deemed purchase of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes on the Merger Closing Date shall not be deemed to be a payment in full of all Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is agreed that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the occurrence of any one or more of the following shall not alter or impair the liability of any Guarantor hereunder, which shall remain absolute and unconditional as described above:

(a) at any time or from time to time, without notice to any Guarantor, the time for any performance of or compliance with any of the Obligations shall be extended, or such performance or compliance shall be waived;

(b) any of the acts mentioned in any of the provisions of any of the Note Documents, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Note Documents shall be done or omitted;

 

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(c) the maturity of any of the Obligations shall be accelerated, or any of the Obligations shall be modified, supplemented or amended in any respect, or any right under any of the Note Documents, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Note Documents shall be waived or any other guarantee of any of the Obligations or any security therefor shall be released, impaired or exchanged in whole or in part or otherwise dealt with;

(d) any Lien granted to, or in favor of, the Agent or any Purchaser as security for any of the Obligations shall fail to attach or be perfected; or

(e) any of the Obligations shall be determined to be void or voidable (including, for the benefit of any creditor of any Guarantor) or shall be subordinated to the claims of any Person (including any creditor of any Guarantor).

With respect to its obligations hereunder, each Guarantor hereby expressly waives diligence, presentment, demand of payment, protest and all notices whatsoever, and any requirement that the Agent or any Purchaser exhaust any right, power or remedy or proceed against any Person under any of the Note Documents, or any other agreement or instrument referred to in the Note Documents, or against any other Person under any other guarantee of, or security for, any of the Obligations.

4.03 Reinstatement.

The obligations of the Guarantors under this Article IV shall be automatically reinstated if and to the extent that for any reason any payment by or on behalf of any Person in respect of the Obligations is rescinded or must be otherwise restored by any holder of any of the Obligations, whether as a result of any proceedings in bankruptcy or reorganization or otherwise, and each Guarantor agrees that it will indemnify each Secured Party on demand for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by such Secured Party in connection with such rescission or restoration, including any such costs and expenses incurred in defending against any claim alleging that such payment constituted a preference, fraudulent transfer or similar payment under any Debtor Relief Law.

4.04 Certain Additional Waivers.

Each Guarantor agrees that such Guarantor shall have no right of recourse to security for the Obligations, except through the exercise of rights of subrogation pursuant to Section 4.02 and through the exercise of rights of contribution pursuant to Section 4.06.

4.05 Remedies.

The Guarantors agree that, to the fullest extent permitted by law, as between the Guarantors, on the one hand, and the Secured Parties, on the other hand, the Obligations may be declared to be forthwith due and payable as provided in Section 9.02 (and shall be deemed to have become automatically due and payable in the circumstances provided in said Section 9.02) for purposes of Section 4.01 notwithstanding any stay, injunction or other prohibition preventing such declaration (or preventing the Obligations from becoming automatically due and payable) as against any other Person and that, in the event of such declaration (or the Obligations being deemed to have become automatically due and payable), the Obligations (whether or not due and payable by any other Person) shall forthwith become due and payable by the Guarantors for purposes of Section 4.01. The Guarantors acknowledge and agree that their obligations hereunder are secured in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents and that the Purchasers may exercise their remedies thereunder in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

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4.06 Rights of Contribution.

The Guarantors agree among themselves that, in connection with payments made hereunder, each Guarantor shall have contribution rights against the other Guarantors as permitted under applicable law. Such contribution rights shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the obligations of such Guarantors under the Note Documents and no Guarantor shall exercise such rights of contribution until all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted) have been paid in full and the Commitments have been terminated; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the payment in full of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes in connection with the substantially concurrent consummation of the deemed purchase of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes on the Merger Closing Date shall not be deemed to be a payment in full of all Obligations.

4.07 Guarantee of Payment; Continuing Guarantee.

The guarantee in this Article IV is a guaranty of payment and not of collection, is a continuing guarantee, and shall apply to all Obligations whenever arising.

4.08 Condition of Guarantors.

Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that it has the sole responsibility for, and has adequate means of, obtaining from the Issuer and any other Guarantor such information concerning the financial condition, business and operations of the Issuer and any such other Guarantors as such Guarantor requires, and that none of the Secured Parties has any duty, and such Guarantor is not relying on the Secured Parties at any time, to disclose to such Guarantor any information relating to the business, operations or financial condition of the Issuer or any other Guarantor (such Guarantor waiving any duty on the part of the Secured Parties to disclose such information and any defense relating to the failure to provide the same).

ARTICLE V

CONDITIONS PRECEDENT

 

5.01

Conditions to Effectiveness of Agreement and Purchase of Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes.

This Agreement shall become effective upon, and the obligation of each Purchaser to purchase the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes is subject to, satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 12.01) of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Note Documents. Receipt by the Purchasers of executed counterparts of (i) this Agreement, (ii) a Pre-Merger Senior Secured Note, in favor of each Purchaser that has requested such a Note, (iii) the Fee Letter, (iv) the Agent Fee Letter, (v) the Security Agreement, (vi) the Pledge Agreement, (vii) a Deposit Account Control Agreement with Silicon Valley Bank, as depository bank, in respect of certain of the Note Parties’ deposit accounts and a Securities Account Control Agreement with U.S. Bank National Association and SVB Asset Management, in respect of a securities account of the Issuer, and (viii) the Perfection Certificate, in each case properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Note Party and each other party to such Note Documents, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchasers.

(b) Opinions of Counsel. Receipt by the Purchasers and the Agent of a customary executed legal opinion of (i) Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP, US counsel to the Notes Parties and (ii) McInnes Cooper, Canadian counsel to the Note Parties, in each case dated as of the Closing Date, and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers, the Agent and their respective counsel. The Issuer hereby requests such counsel to deliver such opinions.

 

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(c) Financial Statements. The Purchasers shall have received the Audited Financial Statements, the Interim Financial Statements and the Pro Forma Balance Sheet.

(d) Litigation. There shall not exist any action, suit, investigation, litigation, proceeding, injunction, hearing or other legal or regulatory developments, pending or, to the knowledge of the Issuer, threatened in any court or before an arbitrator or Governmental Authority that individually or in the aggregate materially impairs the Transactions or the issuance of the Notes.

(e) Organization Documents, Resolutions, Etc. Receipt by the Purchasers of the following, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers and their legal counsel:

(i) copies of the Organization Documents of each Note Party executing and delivering Note Documents on the Closing Date certified to be true and complete as of a recent date by the appropriate Governmental Authority of the state or other jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, where applicable, and certified by a secretary or assistant secretary of such Note Party to be true and correct as of the Closing Date;

(ii) such certificates of resolutions, shareholder resolutions, extract of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Note Party executing and delivering Note Documents on the Closing Date as the Purchasers may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Note Documents to which such Note Party is a party, including any applicable powers of attorney under which any Note Document has been executed; and

(iii) such documents and certifications as the Purchasers may require to evidence that each Note Party executing and delivering Note Documents on the Closing Date is duly organized or formed, and is validly existing, in good standing and qualified to engage in business in its jurisdiction of organization or formation, including certificates of good standing or status in all applicable jurisdictions.

(f) Perfection and Priority of Liens. Subject to Section 7.20, receipt by the Purchasers of the following, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Purchasers and, if applicable, in proper form for filing or recording:

(i) searches of Uniform Commercial Code and the Personal Property Registry established pursuant to the PPSA filings in the jurisdiction of formation of each Note Party, the jurisdiction where each Canadian Guarantor is “located” for the purposes of the PPSA, an in each jurisdiction where a filing would need to be made in order to perfect the Agent’s security interest in the Collateral, together with copies of the financing statements on file in such jurisdictions, tax, litigation, bankruptcy and, in the case of Canadian Guarantors, Bank Act (Canada) searches and other evidence that no Liens exist other than Permitted Liens or Liens for which adequate arrangements have been made for the release thereof;

(ii) UCC and PPSA financing statements for each appropriate jurisdiction as is necessary to perfect the Agent’s security interest in the Collateral of the applicable Note Parties executing and delivering Note Documents on the Closing Date;

(iii) searches of ownership of, and Liens on, the Intellectual Property owned by each Note Party in the appropriate governmental offices (including the United States Patent and Trademark Office, United States Copyright Office, and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office);

 

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(iv) duly executed IP Security Agreements as are necessary to perfect the Agent’s security interest in the Registered Intellectual Property of the Note Parties executing and delivering Note Documents on the Closing Date, which has been registered, or for which an application for registration has been filed with, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or the Canadian Intellectual Property Office;

(v) all certificates evidencing any certificated Equity Interests pledged to the Agent pursuant to the Pledge Agreement, together with duly executed in blank and undated stock powers attached thereto and/or blank and undated share transfer forms (or any other similar instruments of transfer) for those certificates, endorsed in blank by a duly authorized officer of the pledgor thereof; and

(vi) perfection actions, including searches, certifications, notices and any other items required pursuant to or reasonably requested in connection with the Collateral Documents to be executed on the Closing Date or under any applicable Requirement of Law, provided that any documents and/or instruments to be executed, filed, registered, recorded or delivered in order to create and perfect in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a first ranking lien on the Collateral of the Note Parties executing and delivering Note Documents as of the Closing Date shall be executed and delivered to the Agent in proper form for filing, registration or recordation (as applicable);

provided, that each of the requirements set forth in Sections 5.01(a) and (f) to the extent that (i) any foreign local law guaranty, security interest or credit support is not or cannot be provided and/or perfected by the Closing Date and/or (ii) other third party deliverables (other than (x) delivery of stock or other equity certificates of material domestic subsidiaries of the Issuer, (y) the perfection of security interests in assets with respect to which a lien may be perfected by the filing of a financing statement under the UCC and (z) the filing of IP Security Agreements required under Section 5.01(f)(iv)) after use by the Issuer of commercially reasonable efforts to do so, then the provision of such guaranty or the creation or perfection of any security interest shall not constitute a condition precedent to the effectiveness of this Agreement or the obligation of each Purchaser to purchase the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes on the Closing Date, but instead shall be required to be delivered after the Closing Date as further specified in Section 7.20, provided that to the extent that approvals of Governmental Authorities, works councils, local statutory consultation processes or other independent third parties are required as a matter of law in the Netherlands or any other relevant jurisdiction prior to the provision any such guaranty, security interest or credit support, then the requirement to include any such subsidiary guaranty, security interest or other credit support shall be deemed to be a proposal subject to the foregoing limitations and neither be deemed to a covenant of, nor a requirement from, any Note Party.

(g) Closing Certificate. Receipt by the Purchasers of a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer certifying, as of the Closing Date, that the conditions specified in Sections 5.01(d), (i), and (n) have been satisfied.

(h) Existing Indebtedness. All of the existing Indebtedness for the borrowed money of the Note Parties and their respective Subsidiaries under the following agreements shall be repaid in full, commitments thereunder shall be terminated and all security interests related thereto shall be terminated on or prior to the Closing Date, in each case, evidenced by payoff letters and lien releases (or provisions for release) reasonably satisfactory to the Agent: (i) the Amended and Restated Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of August 10, 2018, by and among the Issuer, certain Subsidiaries of

 

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the Issuer party thereto from time to time and Silicon Valley Bank, (ii) the Loan and Security Agreement, dated as of December 10, 2021, between Eastward Fund Management and the Issuer, and (iii) the credit facility letter agreement, dated June 9, 2020, between Kinduct Technologies Inc. and The Toronto-Dominion Bank, in each case as the documentation for such facilities have been amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the Closing Date.

(i) Governmental and Third Party Approvals. Except for approvals and waiting periods required in order to consummate the Merger under the BCA, the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries shall have received all material governmental, shareholder and third-party consents and approvals necessary in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the other Note Documents and the other transactions contemplated hereby and all applicable waiting periods shall have expired without any action being taken by any Person that could reasonably be expected to restrain, prevent or impose any material adverse conditions on the Note Parties or any of their Subsidiaries or such other transactions or that could seek to threaten any of the foregoing, and no law or regulation shall be applicable which could reasonably be expected to have such effect, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchasers.

(j) Tender Offer Cooperation. To the extent that the applicable request for such assistance or information from the Acquiror and/or the Issuer described below has been made to the Acquiror and the Issuer prior to the Closing Date and such information is available as of such date:

(i) in the event the SEC determines the Tender Offer constitutes an “issuer tender offer” subject to Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act, each of the Issuer and PFDR shall have used its reasonable best efforts to (x) assist the FP Purchasers in preparing (A) a tender offer statement on Schedule TO for the Tender Offer suitable for use in an issuer tender offer relating to public equity securities (the “TO Statement”) and satisfying all of the requirements applicable thereto (including but not limited to the rules set out in Section 14(d)(1) and Rule 13e-4 of the Exchange Act) and (B) the offer to purchase for the Tender Offer (the “Offer to Purchase”), including risk factors, tax disclosure and other relevant disclosure and ancillary documentation and (y) provide the FP Purchasers with all information reasonably requested and required to prepare and disseminate the TO Statement and the Offer to Purchase, including (A) an accurate list to be provided by PFDR of each existing stockholder of PFDR and the most recent security position listing of the applicable clearing agency and (B) all necessary audited and unaudited historical and pro forma financial statements of PFDR and of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries required by Item 10 of Schedule TO;

(ii) in the event the SEC does not determine the Tender Offer to be an “issuer tender offer” subject to Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act, each of the Acquiror and the Issuer shall have used its reasonable best efforts to (x) cooperate with the FP Purchasers in connection with their preparation of the Schedule TO-T (suitable for use in a third-party tender offer relating to public equity securities) and (y) provide the FP Purchasers with all information regarding the Acquiror and the Issuer reasonably required for the Schedule TO-T to comply with Item 2 and Item 10 of Schedule TO; and

(iii) each of the Acquiror and the Issuer shall have provided any additional information or documentation requested by the SEC or any other regulatory agency with respect to the Tender Offer as soon as reasonably practicable following the request thereof.

(k) Letter of Direction. Receipt by the Purchasers of a letter of direction or funds flow memorandum with respect to the proceeds of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes (net of any fees, costs or expenses detailed therein) to be distributed on the Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers.

 

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(l) Fees. Receipt by the Agent, the Purchasers and their respective Affiliates of any fees that are required to be paid under the Agent Fee Letter and the Fee Letter on or before the Closing Date.

(m) Costs; Expenses. Subject to Section 12.04 (and in accordance with Section 12.04, subject further to the terms of the Fee Letter), the Issuer shall have paid all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, fees and charges of the Agent, the Purchasers and their respective Affiliates that have been invoiced by at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Closing Date and incurred in connection with the Note Documents, the Equity Grant Agreement and (if applicable) the Equity Purchase Documents, including all documented expenses, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Agent, the Purchasers and their respective Affiliates and all due diligence expenses of the Agent, the Purchasers and their respective Affiliates, in each case, incurred on or prior to the Closing Date, including such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute their reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the Closing Date (provided, that, such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Issuer, the Purchasers and the Agent).

(n) Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties of the Issuer and each other Note Party contained in Article VI or any other Note Document, or which are contained in any document furnished at any time under or in connection herewith or therewith, shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects subject to the materiality standard set forth therein if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) on and as of the Closing Date, except to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date or period, in which case they shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) as of such earlier date or period.

(o) Process Letters. Each Note Party that is executing the Note Documents on the Closing Date and that organized outside of the United States of America shall have appointed Corporation Service Company, or other agent reasonably acceptable to Agent and the Required Purchasers, as its agent for the purpose of accepting service of any process in the United States of America, evidenced by a service of process letter in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Agent (each, a “Process Letter”).

(p) PATRIOT Act, Know Your Customer Regulations. Receipt by the Agent and the Purchasers of (i) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the Closing Date, all documentation that they reasonably determine is required by regulatory authorities (including Hong Kong) under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act, to the extent reasonably requested by at least seven (7) Business Days prior to the Closing Date and (ii) a Beneficial Ownership Certification for the Issuer to the extent that it qualifies as a “legal entity customer” under the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

(q) Solvency Certificate. Receipt by the Agent and the Purchasers of a certificate of the Chief Financial Officer of the Issuer in substantially the form of Exhibit F that the Issuer and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (after giving effect to the Transactions occurring on the Closing Date and the incurrence of Indebtedness related thereto), are Solvent.

 

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(r) BCA. On or prior to the Closing Date, the Note Parties shall have delivered a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Issuer attaching a true and complete copy of the BCA (including the schedules and exhibits thereto) and the related documents thereto which have been entered into on or prior to such date. The BCA shall not have been waived, amended or modified in any manner that is materially adverse to the Purchasers (it being understood that any amendment or modification of the definition of “Company Material Adverse Effect” or “Termination Date” in the BCA will be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Purchasers) without written consent of the Purchasers (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed).

(s) Notice of Issuance. Receipt by the Agent and the Purchasers of a Notice of Issuance.

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 11.03, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.01, each Purchaser that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Purchaser unless the Agent shall have received notice from such Purchaser prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

5.02 Conditions to Deemed Purchase of Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes.

The obligation of each Purchaser to purchase the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes is subject to, satisfaction (or waiver in accordance with Section 12.01) of the following conditions precedent:

(a) Notice of Issuance. Receipt by the Agent and the Purchasers of a Notice of Issuance.

(b) Funding. The amounts required to be funded in respect of the Tender Offer, the Private Placement (if applicable) and to effect the mandatory prepayment of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes pursuant to Section 2.07(b)(iv) shall have been, or substantially contemporaneously with the deemed purchase of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes will be, funded.

(c) No Company Material Adverse Effect. Since the BCA Signing Date, there shall not have occurred a Company Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the BCA).

(d) Representations and Warranties. The Specified BCA Representations and the Specified Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) on and as of the Merger Closing Date, except to the extent that such Specified BCA Representations and such Specified Representations specifically refer to an earlier date, in which case such Specified BCA Representations shall be true and correct in all material respects (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) as of such earlier date.

(e) No Event of Default. After giving effect to the Merger and the other Transactions occurring on the Merger Closing Date, no Event of Default shall exist, or would result therefrom.

(f) Merger. The Merger shall have been consummated in accordance with the terms of the BCA, but without giving effect to any amendments, waivers or consents that are materially adverse to the interests of the Purchasers without written approval of the Purchasers, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed (it being understood that any amendment or modification of the definitions of “Company Material Adverse Effect” or “Termination Date” in the BCA will be deemed to be materially adverse to the interests of the Purchasers).

 

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(g) Reaffirmation Agreement. The Note Parties shall have delivered to the Agent a customary reaffirmation agreement (the “Reaffirmation Agreement”), reaffirming the Agent’s Lien (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) on the Collateral to secure the Obligations, in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Purchasers.

(h) Closing Certificate. Receipt by the Purchasers of a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer certifying, as of the Merger Closing Date, that the conditions specified in Sections 5.02(c), (d), (e) and (f) have been satisfied.

(i) Tender Offer Cooperation. To the extent that the applicable request for such assistance or information from PFDR and/or the Issuer described below has been made to PFDR and the Issuer prior to the Merger Closing Date and such information is available as of such date:

(i) in the event the SEC determines the Tender Offer constitutes an “issuer tender offer” subject to Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act, each of the Issuer and PFDR shall have used its reasonable best efforts to (x) assist the FP Purchasers in preparing (A) the TO Statement and satisfying all of the requirements applicable thereto (including but not limited to the rules set out in Section 14(d)(1) and Rule 13e-4 of the Exchange Act) and (B) the Offer to Purchase, including risk factors, tax disclosure and other relevant disclosure and ancillary documentation and (y) provide the FP Purchasers with all information reasonably requested and required to prepare and disseminate the TO Statement and the Offer to Purchase, including (A) an accurate list to be provided by PFDR of each existing stockholder of PFDR and the most recent security position listing of the applicable clearing agency and (B) all necessary audited and unaudited historical and pro forma financial statements of the Acquiror and of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries required by Item 10 of Schedule TO;

(ii) in the event the SEC does not determine the Tender Offer to be an “issuer tender offer” subject to Rule 13e-4 under the Exchange Act, each of PFDR and the Issuer shall have used its reasonable best efforts to (A) cooperate with the FP Purchasers in connection with their preparation of the Schedule TO-T (suitable for use in a third-party tender offer relating to public equity securities) and (B) provide the FP Purchasers with all information regarding PFDR and the Issuer reasonably required for the Schedule TO-T to comply with Item 2 and Item 10 of Schedule TO; and

(iii) each of the Acquiror and the Issuer shall have provided any additional information or documentation requested by the SEC or any other regulatory agency with respect to the Tender Offer as soon as reasonably practicable following the request thereof.

(j) Letter of Direction. Receipt by the Purchasers of a letter of direction or funds flow memorandum with respect to the proceeds of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes (net of any fees, costs or expenses detailed therein) to be distributed on the Merger Closing Date, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Purchasers.

(k) Costs; Expenses. Subject to Section 12.04 (and in accordance with Section 12.04, subject further to the terms of the Fee Letter), the Issuer shall have paid all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses, fees and charges of the Agent, the Purchasers, and their respective Affiliates that have been invoiced by at least two (2) Business Days prior to the Merger Closing Date and incurred in connection with the Note Documents, the Equity Grant Agreement and the Equity Purchase Documents, including all documented expenses, fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Agent,

 

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the Purchasers and their respective Affiliates and all due diligence expenses of the Agent, the Purchasers and their respective Affiliates, in each case, incurred on or prior to the Merger Closing Date, including such fees, charges and disbursements as shall constitute their reasonable estimate of such fees, charges and disbursements incurred or to be incurred by it through the Merger Closing Date (provided, that, such estimate shall not thereafter preclude a final settling of accounts between the Issuer, the Purchasers and the Agent).

Without limiting the generality of the provisions of the last paragraph of Section 11.03, for purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in this Section 5.02, each Purchaser that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Purchaser unless the Agent shall have received notice from such Purchaser prior to the proposed Merger Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

ARTICLE VI

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each Note Party represents and warrants to the Secured Parties that:

6.01 Existence, Qualification and Power.

Each Note Party and each of its Subsidiaries (a) is duly established, organized, incorporated or formed (as applicable), validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority and all requisite permits, governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Note Documents to which it is a party, and (c) is duly qualified and is licensed and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification or license; except in each case referred to in clause (b)(i) or (c), to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

6.02 Authorization; No Contravention.

The execution, delivery and performance by each Note Party of each Note Document to which such Person is party have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents, (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under, or require any payment to be made under (i) any material Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any order, judgment, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject, in each case, in any material respect or (c) violate any applicable Law (including Regulation U or Regulation X issued by the FRB) in any material respect.

6.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents.

No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Note Party of this Agreement or any other Note Document other than (a) those that have already been obtained and are in full force and effect, (b) filings to perfect the Liens created by the Collateral Documents and (c) the filing of any applicable reports under securities laws.

 

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6.04 Binding Effect.

Each Note Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Note Party that is party thereto. Each Note Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of each Note Party that is party thereto, enforceable against each such Note Party in accordance with its terms, subject to applicable Debtor Relief Laws or other Laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and subject to general principles of equity.

6.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.

(a) The Audited Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries of the type required to be set forth on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP as of the date thereof.

(b) The Interim Financial Statements (i) were prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the period covered thereby, except as otherwise expressly noted therein, (ii) fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries as of the date thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby, subject, in the case of clauses (i) and (ii), to the absence of footnotes and to normal year-end audit adjustments, and (iii) show all material indebtedness and other liabilities, direct or contingent, of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries of the type required to be set forth on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP as of the date thereof.

(c) From the date of the Audited Financial Statements to and including the Closing Date and, upon the occurrence of the Merger Closing Date, the Merger Closing Date, there has been no Disposition by any Note Party or any Subsidiary, or any Involuntary Disposition, of any material part of the business or property of any Note Party or any Subsidiary, and no purchase or other acquisition by any of them of any business or property (including any Equity Interests of any other Person) material to any Note Party or any Subsidiary, in each case, which is not reflected in the foregoing financial statements or in the notes thereto and has not otherwise been disclosed in writing to the Purchasers on or prior to the Closing Date or Merger Closing Date, as applicable.

(d) The financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and (b) have been prepared in accordance with GAAP (except as may otherwise be permitted under Section 7.01(a) or (b), as applicable) and present fairly in all material respects (on the basis disclosed in the footnotes to such financial statements) the consolidated financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries as of the dates thereof and for the periods covered thereby.

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6.06 Litigation. Except as set forth in Schedule 6.06, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Note Parties, threatened in writing, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries or against any of their properties or revenues that (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Note Document, or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or (b) either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in any material liability of a Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries.

6.07 No Default or Event of Default.

(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 6.07, neither any Note Party nor any Subsidiary is (i) in default under or with respect to any Material Contract that, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in (A) a loss of more than 10% of the consolidated revenue of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (as measured against the consolidated revenue of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries reflected in the most recently delivered financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(c) or 7.01) or (B) liability to any Note Party or any Subsidiary in excess of $2,000,000 or (ii) in default under or with respect to any other Contractual Obligation that, in the case of this clause (ii), could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) No Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

6.08 Ownership of Property; Liens.

Each Note Party and its Subsidiaries has good and marketable title in fee simple (or similar concept in any applicable jurisdiction) to, or valid leasehold interests in, all real property necessary or used in the ordinary conduct of its business, and has good title to its personal property and assets. The property of each Note Party and its Subsidiaries is subject to no Liens, other than Permitted Liens. No Note Party owns any real property as of the Closing Date.

6.09 Environmental and Safety Laws. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, each Note Party and its Subsidiaries is and has been in compliance with all Environmental Laws and there has been no release or, to such Person’s knowledge, threatened release of any Hazardous Material, on, upon, into or from any site currently or previously owned, leased or otherwise used by the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries. There have been no Hazardous Materials generated by any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries that have been disposed of or come to rest at any site that has been included in any published U.S. federal, state or local “superfund” site list or any other similar list of hazardous or toxic waste sites published by any governmental authority in the United States. Except as would not have a Material Adverse Effect, there are no underground storage tanks located on, no polychlorinated biphenyls (“PCBs”) or PCB-containing equipment used or stored on, and no hazardous waste as defined by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, as amended, stored on, any site owned or operated by any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries, except for the storage of hazardous waste in compliance with Environmental Laws. The Note Parties have made available to the Purchasers true and complete copies of all material environmental records, reports, notifications, certificates of need, permits, pending permit applications, correspondence, engineering studies and environmental studies or assessments.

 

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6.10 Insurance.

(a) The properties of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries are insured with financially sound and reputable insurance companies that are not Affiliates of such Persons, in such amounts, with such deductibles and covering such risks as are customarily carried by companies engaged in similar businesses and owning similar properties in localities where any Note Party or any Subsidiary operates. The insurance coverage of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries as in effect on the Closing Date is outlined as to carrier, policy number, expiration date, type and coverage amounts on Schedule 6.10, which Schedule 6.10 shall be updated to include information regarding the deductibles for such insurance coverage and delivered to the Purchasers by the date required by Section 7.20, and the representation set forth in this Section 6.10(a) with respect to such deductibles shall be deemed to have been made upon delivery of such information.

(b) The Note Parties and their Subsidiaries maintain, if available, fully paid flood hazard insurance on all real property that is located in a special flood hazard area in the United States and that constitutes Collateral on such terms and in such amounts as required by The National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 or as otherwise required by the Agent or the Required Purchasers.

6.11 Tax Returns and Payments. The Note Parties and their Subsidiaries have filed all federal, state and other income tax returns and other material tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have paid all material federal, state and other taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP. There is no proposed tax assessment against any Note Party or any Subsidiary that could reasonably be expected to result in a material liability of such Note Party or Subsidiary. Neither any Note Party nor any Subsidiary thereof is party to any tax sharing agreement with any Person that is not a Note Party.

6.12 ERISA Compliance.

(a) Except to the extent that any of the following has not or could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Plan and Pension Plan is in compliance, in both form and operation, with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or state laws and (ii) each Pension Plan that is intended to be a qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code has received a current favorable determination or opinion letter from the Internal Revenue Service to the effect that the form of such Pension Plan is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code and the trust related thereto has been determined by the Internal Revenue Service to be exempt from federal income tax under Section 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code or an application for such a letter is currently pending with the Internal Revenue Service and nothing has occurred that would prevent, or cause the loss of, such tax-qualified status or exempt status.

(b) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Note Parties, threatened claims, actions or lawsuits, or action by any Governmental Authority, with respect to any Plan or any Pension Plan that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There has been no prohibited transaction or violation of the fiduciary responsibility rules with respect to any Plan or Pension Plan that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Except to the extent that any of the following has not or could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) no ERISA Event has occurred and none of the Issuer and any ERISA Affiliate is aware of any fact, event or circumstance that could reasonably be expected to constitute or result in an ERISA Event with respect to any Pension Plan, (ii) the Issuer and each ERISA Affiliate has met all applicable requirements under the Pension Funding Rules in respect of each Pension Plan, and no waiver of the minimum funding standards under the Pension Funding Rules has been applied for or obtained, (iii) as of the most recent valuation date for any Pension Plan, the funding target attainment percentage (as defined in Section 430(d)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code) is sixty percent (60%) or higher and none of the Issuer and any ERISA Affiliate knows of any facts or circumstances that could reasonably be expected to cause the funding target attainment percentage for any such plan to drop

 

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below sixty percent (60%) as of the next valuation date, (iv) none of the Issuer and any ERISA Affiliate has incurred any liability to the PBGC other than for the payment of premiums, and there are no premium payments which have become due that are unpaid, (v) none of the Issuer and any ERISA Affiliate has engaged in a transaction that could be subject to Section 4069 or Section 4212(c) of ERISA, and (vi) no Pension Plan has been terminated by the plan administrator thereof nor by the PBGC, and no event or circumstance has occurred or exists that could reasonably be expected to cause the PBGC to institute proceedings under Title IV of ERISA to terminate any Pension Plan.

(d) Except to the extent that any of the following has not or could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries has established or otherwise has any liability with respect to a “welfare plan”, as such term is defined in Section 3(1) of ERISA, that either provides post-employment welfare benefits other than as required by Section 4980B of the Internal Revenue Code (or similar state law) or is a health or life insurance plan that is not fully insured by a third party insurance company.

6.13 Subsidiaries and Capitalization; Management Fees.

(a) Set forth on Schedule 6.13(a) is a complete and accurate list as of the Closing Date of each Subsidiary of any Note Party, together with the (i) jurisdiction of organization, (ii) percentage of outstanding shares of each class owned (directly or indirectly) by any Note Party or any Subsidiary, (iii) number and effect, if exercised, of all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect thereto and (iv) number of shares of each class of Equity Interests outstanding and the number of shares of each class owned (directly or indirectly) by any Note Party or any Subsidiary, which in the case of the information described in this clause (iv), shall be provided in an updated Schedule 6.13(a) delivered to the Purchasers by the date required by Section 7.20, and the representation set forth in this Section 6.10(a)(iv) shall be deemed to have been made upon the delivery of such information in lieu of the Closing Date.

(b) Set forth on Schedule 6.13(b) is a true and complete table showing the authorized and issued capitalization of the Issuer as of the Closing Date. All issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Note Parties and each of their Subsidiaries is duly authorized and validly issued, fully paid, non-assessable, free and clear of all Liens and such Equity Interests were issued in compliance with all applicable Laws. As of the Closing Date, except as described on Schedule 6.13(b) or as contained in the Issuer’s Organization Documents, the Equity Grant Agreement, and the Equity Purchase Documents, there are no outstanding commitments or other obligations of the Issuer or any Subsidiary to issue, and no rights of any Person to acquire, any shares of any Equity Interests of the Issuer or any of its Subsidiaries. As of the Closing Date, there are no agreements (voting or otherwise) among the Issuer’s equity holders with respect to any other aspect of the Issuer’s or any Subsidiary’s affairs, except as set forth on Schedule 6.13(b) or as contained the Issuer’s Organization Documents.

(c) Except for the Pathfinder Related Party Transactions, as of the Closing Date or the Merger Closing Date, as applicable, no Note Party, nor any of their respective Subsidiaries, directly or indirectly, are obligated to pay any management, consulting, transaction or similar advisory fees (other than normal and reasonable compensation (including in the form of Equity Interests) and reimbursement of expenses, in each case, of officers and directors in the ordinary course of business) to or for the account of any holder (or any Affiliate of any holder) of at least 5% of the Equity Interests of the Issuer or the Acquiror, as applicable.

 

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6.14 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act.

(a) No Note Party is engaged and no Note Party will engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. Following the application of the proceeds of each issuance and purchase of Notes, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of the Issuer only or of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) will be margin stock.

(b) No Note Party or any Subsidiary is an “investment company” or a company “controlled” by an “investment company,” as defined in, or subject to regulation under, the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

6.15 Disclosure.

Each Note Party has disclosed to the Purchasers all agreements, instruments and corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement, certificate or other information furnished (whether written or oral) (other than forward-looking information and projections and information of a general economic nature and general information about the Note Parties’ industry) by or on behalf of any Note Party to any Purchaser in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or under any other Note Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not misleading in any material respect. Each Note Party represents, with respect to projections, estimates, budgets and other forward-looking information, only that such information was prepared in good faith based on assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time such projections were prepared, it being understood that such projections are not to be viewed as facts or as a guarantee of performance or achievement of any particular results and that actual results may vary from projected results (many of which factors are beyond the control of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and their respective officers, representatives and advisors) and that such variances may be material and that no assurance can be given that the projected results will be realized.

6.16 Compliance with Laws.

(a) Each Note Party and each Subsidiary is in compliance with the requirements of all Laws and all judgments, orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its properties, except in such instances in which (i) such requirement of Law or judgment, order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted or (ii) the failure to comply therewith could not reasonably be expected to be material in any respect.

(b) Each Note Party has filed all reports and other information now or hereafter required to be filed by such Note Party with the SEC and any other state, federal or foreign agency in connection with the ownership of any Equity Interests that constitute Collateral of such Note Party, except where the failure to file could not reasonably be expected to be material in any respect.

6.17 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.

(a) Except as set forth in Schedule 6.17 Part (a) or not prohibited by Section 8.05, each Note Party and Subsidiary of a Note Party is the sole and exclusive owner of or has a valid right to use all of its Note Party Intellectual Property, and the Note Party Intellectual Property owned by such Note Party or Subsidiary is free and clear of any liens, security interests, joint or co-ownership rights, restrictions on use or other encumbrances (other

 

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than non-exclusive licenses granted in the ordinary course of business by such Note Party or Subsidiary). The Note Party Intellectual Property constitutes all of the material Intellectual Property necessary to operate the business of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries as now conducted. No Note Party has abandoned any rights in or to any material Note Party Intellectual Property. Each Note Party or Subsidiary has taken commercially reasonable steps to maintain and protect the Note Party Intellectual Property owned by such Note Party or Subsidiary. Except as would not reasonably be expected to be material in any respect, each Note Party and its Subsidiaries has entered into commercially reasonable confidentiality and nondisclosure agreements with all employees and third Persons to which such Note Party or Subsidiary has provided access to any Note Party Intellectual Property, which agreements impose commercially reasonable confidentiality restrictions on such employees and third Persons.

(b) Schedule 6.17 Part (b) sets forth a true, complete and accurate list of all domain names owned or controlled by each Note Party or Subsidiary, all patents and patent applications owned or controlled by such Note Party or Subsidiary, and all other Intellectual Property owned or controlled by such Note Party or Subsidiary that has been registered, or for which an application for registration has been filed with, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office or any foreign governmental agency or authority (collectively, the “Registered Intellectual Property”) as of the Closing Date. Each item of Registered Intellectual Property (excluding any pending application) is valid, subsisting, unexpired, and to the knowledge of the Note Parties, enforceable, and has not been abandoned or canceled.

(c) Schedule 6.17 Part (c) sets forth a true, complete and correct list of (i) all material options, licenses, sublicenses, and other agreements or arrangements (including any that require one time or annual payments in excess of $500,000) to which any Note Party or Subsidiary is a party, or by which such Note Party or Subsidiary is bound, and pursuant to which any other Person is authorized to use any Intellectual Property owned by such Note Party or Subsidiary, or to exercise any other use or licensing right with regard thereto (other than non-disclosure agreements that permit the review or evaluation of the Note Party Intellectual Property without providing any rights to use such Intellectual Property or non-exclusive licenses granted to customers in the ordinary course of business), and (ii) all options, licenses, sublicenses, and other agreements or arrangements that require one time or annual payments in excess of $500,000 pursuant to which any Note Party or Subsidiary has been granted a license (other than licenses of “off the shelf” commercially available standard end-user, object code, internal use software) to or the right to use any Intellectual Property of a third party (together with the options, licenses, sublicenses, agreements and other arrangements set forth in clause (i), “Intellectual Property Licenses”). Each of the Intellectual Property Licenses is a legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation of each Note Party party thereto, and to each Note Party’s knowledge, each other party thereto. No Note Party or Subsidiary, nor to such Note Party’s knowledge any other party to any Intellectual Property License, is in material breach or default under such Intellectual Property License, and no event has occurred that with notice or lapse of time would constitute a material breach or default by such Note Party or Subsidiary (or to such Note Party’s knowledge any other party thereto) or permit termination, thereunder. No notice of default with respect to any such Intellectual Property License has been sent or received by any Note Party or Subsidiary.

(d) Except as set forth on Schedule 6.17 Part (d), each Note Party and Subsidiary has obtained and possesses licenses, which to such Note Party’s knowledge are valid, to use all of the software programs present on the computers and other software enabled electronic devices that it owns or leases or that it has otherwise provided to its employees for their use in connection with such Note Party’s or Subsidiary’s business.

 

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(e) No Note Party nor any Subsidiary is obligated to pay any royalties or other payments to third parties with respect to the marketing, sale, distribution, manufacture, license or use of any Note Party Intellectual Property (other than license and maintenance fees for licenses of “off the shelf” commercially available standard end-user, object code, internal use software).

(f) To the knowledge of the Note Parties, neither the conduct of the each Note Party’s and Subsidiary’s business as now conducted (including such Note Party’s or Subsidiary’s marketing and sale of products and services), nor such Note Party’s or Subsidiary’s use of the Note Party Intellectual Property owned by such Note Party or Subsidiary infringes upon, violates or misappropriates the Intellectual Property of any third party, and there are no pending or, to the knowledge of any Note Party or Subsidiary, threatened, proceedings or litigation or other adverse claims or communications by any Person alleging any such infringement, violation or misappropriation. None of the Note Party Intellectual Property is subject to any outstanding order, action, suit, proceeding, hearing, investigation, charge, complaint, claim or demand to which any Note Party or Subsidiary is a party or of which any Note Party or Subsidiary has knowledge (for purposes of this Section 6.17(f), “Claim”), nor to any Note Party’s or Subsidiary’s knowledge has any been threatened, which challenges the validity, enforceability, use or ownership of such Note Party Intellectual Property, and, to such Note Party’s or Subsidiary’s knowledge, there is no valid basis for such a Claim. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.17 Part (f), to the knowledge of each Note Party and Subsidiary, no Person is infringing upon or otherwise violating any of such Note Party’s or Subsidiary’s rights in the Note Party Intellectual Property. Neither the execution nor delivery of this Agreement and the other Note Documents, nor the performance and consummation of each Note Party’s obligations hereunder and thereunder, shall cause the diminution, termination or forfeiture of such Note Party’s or Subsidiary’s rights in, or require the consent of any third party in respect of, any Note Party Intellectual Property owned or, to each Note Party’s and Subsidiary’s knowledge, licensed by a Note Party or a Subsidiary.

(g) To each Note Party’s and Subsidiary’s knowledge, it shall not be necessary to utilize any inventions of any of its employees, consultants or contractors (or persons it intends to hire) made prior to or outside the scope of their employment by, or performance of services for, such Note Party or Subsidiary for such Note Party’s or Subsidiary’s business as now conducted or as currently proposed to be conducted. Except as would not reasonably be expected to be material in any respect, each Note Party and Subsidiary has secured from all employees, consultants and contractors of such Note Party or Subsidiary who have contributed to the creation or development of any Note Party Intellectual Property owned or purported to be owned by such Note Party or Subsidiary valid and binding written assignments of all rights, including all Intellectual Property rights, to such contributions. No Note Party or Subsidiary has granted to any Person an exclusive license or equivalent right with respect to any of the Material Intellectual Property, or assigned or conveyed to any Person any ownership interest (including joint ownership rights) therein, and no third party owns or holds any such right, license or interest.

(h) All personally identifiable information processed, collected, stored, maintained or used by or in the possession of any Note Party or Subsidiary has been processed, collected, stored, maintained and used by such Note Party or Subsidiary in accordance with all applicable legal requirements including such Note Party’s or Subsidiary’s (and its users’) applicable privacy policies.

(i) To the knowledge of the Note Parties, no Note Party nor any Subsidiary has embedded any open source, copyleft or community source code in any of its products generally available or in development, including but not limited to any libraries or code licensed under any General Public License, Lesser General Public License or similar license arrangement that, as a condition of modification or distribution of the third party software subject to such open source license: (i) requires the disclosure and/or distribution in source code form of any of such Note Party’s or Subsidiary’s proprietary software or other Note Party Intellectual Property, derivative works thereof and/or other software incorporated into, derived from or

 

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distributed with such proprietary software or other Note Party Intellectual Property; (ii) prohibits or limits such Note Party or Subsidiary from charging a fee or receiving consideration in connection with distributing any of such Note Party’s or Subsidiary’s proprietary software or other Note Party Intellectual Property and/or derivative works thereof; or (iii) requires the licensing to third parties of any of such Note Party’s or Subsidiary’s proprietary software or other Note Party Intellectual Property, derivative works thereof and/or other software incorporated into, derived from or distributed with such proprietary software or other Note Party Intellectual Property.

6.18 Solvency.

(a) As of the Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions occurring on or prior to such date), the Issuer and its Subsidiaries are Solvent on a consolidated basis.

(b) As of the Merger Closing Date (after giving effect to the Transactions occurring on or prior to such date), the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries are Solvent on a consolidated basis.

(c) The Issuer and its Subsidiaries and, on and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries, are Solvent on a consolidated basis.

6.19 Perfection of Security Interests in the Collateral.

The Collateral Documents create legal, valid and enforceable security interests in, and Liens on, the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, in favor of the Agent for the benefit of itself and the other Secured Parties, which security interests and Liens will be, upon the timely and proper filings, deliveries, notations and other actions contemplated in the Collateral Documents, perfected security interests and Liens (to the extent that such security interests and Liens can be perfected by such filings, deliveries, notations and other actions contemplated in the Collateral Documents), prior to all other Liens other than Permitted Liens.

6.20 Business Locations.

Set forth on Schedule 6.20(a) is a list of all real property that is owned or leased by the Note Parties as of the Closing Date (with (x) the address of each real property, (y) a designation of whether such real property is owned or leased and (z) if any Note Party maintains books and records at such real property). Set forth on Schedule 6.20(b) is the taxpayer identification number and organizational identification number of each Note Party as of the Closing Date. As of the Closing Date, the exact legal name and jurisdiction of organization of (a) the Issuer is as set forth on Schedule 6.20(b) and (b) each Guarantor is (i) as set forth on Schedule 6.20(b), (ii) as set forth in the Joinder Agreement pursuant to which such Guarantor became a party hereto. Except as set forth on Schedule 6.20(c), no Note Party has during the five years preceding the Closing Date (i) changed its legal name, (ii) changed its jurisdiction of organization, or (iii) been party to a merger, amalgamation, consolidation or such other structural change.

6.21 Sanctions Concerns; Anti-Corruption Laws; PATRIOT Act.

(a) Sanctions Concerns. No Note Party, nor any Subsidiary, director, officer, nor, to the knowledge of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries, any employee, agent, Affiliate or representative thereof, is an individual or entity that is, or is owned 50% or more, individually or in the aggregate, directly or indirectly, or controlled by, any individual or entity that is (i) currently the subject or target of any Sanctions, (ii) included on OFAC’s List of Specially Designated Nationals, HMT’s Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority of Hong Kong, the United States, United Nations, European Union or United Kingdom, (iii) located,

 

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organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction, or (iv) the government of a Designated Jurisdiction or the Government of Venezuela (any such person, a “Sanctioned Person”). Within the past five years, no Note Party nor any Subsidiary has conducted a material transaction with or involving a Sanctioned Person, or otherwise acted in material violation of any Sanctions. It being noted that the representation and warranty as set out in this Section 6.21 is made if and to the extent that making it does not result in a breach or violation of Council Regulation (EC) No. 2271/96 of 22 November 1996 (the “EU Blocking Regulation”), any law or regulation implementing such EU Blocking Regulation in any member state of the European Union or the United Kingdom or any similar applicable blocking or anti-boycott laws or regulations, each as amended from time to time.

(b) Anti-Corruption Laws. The Note Parties and their Subsidiaries have conducted their business in compliance with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, and any other anti-corruption legislation in other applicable jurisdictions, including but not limited to the UK Bribery Act 2010 and the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada), and have instituted and maintained policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such Laws.

(c) PATRIOT Act. To the extent applicable, each Note Party and each Subsidiary is in compliance, in all material respects, with (i) the Trading with the Enemy Act, as amended, and each of the foreign assets control regulations of the United States Treasury Department (31 CFR, Subtitle B, Chapter V, as amended) and any other enabling legislation or executive order relating thereto and (ii) the PATRIOT Act.

6.22 Limited Offering of Notes.

None of the Note Parties nor anyone acting on their behalf has offered or will offer to sell the Notes or any similar securities to, or solicit offers with respect thereto from, or enter into any preliminary conversations or negotiations relating thereto with, any Person, so as to require the issuance and sale of the Notes to be registered under the Securities Act or applicable securities laws of any other jurisdiction. None of the Note Parties nor anyone acting on their behalf has engaged, directly or indirectly, in any form of general solicitation or general advertising with respect to the offering of the Notes (as those terms are used in Regulation D) or otherwise in any manner involving a public offering within the meaning of Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. Assuming the accuracy and completeness of the representations and warranties of the Purchasers set forth in Article VI-A below, the offer and sale of the Notes are exempt from registration under the Securities Act and any applicable securities laws of any other jurisdiction.

 

6.23

Registration Rights; Issuance Taxes.

(a) Other than as set forth on Schedule 6.23, the Issuer is not under any requirement to register under the Securities Act, or the Trust Indenture Act of 1939, as amended, any of its presently outstanding securities or any of its securities that may subsequently be issued.

(b) All taxes imposed on the Issuer in connection with the issuance, sale and delivery of the Notes have been or will be fully paid, and all Laws imposing such taxes have been or will be fully satisfied by the Issuer.

(c) No “bad actor” disqualifying event described in Rule 506(d)(1)(i)-(viii) of the Securities Act (a “Disqualification Event”) is applicable to the Issuer or, to the Issuer’s knowledge, any Issuer Covered Person, except for a Disqualification Event as to which Rule 506(d)(2)(ii)-(iv) or (d)(3) is applicable.

 

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6.24 Material Contracts.

(a) Except for the contracts, agreements, licenses and other Contractual Obligations set forth on Schedule 6.24(a) as of the Closing Date, none of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries is party to, or any of its property is bound by, any contract, agreement, license or other Contractual Obligation that (i) at any time of determination, is anticipated to contribute more than (x) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, $500,000 of revenue on an annual basis or require payment of more than $500,000 in any year and (y) on or after the Merger Closing Date, $3,000,000 of revenue on an annual basis or require payment of more than $3,000,000 in any year or (ii) any contract, agreement, license or other Contractual Obligation to which any Note Party or any Subsidiary is a party, or any of its property is bound by, and the breach, nonperformance or cancellation of which, or the failure of which to renew, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Material Contract (a) is in full force and effect and is binding upon and enforceable against the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries party thereto and, to the knowledge of any Note Party, all other parties thereto in accordance with its terms, and (b) except as set forth on Schedule 6.07, is not currently subject to any material breach or default by any Note Party or any Subsidiary or, to the knowledge of any Note Party, any other party thereto. No Note Party nor any of their Subsidiaries has taken or failed to take any action that would permit any other Person party to any Material Contract to have, and, to the knowledge of any Note Party, no such Person otherwise has, any defenses, counterclaims or rights of setoff thereunder.

(b) Except as set forth on Schedule 6.24(b), none of the Note Parties or their Subsidiaries is party to, or any of its property bound by, any contract, agreement, license or other Contractual Obligation (i) providing for the grant of rights to manufacture, produce, assemble, license, market, or sell its products to any other Person that limits any Note Party or any Subsidiary’s exclusive right to develop, manufacture, assemble, distribute, market or sell its products, (ii) containing limitations on any Note Party’s or any Subsidiary’s ability to compete in any business or activity or with any Person or in any geographic area or during any period of time, or that limits the ability of any Note Party or any Subsidiary to own, operate, sell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of or encumber any asset, (iii) containing a “most favored nation” or “most favored customer” clause, or (iv) containing any sole source or exclusive supplier obligations for goods or services supplied to any Note Party or any Subsidiary. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by the Note Documents will not give rise to a right of termination in favor of any party to any Material Contract.

6.25 Employee Agreements; Data Privacy.

(a) Each current employee, consultant and officer of each of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries and each former Key Employee who independently or jointly contributed to or otherwise participated in the authorship, invention, creation, improvement, modification or development of any Note Party Intellectual Property has executed an agreement with such Person regarding confidentiality and proprietary information substantially in the form or forms delivered to the Purchasers. None of the Note Parties is aware that any of its Key Employees is in violation of any agreement covered by this Section 6.25(a).

(b) In connection with its collection, storage, transfer (including any transfer across national borders) and/or use of any personally identifiable information from any individuals, including, any customers, prospective customers, employees and/or other third parties (collectively “Personal Information”), each of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries is and has been in compliance in all material respects with all applicable laws in all relevant jurisdictions. Each of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries has commercially reasonable physical, technical, organizational and administrative security measures and policies in place designed to protect all Personal Information collected by it or on its behalf from and against unauthorized access, use and/or disclosure. Each of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries is and has been in compliance in all material respects with all laws relating to data loss, theft and breach of security notification obligations.

 

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6.26 Labor Matters.

There are no existing or, to the knowledge of the Note Parties, threatened strikes, lockouts or other labor disputes involving any Note Party or any Subsidiary that singly or in the aggregate could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Hours worked by and payment made to employees of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries are not in violation in any material respect of the Fair Labor Standards Act or any other applicable law, rule or regulation dealing with such matters.

6.27 Affected Financial Institution.

No Note Party or any of their Subsidiaries is an Affected Financial Institution.

6.28 Ranking of Notes.

The Indebtedness represented by the Notes and the other Obligations under the applicable Note Documents of each Note Party is intended to constitute senior secured Indebtedness, and accordingly is, and shall be, at all times while the Notes and the other Obligations remain outstanding, pari passu or senior in right of payment with all Indebtedness (if any) of such Note Party.

6.29 Regulation H.

No real property subject to a Mortgage is a Flood Hazard Property unless the Agent shall have received the following: (a) the applicable Note Party’s written acknowledgment of receipt of written notification from the Agent (i) as to the fact that such real property is a Flood Hazard Property and (ii) as to whether the community in which each such Flood Hazard Property is located is participating in the National Flood Insurance Program, (b) copies of insurance policies or certificates of insurance of the applicable Note Party evidencing flood insurance reasonably satisfactory to the Secured Parties and naming the Agent as additional loss payee on behalf of the Secured Parties and (c) such other flood hazard determination forms, notices and confirmations thereof as requested by the Agent. All flood hazard insurance policies required hereunder have been obtained and remain in full force and effect, and the premiums thereon have been paid in full.

ARTICLE VI-A.

REPRESENTATIONS OF THE PURCHASERS.

Each Purchaser represents and warrants to (and solely for the benefit of) the Note Parties as of the Closing Date that:

(a) such Purchaser is an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act and the Notes to be acquired by it pursuant to this Agreement are being acquired for its own account and not with a view to any distribution thereof or with any present intention of offering or selling any of the Notes in a transaction that would violate the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction;

(b) such Purchaser has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters so as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment in the Notes and such Purchaser is capable of bearing the economic risks of such investment and acknowledges that the Notes as of the date hereof, have not been registered under the Securities Act or the securities laws of any state or other jurisdiction;

 

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(c) such Purchaser acknowledges that the Note Parties and, for purposes of the opinions to be delivered to the Purchasers pursuant hereto, counsel to the Note Parties and their Affiliates will rely upon the accuracy and truth of the foregoing representations and in this Article VI-A and hereby consents to such reliance; and

(d) such Purchaser is not a “foreign person,” as defined at 31 C.F.R. § 800.224, and is not otherwise controlled by a “foreign person,” as defined at 31 C.F.R. § 800.224.

ARTICLE VII

AFFIRMATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Purchaser shall have any Note or other Obligation hereunder that remains unpaid or unsatisfied (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted); provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the payment in full of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes in connection with the substantially concurrent consummation of the deemed purchase of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes on the Merger Closing Date shall not be deemed to be a payment in full of all Obligations, each Note Party shall and shall cause each Subsidiary to:

7.01 Financial Statements; Purchaser Calls.

(a) Deliver to each Purchaser, in form and detail satisfactory to the Required Purchasers, within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of the fiscal year ending December 31, 2022 and one hundred and five (105) days after the fiscal year ending December 31, 2023 and the end of each fiscal year thereafter of (i) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer or (ii) on and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror (or in each case of the foregoing subclauses (i) and (ii), if earlier, when filed with a Governmental Authority), a consolidated balance sheet of (x) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer and its Subsidiaries or (y) on and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries, as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant of nationally recognized standing acceptable to the Required Purchasers, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards and shall not be qualified or subject to any “going concern” or like qualification or exception or any qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit (except from (i) an impending maturity date under the Notes solely in the case of the audit delivered with respect to the fiscal year immediately prior to the fiscal year during which such maturity or expiration is scheduled or (ii) a prospective or actual Default, Event of Default or other default resulting from a breach of Section 8.17 or any other financial covenant hereunder from time to time).

(b) Deliver to each Purchaser, in form and detail satisfactory to the Required Purchasers, within sixty (60) days with respect to the fiscal quarter of the Issuer ending March 31, 2023 and forty five (45) days after the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2023 and the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year ending thereafter of (i) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer or (ii) on and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror (or, in each case of the foregoing subclauses (i) and (ii), if earlier, when filed with a Governmental Authority), a consolidated balance sheet of (x) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer and its

 

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Subsidiaries or (y) on and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, changes in shareholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the Issuer or Acquiror’s, as applicable, fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, shareholders’ equity and cash flows of (A) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer and its Subsidiaries or (B) on and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.

(c) Upon the request of the Agent acting at the direction of Required Purchasers, the Issuer shall conduct quarterly conference calls that the Purchasers may attend to discuss the financial condition and results of operations of (i) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer and its Subsidiaries or (ii) on and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries for the most recently ended measurement period for which financial statements have been delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) and Section 7.01(b), at a date and time to be determined by the Agent, in consultation with the Issuer, and with reasonable advance notice to the Issuer and Purchasers.

7.02 Certificates; Other Information.

Deliver to each Purchaser, in form and detail reasonably satisfactory to the Required Purchasers:

(a) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 7.01(a) and (b): (i) a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Issuer, certifying (x) as to compliance with the financial covenant contained in Section 8.17 and (y) whether a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date thereof and, if a Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing as of the date thereof, specifying the details thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto, and (ii) a written summary, such as the summary included within the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a), describing how any changes in GAAP during such period directly and materially impacted such financial statements;

(b) as soon as practicable, and in any event not later than forty-five (45) days after the beginning of such fiscal year, an annual business plan and budget of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries for such fiscal year containing, among other things, projections for each quarter of such fiscal year, in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Purchasers;

(c) promptly after the same are available, copies of each annual report, proxy or financial statement or other report or communication sent to the equity holders of any Note Party, and copies of any annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which a Note Party may file or be required to file with the SEC under Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, and not otherwise required to be delivered to the Purchasers pursuant hereto;

(d) concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 7.01(a) and (b), a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Issuer containing information regarding (i) the amount of all Dispositions, Specified Asset Sales, Involuntary Dispositions, Debt Issuances, and Extraordinary Receipts covered by such financial statements and Acquisitions that occurred during the most recently ended financial quarter and (ii) a list of any Material Contracts entered into (and, if requested by the Agent and subject to the confidentiality obligations of the Issuer and any of its

 

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Subsidiaries owing to the counterparty to such Material Contract and subject to applicable regulations limiting the disclosure of such Material Contracts, copies of such Material Contracts to be provided to and reviewed by counsel to the Agent), in each case, during the period covered by such financial statements;

(e) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any detailed audit reports, management letters or recommendations submitted to the Board of Directors (or the audit committee of the Board of Directors) of any Note Party by independent accountants in connection with the accounts or books of a Note Party or any Subsidiary, or any audit of any of them;

(f) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any statement or report furnished to any holder of debt securities in an aggregate outstanding amount equal or greater than the Threshold Amount of any Note Party or any Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of any indenture, loan or credit or similar agreement and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Purchasers pursuant to Section 7.01 or any other clause of this Section 7.02;

(g) promptly, and in any event within five (5) Business Days after receipt thereof by any Note Party or any Subsidiary thereof, copies of each notice or other correspondence received from the SEC (or comparable agency in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction) concerning any investigation or possible investigation or other inquiry by such agency regarding financial or other operational results of any Note Party or any Subsidiary thereof;

(h) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, financial or corporate affairs of any Note Party or any Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Note Documents, as the Agent or any Purchaser may from time to time reasonably request;

(i) promptly, and in any event within thirty (30) days after the end of each fiscal quarter, a certificate of a Responsible Officer of the Issuer (a) listing (i) all applications by any Note Party, if any, for Registered Intellectual Property made during such fiscal quarter, (ii) all issuances of registrations or letters on existing applications by any Note Party for Registered Intellectual Property received during such fiscal quarter, (iii) all Intellectual Property Licenses entered into by any Note Party during such fiscal quarter, and (iv) such supplements to Schedule 6.17 to this Agreement and Schedule 4(l) to the Security Agreement as are necessary to cause such schedules to be true and complete as of the date of such certificate and (b) with respect to any insurance coverage of any Note Party or any Subsidiary that was renewed, replaced or modified during the period covered by such financial statements, such updated information with respect to such insurance coverage as is required to be included on Schedule 6.10; and

(j) concurrently with the delivery thereof to the Agent, copies of all documents, notices, agreements, schedules and possessory collateral delivered to the Agent pursuant to any Collateral Document.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 7.01(a) or (b) or Section 7.02 may be delivered electronically to the Agent and the Purchasers and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (a) on which the Issuer posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Issuer’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 12.02, or (b) on which such documents are posted on the Issuer’s behalf on an Internet or intranet website, if any, to which each Purchaser and the Agent have access (whether a commercial or third-party website); provided, that: (i) the Issuer shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Agent or any Purchaser upon its request to the Issuer, and shall continue to deliver such paper copies until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Agent or such Purchaser and (ii) the Issuer shall notify the Agent and each Purchaser (by facsimile or electronic mail) of the posting of any such documents. The Agent shall have no obligation to request the delivery of or to

 

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maintain paper copies of the documents referred to above, and in any event shall have no responsibility to monitor compliance by the Issuer with any such request for delivery by a Purchaser, and each Purchaser shall be solely responsible for requesting delivery to it or maintaining its copies of such documents.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in Section 7.01(a) or (b) or Section 7.02(c) may be satisfied by furnishing the Form 10-K, 10-Q or 8-K, as applicable, of the Acquiror filed with the SEC, and to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under Section 7.01(a), such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of an independent certified public accountant, and such report and opinion shall meet the requirements set forth in Section 7.01(a).

7.03 Notices.

(a) Promptly (and in any event, within two (2) Business Days) notify the Agent and each Purchaser of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default.

(b) Promptly (and in any event, within five (5) Business Days) notify the Agent and each Purchaser of any matter that has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) Promptly (and in any event, within five (5) Business Days) notify the Agent and each Purchaser of the occurrence of any ERISA Event that could reasonably be expected to result in liability in an amount greater than the Threshold Amount.

(d) Promptly (and in any event, within five (5) Business Days) notify the Agent and each Purchaser of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by any Note Party or any Subsidiary.

(e) Promptly (and in any event, within three (3) Business Days) notify the Agent and each Purchaser of any litigation, arbitration or governmental investigation or proceeding not previously disclosed by a Note Party which has been instituted or, to the knowledge of the Note Parties, is threatened in writing against a Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries or to which any of the properties of any thereof is subject which could reasonably be expected to result in losses and/or expenses in excess of the Threshold Amount.

(f) Promptly (and in any event, within ten (10) Business Days) following receipt by, or delivery by, a Note Party or Subsidiary, as the case may be, provide the Agent and each Purchaser with any updated information not previously delivered relating to (i) any material written notice alleging any breach of any Material Contract by any party thereto where such breach could result in the loss of more than (x) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, $500,000 and (y) on or after the Merger Closing Date, $3,000,000, in each case, of revenue or liability of greater than (x) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, $500,000 and (y) on or after the Merger Closing Date, $3,000,000, in each case, or (ii) any amendment or termination of (or notice of such termination with respect to) any Material Contract (and, in each case, if requested by the Agent or any Purchaser, copies of such notice, amendments or terminations to be provided to and reviewed by counsel to the Agent only); provided, however, the scope and level of detail with respect to the disclosure pursuant to the foregoing shall be subject to the confidentiality obligations of the Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries (other than any Hong Kong Subsidiaries) owing to the counterparty to such Material Contract and subject to applicable regulations limiting the disclosure thereof.

 

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Each notice pursuant to this Section 7.03 shall be accompanied by a statement of a Responsible Officer of the Issuer setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the applicable Note Party has taken and proposes to take with respect thereto. Each notice pursuant to Section 7.03(a) shall describe with particularity any and all provisions of this Agreement and any other Note Document that have been breached.

 

7.04

Payment of Obligations.

Pay and discharge, as the same shall become due and payable: (a) all federal, state and other material tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by the applicable Note Party or Subsidiary and such payment can be lawfully withheld and the failure to make payment pending such contest could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (b) all lawful claims which has by Law become a Lien upon its property as a result of non-payment (other than a Permitted Lien), and (c) all Material Indebtedness, as and when due and payable, but subject to any subordination provisions contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing such Indebtedness.

7.05 Preservation of Existence, Etc.

(a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization except in a transaction permitted by Section 8.04 or Section 8.05.

(b) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and, except to the extent the failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, each other jurisdiction where it conducts its Business (in each case where such concept exists in such jurisdiction in the case of Non-U.S. Subsidiaries).

(c) Take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges, permits, licenses and franchises the failure of which to maintain could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) Preserve or renew all of its material Registered Intellectual Property or Intellectual Property in respect of which an application for registration has been filed or recorded with the United States Copyright Office or the United States Patent and Trademark Office (or comparable agencies in any applicable non-U.S. jurisdiction), in each case to the extent necessary to conduct its Business.

7.06 Maintenance of Properties.

(a) Maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order and condition, ordinary wear and tear, casualty and condemnation excepted.

(b) Make all necessary repairs thereto and renewals and replacements thereof.

7.07 Maintenance of Insurance.

(a) Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies not Affiliates of the Issuer, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons.

 

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(b) Without limiting the foregoing, (i) maintain, if available, fully paid flood hazard insurance on all owned real property that is located in a special flood hazard area and that constitutes Collateral, on such terms and in such amounts as required by The National Flood Insurance Reform Act of 1994 or as otherwise required by the Required Purchasers, (ii) furnish to each Purchaser evidence of the renewal (and payment of renewal premiums therefor) of all such policies prior to the expiration or lapse thereof, and (iii) furnish to each Purchaser prompt written notice of any redesignation of any such improved real property into or out of a special flood hazard area.

(c) Cause the Agent and its successors and/or assigns to be named as lender’s loss payee or mortgagee as its interest may appear, and/or additional insured with respect to any such insurance providing liability coverage or coverage in respect of any Collateral, and cause each provider of any such insurance to agree, by endorsement upon the policy or policies issued by it or by independent instruments furnished to the Agent, that it will give the Agent thirty (30) days (or ten (10) days for non-payment or such lesser amount as the Required Purchasers may agree to in their sole discretion) prior written notice before any such policy or policies shall be altered or canceled.

(d) Promptly notify the Agent of any real property subject to a Mortgage that is, or becomes, a Flood Hazard Property.

7.08 Compliance with Laws.

Comply in all material respects with the requirements of all material Laws and all material orders, writs, injunctions and decrees applicable to it or to its business or property, except in such instances in which such requirement of Law or order, writ, injunction or decree is being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted.

7.09 Books and Records.

(a) Maintain proper books of record and account, in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of such Note Party or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

(b) Maintain such books of record and account in material conformity with all applicable requirements of any Governmental Authority having regulatory jurisdiction over such Note Party or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

7.10 Inspection Rights.

Subject to a Note Party’s security clearance requirements or policies and any applicable regulation with respect thereto, permit representatives and independent contractors of the Agent and each Purchaser to visit and inspect any of its properties, to examine its corporate, financial and operating records, and make copies thereof or abstracts therefrom, and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the expense of the Issuer and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Issuer; provided, however, so long as no Event of Default exists, the Issuer shall only be required to reimburse the Agent (but not any Purchaser) for two such visits and inspections in any fiscal year; provided, further, however, when an Event of Default exists, the Agent or any Purchaser (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Issuer at any time during normal business hours, as often as desired and without advance notice.

 

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7.11 Use of Proceeds.

Use the proceeds of the Notes to refinance certain existing Indebtedness of the Issuer on the Closing Date and to refinance the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes in connection with the substantially concurrent consummation of the deemed purchase of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes on the Merger Closing Date, for growth capital and working capital and general corporate purposes and to pay Transaction Expenses.

7.12 Additional Subsidiaries.

(a) In accordance with the terms of this Section 7.12, it is the intent of the parties that (i) each Material Subsidiary of the Issuer that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary and established, created or acquired by the Issuer after the Closing Date and (ii) each Subsidiary that Guarantees or is otherwise obligated in respect of any other Indebtedness for borrowed money of any Note Party (other than intercompany Indebtedness permitted hereunder), become a Guarantor hereunder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, MCB Hong Kong Limited shall not be required to become a Guarantor hereunder, and MCB Hong Kong Limited shall not (x) own any Material Intellectual Property of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries or (y) have an average balance, over any thirty (30) day period, of cash and Cash Equivalents of $1,000,000 or more.

(b) Prior to or upon the acquisition or formation of any Subsidiary:

(i) notify the Purchasers thereof in writing, together with the (A) jurisdiction of organization, (B) number of shares of each class of Equity Interests outstanding, (C) number and percentage of outstanding shares of each class owned (directly or indirectly) by any Note Party or any Subsidiary and (D) number and effect, if exercised, of all outstanding options, warrants, rights of conversion or purchase and all other similar rights with respect thereto; and

(ii) if such Subsidiary is a Material Subsidiary or a Subsidiary that Guarantees or is otherwise obligated in respect of any other Indebtedness for borrowed money of any Note Party (other than intercompany Indebtedness permitted hereunder), cause (x) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, substantially concurrently therewith and (y) on and after the Merger Closing Date, within forty-five (45) days for U.S. Subsidiaries and within ninety (90) days for Non-U.S. Subsidiaries (it being understood that the foregoing 45 day period or 90 day period will automatically be extended by another thirty (30) days if such Subsidiary is being required to join the Note Documents as a result of any new laws, rules or regulations which necessitate the creation of such Subsidiary or the movement of such Subsidiary in a non-U.S. jurisdiction that is not that jurisdiction of any then-existing Note Party, and in any case, such longer period of time as agreed to by the Required Purchasers in their sole discretion), such Subsidiary to (A) become a Guarantor by executing and delivering to the Purchasers a Joinder Agreement, a Perfection Certificate, a Process Letter (if applicable), any applicable Collateral Document and/or such other documents as the Required Purchasers shall reasonably request for such purpose, and such Subsidiary to deliver to the Agent (1) documents of the types referred to in Section 5.01(e) and documents of the types referred to in Section 5.01(f) in order to grant Liens to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in all assets of such Subsidiary constituting Collateral, (2) copies of insurance policies or certificates of insurance, together with endorsements, evidencing liability and casualty insurance meeting the requirements set forth in the Note Documents, including, but not limited to, naming the Agent as additional insured (in the case of liability insurance) or lender loss payee (in the case of property insurance) on behalf of the

 

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Secured Parties, and (3) favorable opinions of counsel to such Persons (and/or the Agent, as applicable) (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to in this clause (A), as applicable), in each case in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Required Purchasers (B) with respect to any Hong Kong Subsidiary, deliver a confirmation from a Responsible Officer of such Hong Kong Subsidiary confirming that that the borrowing, guaranteeing or securing (as applicable) of the Notes and the Commitments would not cause any borrowing, guarantee, security or other similar limit on such Hong Kong Subsidiary to be exceeded, (C) deliver any pledges, charges or mortgages in respect of the shares of any Hong Kong Subsidiary and/or any other agreements and related documents as is customary, required and/or desirable in order to grant Liens to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in all the shares of such Subsidiary and/or assets of such Subsidiary constituting Collateral, in each case, in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Required Purchasers, and (D) in respect of any Dutch Subsidiary, in order to grant Liens to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties (i) to execute before a civil law notary (notaris) who has its office in the Netherlands any deed of share pledge (akte van verpanding van aandelen) by and between the relevant shareholder as pledgor, the Agent as pledgee and any Dutch Subsidiary as the company in respect of the shares of such Dutch Subsidiary including an acknowledgment by such Dutch Subsidiary of the creation of the share pledge and an obligation to forthwith register the share pledge in its shareholders register, (ii) to execute a (omnibus) deed of pledge (akte van verpanding) by and between any Dutch Subsidiary as pledgor and the Agent as pledgee in relation to assets of such Dutch Subsidiary constituting Collateral, to register such deed of pledge with the relevant authorities (being: Belastingdienst/Centrale administratieve processen/kantoor Rotterdam) and to send the notifications and to perform any additional perfection steps as required pursuant to the relevant provisions of the deed of pledge, in each case, in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Required Purchasers.

7.13 ERISA Compliance. Do, and make commercially reasonable efforts to cause each of its ERISA Affiliates to do, each of the following, as applicable: (a) maintain each Plan or Pension Plan, as applicable, both in form and operation, in compliance in all material respects with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Internal Revenue Code and other federal or state law, (b) cause each Plan or Pension Plan, as applicable, that is qualified under Section 401(a) of the Internal Revenue Code to maintain such qualification, and (c) make all required contributions to any Plan or Pension Plan, as applicable, that is subject to any of the Pension Funding Rules.

7.14 Pledged Assets.

(a) Equity Interests. To secure the Obligations, cause 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of each Subsidiary directly owned by any Note Party, including, after the Merger Closing Date, the Issuer (other than any Excluded Equity Interests) to be subject at all times to a first priority, perfected Lien in favor of the Agent (subject to Liens permitted pursuant to Sections 8.01(c) and 8.01(h)), for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents. In connection with the foregoing, the Issuer shall cause to be delivered to the Agent and the Purchasers opinions of counsel requested by the Agent (at the direction of the Required Purchasers) and any filings and deliveries necessary to perfect the security interests in such Equity Interests, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent and the Required Purchasers.

 

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(b) Other Property. Cause all property (other than Excluded Property) of the Issuer and each Guarantor to be subject at all times to first priority, perfected and, in the case of fee-owned real property, title insured Liens in favor of the Agent to secure the Obligations pursuant to the Collateral Documents or, with respect to any such property acquired subsequent to the Closing Date, such other additional security documents, including Real Estate Security Documents, as the Agent or Required Purchasers shall request (subject to Permitted Liens), and in connection with the foregoing, deliver to the Agent such other documentation as the Agent may reasonably request, including filings and deliveries necessary to perfect such Liens, Organization Documents, resolutions, Real Estate Security Documents, and favorable opinions of counsel to such Persons and the Purchasers, all in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Required Purchasers.

7.15 Compliance with Material Contracts.

Except as set forth in Schedule 7.15, comply with each Material Contract of such Person, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in (a) a loss of more than 10% of the consolidated revenue of the, prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer, and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror, and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (as measured against the consolidated revenue of the, prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer, and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror, and its Subsidiaries reflected in the most recently delivered financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(c) or 7.01) or (b) liability to any Note Party or any Subsidiary in excess of $2,000,000.

7.16 Deposit Accounts.

(a) Prior to or upon the acquisition or establishment of any Deposit Account by any Note Party, provide written notice thereof to the Agent.

(b) Subject to Section 7.20, (i) cause all Deposit Accounts of the Note Parties maintained in the United States at all times to be subject to Deposit Account Control Agreements, in each case in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Purchasers, (ii) in accordance with the time periods set out in, and the provisions of, the relevant Security Agreement, deliver a duly completed notice of charge (in the form as approved by the Agent) to the account bank of each Deposit Account of the Note Parties maintained in Hong Kong (other than Excluded Accounts) and use its reasonable endeavors to procure that such account bank returns a signed acknowledgement (substantially in the form as agreed to by the Agent) to each notice of charge delivered to it (substantially in the form as agreed to by the Agent) within 20 Business Days of the service of such notice, (iii) in accordance with the time periods set out in, and the provisions of, the relevant Security Agreement, deliver a duly completed notice of pledge (mededeling van verpanding) (in the form as approved by the Agent) to the account bank of each Deposit Account of the Note Parties maintained in the Netherlands (other than Excluded Accounts) and use its reasonable endeavors to procure that such account bank returns a signed acknowledgement (substantially in the form as agreed to by the Agent) to each notice of charge delivered to it (substantially in the form as agreed to by the Agent) within 20 Business Days of the service of such notice, and (iv) cause all Deposit Accounts of the Note Parties maintained in Canada to be at all times subject to a valid and perfected first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) in favor of the Agent.

7.17 [Reserved].

7.18 Intellectual Property. (a) Maintain in full force and effect or pursue the prosecution of, as the case may be, and pay all costs and expenses relating to, all material Intellectual Property owned or exclusively licensed by such Note Party or its respective Subsidiaries, excluding the maintenance of Intellectual Property that in the commercially reasonable business judgment of the Issuer are not necessary or material for the conduct of the business of any Note Party or its Subsidiaries; (b) notify the Purchasers, promptly after learning thereof, of any material infringement or other violation by any Person of its material Intellectual Property; (c) use commercially reasonable efforts, consistent with past practices, to pursue, enforce, and maintain in

 

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full force and effect legal protection for all material Intellectual Property developed or controlled by such Note Party or any of its respective Subsidiaries; and (d) notify the Purchasers, promptly after learning thereof, of any written claim that could reasonably be expected to be material in any respect by any Person that the conduct of the Businesses infringes any Intellectual Property of that Person and take such reasonable steps to address such matter.

7.19 Anti-Corruption Laws. Conduct its business in compliance with the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions and maintain policies and procedures designed to promote and achieve compliance with such Laws.

7.20 Post-Closing Obligations.

(a) Within the time periods set forth therefor on Schedule 7.20 (or such longer periods of time as may be agreed to by the Required Purchasers in their sole discretion), deliver to the Purchasers such other documents, instruments, certificates or agreements as are listed on Schedule 7.20 or take such other actions as are described on Schedule 7.20, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Required Purchasers.

(b) Within ten (10) Business Days after the Merger Closing Date (or such longer period of time as may be agreed to by the Required Purchasers in their sole discretion), the Issuer shall ensure that the Acquiror (i) becomes a Guarantor by executing and delivering to the Purchasers a Joinder Agreement, a Perfection Certificate, any applicable Collateral Document and/or such other documents as the Required Purchasers shall reasonably request for such purpose, and (ii) delivers to the Agent (A) documents of the types referred to in Section 5.01(e) and documents of the types referred to in Section 5.01(f) in order to grant Liens to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties in all assets of the Acquiror constituting Collateral, (B) copies of insurance policies or certificates of insurance, together with endorsements, evidencing liability and casualty insurance meeting the requirements set forth in the Note Documents, including, but not limited to, naming the Agent as additional insured (in the case of liability insurance) or lender loss payee (in the case of property insurance) on behalf of the Secured Parties, and (C) favorable opinions of counsel to the Acquiror (which shall cover, among other things, the legality, validity, binding effect and enforceability of the documentation referred to in clause (i) or (ii), as applicable), in each case in form, content and scope reasonably satisfactory to the Agent and the Required Purchasers.

7.21 Governance Rights.

(a) To the extent the Merger Closing Date has occurred, the Required Purchasers shall be entitled to designate one “independent” director within the meaning of the federal securities laws (including Rule 10A-3 of the Exchange Act) and the Nasdaq listing standards (or applicable requirements of such other national securities exchange designated as the primary market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading) to the Board of Directors of the Acquiror (the “Purchaser Director”), to be approved by the Acquiror (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), subject to the Governance Requirements (as defined herein). The Purchaser Director shall initially be a Class II director. Upon the death, disability, resignation or removal of the then-incumbent Purchaser Director prior to the expriation of such then-incumbent Purchaser Director’s initial term, the Required Purchasers shall be entitled to designate a replacement Purchaser Director, to be approved by the Acquiror (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed) to fulfill the remaining initial term of the original Purchaser Director, subject to the Governance Requirements. At the time that all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted)

 

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have been paid in full (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the payment in full of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes in connection with the substantially concurrent consummation of the deemed purchase of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes on the Merger Closing Date shall not be deemed to be a payment in full of all Obligations), the term of the then-incumbent Purchaser Director shall automatically terminate, such Purchaser Director shall resign at the request of the Acquiror, and the Purchasers shall have no rights to appoint or designate any director to the Board of Directors of the Acquiror. If the Obligations have not been paid in full (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted) upon the expiration of the initial term of such Purchaser Director as a Class II director, the Board of Directors of the Acquiror shall nominate, if requested by the Purchasers within five (5) business days after the expiration of such initial term of the Purchaser Director as a Class II director, a candidate designated by the Purchasers as the Purchaser Director for election as a Class II director, to be approved by the Acquiror (such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), subject to the Governance Requirements, and the Acquiror shall cause such nominee to be timely nominated to be included in the slate of nominees recommended by the Board of Directors of the Acquiror for election as directors at the applicable annual meeting of the stockholders of the Acquiror, and the Acquiror shall use its reasonable best efforts to cause the election of such nominee, including soliciting proxies in favor of the election of such nominees, in each case subject to the Governance Requirements and applicable law (for the avoidance of doubt, the Acquiror will only be required to use substantially the same level of efforts and provide substantially the same level of support as is used and/or provided for the other director nominees of the Acquiror with respect to the applicable annual meeting of stockholders or action by written consent in lieu of such meeting). “Governance Requirements” shall include: (a) the applicable provisions and requirements of the Certification of Incorporation and Bylaws of the Acquiror, as then in effect; and (b) any applicable laws and regulations, including, but not limited to, the rules and regulations of the SEC and the Nasdaq listing standards (or applicable requirements of such other national securities exchange designated as the primary market on which the Common Stock is then listed for trading), and any laws or requirements regarding board composition, director independence, board diversity, or similar requirements.

(b) To the extent the VLN Termination Date has occurred, the Purchasers shall have the right to receive all information provided to the members of the Board of Directors or any similar group performing an executive oversight or similar function (or any relevant committee thereof) of the Issuer in anticipation of or at any meeting thereof (regular or special and whether telephonic or otherwise), in addition to copies of the records of the proceedings or minutes of such meeting, when provided to the members of the Board of Directors, and the Purchasers shall keep such materials and information confidential in accordance with Section 12.07. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Issuer may exclude the Purchasers from access to any material, including minutes of any meeting or portion thereof or observing any meeting if: (i) the Board of Directors concludes in good faith that such exclusion is necessary to preserve the attorney-client or work product privilege between the Issuer or any of its Affiliates and its counsel; (ii) such portion of a meeting is an executive session limited solely to independent director members of the Board of Directors, independent auditors and/or legal counsel, as the Board of Directors may designate, or (iii) such exclusion is necessary to avoid a conflict of interest between the Issuer on the one hand and the Required Purchasers on the other.

7.22 Collateral Access Agreements. In the case of a leasehold interest of any Note Party in real property that is located in the U.S. and on which Collateral in excess of $500,000 (or, after the Merger Closing Date, $5,000,000) is stored or otherwise located, the Issuer shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain Collateral Access Agreements within 30 days thereafter (or, after the Merger Closing Date, 60 days) or such longer period as the Required Purchasers may agree in their sole discretion.

 

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ARTICLE VIII NEGATIVE COVENANTS

So long as any Purchaser shall have any Note or other Obligation hereunder that remains unpaid or unsatisfied (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted) (provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the payment in full of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes in connection with the substantially concurrent consummation of the deemed purchase of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes on the Merger Closing Date shall not be deemed to be a payment in full of all Obligations) each Note Party shall not, nor shall it permit any Subsidiary to, directly or indirectly:

8.01 Liens.

Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:

(a) Liens pursuant to any Note Document;

(b) Liens existing on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 8.01, and any Lien granted as a replacement or substitute therefor; provided that any such replacement or substitute Lien (i) does not secure an aggregate amount of Indebtedness or other obligations, if any, greater than that secured on the Closing Date (minus the aggregate amount of any permanent repayments and prepayments thereof since the Closing Date but only to the extent that such repayments and prepayments by their terms cannot be reborrowed or redrawn and do not occur in connection with a refinancing of all or a portion of such Indebtedness) and (ii) does not encumber any property other than the property subject thereto on the Closing Date (plus improvements and accessions to such property);

(c) Liens (other than Liens imposed under ERISA) for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person in accordance with GAAP;

(d) statutory or common law Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, suppliers and other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business that secure only amounts not overdue for a period of more than 30 days or that are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted; provided that adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the Note Parties or the applicable Subsidiary, in conformity with GAAP;

(e) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance, the payment or provision of compensation or benefits and other social security legislation, other than any Lien imposed by ERISA;

(f) pledges or deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness), statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds, indemnity and performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(g) easements, encroachments, rights-of-way, covenants and restrictions and other similar encumbrances affecting real property which are not substantial in amount, and which do not in any case materially detract from the value of the property subject thereto or materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the applicable Person conducted thereon;

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(i) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03(e); provided, that: (i) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property (or proceeds thereof) financed by such Indebtedness, (ii) the Indebtedness secured thereby does not exceed, at the time of incurrence thereof, the lesser of the cost or fair market value of the property secured by such Lien, and (iii) such Liens attach to such property concurrently with or within ninety (90) days after the acquisition or construction thereof;

(j) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases (other than any exclusive license or sublicense relating to Intellectual Property constituting a Disposition not otherwise permitted hereunder) granted to others in the ordinary course of business and covering only the assets so leased or licensed;

(k) Liens on equipment arising from precautionary UCC or PPSA financing statements (or equivalent filings, registrations or agreements in foreign jurisdictions) regarding operating leases of equipment;

(l) normal and customary bankers’ liens and rights of setoff upon deposits of cash in favor of banks or other depository or financial institutions for the provision of services in the ordinary course of business;

(m) Liens of a collection bank arising under Section 4-208 or Section 4-210 of the UCC on items in the course of payment or collection;

(n) Liens of sellers of goods to the Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries arising under Article 2 of the Uniform Commercial Code or similar provisions of applicable law in the ordinary course of business, covering only the goods sold and securing only the unpaid purchase price for such goods and related expenses;

(o) non-exclusive licenses of over-the-counter software that is commercially available to the public and other non-exclusive licenses granted in the ordinary course of business by a Note Party or Subsidiary;

(p) deposits made or other security provided to secure liabilities to insurance carriers under insurance or self-insurance arrangements in the ordinary course of business;

(q) after the Merger Closing Date, Liens (i) solely on any cash (or Cash Equivalent) earnest money deposits (including as part of any escrow arrangement) made by a Note Party or any Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement with respect to any Investment permitted hereunder, (ii) on advances of cash or Cash Equivalents in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 8.02 to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment or (iii) to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.03(j)(iv);

(r) Liens to secure Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Sections 8.03(d) and 8.03(l) in an aggregate amount not to exceed, (i) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, $250,000 at any one time or (ii) on and after the Merger Closing Date, not exceed $5,000,000 at any one time;

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(t) Liens over deposit or money market accounts at Silicon Valley Bank in an amount not to exceed $100,000 at any one time outstanding securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 8.03(m); and

(u) Liens (arising by operation of law or pursuant to mandatory provisions of applicable law) in favor of Governmental Authorities securing the payment obligations of Non-U.S. Subsidiaries; provided, that, (i) such Liens are required by such Governmental Authorities in order for such Non-U.S. Subsidiaries to conduct business in such jurisdictions, (ii) such Liens do not extend to any assets other than those of such Non-U.S. Subsidiaries, and (iii) such Liens are in respect of the payment of any taxes, assessments, charges or claims of any Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of incorporation of such Non-U.S. Subsidiary against or on such Non-U.S. Subsidiary.

8.02 Investments.

Make any Investments, except:

(a) Investments held by a Note Party or a Subsidiary in the form of cash or Cash Equivalents;

(b) Investments existing on date hereof and set forth in Schedule 8.02;

(c) Investments in any Person that is a Note Party (other than the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests of the Acquiror from any Person that is not a holder of FP Shares);

(d) Investments by any Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Note Party in any other Subsidiary of the Issuer that is not a Note Party;

(e) Investments (i) consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors to the extent reasonably necessary in order to prevent or limit loss and (ii) consisting of extensions of credit to (including as evidenced by one or more promissory notes), or receipt of investments in convertible or equity instruments issued by, customers or their related parties, in each case, in exchange for sale of products to such customer provided by any Note Party in an aggregate amount not to exceed $2,500,000; provided that, in the case of clause (ii), such promissory notes, convertible instruments and/or equity instruments are subject to Liens in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, to the extent such promissory notes, convertible instruments and/or equity instruments are held by a Note Party and do not constitute Excluded Property; provided, further, that to the extent any such promissory note, convertible instrument or equity instrument is held by a Note Party and constitutes Excluded Property, the Note Parties shall use commercially reasonable efforts to request the issuer of such note or instrument to seek consent of any relevant third party or amend the applicable Contractual Obligation to permit such pledge so that the promissory note or instrument no longer constitutes Excluded Property;

(f) Investments in any Subsidiary that is not a Note Party (i) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, not exceeding $350,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding or (ii) on and after the Merger Closing Date, not exceed $2,500,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;

 

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(g) so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, or would result therefrom, other Investments by a Note Party (i) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date (x) in any Person (that is not a Note Party) organized under the laws of any state of the United States or the District of Columbia or (y) in assets located in the United States or the District of Columbia, not exceeding $2,500,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding or (ii) on and after the Merger Closing Date, not exceed $5,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;

(h) Investments consisting of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of any Note Party;

(i) Investments consisting of purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material, equipment, or other similar assets in the ordinary course of business and, in each case, not constituting an Acquisition;

(j) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;

(k) loans or advances (x) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, from Non-U.S. Subsidiaries to any employee, officer, director or member of management of any Non-U.S. Subsidiary, the proceeds of which are used to satisfy tax liabilities of such employee, officer, director or member of management incurred in connection with the exercise of stock options in the Issuer held by such Person and (y) on or after the Merger Closing Date, to any employee, officer, director or member of management of the Acquiror and its Subsidiaries, the proceeds of which are used to satisfy tax liabilities of such employee, officer, director or member of management incurred in connection with the exercise of stock options in the Issuer held by such Person; provided that the aggregate amount of all loans and advances made pursuant to this clause (k) does not exceed (x) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, $150,000 or (y) on and after the Merger Closing Date, $1,000,000, in each case, at any time outstanding;

(l) loans and advances to officers, directors, managers, and employees for business related travel expenses, moving expenses, and other similar expenses, in each case incurred in the ordinary course of business; provided that the aggregate amount of all loans and advances made pursuant to this clause (l) does not exceed (x) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, $150,000 or (y) on and after the Merger Closing Date, $1,000,000, in each case, at any time outstanding;

(m) after the Merger Closing Date, Permitted Acquisitions;

(n) after the Merger Closing Date, any Investment received in connection with any Disposition pursuant to Section 8.05;

(o) after the Merger Closing Date, Investments the payment for which consists of Equity Interests of the Acquiror (other than Disqualified Capital Stock);

(p) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in the ordinary course of business in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers and in settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with, suppliers and customers arising out of the ordinary course of business or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;

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(r) Investments received and held exclusively by Note Parties in any retailer, distributor, customer, vendor, supplier or other non-Subsidiary, strategic alliances, minority investments and similar arrangements that are customary in any Note Party’s or its Subsidiaries’ strategic business plan and that are received as payment in kind for goods or services.

8.03 Indebtedness.

Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Indebtedness under the Note Documents;

(b) Indebtedness of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries existing on the date hereof and described on Schedule 8.03;

(c) intercompany Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.02 (other than by reference to this Section 8.03 (or any sub-clause hereof));

(d) obligations (contingent or otherwise) of any Note Party or any Subsidiary existing or arising under any Swap Contract, provided, that, (i) such obligations are (or were) entered into by such Person in the ordinary course of business for the purpose of directly mitigating risks associated with liabilities, commitments, investments, assets, or property held or reasonably anticipated by such Person, or changes in the value of securities issued by such Person, and not for purposes of speculation or taking a “market view;” and (ii) such Swap Contract does not contain any provision exonerating the non-defaulting party from its obligation to make payments on outstanding transactions to the defaulting party;

(e) purchase money Indebtedness (including obligations in respect of Capital Leases or Synthetic Leases) hereafter incurred by any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries to finance the purchase of fixed assets, and renewals, refinancings and extensions thereof, provided, that, (i) no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing both immediately prior to and after giving effect thereto, (ii) the total of all such Indebtedness for all such Persons taken together shall not exceed an aggregate principal amount of (x) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, $5,000,000 or (y) on and after the Merger Closing Date, $10,000,000, in each case, at any one time outstanding, (iii) such Indebtedness when incurred shall not exceed the purchase price of the asset(s) financed, (iv) no such Indebtedness shall be refinanced for a principal amount in excess of the principal balance outstanding thereon at the time of such refinancing except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other amounts owing or paid related to such Indebtedness, and fees, commissions and expenses (including upfront fees and original issue discount) reasonably incurred, in connection with such refinancing and (v) any such Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed or extended shall not have a scheduled maturity date earlier than the date that is 180 days after the Maturity Date;

(f) other unsecured Indebtedness hereafter incurred by any Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount not to exceed (i) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, $2,500,000 or (ii) on and after the Merger Closing Date, $5,000,000, in each case, at any one time outstanding; provided, that (x) the aggregate amount of unsecured Indebtedness incurred by Subsidiaries that are not Note Parties under this clause (f) shall not exceed (A) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, $500,000 or (B) on and after the Merger Closing Date, $2,000,000 and (y) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, unsecured Indebtedness incurred by any Note Party under this clause (f) shall be subordinated to the Obligations pursuant to a subordination agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent;

 

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(g) unsecured Indebtedness under the 2022 Note Documents;

(h) unsecured Indebtedness of Kinduct Technologies Inc. in respect of the ACOA Facility, in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed CAD$695,000;

(i) after the Merger Closing Date, Indebtedness incurred by any Note Party or any Subsidiary created or issued in the ordinary course of business (including obligations with respect to letters of credit, bank guarantees, surety bonds, performance bonds or similar instruments) in respect of workers’ compensation claims (or in respect of reimbursement type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims), performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property (including unemployment insurance and premiums related thereto), other types of social security, pension obligations, vacation pay, health, disability or other benefits, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement or indemnification type obligations regarding workers’ compensation claims, performance or surety bonds, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance;

(j) after the Merger Closing Date, Indebtedness of any Note Party or any Subsidiary assumed or acquired in connection with any Permitted Acquisition; provided that (i) the amount of such Indebtedness shall be included in the calculation of the Permitted Acquisition Cap, (ii) other than with respect to Earn Out Obligations, such Indebtedness exists at the time such Permitted Acquisition is consummated and is not created or incurred in connection therewith or in contemplation thereof, (iii) no Note Party (other than such Person so acquired in such Permitted Acquisition or any other Person that such Person merges with or that acquires the assets of such Person in connection with such Permitted Acquisition) shall have any liability or other obligation with respect to such Indebtedness and (iv) if such Indebtedness is secured, no Lien thereon shall extend to or cover any other assets other than the assets acquired in such Permitted Acquisition (other than the proceeds or products thereof, accessions or additions thereto and improvements thereon) or attach to any other property of any Note Party;

(k) after the Merger Closing Date, obligations in respect of tenders, statutory obligations (including health, safety and environmental obligations), bids, governmental contracts, trade contracts, surety, indemnity, stay, customs, judgment, appeal, performance, completion and/or return of money bonds or guaranties or other similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business, or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, surety bonds or similar instruments related thereto;

(l) Indebtedness of any Note Party or any Subsidiary in respect of any letter of credit or letter of credit facility in an aggregate amount not to exceed, together with the aggregate amount incurred pursuant to Section 8.03(f), $5,000,000;

(m) any arrangement for treasury, depositary, overdraft, credit or debit card, purchase card or other cash management services provided to the Note Parties or any of their Subsidiaries or in connection with any transfer or disbursement of funds through an automated clearinghouse or on a same day or immediate or accelerated availability basis or other electronic funds transfer, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(n) after the Merger Closing Date, Indebtedness representing deferred compensation or similar arrangements made in the ordinary course of business to any future, present or former employees, directors, officers, managers, members, partners, independent contractors or consultants of the any Note Party or any Subsidiary;

 

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(o) after the Merger Closing Date, endorsement of instruments or other payment items for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business and Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of business; and

(p) after the Merger Closing Date, Indebtedness of a Note Party or any Subsidiary owing to any insurance company in connection with the financing of any insurance premiums permitted by such insurance company in the ordinary course of business.

8.04 Fundamental Changes.

Merge, dissolve, divide, liquidate, consolidate, with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, or consummate a Change of Control (other than the Merger); provided, that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 8.04 but subject to the terms of Sections 7.12 and 7.14, (a) the Issuer may merge or consolidate with any of its direct Subsidiaries, provided that the Issuer shall be the continuing or surviving entity, (b) any Note Party (other than the Issuer (other than pursuant to the BCA in connection with the Merger) or after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror) may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with any other Note Party or any other Person who becomes a Note Party as a result of such merger, amalgamation or consolidation; provided that if a Note Party that is a U.S. Subsidiary is involved in such transaction, the Note Party that is a U.S. Subsidiary shall be the continuing or surviving entity, (c) any Subsidiary that is not a Note Party may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any Note Party, provided that such Note Party shall be the continuing or surviving entity or any Person resulting from such merger, amalgamation or consolidation becomes a Note Party immediately following such merger, amalgamation or consolidation, (d) any Subsidiary that is not a Note Party may be merged, amalgamated or consolidated with or into any other direct Subsidiary of it that is not a Note Party or any other Person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 8.02, (e) any Subsidiary that is not a Note Party may dissolve, liquidate or wind up its affairs at any time; provided that such dissolution, liquidation or winding up could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and all of its assets and business are transferred to a Note Party prior to or concurrently with such dissolution, liquidation or winding up; and (f) so long as no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom, after the Merger Closing Date, any Note Party or Subsidiary (other than the Acquiror or the Issuer) may effect a merger, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation or Disposition, the purpose of which is to effect a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 8.05.

8.05 Dispositions.

Make any Disposition, unless (a) such Disposition is a Specified Asset Sale and the Issuer shall use the Net Cash Proceeds of such Specified Asset Sale to prepay the Notes to the extent required by Section 2.07(b) or Section 2.07(f), as applicable and (b) with respect to any Disposition other than a Specified Asset Sale (i) the consideration paid in connection therewith shall be cash or Cash Equivalents paid contemporaneous with consummation of the transaction and shall be in an amount not less than the fair market value of the property disposed of, (ii) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing both immediately prior to and after giving effect to such Disposition, (iii) such transaction does not involve the sale or other disposition of any Equity Interests in any Subsidiary, (iv) the Issuer shall use the Net Cash Proceeds of such Disposition to prepay the Notes to the extent required by Section 2.07(b), and (v) the aggregate fair market value of all of the assets sold or otherwise disposed of in such Disposition together with the aggregate fair market value of all assets sold or otherwise disposed of by the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries in all such transactions does not exceed (x) $1,000,000 prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date and (y) on and after the Merger Closing Date, $10,000,000 per fiscal year.

 

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8.06 Restricted Payments.

Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except that:

(a) each Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to any Note Party;

(b) any Subsidiary that is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions to each owner of its Equity Interests pro rata based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests of such Subsidiary;

(c) each Note Party and each of their Subsidiaries may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Qualified Capital Stock of such Person, and in the case of the notes issued under the 2022 NPA and the Issuer’s preferred stock, the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares upon conversion thereof, in each case as set forth in the 2022 Note Documents or the Issuer’s Organization Documents, as applicable;

(d) after the Merger Closing Date, the payment of any dividend or distribution or the consummation of any irrevocable redemption within thirty (30) days after the date of declaration thereof or the giving of such irrevocable notice, as applicable, if at the date of declaration or the giving of such notice such payment would have been permitted by another clause of this Section 8.06 and complied with the provisions of this Agreement;

(e) (i) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer or, on and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror may make cashless repurchases of its Equity Interests deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants of such Equity Interests to represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants and (ii) to the extent constituting a Restricted Payment, prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer or, on and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror may acquire (or withhold) its Equity Interests pursuant to any employee stock option or similar plan in satisfaction of withholding or similar taxes payable by any present or former officer, employee, director or member of management and the Issuer or the Acquiror, as the case may be, may make deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options;

(f) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer or, on and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror may pay for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of its Equity Interests from any future, present or former employee, officer, director, manager, member, partner, independent contractor or consultant (or their respective Affiliates or immediate family members) of the Issuer or Acquiror, as applicable, or any of their respective Subsidiaries upon the death, disability, retirement or termination of employment of any such Person or pursuant to any Plan, including any employee or director equity plan, employee, manager, officer, member partner, independent contractor or director stock option plan or any other employee, manager, officer, member, partner, independent contractor or director benefit plan, or any agreement (including any stock subscription or shareholder agreement) with any employee, manager, director, officer, member, partner, independent contractor or consultant of the Issuer or Acquiror or any of their respective Subsidiaries; provided that the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to this clause (f) shall not exceed (x) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, $1,000,000 in any calendar year or (y) on and after the Merger Closing Date, $2,000,000 in any calendar year; provided, further that no Default or Event of Default shall exist at the time of such payment;

 

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(g) after the Merger Closing Date, the repurchase, redemption or other acquisition for value of Equity Interests of the Acquiror in connection with paying cash in lieu of fractional shares of such Equity Interests in connection with a share dividend, distribution, share split, reverse share split, merger, consolidation, amalgamation or other business combination of the Acquiror, or in connection with the exercise of warrants, options or other securities that are convertible or exchangeable, or in connection with the conversion of any convertible Indebtedness, in each case, in a manner otherwise permitted under this Agreement;

(h) after the Merger Closing Date, additional Restricted Payments in an amount not to exceed, together with the aggregate amount of Junior Debt Payments made pursuant to clause (d) of Section 8.11, $5,000,000; and

(i) after the Merger Closing Date and subject to the Fee Letter, any Restricted Payment in connection with an FP Share Call.

8.07 Change in Nature of Business.

Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Issuer and its Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or any business substantially related, complementary or incidental thereto, or a natural extension thereof.

8.08 Transactions with Affiliates.

Enter into or permit to exist any transaction or series of transactions with any executive officer, director or Affiliate of a Note Party or a Subsidiary other than (a) advances of working capital to any Note Party, (b) transfers of cash and assets to any Note Party, (c) intercompany transactions expressly permitted by Section 8.02, Section 8.03, Section 8.04, Section 8.05, or Section 8.06 (in each case, other than by reference to this Section 8.08 (or any sub-clause hereof)), (d) reasonable and customary director, officer and employee compensation and other benefits (including retirement, health, stock option and other benefit plans) and indemnification agreements, in each case approved by the board of directors (or appropriate committee thereof) of the Issuer (prior to the Merger Closing Date and on and after the VLN Termination Date) and the Acquiror (on and after the Merger Closing Date), (e) employment and severance arrangements between the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business, (f) transfer pricing arrangements between the Issuer and any of its Subsidiaries or between or among Subsidiaries so long as such transfer pricing arrangement is in the ordinary course of business, consistent with past practice, and in conformance with the legal requirement of the various tax laws of the jurisdictions in which such Persons operate, (g) the Pathfinder Related Party Transactions and (h) except as otherwise specifically limited in this Agreement, other transactions which are entered into in the ordinary course of such Person’s business on terms and conditions substantially as favorable to such Person as would be obtainable by it in a comparable arms-length transaction with a Person other than an officer, director or Affiliate.

8.09 Burdensome Agreements.

Enter into, or permit to exist, any Contractual Obligation that encumbers or restricts the ability of any such Person to (a) make Restricted Payments to any Note Party or Subsidiary, (b) pay any Indebtedness or other obligations owed to any Note Party or any Subsidiary, (c) make loans or advances to, or other Investments in, any Note Party or any Subsidiary, (d) transfer any of its property to any Note Party or any Subsidiary, (e) in the case of a Note Party, pledge its property pursuant to the Note Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof or (f) act as a Note Party pursuant to the Note Documents or any renewals, refinancings, exchanges, refundings or extension thereof, except (in respect of

 

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any of the matters referred to in clauses (a) through (e) above) for: (i) this Agreement and the other Note Documents, (ii) any document or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Sections 8.03(e) (provided, that, any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets constructed or acquired in connection therewith), 8.03(f) (provided, that, any such restrictions are customary for financing arrangements of their type, provided that such restrictions or conditions (A) will not materially affect the Note Parties’ ability to satisfy their obligations hereunder and (B) do not prohibit Liens for the benefit of the Secured Party with respect to the Obligations under the Note Documents on a senior basis), 8.03(h), 8.03(j) (so long as such document or instrument and any underlying Indebtedness exists at the time such Permitted Acquisition is consummated and is not created, entered into or incurred in connection with any Permitted Acquisition or in contemplation thereof (and any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets acquired in such Permitted Acquisition and does not attach to any Loan Party or any other property of any Loan Party)), 8.03(l) (so long any such agreement relates only to cash collateral related security in respect of any letter of credit or letter of credit facility), (iii) any Permitted Lien or any document or instrument governing such Permitted Lien incurred pursuant to Sections 8.01(e) (so long as any such lien or agreement relates only to pledges or deposit permitted thereby), 8.01(f) (so long as any such lien or agreement relates only to pledges or deposit permitted thereby), 8.01(i) (provided, that, any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets constructed or acquired in connection therewith), 8.01(k) (provided, that, any such restriction contained therein relates only to the asset or assets subject to such Permitted Lien), 8.01(p) (so long as any such lien or agreement relates only to deposits or other security permitted thereby), 8.01(q) (so long as any such lien or agreement relates only to cash or other earnest money deposits permitted thereby), 8.01(r) (so long as any such agreement relates only to security in respect of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03(d) and Section 8.03(l)), or 8.01(t) (so long any such agreement relates only to cash collateral related security in respect of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03(m)); (iv) customary provisions restricting lease, assignment or transfer of any agreement entered into in the ordinary course of business, (v) customary restrictions and conditions contained in any agreement relating to any Disposition permitted under Section 8.05 pending the consummation of such sale; provided that such restrictions and conditions apply only to the property that is the subject of such Disposition and not to the proceeds to be received by the applicable Note Parties or any of their Subsidiaries in connection with such Disposition, (vi) customary restrictions in license agreements permitted hereby restricting the assignment or transfer thereof, so long as such restrictions relate solely to the assets subject thereto; (vii) customary provisions restricting the subletting, assignment, pledge or other transfer of any lease governing a leasehold interest; (viii) restrictions imposed by applicable law or regulation or license requirements; (ix) customary provisions contained in joint venture agreements, shareholder agreements and other similar agreements applicable to joint ventures and other non-wholly owned entities as a result of an Investment not prohibited by this Agreement provided that the restrictions applicable to such joint venture are not made more burdensome than those as in effect immediately before giving effect to the consummation of the respective Investment (but solely to the extent any are in effect at such time), or (x) any encumbrances or restrictions imposed by any amendments, modifications, restatements, renewals, increases, supplements or refinancings of the contracts, instruments or agreements referred to in clauses (i) through (ix); provided that such encumbrances and restrictions contained in any such amendment, modification, restatement, renewal, increase, supplement or refinancing, taken as a whole, are not materially more restrictive than the encumbrances and restrictions contained in such predecessor contracts, instruments or agreements.

8.10 Use of Proceeds.

Use the proceeds of any Note, whether directly or indirectly, and whether immediately, incidentally or ultimately, to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U of the FRB) or to extend credit to others for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock or to refund indebtedness originally incurred for such purpose, or for any other purpose not enumerated in Section 7.11.

 

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8.11 Prepayment of Other Indebtedness.

Make (or give any notice with respect thereto) any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment or voluntary or optional redemption or acquisition for value of (including by way of depositing money or securities with the trustee with respect thereto before due for the purpose of paying when due), refund, refinance or exchange of any Indebtedness of any Note Party or any Subsidiary (each of the foregoing, a “Junior Debt Payment”), other than (a) Indebtedness arising under the Note Documents, (b) for the avoidance of doubt, any Indebtedness that is permitted by this Agreement and may be incurred and reborrowed on a revolving basis, (c) Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.03(e) (solely to the extent made with the proceeds of additional issuances of Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03(e)), (d) other Indebtedness so long as the aggregate principal amount of Junior Debt Payments pursuant to this clause (d) does not exceed (x) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, $500,000 in the aggregate and (y) on and after the Merger Closing Date, $5,000,000 in the aggregate together with Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 8.06(h), (e) the conversion of the notes issued under the 2022 NPA and the payment of cash in lieu of fractional shares upon conversion thereof, as set forth in the 2022 Note Documents, or (f) for the avoidance of doubt, any Indebtedness that is existing on the date hereof and permitted by Section 8.03(b), as set forth in the documents described in Schedule 8.03; provided that if any amounts due in connection with such Indebtedness shall be paid in connection with the Merger, such amounts may only be paid if immediately after giving pro forma effect to the Merger, the deemed funding of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes and such payment of Indebtedness, the amount of unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Note Parties that are held in Deposit Accounts subject to a Deposit Account Control Agreement (or the foreign equivalent of such, including as described under Section 7.16(b)) shall be equal to at least $35,000,000.

8.12 Organization Documents; Fiscal Year; Legal Name, Jurisdiction of Formation and Form of Entity; Certain Amendments .

(a) Amend, modify or change its Organization Documents in a manner materially adverse to the Purchasers.

(b) Change its fiscal year.

(c) Without providing at least ten (10) days prior written notice to the Agent and the Purchasers, in the case of any Note Party change its name, jurisdiction of organization or form of organization.

(d) Amend, modify or change any term or condition of the 2022 Note Documents in any manner materially adverse to the interests of the Purchasers.

(e) (i) Prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, amend, supplement, waive or otherwise modify (or permit the amendment, supplement, waiver or modification), or enter into any forbearance from exercising any rights with respect to, (x) any Material Contract if such amendment, supplement, waiver, modification or forbearance could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in (A) a loss of more than 10% of the consolidated revenue of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis (as measured against the consolidated revenue of the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries reflected in the most recently delivered financial statements delivered pursuant to Sections 5.01(c) or 7.01) or (B) liability to the Note Parties or any Subsidiary in excess of $2,000,000, or (y) any other document or other agreement evidencing Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03(f) unless such amendment, supplement, waiver or modification is not prohibited by the applicable

 

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subordination agreement, if any or (ii) on or after the Merger Closing Date, amend, supplement, waive or otherwise modify (or permit the amendment, supplement, waiver or modification), or enter into any forbearance from exercising any rights with respect to, (x) any Material Contract in a manner that would be reasonably expected to cause a material change to the validity, enforceability or perfection of the Purchasers’ security interest in such Material Contract or would otherwise be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect or (y) any other document or other agreement evidencing Indebtedness permitted under Section 8.03(f) unless such amendment, supplement, waiver or modification is not prohibited by the applicable subordination agreement, if any.

8.13 Ownership of Subsidiaries. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement to the contrary (a) permit any Person (other than any Note Party or any Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Issuer) to own any Equity Interests of any Note Party or any Subsidiary thereof, except (i) to qualify directors where required by applicable law or to satisfy other requirements of applicable law with respect to the ownership of Equity Interests of Non-U.S. Subsidiaries and (ii) Subsidiaries that are not Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries on the Closing Date or are formed or acquired pursuant to Section 8.02(m) or Section 8.02(g), (b) permit any Note Party or any Subsidiary to issue or have outstanding any shares of Disqualified Capital Stock, or (c) create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (other than Liens permitted under Section 8.01(a)) on any Equity Interests of any Subsidiary of any Note Party.

8.14 Sale Leasebacks.

Enter into any Sale and Leaseback Transaction.

8.15 Sanctions; Anti-Corruption Laws.

(a) Directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Note, or lend, contribute or otherwise make available such proceeds of any Note to any Person, to fund any activities of or business with any Person that, at the time of such funding, is a Sanctioned Person, or in any other manner that will result in a violation by any Person (including any Person participating in the transactions hereunder, whether as a Purchaser, Agent or otherwise) of Sanctions.

(b) Directly or indirectly, use the proceeds of any Note for any purpose which would breach the United States Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the UK Bribery Act 2010, the Corruption of Foreign Public Officials Act (Canada) or and other similar anti-corruption legislation in other jurisdictions.

It being noted that the undertaking as set out in this Section 8.15 is made if and to the extent that making it does not result in a breach or violation of the EU Blocking Regulation, any law or regulation implementing such EU Blocking Regulation in any member state of the European Union or the United Kingdom or any similar applicable blocking or anti-boycott laws or regulations, each as amended from time to time.

8.16 Limitations on Activities of Acquiror. On and after the Merger Closing Date, in the case of the Acquiror, notwithstanding anything contrary to this Agreement or any other Note Document:

(a) conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, or commit to conduct, transact or otherwise engage in, any material business or operations or own any assets other than (i) its ownership of the Equity Interests of the Issuer and its Subsidiaries and activities incidental thereto and Investments by or in the Acquiror permitted hereunder and activities incidental thereto, (ii) activities incidental to the maintenance of its existence and compliance with applicable laws and legal, tax and accounting matters related thereto and activities relating to its employees or directors, (iii) the making of Restricted

 

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Payments permitted to be made by Acquiror pursuant to Section 8.06, (iv) the receipt of Restricted Payments permitted to be made to Acquiror under Section 8.06, (v) the holding of any cash and Cash Equivalents, (vi) the entry into and the exercising of its rights and performing of its obligations with respect to contracts and other arrangements with officers, managers, directors, employees, consultants and independent contractors (including the providing of indemnification to such Persons and grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights, incurred by the Note Parties and their Subsidiaries pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement), (vii) any public offering of its common equity or any other issuance or sale of its Equity Interests, (viii) transactions with the Issuer or any Subsidiary to the extent not prohibited under this Article VIII, (ix) activities related to the Transactions and in connection with the BCA, the Equity Grant Agreement, the Subscription Agreements and other documents related thereto to which it is a party, (x) the filing of financial statements and other reports with applicable Governmental Authorities and other actions taken in connection with being a public company and (xi) any activities incidental or reasonably related to the foregoing.

(b) incur, create, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or other liabilities or financial obligations, except (i) the Obligations, (ii) Guarantees in respect of the Obligations and other Indebtedness permitted by Section 8.03, (iii) non-consensual obligations imposed by operation of law and (iv) liabilities or obligations with respect to any expenses incurred in connection with activities permitted under Section 8.16(a).

8.17 Financial Covenant. Commencing with the last day of the fiscal quarter ending June 30, 2024, and as of the last day of each fiscal quarter thereafter, the Issuer shall not permit Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of, prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer and its Subsidiaries, and after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror, and its Subsidiaries for the most recently ended Test Period to be less than $0.

ARTICLE IX

EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES

9.01 Events of Default.

Any of the following shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

(a) Non-Payment. The Issuer or any other Note Party fails to pay (i) any principal of any Note when and as required to be paid herein, whether at the due date thereof or at a fixed date for payment thereof or by acceleration thereof or otherwise or (ii) any interest on any Note or any other amount payable hereunder or under any other Note Document (other than an amount referred to in clause (i)) within five (5) days after any such interest or other amount becomes due in accordance with the terms hereof or thereof; or

(b) Specific Covenants. Any Note Party fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in (i) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, any of Section 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.05(a) (with respect to any Note Party), 7.07, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12, 7.14, 7.16, 7.19, 7.20 or 7.21(b) or Article VIII; and (ii) on or after the Merger Closing Date, Sections 7.01, 7.02, 7.03, 7.05(a) (with respect to the Issuer and the Acquiror), 7.07, 7.10, 7.11, 7.12, 7.14, 7.16, 7.19, 7.20, 7.21(a) or Article VIII; or

 

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(c) Other Defaults. Any Note Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in subsection (a) or (b) above) contained in any Note Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for thirty (30) days after the earlier to occur of (i) any Note Party becomes aware of such failure or (ii) written notice thereof shall have been given to any Note Party by the Agent or any Purchaser; or

(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of the Issuer or any other Note Party herein, in any other Note Document, or in any document delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect (and in all respects if any such representation or warranty is already qualified by materiality or reference to Material Adverse Effect) when made or deemed made; or

(e) Cross-Default. (i) Any Note Party or any Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment when due (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness or Guarantee (other than Indebtedness hereunder and Indebtedness under Swap Contracts) having an outstanding aggregate principal amount (including undrawn committed or available amounts and including amounts owing to all creditors under any combined or syndicated credit arrangement) of more than the Threshold Amount, or (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness or Guarantee or contained in any instrument or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event occurs, the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness or the beneficiary or beneficiaries of such Guarantee (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, such Indebtedness to be demanded or to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity, or such Guarantee to become payable or cash collateral in respect thereof to be demanded; or (ii) there occurs under any Swap Contract an Early Termination Date (as defined in such Swap Contract) resulting from (A) any event of default under such Swap Contract as to which the Issuer or any Subsidiary is the Defaulting Party (as defined in such Swap Contract) or (B) any Termination Event (as so defined) under such Swap Contract as to which the Issuer or any Subsidiary is an Affected Party (as so defined) and, in either event, the Swap Termination Value owed by such Note Party or such Subsidiary as a result thereof is greater than the Threshold Amount; provided that clause (e)(i)(B) and shall not apply to the notes issued under the 2022 NPA which provides that upon the happening of any such default or event, the Indebtedness issued thereunder automatically converts into Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Capital Stock) in accordance with its terms; or

(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Note Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, receiver-manager, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, receiver-manager, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and either (i) the propriety of such proceeding is not timely contested by such Person or (ii) such proceeding continues undismissed or unstayed for sixty (60) calendar days, or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or

 

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(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Any Note Party or any of its Material Subsidiaries becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of any such Person and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within forty-five (45) days after its issue or levy; or

(h) Judgments. There is entered against any Note Party or any Subsidiary (i) one or more final judgments or orders for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by (x) independent third-party insurance as to which the insurer does not dispute coverage or (y) an enforceable indemnity which is likely to be collectable to the extent that such Note Party or Subsidiary shall have made a claim for indemnification and the applicable indemnifying party shall not have disputed such claim) or (ii) any one or more non-monetary final judgments that have, or could reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and, in either case, (x) enforcement proceedings are commenced by any creditor upon such judgment or order or (y) there is a period of (A) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, thirty (30) consecutive days and (B) on or after the Merger Closing Date, forty-five (45) consecutive days during which a stay of enforcement of such judgment, by reason of a pending appeal or otherwise, is not in effect; or

(i) ERISA. (i) An ERISA Event occurs with respect to a Pension Plan or Multiemployer Plan which has resulted or could reasonably be expected to result in liability of any Note Party in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount, or (ii) the Issuer or any ERISA Affiliate fails to pay when due, after the expiration of any applicable grace period, any installment payment with respect to its withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA under a Multiemployer Plan in an aggregate amount in excess of the Threshold Amount; or

(j) Invalidity of Note Documents or Subscription Agreements. Any Note Document, Equity Grant Agreement or Subscription Agreement, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted or provided for hereunder or thereunder, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Note Party or any other Person contests in any manner the validity or enforceability of any Note Document, Equity Grant Agreement or Subscription Agreement; or any Note Party denies that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Note Document, Equity Grant Agreement or Subscription Agreement, or purports to revoke, terminate or rescind any Note Document, Equity Grant Agreement or Subscription Agreement; or any Guarantee of the Obligations ceases to be enforceable against any Guarantor; or

(k) Invalidity of Liens. Any Lien purported to be created under any Collateral Document shall cease to be, or shall be asserted by any Note Party not to be, a valid and perfected first priority Lien (subject to Permitted Liens) on any portion of the Collateral, except as a result of the sale or other disposition of the applicable Collateral to a Person that is not a Note Party in a transaction permitted under the Note Documents.

(l) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or

(m) Invalidity of Subordination Provisions. Any subordination provision in any document or instrument governing Indebtedness that is purported to be subordinated to the Obligations or any subordination provision in any subordination agreement that relates to any Indebtedness that is to be subordinated to the Obligations, or any subordination provision in any guaranty by any Note Party of any such Indebtedness, shall cease to be in full force and effect, or any Person (including any holder of any such Indebtedness) shall contest in any manner the validity, binding nature or enforceability of any such provision; or

 

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(n) Injunction. Any court order enjoins, restrains, or prevents any Note Party from conducting any material part of its business which is material to the conduct of the business of the Note Parties, taken as a whole; or

(o) Liquidation; Dissolution. The Board of Directors or holders of Equity Interests of (i)(x) prior to the Merger Closing Date or on and after the VLN Termination Date, the Issuer and (y) after the Merger Closing Date, the Acquiror, or (ii) any Subsidiaries of the foregoing, that own assets with a value in excess of the Threshold Amount, in each case adopt a resolution for the liquidation, dissolution or winding up of the Issuer, the Acquiror or any such Subsidiary, as applicable (unless such assets will be distributed to the Issuer, the Acquiror or any of their Subsidiaries as permitted by Section 8.04).

 

9.02

Remedies Upon Event of Default.

If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing the Required Purchasers may take any or all of the following actions:

(a) declare all amounts owing under the Notes as set forth in the Fee Letter and in this Agreement and all other amounts hereunder or under any other Note Document to be immediately due and payable, in each case, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Note Parties;

(b) exercise, or instruct the Agent to exercise (and the Agent shall exercise upon such instruction), all rights and remedies available to the Agent or the Purchasers under the Note Documents and applicable Law; and

(c) require that any SOFR Note be converted into an ABR Note, and the Issuer’s SOFR election will not be available while such Event of Default is continuing;

provided, however, that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 9.01(f) or (g), the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Notes and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, in each case without further act of the Agent or any Purchaser; provided, further, that any exercise of rights and remedies under Deposit Account Control Agreements requires the consent of the Required Purchasers.

Upon the acceleration (including automatic acceleration triggered by any Event of Default pursuant to Section 9.01(f) or (g)), all amounts outstanding under Notes in accordance with the Fee Letter and this Agreement and the other Obligations shall become immediately due and payable. If the Obligations are accelerated for any reason, the PIK Interest paid on the Notes on or prior to the date of such acceleration shall be deemed earned in full and shall constitute part of the Obligations, in view of the impracticability and extreme difficulty of ascertaining actual damages and by mutual agreement of the parties as to a reasonable calculation of each Purchaser’s lost profits as a result thereof. In the event that the Obligations (and/or this Agreement) are satisfied or released by foreclosure (whether by power of judicial proceeding), deed in lieu of foreclosure or by any other means, the PIK Interest paid on the Notes on or prior to the date of such satisfaction or release shall also be earned in full. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE ISSUER EXPRESSLY WAIVES THE PROVISIONS OF ANY PRESENT OR FUTURE STATUTE OR LAW THAT PROHIBITS OR MAY PROHIBIT THE COLLECTION OF THE FOREGOING PIK INTEREST OWED HEREUNDER AND SUBJECT TO THE FEE LETTER IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACCELERATION. The Issuer expressly agrees that (i) the PIK Interest on the Notes is reasonable and is the product of an arm’s length transaction between sophisticated business people, ably represented by counsel, (ii) the PIK Interest on the Notes shall be payable (or in the case of payment of the applicable Contractual Minimum Return, deemed paid) pursuant to this Agreement and the

 

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Fee Letter notwithstanding the then prevailing market rates at the time payment is made, (iii) there has been a course of conduct between the Purchasers and the Issuer giving specific consideration in this transaction for such agreement to pay the PIK Interest on the Notes, and (iv) the Issuer shall be estopped hereafter from claiming differently than as agreed to in this paragraph. The Issuer expressly acknowledge that their agreement to pay the PIK Interest on the Notes or the Contractual Minimum Return in lieu thereof is a material inducement to the Purchasers to purchase the Notes hereunder.

9.03 Application of Funds.

After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 9.02 (or after the Notes have automatically become immediately due and payable as set forth in the proviso to Section 9.02) any amounts received by any Purchaser or the Agent on account of the Obligations shall be applied in the following order:

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel, and costs and expenses incurred in connection with any enforcement or realization of the Collateral) payable to the Agent in its capacity as Agent under the Note Documents;

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (including accrued and unpaid default interest but excluding principal and other interest and any applicable Contractual Minimum Return) payable to the Purchasers arising under the Note Documents and amounts payable under Article III, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting outstanding principal plus accrued and unpaid interest on the Notes or, if greater, the applicable Contractual Minimum Return (it being understood and agreed that the payment of the applicable Contractual Minimum Return pursuant to this clause Third shall be deemed to be the ratable repayment of the Obligations constituting both (a) accrued and unpaid interest (other than accrued and unpaid default interest) on the Notes and (b) PIK Interest), ratably among the Purchasers in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third held by them;

Fourth, to payment of any remaining Obligations payable to the Secured Parties under the Note Documents, ratably payable in proportion to the respective aggregate amounts described in this clause Fourth then owing to such Secured Parties; and

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Issuer or as otherwise required by Law.

 

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ARTICLE X

[RESERVED]

ARTICLE XI

AGENT

11.01 Appointment and Authority.

(a) Each of the Purchasers hereby irrevocably appoints Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB to act on its behalf as the Agent hereunder and under the other Note Documents and authorizes the Agent to take such actions on its behalf and to exercise such powers as are delegated to the Agent by the terms hereof or thereof, and to act as the agent of such Purchaser for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Note Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are incidental thereto. The provisions of this Article are solely for the benefit of the Agent and the Purchasers, and neither the Issuer nor any other Note Party shall have rights as a third-party beneficiary of any of such provisions (other than as expressly provided herein). It is understood and agreed that the use of the term “agent” herein or in any other Note Documents (or any other similar term) with reference to the Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead such term is used as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between contracting parties.

(b) The Agent and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Agent pursuant to Section 11.05 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article XI and Article XII, as though such co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “agent” under the Note Documents as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.

(c) Each Purchaser hereby acknowledges that it has received and reviewed the Collateral Documents and agrees to be bound by the terms thereof. The Agent is hereby authorized to enter into the Collateral Documents and each Purchaser agrees to be bound by the terms thereof and directs the Agent to enter into such Collateral Documents on behalf of such Purchaser.

(d) To the extent a decision or action requires the consent of the Required Purchasers, the Agent shall only act (or refrain from acting) at the direction of the Required Purchasers. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Agent may exercise any discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Note Documents or otherwise delegated to the Agent under any Note Document at the direction of the Required Purchasers and without the consent of any other Purchaser.

11.02 [Reserved].

11.03 Exculpatory Provisions.

The Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) shall not have any duties or obligations except those expressly set forth herein and in the other Note Documents, and its duties hereunder shall be administrative in nature. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent (and any sub-agent thereof):

(a) shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing;

(b) shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Note Documents that the Agent is required to exercise as directed in writing by the Required Purchasers (or such other number or percentage of the Purchasers as shall be expressly provided for herein or in the other Note Documents); provided, that, prior to taking any discretionary right or power expressly contemplated hereby or by the other Note Documents, the Agent may require the written direction of the Required Purchasers (or such other number or percentage of the Purchasers as shall be necessary, or as the Agent determines in good faith is

 

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necessary, under the circumstances as provided herein or under the other Note Documents); and provided, further, that, the Agent shall not be required to take any action that, in its opinion or the opinion of its counsel, may expose the Agent to liability or that is contrary to any Note Document or applicable Law, including for the avoidance of doubt any action that may be in violation of the automatic stay under any Debtor Relief Law; and

(c) shall not, except as expressly set forth herein and in the other Note Documents, have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for the failure to disclose, any information relating to any Note Party or any of its Affiliates or any Collateral that is communicated to or obtained by the Person serving as the Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.

The Agent shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it (i) with the consent or at the request of the Required Purchasers (or such other number or percentage of the Purchasers as shall be necessary, or as the Agent shall believe in good faith shall be necessary, under the circumstances as provided herein or under the other Note Documents) or (ii) in the absence of its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and non-appealable judgment. The Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Default unless and until notice describing such Default is given in writing to the Agent by the Issuer or a Purchaser.

The Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to ascertain or inquire into (i) any statement, warranty or representation made in or in connection with this Agreement or any other Note Document, (ii) the contents of any certificate, report or other document delivered hereunder or thereunder or in connection herewith or therewith, (iii) the performance or observance of any of the covenants, agreements or other terms or conditions set forth herein or therein or the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default, (iv) the validity, enforceability, effectiveness or genuineness of this Agreement, any other Note Document or any other agreement, instrument or document, or the creation, perfection or priority of any Lien purported to be created by the Note Documents, (v) the satisfaction of any condition set forth in Article V or elsewhere herein, other than to confirm receipt of items expressly required to be delivered to the Agent, (vi) the financial condition or business affairs of the Issuer or any other Note Party, or (vii) the use of the proceeds of the Notes.

The Agent shall not be responsible for or have any duty to (i) inspect the properties, books or records of the Issuer or any other Note Party or any of their respective Affiliates, (ii) file any financing statements or any continuation and/or amendment of any financing statements, in each case to perfect or continue the perfection of the Liens in the Collateral, or (iii) make any disclosures with respect to the foregoing or otherwise relating to the Issuer or any other Note Party unless expressly required herein.

11.04 Reliance by the Agent.

The Agent shall be entitled to rely upon, and shall not incur any liability for relying upon, any notice, request, certificate, consent, statement, instrument, document or other writing (including any electronic message, Internet or intranet website posting or other distribution) believed by it to be genuine and to have been signed, sent or otherwise authenticated by the proper Person. The Agent also may rely upon any statement made to it orally or by telephone and believed by it to have been made by the proper Person, and shall not incur any liability for relying thereon. In determining compliance with any condition hereunder to the purchase of any Note, that by its terms must be fulfilled to the satisfaction of a Purchaser, the Agent may presume that such condition is satisfactory to such Purchaser unless the Agent shall have received notice to the contrary from such Purchaser prior to the purchase of such Note. The Agent may consult with legal counsel (who may be counsel for the Note Parties), independent accountants and other experts selected by it, and shall not be liable for any action taken or not taken by it in accordance with the advice of any such counsel, accountants or experts.

 

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The Agent may request (i) instructions from the Required Purchasers (or such greater percentage of holders of the Notes required) prior to taking any action or entering into any amendment, modification or supplement, making any determination, making any calculation, sending any notice, revoking any notice, making a selection, request, election or appointment (including failing to make a selection, request, election or appointment), exercising any voting rights or powers (including failing to exercise any voting rights or powers), exercising any rights or remedies (and all actions incidental or related thereto), releasing, subordinating and/or terminating any Lien, exercising any powers as the attorney-in-fact for the Issuer or any other Note Party, providing any consent, approval, instruction or direction (including failing to provide any consent, approval, instruction or direction) or making (or failing to make) any filing or recording in connection with this Agreement or any of the other Note Documents, and may refrain (and shall incur no liability from so refraining) from taking or omitting to take any act or making any such determination, calculation, selection request, exercising such voting rights or powers or providing such notice, approval or consent or entering into any amendments, modification or supplements until it receives such instruction (or calculation, as applicable) from the Required Purchasers (or such number or percentage of the holders of the Notes as shall be necessary under the circumstances as provided for herein or in the other Note Documents) and (ii) such indemnity from the holders of the Notes, in each case, as it reasonably deems appropriate (and until such instructions and indemnity, as applicable, are received, the Agent shall act, or refrain from acting, as it deems advisable in its sole discretion) and the Agent shall not incur liability to any holder of the Notes, the Issuer or any other Note Party by reason of so refraining. The Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement and the other Note Documents in accordance with a written instruction of the Required Purchasers (or, if so specified by this Agreement, all of the holders of the Notes), and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all of the holders of the Notes and all future holders of the Notes.

11.05 Delegation of Duties.

The Agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers hereunder or under any other Note Document by or through any one or more sub-agents appointed by the Agent. The Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any and all of its duties and exercise its rights and powers by or through their respective Related Parties. The exculpatory provisions of this Article shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Agent and any such sub-agent, and shall apply to their respective activities in connection with the syndication of the credit facilities provided for herein as well as activities as Agent. The Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any sub-agents except to the extent that a court of competent jurisdiction determines in a final and non-appealable judgment that the Agent acted in bad faith or with gross negligence or willful misconduct in the selection of such sub-agents.

11.06 Resignation or Removal of the Agent.

The Agent may resign (or be removed by the Required Purchasers) as Agent at any time by giving thirty (30) days advance notice thereof to the Purchasers and the Issuer and, thereafter, the retiring or removed Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations hereunder. Upon any such resignation or removal, the Required Purchasers shall have the right, subject to the approval of the Issuer (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing; such approval not to be unreasonably withheld), to appoint a successor Agent (other than a Disqualified Institution). If no successor Agent shall have been so appointed by the Required Purchasers, been approved (so long as no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) by the Issuer or have accepted such appointment within thirty (30) days after the Agent’s giving of notice of resignation or the Required Purchasers’ giving of notice of removal, as applicable, then the Agent may, on behalf of the Purchasers, appoint a successor Agent reasonably acceptable to the Issuer (so long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing) (in each case, other than a Disqualified Institution). Upon the acceptance of any

 

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appointment as Agent hereunder by a successor Agent, such successor Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all rights, powers, privileges and duties of the retiring or removed Agent. After any retiring Agent’s resignation or removal hereunder as Agent, the provisions of this Section 11.06 shall continue in effect for its benefit in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was acting as Agent. If no successor has accepted appointment as Agent by the date which is thirty (30) days following a retiring Agent’s notice of resignation or the Required Purchasers’ giving of notice of removal, as applicable, the retiring Agent’s resignation or removal shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Required Purchasers shall perform all of the duties of the Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Purchasers appoint a successor agent as provided for above. In the event that a new Agent is appointed and such Agent is not an Affiliate of the holders of a majority in interest of the Notes, then the Issuer shall agree to pay to such Agent the fees and expenses (such fees to be payable annually in advance) that such Agent may reasonably request in connection with its appointment and service.

11.07 Non-Reliance on the Agent and Other Purchasers.

Each Purchaser acknowledges that it has, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Purchaser or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Agreement. Each Purchaser also acknowledges that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Agent or any other Purchaser or any of their Related Parties and based on such documents and information as it shall from time to time deem appropriate, continue to make its own decisions in taking or not taking action under or based upon this Agreement, any other Note Document or any related agreement or any document furnished hereunder or thereunder.

11.08 Agent May File Proofs of Claim.

In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Note Party, the Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Note shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Agent shall have made any demand on the Issuer) shall be entitled and empowered (but not obligated), by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Notes and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Purchasers and the Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Purchasers and the Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Purchasers and the Agent under Section 12.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Purchaser to make such payments to the Agent and, in the event that the Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Purchasers, to pay to the Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agent and its agents and counsel, and any other amounts due the Agent under Section 12.04.

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Purchaser any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Purchaser or to authorize the Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Purchaser in any such proceeding.

 

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ARTICLE XII

MISCELLANEOUS

12.01 Amendments, Etc.

No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Note Document, and no consent to any departure by the Issuer or any other Note Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by (i) the Required Purchasers (or the Agent at the written direction of the Required Purchasers) and (ii) the Issuer or the applicable Note Party, as the case may be, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided, further, that:

(a) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

(i) [reserved];

(ii) postpone any date fixed by this Agreement or any other Note Document for any payment of principal (excluding mandatory prepayments), interest, fees or other amounts due to the Purchasers (or any of them) hereunder or under any other Note Document without the written consent of each Purchaser entitled to receive such payment;

(iii) reduce the principal of, the rate of interest specified herein on any Note, or any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Note Document without the written consent of each Purchaser entitled to receive such payment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts; provided, however, that, (x) only the consent of the Required Purchasers shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Issuer to pay interest at the Default Rate and (y) any change to the rate of interest as a result of the VLN Termination Date occurring in accordance with the terms of this Agreement shall not be construed as an amendment or departure from the terms of this Agreement or any other Note Document;

(iv) change any provision of this Section 12.01(a), Section 2.14, the definition of “Required Purchasers,” change the waterfall set forth in Section 9.03 or otherwise or have the effect of changing the priority or pro rata treatment of any payments (including voluntary and mandatory prepayments), Liens or proceeds of Collateral (including as a result in whole or in part of allowing the issuance or incurrence, pursuant to this Agreement or otherwise, of new loans or other Indebtedness having any priority over any of the Obligations in respect of payments, Liens, Collateral or proceeds of Collateral, in exchange for any Obligations or otherwise), in each case, without the written consent of each Purchaser directly affected thereby;

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(vi) release the Issuer or, except in connection with a merger, amalgamation or consolidation permitted under Section 8.04, all or substantially all of the Guarantors without the written consent of each Purchaser directly affected thereby, except to the extent the release of any Guarantor is permitted pursuant to Section 12.21 (in which case such release may be made by the Required Purchasers);

it being agreed that all Purchasers shall be deemed to be directly and adversely affected by an amendment, waiver or supplement described in the preceding clause (iv), (v), or (vi); and

(b) unless also signed by the Agent, no amendment, waiver or consent shall affect the rights, duties, obligations or liabilities of the Agent under this Agreement or any other Note Document;

(c) any amendment or waiver pursuant to Section 12.01(a) shall apply equally to all holders of the Notes and shall be binding upon them, upon each future holder of the Notes and upon the Note Parties, and shall amend the Notes, in each case whether or not a notation thereof shall have been placed on any such Note. Any such waiver shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given;

(d) notwithstanding any other provision contained in this Section 12.01 or elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary, Notes which at any time are held by the Issuer or by any of its Affiliates, in each case, shall not be deemed outstanding for purposes of any vote, consent, approval, waiver or other action required or permitted to be taken by the holders of Notes or by any of them, under the provisions of this Section 12.01 or Section 9.02 of this Agreement, and none of the Issuer and any of its Affiliates shall be entitled to exercise any right as a Purchaser or holder of Notes with respect to any such vote, consent, approval or waiver or to take or participate in taking any such action at any time.

(e) so long as any Notes remain outstanding, none of the Issuer and any of its Affiliates will solicit or request any proposed consent with respect to, or waiver or amendment of, any of the provisions of this Agreement or the other Note Documents unless each holder of Notes (irrespective of the amount of Notes then owned by it), prior to the deadline for executing and delivering any such consent, waiver or amendment, shall be informed thereof by the Issuer and shall be afforded the opportunity of considering the same and shall be supplied by the Issuer with sufficient time and information to enable it to make an informed decision with respect thereto. None of the Issuer and any of its Affiliates will, directly or indirectly, pay or cause to be paid any remuneration, whether by way of supplemental or additional interest, fee or otherwise, to any Purchaser as consideration for or as an inducement to the entering into by any Purchaser of any amendment, waiver or consent with respect to any of the terms and provisions of this Agreement or the other Note Documents, unless such remuneration is concurrently offered, on the same terms, ratably to all of holders of Notes which agree to such amendment, waiver or consent.

12.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.

(a) Notices Generally. Except in the case of notices and other communications expressly permitted to be given by telephone (and except as provided in subsection (b) below), all notices and other communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile as follows, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, in each case to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for the Issuer, the other Note Parties (as of the Closing Date), and for the Purchasers (as of the Closing Date) and the Agent, as set forth on Schedule 12.02 (as updated from time to time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement).

 

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Notices and other communications sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and other communications sent by facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent (except that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient). Notices and other communications delivered through electronic communications to the extent provided in subsection (b) below, shall be effective as provided in such subsection (b).

(b) Electronic Communications. Each of the Issuer, other Note Parties, the Agent and the Purchasers may each, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it, provided, that, approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or communications.

Unless the applicable recipient otherwise prescribes, (i) notices and other communications sent to an e-mail address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the “return receipt requested” function, as available, return e-mail or other written acknowledgement), and (ii) notices or communications posted to an Internet or intranet website shall be deemed received upon the deemed receipt by the intended recipient at its e-mail address as described in the foregoing clause (i) of notification that such notice or communication is available and identifying the website address therefor; provided, that, for both clauses (i) and (ii), if such notice, email or other communication is not sent during the normal business hours of the recipient, such notice, email or communication shall be deemed to have been sent at the opening of business on the next business day for the recipient.

(c) Change of Address, Etc. Each of the Issuer, other Note Parties, the Purchasers and the Agent may change its address, facsimile or telephone number for notices and other communications hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto.

(d) Reliance by Agent and Purchasers. The Agent and the Purchasers shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices purportedly given by or on behalf of any Note Party even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Note Parties shall indemnify the Agent (and any sub-agent thereof), each Purchaser and the Related Parties of each of them from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of a Note Party.

12.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies; Enforcement.

No failure by any Purchaser or the Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Note Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Note Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by law. Each Purchaser agrees that, except as otherwise provided in any of the Note Documents, it will not take any legal action or institute any action or proceeding against any Note Party with respect to any of the Obligations or Collateral, or accelerate or otherwise enforce its portion of the Obligations.

 

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No Secured Party shall have any right individually to realize upon any of the Collateral or to enforce any Guarantee of the Obligations, it being understood and agreed that all powers, rights and remedies under the Note Documents may be exercised solely by the Required Purchasers (or, at the direction of the Required Purchasers and the Agent) on behalf of the Secured Parties in accordance with the terms hereby and thereof.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Note Document, the authority to enforce rights and remedies hereunder and under the other Note Documents against the Note Parties or any of them shall be vested exclusively in, and all actions and proceedings at law in connection with such enforcement shall be instituted and maintained exclusively by, the Required Purchasers (or, at the direction of the Required Purchasers and the Agent) for the benefit of all the Secured Parties; provided, however, that the foregoing shall not prohibit (a) the Agent from exercising on its own behalf the rights and remedies that inure to its benefit (solely in its capacity as the Agent) hereunder and under the other Note Documents, (b) any Purchaser from exercising setoff rights in accordance with Section 12.08 (subject to the terms of Section 2.14), or (c) any Purchaser from filing proofs of claim or appearing and filing pleadings on its own behalf during the pendency of a proceeding relative to any Note Party under any Debtor Relief Law.

Each Purchaser, whether or not a party hereto, will be deemed, by its acceptance of the benefits of the Collateral and of the Guarantees of the Obligations, to have agreed to the provisions of this Section.

12.04 Expenses; Indemnity; and Damage Waiver.

(a) Costs and Expenses. Subject to the terms of the Fee Letter, the Issuer shall pay (i) all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of legal counsel incurred in connection with (A) the preparation, negotiation, execution and delivery of this Agreement and the other Note Documents, the Equity Grant Agreement and the Equity Purchase Documents by the Agent, any Purchaser and their respective Affiliates, (B) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent or any Purchaser (in the case of legal fees, limited to reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of one outside counsel for the Agent, one outside counsel for the Purchasers, one regulatory counsel and one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction, in each case, selected by the Purchasers, to the Agent and the Purchasers, collectively (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Agent or any Purchaser affected by such conflict informs the Issuer of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, another firm of counsel for any such affected Person)) in connection with any amendments, modifications or waivers of the provisions hereof or thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby shall be consummated) or the administration of this Agreement and the other Note Documents and (ii) all out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent or any Purchaser (in the case of legal fees, limited to reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of one outside counsel for the Agent, one outside counsel for the Purchasers, one regulatory counsel and one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction, in each case, selected by the Purchasers, to the Agent and the Purchasers, collectively (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where the Agent or any Purchaser affected by such conflict informs the Issuer of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, another firm of counsel for any such affected Person)) in connection with the enforcement or protection of its rights (A) in connection with this Agreement and the other Note Documents, including its rights under this Section, or (B) in connection with the Notes made hereunder, including all such out-of-pocket expenses incurred during any workout, restructuring or negotiations in respect of such Notes.

 

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(b) Indemnification by the Note Parties. The Note Parties shall indemnify the Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and each Purchaser, and each Related Party of any of the foregoing Persons (each such Person being called an “Indemnitee”) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses (in the case of legal fees, limited to reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees, charges and disbursements of one outside counsel for the Agent, one outside counsel for the Purchasers, one regulatory counsel and one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction, in each case, selected by the Purchasers, to Indemnitees, collectively (and, in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest where any Indemnitee affected by such conflict informs the Issuer of such conflict and thereafter retains its own counsel, another firm of counsel for any such affected Indemnitee)), and shall indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnitee from all fees and time charges and disbursements for attorneys who may be employees of any Indemnitee, incurred by any Indemnitee or asserted against any Indemnitee by any Person (including the Issuer or any other Note Party) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of (i) the execution or delivery of this Agreement, any other Note Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the parties hereto of their respective obligations hereunder or thereunder or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, or, in the case of the Agent (and any sub-agent thereof) and its Related Parties only, the administration of this Agreement and the other Note Documents, (ii) any Note or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, (iii) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on or from any property owned or operated by a Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to a Note Party or any of its Subsidiaries, or (iv) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory, whether brought by a third party or by the Issuer or any other Note Party, and regardless of whether any Indemnitee is a party thereto, in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the comparative, contributory or sole negligence of the Indemnitee; provided, that, such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses are determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by final and nonappealable judgment to have resulted from the bad faith, gross negligence or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee, if the Issuer or other Note Party has obtained a final and nonappealable judgment in its favor on such claim as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction.

(c) Limitation of Liability. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law (i) in no event shall the Agent, any Purchaser, any of their respective Affiliates, or their or their Affiliates’ respective partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, trustees, attorneys, accountants, administrators, managers, advisors, sub-advisors or representatives (each, and including the Agent and the Purchasers, a “Purchaser-Related Person”) have any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or liabilities of any kind arising from the use by others of Information or other information or other materials (including any personal data) obtained through electronic, telecommunications or other information transmission systems, except to the extent such damages have resulted from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such Purchaser-Related Person or any of its Affiliates or Related Parties, as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, and (ii) the parties hereto agree that no party hereto nor any Purchaser-Related Person or Indemnitee shall have any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or liabilities of any kind for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (including any loss of profits, business or anticipated savings) arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Note Document or any agreement or instrument contemplated hereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, any Note or the use of the proceeds thereof; provided that this clause (c) shall not limit the indemnity or reimbursement obligations of the Note Parties to the extent set forth in this Section 12.04 in respect of any actual losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses incurred or paid by an Indemnitee to a third party unaffiliated with the Agent or the Purchasers that are otherwise required to be indemnified in accordance with this Section 12.04. Each party hereto agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable Law and as applicable, to not assert claims against any other party hereto (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any Purchaser-Related Person, with respect to the foregoing matters set forth in this clause (c)).

 

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(d) Reimbursement by Purchasers. To the extent that the Note Parties for any reason fail to indefeasibly pay any amount required under subsection (a) or (b) of this Section to be paid by them to the Agent (or any sub-agent thereof) or any Related Party thereof, each Purchaser severally agrees to pay to the Agent (or any such sub-agent thereof) or such Related Party, as the case may be, such Purchaser’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Purchaser’s share of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes at such time) of such unpaid amount (including any such unpaid amount in respect of a claim asserted by such Purchaser), such payment to be made severally among them based on such Purchaser’s pro rata share (determined as of the time that the applicable unreimbursed expense or indemnity payment is sought based on each Purchaser’s share of the outstanding principal amount of the Notes at such time), provided, further, that, the unreimbursed expense or indemnified loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense, as the case may be, was incurred by or asserted against the Agent (or any such sub-agent thereof), or against any Related Party thereof acting for the Agent (or any such sub-agent thereof) in connection with such capacity. The obligations of the Purchasers under this subsection (d) are subject to the provisions of Section 2.12(b).

(e) Payments. All amounts due under this Section shall be payable not later than five (5) Business Days after demand therefor.

(f) Survival. The agreements in this Section and the indemnity provisions of Section 12.02(d) shall survive the resignation of the Agent, the transfer of any Note and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

12.05 Marshalling; Payments Set Aside.

None of the Agent or the Purchasers shall be under any obligation to marshal any assets in favor of any Note Party or any other Person or against or in payment of any or all of the Obligations. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of any Note Party is made to the Agent or any Purchaser, or the Agent or any Purchaser exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the Agent or such Purchaser in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied, and all Liens, rights and remedies therefor or related thereto, shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred.

12.06 Successors and Assigns; Transfers.

(a) Successors and Assigns Generally. The provisions of this Agreement and the other Note Documents shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and thereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that the Issuer and the other Note Parties may not assign or otherwise transfer any of their respective rights or obligations hereunder or thereunder without the prior written consent of the Purchasers. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in subsection (h) of this Section and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Related Parties of each of the Agent and the Purchasers) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

 

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(b) Transfers by Purchasers. Subject to compliance with any applicable securities laws and the conditions set forth herein, each Purchaser shall be entitled to transfer its Notes, in whole or in part, without restriction (but other than to a natural person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural Person) or a Disqualified Institution) solely to a Person that is a Permitted Successor and Assign upon surrender of such Note at the principal executive office of the Issuer accompanied by a written assignment of such Note substantially in the form of Exhibit B to this Agreement duly executed by such Purchaser; provided that in no event shall any equity holder of the Issuer (other than a Purchaser, its Affiliates, any Approved Fund or any limited partner or other investor in a fund managed by a Purchaser and through which such Purchaser holds Notes that is a Permitted Successor and Assign) or any Subsidiary or any of their respective Affiliates purchase or be the recipient of a transfer of any Note without the prior written consent of the Required Purchasers. For the avoidance of doubt, the Agent shall have no obligation with respect to, and shall bear no responsibility or liability for, the monitoring or enforcing of the list of Persons who are Disqualified Institutions (or any provisions relating thereto) at any time. Upon such surrender, the Issuer shall execute and deliver a new Note or Notes in the name of the assignee or assignees, as applicable, and in the denomination or denominations specified in such instrument of assignment, and shall issue to the assignor a new Note evidencing the portion of such Note not so assigned. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Agent shall not be responsible or have any liability for, or have any duty to ascertain, inquire into, monitor or enforce, compliance with the foregoing provisions of this paragraph relating to Disqualified Institutions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Agent shall not (x) be obligated to ascertain, monitor or inquire as to whether any Purchaser or participant is a Disqualified Institution or (y) have any liability with respect to or arising out of any assignment or participation of notes or commitments under this Agreement, or disclosure of confidential information, to any Disqualified Institution.

(c) Transfer Restrictions. If, at the time of a proposed transfer of any Note pursuant to Section 12.06(b), the transfer of such Note shall not be registered pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act and qualified under applicable state securities or blue sky laws or eligible for resale in reliance upon Rule 144A under the Securities Act or any other exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, the Issuer and/or any transfer agent may require, as a condition to allowing such transfer, the delivery of such legal opinions, certifications or other evidence, in each case reasonably satisfactory to each of them in order to determine that the proposed transfer is being made in compliance with, or pursuant to an exemption from, the Securities Act and applicable state securities laws.

(d) Transfer in Contravention of this Section Void. Any attempt to transfer any Note or portion thereof not in compliance with this Agreement shall be null and void and neither the Issuer nor any transfer agent shall give any effect in the Issuer’s Note register to such attempted transfer.

(e) No Future Liability. Following the sale of any Note or portion thereof by the Purchasers to any subsequent Purchasers pursuant to the terms hereof, the Purchasers shall not be liable or responsible to the Issuer for any losses, damages or liabilities suffered or incurred by the Issuer, including any losses, damages or liabilities under the Securities Act, arising from or relating to any resale or transfer of any security previously sold by the Purchaser in compliance with this Section 12.06.

(f) Securities Register. The Issuer will keep at its principal executive office a register, in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may prescribe, but at its expense, and the Issuer will provide for the registration and transfer of Notes. Whenever any Note shall be surrendered either at the principal executive office of the Issuer (or at the place of payment named in the Note), for transfer or exchange, accompanied, if so required by the Issuer, by a written instrument of transfer in form reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer duly executed by the holder thereof or by such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, the Issuer will execute and deliver in exchange therefor a new Note or Notes, in such denominations as may be requested by

 

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such holder, of like tenor and in the same aggregate unpaid principal amount as the aggregate unpaid principal amount of the Note or Notes so surrendered. Any Note issued in exchange for any other Note or upon transfer thereof shall carry the rights to unpaid interest and interest to accrue which were carried by the Note so exchanged or transferred, and neither gain nor loss of interest shall result from any such transfer or exchange. Any transfer tax or governmental charge relating to such transaction shall be paid by the holder requesting the exchange. The entries in the register shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error and the Issuer, the Purchasers and any of their respective agents may treat the Person in whose name any Note is registered as the sole and exclusive record and beneficial holder and owner of such Note for all purposes whatsoever. This Section 12.06(f) shall be construed so as to conform with the registration requirements in Treasury Regulations Section 5f.103-1(c) (or any successor provisions thereof) and so that such obligations are at all times maintained in “registered form” within the meaning of Section 163(f), 871(h)(2) and 881(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code and any related Treasury Regulations (and any other relevant or successor provisions of the Internal Revenue Code or such Treasury Regulations).

(g) Lost, Stolen Damaged or Destroyed Notes. At the request of any holder of any Note, the Issuer will issue and deliver at its expense, in replacement of any Note lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, upon surrender thereof, if mutilated, a new Note in the same aggregate unpaid principal amount, and otherwise of the same tenor, as the Note so lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, duly executed by the Issuer. The Issuer may condition the replacement of a Note reported by the holder thereof as lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed, upon the receipt from such holder of an indemnity reasonably satisfactory to the Issuer.

(h) Participations. Any Purchaser may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Issuer or the Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than (x) a natural Person (or a holding company, investment vehicle or trust for, or owned and operated for the primary benefit of a natural Person) or a Disqualified Institution or (y) the Issuer or any of the Issuer’s Affiliates or Subsidiaries, except, in the case of this clause (y), if such Person is a Purchaser, an Affiliate of a Purchaser, any Approved Fund or any limited partner or other investor in a fund managed by a Purchaser and through which such Purchaser holds Notes) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Purchaser’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Notes); provided, that, (i) such Purchaser’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Purchaser shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Issuer, the Agent and the other Purchasers shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Purchaser in connection with such Purchaser’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, each Purchaser shall be responsible for the indemnity under Section 12.04(d) without regard to the existence of any participation.

Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Purchaser sells such a participation shall provide that such Purchaser shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement; provided, that, such agreement or instrument may provide that such Purchaser will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in clauses (i) through (vi) of Section 12.01(a) that affects such Participant. The Issuer agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 3.01 (subject to the requirements and limitations therein (it being understood that the documentation required under Section 3.01(c) shall be delivered to the participating Purchaser)) and Sections 10.01 and 10.02 to the same extent as if it were a Purchaser and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section; provided, that, such Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01, 10.01 or 10.02, with respect to any participation, than the Purchaser from whom it acquired the applicable participation would have been entitled to receive, except to the extent such entitlement to receive a greater payment results from a Change in Law that occurs after the Participant

 

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acquired the applicable participation. To the fullest extent permitted by law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 12.08 as though it were a Purchaser; provided, that, such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.14 as though it were a Purchaser. Each Purchaser that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as a non-fiduciary agent of the Issuer, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each Participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each Participant’s interest in the Notes (the “Participant Register”); provided that no Purchaser shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion of the Participant Register (including the identity of any Participant or any information relating to a Participant’s interest in any Note) to any Person except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such commitment, loan, letter of credit or other obligation is in registered form under Treasury Regulations Section 5f.103-1(c). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive absent manifest error, and such Purchaser shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary.

(i) Certain Pledges. Any Purchaser may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Purchaser, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided, that, no such pledge or assignment shall release such Purchaser from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Purchaser as a party hereto.

12.07 Treatment of Certain Information; Confidentiality.

Each of the Agent and the Purchasers agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information (as defined below), except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and to its Related Parties (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (b) to the extent required or requested by any regulatory authority purporting to have jurisdiction over such Person or its Related Parties (including any self-regulatory authority, such as the National Association of Insurance Commissioners), (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process, (d) to any other party hereto, (e) as may be reasonably necessary in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Note Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Note Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder, (f) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section, to (i) any Participant, assignee or transferee (or its Related Parties) of, or any prospective Participant, assignee or transferee (or its Related Parties) of, any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or (ii) any actual or prospective party (or its Related Parties) to any swap, derivative or other transaction under which payments are to be made by reference to a Note Party and its obligations, this Agreement or payments hereunder, (g) on a confidential basis to (i) any rating agency in connection with rating the Issuer or their Subsidiaries or the Notes or (ii) the CUSIP Service Bureau or any similar agency in connection with the issuance and monitoring of CUSIP numbers or other market identifiers with respect to the Notes, (h) with the consent of the Issuer, (i) to the members of its investment committee (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential), (j) to the extent such Information (x) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section or (y) becomes available to the Agent, any Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates on a nonconfidential basis from a source other than the Note Parties, (k) for purposes of establishing any defense available under securities laws, including establishing a “due diligence” defense or (l) to the extent independently developed by such the Agent, Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates without reliance on the Information.

 

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For purposes of this Section, “Information” means all information received from a Note Party or any Subsidiary relating to the Note Parties or any Subsidiary or any of their respective businesses, other than any such information that is available to the Agent or any Purchaser on a nonconfidential basis, provided, that, in the case of information received from a Note Party or any Subsidiary after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential. Any Person required to maintain the confidentiality of Information as provided in this Section shall be considered to have complied with its obligation to do so if such Person has exercised the same degree of care to maintain the confidentiality of such Information as such Person would accord to its own confidential information.

12.08 Set-off.

If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Purchaser and each of their respective Affiliates is hereby authorized at any time and from time to time, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final, in whatever currency) at any time held and other obligations (in whatever currency) at any time owing by such Purchaser or any such Affiliate to or for the credit or the account of the Issuer or any other Note Party against any and all of the obligations of the Issuer or such Note Party now or hereafter existing under this Agreement or any other Note Document to such Purchaser or its Affiliates, irrespective of whether or not such Purchaser or Affiliate shall have made any demand under this Agreement or any other Note Document and although such obligations of the Issuer or such Note Party may be contingent or unmatured or are owed to a branch office or Affiliate of such Purchaser different from the branch office or Affiliate holding such deposit or obligated on such indebtedness. The rights of each Purchaser and their respective Affiliates under this Section are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that such Purchaser or their respective Affiliates may have. Each Purchaser agrees to notify the Issuer promptly after any such setoff and application, provided, that, the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application.

12.09 Interest Rate Limitation.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any Note Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Note Documents shall not exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable Law (the “Maximum Rate”). If any Purchaser shall receive interest in an amount that exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Notes or, if it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Issuer. In determining whether the interest contracted for, charged, or received by the Agent or a Purchaser exceeds the Maximum Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable Law, (a) characterize any payment that is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations hereunder.

12.10 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness.

This Agreement and each of the other Note Documents may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Agreement, the other Note Documents, the Equity Grant Agreement, the Equity Purchase Documents, the provisions of the Commitment Letter (as defined in the Fee Letter) pertaining to the obligations of the FP Purchasers with respect to the Tender Offer, and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Agent, constitute the entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Agreement by fax transmission or e-mail transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement or such

 

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other Note Documents or certificate. Without limiting the foregoing, to the extent a manually executed counterpart is not specifically required to be delivered under the terms of any Note Document, upon the request of any party, such fax transmission or e-mail transmission shall be promptly followed by such manually executed counterpart.

12.11 Survival of Representations and Warranties.

All representations and warranties made by any Note Party hereunder and in any other Note Document or Equity Purchase Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Note or other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by the Agent and each Purchaser, regardless of any investigation made by the Agent or any Purchaser or on their behalf and notwithstanding that the Agent or any Purchaser may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any purchase of the Notes, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Note or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.

12.12 Severability.

If any provision of this Agreement or the other Note Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, (a) the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Note Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby and (b) the parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the illegal, invalid or unenforceable provisions. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

12.13 Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Etc.

(a) GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER NOTE DOCUMENTS (EXCEPT, AS TO ANY OTHER NOTE DOCUMENT, AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH THEREIN) AND ANY CLAIMS, CONTROVERSY, DISPUTE OR CAUSE OF ACTION (WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE) BASED UPON, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER NOTE DOCUMENT (EXCEPT, AS TO ANY OTHER NOTE DOCUMENT, AS EXPRESSLY SET FORTH THEREIN) AND THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND THEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, THAT (A) THE INTERPRETATION OF THE DEFINITION OF “COMPANY MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT” AND WHETHER OR NOT A “COMPANY MATERIAL ADVERSE EFFECT” HAS OCCURRED, (B) THE DETERMINATION OF THE ACCURACY OF ANY SPECIFIED BCA REPRESENTATION, AND (C) WHETHER THE MERGER CLOSING DATE HAS OCCURRED BASED ON WHETHER THE MERGER HAS BEEN CONSUMMATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE BCA SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO ANY CHOICE OF LAW OR CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISION OR RULE (WHETHER OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION) THAT WOULD CAUSE THE APPLICATION OF THE LAW OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF DELAWARE, EXCEPT THAT THE LAWS OF THE CAYMAN ISLANDS, INCLUSIVE OF THE CAYMAN ACT (AS DEFINED IN THE BCA), SHALL ALSO APPLY TO THE DOMESTICATION (AS DEFINED IN THE BCA).

 

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(b) SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION. EACH NOTE PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY AGREES THAT IT WILL NOT (AND IT WILL NOT PERMIT ANY NOTE PARTY TO) COMMENCE ANY ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING OF ANY KIND OR DESCRIPTION, WHETHER IN LAW OR EQUITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT OR IN TORT OR OTHERWISE, AGAINST THE AGENT, ANY PURCHASER OR ANY RELATED PARTY OF THE FOREGOING IN ANY WAY RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER NOTE DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATING HERETO OR THERETO, IN ANY OTHER FORUM OTHER THAN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND ANY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF LOCATED IN NEW YORK COUNTY, NEW YORK, AND EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY SUBMITS TO THE JURISDICTION OF SUCH COURTS AND AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF ANY SUCH ACTION, LITIGATION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN SUCH NEW YORK COURT OR, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN SUCH FEDERAL COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AGREES THAT A FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING SHALL BE CONCLUSIVE AND MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER PROVIDED BY LAW. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY OTHER NOTE DOCUMENT SHALL AFFECT ANY RIGHT THAT THE AGENT OR ANY PURCHASER MAY OTHERWISE HAVE TO BRING ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER NOTE DOCUMENT AGAINST THE ISSUER OR ANY OTHER NOTE PARTY OR THEIR RESPECTIVE PROPERTIES IN THE COURTS OF ANY JURISDICTION.

(c) WAIVER OF VENUE. EACH NOTE PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY OBJECTION THAT IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER NOTE DOCUMENT IN ANY COURT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH (B) OF THIS SECTION. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, THE DEFENSE OF AN INCONVENIENT FORUM TO THE MAINTENANCE OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT.

(d) SERVICE OF PROCESS. EACH PARTY HERETO IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 12.02. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY HERETO TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

12.14 Waiver of Right to Trial by Jury. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER NOTE DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER NOTE DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

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12.15 Judgment Currency.

(a) If, for the purpose of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum owing hereunder in one currency into another currency, each party hereto agrees, to the fullest extent that it may effectively do so, that the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction the first currency could be purchased with such other currency on the Business Day immediately preceding the day on which final judgment is given.

(b) The obligations of the Issuer in respect of any sum due to any party hereto or any holder of the Obligations owing hereunder (the “Applicable Creditor”) shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than the currency in which such sum is stated to be due hereunder (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that, on the Business Day following receipt by the Applicable Creditor of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Applicable Creditor may in accordance with normal banking procedures in the relevant jurisdiction purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency; if the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Applicable Creditor in the Agreement Currency, the Issuer agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Applicable Creditor against such loss. The obligations of the Issuer contained in this Section 12.15 shall survive the termination of this Agreement and the payment of all other amounts owing hereunder.

12.16 Electronic Execution of Assignments and Certain Other Documents.

This Agreement and any document, amendment, approval, consent, information, notice, certificate, request, statement, disclosure or authorization related to this Agreement (each a “Communication”), including Communications required to be in writing, may be in the form of an Electronic Record and may be executed using Electronic Signatures. Each of the Note Parties agrees that any Electronic Signature on or associated with any Communication shall be valid and binding on each of the Note Parties to the same extent as a manual, original signature, and that any Communication entered into by Electronic Signature, will constitute the legal, valid and binding obligation of each of the Note Parties enforceable against such in accordance with the terms thereof to the same extent as if a manually executed original signature was delivered. Any Communication may be executed in as many counterparts as necessary or convenient, including both paper and electronic counterparts, but all such counterparts are one and the same Communication. For the avoidance of doubt, the authorization under this paragraph may include use or acceptance by the Agent and each of the Purchasers of a manually signed paper Communication which has been converted into electronic form (such as scanned into PDF format), or an electronically signed Communication converted into another format, for transmission, delivery and/or retention. The Agent and each of the Purchasers may, at its option, create one or more copies of any Communication in the form of an imaged Electronic Record (“Electronic Copy”), which shall be deemed created in the ordinary course of such Person’s business, and destroy the original paper document. All Communications in the form of an Electronic Record, including an Electronic Copy, shall be considered an original for all purposes, and shall have the same legal effect, validity and enforceability as a paper record. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Agent is under no obligation to accept an Electronic Signature in any form or in any format unless expressly agreed to by the Agent pursuant to procedures approved by it; provided, further, without limiting the foregoing, (a) to the extent the Agent has agreed to accept such Electronic Signature, the Agent and each of the Purchasers shall be entitled to rely on any such Electronic Signature purportedly given by or on behalf of any Note Party without further verification and (b) upon the request of the Agent or any Purchaser, any Electronic Signature shall be promptly followed by such manually executed counterpart. For purposes hereof, “Electronic Record” and “Electronic Signature” shall have the meanings assigned to them, respectively, by 15 USC §7006, as it may be amended from time to time.

 

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12.17 USA PATRIOT Act; Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

Each Purchaser that is subject to the PATRIOT Act and the Agent (for itself and not on behalf of any Purchaser) hereby notifies the Issuer that pursuant to the requirements of the PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies each Note Party, which information includes the name and address of each Note Party and other information that will allow such Purchaser or the Agent, as applicable, to identify each Note Party in accordance with the PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation. The Issuer agrees to (and agrees to cause each Note Party to), promptly following a request by the Agent or any Purchaser, provide all such other documentation and information that the Agent or such Purchaser requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under applicable “know your customer” and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the PATRIOT Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation.

12.18 No Advisory or Fiduciary Relationship.

In connection with all aspects of each transaction contemplated hereby (including in connection with any amendment, waiver or other modification hereof or of any other Note Document), each of the Note Parties acknowledges and agrees, and acknowledges their Affiliates’ understanding, that: (a)(i) the arranging and other services regarding this Agreement provided by the Agent and its Affiliates, and the Purchasers are arm’s-length commercial transactions between the Note Parties and their Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Agent and its Affiliates and the Purchasers on the other hand, (ii) the Note Parties have consulted their own legal, accounting, regulatory and tax advisors to the extent it has deemed appropriate, and (iii) is the Note Parties are capable of evaluating, and understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Note Documents; (b)(i) the Agent and its Affiliates and each Purchaser is and has been acting solely as a principal and, except as expressly agreed in writing by the relevant parties, has not been, is not and will not be acting as an advisor, agent or fiduciary, for the Note Parties or any of their Affiliates or any other Person and (ii) neither the Agent nor any Purchaser has any obligation to the Note Parties or any of their Affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby except those obligations expressly set forth herein and in the other Note Documents; and (c) the Agent and its Affiliates and the Purchasers and their respective Affiliates may be engaged in a broad range of transactions that involve interests that differ from those of the Issuer and their Affiliates, and neither the Agent or its Affiliates nor any Purchaser has any obligation to disclose any of such interests to the Issuer or their Affiliates. To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Note Parties hereby waive and release, any claims that they may have against the Agent or its Affiliates or any Purchaser with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with any aspect of any transaction contemplated hereby.

12.19 Acknowledgement and Consent to Bail-In of EEA Financial Institutions.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Note Document or in any other agreement, arrangement or understanding among any such parties, each party hereto acknowledges that any liability of any Purchaser that is an EEA Financial Institution arising under any Note Document, to the extent such liability is unsecured, may be subject to the write-down and conversion powers of an EEA Resolution Authority and agrees and consents to, and acknowledges and agrees to be bound by (a) the application of any Write-Down and Conversion Powers by an EEA Resolution Authority to any such liabilities arising hereunder which may be payable to it by any Purchaser that is an EEA Financial Institution; and (b) the effects of any Bail-In Action on any such liability, including, if applicable: (i) a reduction in full or in part or cancellation of any such liability; (ii) a conversion of all, or a portion of, such liability into shares or other instruments of ownership in such EEA Financial Institution, its parent undertaking, or a bridge institution that may be issued to it or otherwise conferred on it, and that such shares or other instruments of ownership will be accepted by it in lieu of any rights with respect to any such liability under this Agreement or any other Note Document; or (iii) the variation of the terms of such liability in connection with the exercise of the write-down and conversion powers of any EEA Resolution Authority.

 

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12.20 Conflicts.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein or in any other Note Document, in the event of any conflict or inconsistency between (a) this Agreement and the Fee Letter, the Fee Letter shall govern and control, (b) this Agreement and the Agent Fee Letter, the Agent Fee Letter shall govern and control, and (c) this Agreement and any other Note Document (other than the Fee Letter), the terms of this Agreement shall govern and control.

12.21 Collateral and Guaranty Matters.

The Purchasers irrevocably authorize the Agent, and upon the written request of the Issuer, the Agent agrees:

(a) to release any and all Liens on any Collateral granted to or held by the Agent under any Note Document (i) upon payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted) under the Note Documents; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the payment in full of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes in connection with the substantially concurrent consummation of the deemed purchase of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes on the Merger Closing Date shall not be deemed to be a payment in full of all Obligations, (ii) that is sold or otherwise disposed of or to be sold or otherwise disposed of as part of or in connection with any sale or other Disposition permitted hereunder or under any other Note Document or any Involuntary Disposition, (iii) as approved in accordance with Section 12.01, (iv) to the extent the property constituting such Collateral is owned by any Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the applicable Guaranty, (v) if such assets constitute or become Excluded Property or Excluded Equity Interests or are otherwise not required to constitute Collateral, or (vi) upon the occurrence of any Purchaser FP Share Sale; and

(b) to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty (i) if such Person ceases to be a Subsidiary as a result of a transaction permitted under the Note Documents, (ii) upon payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted) under the Note Documents; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the payment in full of the Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes in connection with the substantially concurrent consummation of the deemed purchase of the Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes on the Merger Closing Date shall not be deemed to be a payment in full of all Obligations, (iii) pursuant to a circumstance pursuant to which such Guarantor ceases to be able to provide such Guaranty, or (iv) upon the occurrence of any Purchaser FP Share Sale.

Upon request by the Agent at any time, the Required Purchasers will confirm in writing the Agent’s authority to release its interest in particular types or items of property, or any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, pursuant to this Section 12.21. At any time that a Note Party desires the Agent to take any action pursuant to this Section 12.21, such Note Party shall deliver a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of such Note Party stating that the action is permitted pursuant to this Section 12.21 and the terms of this Agreement.

The Agent (or any sub-agent acting on its behalf) shall not be responsible for or have a duty to ascertain or inquire into any representation or warranty regarding the existence, value or collectability of the Collateral, the existence, priority or perfection of the Agent’s Lien thereon, or any certificate prepared by any Note Party in connection therewith, nor shall the Agent (or any sub-agent acting on its behalf) be responsible or liable to the Purchasers for any failure to monitor or maintain any portion of the Collateral.

 

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12.22 Publicity; No Third Party Beneficiary Rights.

(a) Each of the parties to this Agreement (each, a “Disclosing Party”) will not directly or indirectly publish, disclose or otherwise use in any public disclosure, advertising material, promotional material, press release or interview, any reference to the name, logo or any trademark of another party to this Agreement (each, a “Consenting Party”) or any of its Affiliates or any reference to this Agreement or the financing evidenced hereby, in each case, without the prior written consent of such Consenting Party unless required by applicable Law, subpoena or judicial or similar order, in which case, such Disclosing Party shall endeavor to give such Consenting Party prior written notice of such publication or other disclosure if permitted by such applicable law, subpoena or judicial or similar order. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, on or after the Closing Date, the Agent or any Purchaser may, at its own expense place customary advertisements in financial and other newspapers and periodicals, its customary marketing materials, or on a home page, website or similar place for dissemination of custonary information on the internet, in the form of a “tombstone” advertisement or otherwise, describing the name of the Issuer and the amount, type and closing date of the Transactions.

(b) This Agreement is not intended to and shall not be construed to give any Person that is not a party to this Agreement (other than (i) the Agent, (ii) PFDR, solely in the case of Section 3(j) of the Fee Letter, and (iii) in the case of Section 12.04(c), any Indemnitee) any interest or rights (including third party beneficiary rights with respect to or in connection with any agreement or provision contained herein or contemplated hereby).

12.23 Tax Treatment. The parties hereto agree that, for U.S. federal and applicable state and local tax purposes, (i) the Purchasers shall be deemed to transfer the FP Shares to the Issuer in exchange for the Notes on the Merger Closing Date, (ii) each of the Notes shall be treated as indebtedness and (iii) so long as the Issuer maintains the right to sell the FP Shares under a Qualified Equity Sale, such FP Shares shall be treated as owned by the Issuer (collectively, the “Intended Tax Treatment”). No party hereto shall take any position inconsistent with the Intended Tax Treatment in any tax return, tax audit or other tax proceeding unless required by a final “determination” within the meaning of Section 1313 of the Internal Revenue Code.

12.24 Parallel Liability

For the purpose of this Section 12.24: “Corresponding Liabilities” means all present and future liabilities and contractual and non-contractual obligations of a Note Party under or in connection with this Agreement and the other Note Documents, but excluding its Parallel Liability. “Parallel Liability” means a Note Party’s undertaking pursuant to this Section 12.24. This Section 12.24 is set forth herein for the purpose of ensuring and preserving the validity and continuity of the security rights granted and to be granted by the applicable Note Parties under or pursuant to Collateral Documents governed by the law of the Netherlands.

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Each party hereto agrees that:

(a) a Note Party’s Parallel Liability is due and payable at the same time as, for the same amount of and in the same currency as its Corresponding Liabilities;

(b) a Note Party’s Parallel Liability is decreased to the extent that its Corresponding Liabilities have been irrevocably paid or discharged and its Corresponding Liabilities are decreased to the extent that its Parallel Liability has been irrevocably paid or discharged;

(c) a Note Party’s Parallel Liability is independent and separate from, and without prejudice to, its Corresponding Liabilities, and constitutes a single obligation of that Note Party to the Agent (even though that Note Party may owe more than one Corresponding Liability to the Secured Parties under the Note Documents) and an independent and separate claim of the Agent to receive payment of that Parallel Liability (in its capacity as the independent and separate creditor of that Parallel Liability and not as a cocreditor in respect of the Corresponding Liabilities); and

(d) for purposes of this Section 12.24, the Agent acts in its own name and not as agent, representative or trustee of the Secured Parties and accordingly holds neither its claim resulting from a Parallel Liability nor any Collateral Document securing a Parallel Liability on trust.

12.25 Waiver of Sovereign Immunity. Each Note Party, in respect of itself, its process agents, and its properties and revenues, hereby irrevocably agrees that, to the extent that such Person or any of its properties has or may hereafter acquire any right of immunity, whether characterized as sovereign immunity or otherwise, from any legal proceedings, whether in the United States of America or elsewhere, to enforce or collect upon the Notes or any Note Document or any other liability or obligation of such Person related to or arising from the transactions contemplated by any of the Note Documents, including, without limitation, immunity from suit, immunity from service of process, immunity from jurisdiction or judgment of any court or tribunal, immunity from execution of a judgment, and immunity of any of its property from attachment prior to any entry of judgment, or from attachment in aid of execution upon a judgment, such Person hereby expressly waives, to the fullest extent permissible under applicable Requirements of Law, any such immunity, and agrees not to assert any such right or claim in any such proceeding, whether in the United States of America or elsewhere. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Note Party further agrees that the waivers set forth in this Section 12.25 shall be effective to the fullest extent permitted under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976 of the U.S. and are intended to be irrevocable for purposes of such Act.

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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.

 

ISSUER:     MOVELLA INC.
    By:   /s/ Ben Lee
    Name:   Ben Lee
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

 

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GUARANTORS:     MOVELLA TECHNOLOGIES N.A. INC.
   

By:

  /s/ Boele de Bie
   

Name:

  Boele de Bie
   

Title:

  Chief Executive Officer
    MOVELLA CANADA COMPANY
    By:   /s/ Ben Lee
    Name:   Ben Lee
    Title:   President
    KINDUCT TECHNOLOGIES INC.
    By:   /s/ Ben Lee
    Name:   Ben Lee
    Title:   Director
    GRIFFIN HOLDINGS LIMITED
    By:   /s/ Ben Lee
    Name:   Ben Lee
    Title:   Director

 

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AGENT:     WILMINGTON SAVINGS FUND SOCIETY, FSB
    By:   /s/ Raye Goldsborough
    Name:   Raye Goldsborough
    Title:   Vice President

 

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PURCHASERS:

   

FP CREDIT PARTNERS II AIV, L.P.

   

By: FP Credit Partners GP II, L.P.

Its: General Partner

   

By: FP Credit Partners GP II Management, LLC

Its: General Partner

   

By:

  /s/ Scott Eisenberg
   

Name:

  Scott Eisenberg
   

Title:

  Managing Director

 

   

FP CREDIT PARTNERS PHOENIX II AIV, L.P.

   

By: FP Credit Partners GP II, L.P.

Its: General Partner

   

By: FP Credit Partners GP II Management, LLC

Its: General Partner

   

By:

  /s/ Scott Eisenberg
   

Name:

  Scott Eisenberg
    Title:   Managing Director

 

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EX-99.(b)(ii)

Exhibit (b)(ii)

Francisco Partners

1114 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor

New York, NY 10036

CONFIDENTIAL

October 3, 2022

Movella Inc.

2570 North First Street, Suite 300

San Jose, CA 95131

Attention: Steve Smith, Chief Financial Officer

Commitment Letter

Ladies and Gentlemen:

You (“you” or the “Company”) have advised FP Credit Partners, L.P., on behalf of certain of its managed funds, affiliates, financing parties or investment vehicles (collectively, “FPCP”, the “Commitment Parties”, “we” or “us”), that you intend to enter into that certain Business Combination Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2022 (the “BCA”), with Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (“PFDR”) and Motion Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PFDR (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving entity, and the parties thereto shall consummate the other Transactions (as defined in the BCA) (the “Public Merger”, and the date and time of consummation of the Public Merger, the “Public Merger Date”).

You have requested FPCP to provide a senior secured notes facility in an aggregate principal amount of $75,000,000, consisting of (a) a senior secured note in the aggregate principal amount of $25,000,000 (subject to prepayment on the Public Merger Date as set forth in Exhibit A hereto) (the “Pre-Close Facility”), the proceeds of which will be used by the Company (i) for working capital, to refinance existing debt and other general corporate purposes and (ii) to pay transaction costs, fees and expenses in connection with the Total Facility (as defined below) and (b) a $75,000,000 venture-linked secured note, which will be deemed advanced to and drawn by the Company on, and subject to the occurrence of, the Public Merger Date (the “VLN Facility” and, together with the Pre-Close Facility, the “Total Facility”, and the Total Facility, collectively with the Public Merger, the Tender Offer (as defined below), and the Private Placement (as defined below), the “Transactions”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the respective meanings assigned to them in the Summary of Terms and Conditions attached hereto as Exhibit A, Exhibit B and Exhibit C (collectively, the “Term Sheets”, together with this letter agreement, the “Commitment Letter”) and capitalized terms used but not defined in the Term Sheets have the respective meanings assigned to them herein.

1.    Commitments.

In connection with the Transactions, (a) FPCP (in such capacity, the “Initial Pre-Close Holder”) hereby commits to purchase 100.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Pre-Close Facility, (b) FPCP (in such capacity, the “Initial VLN Holder”; the Initial Pre-Close Holder together with the Initial VLN Holder, the “Initial Holders”; the banks, financial institutions or other institutional lenders and investors becoming parties to the definitive documentation for the Total Facility (the “Facilities Documentation”), together with the Initial Holders, the “Holders”) hereby commits to provide 100.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Total Facility, (c) FPCP commits to launch the Tender Offer, and (d) in the event of a Shortfall (as defined in Exhibit A), FPCP commits to purchase the Private Placement Shares (as defined below), in each case of the foregoing clauses (a) through (d), upon the respective terms and conditions expressly set forth in this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter.

 

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2.    Titles and Roles.

It is agreed that FPCP (in such capacity, the “Lead Arranger”) will act as the sole lead arranger and bookrunner in respect of the Total Facility and that FPCP shall appear on all marketing and other materials in connection with the Transactions and will have the rights and responsibilities customarily associated with such name placement. It is further agreed that a third party agent to be appointed by FPCP, subject to your consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned) will act as administrative agent and collateral agent in respect of the Total Facility (in such capacities, the “Administrative Agent”). You agree that no other arrangers, bookrunners, managers, agents or co-agents will be appointed and no Holder will receive compensation with respect to any of the Total Facility outside the terms contained herein unless you and we so agree. For the avoidance of doubt, your obligations under this paragraph shall automatically terminate upon the date on which this Commitment Letter terminates pursuant to the penultimate paragraph of Section 10.

3.    Information.

You hereby represent and warrant (and prior to the Public Merger Date, to your knowledge with respect to PFDR and its subsidiaries) that, (a) all written information concerning PFDR and its subsidiaries, the Company and its subsidiaries and the businesses of the foregoing (other than the projections of and other forward-looking information with respect to the foregoing entities (the “Projections”), estimates, forecasts and budgets and other forward-looking information and information of a general economic or industry nature) that has been or will be made available by you (or on your behalf at your request) to any Commitment Party in connection with the Transactions (the “Information”), when furnished and taken as a whole, does not or will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary in order to make the statements contained therein not materially misleading in light of the circumstances under which such statements are made, in each case, after giving effect to all supplements and updates thereto from time to time, and (b) the Projections will be prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed by you to be reasonable at the time of delivery thereof; it being understood by us that such Projections (i) are not to be viewed as facts, are subject to significant uncertainties and contingencies, many of which are beyond your control, that no assurance can be given that any particular projections will be realized, that actual results may differ and that such differences may be material and (ii) are not a guarantee of performance. If at any time prior to Public Merger Date, the Company becomes aware that any of the representations and warranties in the preceding sentence are incorrect in any material respect, the Company agrees to supplement the Information and the Projections from time to time until the Public Merger Date, such that the representations and warranties in the preceding sentence remain true (after giving effect to any such supplement) in all material respects.

4.    Conditions.

The Initial Pre-Close Holders’ commitments hereunder to fund the Pre-Close Facility on the NPA Execution Date (as defined below) and the deemed funding of the VLN Facility on the Public Merger Date, respectively, are subject, in the case of the Pre-Close Facility, only to the conditions expressly set forth in Exhibit A under the heading “Conditions Precedent to the NPA Execution Date” and, in the case of the VLN Facility, only to the conditions expressly set forth in Exhibit A under the heading “Conditions Precedent to the VLN Facility”, and, upon the satisfaction (or waiver by the applicable Initial Holders) of such conditions, the funding of the Pre-Close Notes on the NPA Execution Date and the deemed funding of the VLN Notes on the Public Merger Date, as applicable, under the VLN Facility shall occur (it being agreed and understood that, upon the deemed funding of the VLN Notes on the Public Merger Date, the Pre-Close Notes shall be prepaid in full as set forth in Exhibit A, and the VLN Notes shall be treated as a single, fungible tranche of indebtedness for all purposes under the VLN Facility). As used in this Commitment Letter, “NPA Execution Date” shall mean the date of effectiveness of, and initial funding under, the Pre-Close Facility.

FPCP’s commitments hereunder to launch the Tender Offer are subject only to the conditions expressly set forth in Exhibit B under the heading “Conditions Precedent”. In the event of a Shortfall, FPCP’s commitments hereunder to purchase the Private Placement Shares are subject only to the conditions expressly set forth in Exhibit C under the heading “Conditions Precedent”.

 

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5.    Fees.

As consideration for the Initial Holders’ having funded the Pre-Close Facility on the NPA Execution Date and the deemed funding of the VLN Facility on the Public Merger Date, you agree to pay (or to cause to be paid) the fees set forth in Exhibit A and the fee letter dated the date hereof by and among the Commitment Parties and you (the “Fee Letter”) on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein.

6.    Indemnity; Costs and Expenses, Limitation of Liability, Settlement.

(a)    Indemnity

You and, prior to the Public Merger Date, PFDR each agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Commitment Party, its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, members, partners, agents, advisors, other representatives and controlling persons involved in the Transactions (each, a “Related Party” and collectively the “Indemnified Persons” and each individually an “Indemnified Person”), from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses, joint or several, to which any such Indemnified Person may become subject arising out of or in connection with this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter or the Transactions, or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding related to the foregoing (any of the foregoing, a “Proceeding”), regardless of whether any such Indemnified Person is a party thereto or whether a Proceeding is brought by a third party or by you or any of your affiliates, and to reimburse each such Indemnified Person within 30 days after receipt of a written request (together with reasonably detailed backup documentation supporting such reimbursement request) for the reasonable and documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses of one primary counsel for all Indemnified Persons (taken as a whole) (and, solely in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel as necessary to the Indemnified Persons affected by such conflict taken as a whole) and to the extent reasonably necessary, one local counsel for all Indemnified Persons (taken as a whole) in each relevant material jurisdiction (and, solely in the case of an actual or perceived conflict of interest, one additional counsel in each such jurisdiction as necessary to the Indemnified Persons affected by such conflict taken as a whole), and other reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred in connection with investigating or defending any of the foregoing (in each case, excluding allocated costs of in-house counsel); provided that, the foregoing indemnity will not, as to any Indemnified Person, apply to losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses to the extent (i) they resulted from (A) the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such Indemnified Person or their respective Related Parties (as defined below) (as determined in a final non-appealable judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction), (B) any material breach of the obligations of such Indemnified Person or any of their Related Parties under this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter (as determined in a final non-appealable judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction) or (C) any dispute or Proceeding among Indemnified Persons (or their Related Parties) that does not involve an act or omission by you or any of your subsidiaries (other than any claims against the Administrative Agent or a Lead Arranger in their respective capacity as such but subject to clauses (i)(A) and (B) above) or (ii) they have resulted from any agreement governing any settlement referred to below by such Indemnified Person that is effected without your prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed); and provided further that, to the extent any otherwise indemnifiable claim by an Indemnified Person arises in connection with a Proceeding relating to the Tender Offer (as defined in Exhibit A), the Company’s and PFDR’s indemnification obligations hereunder shall be limited solely to Proceedings related to material inaccuracies or omissions concerning information supplied by, and that is concerning, the Company, PFDR and their respective businesses, to the extent such information is either included in the S-4 filed by PFDR in connection with the Public Merger, or is provided to us by the Company or PFDR for purposes of inclusion of offering materials used in the Tender Offer.

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failure to so notify you will not relieve you from any liability that you may have to such Indemnified Person pursuant to this Section 6. Notwithstanding the above, following such notification, you may elect in writing to assume the defense of such Proceeding, and, upon such election, you will not be liable for any legal costs subsequently incurred by such Indemnified Person (other than reasonable costs of investigation and providing evidence) in connection therewith, unless (i) you have failed to provide counsel reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person in a timely manner, (ii) counsel provided by you reasonably determines that its representation of such Indemnified Person would present it with a conflict of interest, or (iii) such Indemnified Person reasonably determines that there are conflicts of interest between you and such Indemnified Person, including situations in which there may be legal defenses available to it which are different from or in addition to those available to you. In connection with any one Proceeding, you will not be responsible for the fees and expenses of more than one law firm for all Indemnified Persons plus additional conflicts and local counsel to the extent provided herein.

Reference is made to the final prospectus of PFDR, filed with the SEC (File No. 333-252498) on February 16, 2021 (the “Prospectus”). FPCP acknowledges and agrees and understands that PFDR has established a trust account (the “Trust Account”) containing the proceeds of its initial public offering and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with such initial public offering (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of the public shareholders of PFDR’s Class A Shares (the “Pathfinder Shareholders”), and PFDR may disburse monies from the Trust Account only in the express circumstances described in the Prospectus. For and in consideration of PFDR entering into this Commitment Letter, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, FPCP hereby agrees that, notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, FPCP does not now nor 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, or 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 Commitment Letter or any proposed or actual business relationship between PFDR, on the one hand, and FPCP, 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 hereafter as the “Trust Account Released Claims”). FPCP hereby irrevocably waives any Trust Account Released Claims that it 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, or contracts with PFDR and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) for any reason whatsoever (including for an alleged breach of any agreement with PFDR or its affiliates).

(b)    Fees, Costs and Expenses

You hereby agree to reimburse the Commitment Parties on the terms set forth in the Term Sheets under the heading “Fees, Costs and Expenses” and the Fee Letter.

(c)    Limitation of Liability

Notwithstanding any other provision of this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter, you agree that (i) in no event shall any Commitment Party, its affiliates and their respective officers, directors, employees, members, partners, agents, advisors, other representatives and controlling persons (each, and including, without limitation, the Commitment Parties, a “CP-Related Person”) have any Liabilities arising from the use by others of information or other materials (including, without limitation, any personal data) obtained through electronic, telecommunications or other information transmission systems, except to the extent such damages have resulted from the willful misconduct, bad faith or gross negligence of such CP-Related Person or any of its affiliates or Related Parties, as determined in a final, non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, and (ii) no party hereto nor any CP-Related Person shall have any Liabilities for any special, indirect, consequential or punitive damages (including, without limitation, any loss of profits, business or anticipated savings) arising out of or in connection with this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter (provided that this clause (ii) shall not limit your indemnity or reimbursement obligations to the extent set forth in this Section 6 in respect of any actual losses, claims,

 

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damages, liabilities and expenses incurred or paid by an Indemnified Person to a third party unaffiliated with the Commitment Parties that are otherwise required to be indemnified in accordance with this Section 6). Each party agrees, to the extent permitted by applicable law, to not assert any claims against any other party hereto with respect to the foregoing matters set forth in this Section 6(c). As used herein, the term “Liabilities” shall mean any losses, claims (including intraparty claims), demands, damages or liabilities of any kind.

(d)    Settlement

You shall not be liable for any settlement of any Proceedings (or any expenses related thereto) effected without your prior written consent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), but if settled with your prior written consent or if there is a final non-appealable judgment against an Indemnified Person in any such Proceedings, you agree to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and expenses incurred or suffered by reason of such settlement or judgment in accordance with the second preceding paragraph. You shall not, without the prior written consent of an Indemnified Person (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed), effect any settlement of any pending or threatened Proceedings in respect of which indemnity could have been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person unless (a) such settlement includes an unconditional release of such Indemnified Person in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Indemnified Person from all liability on claims that are the subject matter of such Proceedings and (b) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault, culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of such Indemnified Person.

7.    Confidentiality.

You acknowledge that the Commitment Parties and their respective affiliates may be providing debt financing, equity capital or other services (including, without limitation, financial advisory services) to other companies in respect of which you may have conflicting interests. None of the Commitment Parties or their respective affiliates will use information obtained from you or any of your affiliates by virtue of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter in connection with the performance by them and their respective affiliates of services for other persons or entities, and none of the Commitment Parties or their respective affiliates will furnish any such information to such other persons or entities. You also acknowledge that none of the Commitment Parties or their respective affiliates has any obligation to use in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter, or to furnish to you or your respective subsidiaries, confidential information obtained by the Commitment Parties and their respective affiliates from other persons or entities. This Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter is not intended to create a fiduciary relationship among the parties hereto or thereto.

You further acknowledge and agree that (a) no fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship between you and the Commitment Parties is intended to be or has been created in respect of any of the debt or equity transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter, irrespective of whether the Commitment Parties have advised or are advising you on other matters, (b) the Commitment Parties, on the one hand, and you, on the other hand, have an arm’s-length business relationship that does not directly or indirectly give rise to, nor do you rely on, any fiduciary duty on the part of the Commitment Parties, (c) you are capable of and responsible for evaluating and understanding, and you understand and accept, the terms, risks and conditions of the transactions contemplated by this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter and (d) you have been advised that the Commitment Parties and their respective affiliates are engaged in a broad range of transactions that may involve interests that differ from your interests and that the Commitment Parties and their respective affiliates have no obligation to disclose such interests and transactions to you by virtue of any fiduciary, advisory or agency relationship.

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such person may provide investment banking and other financial services to, and/or acquire, hold or sell, for its own accounts and the accounts of customers, equity, debt and other securities and financial instruments (including bank loans and other obligations) of you and other companies with which you may have commercial or other relationships. With respect to any securities and/or financial instruments so held by such person or any of its customers, all rights in respect of such securities and financial instruments, including any voting rights, will be exercised by the holder of the rights, in its sole discretion in accordance with applicable law (to the extent not in derogation of the Commitment Parties’ and/or their respective affiliates’ obligations under any relevant transaction support or similar agreement entered into in connection with the Transactions). To the fullest extent permitted by law, you hereby waive and release any claims that you may have against each such Commitment Party with respect to any breach or alleged breach of agency or fiduciary duty in connection with the Transactions, this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter.

You agree that you will not disclose this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter or the contents of the foregoing to any person without our prior written approval (which may include through electronic means) (not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned, delayed or denied), except that you may disclose (a) this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter and the contents hereof and thereof (i) to actual and potential investors (including, without limitation, PFDR and the sponsor of PFDR) and to your and such investors’ respective officers, directors, agents, employees, affiliates, members, partners, stockholders, equityholders, controlling persons, agents, attorneys, accountants and advisors on a confidential basis and (ii) as required by applicable law, compulsory legal process, pursuant to the order of any court or administrative agency in any pending legal, judicial or administrative proceeding or to the extent required by governmental and/or regulatory authorities (in which case you agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to inform us promptly thereof to the extent lawfully permitted to do so), (b) this Commitment Letter and the contents hereof to the extent customary or required in offering and proxy materials or in any public filing relating to the Public Merger or the Tender Offer (with customary redactions as shall be reasonably agreed to by FPCP); provided however, the aggregate cash fee amounts contained in the Term Sheets shall only be so disclosed pursuant to this clause (b) as part of projections, pro forma information or a generic disclosure of aggregate sources and uses related to fee amounts related to the Public Merger unless required by applicable law, (c) this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter and the contents hereof and thereof in connection with protecting or enforcing any right under this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter or to defend any claim or exercise any remedies related to this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter, (d) this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter and the contents hereof to the extent it becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter by you or breach of another confidentiality obligation owed to a Commitment Party by you or your affiliates, and (e) on a confidential basis to persons performing customary accounting functions, including accounting for deferred financing costs; provided that, the foregoing restrictions shall cease to apply (other than in respect of the fees set forth in the Term Sheets or the Fee Letter) on the earlier of (i) two years after the date of this Commitment Letter and (ii) the date the Facilities Documentation shall have been executed and delivered by the parties thereto.

Each Commitment Party agrees to keep confidential, and not to publish, disclose or otherwise divulge, information with respect to the Transactions or obtained from or on behalf of you or your affiliates in the course of the transactions contemplated hereby, except that the Commitment Parties shall be permitted to disclose such confidential information (a) to their respective affiliates and to their and their affiliates’ respective directors, officers, agents, employees, attorneys, accountants and advisors, in each case, involved in the Transactions on a “need to know” basis and who are made aware of and agree to comply with the provisions of this paragraph, in each case on a confidential basis (with the Commitment Party responsible for such persons’ compliance with this Section 7), (b) to potential or prospective Holders, participants or swap counterparties (in each case, other than a Disqualified Institution (as defined below)), in each case who agree to be bound by the terms of this paragraph (or language substantially similar to this paragraph); provided that the disclosure of any such information to any prospective Holder, participant or swap counterparty referred to above shall be made (x) subject to the acknowledgment and acceptance by such prospective Holder, participant or swap counterparty that such information is being disseminated on a confidential basis (on substantially the terms set forth in this paragraph or as is otherwise reasonably acceptable to you and

 

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the Commitment Parties) and (y) in the case of any such disclosure to any person or other entity that is not an affiliate of FPCP, solely with your express prior written consent, (c) as required by the order of any court or administrative agency or in any pending legal, judicial or administrative proceeding, or otherwise as required by applicable law, regulation or compulsory legal process (in which case we agree to use commercially reasonable efforts to notify you promptly thereof to the extent lawfully permitted to do so (except with respect to any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any self-regulatory authority or governmental or regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority)), (d) to the extent requested by any bank regulatory authority having jurisdiction over a Commitment Party (including in any audit or examination conducted by bank accountants or any self-regulatory authority or governmental or regulatory authority exercising examination or regulatory authority), (e) to the extent such information: (i) becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter or other confidentiality or fiduciary obligation owed by such Commitment Party to you or your subsidiaries or (ii) becomes available to the Commitment Parties on a non-confidential basis from a source other than you that, to such Commitment Party’s knowledge, is not in violation of any confidentiality or fiduciary obligation owed to you or your subsidiaries, (f) to the extent you shall have expressly consented in advance to such disclosure in writing (which may include through electronic means), (g) as is necessary in protecting and enforcing the Commitment Parties’ rights with respect to this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter or to defend any claim or exercise any remedies related to this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter, (h) for purposes of establishing any defense available under securities laws, including, without limitation, establishing a “due diligence” defense or (i) to the extent independently developed by such Commitment Party without reliance on confidential information. The Commitment Parties’ and their respective affiliates’, if any, obligations under this paragraph shall terminate automatically to the extent superseded by the confidentiality provision in the Facilities Documentation upon the effectiveness thereof and, in any event, will terminate two years from the date hereof. Any Commitment Party may place customary advertisements in financial and other newspapers and periodicals, its customary marketing materials, or on a home page, website or similar place for dissemination of customary information on the internet, in each case, after the NPA Execution Date, in the form of a “tombstone” advertisement or otherwise describing the name of the Borrower and the amount, type and closing date of the Transactions, all at the expense of such Commitment Party.

8.    Patriot Act.

We hereby notify you that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act (Title III of Pub. L. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001) (the “Patriot Act”)) and the requirements of 31 C.F.R. §1010.230 (the “Beneficial Ownership Regulation”), each of us and each of the Holders may be required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Company and each Guarantor, which information may include its name and address and other information that will allow each of us and the Holders to identify the Company and each of its subsidiaries that are parties to the Facilities Documentation in accordance with the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation. This notice is given in accordance with the requirements of the Patriot Act and the Beneficial Ownership Regulation and is effective for each of us and the Holders.

9.    Assignment.

This Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter and the commitments hereunder shall not be assignable by any party hereto without the prior written consent of each of the other parties hereto, and any attempted assignment without such consent shall be void; provided that, FPCP may assign its commitments hereunder, in whole or in part, (including its commitment to provide the Total Facility), to any of its relevant affiliates. Upon an assignment by FPCP complying with the terms of the foregoing sentence, such party shall be released from the portion of our commitment hereunder that has been assigned. Neither this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter may be amended or any provision hereof waived or modified except by an instrument in writing signed by the Commitment Parties and you and then only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.

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person reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), or to any affiliates of such banks, financial institutions or other entities that are reasonably identifiable as affiliates by virtue of their names or that are identified to us in writing by you from time to time; provided, that no such identification after the NPA Execution Date pursuant to this clause (i) shall apply retroactively to disqualify any person that has previously acquired a valid assignment or participation of an interest in any of the Total Facility with respect to amounts previously acquired and (ii) competitors of you or any of your subsidiaries identified in writing by you from time to time (and affiliates of such entities that are reasonably identifiable as affiliates of such entities by virtue of their names or that are identified to us in writing by you from time to time (other than bona fide fixed income investors or debt funds primarily investing in loans and/or notes)).

10.    Governing Law, Etc.

This Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter by facsimile transmission or electronic transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif”) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter. This Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter (i) sets forth the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the Transactions and (ii) supersedes all prior understandings with respect to the matters referred to and contemplated therein and thereby. This Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter is intended to be solely for the benefit of the parties hereto and is not intended to confer any benefits upon, or create any rights in favor of, any person other than the parties hereto, the Indemnified Persons and, if any of this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter or any commitment hereunder is assigned in accordance with the first sentence of this Section 9 above, the applicable permitted assignee or assignees. The Commitment Parties may perform the duties and activities described hereunder through any of their respective affiliates.

This Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter and any claim, controversy or dispute arising under or related to this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York; provided, however, that (a) the interpretation of the definition of “Company Material Adverse Effect” and whether or not a “Company Material Adverse Effect” has occurred, (b) the determination of the accuracy of any Specified BCA Representation, and (c) whether the Public Merger Date has occurred based on whether the Public Merger has been consummated in accordance with the terms of the BCA shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware, except that the laws of the Cayman Islands, inclusive of the Cayman Act (as defined in the BCA), shall also apply to the Domestication (as defined in the BCA).

Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of any state or Federal court sitting in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, and, in each case, any appellate court thereof, over any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter or the performance of services hereunder or thereunder, whether in contract, tort or otherwise, and irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that it will not commence any such suit, action or proceeding against any of the other parties hereto arising out of or in any way relating to this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter or the performance of services hereunder or thereunder in any forum other than such courts. Each party hereto agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail addressed to such party at its address set forth above shall be effective service of process for any suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court. Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives (to the extent permitted by applicable law) any objection to the laying of venue of any such suit, action or proceeding brought in any such court and any claim that any such suit, action or proceeding has been brought in any inconvenient forum and agrees that a final judgment in any such suit, action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner

 

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provided by law. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES (TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW) TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY SUIT, ACTION, PROCEEDING, CLAIM OR COUNTERCLAIM BROUGHT BY OR ON BEHALF OF ANY PARTY RELATED TO OR ARISING OUT OF THIS COMMITMENT LETTER, THE FEE LETTER OR THE PERFORMANCE OF SERVICES HEREUNDER OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY.

Each of the parties hereto agrees that, if accepted by you, this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter constitutes a binding and enforceable agreement with respect to the subject matter herein and therein. Reasonably promptly after the execution by you of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter, the parties hereto shall proceed with the negotiation in good faith of the Facilities Documentation and the definitive documentation for the Tender Offer and the Private Placement in a manner consistent with this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter for the purpose of executing and delivering the Facilities Documentation and consummating the Tender Offer and the Private Placement.

The costs and expenses, indemnification, settlement, limitation of liability, jurisdiction, waiver of jury trial, service of process, venue, governing law, absence of fiduciary duty and confidentiality provisions contained herein shall remain in full force and effect regardless of whether the Facilities Documentation shall be executed and delivered and notwithstanding the termination of this Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter or FPCP’s commitments hereunder and thereunder; provided that your obligations under this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter, other than your obligations relating to confidentiality to the extent set forth herein, shall automatically terminate and be superseded to the extent expressly provided for therein by the provisions of the Facilities Documentation upon the execution and delivery thereof, and you shall automatically be released from all liability in connection therewith at such time.

Please indicate your acceptance of the terms hereof by signing in the appropriate space below and returning to the Commitment Parties the enclosed duplicate originals (or facsimiles or electronic copies) of this Commitment Letter and the Fee Letter, not later than 11:59 p.m., New York City time, on October 3, 2022, failing which FPCP’s commitments hereunder will expire at such time. This Commitment Letter, the Fee Letter and the commitments hereunder shall automatically terminate on the earliest of (x) the termination of the BCA in accordance with its terms prior to the closing of the Public Merger, and (y) April 30, 2023, unless the Commitment Parties and the Company mutually agree to an extension in writing (including by email). The termination of any commitment shall not prejudice your rights and remedies in respect of any breach of this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter.

The words” execution,” “signed,” “signature” and words of like import in this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter relating to the execution and delivery of this Commitment Letter or the Fee Letter shall be deemed to include electronic signatures, which shall be of the same legal effect, validity or enforceability as a manually executed signature to the extent and as provided in any applicable law, including the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act, the New York State Electronic Signatures and Records Act, or any other similar state laws based on the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.

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We are pleased to have been given the opportunity to assist you in connection with the financing for the Transactions.

 

Very truly yours,
FP CREDIT PARTNERS, L.P.
By: FP Credit Partners GP, L.P.
Its: General Partner
By: FP Credit Partners GP Management, LLC
Its: General Partner
By:  

/s/ Scott Eisenberg

Name:   Scott Eisenberg
Title:   Managing Director

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Accepted and agreed to as of the date first written above:

MOVELLA INC.

 

By  

        /s/ Ben Lee

  Name: Ben Lee
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Acknowledged and agreed to as of the date first written above:

PATHFINDER ACQUISITION CORPORATION

 

By  

        /s/ David Chung

  Name: David Chung
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

MOTION MERGER SUB, INC.

 

By  

        /s/ David Chung

  Name: David Chung
  Title:   Chief Executive Officer

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EX-99.(d)(i)

Exhibit (d)(i)

SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT

THIS SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 3, 2022, is made and entered into by and among Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”), Pathfinder Acquisition, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Sponsor”), FP Credit Partners, L.P. (together with its affiliates who are commitment parties thereunder, collectively, “Francisco Partners”), and Movella Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Target” and, collectively with the Sponsor, the Business Combination Holders (as defined below) and any person or entity who hereafter becomes a party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.2 or Section 6.10 of this Agreement, the “Holders” and each, a “Holder”).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Company has entered into a Business Combination Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2022 (as it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among the Company, Motion Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Merger Sub”), and Target, pursuant to which, among other things, on the Effective Date, Merger Sub will merge (the “Merger”) with and into Target, with the Target as the surviving company in the merger and a wholly owned subsidiary of the Company (the “Business Combination”);

WHEREAS, the Target and certain directors or option holders of the Target set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (such directors and shareholders, the “Target Holders”) are parties to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of September 8, 2020 (the “Prior Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Company, the Sponsor and certain holders of Class B ordinary shares set forth on Schedule 1 hereto (the “Legacy Pathfinder Holders”) of the Company prior to the Company’s Domestication are party to that certain Registration Rights Agreement, dated as of February 16, 2021 (the “Original RRA”);

WHEREAS, on or about the date of the closing of the Business Combination Agreement, certain of the Business Combination Holders will receive shares of the Company’s Common Stock;

WHEREAS, the parties to the Prior Agreement desire to terminate the Prior Agreement to provide for certain rights and obligations included herein;

WHEREAS, pursuant to Section 6.8 of the Original RRA, the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth therein may be amended or modified upon the written consent of the Company and the Holders (as defined in the Original RRA) of at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities (as defined in the Original RRA) at the time in question, and the Sponsor and the Legacy Pathfinder Holders are the Holders of at least a majority in interest of the Registrable Securities as of the date hereof;

WHEREAS, the Company and the Target desire for the Business Combination Holders to become a party to this Agreement prior to the closing of the Business Combination;

WHEREAS, the Company and the Sponsor desire to amend and restate the Original RRA in its entirety and enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which, when the Business Combination Holders become a party to this Agreement, the Company shall grant the Business Combination Holders certain registration rights with respect to certain securities of the Company, as set forth in this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to enter into this Agreement, pursuant to which the parties are agreeing to certain rights and obligations, contingent on the closing of the Business Combination, including certain securities of the Company, as set forth in this Agreement.

 

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NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the representations, covenants and agreements contained herein, and certain other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, contingent on the closing of the Business Combination Agreement, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

1.1 Definitions. The terms defined in this ARTICLE I shall, for all purposes of this Agreement, have the respective meanings set forth below:

Additional Holder” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.10.

Additional Holder Common Stock” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.10.

Adverse Disclosure” shall mean any public disclosure of material non-public information, which disclosure, in the good faith judgment of the Board, after consultation with counsel to the Company, (a) would be required to be made in any Registration Statement or Prospectus in order for the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus not to contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein (in the case of any prospectus and any preliminary prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading, (b) would not be required to be made at such time if the Registration Statement were not being filed, declared effective or used, as the case may be and (c) the Company has a bona fide business purpose for not making such information public.

Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

Block Trade” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.5.1.

Board” shall mean the Board of Directors of the Company.

Business Combination Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Business Combination Holders” shall mean Francisco Partners, Target Holders and Legacy Pathfinder Holders (to the extent such Legacy Pathfinder Holders are listed on Schedule 1 hereto), whether becoming a party to this Agreement at the date of this Agreement or thereafter pursuant to Section 6.10 of this Agreement.

Closing” shall have the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement.

Closing Date” shall have the meaning given in the Business Combination Agreement.

Commission” shall mean the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Common Stock” shall mean the common stock of the Company (which, for the avoidance of doubt, will be shares of common stock in a Delaware corporation as a result of the Domestication of Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation and not ordinary shares in a Cayman Islands exempted company).

Company” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto and includes the Company’s successors by recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization or similar transaction.

Demanding Holder” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.

 

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Equity Awards” shall mean those options and/or awards, exercisable into Common Stock, granted to certain Business Combination Holders under the Incentive Equity Plans (each as defined in the Business Combination Agreement).

Exchange Act” shall mean the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as it may be amended from time to time.

Form S-1 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.1.

Form S-3 Shelf” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.1.

Francisco Partners Tender Offer Shares” shall mean the shares of Common Stock acquired pursuant to the tender offer for equity of Pathfinder Acquisition Corp. and the PIPE Shares (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement).

Francisco Partners Shares” shall mean (i) the Francisco Partners Tender Offer Shares and (ii) the 1,000,000 shares of Common Stock to be issued to Francisco Partners (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) in connection with the FP Financing (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement).

Holder Information” shall have the meaning given in Section 4.1.2.

Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto, for so long as such person or entity holds any Registrable Securities.

Joinder” shall have the meaning given in Section 6.10.

Lock-up” shall have the meaning given in Section 5.1.

Lock-up Parties” shall mean, as applicable, the Sponsor, the Business Combination Holders, and their respective Permitted Transferees.

Lock-up Period” shall mean:

 

(A)

with respect to the Business Combination Holders other than the Legacy Pathfinder Holders, the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is 180 days after the Closing Date; and

 

(B)

with respect to the Sponsor and the Legacy Pathfinder Holders in respect of Lock-up Shares, the period beginning on the Closing Date and ending on the earlier of (i) 365 days after the Closing Date and (ii) (x) if the closing price of a share of Common Stock equals or exceeds $12.00 per share (as adjusted for share sub-divisions, share capitalizations, reorganizations, recapitalizations and the like) for any 20 trading days within any 30-trading day period commencing at least 150 days after the Closing Date, or (y) the date on which the Company completes a liquidation, merger, share exchange, reorganization or other similar transaction that results in all the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their Common Stock for cash, securities or other property.

Lock-up Shares” shall mean, other than the Francisco Partners Tender Offer Shares, (i) the Common Stock and any other equity securities convertible into or exercisable or exchangeable for the Common Stock (including any Private Placement Warrants) held by the Sponsor or Business Combination Holders immediately following the Closing, (ii) Common Stock issued with respect to or in exchange for Equity Awards on or after the Closing as permitted by this Agreement (other than Common Stock acquired in the public market), and (iii) the Francisco Partners Shares.

Maximum Number of Securities” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.5.

Merger” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

 

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Merger Sub” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Minimum Takedown Threshold” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.

Misstatement” shall mean an untrue statement of a material fact or an omission to state a material fact required to be stated in a Registration Statement or Prospectus or necessary to make the statements in a Registration Statement or Prospectus (in the case of a Prospectus, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading.

Other Coordinated Offering” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.5.1.

Original RRA” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Permitted Transferees” shall mean (a) with respect to the Business Combination Holders and Sponsor and their respective Permitted Transferees, (i) prior to the expiration of the Lock-up Period, any person or entity to whom such Holder is permitted to transfer such Registrable Securities prior to the expiration of the Lock-up Period pursuant to Section 5.2 and (ii) after the expiration of the Lock-up Period, any person or entity to whom such Holder is permitted to transfer such Registrable Securities, subject to and in accordance with any applicable agreement between such Holder and/or their respective Permitted Transferees and the Company and any transferee thereafter, and (b) with respect to all other Holders and their respective Permitted Transferees, any person or entity to whom a Holder of Registrable Securities is permitted to transfer such Registrable Securities, including prior to the expiration of any lock-up period applicable to such Registrable Securities, subject to and in accordance with any applicable agreement between such Holder and/or their respective Permitted Transferees and the Company and any transferee thereafter.

Piggyback Registration” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.3.1.

Prior Agreement” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Private Placement Warrants” shall mean the private placement warrants held by the Sponsor that were purchased by the Sponsor in the private placement that occurred concurrently with the closing of the SPAC’s initial public offering.

Prospectus” shall mean the prospectus included in any Registration Statement, as supplemented by any and all prospectus supplements and as amended by any and all post-effective amendments and including all material incorporated by reference in such prospectus.

Registrable Security” shall mean (a) any outstanding Common Stock and any other equity security (including the Private Placement Warrants and any other warrants to purchase Common Stock and Common Stock issued or issuable upon the exercise or conversion of any other equity security) of the Company held by a Holder immediately following the Closing (including any securities distributable pursuant to the Business Combination Agreement), (b) any Additional Holder Common Stock, (c) any Francisco Partners Shares and (d) any other equity security of the Company or any of its subsidiaries issued or issuable with respect to any securities referenced in clause (a) or (b) above by way of a stock dividend or stock split or in connection with a recapitalization, merger, consolidation, spin-off, reorganization or similar transaction; provided, however, that, as to any particular Registrable Security, such securities shall cease to be Registrable Securities upon the earliest to occur of: (A) a Registration Statement with respect to the sale of such securities shall have become effective under the Securities Act and such securities shall have been sold, transferred, disposed of or exchanged in accordance with such Registration Statement by the applicable Holder; (B) (i) such securities shall have been otherwise transferred (other than to a Permitted Transferee), (ii) new certificates for such securities not bearing (or book entry positions not subject to) a legend restricting further transfer shall have been delivered by the Company and (iii) subsequent public distribution of such securities shall not require registration under the

 

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Securities Act; (C) such securities shall have ceased to be outstanding; (D) such securities may be sold without registration pursuant to Rule 144 or any successor rule promulgated under the Securities Act (but with no volume or other restrictions or limitations including as to manner or timing of sale); (E) such securities have been sold without registration pursuant to Section 4(a)(1) of the Securities Act or Rule 145 promulgated under the Securities Act or any successor rules promulgated under the Securities Act and (F) such securities have been sold to, or through, a broker, dealer or underwriter in a public distribution or other public securities transaction.

Registration” shall mean a registration, including any related Shelf Takedown, effected by preparing and filing a registration statement, Prospectus or similar document in compliance with the requirements of the Securities Act, and the applicable rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, and such registration statement becoming effective.

Registration Expenses” shall mean the documented, out-of-pocket expenses of a Registration, including, without limitation, the following:

 

(A)

all registration and filing fees (including fees with respect to filings required to be made with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc.) and any national securities exchange on which the Common Stock is then listed;

 

(B)

fees and expenses of compliance with securities or blue sky laws (including reasonable fees and disbursements of outside counsel for the Underwriters in connection with blue sky qualifications of Registrable Securities);

 

(C)

printing, messenger, telephone and delivery expenses;

 

(D)

reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel for the Company;

 

(E)

reasonable fees and disbursements of all independent registered public accountants of the Company incurred specifically in connection with such Registration; and

 

(F)

in an Underwritten Offering or Other Coordinated Offering, reasonable fees and expenses not to exceed $150,000 in the aggregate for each Registration of one (1) legal counsel selected by the majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders.

Registration Statement” shall mean any registration statement that covers Registrable Securities pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, including the Prospectus included in such registration statement, amendments (including post-effective amendments) and supplements to such registration statement, and all exhibits to and all material incorporated by reference in such registration statement.

Requesting Holders” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.5.

Securities Act” shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended from time to time.

Shelf” shall mean the Form S-1 Shelf, the Form S-3 Shelf or any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement, as the case may be.

Shelf Registration” shall mean a registration of securities pursuant to a registration statement filed with the Commission in accordance with and pursuant to Rule 415 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect).

Shelf Takedown” shall mean an Underwritten Shelf Takedown or any proposed transfer or sale using a Registration Statement, including a Piggyback Registration.

Sponsor” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

 

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Sponsor Member” shall mean a member of Sponsor who becomes party to this Agreement as a Permitted Transferee of Sponsor.

Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.2.

Target” shall have the meaning given in the Preamble hereto.

Target Holders” shall have the meaning given in the Recitals hereto.

Transfer” shall mean the (a) sale or assignment of, offer to sell, contract or agreement to sell, hypothecate, pledge, grant of any option to purchase or otherwise dispose of or agreement to dispose of, directly or indirectly, or establishment or increase of a put equivalent position or liquidation with respect to or decrease of a call equivalent position within the meaning of Section 16 of the Exchange Act with respect to, any security or (b) entry into any swap or other arrangement that transfers to another, in whole or in part, any of the economic consequences of ownership of any security, whether any such transaction is to be settled by delivery of such securities, in cash or otherwise.

Underwriter” shall mean a securities dealer who purchases any Registrable Securities as principal in an Underwritten Offering and not as part of such dealer’s market-making activities.

Underwritten Offering” shall mean a Registration in which securities of the Company are sold to an Underwriter in a firm commitment underwriting for distribution to the public.

Underwritten Shelf Takedown” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.4.

VLN” shall mean that certain Venture Linked Secured Note, to be issued by the Company and payable to Francisco Partners, pursuant to a note purchase agreement to be executed prior to the Closing Date.

Withdrawal Notice” shall have the meaning given in Section 2.1.6.

ARTICLE II

REGISTRATIONS AND OFFERINGS

 

2.1.

Shelf Registration.

2.1.1 Filing. Within thirty (30) calendar days following the Closing Date, the Company shall submit to or file with the Commission a Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration on Form S-1 (the “Form S-1 Shelf”) or a Registration Statement for a Shelf Registration on Form S-3 (the “Form S-3 Shelf”), if the Company is then eligible to use a Form S-3 Shelf, in each case, covering the resale of all the Registrable Securities (determined as of two (2) business days prior to such submission or filing) on a delayed or continuous basis and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to have such Shelf declared effective as soon as practicable after the filing thereof, but no later than the earlier of (a) the ninetieth (90th) calendar day following the filing date thereof (or the one hundred and twentieth (120th) calendar day following the filing date thereof if the Commission notifies the Company that it will “review” the Registration Statement) and (b) the tenth (10th) business day after the date the Company is notified in writing by the Commission that the Registration Statement will not be “reviewed” or will not be subject to further review. Such Shelf shall provide for the resale of the Registrable Securities included therein pursuant to any method or combination of methods legally available to, and requested by, any Holder named therein. The Company shall maintain a Shelf in accordance with the terms hereof, and shall prepare and file with the Commission such amendments, including post-effective amendments, and supplements as may be necessary to keep a Shelf continuously effective, available for use to permit the Holders named therein to sell their Registrable Securities included therein and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. In the event the Company files a Form S-1 Shelf, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to convert the Form S-1 Shelf (and any Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement) to a Form S-3 Shelf as soon as practicable after the Company is eligible to use a Form S-3 Shelf. The Company’s obligation under this Section 2.1.1, shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to Section 3.4.

 

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2.1.2 Subsequent Shelf Registration. If any Shelf ceases to be effective under the Securities Act for any reason at any time while Registrable Securities are still outstanding, the Company shall, subject to Section 3.4, use its commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable cause such Shelf to again become effective under the Securities Act (including using commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the prompt withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf), and shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to as promptly as is reasonably practicable amend such Shelf in a manner reasonably expected to result in the withdrawal of any order suspending the effectiveness of such Shelf or file an additional registration statement as a Shelf Registration (a “Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement”) registering the resale of all Registrable Securities (determined as of two (2) business days prior to such filing). If a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement is filed, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) cause such Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement to become effective under the Securities Act as promptly as is reasonably practicable after the filing thereof (it being agreed that the Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement shall be an automatic shelf registration statement (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) if the Company is a well-known seasoned issuer at the time of filing (as defined in Rule 405 promulgated under the Securities Act) at the most recent applicable eligibility determination date) and (ii) keep such Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement continuously effective, available for use to permit the Holders named therein to sell their Registrable Securities included therein and in compliance with the provisions of the Securities Act until such time as there are no longer any Registrable Securities. Any such Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement shall be on Form S-3 to the extent that the Company is eligible to use such form at the time of filing. Otherwise, such Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement shall be on another appropriate form. The Company’s obligation under this Section 2.1.2, shall, for the avoidance of doubt, be subject to Section 3.4.

2.1.3 Additional Registrable Securities. Subject to Section 3.4, in the event that any Holder holds Registrable Securities that are not registered for resale on a delayed or continuous basis, the Company, upon written request of such Holder, shall promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the resale of such Registrable Securities to be covered by either, at the Company’s option, any then available Shelf (including by means of a post-effective amendment) or by filing a Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement and cause the same to become effective as soon as practicable after such filing and such Shelf or Subsequent Shelf Registration Statement shall be subject to the terms hereof; provided, however, that the Company shall only be required to cause such additional Registrable Securities to be so covered once per calendar year for each of the Sponsor and the Business Combination Holders.

2.1.4 Requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns. Subject to Section 3.4, at any time and from time to time when an effective Shelf is on file with the Commission, the Sponsor, Francisco Partners, or a majority-in-interest of the Business Combination Holders (any of the Sponsor, Francisco Partners or a Business Combination Holder being in such case, a “Demanding Holder”) may request to sell all or any portion of its Registrable Securities in an Underwritten Offering that is registered pursuant to the Shelf (each, an “Underwritten Shelf Takedown”); provided that the Company shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if such offering shall include Registrable Securities proposed to be sold by the Demanding Holder, either individually or together with other Demanding Holders, with a total offering price of at least $30 million in the aggregate (the “Minimum Takedown Threshold”); provided further that the Company shall not be required to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if the Company is selling or planning to launch an Underwritten Offering within twenty-one (21) days of the Underwritten Shelf Takedown.. All requests for Underwritten Shelf Takedowns shall be made by giving written notice to the Company, which shall specify the approximate number of Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown; provided further that the Company shall only be obligated to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown for any Francisco Partners Tender Offer Shares pursuant to this Section 2.1.4 upon the earlier of (i) the fifth anniversary of the Closing Date, (ii) the VLN having been accelerated after an event of default, (iii) the VLN has been fully repaid or otherwise satisfied and the Company has received a payoff letter reasonably acceptable to it acknowledging satisfaction in full of the VLN or (iv) at any other time in the event that Francisco Partners becomes entitled to sell Francisco Partners Tender Offer Shares pursuant to any written agreement between Francisco Partners and the Company. Subject to Section 2.5.4, the Company shall have the right to select the Underwriters for such offering (which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks), subject to the initial Demanding Holder’s prior approval (which shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed). The Sponsor may demand not more than two (2) Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the Business Combination Holders may not demand more than two (2) Underwritten Shelf Takedowns, in each case, pursuant to this Section 2.1.4 in any twelve (12) month period (in each case, a “Demand”); provided that, Francisco Partners may demand one (1) additional Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to this Section 2.1.4 in any twelve (12) month period to the extent that Francisco Partners does not participate in any Underwritten Shelf Takedowns effected at the request of a majority-in-interest of the Business Combination Holders during such twelve (12) month period. For the avoidance of doubt, a request by a Demanding Holder to effect an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall constitute a Demand notwithstanding the refusal, or the inability, as the case may be, of the Underwriters to effect such offering provided, that, such refusal or inability, as applicable, occurs following the filing of the “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such Underwritten Shelf Takedown. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company may effect any Underwritten Offering pursuant to any then effective Registration Statement, including a Form S-3, that is then available for such offering.

 

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2.1.5 Reduction of Underwritten Offering. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, in good faith, advises the Company, the Demanding Holders and the Holders requesting piggy back rights pursuant to this Agreement with respect to such Underwritten Shelf Takedown (the “Requesting Holders”) (if any) in writing that the dollar amount or number of Registrable Securities that the Demanding Holders and the Requesting Holders (if any) desire to sell, taken together with all other Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell and all other Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, that have been requested to be sold in such Underwritten Offering pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights held by any other stockholders, exceeds the maximum dollar amount or maximum number of equity securities that can be sold in the Underwritten Offering without adversely affecting the proposed offering price, the timing, the distribution method, or the probability of success of such offering (such maximum dollar amount or maximum number of such securities, as applicable, the “Maximum Number of Securities”), then the Company shall include in such Underwritten Offering, before including any Common Stock or other equity securities proposed to be sold by Company or by other holders of Common Stock or other equity securities, the Registrable Securities of (i) first, to the Demanding Holders that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that all of the Demanding Holders have requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown) and (ii) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (i), the Requesting Holders (if any) (pro rata based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Requesting Holder (if any) has requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that all of the Requesting Holders have requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown) that can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities.

2.1.6 Withdrawal. Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such Underwritten Shelf Takedown, a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall have the right to withdraw from such Underwritten Shelf Takedown for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification (a “Withdrawal Notice”) to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Underwritten Shelf Takedown; provided that the Sponsor or a Business Combination Holder may elect to have the Company continue an Underwritten Shelf Takedown if the Minimum Takedown Threshold would still be satisfied by the Registrable Securities proposed to be sold in the Underwritten Shelf Takedown by the Sponsor or the Business Combination Holders or any of their respective Permitted Transferees, as applicable. If withdrawn, a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall constitute a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown by the withdrawing Demanding Holder for purposes of Section 2.1.4, unless such Demanding Holder reimburses the Company for all Registration Expenses with respect to such Underwritten Shelf Takedown (or, if there is more than one Demanding Holder, a pro rata portion of such Registration Expenses based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Demanding Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Shelf Takedown); provided that, if the Sponsor or a Business Combination Holder elects to continue an Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to the proviso in the immediately preceding sentence, such Underwritten Shelf Takedown shall instead count as an Underwritten Shelf Takedown demanded by the Sponsor or such Business Combination Holder, as applicable, for purposes of Section 2.1.4. Following the receipt of any Withdrawal Notice, the Company shall promptly forward such Withdrawal Notice to any other Holders that had elected to participate in such Shelf Takedown. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Shelf Takedown prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.1.6, other than if a Demanding Holder elects to pay such Registration Expenses pursuant to clause (ii) of the second sentence of this Section 2.1.6. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 2.1.6 shall not apply after the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such Underwritten Shelf Takedown.

 

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2.1.7 Registration of Francisco Partners Tender Offer Shares. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be permitted to register the Francisco Partners Tender Offer Shares, or a portion thereof, under any Registration Statement filed pursuant to this Agreement.

 

2.2

[Reserved.]

 

2.3.

Piggyback Registration

2.3.1 Piggyback Rights. Subject to Section 2.5.3, if the Company or any Holder proposes to conduct a registered offering of, or if the Company proposes to file a Registration Statement under the Securities Act with respect to the Registration of, equity securities, or securities or other obligations exercisable or exchangeable for, or convertible into equity securities, for its own account or for the account of stockholders of the Company (or by the Company and by the stockholders of the Company including, without limitation, an Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to Section 2.1), other than a Registration Statement (or any registered offering with respect thereto) (i) filed in connection with any employee stock option or other benefit plan, (ii) pursuant to a Registration Statement on Form S-4 (or similar form that relates to a transaction subject to Rule 145 under the Securities Act or any successor rule thereto), (iii) for an offering of debt that is convertible into equity securities of the Company, (iv) for a dividend reinvestment plan, (v) a Block Trade, or (vi) an Other Coordinated Offering, then the Company shall give written notice of such proposed offering to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities as soon as practicable but not less than ten (10) days before the anticipated filing date of such Registration Statement or, in the case of an Underwritten Offering pursuant to a Shelf Registration, the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used for marketing such offering, which notice shall (A) describe the amount and type of securities to be included in such offering, the intended method(s) of distribution, and the name of the proposed managing Underwriter or Underwriters, if any, in such offering, and (B) offer to all of the Holders of Registrable Securities the opportunity to include in such registered offering such number of Registrable Securities as such Holders may request in writing within five (5) days after receipt of such written notice (such registered offering, a “Piggyback Registration”). Subject to Section 2.3.2, the Company shall, in good faith, cause such Registrable Securities to be included in such Piggyback Registration and, if applicable, shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the managing Underwriter or Underwriters of such Piggyback Registration to permit the Registrable Securities requested by the Holders pursuant to this Section 2.3.1 to be included therein on the same terms and conditions as any similar securities of the Company included in such registered offering and to permit the sale or other disposition of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended method(s) of distribution thereof. The inclusion of any Holder’s Registrable Securities in a Piggyback Registration shall be subject to such Holder’s agreement to enter into an underwriting agreement in customary form with the Underwriter(s) selected for such Underwritten Offering.

 

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2.3.2 Reduction of Piggyback Registration. If the managing Underwriter or Underwriters in an Underwritten Offering that is to be a Piggyback Registration, in good faith, advises the Company and the Holders of Registrable Securities participating in the Piggyback Registration in writing that the dollar amount or number of Common Stock or other equity securities that the Company desires to sell, taken together with (i) Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been demanded pursuant to separate written contractual arrangements with persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, (ii) the Registrable Securities as to which registration has been requested pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof, and (iii) Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, exceeds the Maximum Number of Securities, then:

 

  (a)

if the Registration or registered offering is undertaken for the Company’s account, the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering (A) first, Francisco Partners Shares to be sold at the direction of the Company or other Common Stock that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.3.1, pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Offering and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Holders have requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities;

 

  (b)

if the Registration or registered offering is pursuant to a demand by persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, then the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering (A) first, Francisco Partners Shares to be sold at the direction of the Company or other Common Stock that the Company desires to sell, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (B) second, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clause (A), the Registrable Securities of Holders exercising their rights to register their Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.3.1, pro rata, based on the respective number of Registrable Securities that each Holder has requested be included in such Underwritten Offering and the aggregate number of Registrable Securities that the Holders have requested to be included in such Underwritten Offering, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; (C) third, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A) and (B), the Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, of such requesting persons or entities, other than the Holders of Registrable Securities, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and (D) fourth, to the extent that the Maximum Number of Securities has not been reached under the foregoing clauses (A), (B), (C) and (D), the Common Stock or other equity securities, if any, as to which Registration or a registered offering has been requested pursuant to separate written contractual piggy-back registration rights of persons or entities other than the Holders of Registrable Securities hereunder, which can be sold without exceeding the Maximum Number of Securities; and

 

  (c)

if the Registration or registered offering and Underwritten Shelf Takedown is pursuant to a request by Holder(s) of Registrable Securities pursuant to Section 2.1 hereof, then the Company shall include in any such Registration or registered offering securities in the priority set forth in Section 2.1.5.

 

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2.3.3 Piggyback Registration Withdrawal. Any Holder of Registrable Securities (other than a Demanding Holder, whose right to withdraw from an Underwritten Shelf Takedown, and related obligations, shall be governed by Section 2.1.6) shall have the right to withdraw from a Piggyback Registration for any or no reason whatsoever upon written notification to the Company and the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) of his, her or its intention to withdraw from such Piggyback Registration prior to the effectiveness of the Registration Statement filed with the Commission with respect to such Piggyback Registration or, in the case of a Piggyback Registration pursuant to a Shelf Registration, the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement with respect to such Piggyback Registration used for marketing such transaction. The Company (whether on its own good faith determination or as the result of a request for withdrawal by persons or entities pursuant to separate written contractual obligations) may withdraw a Registration Statement filed with the Commission in connection with a Piggyback Registration (which, in no circumstance, shall include a Shelf) at any time prior to the effectiveness of such Registration Statement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement (other than Section 2.1.6), the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with the Piggyback Registration prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.3.3.

2.3.4 Unlimited Piggyback Registration Rights. For purposes of clarity, subject to Section 2.1.6, any Piggyback Registration effected pursuant to Section 2.3 hereof shall not be counted as a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown under Section 2.1.4 hereof.

2.4 Market Stand-off. In connection with any Underwritten Offering of equity securities of the Company, including with respect to the sale of Francisco Partners Tender Offer Shares (other than a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering), if requested by the managing Underwriters, each Holder participating in such Underwritten Offering agrees that it shall not Transfer any Common Stock or other equity securities of the Company (other than those included in such offering pursuant to this Agreement), without the prior written consent of the Company, during the ninety (90)-day period (or such shorter time agreed to by the managing Underwriters) beginning on the date of pricing of such offering, except as expressly permitted by such lock-up agreement or in the event the managing Underwriters otherwise agree by written consent. Each such Holder agrees to execute a customary lock-up agreement in favor of the Underwriters to such effect (in each case on substantially the same terms and conditions as all such Holders).

 

2.5.

Block Trades; Other Coordinated Offerings.

2.5.1. Notwithstanding any other provision of this ARTICLE II, but subject to Section 3.4, at any time and from time to time when an effective Shelf is on file with the Commission, if a Demanding Holder wishes to engage in (a) an underwritten registered offering not involving a “roadshow,” an offer commonly known as a “block trade” (a “Block Trade”), or (b) an “at the market” or similar registered offering through a broker, sales agent or distribution agent, whether as agent or principal (an “Other Coordinated Offering”), in each case, (x) with a total offering price of at least $30 million in the aggregate or (y) with respect to all remaining Registrable Securities held by the Demanding Holder, then such Demanding Holder only needs to notify the Company of the Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering at least five (5) business days prior to the day such offering is to commence and the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to facilitate such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering; provided that the Demanding Holders representing a majority of the Registrable Securities wishing to engage in the Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall use commercially reasonable efforts to work with the Company and any Underwriters, brokers, sales agents or placement agents prior to making such request in order to facilitate preparation of the registration statement, prospectus and other offering documentation related to the Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering; provided further that the Company shall not be required to effect a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering if any Francisco Partners Tender Offer Shares are planned to be sold at the direction of the Company within twenty-one (21) days of any such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering, as applicable.

2.5.2. Prior to the filing of the applicable “red herring” prospectus or prospectus supplement used in connection with a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering, a majority-in-interest of the Demanding Holders initiating such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall have the right to submit a Withdrawal Notice to the Company, the Underwriter or Underwriters (if any) and any brokers, sales agents or placement agents (if any) of their intention to withdraw from such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, the Company shall be responsible for the Registration Expenses incurred in connection with a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering prior to its withdrawal under this Section 2.5.2.

 

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2.5.3. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, Section 2.3 shall not apply to a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering initiated by a Demanding Holder pursuant to this Agreement.

2.5.4. The Demanding Holder in a Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering shall have the right to select the Underwriters and any brokers, sales agents or placement agents (if any) for such Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering (in each case, which shall consist of one or more reputable nationally recognized investment banks).

2.5.5. A Demanding Holder in the aggregate may demand no more than two (2) Block Trades or Other Coordinated Offerings pursuant to this Section 2.5 in any twelve (12) month period. For the avoidance of doubt, any Block Trade or Other Coordinated Offering effected pursuant to this Section 2.5 shall not be counted as a demand for an Underwritten Shelf Takedown pursuant to Section 2.1.4 hereof.

ARTICLE III

COMPANY PROCEDURES

3.1 General Procedures. In connection with any Shelf and/or Shelf Takedown, the Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to effect such Registration to permit the sale of such Registrable Securities in accordance with the intended plan of distribution thereof, and pursuant thereto the Company shall:

3.1.1. prepare and file with the Commission as soon as practicable a Registration Statement with respect to such Registrable Securities and use its commercially reasonable efforts to cause such Registration Statement to become effective and remain effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or have ceased to be Registrable Securities;

3.1.2. prepare and file with the Commission such amendments and post-effective amendments to the Registration Statement, and such supplements to the Prospectus, as may be reasonably requested by any Holder that holds at least five percent (5%) of the Registrable Securities registered on such Registration Statement or any Underwriter of Registrable Securities or as may be required by the rules, regulations or instructions applicable to the registration form used by the Company or by the Securities Act or rules and regulations thereunder to keep the Registration Statement effective until all Registrable Securities covered by such Registration Statement are sold in accordance with the intended plan of distribution set forth in such Registration Statement or supplement to the Prospectus or have ceased to be Registrable Securities;

3.1.3. prior to filing a Registration Statement or Prospectus, or any amendment or supplement thereto, furnish without charge to the Underwriters, if any, and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration, and such Holders’ legal counsel, copies of such Registration Statement as proposed to be filed, each amendment and supplement to such Registration Statement (in each case including all exhibits thereto and documents incorporated by reference therein), the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement (including each preliminary Prospectus), and such other documents as the Underwriters and the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration or the legal counsel for any such Holders may reasonably request in order to facilitate the disposition of the Registrable Securities owned by such Holders; provided that the Company shall have no obligation to furnish any documents publicly filed or furnished with the Commission pursuant to the Electronic Data Gathering, Analysis and Retrieval System (“EDGAR”);

 

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3.1.4. prior to any public offering of Registrable Securities, use its commercially reasonable efforts to (i) register or qualify the Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement under such securities or “blue sky” laws of such jurisdictions in the United States as the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement (in light of their intended plan of distribution) may request (or provide evidence satisfactory to such Holders that the Registrable Securities are exempt from such registration or qualification) and (ii) take such action necessary to cause such Registrable Securities covered by the Registration Statement to be registered with or approved by such other governmental authorities as may be necessary by virtue of the business and operations of the Company and do any and all other acts and things that may be necessary or advisable to enable the Holders of Registrable Securities included in such Registration Statement to consummate the disposition of such Registrable Securities in such jurisdictions; provided, however, that the Company shall not be required to qualify generally to do business in any jurisdiction where it would not otherwise be required to qualify or take any action to which it would be subject to general service of process or taxation in any such jurisdiction where it is not then otherwise so subject;

3.1.5. cause all such Registrable Securities to be listed on each national securities exchange on which similar securities issued by the Company are then listed;

3.1.6. provide a transfer agent or warrant agent, as applicable, and registrar for all such Registrable Securities no later than the effective date of such Registration Statement;

3.1.7. advise each seller of such Registrable Securities, promptly after it shall receive notice or obtain knowledge thereof, of the issuance of any stop order by the Commission suspending the effectiveness of such Registration Statement or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for such purpose and promptly use its commercially reasonable efforts to prevent the issuance of any stop order or to obtain its withdrawal if such stop order should be issued;

3.1.8. at least three (3) days prior to the filing of any Registration Statement or Prospectus or any amendment or supplement to such Registration Statement or Prospectus (or such shorter period of time as may be (a) necessary in order to comply with the Securities Act, the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations promulgated under the Securities Act or Exchange Act, as applicable or (b) advisable in order to reduce the number of days that sales are suspended pursuant to Section 3.4), furnish a copy thereof to each seller of such Registrable Securities or its counsel (excluding any exhibits thereto and any filing made under the Exchange Act that is to be incorporated by reference therein);

3.1.9. notify the Holders at any time when a Prospectus relating to such Registration Statement is required to be delivered under the Securities Act, of the happening of any event as a result of which the Prospectus included in such Registration Statement, as then in effect, includes a Misstatement, and then to correct such Misstatement as set forth in Section 3.4;

3.1.10. in the event of an Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering, or sale by a broker, placement agent or sales agent pursuant to such Registration permit a representative of the Holders, the Underwriters or other financial institutions facilitating such Underwritten Offering, Block Trade, Other Coordinated Offering or other sale pursuant to such Registration, if any, and any attorney, consultant or accountant retained by such Holders or Underwriter to participate, at each such person’s or entity’s own expense, in the preparation of the Registration Statement, and cause the Company’s officers, directors and employees to supply all information reasonably requested by any such representative, Underwriter, financial institution, attorney, consultant or accountant in connection with the Registration; provided, however, that such representatives, Underwriters or financial institutions agree to confidentiality arrangements in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Company, prior to the release or disclosure of any such information;

3.1.11. obtain a “comfort” letter from the Company’s independent registered public accountants in the event of an Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering or sale by a broker, placement agent or sales agent pursuant to such Registration (subject to such broker, placement agent or sales agent providing such certification or representation reasonably requested by the Company’s independent registered public

 

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accountants and the Company’s counsel) in customary form and covering such matters of the type customarily covered by “comfort” letters as the managing Underwriter may reasonably request, and reasonably satisfactory to a majority-in-interest of the participating Holders;

3.1.12. in the event of an Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering or sale by a broker, placement agent or sales agent pursuant to such Registration, on the date the Registrable Securities are delivered for sale pursuant to such Registration obtain an opinion, dated such date, of counsel representing the Company for the purposes of such Registration, addressed to the participating Holders, the broker, placement agents or sales agent, if any, and the Underwriters, if any, covering such legal matters with respect to the Registration in respect of which such opinion is being given as the participating Holders, broker, placement agent, sales agent or Underwriter may reasonably request and as are customarily included in such opinions and negative assurance letters;

3.1.13. in the event of any Underwritten Offering, a Block Trade, an Other Coordinated Offering or sale by a broker, placement agent or sales agent pursuant to such Registration, enter into and perform its obligations under an underwriting or other purchase or sales agreement, in usual and customary form, with the managing Underwriter or the broker, placement agent or sales agent of such offering or sale;

3.1.14. make available to its security holders, as soon as reasonably practicable, an earnings statement covering the period of at least twelve (12) months beginning with the first day of the Company’s first full calendar quarter after the effective date of the Registration Statement which satisfies the provisions of Section 11(a) of the Securities Act and Rule 158 thereunder (or any successor rule then in effect);

3.1.15. with respect to an Underwritten Offering pursuant to Section 2.1.4, use its commercially reasonable efforts to make available senior executives of the Company to participate in customary “road show” presentations that may be reasonably requested by the Underwriter in such Underwritten Offering; and

3.1.16. otherwise, in good faith, cooperate reasonably with, and take such customary actions as may reasonably be requested by the participating Holders, consistent with the terms of this Agreement, in connection with such Registration.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be required to provide any documents or information to an Underwriter, broker, sales agent or placement agent if such Underwriter, broker, sales agent or placement agent has not then been named with respect to the applicable Underwritten Offering or other offering involving a registration as an Underwriter, broker, sales agent or placement agent, as applicable.

3.2. Registration Expenses. The Registration Expenses of all Registrations shall be borne by the Company. It is acknowledged by the Holders that the Holders shall bear all incremental selling expenses relating to the sale of Registrable Securities, such as Underwriters’ commissions and discounts, brokerage fees, Underwriter marketing costs and, other than as set forth in the definition of “Registration Expenses,” all reasonable fees and expenses of any legal counsel representing the Holders.

3.3. Requirements for Participation in Registration Statement in Offerings. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if any Holder does not provide the Company with its requested Holder Information, the Company may exclude such Holder’s Registrable Securities from the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus if the Company determines, based on the advice of counsel, that it is necessary or advisable to include such information in the applicable Registration Statement or Prospectus and such Holder continues thereafter to withhold such information. In addition, no person or entity may participate in any Underwritten Offering or other offering for equity securities of the Company pursuant to a Registration initiated by the Company hereunder unless such person or entity (i) agrees to sell such person’s or entity’s securities on the basis provided in any

 

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underwriting, sales, distribution or placement arrangements approved by the Company and (ii) completes and executes all customary questionnaires, powers of attorney, indemnities, lock-up agreements, underwriting or other agreements and other customary documents as may be reasonably required under the terms of such underwriting, sales, distribution or placement arrangements. For the avoidance of doubt, the exclusion of a Holder’s Registrable Securities as a result of this Section 3.3 shall not affect the registration of the other Registrable Securities to be included in such Registration.

 

3.4.

Delay of Submission, Filing, Effectiveness or Use; Suspension of Sales; Adverse Disclosure; Restrictions on Registration Rights.

3.4.1. Upon receipt of written notice from the Company that: (a) a Registration Statement or Prospectus contains a Misstatement; (b) any request by the Commission for any amendment or supplement to any Registration Statement or Prospectus or for additional information or of the occurrence of an event requiring the preparation of a supplement or amendment to such Prospectus so that, as thereafter delivered to the purchasers of the securities covered by such Registration Statement or Prospectus, such Registration Statement or Prospectus will not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading; or (c) upon any suspension by the Company, pursuant to a written insider trading compliance program adopted by the Board, of the ability of all “insiders” covered by such program to transact in the Company’s securities because of the existence of material non-public information, each of the Holders shall forthwith discontinue disposition of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement covering such Registrable Securities until (x) in the case of (a) or (b), it has received copies of a supplemented or amended Prospectus (it being understood that the Company hereby covenants to prepare and file such supplement or amendment as soon as reasonably practicable after the time of such notice), or until it is advised in writing by the Company that the use of the Prospectus may be resumed, or (y) in the case of (c), until the restriction on the ability of “insiders” to transact in the Company’s securities is removed, and, if so directed by the Company, each such Holder will deliver to the Company all copies, other than permanent file copies then in such Holder’s possession, of the most recent Prospectus covering such Registrable Securities at the time of receipt of such notice.

3.4.2. Subject to Section 3.4.4, if the submission, filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement in respect of any Registration at any time would (a) require the Company to make an Adverse Disclosure, (b) require the Company to update the financial statements included in the Registration Statement in order to comply with Regulation S-X age of financial statement requirements, (c) require the inclusion in such Registration Statement of financial statements that are unavailable to the Company for reasons beyond the Company’s control, or (d) in the good faith judgment of the majority of the Board such Registration, be detrimental to the Company and the majority of the Board concludes as a result that it is advisable to defer such submission, filing, initial effectiveness or continued use at such time, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders (which notice shall not specify the nature of the event giving rise to such delay or suspension), delay the submission, filing or initial effectiveness of, or suspend use of, such Registration Statement for the shortest period of time determined in good faith by the Company to be necessary for such purpose notwithstanding the requirements of any other provision contained herein, including, without limitation, Section 2.1. In the event the Company exercises its rights under this Section 3.4.2, the Holders agree to suspend, immediately upon their receipt of the notice referred to above, their use of the Prospectus relating to any Registration in connection with any sale or offer to sell Registrable Securities until such Holder receives written notice from the Company that such sales or offers of Registrable Securities may be resumed, and in each case maintain the confidentiality of such notice and its contents.

3.4.3. Subject to Section 3.4.4, (a) during the period starting with the date sixty (60) days prior to the Company’s good faith estimate of the date of the filing of, and ending on a date one hundred and twenty (120) days after the effective date of, a Company-initiated Registration and provided that the Company continues to actively employ, in good faith, all commercially reasonable efforts to maintain the effectiveness of the applicable Shelf Registration Statement, or (b) if, pursuant to Section 2.1.4, Holders have requested an Underwritten Shelf Takedown and the Company and Holders are unable to obtain the commitment of underwriters to firmly underwrite such offering, the Company may, upon giving prompt written notice of such action to the Holders, delay any other registered offering pursuant to Section 2.1.4 or Section 2.1.5.

 

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3.4.4. The right to delay or suspend any submission, filing, initial effectiveness or continued use of a Registration Statement pursuant to clause (a) or (d) of Section 3.4.2 or a registered offering pursuant to Section 3.4.3 shall be exercised by the Company, in the aggregate, for not more than ninety (90) consecutive calendar days or more than one hundred and twenty (120) total calendar days in each case, during any twelve (12)-month period.

3.5. Reporting Obligations. As long as any Holder shall own Registrable Securities, the Company, at all times while it shall be a reporting company under the Exchange Act, covenants to file timely (or obtain extensions in respect thereof and file within the applicable grace period) all reports required to be filed by the Company after the date hereof pursuant to Sections 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act and to promptly furnish the Holders with true and complete copies of all such filings; provided that any documents publicly filed or furnished with the Commission pursuant to EDGAR shall be deemed to have been furnished or delivered to the Holders pursuant to this Section 3.5. The Company further covenants that it shall take such further action as any Holder may reasonably request, all to the extent required from time to time to enable such Holder to sell shares of Common Stock held by such Holder without registration under the Securities Act within the limitation of the exemptions provided by Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act (or any successor rule then in effect). Upon the request of any Holder, the Company shall deliver to such Holder a written certification of a duly authorized officer as to whether it has complied with such requirements.

ARTICLE IV

INDEMNIFICATION AND CONTRIBUTION

 

4.1.

Indemnification.

4.1.1. The Company agrees to indemnify, to the extent permitted by law, each Holder of Registrable Securities, its officers, directors and agents and each person or entity who controls such Holder (within the meaning of the Securities Act), against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented outside attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained in or incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except insofar as the same are caused by or contained in any information or affidavit so furnished in writing to the Company by such Holder expressly for use therein. The Company shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers and directors and each person or entity who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to the indemnification of the Holder.

4.1.2. In connection with any Registration Statement in which a Holder of Registrable Securities is participating, such Holder shall furnish (or cause to be furnished) to the Company in writing such information and affidavits as the Company reasonably requests for use in connection with any such Registration Statement or Prospectus (the “Holder Information”) and, to the extent permitted by law, shall indemnify the Company, its directors, officers and agents and each person or entity who controls the Company (within the meaning of the Securities Act) against all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable and documented outside attorneys’ fees) resulting from any untrue or alleged untrue statement of material fact contained or incorporated by reference in any Registration Statement, Prospectus or preliminary Prospectus or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto or any omission or alleged omission of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, but only to the extent that such untrue statement is contained in (or not contained in, in the case of an omission) any information or affidavit so furnished in writing by or on behalf of such Holder expressly for use therein; provided, however, that the obligation to indemnify shall be several, not joint and several, among such Holders of Registrable Securities, and the liability of each such Holder of Registrable Securities shall be in proportion to and limited to the net proceeds received by such Holder from the sale of Registrable Securities pursuant to such Registration Statement. The Holders of Registrable Securities shall indemnify the Underwriters, their officers, directors and each person or entity who controls such Underwriters (within the meaning of the Securities Act) to the same extent as provided in the foregoing with respect to indemnification of the Company.

 

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4.1.3. Any person or entity entitled to indemnification herein shall (i) give prompt written notice to the indemnifying party of any claim with respect to which it seeks indemnification (provided that the failure to give prompt notice shall not impair any person’s or entity’s right to indemnification hereunder to the extent such failure has not materially prejudiced the indemnifying party) and (ii) unless in such indemnified party’s reasonable judgment a conflict of interest between such indemnified and indemnifying parties may exist with respect to such claim, permit such indemnifying party to assume the defense of such claim with counsel reasonably satisfactory to the indemnified party. If such defense is assumed, the indemnifying party shall not be subject to any liability for any settlement made by the indemnified party without its consent (but such consent shall not be unreasonably withheld). An indemnifying party who is not entitled to, or elects not to, assume the defense of a claim shall not be obligated to pay the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all parties indemnified by such indemnifying party with respect to such claim, unless in the reasonable judgment of any indemnified party a conflict of interest may exist between such indemnified party and any other of such indemnified parties with respect to such claim. No indemnifying party shall, without the consent of the indemnified party, consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement which cannot be settled in all respects by the payment of money (and such money is so paid by the indemnifying party pursuant to the terms of such settlement) or which settlement includes a statement or admission of fault and culpability on the part of such indemnified party or which settlement does not include as an unconditional term thereof the giving by the claimant or plaintiff to such indemnified party of a release from all liability in respect to such claim or litigation.

4.1.4. The indemnification provided for under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or on behalf of the indemnified party or any officer, director or controlling person or entity of such indemnified party and shall survive the transfer of securities. The Company and each Holder of Registrable Securities participating in an offering also agrees to make such provisions as are reasonably requested by any indemnified party for contribution to such party in the event the Company’s or such Holder’s indemnification is unavailable for any reason.

4.1.5. If the indemnification provided under Section 4.1 from the indemnifying party is unavailable or insufficient to hold harmless an indemnified party in respect of any losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses referred to herein, then the indemnifying party, in lieu of indemnifying the indemnified party, shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by the indemnified party as a result of such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and out-of-pocket expenses in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect the relative fault of the indemnifying party and the indemnified party, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. The relative fault of the indemnifying party and indemnified party shall be determined by reference to, among other things, whether any action in question, including any untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact, was made by (or not made by, in the case of an omission), or relates to information supplied by (or not supplied by in the case of an omission), such indemnifying party or indemnified party, and the indemnifying party’s and indemnified party’s relative intent, knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such action; provided, however, that the liability of any Holder under this Section 4.1.5 shall be limited to the amount of the net proceeds received by such Holder in such offering giving rise to such liability. The amount paid or payable by a party as a result of the losses or other liabilities referred to above shall be deemed to include, subject to the limitations set forth in Sections 4.1.1, 4.1.2 and 4.1.3 above, any legal or other fees, charges or out-of-pocket expenses reasonably incurred by such party in connection with any investigation or proceeding. The parties hereto agree that it would not be just and equitable if contribution pursuant to this Section 4.1.5 were determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation, which does not take account of the equitable considerations referred to in this Section 4.1.5. No person or entity guilty of fraudulent misrepresentation (within the meaning of Section 11(f) of the Securities Act) shall be entitled to contribution pursuant to this Section 4.1.5 from any person or entity who was not guilty of such fraudulent misrepresentation.

 

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ARTICLE V

LOCK-UP

5.1. Lock-Up. Subject to Section 5.2 and Section 5.3, each Lock-up Party agrees that it shall not Transfer any Lock-up Shares prior to the end of, in respect of such Lock-up Party, the applicable Lock-up Period (the “Lock-up”).

5.2. Permitted Transferees. Notwithstanding the provisions set forth in Section 5.1, each Lock-up Party may Transfer the Lock-up Shares during the Lock-up Period (a) to (i) the Company’s officers or directors, (ii) any affiliates or family members of the Company’s officers or directors, (iii) if the undersigned is a corporation, partnership (whether general, limited or otherwise), limited liability company, trust or other business entity, (x) transfers to another corporation, partnership, limited liability company, trust, syndicate, association or other business entity that controls, is controlled by or is under common control or management with the undersigned, and (y) distributions of Common Stock to its partners, limited liability company members, equity holders or shareholders of the undersigned or (iv) any other Lock-up Party or any direct partners, members or equity holders of such other Lock-up Party, any affiliates of such other Lock-up Party or any related investment funds or vehicles controlled or managed by such persons or entities or their respective affiliates, (b) in the case of an individual, by gift to a member of the individual’s immediate family or to a trust, the beneficiary of which is a member of the individual’s immediate family or an affiliate of such person or entity, or to a charitable organization, (c) in the case of an individual, by virtue of laws of descent and distribution upon death of the individual, (d) in the case of an individual, pursuant to a qualified domestic relations order, (e) in the case of a trust, by distribution to one or more of the permissible beneficiaries of such trust, (f) to the partners, members or equity holders of such Lock-up Party by virtue of the Lock-up Party’s organizational documents, as amended, upon dissolution of the Lock-up Party, (g) bona fide pledges of Common Stock as security or collateral in connection with any bona fide borrowing or incurrence of any indebtedness by any Holder or any member of its group; provided, that any Holder who is subject to any pre-clearance and trading policies of the Company must also comply with any additional restrictions on the pledging of Common Stock imposed on such Holder by the Company’s policies, (h) to the Company, or (i) in connection with a liquidation, merger, stock exchange, reorganization, tender offer approved by the Board or a duly authorized committee thereof or other similar transaction which results in all of the Company’s stockholders having the right to exchange their Common Stock for cash, securities or other property subsequent to the Closing Date. The parties acknowledge and agree that any Permitted Transferee of a Lock-up Party shall be subject to the transfer restrictions set forth in this ARTICLE V with respect to the Lock-Up Shares upon and after acquiring such Lock-Up Shares.

ARTICLE VI

MISCELLANEOUS

6.1. Notices. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be in writing and given by (i) recorded mail, addressed to the party to be notified, postage prepaid and registered or certified with return receipt requested, (ii) delivery in person or by courier service providing evidence of delivery, or (iii) transmission by hand delivery, or electronic mail. Each notice or communication that is mailed, delivered, or transmitted in the manner described above shall be deemed sufficiently given, served, sent, and received, in the case of mailed notices, on the third business day following the date on which it is mailed and, in the case of notices delivered by courier service, hand delivery or electronic mail, at such time as it is delivered to the addressee (with the delivery receipt or the affidavit of messenger) or at such time as delivery is refused by the addressee upon presentation. Any notice or communication under this Agreement must be addressed, if to the Company, to: Movella Inc., 2570 N First Street #300, San Jose, CA 95131, Attention: Dennis Calderon or by email: dennis.calderon@movella.com, and, if to any Holder, at such Holder’s address, electronic mail address as set forth in the Company’s books and records. Any party may change its address for notice at any time and from time to time by written notice to the other parties hereto, and such change of address shall become effective thirty (30) days after delivery of such notice as provided in this Section 6.1.

 

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6.2.

Assignment; No Third Party Beneficiaries.

6.2.1. This Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of the Company hereunder may not be assigned or delegated by the Company in whole or in part.

6.2.2. Subject to Section 6.2.4 and Section 6.2.5, this Agreement and the rights, duties and obligations of a Holder hereunder may be assigned in whole or in part to such Holder’s Permitted Transferees to which it transfers Registrable Securities; provided that with respect to the Sponsor and the Business Combination Holders, the rights hereunder that are personal to such Holders may not be assigned or delegated in whole or in part, except that (i) the Sponsor shall be permitted to transfer its rights hereunder to one or more affiliates or any direct or indirect partners, members or equity holders of the Sponsor (including Sponsor Members), which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include a transfer of its rights in connection with a distribution of any Registrable Securities held by Sponsor to Sponsor Members (it being understood that no such transfer shall reduce or multiply any rights of the Sponsor or such transferees) and (ii) Francisco Partners shall be permitted to transfer its rights hereunder to one or more affiliates or any direct or indirect partners, members or equity holders of Francisco Partners, which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall include a transfer of its rights in connection with a distribution of any Registrable Securities held by Francisco Partners to such transferees (it being understood that no such transfer shall reduce or multiply any rights of Francisco Partners or such transferees).

6.2.3. This Agreement and the provisions hereof shall be binding upon and shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties and its successors and the permitted assigns of the Holders, which shall include Permitted Transferees.

6.2.4. This Agreement shall not confer any rights or benefits on any persons or entities that are not parties hereto, other than as expressly set forth in this Agreement and Section 6.2.

6.2.5. No assignment by any party hereto of such party’s rights, duties and obligations hereunder shall be binding upon or obligate the Company unless and until the Company shall have received (i) written notice of such assignment as provided in Section 6.1 hereof and (ii) the written agreement of the assignee, in a form reasonably satisfactory to the Company, to be bound by the terms and provisions of this Agreement (which may be accomplished by an addendum or certificate of joinder to this Agreement, including the joinder in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto). Any transfer or assignment made other than as provided in this Section 6.2 shall be null and void.

6.3. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in multiple counterparts (including PDF counterparts), each of which shall be deemed an original, and all of which together shall constitute the same instrument, but only one of which need be produced.

6.4. Governing Law; Venue. NOTWITHSTANDING THE PLACE WHERE THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED BY ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO, THE PARTIES EXPRESSLY AGREE THAT (1) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND (2) THE VENUE FOR ANY ACTION TAKEN WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE EXCLUSIVELY IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK COUNTY, AND ANY STATE APPELLATE COURT THEREFROM WITHIN THE STATE OF NEW YORK, NEW YORK COUNTY, OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

 

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6.5. Trial by Jury. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT ANY CONTROVERSY WHICH MAY ARISE UNDER THIS AGREEMENT IS LIKELY TO INVOLVE COMPLICATED AND DIFFICULT ISSUES, AND, THEREFORE, EACH SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT SUCH PARTY MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT TO ANY ACTION DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED BY THIS AGREEMENT.

6.6. Amendments and Modifications. Upon the written consent of (a) the Company and (b) the Holders of a majority of the total Registrable Securities in number of Registrable Securities, compliance with any of the provisions, covenants and conditions set forth in this Agreement may be waived, or any of such provisions, covenants or conditions may be amended or modified; providedhowever, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof shall also require the written consent of the Sponsor for so long as Sponsor and its affiliates and its Permitted Transferees hold, in the aggregate, at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding Common Stock of the Company; provided, further, that notwithstanding the foregoing, any amendment hereto or waiver hereof shall also require the written consent of each Business Combination Holder so long as such Business Combination Holder and its affiliates hold, in the aggregate, at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding Common Stock; and providedfurther, that any amendment hereto or waiver hereof that adversely affects one Holder, solely in its capacity as a holder of the shares of capital stock of the Company, in a manner that is materially different from the other Holders (in such capacity) shall require the consent of the Holder so affected. No course of dealing between any Holder or the Company and any other party hereto or any failure or delay on the part of a Holder or the Company in exercising any rights or remedies under this Agreement shall operate as a waiver of any rights or remedies of any Holder or the Company. No single or partial exercise of any rights or remedies under this Agreement by a party shall operate as a waiver or preclude the exercise of any other rights or remedies hereunder or thereunder by such party.

6.7. Other Registration Rights. The Company represents and warrants that no person or entity, other than a Holder of Registrable Securities, has any right to require the Company to register any securities of the Company for sale or to include such securities of the Company in any Registration Statement filed by the Company for the sale of securities for its own account or for the account of any other person or entity. The Company hereby agrees and covenants that it will not grant rights to register any Common Stock (or securities convertible into or exchangeable for Common Stock) pursuant to the Securities Act that are more favorable, pari passu or senior to those granted to the Holders hereunder without (a) the prior written consent of the Sponsor for so long as the Sponsor and its affiliates and its Permitted Transferees hold, in the aggregate, Registrable Securities representing at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding Common Stock, and the prior written consent of each other Holder, for so long as such Holder and its affiliates hold, in the aggregate, Registrable Securities representing at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding Common Stock, or (b) granting economically and legally equivalent rights to the Holders hereunder such that the Holders shall receive the benefit of such more favorable or senior terms and/or conditions. Further, the Company represents and warrants that this Agreement supersedes any other registration rights agreement or agreement with similar terms and conditions and in the event of a conflict between any such agreement or agreements and this Agreement, the terms of this Agreement shall prevail.

6.8. Term. This Agreement shall terminate on the earlier of (a) the fifth anniversary of the date of this Agreement;(b) with respect to any Holder, on the date that such Holder no longer holds any Registrable Securities or (c) such time as such Holder can sell all Registrable Securities pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act without regard to holding period, manner of sale or notice requirements, or volume limitations. The provisions of Section 3.5 and ARTICLE IV shall survive any termination.

 

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6.9. Holder Information. Each Holder agrees, if requested in writing, to represent to the Company the total number of Registrable Securities held by such Holder in order for the Company to make determinations hereunder.

6.10. Additional Holders; Joinder. In addition to the persons or entities who may become Holders pursuant to Section 6.2 hereof, subject to the prior written consent of each Holder (so long as such Holder and its affiliates hold, in the aggregate, Registrable Securities representing at least five percent (5%) of the outstanding Common Stock), the Company may make any person or entity who acquires Common Stock or rights to acquire Common Stock after the date hereof a party to this Agreement (each such person or entity, an “Additional Holder”) by obtaining an executed joinder to this Agreement from such Additional Holder in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto (a “Joinder”). Such Joinder shall specify the rights and obligations of the applicable Additional Holder under this Agreement. Upon the execution and delivery and subject to the terms of a Joinder by such Additional Holder, the Common Stock then owned, or underlying any rights then owned, by such Additional Holder (the “Additional Holder Common Stock”) shall be Registrable Securities to the extent provided herein and therein and such Additional Holder shall be a Holder under this Agreement with respect to such Additional Holder Common Stock. For clarity, any Business Combination Holder who executes a Joinder on or after the date hereof shall be a party to this Agreement.

6.11. Severability. It is the desire and intent of the parties that the provisions of this Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the laws and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which enforcement is sought. Accordingly, if any particular provision of this Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

6.12. Entire Agreement. This Agreement constitutes the full and entire agreement and understanding between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings relating to such subject matter.

6.13. Adjustments. If, and as often as, there are any changes in the Registrable Securities by way of stock split, stock dividend, combination or reclassification, or through merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization or sale, or by any other means, appropriate adjustment shall be made in the provisions of this Agreement, as may be required, so that the rights, privileges, duties and obligations hereunder shall continue with respect to the Registrable Securities as so changed.

6.14. Effectiveness of this Agreement. The rights and obligations of the parties to this agreement are conditioned upon the Closing of the Business Combination Agreement. In the event the Closing does not occur, this agreement shall be void and have no force or effect.

[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]

 

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

 

COMPANY:
PATHFINDER ACQUISITION CORPORATION
By:   /s/ David Chung
Name:   David Chung
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

SPONSOR:
PATHFINDER ACQUISITION LLC
By:   /s/ David Chung
Name:   David Chung
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

FRANCISCO PARTNERS:

FP CREDIT PARTNERS, L.P.

By:   FP Credit Partners GP, L.P., its General Partner
By:   FP Credit Partners GP Management, LLC, its General Partner
By:   /s/ Scott Eisenberg

Name:

 

Scott Eisenberg

Title:

 

Managing Director

 

TARGET:
Movella, Inc.
By:   /s/ Ben Lee
Name:   Ben Lee
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

HOLDERS:
By:   /s/ Paul Weiskopf

Name:

 

Paul Weiskopf

By:   /s/ Steven Walske

Name:

 

Steven Walske

By:   /s/ Omar Johnson

Name:

 

Omar Johnson

 

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Exhibit A

SHAREHOLDER RIGHTS AGREEMENT JOINDER

The undersigned is executing and delivering this joinder (this “Joinder”) pursuant to the Shareholder Rights Agreement, dated as of , 2022 (as the same may hereafter be amended, the “Shareholder Rights Agreement”), among Movella Inc. (the “Company”), and the other persons or entities named as parties therein. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings provided in the Shareholder Rights Agreement.

By executing and delivering this Joinder to the Company, and upon acceptance hereof by the Company upon the execution of a counterpart hereof, the undersigned hereby agrees to become a party to, to be bound by, and to comply with the Shareholder Rights Agreement as a Holder of Registrable Securities in the same manner as if the undersigned were an original signatory to the Shareholder Rights Agreement, and the undersigned’s Common Stock shall be included as Registrable Securities under the Shareholder Rights Agreement to the extent provided therein.

Accordingly, the undersigned has executed and delivered this Joinder as of the day of                 , 2[●] .

 

 

 

Signature of Stockholder
 

 

Print Name of Stockholder
Its:
Address:    

 

 

 

 

 

Agreed and Accepted as of

                , 2[●]

 

Movella Inc.
By:    

 

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EX-99.(d)(ii)

Confidential

Exhibit (d)(ii)

TRANSACTION SUPPORT AGREEMENT

This TRANSACTION SUPPORT AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is entered into as of [•], 2022, by and among Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (“Pathfinder”), Movella Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Pathfinder Acquisition LLC (“Pathfinder Sponsor”) and the parties listed on the signature pages hereto as a “Shareholder” (each, a “Shareholder”). Each of Pathfinder, the Company, Pathfinder Sponsor and the Shareholders are sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.” Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Note Purchase Agreement (defined below).

RECITALS

WHEREAS, on October 3, 2022, Pathfinder, the Company and Motion Merger Sub, Inc. (“Motion Merger Sub”), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned Subsidiary of Pathfinder, entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Business Combination Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, (a) on the Merger Closing Date, prior to the closing of the Merger, Pathfinder will change its jurisdiction of incorporation by deregistering as an exempted company in the Cayman Islands and continuing and domesticating as a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Domestication”) and (b) on the Merger Closing Date, following the consummation of the Domestication, Motion Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company (the “Merger”), with the Company as the surviving company in the Merger;

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of this Agreement, the Company, the Guarantors named therein, the Purchasers named therein (who are Affiliates of the Shareholders) and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB have entered into that certain Note Purchase Agreement (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Note Purchase Agreement”), pursuant to which, among other things, the Company will (a) on the Closing Date, issue and sell to the Purchasers Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes in an aggregate original principal amount of $25,000,000 and (b) on the Merger Closing Date, make an issuance and deemed sale to the Purchasers of Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes (the transactions contemplated by the Note Purchase Agreement, the other Note Documents, the Equity Purchase Documents, the Merger and the other transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, collectively, the “Transactions”);

WHEREAS, in connection with the Note Purchase Agreement, Affiliates of the Shareholders shall acquire record and beneficial ownership of equity securities of Pathfinder pursuant to the Tender Offer (all such equity securities of Pathfinder together with any other equity securities of Pathfinder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any successor or assign (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) thereto) and proxies or other rights to vote equity securities of Pathfinder that the Shareholders or their Affiliates acquire record or beneficial ownership of after the date hereof (including by purchase, as a result of a share dividend, share split, recapitalization, combination, reclassification, exchange or change of such shares, or upon exercise or conversion of any securities), collectively, the “Subject Pathfinder Shares”);

WHEREAS, in consideration for the benefits to be directly or indirectly received by the Shareholders in connection with the transactions contemplated by the Note Purchase Agreement, the other Note Documents and the Equity Purchase Documents and as a material inducement to (a) the Company agreeing to enter into the Business Combination Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement and the other Note Documents to which it is or will be party or and consummate the Transactions, (b) Pathfinder agreeing to enter into the Business Combination Agreement and the Equity Purchase Documents to which it is or will be a party and to consummate the Transactions and (c) Pathfinder Sponsor consenting to Pathfinder entering into the Business Combination Agreement and consummating the Transactions, the Shareholders agree to enter into this Agreement and to be bound by the representations, warranties, agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement; and


WHEREAS, the Parties acknowledge and agree that (a) the Company would not have entered into the Business Combination Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement and the other Note Documents to which it is or will be a party or agreed to consummate the Transactions, (b) Pathfinder would not have entered into the Business Combination Agreement and the Equity Purchase Documents to which it is or will be a party and consummating the Transactions and (c) Pathfinder Sponsor would not have agreed to consent to Pathfinder entering into the Business Combination Agreement and consummating the Transactions, in each case, without the Shareholders entering into this Agreement and agreeing to be bound by the representations, warranties, agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the mutual promises set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties, each intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:

AGREEMENT

1. Pathfinder Shareholder Approval and Related Matters.

(a) The Shareholders irrevocably and unconditionally agree to (i) vote (or cause to be voted, as applicable) the Subject Pathfinder Shares in favor of all of the matters, actions and proposals contemplated by Section 4.8 of the Business Combination Agreement (including the Merger and the Transaction Proposals (as such term is defined in the Business Combination Agreement)) at any meeting of the shareholders of Pathfinder held to consider one or more Transaction Proposals (including any adjournments or postponements thereof), (ii) vote (or cause to be voted, as applicable) the Subject Pathfinder Shares in favor of all the matters, actions and proposals necessary or appropriate in furtherance of the approval of a Pathfinder Extension (as such term is defined in the Business Combination Agreement) at any meeting of the shareholders of Pathfinder held to consider a Pathfinder Extension (including any adjournments or postponements thereof), and (iii) when such meeting (or meetings) is (or are) held, appear at such meeting or otherwise cause the Subject Pathfinder Shares to be counted as present at any and all such meetings of the shareholders of Pathfinder for purposes of constituting a quorum.

(b) Without limiting any other rights or remedies of Pathfinder, the Shareholders hereby irrevocably appoint Pathfinder or any individual designated by Pathfinder as the Shareholders’ agent, attorney-in-fact and proxy (with full power of substitution and resubstituting), for and in the name, place and stead of the Shareholders, to attend on behalf of the Shareholders any meeting of the shareholders of Pathfinder with respect to the matters described in Section 1(a), to include the Subject Pathfinder Shares in any computation for purposes of establishing a quorum at any such meeting of the shareholders of Pathfinder, to vote (or cause to be voted, as applicable) the Subject Pathfinder Shares or consent or approve (or withhold consent or approval, as applicable) with respect to any of the matters described in Section 1(a) in connection with any meeting of the shareholders of Pathfinder, any action by written consent or any other approval by the shareholders of Pathfinder, in each case, in the event that (i) the Shareholders fail to perform or otherwise comply with the covenants, agreements or obligations set forth in Section 1(a), or (ii) any actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes are pending or threatened by or on behalf of the Shareholders, the Company or Pathfinder that challenges or could impair the enforceability or validity of the covenants, agreements or obligations set forth in this Agreement.

 

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(c) The proxy granted by the Shareholders pursuant to Section 1(b) is coupled with an interest sufficient in law to support an irrevocable proxy and is granted in consideration for Pathfinder entering into the Equity Purchase Documents and agreeing to consummate the Transactions. The proxy granted by the Shareholders pursuant to Section 1(b) is also a durable proxy and shall survive the bankruptcy, dissolution, death, incapacity or other inability to act by the Shareholders and shall revoke any and all prior proxies granted by the Shareholders with respect to the Subject Pathfinder Shares. The vote, consent or approval by the proxyholder with respect to the matters described in Section 1(a) shall control in the event of any conflict between such vote, consent or approval (or withholding of consent or approval, as applicable) by the proxyholder of the Subject Pathfinder Shares and a vote, consent or approval (or withholding of consent or approval, as applicable) by the Shareholders of the Subject Pathfinder Shares (or any other Person with the power to vote or provide consent or approval (or withhold consent or approval, as applicable) with respect to the Subject Pathfinder Shares) with respect to the matters described in Section 1(a). The proxyholder may not exercise the proxy granted pursuant to Section 1(b) on any matter except for those matters described in Section 1(a).

(d) The Shareholders irrevocably and unconditionally hereby (a) agree that the Shareholders shall not, and shall cause their Affiliates not to, elect to redeem or otherwise tender or submit for redemption any of the Subject Pathfinder Shares pursuant to or in connection with the Pathfinder Stockholder Redemption (as such term is defined in the Business Combination Agreement) or otherwise in connection with the Pathfinder Extension or the Merger, and (b) fully disclaims and waives, on behalf of itself and its Affiliates, its rights to redeem all or a portion of the Subject Pathfinder Shares in connection with the Pathfinder Extension or the Merger.

2. Other Covenants and Agreements

(a) The Shareholders acknowledges and agree that (i) the Company is entering or has entered into the Business Combination Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement and the other Note Documents to which it is or will be party or and consummate the Transactions, (ii) Pathfinder is entering or has entered into the Business Combination Agreement and the Equity Purchase Documents to which it is or will be a party and to consummate the Transactions and (iii) Pathfinder Sponsor is consenting to Pathfinder entering into the Business Combination Agreement and consummating the Transactions, in reliance upon the Shareholders entering into this Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the other Note Documents and the Equity Purchase Documents to which it is or will be a party, and agreeing to be bound by, and perform, or otherwise comply with, as applicable, the representations, warranties, agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the other Note Documents and the Equity Purchase Documents to which it is or will be a party and that, but for the Shareholders entering into this Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the other Note Documents and the Equity Purchase Documents to which it is or will be a party, and agreeing to be bound by, and perform, or otherwise comply with, as applicable, the representations, warranties, agreements, covenants and obligations contained in this Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the other Note Documents and the Equity Purchase Documents to which it is or will be a party, (x) the Company would not have entered into the Business Combination Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement and the other Note Documents to which it is or will be a party or agreed to consummate the Transactions, (y) Pathfinder would not have entered into the Business Combination Agreement and the Equity Purchase Documents to which it is or will be a party and consummating the Transactions and (z) Pathfinder Sponsor would not have agreed to consent to Pathfinder entering into the Business Combination Agreement and consummating the Transactions.

 

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(b) Each Shareholder, on its own behalf and on behalf of its representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that (i) it has conducted its own independent review and analysis of, and, based thereon, has formed an independent judgment concerning, the business, assets, condition, operations and prospects of, Pathfinder and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the other Note Documents and the Equity Purchase Documents and (ii) he, she or it has been furnished with or given access to such documents and information about Pathfinder and the Company and their respective businesses and operations as he, she or it and his, her or its representatives have deemed necessary to enable him, her or it to make an informed decision with respect to the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the other Note Documents and the Equity Purchase Documents to which he, she or it is or will be a party and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

(c) In entering into this Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the other Note Documents and the Equity Purchase Documents to which it is or will be a party, each Shareholder has relied solely on its own investigation and analysis and the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the other Note Documents and the Equity Purchase Documents to which it is or will be a party and no other representations or warranties of Pathfinder or the Company (including, for the avoidance of doubt, none of the representations or warranties of Pathfinder or the Company set forth in the Business Combination Agreement or any other Ancillary Document) or any other Person, either express or implied, and each Shareholder, on its own behalf and on behalf of its representatives, acknowledges, represents, warrants and agrees that, except for the representations and warranties expressly set forth in this Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the other Note Documents and the Equity Purchase Documents to which it is or will be a party, none of Pathfinder, the Company or any other Person makes or has made any representation or warranty, either express or implied, in connection with or related to this Agreement, the Business Combination Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the other Note Documents, the Equity Purchase Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby.

3. Shareholder Representations and Warranties. Each Shareholder represents and warrants to Pathfinder, Pathfinder Sponsor and the Company as follows:

(a) If the Shareholder is not an individual, the Shareholder is a corporation, limited liability company, limited partnership or other applicable business entity duly organized or formed, as applicable, validly existing and in good standing (or the equivalent thereof, if applicable, in each case, with respect to the jurisdictions that recognize the concept of good standing or any equivalent thereof) under the Laws of its jurisdiction of formation or organization (as applicable).

(b) If the Shareholder is not an individual, the Shareholder has the requisite corporate, limited liability company, limited partnership or other similar power and authority and, if the Shareholder is an individual, the Shareholder has the legal capacity, to execute and deliver this Agreement, to perform his, her or its covenants, agreements and obligations hereunder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations hereunder that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement), and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby. The execution and delivery of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary corporate (or other similar) action on the part of the Shareholder. This Agreement has been duly and validly executed and delivered by the Shareholder and constitutes a valid, legal and binding agreement of the Shareholder (assuming that this Agreement is duly authorized, executed and delivered by Pathfinder, Pathfinder Sponsor and the Company), enforceable against the Shareholder in accordance with its terms (subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other Laws affecting generally the enforcement of creditors’ rights and subject to general principles of equity).

 

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(c) No consent, approval or authorization of, or designation, declaration or filing with, any Governmental Authority is required on the part of the Shareholder with respect to the Shareholder’s execution, delivery or performance of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, except for any consents, approvals, authorizations, designations, declarations, waivers or filings, the absence of which would not adversely affect the ability of the Shareholder to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder in any material respect.

(d) None of the execution or delivery of this Agreement by the Shareholder, the performance by the Shareholder of any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, those covenants, agreements and obligations under this Agreement that relate to the provisions of the Business Combination Agreement) or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will, directly or indirectly (with or without due notice or lapse of time or both) (i) if the Shareholder is not an individual, result in any breach of any provision of the Shareholder’s Governing Documents (as such term is defined in the Business Combination Agreement), (ii) result in a violation or breach of, or constitute a default or give rise to any right of termination, consent, cancellation, amendment, modification, suspension, revocation or acceleration under, any of the terms, conditions or provisions of any Contractual Obligation to which the Shareholder is a party, (iii) violate, or constitute a breach under, any order or applicable Law to which the Shareholder or any of his, her or its properties or assets are subject or bound or (iv) result in the creation of any Lien upon the Subject Pathfinder Shares, except, in the case of any of clauses (ii) and (iii) above, as would not adversely affect the ability of the Shareholder to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder in any material respect.

(e) Upon the consummation of the Tender Offer and at all times thereafter until the Merger, the Shareholder, the Purchasers and/or Affiliates of the Shareholder will be the sole record and beneficial owners of the Subject Pathfinder Shares and the Shareholder, the Purchasers and each such Affiliate has valid, good and marketable title to the Subject Pathfinder Shares, free and clear of all Liens (other than transfer restrictions under applicable Securities Law (as such term is defined in the Business Combination Agreement) or as set forth in the Governing Documents of Pathfinder). Except for the Subject Pathfinder Shares acquired pursuant to the Tender Offer, together with any shares of Pathfinder common stock that may be acquired pursuant to the Subscription Agreement, the Shareholder, the Purchasers and Affiliates of the Shareholder do not own, beneficially or of record, or have the right to acquire, any equity securities of Pathfinder (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any successor or assign (whether direct or indirect, by purchase, merger, consolidation or otherwise) thereto). Upon the consummation of the Tender Offer and at all times thereafter until the Merger, the Shareholder will have the sole right to vote (and provide consent in respect of, as applicable) the Subject Pathfinder Shares and, except for this Agreement, the Shareholder, the Purchasers and/or Affiliates of the Shareholder are not party to or bound by (i) any option, warrant, purchase right, or other Contractual Obligations that could (either alone or in connection with one or more events, developments or events (including the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions precedent)) require the Shareholder to Transfer any of the Subject Pathfinder Shares or (ii) any voting trust, proxy or other Contractual Obligations with respect to the voting or Transfer of any of the Subject Pathfinder Shares, except as provided in this Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Fee Letter and that certain Voting Agreement, to be dated as of the Merger Closing Date, by and among, among others, Pathfinder, the Company and the Shareholder.

(f) There is no action, suit, proceeding, claim or dispute pending or, to the Shareholder’s knowledge, threatened against or involving the Shareholder or any of his, her or its Affiliates that, if adversely decided or resolved, would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of the Shareholder to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.

 

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(g) There is no order or Law issued by any court of competent jurisdiction or other Governmental Authority, or other legal restraint or prohibition relating to the Shareholder or any of his, her or its Affiliates that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the ability of the Shareholder to perform, or otherwise comply with, any of his, her or its covenants, agreements or obligations under this Agreement in any material respect.

4. Transfer of Subject Pathfinder Shares. Except with the prior written consent of each of Pathfinder, the Company and the Pathfinder Sponsor (such consent to be given or withheld in their sole discretion), from and after the date of this Agreement until the earlier of the Merger Closing Date or the termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms, the Shareholder agrees not to (a) Transfer any of the Subject Pathfinder Shares (except to one or more of its Affiliates), (b) enter into (i) any option, warrant, purchase right or other Contractual Obligation that could (either alone or in connection with one or more events, developments or events (including the satisfaction or waiver of any conditions precedent)) require the Shareholder to Transfer the Subject Pathfinder Shares or (ii) any voting trust, proxy or other Contractual Obligation with respect to the voting or transfer of the Subject Pathfinder Shares (except with one or more of its Affiliates), or (c) take any actions in furtherance of any of the matters described in the foregoing clauses (a) or (b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (for the avoidance of doubt, subject to the Shareholder receiving the prior written consent of Pathfinder, the Company and the Pathfinder Sponsor pursuant to the foregoing) (x) the Shareholder shall, and shall cause any such approved transferee of his, her or its Subject Pathfinder Shares, to enter into a written agreement, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to Pathfinder, the Pathfinder Sponsor and the Company, agreeing to be bound by this Agreement (including, for the avoidance of doubt, all of the covenants, agreements and obligations of the Shareholder hereunder and which agreement will include, for the avoidance of doubt, the making of all of the representations and warranties of the Shareholder set forth in Section 3 with respect to such approved transferee and his, her or its Subject Pathfinder Shares received upon such Transfer, as applicable) prior and as a condition to the occurrence of such Transfer and (y) no such Transfer will relieve the Shareholder of any of its covenants, agreements or obligations hereunder with respect to the Subject Pathfinder Shares so transferred, unless and to the extent actually performed, or will otherwise affect any of the provisions of this Agreement (including any of the representations and warranties of the Shareholder hereunder). For purposes of this Agreement, “Transfer” means to directly or indirectly sell, assign, transfer (including by operation of law or through any derivative, short-sale or hedging transaction), place a lien on, pledge, mortgage, exchange, hypothecate, grant a security interest in or otherwise dispose of or otherwise encumber any of such Shareholder’s Subject Pathfinder Shares or otherwise agree to do any of the foregoing.

5. Termination.

(a) This Agreement shall automatically terminate, without any notice or other action by any Party, upon the earlier of (i) the Effective Time (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) and (ii) the valid termination of the Business Combination Agreement in accordance with its terms.

(b) Upon termination of this Agreement as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, none of the Parties shall have any further obligations or liabilities under, or with respect to, this Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, (i) the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5(a)(ii) shall not affect any liability on the part of any Party for Fraud or for a Willful Breach of any covenant or agreement set forth in this Agreement prior to such termination, (ii) Sections 2(b), 2(c) and 19 shall each survive any termination of this Agreement, (iii) Section 2(a) shall survive the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Section 5(a) and (iv) Section 6 through 14 (in each case, to the extent related to any of the foregoing provisions that survive termination of this Agreement) shall each survive any termination of this Agreement.

 

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(c) As used in this Agreement (i) “Fraud” means an act or omission committed by a Party, and requires: (A) a false or incorrect representation or warranty expressly set forth in this Agreement, (B) with actual knowledge (as opposed to constructive, imputed or implied knowledge) by the Party making such representation or warranty that such representation or warranty expressly set forth in this Agreement is false or incorrect, (C) an intention to deceive another Party, to induce him, her or it to enter into this Agreement, (D) another Party, in justifiable or reasonable reliance upon such false or incorrect representation or warranty expressly set forth in this Agreement, causing such Party to enter into this Agreement, and (E) another Party to suffer damage by reason of such reliance. For the avoidance of doubt, “Fraud” does not include any claim for equitable fraud, promissory fraud, unfair dealings fraud or any torts (including a claim for fraud or alleged fraud) based on negligence or recklessness and (ii) “Willful Breach” means a material breach of this Agreement that is a consequence of an act undertaken or a failure to act by the breaching Party with the knowledge that the taking of such act or such failure to act would, or would reasonably be expected to, constitute or result in a breach of this Agreement.

6. No Recourse. This Agreement may only be enforced against, and any action for breach of this Agreement may only be made against, the Parties, and without limiting the generality of the foregoing, none of the representatives of Pathfinder, the Company or the Shareholders shall have any liability arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, including with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, except as expressly provided herein.

7. Notices. All notices, requests, claims, demands and other communications hereunder shall be in writing and shall be given (and shall be deemed to have been duly given) by delivery in person, by e-mail (having obtained electronic delivery confirmation thereof (i.e., an electronic record of the sender that the e-mail was sent to the intended recipient thereof without an “error” or similar message that such e-mail was not received by such intended recipient)), or by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) (upon receipt thereof) to the other Parties as follows:

If to Pathfinder (prior to the Effective Time) or the Pathfinder Sponsor, to:

c/o Pathfinder Acquisition LLC

1950 University Avenue, Suite 350

Palo Alto, CA 94303

Attention:         David Chung

Email:               dchung@hggc.com

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

Kirkland & Ellis LLP

601 Lexington Avenue

New York, NY 10022

Attention:         Travis Lee Nelson, P.C.;

                           Ryan Brissette; and

                           Patrick Salvo

Email:               travis.nelson@kirkland.com;

                           ryan.brissette@kirkland.com; and

                           patrick.salvo@kirkland.com

If to the Shareholders, to the addresses set forth on the signature page hereto.

 

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If to the Company (or Pathfinder, following the Effective Time), to:

Movella Inc.

2570 N First Street #300

San Jose, CA 95131

Attention:         Dennis Calderon

Email:               dennis.calderon@movella.com

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

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

2550 Hanover Street

Palo Alto, CA 94304

Attention:         Allison M. Leopold Tilley; Drew Simon-Rooke

Email:               allison@pillsburylaw.com; drew.simonrooke@pillsburylaw.com

or to such other address as the Party to whom notice is given may have previously furnished to the others in writing in the manner set forth above.

8. Entire Agreement. This Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreement, the Note Documents, the Equity Purchase Documents and documents referred to herein and therein constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement, and supersede all prior agreements and undertakings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter of this Agreement.

9. Amendments and Waivers; Assignment. Any provision of this Agreement may be amended or waived if, and only if, such amendment or waiver is in writing and signed by the Shareholders, Pathfinder Sponsor, the Company and Pathfinder. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no failure or delay by any Party in exercising any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise of any other right hereunder. Neither this Agreement nor any of the rights, interests or obligations hereunder shall be assignable by the Shareholders or the Company without the prior written consent of Pathfinder Sponsor, and prior to the Effective Time, Pathfinder (to be withheld or given in each party’s sole discretion). Any attempted assignment of this Agreement not in accordance with the terms of this Section 9 shall be void.

10. Fees and Expenses. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in the Business Combination Agreement or the Note Purchase Agreement, all fees and expenses incurred in connection with this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby, including the fees and disbursements of counsel, financial advisors and accountants, shall be paid by the Party incurring such fees or expenses; provided, that, any such fees and expenses incurred by Pathfinder Sponsor or its Affiliates on or prior to the Effective Time shall, in the sole discretion of Pathfinder Sponsor, be deemed to be fees and expenses of Pathfinder.

11. Remedies. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, any and all remedies provided herein will be deemed cumulative with and not exclusive of any other remedy conferred hereby, or by law or equity upon such Party, and the exercise by a Party of any one remedy will not preclude the exercise of any other remedy. The Parties agree that irreparable damage for which monetary damages, even if available, would not be an adequate remedy, would occur in the event that the Shareholders do not perform their respective obligations under the provisions of this Agreement (including any failure by the Shareholders to take such actions as are required of them hereunder to consummate the transactions contemplated by this Agreement) in accordance with their specific terms or otherwise breach such provisions. It is accordingly agreed that each Party shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions, specific performance and other equitable relief to prevent breaches of this Agreement and to enforce specifically the terms and

 

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provisions of this Agreement, in each case, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages and this being in addition to any other remedy to which they are entitled at law or in equity. Each Party agrees that it will not oppose the granting of an injunction, specific performance and other equitable relief when expressly available pursuant to the terms of this Agreement on the basis that the other parties have an adequate remedy at law or an award of specific performance is not an appropriate remedy for any reason at law or equity.

12. No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement shall be for the sole benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns and is not intended, nor shall be construed, to give any Person, other than the Parties and their respective successors and assigns, any legal or equitable right, benefit or remedy of any nature whatsoever by reason this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall constitute the Parties, partners or participants in a joint venture.

13. Governing Law. This Agreement, and all claims or causes of action (whether in contract, tort or statute) that may be based upon, arise out of or relate to this Agreement, or the negotiation, execution or performance of this Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, or in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby (including any claim or cause of action based upon, arising out of or related to any representation or warranty made in or in connection with this Agreement or as an inducement to enter into this Agreement), shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Delaware, without giving effect to any choice of law or conflict of law provision or rule (whether of the State of Delaware or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the law of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware.

14. Construction; Interpretation. The headings set forth in this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement. No Party, nor its respective counsel, shall be deemed the drafter of this Agreement for purposes of construing the provisions hereof, and all provisions of this Agreement shall be construed according to their fair meaning and not strictly for or against any Party. Unless otherwise indicated to the contrary herein by the context or use thereof: (a) the words, “herein,” “hereto,” “hereof” and words of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole, including the Schedules and Exhibits, and not to any particular section, subsection, paragraph, subparagraph or clause set forth in this Agreement; (b) masculine gender shall also include the feminine and neutral genders, and vice versa; (c) words importing the singular shall also include the plural, and vice versa; (d) the words “include,” “includes” or “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation”; (e) references to “$” or “dollar” or “US$” shall be references to United States dollars; (f) the word “or” is disjunctive but not necessarily exclusive; (g) the words “writing”, “written” and comparable terms refer to printing, typing and other means of reproducing words (including electronic media) in a visible form; (h) the word “day” means calendar day unless business day is expressly specified; (i) references from or through any date mean from and including or through and including such date, respectively; (j) the word “extent” in the phrase “to the extent” means the degree to which a subject or other thing extends, and such phrase shall not mean simply “if”; (k) all references to Articles, Sections, Exhibits or Schedules are to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules of this Agreement; and (l) all references to any Law will be to such Law as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or re-enacted from time to time. If any action under this Agreement is required to be done or taken on a day that is not a business day, then such action shall be required to be done or taken not on such day but on the first succeeding business day thereafter.

15. Severability. Whenever possible, each provision of this Agreement will be interpreted in such a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable Law, but if any term or other provision of this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, all other provisions of this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect so long as the economic or legal substance of the transactions contemplated hereby is not affected in any manner materially adverse to any Party. Upon such determination that any term or other provision of this Agreement is invalid, illegal or unenforceable under applicable Law, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith to modify this Agreement so as to effect the original intent of the Parties as closely as possible in an acceptable manner in order that the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated as originally contemplated to the greatest extent possible.

 

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16. Counterparts; Electronic Signatures. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all of which shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by email, or scanned pages shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart to this Agreement.

17. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY PROCEEDING, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION, OR CAUSE OF ACTION (I) ARISING UNDER THIS 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 OF THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO. IN EACH CASE, WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, EQUITY, OR OTHERWISE. THE PARTIES EACH HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH PROCEEDING, CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION 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 HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY CERTIFIES AND ACKNOWLEDGES THAT (A) NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY 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 17.

18. Submission to Jurisdiction. Each of the Parties irrevocably and unconditionally submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware (or, if the Chancery Court of the State of Delaware declines to accept jurisdiction, any state or federal court within the State of Delaware), for the purposes of any proceeding, claim, demand, action or cause of action (a) arising under this Agreement or (b) in any way connected with or related or incidental to the dealings of the Parties in respect of this Agreement or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, and irrevocably and unconditionally waives any objection to the laying of venue of any such proceeding in any such court, and further irrevocably and unconditionally waives and agrees not to plead or claim in any such court that any such proceeding has been brought in an inconvenient forum. Each Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, and agrees not to assert, by way of motion or as a defense, counterclaim or otherwise, in any proceeding claim, demand, action or cause of action against such Party (i) arising under this 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 of the transactions contemplated hereby or any of the transactions contemplated thereby, (A) any claim that such Party is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the courts as described in this Section 17 for any reason, (B) that such Party or such Party’s property is exempt or immune from the jurisdiction of any such court or from any legal process commenced in such courts (whether through service of notice, attachment prior to judgment, attachment in aid of execution of judgment, execution of judgment or otherwise) and (C) that (x) the proceeding, claim, demand, action or cause of action in any such court is brought against such Party in an inconvenient forum, (y) the venue of such proceeding, claim, demand, action or cause of action against such Party is improper or (z) this Agreement, or the subject matter hereof, may not be enforced against such Party in or by such courts. Each Party agrees that service of any process, summons, notice or document by registered mail to such party’s respective address set forth in Section 7 shall be effective service of process for any such Proceeding, claim, demand, action or cause of action.

 

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19. Trust Account Waiver. Reference is made to the final prospectus of Pathfinder, filed with the SEC (File No. 333-252498) on February 16, 2021 (the “Prospectus”). The Shareholders and the Company each acknowledges and agrees and understands that Pathfinder has established a trust account (the “Trust Account”) containing the proceeds of its initial public offering and from certain private placements occurring simultaneously with such initial public offering (including interest accrued from time to time thereon) for the benefit of the public shareholders of Pathfinder’s Class A ordinary shares (the “Pathfinder Shareholders”), and Pathfinder may disburse monies from the Trust Account only in the express circumstances described in the Prospectus. For and in consideration of Pathfinder entering into this Agreement, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the Shareholders and the Company each hereby agrees that, notwithstanding the foregoing or anything to the contrary in this Agreement, none of the Shareholders nor the Company does 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, or 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 Pathfinder or any of its representatives, on the one hand, and the Shareholders or the Company, 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 hereafter as the “Trust Account Released Claims”). Each of the Shareholders and the Company hereby irrevocably waives any Trust Account Released Claims that it 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, or contracts with Pathfinder or its representatives and will not seek recourse against the Trust Account (including any distributions therefrom) for any reason whatsoever (including for an alleged breach of any agreement with Pathfinder or its Affiliates).

[Signature page follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have executed and delivered this Transaction Support Agreement as of the date first above written.

 

PATHFINDER ACQUISITION CORPORATION

By:

   

Name:

 

Title:

 

PATHFINDER ACQUISITION LLC

By:

   

Name:

 

Title:

 

 

[Signature Page to Transaction Support Agreement]


MOVELLA INC.
By:    
Name:  
Title:  

 

[Signature Page to Transaction Support Agreement]


SHAREHOLDERS
FP CREDIT PARTNERS II, L.P.
By:   FP Credit Partners GP II, L.P.
Its:   General Partner
By:   FP Credit Partners GP II Management, LLC
Its:   General Partner
By:    
Name:       
Title:       
FP CREDIT PARTNERS PHOENIX II, L.P.
By:   FP Credit Partners GP II, L.P.
Its:   General Partner
By:   FP Credit Partners GP II Management, LLC
Its:   General Partner
By:    

Name:

 

    

Title:       

 

Address for Notices:
If to the Shareholder, to:
    1114 Avenue of the Americas, 15th Floor
    New York, NY 10036
    Attention: Steve Eisner
    Email:       Eisner@franciscopartners.com
with a copy (which shall not constitute notice) to:

    Latham & Watkins LLP

    1271 Avenue of the Americas

    New York, NY 10020

    Attention: Ryan Maierson, Erika Weinberg and

    Haim Zaltzman

    E-mail: Ryan.Maierson@lw.com;     Erika.Weinberg@lw.com; Haim Zaltzman@lw.com

 

[Signature Page to Transaction Support Agreement]

EX-99.(d)(iii)

Exhibit (d)(iii)

VOTING AGREEMENT

This Voting Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of  ], is entered into by and among Movella Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Pathfinder Acquisition LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Pathfinder Sponsor”), Movella Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Movella”), and the parties listed on the signature pages hereto as “Stockholder” (each and collectively, the “Initial Stockholder” and together with any parties executing a Joinder Agreement, the “Stockholders”). The Company, the Pathfinder Sponsor, Movella and the Stockholders are each sometimes referred to herein individually as a “Party” and collectively as the “Parties.”

WHEREAS, on October 3, 2022, the Company, Motion Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of the Company (“Merger Sub”), and Movella, entered into that certain Business Combination Agreement (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “BCA”), pursuant to which at Closing, among other things, Merger Sub will merge with and into Movella, with Movella being the surviving entity;

WHEREAS, concurrently with the execution of the BCA, FP Credit Partners, L.P. (“FPCP”) on behalf of certain of its managed funds, affiliates, financing parties or investment vehicles, Movella and the other parties party thereto entered into that certain Commitment Letter (“Commitment Letter”), pursuant to which, among other things, FPCP has committed to cause the Initial Stockholder to provide financing in an aggregate amount of $75,000,000 to Movella in connection with the transactions contemplated by the BCA (the “FP Financing”), to launch a tender offer for $75,000,000 of Pathfinder Class A Shares at $10.00 per share (the “Tender Offer” and the Pathfinder Class A Shares acquired by the Initial Stockholder in the Tender Offer, the “Tender Shares”), in each case on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Commitment Letter;

WHEREAS, if the Initial Stockholder acquires less than $75,000,000 of Pathfinder Class A Shares in the Tender Offer, the Company and the Initial Stockholder shall enter into one or more private placement subscription agreements, pursuant to which the Initial Stockholder will acquire in a private placement additional Pathfinder Post-Closing Common Shares (“PIPE Shares” and collectively with the Tender Shares, the “Shares”) at $10.00 per share (the “PIPE”), such that immediately following the completion of the PIPE, subject to and conditioned upon the occurrence of the Effective Time, the Initial Stockholder would have acquired at least 7,500,000 Tender Shares and/or PIPE Shares in the Tender Offer and the PIPE, collectively;

WHEREAS, in connection with the transactions contemplated by the BCA, the Parties are entering into this Agreement, effective concurrently with the Closing, to set forth certain understandings among themselves following the Closing.


NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the promises and of the mutual consents and obligations hereinafter set forth, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

1. Definitions.

For purposes of this Agreement, capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the BCA. When used in this Agreement, the following terms in all of their tenses, cases and correlative forms shall have the meanings assigned to them in this Section 1.

(a) “Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

(b) “BCA” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

(c) “Beneficially Own” or “Beneficial Ownership” shall mean, with respect to any security, whether directly or indirectly, through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise, having (i) voting power, which includes the power to vote, or to direct the voting of, such security or (ii) investment power, which includes the power to dispose, or to direct the disposition of, such security. For the avoidance of doubt, “Beneficially Own” and “Beneficial Ownership” shall also include record ownership of securities.

(d) “Board” shall mean the board of directors of the Company.

(e) “Board Recommendation” shall mean any recommendation by the Board (or any committee to which the Board delegates authority) to the stockholders of the Company recommending that the stockholders of the Company vote in favor of a proposal, item or matter.

(f) “Commitment Letter” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

(g) “Company” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

(h) “Fee Letter” means that certain amended and restated letter agreement, dated as of November 14, 2022, among Movella, Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as agent, and FP Credit Partners AIV, L.P., FP Credit Partners Phoenix AIV, L.P., FP Credit Partners II, L.P., and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P., and acknowledged by the Company and Merger Sub, as amended, modified, supplemented or amended and restated from time to time.

(i) “FP Financing” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

(j) “Initial Stockholder” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

(k) “Joinder Agreement” means a Joinder Agreement to this Agreement in form and substance attached hereto as Exhibit A.

(l) “Merger Sub” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

(m) “Movella” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

(n) “Note Purchase Agreement” means that certain Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of November 14, 2022, among Movella, as issuer, the guarantors from time to time party thereto, the purchasers from time to time party thereto and Wilmington Savings Fund Society, FSB, as agent.


(o) “Party” or “Parties” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

(p) “Pathfinder Sponsor” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

(q) “PIPE” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

(r) “PIPE Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

(s) “Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

(t) “Special Qualified Refinancing” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Fee Letter, and more specifically illustrated therein.

(u) “Stockholders” shall have the meaning set forth in the Preamble.

(v) “Tender Offer” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

(w) “Tender Shares” shall have the meaning set forth in the Recitals.

(x) “Transfer” means to, directly or indirectly, sell, transfer (including through any derivative or hedging transaction), place a lien on, assign, pledge, encumber, hypothecate, mortgage or similarly dispose of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, by operation of law or otherwise, or to enter into any contract, option, or other arrangement or understanding with respect to the sale, transfer, placement of a lien on, assignment, pledge, encumbrance, hypothecation, mortgaging or similar disposition of, any Shares or any interest (including a beneficial interest) in any Shares. “Transfer”, when used as a noun, shall have a correlative meaning.

(y) “Transferee” means a recipient of, or proposed recipient of, a Transfer.

(z) “Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes” shall have the meaning given to such term in the Note Purchase Agreement.

(aa) “Voting Requirement” shall mean the agreement to vote shares described in Section 2 herein.

2. Agreement to Vote Shares.

The Stockholders agree to cast all votes to which the Stockholders are entitled in respect of Shares Beneficially Owned by each such Stockholder (or cause all such votes to be casted), whether at any annual or special meeting, by written consent or otherwise, in favor of any and all Board Recommendations.


3. Proportionate Termination.

After giving effect to any Special Qualified Refinancing, a proportion of the outstanding Shares equal to the proportion of outstanding Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes prepaid in such Special Qualified Refinancing shall no longer be subject to the Voting Requirements.

4. Joinder Agreement.

The Stockholders agree to cause any and all of their respective Affiliates Beneficially Owning Shares, on the date hereof or after, to enter into a Joinder Agreement upon the later of (i) the Closing and (ii) the date on which any such Affiliate gains the Beneficial Ownership of Shares. Except with the express written consent of the Company or otherwise in a FP Registration Rights Scenario (as defined in the Commitment Letter), neither the Stockholders nor any of their respective Affiliates shall make any Transfers until the purported Transferee enters into a Joinder Agreement. Any Transfer or attempted Transfer in violation of this Agreement, including any failure of a Transferee, as applicable, to enter into a Joinder Agreement pursuant to this Section, shall be null and void, no such Transfer shall be recorded on the Company’s books, and the purported Transferee in any such Transfer shall not be treated (and the Stockholder proposing to make any such Transfer shall continue be treated) as the owner of such Shares for all purposes of this Agreement.

5. Duration of Agreement.

This Agreement shall terminate automatically upon the Stockholders (including any Affiliate of the Stockholders) ceasing to Beneficially Own any Shares in accordance with the terms of the Note Documents (as defined in the Commitment Letter).

6. Effectiveness.

This Agreement shall become effective upon the Closing.

7. Amendments.

No amendment, supplement, or waiver of this Agreement shall be binding unless executed in writing by the Party(ies) to be bound thereby.

8. Assignment.

(a) Subject to the rights and restrictions on Transfers set forth in this Agreement, no Party shall assign the rights and obligations contained in this Agreement without the prior written consent of each other Party, and any such action without the required consent shall be void ab initio.

(b) This Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of the Parties and any permitted successors or assigns to the original Parties to this Agreement, but such assignment shall not relieve any Party of any obligations hereunder.


9. Entire Agreement.

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersede all prior agreements and understandings, both written and oral, among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof. There are no restrictions, promises, warranties, covenants or undertakings between the Parties, other than those expressly set forth or referred to herein. Unless otherwise provided herein, any consent required by the Company may be withheld by the Company in its sole discretion.

10. Inconsistent Arrangements; Specific Performance.

(a) No Party shall enter into any agreements or arrangements of any kind with any Person with respect to any Shares on terms inconsistent with the provisions of this Agreement (whether or not such agreements or arrangements are with Persons that are Parties to this Agreement), including agreements or arrangements with respect to the acquisition or disposition of any Shares in a manner inconsistent with this Agreement.

(b) Each Party acknowledges that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Agreement were not performed in accordance with its specific terms and that a remedy at law for any breach or attempted breach of this Agreement will be inadequate. It is accordingly agreed that the Parties shall be entitled to specific performance and injunctive and other equitable relief in case of any such breach or attempted breach and to enforce specifically the terms and provisions hereof, and further agrees to waive (to the extent legally permissible) any legal conditions required to be met for the obtaining of any such injunctive or other equitable relief (including securing or posting any bond in order to obtain equitable relief). Each Party further agrees that, in the event of any action for an injunction or other equitable remedy in respect of such breach or enforcement of specific performance, it will not assert the defense that a remedy at law would be adequate.

11. Governing Law.

(a) This Agreement shall be governed by and construed and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the principles of conflicts of law.

(b) The Parties hereby irrevocably submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of Delaware and the federal courts of the United States of America located in the State of Delaware, over any dispute between the Parties arising out of this Agreement, and the Parties irrevocably agree that all such claims in respect of such dispute shall be heard and determined in such courts. The Parties hereby irrevocably waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection which they may now or hereafter have to the venue of any such dispute arising out of this Agreement brought in such court or any defense of inconvenient forum for the maintenance of such dispute. The Parties agree that a judgment in any such dispute may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.

(c) Should any term or provision of this Agreement for any reason be declared invalid or unenforceable, such decision shall not affect the validity or enforceability of any of the other terms or provisions of this Agreement, which other terms and provisions shall remain in full force and effect and the application of such invalid or unenforceable term or provision to Persons or


circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid or unenforceable shall be valid and be enforced to the fullest extent permitted by law. If a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction declares that any term or provision of this Agreement is invalid or unenforceable, the Parties agree that the court making such determination shall have the power to limit such term or provision, to delete specific words or phrases or to replace such term or provision with a term or provision that is valid and enforceable and that comes closest to expressing the intention of the invalid or unenforceable term or provision, and that this Agreement shall be valid and enforceable as so modified.

(d) EACH PARTY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LEGAL ACTION ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT.

12. Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, all of which together shall constitute an agreement binding on all Parties hereto, notwithstanding that all such Parties are not signatories to the original or the same counterpart. Electronic copies of signatures shall constitute original signatures for all purposes of this Agreement and any enforcement hereof. The failure of any Stockholder to execute this Agreement shall not make it invalid as against any other Stockholder.

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

 

COMPANY:

 

MOVELLA HOLDINGS INC.

By:  

 

Name:
Title:

PATHFINDER SPONSOR:

 

PATHFINDER ACQUISITION LLC

By:  

 

Name:
Title:
STOCKHOLDER:

FP CREDIT PARTNERS II, L.P.

 

By: FP Credit Partners GP II, L.P.

Its: General Partner

 

By: FP Credit Partners GP II Management, LLC

Its: General Partner

By:  

 

Name:
Title:
FP CREDIT PARTNERS PHOENIX II, L.P.
By: FP Credit Partners GP II, L.P.
Its: General Partner
By: FP Credit Partners GP II Management, LLC
Its: General Partner
By:  

 

Name:
Title:

[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]


MOVELLA:
MOVELLA INC.
By:  

 

Name:
Title:

[Signature Page to Voting Agreement]


EXHIBIT A

JOINDER AGREEMENT

Reference is hereby made to the Voting Agreement, dated as of [  ], (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with its terms, the “Voting Agreement”), by and among Movella Holdings Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), Pathfinder Acquisition LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, Movella Inc., a Delaware corporation, and the parties listed on the signature pages thereto as “Stockholder.” Pursuant to and in accordance with Section 4 of the Voting Agreement, the undersigned hereby agrees that upon the execution of this Joinder Agreement, it shall become a party to the Voting Agreement and shall be fully bound by, and subject to, all of the covenants, terms and conditions of the Voting Agreement as though an original party thereto and shall be deemed to be a Stockholder for all purposes thereof.

Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Voting Agreement.

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of [  ].

 

[TRANSFEREE STOCKHOLDER]
By  

 

Name:
Title:
EX-99.(d)(iv)

Exhibit (d)(iv)

EQUITY GRANT AGREEMENT

November 14, 2022

Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation

1950 University Avenue, Suite 350

Palo Alto, CA 94303

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This Equity Grant Agreement (this “Equity Grant Agreement”) is being entered into as of the date set forth on the signature page hereto, by and between Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation, a Cayman Islands exempted company incorporated with limited liability (“PFDR”), which shall be domesticated as a Delaware corporation prior to the closing of the Transaction (as defined below) (the “Closing”) and the undersigned grantee (the “Grantee”), in connection with the Business Combination Agreement, dated as of October 3, 2022 (as may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Business Combination Agreement”), by and among PFDR, Movella Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”) and Motion Merger Sub, Inc., a Delaware corporation and direct, wholly-owned subsidiary of PFDR (“Merger Sub”), pursuant to which, among other things, Merger Sub will merge with and into the Company, with the Company being the surviving entity (the transactions contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, including the Merger, the “Transaction”).

In connection with the Business Combination Agreement, PFDR, Merger Sub, the Company and FP Credit Partners, L.P. (“FPCP”), on behalf of certain of its managed funds, affiliates, financing parties or investment vehicles, entered into a financing commitment letter (the “Commitment Letter”), dated as of October 3, 2022, pursuant to which, among other things, FPCP has committed to cause Grantee to commit $75 million of financing to support the Business Combination. Under the terms of the Commitment Letter, FPCP has committed to cause the Grantee to launch a tender offer (the “Tender Offer”) for the purchase of up to $75 million of PFDR’s Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.00001 per share and, to the extent the total amount tendered and actually purchased upon expiration of the Tender Offer is less than $75 million, to purchase from Pathfinder an amount of Pathfinder Post-Closing Common Shares (as defined in the Commitment Letter) equal to the difference between $75 million and the amount purchased by the Grantee in the Tender Offer (the “Private Placement”).

In connection with the Business Combination Agreement, PFDR, Merger Sub, the Company and certain affiliates of the Grantee (such affiliates of the Grantee, the “Purchasers”) entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (the “Note Purchase Agreement”), dated as of the date hereof (the “NPA Closing Date”), pursuant to which the Company has agreed to (a) issue and sell to the Purchasers, and the Purchasers have agreed to purchase, on the NPA Closing Date, Pre-Merger Senior Secured Notes (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement), in an aggregate original principal amount of $25 million, and (b) make an issuance and deemed sale to the Purchasers, and the Purchaser have agreed to make a deemed purchase of, on the closing date of the Transaction (“Transaction Closing Date”), Venture-Linked Senior Secured Notes (as defined in the Note Purchase Agreement), in an aggregate original principal amount of $75 million, in each case, in the amounts and for the consideration (including via a deemed purchase, as applicable), as set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Note Purchase Agreement.

Prior to the Closing (and as more fully described in the Business Combination Agreement), PFDR will domesticate as a Delaware corporation in accordance with Section 388 of the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware and de-register as a Cayman Islands exempted company in accordance with Section 206 of the Cayman Islands Companies Act (as amended) (the “Domestication”).

In connection therewith, and in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual representations, warranties and covenants, and subject to the conditions, set forth herein, and intending to be legally bound hereby, each of the Grantee and PFDR acknowledges and agrees as follows:


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1.    Equity Grant. Upon satisfaction or waiver in writing by PFDR of the conditions set forth in Section 2 below, PFDR hereby agrees to grant the Grantee 1,000,000 shares of common stock of PFDR (after the Domestication), par value $0.00001 per share (the “Shares”) which shall be issued upon the consummation of the Transaction (such grant, the “Equity Grant”). The Equity Grant shall occur on the Transaction Closing Date.

2.    Grant Conditions.

a.    The obligation of PFDR to make the Equity Grant pursuant to this Equity Grant Agreement is subject to the following conditions:

(i)    PFDR’s listing application with The Nasdaq Stock Market (“Nasdaq”) in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Equity Grant Agreement shall have been conditionally approved and, immediately following the consummation of the Transaction, PFDR’s common stock shall have been approved for issuance on Nasdaq, subject only to official notice of issuance thereof and no suspension of the qualification of the Shares for offering or trading in any jurisdiction, or initiation or written threat of any proceedings for any of such purposes, shall have occurred and be continuing;

(ii)    the Grantee shall have fully funded the VLN Commitment, subject to the terms of the Note Purchase Agreement;

(iii)    the Grantee or its affiliates shall have acquired $75 million of (i) PFDR’s Class A ordinary shares pursuant to the Tender Offer, (ii) common stock of PFDR (after the Domestication) pursuant to the Private Placement or (iii) a combination thereof; and

(iv)    the Closing shall have been consummated.

3.    PFDR Representations and Warranties. PFDR represents and warrants to Grantee that:

a.    As of the date hereof, PFDR is an exempted company duly formed, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the Cayman Islands (to the extent such concepts exist in such jurisdiction). Subject to any consents required under the Business Combination Agreement or its Governing Documents (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement), PFDR has all power (corporate or otherwise) and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Subscription Agreement. As of the Transaction Closing Date, following the Domestication, PFDR will be validly existing as a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Delaware with all power (corporate or otherwise) and authority to own, lease and operate its properties and conduct its business as presently conducted and to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Equity Grant Agreement, duly incorporated and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware.

b.    As of the Transaction Closing Date, the Shares will be duly authorized and, when issued and delivered to the Grantee in accordance with the terms of this Equity Grant Agreement, the Shares will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and will not have been issued in violation of or subject to any preemptive or similar rights created under PFDR’s certificate of incorporation and bylaws (each as adopted on the Transaction Closing Date) by contract or under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware, other than such rights as have been or will have been waived prior to the Transaction Closing Date.

c.    This Equity Grant Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by PFDR and, assuming that this Equity Grant Agreement constitutes the valid and binding agreement of the Grantee, this Equity Grant Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding agreement of PFDR and is enforceable against PFDR in accordance with its terms, except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, or (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

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d.    The execution and delivery of, and the performance of the transactions contemplated hereby, including the issuance of the Shares and the compliance by PFDR with all of the provisions of this Equity Grant Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein does not and will not (i) conflict with or result in a breach or violation of the provisions of the organizational documents of PFDR; or (ii) result in any violation of any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency or body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over PFDR or any of its properties that would, in each case, reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Pathfinder Material Adverse Effect (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement) or materially affect the validity of the Shares or the legal authority of PFDR to comply in all material respects with the terms of this Equity Grant Agreement.

e.    PFDR is not engaged and will not engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the Federal Reserve Board), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock. Following the issuance of the Shares pursuant to this Equity Grant Agreement, not more than 25% of the value of the assets (either of the PFDR only or of PFDR and its subsidiaries on a consolidated basis) will be margin stock.

f.    PFDR is not in default or violation (and no event has occurred which, with notice or the lapse of time or both, would constitute a default or violation) of any term, condition or provision of (i) the organizational documents of PFDR, (ii) any loan or credit agreement, guarantee, not, bond, mortgage, indenture, lease or other agreement, permit, franchise or license to which, as of the date of this Equity Grant Agreement, PFDR is a party or by which PFDR’s properties or assets are bound or (iii) any statute or any judgment, order, rule or regulation of any court or governmental agency, taxing authority or regulatory body, domestic or foreign, having jurisdiction over PFDR or any of its properties, except, in the case of clauses (ii) and (iii), for defaults or violations that have not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Pathfinder Material Adverse Effect.

g.    Neither PFDR nor any of its subsidiaries has taken any steps to seek protection pursuant to any law or statute relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership, liquidation, administration or winding up or failed to pay its debts when due, nor does PFDR nor any of its subsidiaries have any knowledge or reason to believe that any of their respective creditors intend to initiate involuntary bankruptcy proceedings or seek to commence an administration.

h.    PFDR is not, and immediately after receipt of payment pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, will not be, an “investment company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

4.    Grantee Representations and Warranties. The Grantee represents and warrants to PFDR that:

a.    The Grantee, or each of the funds managed by or affiliated with the Grantee for which the Grantee is acting as nominee, as applicable, (i) is a “qualified institutional buyer” (as defined in Rule 144A under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)), or an institutional “accredited investor” (within the meaning of Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) under the Securities Act), (ii) is receiving its entire beneficial ownership interest in the Shares for its own account (or if the Grantee is receiving the Shares as a fiduciary or agent for one or more investor accounts, each owner of such account is a qualified institutional buyer, and the Grantee has full investment discretion with respect to each such account, and the full power and authority to make the acknowledgements, representations, warranties and agreements made herein on behalf of each owner of each such account), and (iii) is not receiving the Shares with a view to, or for offer or sale in connection with, any distribution thereof in violation of the Securities Act. Accordingly, the Grantee understands that the grant meets the exemptions from filing under FINRA Rule 5123(b)(1)(C) or (J).

b.    The Grantee is not an entity formed for the specific purpose of receiving the Shares. The Grantee (i) is an institutional account as defined in FINRA Rule 4512(c), (ii) is a sophisticated investor, experienced in investing in private equity transactions and capable of evaluating investment risks independently, both in general and with regard to all transactions and investment strategies involving a security or securities, including its participation in the purchase of the Shares and (iii) has exercised independent judgment in evaluating its participation in the receipt of the Shares. Accordingly, the Grantee understands that the offering meets (i) the exemptions from filing under FINRA Rule 5123(b)(1)(A) and (ii) the institutional customer exemption under FINRA Rule 2111(b).

 

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c.    The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Shares are being granted in a transaction not involving any public offering within the meaning of the Securities Act and that the grant of the Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act. The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Shares may not be offered, resold, transferred, pledged or otherwise disposed of by the Grantee absent an effective registration statement under the Securities Act except (i) to PFDR or a subsidiary thereof, (ii) to non-U.S. persons pursuant to offers and sales that occur outside the United States within the meaning of Regulation S under the Securities Act or (iii) pursuant to another applicable exemption from the registration requirements of the Securities Act, and in each of clauses (i) and (iii) in accordance with any applicable securities laws of the states and other jurisdictions of the United States, and that any book entry for the Shares or certificates representing the Shares shall contain a notation or restrictive legend, as applicable, to such effect. The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Shares will be subject to transfer restrictions and, as a result of these transfer restrictions, the Grantee may not be able to readily offer, resell, transfer, pledge or otherwise dispose of the Shares and may be required to bear the financial risk of an investment in the Shares for an indefinite period of time. The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Shares will not be eligible for offer, resale, transfer, pledge or disposition pursuant to Rule 144 promulgated under the Securities Act until at least one year from the date that PFDR files a Current Report on Form 8-K following the Transaction Closing Date that includes the “Form 10” information required under applicable SEC rules and regulations. The Grantee shall not engage in hedging transactions with regard to the Shares unless in compliance with the Securities Act. The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that it has been advised to consult legal counsel and tax and accounting advisors prior to making any offer, resale, transfer, pledge or disposition of any of the Shares.

d.    The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Grantee is receiving the Shares directly from PFDR. The Grantee further acknowledges that there have been no representations, warranties, covenants and agreements made to the Grantee by or on behalf of PFDR, any of its affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing or any other person or entity, expressly or by implication, other than those representations, warranties, covenants and agreements of PFDR expressly set forth in Section 4 of this Equity Grant Agreement. Except for the representations, warranties and agreements of PFDR expressly set forth herein, the Grantee is relying exclusively on its own sources of information, investment analysis and due diligence (including professional advice it deems appropriate) with respect to the Transaction, the Shares and the business, condition (financial and otherwise), management, operations, properties and prospects of PFDR, including but not limited to all business, legal, regulatory, accounting, credit and tax matters.

e.    The Grantee’s receipt and holding of the Shares will not constitute or result in a non-exempt prohibited transaction under Section 406 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, or any applicable similar law.

f.    The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Grantee has received such information as the Grantee deems necessary in order to make an investment decision with respect to the Shares, including the Transaction and the business of PFDR and its subsidiaries. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Grantee acknowledges that it has reviewed PFDR’s filings with the SEC. The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that the Grantee and the Grantee’s professional advisor(s), if any, have had the full opportunity to ask such questions, receive such answers and obtain such information as the Grantee and such Grantee’s professional advisor(s), if any, have deemed necessary to make an investment decision with respect to the Shares. The Grantee has received, reviewed and understood the materials made available to it in connection with the Transaction, has made its own assessment and has satisfied itself concerning the relevant tax and other economic considerations relevant to its investment in the Shares. The Grantee acknowledges that as part of the Transaction PFDR has filed a registration statement under the Securities Act, including a preliminary prospectus and proxy statement (the “Transaction Proxy”), which contains additional information about the Transaction, the Company and PFDR.

g.    The Grantee became aware of this grant of the Shares solely by means of direct contact between the Grantee and PFDR, or a representative of PFDR, and the Shares were granted to the Grantee solely by direct contact between the Grantee and PFDR, or a representative of PFDR. The Grantee did not become aware of this grant of the Shares, nor were the Shares granted to the Grantee, by any other means. The Grantee acknowledges that the Shares (i) were not offered by any form of general solicitation or general advertising and (ii) are not being

 

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offered in a manner involving a public offering under, or in a distribution in violation of, the Securities Act, or any state securities laws. The Grantee acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation (including, without limitation, PFDR, the Company, any of their respective affiliates or any control persons, officers, directors, employees, partners, agents or representatives of any of the foregoing), other than the representations and warranties of PFDR contained in Section 4 of this Equity Grant Agreement, in making its investment or decision to invest in PFDR. Neither the Grantee, nor any of its directors, officers, employees, agents, stockholders or partners has either directly or indirectly, including through a broker or finder, (i) to its knowledge, engaged in any general solicitation, or (ii) published any advertisement in connection with the grant of the Shares.

h.    The Grantee acknowledges that it is aware that there are substantial risks incident to ownership of the Shares, including those set forth in PFDR’s filings with the SEC and those which are set forth in the Transaction Proxy. The Grantee is able to fend for itself in the transactions contemplated herein; has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters as to be capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its prospective investment in the Shares; and has the ability to bear the economic risks of its prospective investment and can afford the complete loss of such investment, and the Grantee has sought such accounting, legal and tax advice as the Grantee has considered necessary to make an informed investment decision. The Grantee has determined based on its own independent review and such professional advice as it deems appropriate that its receipt of the Shares and participation in the Transaction (i) are fully consistent with its financial needs, objectives and condition, (ii) comply and are fully consistent with all investment policies, guidelines and other restrictions applicable to it, (iii) have been duly authorized and approved by all necessary action, (iv) do not and will not violate or constitute a default under its charter, by-laws or other constituent document or under any law, rule, regulation, agreement or other obligation by which it is bound and (v) are a fit, proper and suitable investment for the Grantee, notwithstanding the substantial risks inherent in investing in or holding the Shares.

i.    Alone, or together with any professional advisor(s), the Grantee has adequately analyzed and fully considered the risks of receiving the Shares and, assuming the accuracy of PFDR’s representations and warranties set forth in Section 4 of this Equity Grant Agreement, determined that the Shares are a suitable investment for the Grantee and that the Grantee is able at this time and in the foreseeable future to bear the economic risk of a total loss of the Grantee’s investment in PFDR. The Grantee acknowledges specifically that a possibility of total loss exists.

j.    In making its decision to accept the Shares, the Grantee has relied solely upon independent investigation made by the Grantee and the representations and warranties of PFDR in this Equity Grant Agreement.

k.    The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that no federal or state agency has passed upon or endorsed the merits of the offering of the Shares or made any findings or determination as to the fairness of this investment.

l.    The Grantee has been duly formed or incorporated and is validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of formation or incorporation, with power and authority to enter into, deliver and perform its obligations under this Equity Grant Agreement.

m.    The execution, delivery and performance by the Grantee of this Equity Grant Agreement are within the powers of the Grantee, have been duly authorized and will not constitute or result in a breach or default under or conflict with any order, ruling or regulation of any court or other tribunal or of any governmental commission or agency, or any material agreement or other undertaking, to which the Grantee is a party or by which the Grantee is bound, and will not conflict with or violate any provisions of the Grantee’s organizational documents, including, without limitation, its incorporation or formation papers, bylaws, indenture of trust or partnership or operating agreement, as may be applicable. The signature of the Grantee on this Equity Grant Agreement is genuine, and the signatory has been duly authorized to execute the same, and, assuming that this Equity Grant Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of PFDR, this Equity Grant Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the Grantee, enforceable against the Grantee in accordance with its terms except as may be limited or otherwise affected by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights of creditors generally, and (ii) principles of equity, whether considered at law or equity.

 

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n.    The Grantee is not (i) currently the subject or target of any sanction administered or enforced by the United States government (including OFAC and the U.S. Department of State), and any other applicable sanctions administered or enforced by the United Nations Security Council, the European Union, any Member State of the European Union, the Government of Canada, the United Kingdom, including His Majesty’s Treasury (“HMT”), or other relevant sanctions authority of the United States, United Nations, European Union, United Kingdom or Canada (collectively, “Sanctions”), (ii) included on the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the United States Department of the Treasury’s (“OFAC”) List of Specially Designated Nationals, HMT’s Consolidated List of Financial Sanctions Targets and the Investment Ban List, or any similar list enforced by any other relevant sanctions authority of Hong Kong, the United States, United Nations, European Union or United Kingdom, (iii) located, organized or resident in a Designated Jurisdiction, (iv) the government of a Designated Jurisdiction or the Government of Venezuela (any such person, a “Sanctioned Person”), or (v) a non-U.S. shell bank or providing banking services indirectly to a non-U.S. shell bank (each, a “Prohibited Investor”). The Grantee agrees to provide law enforcement agencies, if requested thereby, such records as required by applicable law, provided that the Grantee is permitted to do so under applicable law. If the Grantee is a financial institution subject to the Bank Secrecy Act (31 U.S.C. Section 5311 et seq.), as amended by the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, and its implementing regulations (collectively, the “BSA/PATRIOT Act”), the Grantee maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to comply with applicable obligations under the BSA/PATRIOT Act. To the extent required, it maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure compliance with OFAC-administered sanctions programs, including for the screening of its Grantees against the OFAC sanctions programs, including the OFAC List. To the extent required by applicable law, the Grantee maintains policies and procedures reasonably designed to ensure that the funds held by the Grantee were legally derived and were not obtained, directly or indirectly, from a Prohibited Investor.

o.    The Grantee acknowledges that certain information provided to it was based on projections, and such projections were prepared based on assumptions and estimates that are inherently uncertain and are subject to a wide variety of significant business, economic and competitive risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the projections.

p.    The Grantee acknowledges its obligations under applicable securities laws with respect to the treatment of non-public information relating to PFDR.

5.    Termination. This Equity Grant Agreement shall terminate and be void and of no further force and effect, and all rights and obligations of the parties hereunder shall terminate without any further liability on the part of any party in respect thereof, upon the earlier to occur of (a) such date and time as the Business Combination Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms without being consummated, (b) upon the mutual written agreement of each of the parties hereto to terminate this Equity Grant Agreement or (c) 10 days after the Termination Date (as defined in the Business Combination Agreement as in effect on the date hereof), if the Closing has not occurred by such date (the termination events described in clauses (a)–(c) above, collectively, the “Termination Events”). PFDR shall notify the Grantee in writing of the termination of the Business Combination Agreement promptly after the termination of such agreement. Upon the occurrence of any Termination Event, this Equity Grant Agreement shall be void and of no further effect.

6.    Trust Account Waiver. The Grantee acknowledges that PFDR is a blank check company with the powers and privileges to effect a merger, asset acquisition, reorganization or similar business combination involving PFDR and one or more businesses or assets. The Grantee further acknowledges that, as described in PFDR’s prospectus relating to its initial public offering dated February 16, 2021 (the “Prospectus”) available at www.sec.gov, substantially all of PFDR’s assets consist of the cash proceeds of PFDR’s initial public offering and private placement of its securities, and substantially all of those proceeds have been deposited in a trust account (the “Trust Account”) for the benefit of PFDR, its public shareholders and the underwriters of PFDR’s initial public offering. Except with respect to interest earned on the funds held in the Trust Account that may be released to PFDR to pay its tax obligations, the cash in the Trust Account may be disbursed only for the purposes set forth in the Prospectus. For and in consideration of PFDR entering into this Equity Grant Agreement, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantee hereby irrevocably waives any and all right, title and interest, or any claim of any kind it has or may have in the future, in or to any monies held in the Trust Account, and agrees not to seek recourse against the Trust Account as a result of, or arising out of, this Equity Grant Agreement.

 

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7.    Miscellaneous.

a.    Neither this Equity Grant Agreement nor any rights that may accrue to the parties hereunder (other than the Shares received hereunder, if any) may be transferred or assigned without the prior written consent of each of the other parties hereto; provided that this Equity Grant Agreement and any of the Grantee’s rights and obligations hereunder may be assigned to any fund or account managed by the same investment manager as the Grantee or by an affiliate (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act) of such investment manager without the prior consent of PFDR provided further that prior to such assignment any such assignee shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms hereof; provided, that no assignment pursuant to this Section 7(a) shall relieve the Grantee of its obligations hereunder.

b.    PFDR may request from the Grantee such additional information as PFDR may reasonably deem necessary to evaluate the eligibility of the Grantee to receive the Shares, and the Grantee shall as promptly as reasonably practicable provide such information as may reasonably be requested to the extent readily available; provided, that, PFDR agrees to keep any such information provided by Grantee confidential except (i) as required by applicable federal securities laws or pursuant to other routine proceedings of regulatory authorities or (ii) to the extent such disclosure is required by law, at the request of the staff of the SEC or regulatory agency or under applicable regulations of any national securities exchange on which the Company’s or PFDR’s securities are to be listed for trading. The Grantee acknowledges that each of the Company and PFDR may file a copy of this Equity Grant Agreement (or a form of this Equity Grant Agreement) with the SEC as an exhibit to a periodic report or a registration statement or prospectus of the Company or PFDR, as applicable.

c.    The Grantee acknowledges that PFDR and others will rely on the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties contained in this Equity Grant Agreement. Prior to the Closing, the Grantee agrees to promptly notify the other party hereto if any of the acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties set forth in Section 3 or Section 4 above, as applicable, are no longer accurate in any material respect (other than those acknowledgments, understandings, agreements, representations and warranties qualified by “materiality” or any other similar materiality qualification set forth herein, as applicable, in which case the Grantee shall notify PFDR if they are no longer accurate in any respect).

d.    PFDR is entitled to rely upon this Equity Grant Agreement, including the representations and warranties of all of the Grantee, and PFDR is irrevocably authorized to produce this Equity Grant Agreement or a copy hereof to any interested party in any administrative or legal proceeding or official inquiry with respect to the matters covered hereby; provided, however, that the foregoing clause of this Section 7(d) shall not give PFDR any rights other than those expressly set forth herein.

e.    All of the agreements, representations and warranties made by the Grantee in this Equity Grant Agreement shall survive the Closing.

f.    This Equity Grant Agreement may not be amended, modified, waived or terminated (other than pursuant to the terms of Section 5 above) except by an instrument in writing, signed by each of the parties hereto. No failure or delay of either party in exercising any right or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such right or power, or any course of conduct, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereunder are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have hereunder.

g.    This Equity Grant Agreement (including the schedule hereto), collectively, constitutes the entire agreement, and supersede all other prior agreements, understandings, representations and warranties, both written and oral, among the parties, with respect to the subject matter hereof. Except as set forth in Section 5(b), Section 7(c), Section 7(d), this Section 7(g) and Section 8 in each case with respect to the persons specifically referenced therein and in the next sentence, this Equity Grant Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person other than the parties hereto, and their respective successors and assigns, and the parties hereto acknowledge that such persons so referenced are third party beneficiaries of this Equity Grant Agreement with right of enforcement for the purposes of, and to the extent of, the rights granted to them, if any, pursuant to the applicable provisions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the parties hereby designate the Company as third-party beneficiary of Section 1 of this Agreement having the right to enforce Section 1 and Section 7(k).

 

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h.    Except as otherwise provided herein, this Equity Grant Agreement shall be binding upon, and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives, and permitted assigns, and the agreements, representations, warranties, covenants and acknowledgments contained herein shall be deemed to be made by, and be binding upon, such heirs, executors, administrators, successors, legal representatives and permitted assigns.

i.    If any provision of this Equity Grant Agreement shall be adjudicated by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, the validity, legality or enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Equity Grant Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby and shall continue in full force and effect so long as this Equity Grant Agreement as so modified continues to express, without material change, the original intentions of the parties as to the subject matter hereof and the prohibited nature, invalidity or unenforceability of the provision(s) in question does not substantially impair the respective expectations or reciprocal obligations of the parties or the practical realization of the benefits that would otherwise be conferred upon the parties. The parties will endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s) with a valid provision(s), the effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the prohibited, invalid or unenforceable provision(s).

j.    This Equity Grant Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts (including by facsimile or electronic mail or in .pdf, including via DocuSign) and by different parties in separate counterparts, with the same effect as if all parties hereto had signed the same document. All counterparts so executed and delivered shall be construed together and shall constitute one and the same agreement. Counterparts may be delivered via facsimile, electronic mail (including any electronic signature covered by the U.S. federal ESIGN Act of 2000, Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, the Electronic Signatures and Records Act or other applicable law, e.g., www.docusign.com) or other transmission method and any counterpart so delivered shall be deemed to have been duly and validly delivered and be valid and effective for all purposes.

k.    The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that irreparable damage would occur in the event that any of the provisions of this Equity Grant Agreement were not performed in accordance with their specific terms or were otherwise breached. It is accordingly agreed that the parties shall be entitled to seek an injunction or injunctions to prevent breaches of this Equity Grant Agreement, without posting a bond or undertaking and without proof of damages, to enforce specifically the terms and provisions of this Equity Grant Agreement, this being in addition to any other remedy to which such party is entitled at law, in equity, in contract, in tort or otherwise.

l.    If any change in the number, type or classes of authorized shares of PFDR (including the Shares), other than as expressly contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement or any agreement contemplated by the Business Combination Agreement, shall occur between the date hereof and immediately prior to the Closing by reason of reclassification, recapitalization, stock split (including reverse stock split) or combination, exchange or readjustment of shares, or any stock dividend, the number of Shares issued to the Grantee shall be appropriately adjusted to reflect such change.

m.    This Equity Grant Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York (regardless of the laws that might otherwise govern under applicable principles of conflicts of laws thereof) as to all matters (including any action, suit, litigation, arbitration, mediation, claim, charge, complaint, inquiry, proceeding, hearing, audit, investigation or reviews by or before any governmental entity related hereto), including matters of validity, construction, effect, performance and remedies.

n.    Each party hereto hereby, and any person asserting rights as a third party beneficiary may do so only if he, she or it, irrevocably agrees that any action, suit or proceeding between or among the parties hereto, whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise, arising in connection with any disagreement, dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or relating to this Equity Grant Agreement or any related document or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby (“Legal Dispute”) shall be brought only to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the borough of Manhattan in the City of New York, New York or the federal courts located in the Southern District of New York, and each party hereto hereby consents to the jurisdiction of such courts (and of the appropriate appellate courts therefrom) in any such suit, action or proceeding and irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of the venue of any such suit, action or proceeding in any such court or that any such suit, action or proceeding that is brought in any such

 

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court has been brought in an inconvenient forum. During the period a Legal Dispute that is filed in accordance with this Section 7(n) is pending before a court, all actions, suits or proceedings with respect to such Legal Dispute or any other Legal Dispute, including any counterclaim, cross-claim or interpleader, shall be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of such court. Each party hereto and any person asserting rights as a third party beneficiary may do so only if he, she or it hereby waives, and shall not assert as a defense in any Legal Dispute, that (a) such party is not personally subject to the jurisdiction of the above named courts for any reason, (b) such action, suit or proceeding may not be brought or is not maintainable in such court, (c) such party’s property is exempt or immune from execution, (d) such action, suit or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, or (e) the venue of such action, suit or proceeding is improper. A final judgment in any action, suit or proceeding described in this Section 7(n) following the expiration of any period permitted for appeal and subject to any stay during appeal shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by applicable laws. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO AND ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY MAY DO SO ONLY IF HE, SHE OR IT IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY ON ANY CLAIMS OR COUNTERCLAIMS ASSERTED IN ANY LEGAL DISPUTE RELATING TO THIS EQUITY GRANT AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM RELATING THERETO. IF THE SUBJECT MATTER OF ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE IS ONE IN WHICH THE WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL IS PROHIBITED, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL ASSERT IN SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE A NONCOMPULSORY COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS EQUITY GRANT AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. FURTHERMORE, NO PARTY HERETO NOR ANY PERSON ASSERTING RIGHTS AS A THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARY SHALL SEEK TO CONSOLIDATE ANY SUCH LEGAL DISPUTE WITH A SEPARATE ACTION OR OTHER LEGAL PROCEEDING IN WHICH A JURY TRIAL CANNOT BE WAIVED.

o.    Any notice or communication required or permitted hereunder to be given to the Grantee shall be in writing and either delivered personally, emailed or sent by overnight mail via a reputable overnight carrier, or sent by certified or registered mail, postage prepaid, to such addresses or email addresses set forth on the signature page hereto, and shall be deemed to be given and received (i) when so delivered personally, (ii) when sent, with no mail undeliverable or other rejection notice, if sent by email, or (iii) three (3) business days after the date of mailing to the address below or to such other address or addresses as the Grantee may hereafter designate by notice to PFDR.

8.    Non-Reliance and Exculpation. The Grantee acknowledges that it is not relying upon, and has not relied upon, any statement, representation or warranty made by any person, firm or corporation, other than the statements, representations and warranties of PFDR expressly contained in Section 7 of this Equity Grant Agreement in making its investment or decision to invest in PFDR. The Grantee acknowledges and agrees that none of the parties to the Business Combination Agreement or any Non-Party Affiliate shall have any liability to the Grantee pursuant to, arising out of or relating to this Equity Grant Agreement, the negotiation hereof or thereof or its subject matter, or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby, including, without limitation, with respect to any action heretofore or hereafter taken or omitted to be taken by any of them in connection with the purchase of the Shares or with respect to any claim (whether in tort, contract or otherwise) for breach of this Equity Grant Agreement or in respect of any written or oral representations made or alleged to be made in connection herewith, as expressly provided herein, or for any actual or alleged inaccuracies, misstatements or omissions with respect to any information or materials of any kind furnished by PFDR, the Company or any Non-Party Affiliate concerning PFDR, the Company, any of their controlled affiliates, this Equity Grant Agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. For purposes of this Equity Grant Agreement, “Non-Party Affiliates” means each former, current or future officer, director, employee, partner, member, manager, direct or indirect equityholder or affiliate of PFDR, the Company or any of PFDR’s or the Company’s controlled affiliates or any family member of the foregoing.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantee has executed or caused this Equity Grant Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.

 

Name of Grantee:     State/Country of Formation or Domicile:
FP Credit Partners II, L.P.     Cayman Islands
By:   FP Credit Partners GP II, L.P.      
Its:   General Partner      
By:   FP Credit Partners GP II Management, LLC      
Its:   General Partner      
By:   /s/ Scott Eisenberg      
Name:   Scott Eisenberg      
Title:   Managing Director      
Name in which Shares are to be registered (if different):     Date: November 14, 2022
Grantee’s EIN: 98-1609293      
Business Address-Street:     Mailing Address-Street (if different):
PO Box 309, Ugland House     One Letterman Drive, Building C, Suite 410
City, State, Zip:     City, State, Zip:
Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands     San Francisco, CA 94129
Attn:   Maple Corporate Services Limited  

 

  Attn:   Steve Eisner
Telephone No.: 646-434-1343     Telephone No.: 646-434-1343
Facsimile No.:     Facsimile No.:
Number of Shares granted: 953,708      


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantee has executed or caused this Equity Grant Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.

 

Name of Grantee:     State/Country of Formation or Domicile:
FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P.     Cayman Islands
By:   FP Credit Partners GP II, L.P.      
Its:   General Partner      
By:   FP Credit Partners GP II Management, LLC      
Its:   General Partner      
By:   /s/ Scott Eisenberg      
Name:   Scott Eisenberg      
Title:   Managing Director      
Name in which Shares are to be registered (if different):     Date: November 14, 2022
Grantee’s EIN: 98-1615122      
Business Address-Street:     Mailing Address-Street (if different):
PO Box 309, Ugland House     One Letterman Drive, Building C, Suite 410
City, State, Zip:     City, State, Zip:
Grand Cayman, KY1-1104, Cayman Islands     San Francisco, CA 94129
Attn:   Maple Corporate Services Limited  

 

  Attn:   Steve Eisner
Telephone No.: 646-434-1343     Telephone No.: 646-434-1343
Facsimile No.:     Facsimile No.:
Number of Shares granted: 46,292      


IN WITNESS WHEREOF, PFDR has executed or caused this Equity Grant Agreement to be executed by its duly authorized representative as of the date set forth below.

 

PATHFINDER ACQUISITION CORPORATION
By:   /s/ David Chung
Name:   David Chung
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
EX-FILING FEES

Exhibit 107

Calculation of Filing Fee Table

SC TO-T

(Form Type)

Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation

(Name of Subject Company - Issuer)

FP Credit Partners II, L.P.

FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P.

(Names of Filing Persons - Offerors)

Table 1: Transaction Valuation

 

       
    

    Transaction    

Valuation

   

Fee

    Rate    

   

    Amount of    

Filing Fee

 
       

Fees to Be Paid

  $ 75,000,000 (1)      0.00011020     $ 8,265.00 (2) 
       

Fees Previously Paid

      $ 8,265.00  
       

Total Transaction Valuation

  $ 75,000,000 (1)       
       

Total Fees Due for Filing

      $ 8,265.00  
       

Total Fees Previously Paid

      $ 8,625.00  
       

Total Fee Offsets

        —    
       

Net Fee Due

                  $ 0.00  

 

(1)

The transaction valuation is estimated solely for purposes of calculating the amount of the filing fee. FP Credit Partners II, L.P. and FP Credit Partners Phoenix II, L.P. are offering to purchase up to 7,5000,000 Class A ordinary shares, par value $0.0001 per share, of Pathfinder Acquisition Corporation (the “Company”), each of which was sold as part of the units issued in the Company’s initial public offering, which closed on February 19, 2021, pursuant to a prospectus dated February 16, 2021, at the tender offer price of $10.00 in cash per Class A ordinary share.

(2)

The amount of the filing fee, calculated in accordance with Rule 0-11 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, equals $110.20 per $1,000,000 of the aggregate amount of the Transaction Valuation (or 0.011020% of the aggregate Transaction Valuation). The Transaction Valuation set forth above was calculated for the sole purpose of determining the filing fee and should not be used for any other purpose.